Word Meanings - HOBBLY - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Rough; uneven; causing one to hobble; as a hobbly road.
Related words: (words related to HOBBLY)
- ROUGHING-IN
The first coat of plaster laid on brick; also, the process of applying it. - CAUSEFUL
Having a cause. - ROUGHEN
To grow or become rough. - HOBBLER
One who by his tenure was to maintain a horse for military service; a kind of light horseman in the Middle Ages who was mounted on a hobby. Hallam. Sir J. Davies. - ROUGHT
imp. of Reach. - ROUGHHEWN
1. Hewn coarsely without smoothing; unfinished; not polished. 2. Of coarse manners; rude; uncultivated; rough-grained. "A roughhewn seaman." Bacon. - ROUGHLEG
Any one of several species of large hawks of the genus Archibuteo, having the legs feathered to the toes. Called also rough- legged hawk, and rough-legged buzzard. Note: The best known species is Archibuteo lagopus of Northern Europe, - CAUSATIVE
1. Effective, as a cause or agent; causing. Causative in nature of a number of effects. Bacon. 2. Expressing a cause or reason; causal; as, the ablative is a causative case. - ROUGHINGS
Rowen. - ROUGHSHOD
Shod with shoes armed with points or calks; as, a roughshod horse. To ride roughshod, to pursue a course regardless of the pain or distress it may cause others. - ROUGHCAST
1. A rude model; the rudimentary, unfinished form of a thing. 2. A kind of plastering made of lime, with a mixture of shells or pebbles, used for covering buildings. Shak. - CAUSEWAYED; CAUSEYED
Having a raised way ; paved. Sir W. Scott. C. Bronté. - CAUSATOR
One who causes. Sir T. Browne. - CAUSTICILY
1. The quality of being caustic; corrosiveness; as, the causticity of potash. 2. Severity of language; sarcasm; as, the causticity of a reply or remark. - ROUGHTAIL
Any species of small ground snakes of the family Uropeltidæ; -- so called from their rough tails. - ROUGHSTRINGS
Pieces of undressed timber put under the steps of a wooden stair for their support. - ROUGH-FOOTED
Feather-footed; as, a rough-footed dove. Sherwood. - CAUSAL
A causal word or form of speech. Anglo-Saxon drencan to drench, causal of Anglo-Saxon drincan to drink. Skeat. - ROUGH-LEGGED
Having the legs covered with feathers; -- said of a bird. rough-legged hawk. See Roughleg. - CAUSATIVELY
In a causative manner. - ANTICAUSODIC
See ANTICAUSOTIC - HIGH-WROUGHT
1. Wrought with fine art or skill; elaborate. Pope. 2. Worked up, or swollen, to a high degree; as, a highwrought passion. "A high-wrought flood." Shak. - THOROUGHWORT
See BONESET - THOROUGH BASS
The representation of chords by figures placed under the base; figured bass; basso continuo; -- sometimes used as synonymous with harmony. - DROUGHTY
1. Characterized by drought; wanting rain; arid; adust. Droughty and parched countries. Ray. 2. Dry; thirsty; wanting drink. Thy droughty throat. Philips. - BROUGHAM
A light, close carriage, with seats inside for two or four, and the fore wheels so arranged as to turn short.