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Word Meanings - OUTBOARD - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Beyond or outside of the lines of a vessel's bulwarks or hull; in a direction from the hull or from the keel; -- opposed to inboard; as, outboard rigging; swing the davits outboard.

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  • SWASHY
    Soft, like fruit that is too ripe; quashy; swash.
  • SWEETLY
    In a sweet manner.
  • SWEETISH
    Somewhat sweet. -- Sweet"ish*ness, n.
  • SWEETING
    1. A sweet apple. Ascham. 2. A darling; -- a word of endearment. Shak.
  • SWATH
    zwade, a swath of grass, G. schwad, schwaden; perhaps, originally, a 1. A line of grass or grain cut and thrown together by the scythe in mowing or cradling. 2. The whole sweep of a scythe, or the whole breadth from which grass or grain is cut
  • SWUM
    imp. & p. p. of Swim.
  • SWYTHE
    Quickly. See Swithe. Sy, obs. imp. of See.
  • SWEETHEART
    A lover of mistress.
  • SWAYING
    An injury caused by violent strains or by overloading; -- said of the backs of horses. Crabb.
  • SWAGE
    See ASSUAGE (more info) Etym:
  • SWARTHINESS
    The quality or state of being swarthy; a dusky or dark complexion; tawniness.
  • OPPOSABILITY
    The condition or quality of being opposable. In no savage have I ever seen the slightest approach to opposability of the great toe, which is the essential distinguishing feature of apes. A. R. Wallace.
  • SWILLINGS
    See 1
  • SWABBER
    To swab.
  • SWADDLE
    Anything used to swaddle with, as a cloth or band; a swaddling band. They put me in bed in all my swaddles. Addison.
  • SWANNERY
    A place where swans are bred. "The largest swannery in England." Encyc. Brit.
  • SWEATY
    1. Moist with sweat; as, a sweaty skin; a sweaty garment. 2. Consisting of sweat; of the nature of sweat. No noisome whiffs or sweaty streams. Swift. 3. Causing sweat; hence, laborious; toilsome; difficult. "The sweaty forge." Prior.
  • SWEDISH
    Of or pertaining to Sweden or its inhabitants. Swedish turnip. See under Turnip.
  • SWEETROOT
    Licorice.
  • SWANKIE; SWANKY
    An active and clever young fellow. Sir W. Scott.
  • UPSWAY
    To sway or swing aloft; as, to upsway a club. Sir W. Scott.
  • DISWITTED
    Deprived of wits or understanding; distracted. Drayton.
  • CHURCHLINESS
    Regard for the church.
  • FRIENDLINESS
    The condition or quality of being friendly. Sir P. Sidney.
  • LORDLINESS
    The state or quality of being lordly. Shak.
  • BASSWOOD
    The bass or its wood; especially, T. Americana. See Bass, the lime tree. All the bowls were made of basswood, White and polished very smoothly. Longfellow.
  • ENSWEEP
    To sweep over or across; to pass over rapidly. Thomson.
  • FORSWORNNESS
    State of being forsworn.
  • ASWOON
    In a swoon. Chaucer.
  • MAINSWEAR
    To swear falsely. Blount.

 

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