Word Meanings - BITANGENT - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Possessing the property of touching at two points. -- n.
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- POSSESSIVE
Of or pertaining to possession; having or indicating possession. Possessive case , the genitive case; the case of nouns and pronouns which expresses ownership, origin, or some possessive relation of one thing to another; as, Homer's admirers; the - POSSESSIONER
1. A possessor; a property holder. "Possessioners of riches." E. Hall. Having been of old freemen and possessioners. Sir P. Sidney. 2. An invidious name for a member of any religious community endowed with property in lands, buildings, etc., - POINTSMAN
A man who has charge of railroad points or switches. - PROPERTY
All the adjuncts of a play except the scenery and the dresses of the actors; stage requisites. I will draw a bill of properties. Shak. 6. Propriety; correctness. Camden. Literary property. See under Literary. -- Property man, one who has charge - TOUCHING
Affecting; moving; pathetic; as, a touching tale. -- Touch"ing*ly, adv. - TOUCHY
Peevish; irritable; irascible; techy; apt to take fire. It may be said of Dryden that he was at no time touchy about personal attacks. Saintsbury. - TOUCHBACK
The act of touching the football down by a player behind his own goal line when it received its last impulse from an opponent; -- distinguished from safety touchdown. - TOUCH-NEEDLE
A small bar of gold and silver, either pure, or alloyed in some known proportion with copper, for trying the purity of articles of gold or silver by comparison of the streaks made by the article and the bar on a touchstone. - POSSESSIONARY
Of or pertaining to possession; arising from possession. - TOUCHHOLE
The vent of a cannot or other firearm, by which fire is communicateed to the powder of the charge. - POSSESSOR
One who possesses; one who occupies, holds, owns, or controls; one who has actual participation or enjoyment, generally of that which is desirable; a proprietor. "Possessors of eternal glory." Law. As if he had been possessor of the whole world. - TOUCHINESS
The quality or state of being touchy peevishness; irritability; irascibility. - TOUCHSTONE
Lydian stone; basanite; -- so called because used to test the purity of gold and silver by the streak which is left upon the stone when it is rubbed by the metal. See Basanite. 2. Fig.: - TOUCH-ME-NOT
See Impatiens. Squirting cucumber. See under Cucumber. - POSSESSION
The having, holding, or detention of property in one's power or command; actual seizin or occupancy; ownership, whether rightful or wrongful. Note: Possession may be either actual or constructive; actual, when a party has the immediate occupancy; - POSSESSIVELY
In a possessive manner. - TOUCHDOWN
The act of touching the football down behind the opponents' goal . Safety touchdown. See under Safety. - POSSESSORY
Of or pertaining to possession, either as a fact or a right; of the nature of possession; as, a possessory interest; a possessory lord. Possessory action or suit , an action to regain or obtain possession of something. See under Petitory. - TOUCH-PAPER
Paper steeped in saltpeter, which burns slowly, and is used as a match for firing gunpowder, and the like. - TOUCHABLE
Capable of being touched; tangible. -- Touch"a*ble*ness, n. - DISPOSSESS
To put out of possession; to deprive of the actual occupancy of, particularly of land or real estate; to disseize; to eject; -- usually followed by of before the thing taken away; as, to dispossess a king of his crown. Usurp the land, and dispossess - IMPROPERTY
Impropriety. - REPOSSESS
To possess again; as, to repossess the land. Pope. To repossess one's self of , to acquire again . - UNPOSSESS
To be without, or to resign, possession of. - DISPOSSESSOR
One who dispossesses. Cowley. - FOREPOSSESSED
1. Holding or held formerly in possession. 2. Preoccupied; prepossessed; preëngaged. Not extremely forepossessed with prejudice. Bp. Sanderson. - DISPOSSESSION
The putting out of possession, wrongfully or otherwise, of one who is in possession of a freehold, no matter in what title; -- called also ouster. (more info) 1. The act of putting out of possession; the state of being dispossessed. Bp. Hall. - CARTOUCH
An oval figure on monuments, and in papyri, containing the name of a sovereign. (more info) cartoccio, cornet, cartouch, fr. L. charta paper. See 1st Card, and A roll or case of paper, etc., holding a charge for a firearm; a cartridge. A cartridge - SELF-POSSESSION
The possession of one's powers; calmness; self-command; presence of mind; composure. - SELF-POSSESSED
Composed or tranquill in mind, manner, etc.; undisturbed.