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Word Meanings - FLAGON - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A vessel with a narrow mouth, used for holding and conveying liquors. It is generally larger than a bottle, and of leather or stoneware rather than of glass. A trencher of mutton chops, and a flagon of ale. Macaulay.

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  • HOLD
    The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.
  • RATHER
    Prior; earlier; former. Now no man dwelleth at the rather town. Sir J. Mandeville.
  • GLASSEN
    Glassy; glazed. And pursues the dice with glassen eyes. B. Jonson.
  • CHOPSTICK
    One of two small sticks of wood, ivory, etc., used by the Chinese and Japanese to convey food to the mouth.
  • TRENCHER
    1. One who trenches; esp., one who cuts or digs ditches. 2. A large wooden plate or platter, as for table use. 3. The table; hence, the pleasures of the table; food. It could be no ordinary declension of nature that could bring some men, after
  • MUTTON
    mouton, LL. multo, by transposition of l fr. L. mutilus mutilated. 1. A sheep. Chapman. Not so much ground as will feed a mutton. Sir H. Sidney. Muttons, beeves, and porkers are good old words for the living quadrupeds. Hallam. 2. The flesh of
  • LEATHERWOOD
    A small branching shrub , with a white, soft wood, and a tough, leathery bark, common in damp woods in the Northern United States; -- called also moosewood, and wicopy. Gray.
  • GLASSINESS
    The quality of being glassy.
  • HOLDBACK
    1. Check; hindrance; restraint; obstacle. The only holdback is the affection . . . that we bear to our wealth. Hammond. 2. The projection or loop on the thill of a vehicle. to which a strap of the harness is attached, to hold back a carriage when
  • GLASSWORT
    A seashore plant of the Spinach family , with succulent jointed stems; also, a prickly plant of the same family , both formerly burned for the sake of the ashes, which yield soda for making glass and soap.
  • GLASS-ROPE
    A remarkable vitreous sponge, of the genus Hyalonema, first brought from Japan. It has a long stem, consisting of a bundle of long and large, glassy, siliceous fibers, twisted together.
  • BOTTLE
    bouteille, fr. LL. buticula, dim. of butis, buttis, butta, flask. Cf. 1. A hollow vessel, usually of glass or earthenware (but formerly of leather), with a narrow neck or mouth, for holding liquids. 2. The contents of a bottle; as much as a bottle
  • CONVEYER
    1. One who, or that which, conveys or carries, transmits or transfers. 2. One given to artifices or secret practices; a juggler; a cheat; a thief. Shak.
  • HOLDER-FORTH
    One who speaks in public; an haranguer; a preacher. Addison.
  • GLASSILY
    So as to resemble glass.
  • LEATHERBACK
    A large sea turtle , having no bony shell on its back. It is common in the warm and temperate parts of the Atlantic, and sometimes weighs over a thousand pounds; -- called also leather turtle, leathery turtle, leather-backed tortoise, etc.
  • NARROW-MINDED
    Of narrow mental scope; illiberal; mean. -- Nar"row-mind`ed*ness, n.
  • LEATHERY
    Resembling leather in appearance or consistence; tough. "A leathery skin." Grew.
  • HOLDER
    One who is employed in the hold of a vessel.
  • MOUTHFUL
    1. As much as is usually put into the mouth at one time. 2. Hence, a small quantity.
  • INHOLD
    To have inherent; to contain in itself; to possess. Sir W. Raleigh.
  • COPYHOLDER
    One possessed of land in copyhold. A device for holding copy for a compositor. One who reads copy to a proof reader.
  • HIGH-HOLDER
    The flicker; -- called also high-hole.
  • BLANCH HOLDING
    A mode of tenure by the payment of a small duty in white rent or otherwise.
  • BEHOLDER
    One who beholds; a spectator.
  • OFFICEHOLDER
    An officer, particularly one in the civil service; a placeman.
  • RECONVEY
    1. To convey back or to the former place; as, to reconvey goods. 2. To transfer back to a former owner; as, to reconvey an estate.
  • SPYGLASS
    A small telescope for viewing distant terrestrial objects.
  • LOUD-MOUTHED
    Having a loud voice; talking or sounding noisily; noisily impudent.
  • CANDLEHOLDER
    One who, or that which, holds a candle; also, one who assists another, but is otherwise not of importance. Shak.
  • FOREHOLDING
    Ominous foreboding; superstitious prognostication. L'Estrange.
  • BOOKHOLDER
    1. A prompter at a theater. Beau & Fl. 2. A support for a book, holding it open, while one reads or copies from it.
  • FOOTHOLD
    A holding with the feet; firm L'Estrange.
  • BEHOLDING
    Obliged; beholden. I was much bound and beholding to the right reverend father. Robynson So much hath Oxford been beholding to her nephews, or sister's children. Fuller.

 

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