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Word Meanings - GAMASHES - Book Publishers vocabulary database

High boots or buskins; in Scotland, short spatterdashes or riding trousers, worn over the other clothing.

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  • RIDGELING
    A half-castrated male animal. (more info) castrated, a sheep having only one testicle; cf. Prov. G. rigel, rig,
  • RIDDEN
    p. p. of Ride.
  • OTHERGUISE; OTHERGUESS
    Of another kind or sort; in another way. "Otherguess arguments." Berkeley.
  • RIDICULER
    One who ridicules.
  • SHORT-WITED
    Having little wit; not wise; having scanty intellect or judgment.
  • SHORT CIRCUIT
    A circuit formed or closed by a conductor of relatively low resistance because shorter or of relatively great conductivity.
  • RIDDER
    One who, or that which, rids.
  • RIDERLESS
    Having no rider; as, a riderless horse. H. Kingsley.
  • SHORT-HANDED
    Short of, or lacking the regular number of, servants or helpers.
  • SHORTHEAD
    A sucking whale less than one year old; -- so called by sailors.
  • RIDGELET
    A little ridge.
  • CLOTHESLINE
    A rope or wire on which clothes are hung to dry.
  • RIDDLER
    One who riddles .
  • RIDGEBONE
    The backbone. Blood . . . lying cluttered about the ridgebone. Holland.
  • SHORTCAKE
    An unsweetened breakfast cake shortened with butter or lard, rolled thin, and baked.
  • SHORTLY
    1. In a short or brief time or manner; soon; quickly. Chaucer. I shall grow jealous of you shortly. Shak. The armies came shortly in view of each other. Clarendon. 2. In few words; briefly; abruptly; curtly; as, to express ideas more shortly in
  • RIDICULIZE
    To make ridiculous; to ridicule. Chapman.
  • RIDEN
    imp. pl. & p. p. of Ride. Chaucer.
  • SHORT-JOINTED
    Having short intervals between the joints; -- said of a plant or an animal, especially of a horse whose pastern is too short.
  • OTHER
    andar, Icel. annarr, Sw. annan, Dan. anden, Goth. an, Skr. antara: cf. L. alter; all orig. comparatives: cf. Skr. anya other. sq. 1. Different from that which, or the one who, has been specified; not the same; not identical; additional; second
  • NOTOTHERIUM
    An extinct genus of gigantic herbivorous marsupials, found in the Pliocene formation of Australia.
  • PIPERIDINE
    An oily liquid alkaloid, C5H11N, having a hot, peppery, ammoniacal odor. It is related to pyridine, and is obtained by the decomposition of piperine.
  • CHLORIDIZE
    See CHLORIDATE
  • SAILCLOTH
    Duck or canvas used in making sails.
  • AUROCHLORIDE
    The trichloride of gold combination with the chloride of another metal, forming a double chloride; -- called also chloraurate.
  • VIRIDITY
    1. Greenness; verdure; the color of grass and foliage. 2. Freshness; soundness. Evelyn.
  • ISOGEOTHERMAL; ISOGEOTHERMIC
    Pertaining to, having the nature of, or marking, isogeotherms; as, an isogeothermal line or surface; as isogeothermal chart. -- n.
  • RID
    imp. & p. p. of Ride, v. i. He rid to the end of the village, where he alighted. Thackeray.
  • ANTHERIDIUM
    The male reproductive apparatus in the lower, consisting of a cell or other cavity in which spermatozoids are produced; -- called also spermary. -- An`ther*id"i*al, a.
  • SMOTHER
    Etym: 1. To destroy the life of by suffocation; to deprive of the air necessary for life; to cover up closely so as to prevent breathing; to suffocate; as, to smother a child. 2. To affect as by suffocation; to stife; to deprive of air by a thick
  • ARIDITY
    1. The state or quality of being arid or without moisture; dryness. 2. Fig.: Want of interest of feeling; insensibility; dryness of style or feeling; spiritual drought. Norris.
  • BEDCLOTHES
    Blankets, sheets, coverlets, etc., for a bed. Shak.
  • OPHIURIDA
    See OPHIURIOIDEA
  • ISOTHEROMBROSE
    A line connecting or marking points on the earth's surface, which have the same mean summer rainfall.
  • PERIDROME
    The space between the columns and the wall of the cella, in a Greek or a Roman temple.
  • CUBBRIDGE-HEAD
    A bulkhead on the forecastle and half deck of a ship.
  • LUCERNARIDA
    A division of acalephs, including Lucernaria and allied genera; - - called also Calycozoa. A more extensive group of acalephs, including both the true lucernarida and the Discophora.
  • PTERIDOPHYTA
    A class of flowerless plants, embracing ferns, horsetails, club mosses, quillworts, and other like plants. See the Note under Cryptogamia. -- Pter"i*do*phyte`, n. Note: This is a modern term, devised to replace the older ones acrogens and vascular

 

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