Word Meanings - SULPHURATOR - Book Publishers vocabulary database
An apparatus for impregnating with, or exposing to the action of, sulphur; especially, an apparatus for fumigating or bleaching by means of the fumes of burning sulphur.
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- SULPHUR-BOTTOM
A very large whalebone whale of the genus Sibbaldius, having a yellowish belly; especially, S. sulfureus of the North Pacific, and S. borealis of the North Atlantic; -- called also sulphur whale. - BLEACHED
Whitened; make white. Let their bleached bones, and blood's unbleaching stain, Long mark the battlefield with hideous awe. Byron. - BURN
To apply a cautery to; to cauterize. (more info) birnen, v.i., AS. bærnan, bernan, v.t., birnan, v.i.; akin to OS. brinnan, OFries. barna, berna, OHG. brinnan, brennan, G. brennen, OD. bernen, D. branden, Dan. brænde, Sw. bränna, brinna, Icel. - EXPOSER
One who exposes or discloses. - BURNISHER
1. One who burnishes. 2. A tool with a hard, smooth, rounded end or surface, as of steel, ivory, or agate, used in smoothing or polishing by rubbing. It has a variety of forms adapted to special uses. - BURNISH
To cause to shine; to make smooth and bright; to polish; specifically, to polish by rubbing with something hard and smooth; as, to burnish brass or paper. The frame of burnished steel, that east a glare From far, and seemed to thaw the freezing - EXPOSTULATOR
One who expostulates. Lamb. - SULPHURWORT
The hog's fennel. See under Fennel. - ACTION
Effective motion; also, mechanism; as, the breech action of a gun. (more info) 1. A process or condition of acting or moving, as opposed to rest; the doing of something; exertion of power or force, as when one body acts on another; the effect of - EXPOSITION
1. The act of exposing or laying open; a setting out or displaying to public view. 2. The act of expounding or of laying open the sense or meaning of an author, or a passage; explanation; interpretation; the sense put upon a passage; a law, or - EXPOSEDNESS
The state of being exposed, laid open, or unprotected; as, an exposedness to sin or temptation. - BURNIEBEE
The ladybird. - EXPOSTULATE
To reason earnestly with a person on some impropriety of his conduct, representing the wrong he has done or intends, and urging him to make redress or to desist; to remonstrate; -- followed by with. Men expostulate with erring friends; they bring - EXPOSE
1. To set forth; to set out to public view; to exhibit; to show; to display; as, to expose goods for sale; to expose pictures to public inspection. Those who seek truth only, freely expose their principles to the test, and are pleased to have them - SULPHURY
Resembling, or partaking of the nature of, sulphur; having the qualities of sulphur. - FUMIGATORY
Having the quality of purifying by smoke. - ACTIONABLE
That may be the subject of an action or suit at law; as, to call a man a thief is actionable. - FUMIGATE
1. To apply smoke to; to expose to smoke or vapor; to purify, or free from infection, by the use of smoke or vapors. 2. To smoke; to perfume. Dryden. - SULPHURATION
The act or process of combining or impregnating with sulphur or its compounds; also, the state of being so combined or impregnated. - BURNET
A genus of perennial herbs ; especially, P.Sanguisorba, the common, or garden, burnet. Burnet moth , in England, a handsome moth , with crimson spots on the wings. -- Burnet saxifrage. See Saxifrage. -- Canadian burnet, a marsh plant . -- - OVERBURN
To burn too much; to be overzealous. - SUNBURNING
Sunburn; tan. Boyle. - BUNSEN'S BATTERY; BUNSEN'S BURNER
See BURNER - SUNBURN
To burn or discolor by the sun; to tan. Sunburnt and swarthy though she be. Dryden. - PROTOSULPHURET
A protosulphide. - REACTIONIST
A reactionary. C. Kingsley. - GAS-BURNER
The jet piece of a gas fixture where the gas is burned as it escapes from one or more minute orifices. - AUBURN
1. Flaxen-colored. Florio. 2. Reddish brown. His auburn locks on either shoulder flowed. Dryden. - MADEFACTION; MADEFICATION
The act of madefying, or making wet; the state of that which is made wet. Bacon. - REDACTION
The act of redacting; work produced by redacting; a digest. - CHYLIFACTION
The act or process by which chyle is formed from food in animal bodies; chylification, -- a digestive process. - FACTION
One of the divisions or parties of charioteers (distinguished by their colors) in the games of the circus. 2. A party, in political society, combined or acting in union, in opposition to the government, or state; -- usually applied to a minority, - DISTRACTION
1. The act of distracting; a drawing apart; separation. To create distractions among us. Bp. Burnet. 2. That which diverts attention; a diversion. "Domestic distractions." G. Eliot. 3. A diversity of direction; detachment. His power went out in