Word Meanings - SHARDED - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Having elytra, as a beetle.
Related words: (words related to SHARDED)
- HAVENED
Sheltered in a haven. Blissful havened both from joy and pain. Keats. - HAVENER
A harbor master. - BEETLESTOCK
The handle of a beetle. - HAVELOCK
A light cloth covering for the head and neck, used by soldiers as a protection from sunstroke. - BEETLE
1. A heavy mallet, used to drive wedges, beat pavements, etc. 2. A machine in which fabrics are subjected to a hammering process while passing over rollers, as in cotton mills; -- called also beetling machine. Knight. - 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. - HAVENAGE
Harbor dues; port dues. - BEETLEHEAD
The black-bellied plover, or bullhead . See Plover. (more info) 1. A stupid fellow; a blockhead. Sir W. Scott. - 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. - HAVERSIAN
Pertaining to, or discovered by, Clopton Havers, an English physician of the seventeenth century. Haversian canals , the small canals through which the blood vessels ramify in bone. - HAVING
Possession; goods; estate. I 'll lend you something; my having is not much. Shak. - HAVIOR
Behavior; demeanor. Shak. (more info) having, of same origin as E. aver a work horse. The h is due to - BEETLE-BROWED
Having prominent, overhanging brows; hence, lowering or sullen. Note: The earlier meaning was, "Having bushy or overhanging eyebrows." - HAVOC
Wide and general destruction; devastation; waste. As for Saul, he made havoc of the church. Acts viii. 3. Ye gods, what havoc does ambition make Among your works! Addison. (more info) fr. E. havoc, cf. OE. havot, or AS. hafoc hawk, which is a cruel - BEETLE BROW
An overhanging brow. - HAVER
A possessor; a holder. Shak. - HAVILDAR
In the British Indian armies, a noncommissioned officer of native soldiers, corresponding to a sergeant. Havildar major, a native sergeant major in the East Indian army. - BEETLE-HEADED
Dull; stupid. Shak. - HAVELESS
Having little or nothing. Gower. - BARK BEETLE
A small beetle of many species , which in the larval state bores under or in the bark of trees, often doing great damage. - CLICK BEETLE
See ELATER - WATER BEETLE
Any one of numerous species of aquatic beetles belonging to Dytiscus and allied genera of the family Dytiscidæ, and to various genera of the family Hydrophilidæ. These beetles swim with great agility, the fringed hind legs acting together like - MISBEHAVE
To behave ill; to conduct one's self improperly; -- often used with a reciprocal pronoun. - TAPESTRY BEETLE
A small black dermestoid beetle whose larva feeds on tapestry, carpets, silk, fur, flour, and various other goods. - INSHAVE
A plane for shaving or dressing the concave or inside faces of barrel staves. - AMBROSIA BEETLE
A bark beetle that feeds on ambrosia. - 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. - DRAWSHAVE
See KNIFE - MISBEHAVIOR
Improper, rude, or uncivil behavior; ill conduct. Addison.