Word Meanings - NEGINOTH - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Stringed instruments. Dr. W. Smith. To the chief musician on Neginoth. Ps. iv. 9heading).
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- CHIEFLESS
Without a chief or leader. - CHIEFEST
First or foremost; chief; principal. "Our chiefest courtier." Shak. The chiefest among ten thousand. Canticles v. 10. - NEGINOTH
Stringed instruments. Dr. W. Smith. To the chief musician on Neginoth. Ps. iv. 9heading). - SMITHSONIAN
Of or pertaining to the Englishman J.L.M. Smithson, or to the national institution of learning which he endowed at Washington, D.C.; as, the Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Reports. -- n. - STRING
An inside range of ceiling planks, corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and bolted to it. (more info) G. strang, Icel. strengr, Sw. sträng, Dan. stræng; probably from the adj., E. strong ; or perhaps originally meaning, twisted, - STRINGER
A longitudinal sleeper. (more info) 1. One who strings; one who makes or provides strings, especially for bows. Be content to put your trust in honest stringers. Ascham. 2. A libertine; a wencher. Beau. & Fl. - STRINGINESS
Quality of being stringy. - STRINGHALT
An habitual sudden twitching of the hinder leg of a horse, or an involuntary or convulsive contraction of the muscles that raise the hock. - STRINGY
1. Consisting of strings, or small threads; fibrous; filamentous; as, a stringy root. 2. Capable of being drawn into a string, as a glutinous substance; ropy; viscid; gluely. Stringy bark , a name given in Australia to several trees of the genus - CHIEF JUSTICE
The presiding justice, or principal judge, of a court. Lord Chief Justice of England, The presiding judge of the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice. The highest judicial officer of the realm is the Lord High Chancellor. -- Chief - SMITHSONITE
Native zinc carbonate. It generally occurs in stalactitic, reniform, or botryoidal shapes, of a white to gray, green, or brown color. See Note under Calamine. - CHIEF HARE
A small rodent inhabiting the summits of the Rocky Mountains; -- also called crying hare, calling hare, cony, American pika, and little chief hare. Note: It is not a true hare or rabbit, but belongs to the curious family Lagomyidæ. - STRINGLESS
Having no strings. His tongue is now a stringless instrument. Shak. - SMITHER
Fragments; atoms; finders. Smash the bottle to smithers. Tennyson. (more info) 1. Light, fine rain. 2. pl. - SMITH
Icel. smi, Dan. & Sw. smed, Goth. smi ; cf. Gr. 1. One who forgess with the hammer; one who works in metals; as, a blacksmith, goldsmith, silversmith, and the like. Piers Plowman. Nor yet the smith hath learned to form a sword. Tate. 2. One who - SMITHCRAFT
The art or occupation of a smith; smithing. Sir W. Raleigh. - STRINGENCY
The quality or state of being stringent. - CHIEFTAINCY; CHIEFTAINSHIP
The rank, dignity, or office of a chieftain. - CHIEF-JUSTICESHIP
The office of chief justice. Jay selected the chief-justiceship as most in accordance with his tastes. The Century. - STRINGENDO
Urging or hastening the time, as to a climax. - NAVEL-STRING
The umbilical cord. - KERCHIEF
couvrechef, F. couvrechef, a head covering, fr. couvrir to cover + 1. A square of fine linen worn by women as a covering for the head; hence, anything similar in form or material, worn for ornament on other parts of the person; -- mostly used in - MISCHIEF
+ chief end, head, F. chef chief. See Minus, and 1. Harm; damage; esp., disarrangement of order; trouble or vexation caused by human agency or by some living being, intentionally or not; often, calamity, mishap; trivial evil caused by - ENKERCHIEFED
Bound with a kerchief; draped; hooded; covered. Milton. That soft, enkerchiefed hair. M. Arnold. - ASTRINGENCY
The quality of being astringent; the power of contracting the parts of the body; that quality in medicines or other substances which causes contraction of the organic textures; as, the astringency of tannin. - ROUGHSTRINGS
Pieces of undressed timber put under the steps of a wooden stair for their support. - SUBASTRINGENT
Somewhat astringent. - ASTRINGE
1. To bind fast; to constrict; to contract; to cause parts to draw together; to compress. Which contraction . . . astringeth the moistuBacon. 2. To bind by moral or legal obligation. Wolsey. - NECKERCHIEF
A kerchief for the neck; -- called also neck handkerchief. - KISSING STRINGS
Cap or bonnet strings made long to tie under the chin. One of her ladyship's kissing strings, once pink and fluttering and now faded and soiled. Pall Mall Mag. - MISCHIEFFUL
Mischievous. Foote. - MISCHIEFABLE
Mischievous. Lydgate.