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Word Meanings - DOUSING-CHOCK - Book Publishers vocabulary database

One of several pieces fayed across the apron and lapped in the knightheads, or inside planking above the upper deck. Ham. Nav. Encyc.

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  • PLANKING
    1. The act of laying planks; also, planks, collectively; a series of planks in place, as the wooden covering of the frame of a vessel. 2. The act of splicing slivers. See Plank, v. t., 4.
  • LAPPS
    A branch of the Mongolian race, now living in the northern parts of Norway, Sweden, and the adjacent parts of Russia.
  • APRON MAN
    A man who wears an apron; a laboring man; a mechanic. Shak.
  • ENCYCLOPEDIAN
    Embracing the whole circle of learning, or a wide range of subjects.
  • UPPERMOST
    Highest in place, position, rank, power, or the like; upmost; supreme. Whatever faction happens to be uppermost. Swift.
  • ENCYCLOPEDIST
    The compiler of an encyclopedia, or one who assists in such compilation; also, one whose knowledge embraces the whole range of the sciences. The Encyclopedists, the writers of the great French encyclopedia which appeared in 1751-1772. The editors
  • PLANKTON
    All the animals and plants, taken collectively, which live at or near the surface of salt or fresh waters. --Plank*ton"ic , a.
  • FAYALITE
    A black, greenish, or brownish mineral of the chrysolite group. It is a silicate of iron.
  • LAPPISH
    Of or pertaining to the Lapps; Laplandish. -- n.
  • UPPERTENDOM
    The highest class in society; the upper ten. See Upper ten, under Upper.
  • ABOVEBOARD
    Above the board or table. Hence: in open sight; without trick, concealment, or deception. "Fair and aboveboard." Burke. Note: This expression is said by Johnson to have been borrowed from gamesters, who, when they change their cards, put their hands
  • ENCYCLOPEDIC; ENCYCLOPEDICAL
    Pertaining to, or of the nature of, an encyclopedia; embracing a wide range of subjects.
  • ABOVESAID
    Mentioned or recited before.
  • APRONFUL
    The quality an apron can hold.
  • LAPPET
    A small decorative fold or flap, esp, of lace or muslin, in a garment or headdress. Swift. Lappet moth , one of several species of bombycid moths, which have stout, hairy caterpillars, flat beneath. Two common American species (Gastropacha
  • ABOVE-MENTIONED; ABOVE-NAMED
    Mentioned or named before; aforesaid.
  • ENCYCLOPEDISM
    The art of writing or compiling encyclopedias; also, possession of the whole range of knowledge; encyclopedic learning.
  • SEVERALITY
    Each particular taken singly; distinction. Bp. Hall.
  • SEVERALLY
    Separately; distinctly; apart from others; individually. There must be an auditor to check and revise each severally by itself. De Quincey.
  • SEVERAL
    1. Separate; distinct; particular; single. Each several ship a victory did gain. Dryden. Each might his several province well command, Would all but stoop to what they understand. Pope. 2. Diverse; different; various. Spenser. Habits and faculties,
  • LACROSSE
    A game of ball, originating among the North American Indians, now the popular field sport of Canada, and played also in England and the United States. Each player carries a long-handled racket, called a "crosse". The ball is not handled but caught
  • PARFAY
    By my faith; verily. Chaucer.
  • SUPPER
    A meal taken at the close of the day; the evening meal. Note: Supper is much used in an obvious sense, either adjectively or as the first part of a compound; as, supper time or supper-time, supper bell, supper hour, etc. (more info) originally
  • SHELLAPPLE
    See SHELDAFLE
  • SLAPPER; SLAPPING
    Very large; monstrous; big.

 

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