Word Meanings - GUSTABLE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
1. Capable of being tasted; tastable. This position informs us of a vulgar error, terming the gall bitter; whereas there is nothing gustable sweeter. Harvey. 2. Pleasant to the taste; toothsome; savory. A gustable thing, seen or smelt, excites
Additional info about word: GUSTABLE
1. Capable of being tasted; tastable. This position informs us of a vulgar error, terming the gall bitter; whereas there is nothing gustable sweeter. Harvey. 2. Pleasant to the taste; toothsome; savory. A gustable thing, seen or smelt, excites the appetite, and affects the glands and parts of the mouth. Derham.
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- BELLMAN
A man who rings a bell, especially to give notice of anything in the streets. Formerly, also, a night watchman who called the hours. Milton. - THICKENING
Something put into a liquid or mass to make it thicker. - BELIAL
An evil spirit; a wicked and unprincipled person; the personification of evil. What concord hath Christ with Belia 2 Cor. vi. 15. A son of Belial, a worthless, wicked, or thoroughly depraved person. 1 Sam. ii. 12. - BESCRATCH
To tear with the nails; to cover with scratches. - THINKING
Having the faculty of thought; cogitative; capable of a regular train of ideas; as, man is a thinking being. -- Think"ing*ly, adv. - THEBAIC
Of or pertaining to Thebes in Egypt; specifically, designating a version of the Bible preserved by the Copts, and esteemed of great value by biblical scholars. This version is also called the Sahidic version. - THIRSTILY
In a thirsty manner. - BEASTLIHEAD
Beastliness. Spenser. - THERMALLY
In a thermal manner. - BEWRAP
To wrap up; to cover. Fairfax. - THORN-HEADED
Having a head armed with thorns or spines. Thorn-headed worm , any worm of the order Acanthocephala; -- called also thornhead. - BERGOMASK
A rustic dance, so called in ridicule of the people of Bergamo, in Italy, once noted for their clownishness. - BEVELMENT
The replacement of an edge by two similar planes, equally inclined to the including faces or adjacent planes. - BESCATTER
1. To scatter over. 2. To cover sparsely by scattering ; to strew. "With flowers bescattered." Spenser. - BELEAVE
To leave or to be left. May. - BETSO
A small brass Venetian coin. - BESCORN
To treat with scorn. "Then was he bescorned." Chaucer. - THIRD
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1. One who combs; one whose occupation it is to comb wool, flax, etc. Also, a machine for combing wool, flax, etc. 2. A long, curling wave. - LETHARGIC; LETHARGICAL
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1. A liar; a deceiver. 2. One addicted to idle talk. - BREATHE
Etym: 1. To respire; to inhale and exhale air; hence;, to live. "I am in health, I breathe." Shak. Breathes there a man with soul so dead Sir W. Scott. 2. To take breath; to rest from action. Well! breathe awhile, and then to it again! Shak. 3. - PROGNATHIC
Prognathous. - POSTHUME; POSTHUMED
Posthumos. I. Watts. Fuller. - HAIRBELL
See HAREBELL - ANTHEMIS
Chamomile; a genus of composite, herbaceous plants. - AETHER
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A large dark-colored variety of the leopard, by some zoölogists considered a distinct species. It is marked with large ringlike spots, the centers of which are darker than the color of the body. - FORTHPUTING
Bold; forward; aggressive. - TETHYDAN
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