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Word Meanings - WIND-BROKEN - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Having the power of breathing impaired by the rupture, dilatation, or running together of air cells of the lungs, so that while the inspiration is by one effort, the expiration is by two; affected with pulmonary emphysema or with heaves; -- said

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Having the power of breathing impaired by the rupture, dilatation, or running together of air cells of the lungs, so that while the inspiration is by one effort, the expiration is by two; affected with pulmonary emphysema or with heaves; -- said of a horse. Youatt.

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  • BREATHE
    Etym: 1. To respire; to inhale and exhale air; hence;, to live. "I am in health, I breathe." Shak. Breathes there a man with soul so dead Sir W. Scott. 2. To take breath; to rest from action. Well! breathe awhile, and then to it again! Shak. 3.
  • WHILE
    wigl, G. weile, OHG. wila, hwila, hwil, Icel. hvila a bed, hvild rest, Sw. hvila, Dan. hvile, Goth. hweila a time, and probably to L. 1. Space of time, or continued duration, esp. when short; a time; as, one while we thought him innocent. "All
  • HAVENED
    Sheltered in a haven. Blissful havened both from joy and pain. Keats.
  • EMPHYSEMA
    A swelling produced by gas or air diffused in the cellular tissue. Emphysema of the lungs, Pulmonary emphysema , a common disease of the lungs in which the air cells are distended and their partition walls ruptured by an abnormal pressure of the
  • HAVENER
    A harbor master.
  • WHILES
    1. Meanwhile; meantime. The good knight whiles humming to himself the lay of some majored troubadour. Sir. W. Scott. 2. sometimes; at times. Sir W. Scott. The whiles. See under While, n.
  • AFFECTATIONIST
    One who exhibits affectation. Fitzed. Hall.
  • POWERFUL
    Large; capacious; -- said of veins of ore. Syn. -- Mighty; strong; potent; forcible; efficacious; energetic; intense. -- Pow"er*ful*ly, adv. -- Pow"er*ful*ness, n. (more info) 1. Full of power; capable of producing great effects of any
  • POWERABLE
    1. Capable of being effected or accomplished by the application of power; possible. J. Young. 2. Capable of exerting power; powerful. Camden.
  • WHILERE
    A little while ago; recently; just now; erewhile. Helpeth me now as I did you whilere. Chaucer. He who, with all heaven's heraldry, whilere Entered the world. Milton.
  • HAVELOCK
    A light cloth covering for the head and neck, used by soldiers as a protection from sunstroke.
  • AFFECTION
    Disease; morbid symptom; malady; as, a pulmonary affection. Dunglison. 7. The lively representation of any emotion. Wotton. 8. Affectation. "Spruce affection." Shak. 9. Passion; violent emotion. Most wretched man, That to affections
  • EXPIRATION
    The act or process of breathing out, or forcing air from the lungs through the nose or mouth; as, respiration consists of inspiration and expiration; -- opposed to Ant: inspiration. Emission of volatile matter; exhalation. The true cause of cold
  • AFFECTIBILITY
    The quality or state of being affectible.
  • IMPAIRMENT
    The state of being impaired; injury. "The impairment of my health." Dryden.
  • AFFECTIVELY
    In an affective manner; impressively; emotionally.
  • IMPAIRER
    One who, or that which, impairs.
  • BREATHLESS
    1. Spent with labor or violent action; out of breath. 2. Not breathing; holding the breath, on account of fear, expectation, or intense interest; attended with a holding of the breath; as, breathless attention. But breathless, as we grow
  • HAVE
    haven, habben, AS. habben ; akin to OS. hebbian, D. hebben, OFries, hebba, OHG. hab, G. haben, Icel. hafa, Sw. hafva, Dan. have, Goth. haban, and prob. to L. habere, whence F. 1. To hold in possession or control; to own; as, he has a farm. 2.
  • DILATATION
    A dilation or enlargement of a canal or other organ. (more info) 1. Prolixity; diffuse discourse. "What needeth greater dilatation" Chaucer. 2. The act of dilating; expansion; an enlarging on al
  • RIGHT-RUNNING
    Straight; direct.
  • OVERAFFECT
    To affect or care for unduly. Milton.
  • MISAFFECT
    To dislike.
  • CANDLE POWER
    Illuminating power, as of a lamp, or gas flame, reckoned in terms of the light of a standard candle.
  • INAFFECTED
    Unaffected. -- In`af*fect"ed*ly, adv.
  • ERSTWHILE
    Till then or now; heretofore; formerly.
  • MISBEHAVE
    To behave ill; to conduct one's self improperly; -- often used with a reciprocal pronoun.

 

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