Word Meanings - REDSTREAK - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. A kind of apple having the skin streaked with red and yellow, -- a favorite English cider apple. Mortimer. 2. Cider pressed from redstreak apples.

Related words: (words related to REDSTREAK)

• HAVENED
  Sheltered in a haven. Blissful havened both from joy and pain. Keats.
• YELLOW-GOLDS
  A certain plant, probably the yellow oxeye. B. Jonson.
• YELLOWTOP
  A kind of grass, perhaps a species of Agrostis.
• YELLOWFISH
  A rock trout found on the coast of Alaska; -- called also striped fish, and Atka mackerel.
• HAVENER
  A harbor master.
• ENGLISHWOMAN
  Fem. of Englishman. Shak.
• HAVELOCK
  A light cloth covering for the head and neck, used by soldiers as a protection from sunstroke.
• ENGLISH
  A twist or spinning motion given to a ball in striking it that influences the direction it will take after touching a cushion or another ball. The King's, or Queen's, English. See under King. (more info) 1. Collectively, the people of England;
• PRESSIROSTRAL
  Of or pertaining to the pressirosters.
• STREAKY
  See COWPER
• PRESSIVE
  Pressing; urgent; also, oppressive; as, pressive taxation. Bp. Hall.
• YELLOW
  1. A bright golden color, reflecting more light than any other except white; the color of that part of the spectrum which is between the orange and green. "A long motley coat guarded with yellow." Shak. 2. A yellow pigment. Cadmium yellow, Chrome
• PRESSGANG
  See PRESS
• HAVE
  haven, habben, AS. habben ; akin to OS. hebbian, D. hebben, OFries, hebba, OHG. hab, G. haben, Icel. hafa, Sw. hafva, Dan. have, Goth. haban, and prob. to L. habere, whence F. 1. To hold in possession or control; to own; as, he has a farm. 2.
• YELLOWBILL
  The American scoter.
• HAVENAGE
  Harbor dues; port dues.
• PRESSURAGE
  1. Pressure. 2. The juice of the grape extracted by the press; also, a fee paid for the use of a wine press.
• PRESSURE WIRES
  Wires leading from various points of an electric system to a central station, where a voltmeter indicates the potential of the system at those points.
• YELLOWWOOD
  The wood of any one of several different kinds of trees; also, any one of the trees themselves. Among the trees so called are the Cladrastis tinctoria, an American leguminous tree; the several species of prickly ash ; the Australian Flindersia
• PRESSWORK
  The art of printing from the surface of type, plates, or engravings in relief, by means of a press; the work so done. MacKellar.
• HOTPRESSED
  Pressed while heat is applied. See Hotpress, v. t.
• PINEAPPLE
  A tropical plant ; also, its fruit; -- so called from the resemblance of the latter, in shape and external appearance, to the cone of the pine tree. Its origin is unknown, though conjectured to be American.
• HOTPRESS
  To apply to, in conjunction with mechanical pressure, for the purpose of giving a smooth and glosay surface, or to express oil, etc.; as, to hotpress paper, linen, etc.
• SUPPRESSOR
  One who suppresses.
• ENGRAPPLE
  To grapple.
• INCOMPRESSIBLE
  Not compressible; incapable of being reduced by force or pressure into a smaller compass or volume; resisting compression; as, many liquids and solids appear to be almost incompressible. -- In`com*press"i*ble*ness, n.
• INSUPPRESSIBLE
  That can not be suppressed or concealed; irrepressible. Young. -- In`sup*press"i*bly, adv.
• REPRESSIBLE
  Capable of being repressed.
• MISBEHAVE
  To behave ill; to conduct one's self improperly; -- often used with a reciprocal pronoun.
• THRAPPLE
  Windpipe; throttle.
• FAVORITE
  Short curls dangling over the temples; -- fashionable in the reign of Charles II. Farquhar. (more info) p.p. of OF. favorir, cf. It. favorito, frm. favorita, fr. favorire to 1. A person or thing regarded with peculiar favor; one treated with
• DECIDER
  One who decides.
• INGRAPPLE
  To seize; to clutch; to grapple. Drayton.