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The cohesion of the particles on the surface of a body, determined by its capacity to scratch another, or be itself scratched;-measured among minerals on a scale of which diamond and talc form the extremes. (more info) 1. The quality or state of

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The cohesion of the particles on the surface of a body, determined by its capacity to scratch another, or be itself scratched;-measured among minerals on a scale of which diamond and talc form the extremes. (more info) 1. The quality or state of being hard, literally or figuratively. The habit of authority also had given his manners some peremptory hardness. Sir W. Scott.

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  • STATESMANLIKE
    Having the manner or wisdom of statesmen; becoming a statesman.
  • SCRATCH COAT
    The first coat in plastering; -- called also scratchwork. See Pricking-up.
  • STATEHOOD
    The condition of being a State; as, a territory seeking Statehood.
  • SCRATCHBACK
    A toy which imitates the sound of tearing cloth, -- used by drawing it across the back of unsuspecting persons.
  • DIAMOND-SHAPED
    Shaped like a diamond or rhombus.
  • ANOTHER-GUESS
    Of another sort. It used to go in another-guess manner. Arbuthnot.
  • SURFACE LOADING
    The weight supported per square unit of surface; the quotient obtained by dividing the gross weight, in pounds, of a fully loaded flying machine, by the total area, in square feet, of its supporting surface.
  • MEASURING
    Used in, or adapted for, ascertaining measurements, or dividing by measure. Measuring faucet, a faucet which permits only a given quantity of liquid to pass each time it is opened, or one by means of which the liquid which passes can be measured.
  • SCRATCHING
    With the action of scratching.
  • DIAMONDIZE
    To set with diamonds; to adorn; to enrich. Diamondizing of your subject. B. Jonson.
  • QUALITY
    1. The condition of being of such and such a sort as distinguished from others; nature or character relatively considered, as of goods; character; sort; rank. We lived most joyful, obtaining acquaintance with many of the city not of the meanest
  • SCALEBOARD
    A thin slip of wood used to justify a page. Crabb. 2. A thin veneer of leaf of wood used for covering the surface of articles of firniture, and the like. Scaleboard plane, a plane for cutting from a board a wide shaving forming a scaleboard.
  • STATE SOCIALISM
    A form of socialism, esp. advocated in Germany, which, while retaining the right of private property and the institution of the family and other features of the present form of the state, would intervene by various measures intended to
  • MEASURER
    One who measures; one whose occupation or duty is to measure commondities in market.
  • 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.
  • STATECRAFT
    The art of conducting state affairs; state management; statesmanship.
  • SCALEBEAM
    1. The lever or beam of a balance; the lever of a platform scale, to which the poise for weighing is applied. 2. A weighing apparatus with a sliding weight, resembling a steelyard.
  • MEASURABLE
    1. Capable of being measured; susceptible of mensuration or computation. 2. Moderate; temperate; not excessive. Of his diet measurable was he. Chaucer. -- Meas"ur*a*ble*ness, n. -- Meas"ur*a*bly, adv. Yet do it measurably, as it becometh
  • STATESWOMAN
    A woman concerned in public affairs. A rare stateswoman; I admire her bearing. B. Jonson.
  • STATESMANLY
    Becoming a statesman.
  • BESCRATCH
    To tear with the nails; to cover with scratches.
  • CREBRICOSTATE
    Marked with closely set ribs or ridges.
  • SAGEBRUSH STATE
    Nevada; -- a nickname.
  • OLD LINE STATE
    Maryland; a nickname, alluding to the fact that its northern boundary in Mason and Dixon's line.
  • ENSTATE
    See INSTATE
  • GUNTER'S SCALE
    A scale invented by the Rev. Edmund Gunter , a professor of astronomy at Gresham College, London, who invented also Gunter's chain, and Gunter's quadrant. Note: Gunter's scale is a wooden rule, two feet long, on one side of which are marked scales
  • KATASTATE
    A substance formed by a katabolic process; -- opposed to anastate. See Katabolic.
  • BAYOU STATE
    Mississippi; -- a nickname, from its numerous bayous.
  • REESTATE
    To reëstablish. Walis.
  • IMMEASURABLY
    In an immeasurable manner or degree. "Immeasurably distant." Wordsworth.
  • BLACKWATER STATE
    Nebraska; -- a nickname alluding to the dark color of the water of its rivers, due to the presence of a black vegetable mold in the soil.
  • INEQUALITY
    An expression consisting of two unequal quantities, with the sign of inequality between them; as, the inequality 2 < 3, or 4 > 1. (more info) 1. The quality of being unequal; difference, or want of equality, in any respect; lack of uniformity;
  • ARISTATE
    Having a pointed, beardlike process, as the glumes of wheat; awned. Gray.

 

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