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Word Meanings - STRAWY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Of or pertaining to straw; made of, or resembling, straw. Shak.

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  • STRAW-CUTTER
    An instrument to cut straw for fodder.
  • STRAWED
    imp. & p. p. of Straw.
  • STRAW
    To spread or scatter. See Strew, and Strow. Chaucer.
  • RESEMBLINGLY
    So as to resemble; with resemblance or likeness.
  • STRAWBOARD
    Pasteboard made of pulp of straw.
  • PERTAIN
    stretch out, reach, pertain; per + tenere to hold, keep. See Per-, 1. To belong; to have connection with, or dependence on, something, as an appurtenance, attribute, etc.; to appertain; as, saltness pertains to the ocean; flowers pertain to plant
  • STRAW-COLORED
    Being of a straw color. See Straw color, under Straw, n.
  • RESEMBLANT
    Having or exhibiting resemblance; resembling. Gower.
  • STRAWWORM
    A caddice worm.
  • STRAWY
    Of or pertaining to straw; made of, or resembling, straw. Shak.
  • STRAWBERRY
    A fragrant edible berry, of a delicious taste and commonly of a red color, the fruit of a plant of the genus Fragaria, of which there are many varieties. Also, the plant bearing the fruit. The common American strawberry is Fragaria virginiana; the
  • RESEMBLE
    sembler to seem, resemble, fr. L. similare, simulare, to imitate, fr. 1. To be like or similar to; to bear the similitude of, either in appearance or qualities; as, these brothers resemble each other. We will resemble you in that. Shak.
  • RESEMBLABLE
    Admitting of being compared; like. Gower.
  • RESEMBLER
    One who resembles.
  • RESEMBLANCE
    1. The quality or state of resembling; likeness; similitude; similarity. One main end of poetry and painting is to please; they bear a great resemblance to each other. Dryden. 2. That which resembles, or is similar; a representation; a likeness.
  • JACKSTRAW
    1. An effigy stuffed with straw; a scarecrow; hence, a man without property or influence. Milton. 2. One of a set of straws of strips of ivory, bone, wood, etc., for playing a child's game, the jackstraws being thrown confusedly together
  • OVERSTRAW
    To overstrew. Shak.
  • WINDLESTRAE; WINDLESTRAW
    A grass used for making ropes or for plaiting, esp. Agrostis Spica-ventis. Shelley.
  • BEDSTRAW
    A genus of slender herbs, usually with square stems, whorled leaves, and small white flowers. Our Lady's bedstraw, which has yellow flowers, is Galium verum. -- White bedstraw is G. mollugo. (more info) 1. Straw put into a bed. Bacon.
  • APPERTAIN
    To belong or pertain, whether by right, nature, appointment, or custom; to relate. Things appertaining to this life. Hooker. Give it unto him to whom it appertaineth. Lev. vi. 5. (more info) appartenir, fr. L. appertinere; ad + pertinere to reach

 

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