Word Meanings - DISCUBITORY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Leaning; fitted for a reclining posture. Sir T. Browne.

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• LEANING
  The act, or state, of inclining; inclination; tendency; as, a leaning towards Calvinism.
• RECLINING
  Bending or curving gradually back from the perpendicular. Recumbent. Reclining dial, a dial whose plane is inclined to the vertical line through its center. Davies & Peck .
• RECLINATE
  Reclined, as a leaf; bent downward, so that the point, as of a stem or leaf, is lower than the base.
• LEANLY
  Meagerly; without fat or plumpness.
• LEAN-TO
  Having only one slope or pitch; -- said of a roof. -- n.
• LEANNESS
  The condition or quality of being lean.
• POSTURE
  1. The position of the body; the situation or disposition of the several parts of the body with respect to each other, or for a particular purpose; especially , the position of a figure with regard to the several principal members by which action
• LEAN-WITTED
  Having but little sense or shrewdness.
• FITTEDNESS
  The state or quality of being fitted; adaptation. Dr. H. More.
• FITTING
  Anything used in fitting up; especially ,
• RECLINE
  To cause or permit to lean, incline, rest, etc., to place in a recumbent position; as, to recline the head on the hand. The mother Reclined her dying head upon his breast. Dryden.
• RECLINER
  One who, or that which, reclines.
• FITTABLE
  Suitable; fit. Sherwood.
• RECLINANT
  Bending or leaning backward.
• FITT
  See FIT
• LEAN
  To conceal. Ray.
• RECLINATION
  The angle which the plane of the dial makes with a vertical plane which it intersects in a horizontal line. Brande & C. (more info) 1. The act of leaning or reclining, or the state of being reclined.
• FITTER
  1. One who fits or makes to fit; esp.: One who tries on, and adjusts, articles of dress. One who fits or adjusts the different parts of machinery to each other. 2. A coal broker who conducts the sales between the owner of a coal pit and the
• RECLINED
  Falling or turned downward; reclinate.
• POSTURER
  One who postures.
• CLEANSABLE
  Capable of being cleansed. Sherwood.
• CLEAN-CUT
  See CLEAR-CUT
• CLEANNESS
  1. The state or quality of being clean. 2. Purity of life or language; freedom from licentious courses. Chaucer.
• UNCLEAN
  1. Not clean; foul; dirty; filthy. 2. Ceremonially impure; needing ritual cleansing. He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days. Num. xix. 11. 3. Morally impure. "Adultery of the heart, consisting of inordinate
• ACHILLEAN
  Resembling Achilles, the hero of the Iliad; invincible.
• CLEANING
  1. The act of making clean. 2. The afterbirth of cows, ewes, etc. Gardner.
• CLEANLINESS
  State of being cleanly; neatness of person or dress. Cleanliness from head to heel. Swift.
• CREOLEAN; CREOLIAN
  Pertaining to, or characteristic of, the Creoles. -- n.
• CLEANLY
  1. Habitually clean; pure; innocent. "Cleanly joys." Glanvill. Some plain but cleanly country maid. Dryden. Displays her cleanly platter on the board. Goldsmith. 2. Cleansing; fitted to remove moisture; dirt, etc. "With cleanly powder dry their
• CLEAN
  Free from ceremonial defilement. 8. Free from that which is corrupting to the morals; pure in tone; healthy. "Lothair is clean." F. Harrison. 9. Well-proportioned; shapely; as, clean limbs. A clean bill of health, a certificate from the
• GLEANING
  The act of gathering after reapers; that which is collected by gleaning. Glenings of natural knowledge. Cook.
• OUTFITTER
  One who furnishes outfits for a voyage, a journey, or a business.
• UPLEAN
  To lean or incline upon anything. Spenser.
• CLEAN-TIMBERED
  Well-propotioned; symmetrical. Shak.
• SELF-IMPOSTURE
  Imposture practiced on one's self; self-deceit. South.