Word Meanings - CRACKLE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
To make slight cracks; to make small, sharp, sudden noises, rapidly or frequently repeated; to crepitate; as, burning thorns crackle. The unknown ice that crackles underneath them. Dryden.
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- REPEAT
To repay or refund . To repeat one's self, to do or say what one has already done or said. -- To repeat signals, to make the same signals again; specifically, to communicate, by repeating them, the signals shown at headquarters. Syn. - SLIGHTNESS
The quality or state of being slight; slenderness; feebleness; superficiality; also, formerly, negligence; indifference; disregard. - THORNSET
Set with thorns. Dyer. - REPEATEDLY
More than once; again and again; indefinitely. - SHARPLY
In a sharp manner,; keenly; acutely. They are more sharply to be chastised and reformed than the rude Irish. Spenser. The soldiers were sharply assailed with wants. Hayward. You contract your eye when you would see sharply. Bacon. - BURN
To apply a cautery to; to cauterize. (more info) birnen, v.i., AS. bærnan, bernan, v.t., birnan, v.i.; akin to OS. brinnan, OFries. barna, berna, OHG. brinnan, brennan, G. brennen, OD. bernen, D. branden, Dan. brænde, Sw. bränna, brinna, Icel. - SHARPER
A person who bargains closely, especially, one who cheats in bargains; a swinder; also, a cheating gamester. Sharpers, as pikes, prey upon their own kind. L'Estrange. Syn. -- Swindler; cheat; deceiver; trickster; rogue. See Swindler. - SLIGHTEN
To slight. B. Jonson. - BURNISHER
1. One who burnishes. 2. A tool with a hard, smooth, rounded end or surface, as of steel, ivory, or agate, used in smoothing or polishing by rubbing. It has a variety of forms adapted to special uses. - SMALLISH
Somewhat small. G. W. Cable. - BURNISH
To cause to shine; to make smooth and bright; to polish; specifically, to polish by rubbing with something hard and smooth; as, to burnish brass or paper. The frame of burnished steel, that east a glare From far, and seemed to thaw the freezing - SLIGHTINGLY
In a slighting manner. - BURNIEBEE
The ladybird. - SHARPIE
A long, sharp, flat-bottomed boat, with one or two masts carrying a triangular sail. They are often called Fair Haven sharpies, after the place on the coast of Connecticut where they originated. - CRACKLE
To make slight cracks; to make small, sharp, sudden noises, rapidly or frequently repeated; to crepitate; as, burning thorns crackle. The unknown ice that crackles underneath them. Dryden. - CRACKLED
Covered with minute cracks in the glaze; -- said of some kinds of porcelain and fine earthenware. - REPEATER
One who, or that which, repeats. Specifically: A watch with a striking apparatus which, upon pressure of a spring, will indicate the time, usually in hours and quarters. A repeating firearm. An instrument for resending a telegraphic message - CRACKSMAN
A burglar. - RAPIDLY
In a rapid manner. - SHARP-SET
Eager in appetite or desire of gratification; affected by keen hunger; ravenous; as, an eagle or a lion sharp-set. The town is sharp-set on new plays. Pope. - OVERBURN
To burn too much; to be overzealous. - BUNSEN'S BATTERY; BUNSEN'S BURNER
See BURNER - SUNBURNING
Sunburn; tan. Boyle. - SUNBURN
To burn or discolor by the sun; to tan. Sunburnt and swarthy though she be. Dryden. - GAS-BURNER
The jet piece of a gas fixture where the gas is burned as it escapes from one or more minute orifices. - AUBURN
1. Flaxen-colored. Florio. 2. Reddish brown. His auburn locks on either shoulder flowed. Dryden. - DISMALLY
In a dismal manner; gloomily; sorrowfully; uncomfortably. - LABURNUM
A small leguminous tree , native of the Alps. The plant is reputed to be poisonous, esp. the bark and seeds. It has handsome racemes of yellow blossoms. Note: Scotch laburnum is similar, but has smooth leaves; purple laburnum is C. purpureus.