Word Meanings - WRISTLET - Book Publishers vocabulary database

An elastic band worn around the wrist, as for the purpose of securing the upper part of a glove.

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• PURPOSELESS
  Having no purpose or result; objectless. Bp. Hall. -- Pur"pose*less*ness, n.
• SECURIFORM
  Having the form of an ax hatchet.
• UPPERMOST
  Highest in place, position, rank, power, or the like; upmost; supreme. Whatever faction happens to be uppermost. Swift.
• PURPOSE
  1. That which a person sets before himself as an object to be reached or accomplished; the end or aim to which the view is directed in any plan, measure, or exertion; view; aim; design; intention; plan. He will his firste purpos modify. Chaucer.
• SECURER
  One who, or that which, secures.
• UPPERTENDOM
  The highest class in society; the upper ten. See Upper ten, under Upper.
• SECURENESS
  The condition or quality of being secure; exemption from fear; want of vigilance; security.
• SECURITY
  1. The condition or quality of being secure; secureness. Specifically: Freedom from apprehension, anxiety, or care; confidence of power of safety; hence, assurance; certainty. His trembling hand had lost the ease, Which marks security to please.
• AROUND
  1. In a circle; circularly; on every side; round. 2. In a circuit; here and there within the surrounding space; all about; as, to travel around from town to town. 3. Near; in the neighborhood; as, this man was standing around when the fight took
• WRIST
  The joint, or the region of the joint, between the hand and the arm; the carpus. See Carpus. He took me by the wrist, and held me hard. Shak. (more info) wriust, LG. wrist, G. rist wrist, instep, Icel. rist instep, Dan. &
• GLOVE
  1. A cover for the hand, or for the hand and wrist, with a separate sheath for each finder. The latter characteristic distinguishes the glove from the mitten. 2. A boxing glove. Boxing glove. See under Boxing. -- Glove fight, a pugilistic contest
• ELASTIC
  1. Springing back; having a power or inherent property of returning to the form from which a substance is bent, drawn, pressed, or twisted; springy; having the power of rebounding; as, a bow is elastic; the air is elastic; India rubber is elastic.
• SECURELY
  In a secure manner; without fear or apprehension; without danger; safely. His daring foe . . . securely him defied. Milton.
• WRISTLET
  An elastic band worn around the wrist, as for the purpose of securing the upper part of a glove.
• WRISTER
  A covering for the wrist.
• PURPOSER
  1. One who brings forward or proposes anything; a proposer. 2. One who forms a purpose; one who intends.
• ELASTICITY
  1. The quality of being elastic; the inherent property in bodies by which they recover their former figure or dimensions, after the removal of external pressure or altering force; springiness; tendency to rebound; as, the elasticity of caoutchouc;
• ELASTICALLY
  In an elastic manner; by an elastic power; with a spring.
• SECUREMENT
  The act of securing; protection. Society condemns the securement in all cases of perpetual protection by means of perpetual imprisonment. C. A. Ives.
• UPPER
  Being further up, literally or figuratively; higher in place, position, rank, dignity, or the like; superior; as, the upper lip; the upper side of a thing; the upper house of a legislature. The upper hand, the superiority; the advantage. See To
• UNELASTICITY
  Inelasticity.
• DRAWGLOVES
  An old game, played by holding up the fingers. Herrick.
• CROSS-PURPOSE
  A conversational game, in which questions and answers are made so as to involve ludicrous combinations of ideas. Pepys. To be at cross-purposes, to misunderstand or to act counter to one another without intending it; -- said of persons. (more info)
• DISPURPOSE
  To dissuade; to frustrate; as, to dispurpose plots. A. Brewer.
• UNGLOVE
  To take off the glove or gloves of; as, to unglove the hand. Beau. & Fl.
• INELASTICITY
  Want of elasticity.
• SUPPER
  A meal taken at the close of the day; the evening meal. Note: Supper is much used in an obvious sense, either adjectively or as the first part of a compound; as, supper time or supper-time, supper bell, supper hour, etc. (more info) originally
• ASSECURE
  To make sure or safe; to assure. Hooker.
• COUNTERSECURE
  To give additional security to or for. Burke.