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Word Meanings - LAY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

of Lie, to recline.

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  • ANTHEMIS
    Chamomile; a genus of composite, herbaceous plants.
  • EQUIPENSATE
    To weigh equally; to esteem alike.
  • EQUIPONDERANCE; EQUIPONDERANCY
    Equality of weight; equipoise.
  • BALLADE
    A form of French versification, sometimes imitated in English, in which three or four rhymes recur through three stanzas of eight or ten lines each, the stanzas concluding with a refrain, and the whole poem with an envoy.
  • STRAINABLE
    1. Capable of being strained. 2. Violent in action. Holinshed.
  • EQUIPOTENTIAL
    Having the same potential. Equipotential surface, a surface for which the potential is for all points of the surface constant. Level surfaces on the earth are equipotential.
  • DITTY
    p. p. neut. of dictare to say often, dictate, compose. See Dictate, 1. A saying or utterance; especially, one that is short and frequently repeated; a theme. O, too high ditty for my simple rhyme. Spenser. 2. A song; a lay; a little poem intended
  • FURNISHMENT
    The act of furnishing, or of supplying furniture; also, furniture. Daniel.
  • CAROLING
    A song of joy or devotion; a singing, as of carols. Coleridge. Such heavenly notes and carolings. Spenser.
  • PLACEMENT
    1. The act of placing, or the state of being placed. 2. Position; place.
  • ADAPTABLE
    Capable of being adapted.
  • PLACENTARY
    Having reference to the placenta; as, the placentary system of classification.
  • PLACE-KICK
    To make a place kick; to make by a place kick. -- Place"-kick`er, n.
  • PROPOSER
    1. One who proposes or offers anything for consideration or adoption. 2. A speaker; an orator. Shak.
  • CAROLINE
    A coin. See Carline.
  • EQUIPEDAL
    Equal-footed; having the pairs of feet equal.
  • STRAINING
    from Strain. Straining piece , a short piece of timber in a truss, used to maintain the ends of struts or rafters, and keep them from slipping. See Illust. of Queen-post.
  • PROVIDENCE
    A manifestation of the care and superintendence which God exercises over his creatures; an event ordained by divine direction. He that hath a numerous family, and many to provide for, needs a greater providence of God. Jer. Taylor. 4. Prudence in
  • READY-MADE
    Made already, or beforehand, in anticipation of need; not made to order; as, ready-made clothing; ready-made jokes.
  • INFLICT
    To give, cause, or produce by striking, or as if by striking; to apply forcibly; to lay or impose; to send; to cause to bear, feel, or suffer; as, to inflict blows; to inflict a wound with a dagger; to inflict severe pain by ingratitude; to inflict
  • RESTRAINABLE
    Capable of being restrained; controllable. Sir T. Browne.
  • IMBORDER
    To furnish or inclose with a border; to form a border of. Milton.
  • REPLACEMENT
    The removal of an edge or an angle by one or more planes. (more info) 1. The act of replacing.
  • OVERREADY
    Too ready. -- O"ver*read"*i*ly, adv. -- O"ver*read"i*ness, n.
  • DISTRAINER
    See DISTRAINOR
  • HALF-STRAINED
    Half-bred; imperfect. "A half-strained villain." Dryden.

 

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