Word Meanings - CURVILINEAD - Book Publishers vocabulary database
An instrument for drawing curved lines.
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- DRAWER
An under-garment worn on the lower limbs. Chest of drawers. See under Chest. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, draws; as: One who draws liquor for guests; a waiter in a taproom. Shak. One who delineates or depicts; a draughtsman; as, a good - DRAWCANSIR
A blustering, bullying fellow; a pot-valiant braggart; a bully. The leader was of an ugly look and gigantic stature; he acted like a drawcansir, sparing neither friend nor foe. Addison. - INSTRUMENTAL
Pertaining to, made by, or prepared for, an instrument, esp. a musical instrument; as, instrumental music, distinguished from vocal music. "He defended the use of instrumental music in public worship." Macaulay. Sweet voices mix'd with instrumental - DRAW-CUT
A single cut with a knife. - DRAWEE
The person on whom an order or bill of exchange is drawn; -- the correlative of drawer. - DRAWROD
A rod which unites the drawgear at opposite ends of the car, and bears the pull required to draw the train. - CURVIROSTRES
A group of passerine birds, including the creepers and nuthatches. - DRAWBAR
An openmouthed bar at the end of a car, which receives a coupling link and pin by which the car is drawn. It is usually provided with a spring to give elasticity to the connection between the cars of a train. A bar of iron with an eye at each end, - DRAW
draga, Dan. drage to draw, carry, and prob. to OS. dragan to bear, carry, D. dragen, G. tragen, Goth. dragan; cf. Skr. dhraj to move along, glide; and perh. akin to Skr. dhar to hold, bear. Drag, Dray a 1. To cause to move continuously by force - CURVICAUDATE
Having a curved or crooked tail. - DRAWLINK
See - CURVE
Bent without angles; crooked; curved; as, a curve line; a curve surface. - DRAWGLOVES
An old game, played by holding up the fingers. Herrick. - CURVISERIAL
Distributed in a curved line, as leaves along a stem. - CURVATURE
The amount of degree of bending of a mathematical curve, or the tendency at any point to depart from a tangent drawn to the curve at that point. Aberrancy of curvature , the deviation of a curve from a curcular form. -Absolute curvature. See under - CURVATE; CURVATED
Bent in a regular form; curved. - DRAWN
See PATTERN - DRAWL
To utter in a slow, lengthened tone. - DRAWSHAVE
See KNIFE - INSTRUMENTALITY
The quality or condition of being instrumental; that which is instrumental; anything used as a means; medium; agency. The instrumentality of faith in justification. Bp. Burnet. The discovery of gunpowder developed the science of attack and defense - CHURCHLINESS
Regard for the church. - FRIENDLINESS
The condition or quality of being friendly. Sir P. Sidney. - LORDLINESS
The state or quality of being lordly. Shak. - STEELINESS
The quality of being steely. - CHILLINESS
1. A state or sensation of being chilly; a disagreeable sensation of coldness. 2. A moderate degree of coldness; disagreeable coldness or rawness; as, the chilliness of the air. 3. Formality; lack of warmth. - SOUTHERNLINESS
Southerliness. - MELANCHOLINESS
The state or quality of being melancholy. Hallywell. - TRICURVATE
Curved in three directions; as, a tricurvate spicule (see Illust. of Spicule). - DEATHLINESS
The quality of being deathly; deadliness. Southey. - KINGLINESS
The state or quality of being kingly. - BEASTLINESS
The state or quality of being beastly. - UNDRAW
To draw aside or open; to draw back. Angels undrew the curtain of the throne. Young. - FINEDRAW
To sew up, so nicely that the seam is not perceived; to renter. Marryat.