Word Meanings - BONESETTER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

One who sets broken or dislocated bones; -- commonly applied to one, not a regular surgeon, who makes an occupation of setting bones. -- Bone"set*ting, n.

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• APPLICABLE
  Capable of being applied; fit or suitable to be applied; having relevance; as, this observation is applicable to the case under consideration. -- Ap"pli*ca*ble*ness, n. -- Ap"pli*ca*bly, adv.
• BROKEN WIND
  The heaves.
• REGULARITY
  The condition or quality of being regular; as, regularity of outline; the regularity of motion.
• BROKEN BREAST
  Abscess of the mammary gland.
• APPLICATIVE
  Having of being applied or used; applying; applicatory; practical. Bramhall. -- Ap"pli*ca*tive*ly, adv.
• OCCUPATION
  1. The act or process of occupying or taking possession; actual possession and control; the state of being occupied; a holding or keeping; tenure; use; as, the occupation of lands by a tenant. 2. That which occupies or engages the time
• APPLICANCY
  The quality or state of being applicable.
• BROKEN
  1. Separated into parts or pieces by violence; divided into fragments; as, a broken chain or rope; a broken dish. 2. Disconnected; not continuous; also, rough; uneven; as, a broken surface. 3. Fractured; cracked; disunited; sundered; strained;
• APPLICABILITY
  The quality of being applicable or fit to be applied.
• SETTLEMENT
  A disposition of property for the benefit of some person or persons, usually through the medium of trustees, and for the benefit of a wife, children, or other relatives; jointure granted to a wife, or the act of granting it. 2. That which settles,
• SETT
  See 3
• REGULARIA
  A division of Echini which includes the circular, or regular, sea urchins.
• COMMONLY
  1. Usually; generally; ordinarily; frequently; for the most part; as, confirmed habits commonly continue trough life. 2. In common; familiary. Spenser.
• APPLICATORILY
  By way of application.
• SETTER
  A hunting dog of a special breed originally derived from a cross between the spaniel and the pointer. Modern setters are usually trained to indicate the position of game birds by standing in a fixed position, but originally they indicated it by
• DISLOCATE
  Dislocated. Montgomery.
• BONESET
  A medicinal plant, the thoroughwort . Its properties are diaphoretic and tonic.
• DISLOCATION
  The displacement of parts of rocks or portions of strata from the situation which they originally occupied. Slips, faults, and the like, are dislocations. (more info) 1. The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced. T. Burnet.
• BROKEN-WINDED
  Having short breath or disordered respiration, as a horse.
• SETTEE
  A long seat with a back, -- made to accommodate several persons at once.
• IRREGULARITY
  The state or quality of being irregular; that which is irregular.
• UNAPPLIABLE
  Inapplicable. Milton.
• UPSETTING
  Conceited; assuming; as, an upsetting fellow. Jamieson.
• REAPPLICATION
  The act of reapplying, or the state of being reapplied.
• TYPESETTING
  The act or art of setting type.
• WHETTLEBONES
  The vertebræ of the back. Dunglison.
• ROSETTA WOOD
  An east Indian wood of a reddish orange color, handsomely veined with darker marks. It is occasionally used for cabinetwork. Ure.
• SUNSET; SUNSETTING
  1. The descent of the sun below the horizon; also, the time when the sun sets; evening. Also used figuratively. 'T is the sunset of life gives me mystical lore. Campbell. 2. Hence, the region where the sun sets; the west. Sunset shell , a West
• HEARTBROKEN
  Overcome by crushing sorrow; deeply grieved.
• FRISETTE; FRIZETTE
  a fringe of hair or curls worn about the forehead by women.
• ANISETTE
  A French cordial or liqueur flavored with anise seeds. De Colange.