Word Meanings - GRAVECLOTHES - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The clothes or dress in which the dead are interred.

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• INTERREX
  An interregent, or a regent.
• INTERRADIAL
  Between the radii, or rays; -- in zoölogy, said of certain parts of radiate animals; as, the interradial plates of a starfish.
• DRESSINESS
  The state of being dressy.
• INTERRUPTION
  1. The act of interrupting, or breaking in upon. 2. The state of being interrupted; a breach or break, caused by the abrupt intervention of something foreign; intervention; interposition. Sir M. Hale. Lest the interruption of time cause you to
• INTERREGENT
  A person who discharges the royal functions during an interregnum. Holland.
• CLOTHESLINE
  A rope or wire on which clothes are hung to dry.
• 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.
• INTERRENAL
  Between the kidneys; as, the interrenal body, an organ found in many fishes. -- n.
• INTERRUPT
  1. To break into, or between; to stop, or hinder by breaking in upon the course or progress of; to interfere with the current or motion of; to cause a temporary cessation of; as, to interrupt the remarks speaking. Do not interrupt me in my course.
• DRESS CIRCLE
  A gallery or circle in a theater, generally the first above the floor, in which originally dress clothes were customarily worn.
• CLOTHESHORSE
  A frame to hang clothes on.
• 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.
• DRESSING
  An application to a sore or wound. Wiseman. 3. Manure or compost over land. When it remains on the surface, it is called a top-dressing. A preparation to fit food for use; a condiment; as, a dressing for salad. The stuffing of fowls, pigs, etc.;
• INTERRUPTED
  Irregular; -- said of any arrangement whose symmetry is destroyed by local causes, as when leaflets are interposed among the leaves in a pinnate leaf. (more info) 1. Broken; intermitted; suddenly stopped.
• INTERROGATIVELY
  In the form of, or by means of, a question; in an interrogative manner.
• INTERREGENCY
  An interregnum. Blount.
• DRESSY
  Showy in dress; attentive to dress. A dressy flaunting maidservant. T. Hook. A neat, dressy gentleman in black. W. Irving.
• INTERROGATOR
  One who asks questions; a questioner.
• CLOTHESPIN
  A forked piece of wood, or a small spring clamp, used for fastening clothes on a line.
• INTERRUPTIVE
  Tending to interrupt; interrupting. "Interruptive forces." H. Bushnell. -- In`ter*rupt"ive*ly, adv.
• UNDRESS
  To take the dressing, or covering, from; as, to undress a wound. (more info) 1. To divest of clothes; to strip. 2. To divest of ornaments to disrobe.
• DEMANDRESS
  A woman who demands.
• BEDCLOTHES
  Blankets, sheets, coverlets, etc., for a bed. Shak.
• INTERROGATE
  To question formally; to question; to examine by asking questions; as, to interrogate a witness. Wilt thou, uncalled, interrogate, Talker! the unreplying Fate Emerson. Syn. -- To question; ask. See Question. (more info) interrogatus,
• OFFENDRESS
  A woman who offends. Shak.
• REDRESSIVE
  Tending to redress. Thomson.
• ADDRESS
  To consign or intrust to the care of another, as agent or factor; as, the ship was addressed to a merchant in Baltimore. To address one's self to. To prepare one's self for; to apply one's self to. To direct one's speech or discourse to. (more
• TOP-DRESSING
  The act of applying a dressing of manure to the surface of land; also, manure so applied.
• TENDRESSE
  Tender feeling; fondness.
• UNDERDRESSED
  Not dresses enough.
• FOUNDRESS
  A female founder; a woman who founds or establishes, or who endows with a fund.