Word Meanings - TRANSLUNARY - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Being or lying beyond the moon; hence, ethereal; -- opposed to sublunary. Marlowe, bathed in the Thespian springs, Had in him those brave, translunary things That the first poets had. Drayton.
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- BELLMAN
A man who rings a bell, especially to give notice of anything in the streets. Formerly, also, a night watchman who called the hours. Milton. - BELIAL
An evil spirit; a wicked and unprincipled person; the personification of evil. What concord hath Christ with Belia 2 Cor. vi. 15. A son of Belial, a worthless, wicked, or thoroughly depraved person. 1 Sam. ii. 12. - BESCRATCH
To tear with the nails; to cover with scratches. - BEASTLIHEAD
Beastliness. Spenser. - BEWRAP
To wrap up; to cover. Fairfax. - BERGOMASK
A rustic dance, so called in ridicule of the people of Bergamo, in Italy, once noted for their clownishness. - BESCATTER
1. To scatter over. 2. To cover sparsely by scattering ; to strew. "With flowers bescattered." Spenser. - BELEAVE
To leave or to be left. May. - BEVELMENT
The replacement of an edge by two similar planes, equally inclined to the including faces or adjacent planes. - BESCORN
To treat with scorn. "Then was he bescorned." Chaucer. - BETSO
A small brass Venetian coin. - BECHE DE MER
The trepang. - BETOKEN
1. To signify by some visible object; to show by signs or tokens. A dewy cloud, and in the cloud a bow . . . Betokening peace from God, and covenant new. Milton. 2. To foreshow by present signs; to indicate something future by that which is seen - BELLADONNA
An herbaceous European plant with reddish bell-shaped flowers and shining black berries. The whole plant and its fruit are very poisonous, and the root and leaves are used as powerful medicinal agents. Its properties are largely due - BETROTHAL
The act of betrothing, or the fact of being betrothed; a mutual promise, engagement, or contract for a future marriage between the persons betrothed; betrothment; affiance. "The feast of betrothal." Longfellow. - 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, - BESLUBBER
To beslobber. - BENIM
To take away. Ire . . . benimeth the man fro God. Chaucer. - BESIEGER
One who besieges; -- opposed to the besieged. - BELAMY
Good friend; dear friend. Chaucer. - LIVINGLY
In a living state. Sir T. Browne. - GABBER
1. A liar; a deceiver. 2. One addicted to idle talk. - STILLY
Still; quiet; calm. The stilly hour when storms are gone. Moore. - SAVELY
Safely. Chaucer. - COMBER
1. One who combs; one whose occupation it is to comb wool, flax, etc. Also, a machine for combing wool, flax, etc. 2. A long, curling wave. - FAMILIARLY
In a familiar manner. - HAIRBELL
See HAREBELL - LAUGHINGLY
With laughter or merriment. - 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. - 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. - STAUNCH; STAUNCHLY; STAUNCHNESS
See ETC - DISPROPORTIONALLY
In a disproportional manner; unsuitably in form, quantity, or value; unequally. - THIRSTILY
In a thirsty manner. - SUNDRILY
In sundry ways; variously. - OVERFLOWINGLY
In great abundance; exuberantly. Boyle.