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Word Meanings - RUTILANT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Having a reddish glow; shining. Parchments . . . colored with this rutilant mixture. Evelin.

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  • COLORMAN
    A vender of paints, etc. Simmonds.
  • HAVENED
    Sheltered in a haven. Blissful havened both from joy and pain. Keats.
  • SHINTIYAN; SHINTYAN
    A kind of wide loose drawers or trousers worn by women in Mohammedan countries.
  • HAVENER
    A harbor master.
  • SHINDLE
    A shingle; also, a slate for roofing. Holland.
  • SHINGLER
    1. One who shingles. 2. A machine for shingling puddled iron.
  • HAVELOCK
    A light cloth covering for the head and neck, used by soldiers as a protection from sunstroke.
  • REDDISH
    Somewhat red; moderately red. -- Red"dish*ness, n.
  • COLORATE
    Colored. Ray.
  • COLORIMETRY
    The quantitative determination of the depth of color of a substance. 2. A method of quantitative chemical analysis based upon the comparison of the depth of color of a solution with that of a standard liquid.
  • 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.
  • SHINNEY
    The game of hockey; -- so called because of the liability of the players to receive blows on the shin. Halliwell.
  • HAVENAGE
    Harbor dues; port dues.
  • SHIN
    A fish plate for rails. Knight. Shin bone , the tibia. -- Shin leaf , a perennial ericaceous herb with a cluster of radical leaves and a raceme of greenish white flowers. (more info) scina, G. schiene, schienbein, Dan. skinnebeen, Sw. skenben.
  • SHINPLASTER
    Formerly, a jocose term for a bank note greatly depreciated in value; also, for paper money of a denomination less than a dollar.
  • COLORADO BEETLE
    A yellowish beetle , with ten longitudinal, black, dorsal stripes. It has migrated eastwards from its original habitat in Colorado, and is very destructive to the potato plant; -- called also potato beetle and potato bug. See Potato beetle.
  • COLORADOITE
    Mercury telluride, an iron-black metallic mineral, found in Colorado.
  • HAVEN
    habe, Dan. havn, Icel. höfn, Sw. hamn; akin to E. have, and hence orig., a holder; or to heave ; or akin to AS. hæf sea, 1. A bay, recess, or inlet of the sea, or the mouth of a river, which affords anchorage and shelter for shipping; a harbor;
  • HAVANA
    Of or pertaining to Havana, the capital of the island of Cuba; as, an Havana cigar; -- formerly sometimes written Havannah. -- n.
  • SHINGLE
    Round, water-worn, and loose gravel and pebbles, or a collection of roundish stones, such as are common on the seashore and elsewhere.
  • SPILLET FISHING; SPILLIARD FISHING
    A system or method of fishing by means of a number of hooks set on snoods all on one line; -- in North America, called trawl fishing, bultow, or bultow fishing, and long-line fishing.
  • BORDEAUX MIXTURE
    A fungicidal mixture composed of blue vitriol, lime, and water. The formula in common use is: blue vitriol, 6 lbs.; lime, 4 lbs.; water, 35 -- 50 gallons.
  • CONCOLOR
    Of the same color; of uniform color. "Concolor animals." Sir T. Browne.
  • MOONSHINER
    A person engaged in illicit distilling; -- so called because the work is largely done at night.
  • PLANISHING
    a. & vb. n. from Planish, v. t. Planishing rolls , rolls between which metal strips are passed while cold, to bring them to exactly the required thickness.
  • BRATTISHING
    Carved openwork, as of a shrine, battlement, or parapet. (more info) 1. See Brattice, n.
  • ASTONISHING
    Very wonderful; of a nature to excite astonishment; as, an astonishing event. Syn. -- Amazing; surprising; wonderful; marvelous. As*ton"ish*ing*ly, adv. -- As*ton"ish*ing*ness, n.
  • ISABELLA; ISABELLA COLOR
    A brownish yellow color. (more info) Spanish princess Isabella, daughter of king Philip II., in allusion to the color assumed by her shift, which she wore without change from
  • BUSHINESS
    The condition or quality of being bushy.
  • FLUSHING
    A surface formed of floating threads. (more info) 1. A heavy, coarse cloth manufactured from shoddy; -- commonly in the
  • MISBEHAVE
    To behave ill; to conduct one's self improperly; -- often used with a reciprocal pronoun.
  • SWASHING
    1. Swaggering; hectoring. "A swashing and martial outside." Shak. 2. Resounding; crushing. "Swashing blow." Shak.

 

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