Word Meanings - INTEGUMENT - Book Publishers vocabulary database
That which naturally invests or covers another thing, as the testa or the tegmen of a seed; specifically , a covering which invests the body, as the skin, or a membrane that invests a particular. (more info) pref. in- in, on + tegere to cover:
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That which naturally invests or covers another thing, as the testa or the tegmen of a seed; specifically , a covering which invests the body, as the skin, or a membrane that invests a particular. (more info) pref. in- in, on + tegere to cover: cf. F. intégument. See 1st n-,
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- LINGET
An ingot. - LINGISM
A mode of treating certain diseases, as obesity, by gymnastics; -- proposed by Pehr Henrik Ling, a Swede. See Kinesiatrics. - LINNE
Flax. See Linen. - COATLESS
Not wearing a coat; also, not possessing a coat. - LINAGE
See HOLLAND - LINGUAL
Of or pertaining to the tongue; uttered by the aid of the tongue; glossal; as, the lingual nerves; a lingual letter. Lingual ribbon. See Odontophore. - LINNAEA BOREALIS
The twin flower which grows in cold northern climates. - COATING
1. A coat or covering; a layer of any substance, as a cover or protection; as, the coating of a retort or vial. 2. Cloth for coats; as, an assortment of coatings. - LINCHI
An esculent swallow. - LINKS
A tract of ground laid out for the game of golf; a golfing green. A second links has recently been opened at Prestwick, and another at Troon, on the same coast. P. P. Alexander. - LINER
A thin piece placed between two parts to hold or adjust them, fill a space, etc., ; a shim. (more info) 1. One who lines, as, a liner of shoes. 2. A vessel belonging to a regular line of packets; also, a line-of- battle ship; a ship of the line. - LINOLEIC
Pertaining to, or derived from, linoleum, or linseed oil; specifically , designating an organic acid, a thin yellow oil, found combined as a salt of glycerin in oils of linseed, poppy, hemp, and certain nuts. - LINGUATULIDA
See LINGUATULINA - LINGERING
1. Delaying. 2. Drawn out in time; remaining long; protracted; as, a lingering disease. To die is the fate of man; but to die with lingering anguish is generally his folly. Rambler. - LINSEED
when oil is expressed. -- Linseed meal, linseed cake reduced to powder. -- Linseed oil, oil obtained by pressure from flaxseed. - LINNAEAN; LINNEAN
Of or pertaining to Linnæus, the celebrated Swedish botanist. Linnaean system , the system in which the classes are founded mainly upon the stamens, and the orders upon the pistils; the artificial or sexual system. - LINDIA
A peculiar genus of rotifers, remarkable for the absence of ciliated disks. By some zoölogists it is thought to be like the ancestral form of the Arthropoda. - LINNET
Any one of several species of fringilline birds of the genera Linota, Acanthis, and allied genera, esp. the common European species , which, in full summer plumage, is chestnut brown above, with the breast more or less crimson. The feathers of its - COATI
A mammal of tropical America of the genus Nasua, allied to the raccoon, but with a longer body, tail, and nose. Note: The red coati , called also coati mondi, inhabits Mexico and Central America. The brown coati is found in Surinam and Brazil. - LINING
1. The act of one who lines; the act or process of making lines, or of inserting a lining. 2. That which covers the inner surface of anything, as of a garment or a box; also, the contents of anything. The lining of his coffers shall make coats - COLLINEATION
The act of aiming at, or directing in a line with, a fixed object. Johnson. - BRANDLING; BRANDLIN
See WORM - DUCKLING
A young or little duck. Gay. - TOOLING
Work perfomed with a tool. The fine tooling and delicate tracery of the cabinet artist is lost upon a building of colossal proportions. De Quincey. - SCRAMBLING
Confused and irregular; awkward; scambling. -- Scram"bling*ly, adv. A huge old scrambling bedroom. Sir W. Scott. - MEDULLIN
A variety of lignin or cellulose found in the medulla, or pith, of certain plants. Cf. Lignin, and Cellulose. - CLINKSTONE
An igneous rock of feldspathic composition, lamellar in structure, and clinking under the hammer. See Phonolite. - RIDGELING
A half-castrated male animal. (more info) castrated, a sheep having only one testicle; cf. Prov. G. rigel, rig, - TOWELING
Cloth for towels, especially such as is woven in long pieces to be cut at will, as distinguished from that woven in towel lengths with borders, etc. - RECTILINEAL; RECTILINEAR
Straight; consisting of a straight line or lines; bounded by straight lines; as, a rectineal angle; a rectilinear figure or course. -- Rec`ti*lin"e*al*ly, adv. -- Rec`ti*lin"e*ar*ly, adv. - SCRATCH COAT
The first coat in plastering; -- called also scratchwork. See Pricking-up. - CHURCHLINESS
Regard for the church. - STEELING
The process of pointing, edging, or overlaying with steel; specifically, acierage. See Steel, v. - TRICLINATE
Triclinic. - FRIENDLINESS
The condition or quality of being friendly. Sir P. Sidney. - INDWELLING
Residence within, as in the heart. The personal indwelling of the Spirit in believers. South. - ETHYLIN
Any one of the several complex ethers of ethyl and glycerin.