Word Meanings - JERSEY - Book Publishers vocabulary database
1. The finest of wool separated from the rest; combed wool; also, fine yarn of wool. 2. A kind of knitted jacket; hence, in general, a closefitting jacket or upper garment made of an elastic fabric . 3. One of a breed of cattle in the Island of
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1. The finest of wool separated from the rest; combed wool; also, fine yarn of wool. 2. A kind of knitted jacket; hence, in general, a closefitting jacket or upper garment made of an elastic fabric . 3. One of a breed of cattle in the Island of Jersey. Jerseys are noted for the richness of their milk.
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- COMBER
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. - 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. - BREVIARY
summary, abridgment, neut. noun fr. breviarius abridged, fr. brevis 1. An abridgment; a compend; an epitome; a brief account or summary. A book entitled the abridgment or breviary of those roots that are to be cut up or gathered. Holland. 2. A - SEPARATISM
The character or act of a separatist; disposition to withdraw from a church; the practice of so withdrawing. - BREAKMAN
See BRAKEMAN - KNITTLE
See NETTLES (more info) 1. A string that draws together a purse or bag. Wright. 2. pl. - KNITTER
One who, or that which, knits, joins, or unites; a knitting machine. Shak. - BREAKABLE
Capable of being broken. - BREADEN
Made of bread. - COMBUST
So near the sun as to be obscured or eclipsed by his light, as the moon or planets when not more than eight degrees and a half from the sun. Planets that are oft combust. Milton. (more info) com- + burere , of uncertian origin; cf. bustum - BREECHCLOTH
A cloth worn around the breech. - COMBUSTIOUS
Inflammable. Shak. - FINESTILLER
One who finestills. - COMBAT
To struggle or contend, as with an opposing force; to fight. To combat with a blind man I disdain. Milton. After the fall of the republic, the Romans combated only for the choice of masters. Gibbon. - GENERALIZED
Comprising structural characters which are separated in more specialized forms; synthetic; as, a generalized type. - UPPERMOST
Highest in place, position, rank, power, or the like; upmost; supreme. Whatever faction happens to be uppermost. Swift. - BREADBASKET
The stomach. S. Foote. - BREWER
One who brews; one whose occupation is to prepare malt liquors. - GARMENT
Any article of clothing, as a coat, a gown, etc. No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto old garment. Matt. ix. 16. - GENERALIZABLE
Capable of being generalized, or reduced to a general form of statement, or brought under a general rule. Extreme cases are . . . not generalizable. Coleridge - UNDERBRED
Not thoroughly bred; ill-bred; as, an underbred fellow. Goldsmith. - MAJOR GENERAL
. An officer of the army holding a rank next above that of brigadier general and next below that of lieutenant general, and who usually commands a division or a corps. - MAKE AND BREAK
Any apparatus for making and breaking an electric circuit; a circuit breaker. - CHICKEN-BREASTED
Having a narrow, projecting chest, caused by forward curvature of the vertebral column. - ENCOMBERMENT
Hindrance; molestation. Spenser. - LIBRETTO
A book containing the words of an opera or extended piece of music. The words themselves. - LAWBREAKER
One who disobeys the law; a criminal. -- Law"break`ing, n. & a. - INSEPARATE
Not separate; together; united. Shak. - SABRE
See SABER - TIMBREL
A kind of drum, tabor, or tabret, in use from the highest antiquity. Miriam . . . took a timbrel in her hand, and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. Ex. xv. 20. (more info) typmanum, Gr. tabl a drum; cf. Per. tambal - SPANKING BREEZE
a strong breeze. - SINGLE-BREASTED
Lapping over the breast only far enough to permit of buttoning, and having buttons on one edge only; as, a single-breasted coast.