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Word Meanings - VARYING - Book Publishers vocabulary database

a. & n. from Vary. Varying hare , any hare or rabbit which becomes white in winter, especially the common hare of the Northern United States and Canada.

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  • WHITECAP
    The European redstart; -- so called from its white forehead. The whitethroat; -- so called from its gray head. The European tree sparrow. 2. A wave whose crest breaks into white foam, as when the wind is freshening.
  • WHITE-FRONTED
    Having a white front; as, the white-fronted lemur. White- fronted goose , the white brant, or snow goose. See Snow goose, under Snow.
  • WHITE FLY
    Any one of numerous small injurious hemipterous insects of the genus Aleyrodes, allied to scale insects. They are usually covered with a white or gray powder.
  • STATESMANLIKE
    Having the manner or wisdom of statesmen; becoming a statesman.
  • WHITESTER
    A bleacher of lines; a whitener; a whitster.
  • UNITERABLE
    Not iterable; incapable of being repeated. "To play away an uniterable life." Sir T. Browne.
  • WHITE-HEART
    A somewhat heart-shaped cherry with a whitish skin.
  • WHITESIDE
    The golden-eye.
  • WINTER-BEATEN
    Beaten or harassed by the severe weather of winter. Spenser.
  • WHITE-EAR
    The wheatear.
  • NORTHERNMOST
    Farthest north.
  • COMMONER
    1. One of the common people; one having no rank of nobility. All below them even their children, were commoners, and in the eye law equal to each other. Hallam. 2. A member of the House of Commons. 3. One who has a joint right in common ground.
  • WHITEBLOW
    See WHITLOW
  • NORTHERN
    1. Of or pertaining to the north; being in the north, or nearer to that point than to the east or west. 2. In a direction toward the north; as, to steer a northern course; coming from the north; as, a northern wind. Northern diver. See Loon. --
  • WHITEWING
    The chaffinch; -- so called from the white bands on the wing. The velvet duck.
  • WHITEWALL
    The spotted flycatcher; -- so called from the white color of the under parts.
  • WHITE MUSTARD
    A kind of mustard with rough-hairy foliage, a long-beaked hispid pod, and pale seeds, which yield mustard and mustard oil. The plant is also grown for forage.
  • WINTER'S BARK
    The aromatic bark of tree of the Magnolia family, which is found in Southern Chili. It was first used as a cure for scurvy by its discoverer, Captain John Winter, vice admiral to sir Francis Drake, in 1577.
  • WHITE-WATER
    A dangerous disease of sheep.
  • UNITIVE
    Having the power of uniting; causing, or tending to produce, union. Jer. Taylor.
  • UNCOMMON
    Not common; unusual; infrequent; rare; hence, remarkable; strange; as, an uncommon season; an uncommon degree of cold or heat; uncommon courage. Syn. -- Rare; scarce; infrequent; unwonted. -- Un*com"mon*ly, adv. -- Un*com"mon*ness, n.
  • OLIVARY
    Like an olive. Olivary body , an oval prominence on each side of the medulla oblongata; -- called also olive.
  • HEPPELWHITE
    Designating a light and elegant style developed in England under George III., chiefly by Messrs. A.Heppelwhite & Co.
  • FELLOW-COMMONER
    A student at Cambridge University, England, who commons, or dines, at the Fellow's table.
  • INTERCOMMON
    To graze cattle promiscuously in the commons of each other, as the inhabitants of adjoining townships, manors, etc. (more info) 1. To share with others; to participate; especially, to eat at the same table. Bacon.
  • FRABBIT
    Crabbed; peevish.

 

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