Word Meanings - DAY-STAR - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. The morning star; the star which ushers in the day. A dark place, until the day dawn, and the day-star arise in your hearts. 2 Peter i. 19. 2. The sun, as the orb of day. So sinks the day-star in the ocean bed, And yet anon repairs his drooping

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1. The morning star; the star which ushers in the day. A dark place, until the day dawn, and the day-star arise in your hearts. 2 Peter i. 19. 2. The sun, as the orb of day. So sinks the day-star in the ocean bed, And yet anon repairs his drooping head, And tricks his beams, and with new-spangled ore Flames in the forehead of the morning sky. Milton.

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• DROOPER
  One who, or that which, droops.
• PLACEMENT
  1. The act of placing, or the state of being placed. 2. Position; place.
• PLACENTARY
  Having reference to the placenta; as, the placentary system of classification.
• PLACE-KICK
  To make a place kick; to make by a place kick. -- Place"-kick`er, n.
• PETEREL
  See PETREL
• PETERERO
  See PEDERERO
• PETERSHAM
  A rough, knotted woolen cloth, used chiefly for men's overcoats; also, a coat of that material.
• MORNE
  Of or pertaining to the morn; morning. "White as morne milk." Chaucer.
• DROOPINGLY
  In a drooping manner.
• WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• HEARTSWELLING
  Rankling in, or swelling, the heart. "Heartswelling hate." Spenser.
• PLACER
  One who places or sets. Spenser.
• UNTIL
  1. To; unto; towards; -- used of material objects. Chaucer. Taverners until them told the same. Piers Plowman. He roused himself full blithe, and hastened them until. Spenser. 2. To; up to; till; before; -- used of time; as, he staid until evening;
• PLACE
  Position in the heavens, as of a heavenly body; -- usually defined by its right ascension and declination, or by its latitude and longitude. Place of arms , a place calculated for the rendezvous of men in arms, etc., as a fort which affords a safe
• OCEAN
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• HEARTSOME
  Merry; cheerful; lively.
• WHICH
  the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
• PLACENTA
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• HEARTSEED
  A climbing plant of the genus Cardiospermum, having round seeds which are marked with a spot like a heart. Loudon.
• ELECTREPETER
  An instrument used to change the direction of electric currents; a commutator.
• REPLACEMENT
  The removal of an edge or an angle by one or more planes. (more info) 1. The act of replacing.
• CROMORNA
  A certain reed stop in the organ, of a quality of tone resembling that of the oboe. (more info) G. krummhorn crooked horn, cornet, an organ pipe turned like a
• COMPLACENCE; COMPLACENCY
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• SALTPETER; SALTPETRE
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• APLACENTAL
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