Word Meanings - HUCKLE-BACKED - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Round-shoulded.
Related words: (words related to HUCKLE-BACKED)
- ROUNDWORM
A nematoid worm. - SHOULDER
The joint, or the region of the joint, by which the fore limb is connected with the body or with the shoulder girdle; the projection formed by the bones and muscles about that joint. 2. The flesh and muscles connected with the shoulder joint; the - SHOULDER-SHOTTEN
Sprained in the shoulder, as a horse. Shak. - ROUNDISH
Somewhat round; as, a roundish seed; a roundish figure. -- Round"ish*ness, n. - ROUNDABOUTNESS
The quality of being roundabout; circuitousness. - ROUNDFISH
Any ordinary market fish, exclusive of flounders, sole, halibut, and other flatfishes. A lake whitefish , less compressed than the common species. It is very abundant in British America and Alaska. - ROUND-UP
The act of collecting or gathering together scattered cattle by riding around them and driving them in. - SHOULDERED
Having shoulders; -- used in composition; as, a broad- shouldered man. "He was short-shouldered." Chaucer. - ROUNDSMAN
A patrolman; also, a policeman who acts as an inspector over the rounds of the patrolmen. - ROUNDHEADED
Having a round head or top. - ROUNDHEAD
A nickname for a Puritan. See Roundheads, the, in the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction. Toone. - ROUND
To whisper. Shak. Holland. The Bishop of Glasgow rounding in his ear, "Ye are not a wise man," . . . he rounded likewise to the bishop, and said, "Wherefore brought ye me here" Calderwood. - ROUNDURE
Roundness; a round or circle. Shak. - ROUNDEL
A rondelay. "Sung all the roundel lustily." Chaucer. Come, now a roundel and a fairy song. Shak. 2. Anything having a round form; a round figure; a circle. The Spaniards, casting themselves into roundels, . . . made a flying march to Calais. Bacon. - ROUNDNESS
1. The quality or state of being round in shape; as, the roundness of the globe, of the orb of the sun, of a ball, of a bowl, a column, etc. 2. Fullness; smoothness of flow; as, the roundness of a period; the roundness of a note; roundness of tone. - ROUNDED
Modified by contraction of the lip opening; labialized; labial. See Guide to Pronunciation, § 11. - ROUNDLY
1. In a round form or manner. 2. Openly; boldly; peremptorily; plumply. He affirms everything roundly. Addison. 3. Briskly; with speed. locke. Two of the outlaws walked roundly forward. Sir W. Scott. 4. Completely; vigorously; in earnest. Shak. - ROUNDING
Round or nearly round; becoming round; roundish. - ROUND-SHOULDERED
Having the shoulders stooping or projecting; round-backed. - ROUNDTOP
A top; a platform at a masthead; -- so called because formerly round in shape. - MISGROUND
To found erroneously. "Misgrounded conceit." Bp. Hall. - UNDERGROUND INSURANCE
Wildcat insurance. - GROUNDWORK
That which forms the foundation or support of anything; the basis; the essential or fundamental part; first principle. Dryden. - PLAYGROUND
A piece of ground used for recreation; as, the playground of a school. - HUMP-SHOULDERED
Having high, hunched shoulders. Hawthorne. - GROUNDEN
p. p. of Grind. Chaucer. - QUARTER ROUND
An ovolo. - FOREGROUND
On a painting, and sometimes in a bas-relief, mosaic picture, or the like, that part of the scene represented, which is nearest to the spectator, and therefore occupies the lowest part of the work of art itself. Cf. Distance, n., 6. - GROUNDNUT
The fruit of the Arachis hypogæa ; the peanut; the earthnut. A leguminous, twining plant , producing clusters of dark purple flowers and having a root tuberous and pleasant to the taste. The dwarf ginseng . Gray. A European plant of the genus - ENROUND
To surround. Shak. - GROUNDLESS
Without ground or foundation; wanting cause or reason for support; not authorized; false; as, groundless fear; a groundless report or assertion. -- Ground"less*ly, adv. -- Ground"less*ness, n.