Word Meanings - TRAILING - Book Publishers vocabulary database
a. & vb. n. from Trail. Trailing arbutus. See under Arbutus. -- Trailing spring, a spring fixed in the axle box of the trailing wheels of a locomotive engine, and so placed as to assist in deadening any shock which may occur. Weale. -- Trailing
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a. & vb. n. from Trail. Trailing arbutus. See under Arbutus. -- Trailing spring, a spring fixed in the axle box of the trailing wheels of a locomotive engine, and so placed as to assist in deadening any shock which may occur. Weale. -- Trailing wheel, a hind wheel of a locomotive when it is not a driving wheel; also, one of the hind wheels of a carriage.
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- LYRE BIRD
Any one of two or three species of Australian birds of the genus Menura. The male is remarkable for having the sixteen tail feathers very long and, when spread, arranged in the form of a lyre. The common lyre bird , inhabiting New South Wales, - LYTHE
The European pollack; -- called also laith, and leet. - LYSIMETER
An instrument for measuring the water that percolates through a certain depth of soil. Knight. - LYCOPODE
See LYCOPODIUM - LYTHONTHRIPTIC; LYTHONTRIPTIC
See LITHONTRIPTIC - LYONNAISE
Applied to boiled potatoes cut into small pieces and heated in oil or butter. They are usually flavored with onion and parsley. - LYMPH
An alkaline colorless fluid, contained in the lymphatic vessels, coagulable like blood, but free from red blood corpuscles. It is absorbed from the various tissues and organs of the body, and is finally discharged by the thoracic and right lymphatic - LEANING
The act, or state, of inclining; inclination; tendency; as, a leaning towards Calvinism. - LYSSA
Hydrophobia. Note: The plural has been used to signify the pustules supposed to be developed under the tongue in hydrophobia. - HORIZONTALLY
In a horizontal direction or position; on a level; as, moving horizontally. - LYNCH LAW
. The act or practice by private persons of inflicting punishment for crimes or offenses, without due process of law. Note: The term Lynch law is said to be derived from a Virginian named Lynch, who took the law into his own hands. But the origin - RECLINING
Bending or curving gradually back from the perpendicular. Recumbent. Reclining dial, a dial whose plane is inclined to the vertical line through its center. Davies & Peck . - RECLINATE
Reclined, as a leaf; bent downward, so that the point, as of a stem or leaf, is lower than the base. - LYCINE
A weak base identical with betaine; -- so called because found in the boxthorn . See Betaine. - LYAM
A leash. - LYRIFEROUS
Having a lyre-shaped shoulder girdle, as certain fishes. - LYMPHOGENIC
Connected with, or formed in, the lymphatic glands. - LYCOPODIUM
A genus of mosslike plants, the type of the order Lycopodiaceæ; club moss. Lycopodium powder, a fine powder or dust composed of the spores of Lycopodium, and other plants of the order Lycopodiaceæ. It is highly inflammable, and is sometimes used - LEANLY
Meagerly; without fat or plumpness. - LYCHEE
See LITCHI - SAVELY
Safely. Chaucer. - STILLY
Still; quiet; calm. The stilly hour when storms are gone. Moore. - LIVINGLY
In a living state. Sir T. Browne. - FAMILIARLY
In a familiar manner. - LAUGHINGLY
With laughter or merriment. - POLYCHROITE
The coloring matter of saffron; -- formerly so called because of the change of color on treatment with certain acids; -- called also crocin, and safranin. - POLYPHYLLOUS
Many-leaved; as, a polyphyllous calyx or perianth. - SCOLYTID
Any one of numerous species of small bark-boring beetles of the genus Scolytus and allied genera. Also used adjectively. - OVERFLOWINGLY
In great abundance; exuberantly. Boyle. - WHIP-TOM-KELLY
A vireo native of the West Indies and Florida; -- called also black-whiskered vireo. - STAUNCH; STAUNCHLY; STAUNCHNESS
See ETC - THIRSTILY
In a thirsty manner. - SUNDRILY
In sundry ways; variously. - DISPROPORTIONALLY
In a disproportional manner; unsuitably in form, quantity, or value; unequally. - MAGNIFICENTLY
In a Magnificent manner. - DISREGARDFULLY
Negligently; heedlessly. - ASSISTANTLY
In a manner to give aid. - POLYPODIUM
A genus of plants of the order Filices or ferns. The fructifications are in uncovered roundish points, called sori, scattered over the inferior surface of the frond or leaf. There are numerous species. - THERMALLY
In a thermal manner.