Word Meanings - ANKLET - Book Publishers vocabulary database

An ornament or a fetter for the ankle; an ankle ring.

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• ORNAMENTAL
  Serving to ornament; characterized by ornament; beautifying; embellishing. Some think it most ornamental to wear their bracelets on their wrists; others, about their ankles. Sir T. Browne.
• FETTERLESS
  Free from fetters. Marston.
• ANKLED
  Having ankles; -- used in composition; as, well-ankled. Beau. & Fl.
• ANKLE
  The joint which connects the foot with the leg; the tarsus. Ankle bone, the bone of the ankle; the astragalus. (more info) ökkla, ökli, Dan. and Sw. ankel, D. enklaauw, enkel, G. enkel, and perh. OHG. encha, ancha thigh, shin: cf. Skr. anga limb,
• ORNAMENTER
  One who ornaments; a decorator.
• ORNAMENTALLY
  By way of ornament.
• FETTERED
  Seeming as if fettered, as the feet pf certain animals which bend backward, and appear unfit for walking.
• FETTER
  veter, OHG. fezzera, Icel. fjöturr, L. pedi, Gr. foot. sq. root 77. 1. A chain or shackle for the feet; a chain by which an animal is confined by the foot, either made fast or disabled from free and rapid motion; a bond; a shackle. bound him with
• ORNAMENT
  That which embellishes or adorns; that which adds grace or beauty; embellishment; decoration; adornment. The ornament of a meek and quiet spirit. 1 Pet. iii. 4. Like that long-buried body of the king Found lying with his urns and ornaments.
• ORNAMENTATION
  1. The act or art of ornamenting, or the state of being ornamented. 2. That which ornaments; ornament. C. Kingsley.
• FETTERER
  One who fetters. Landor.
• ANKLET
  An ornament or a fetter for the ankle; an ankle ring.
• CRANKLE
  To break into bends, turns, or angles; to crinkle. Old Veg's stream . . . drew her humid train aslope, Crankling her banks. J. Philips.
• ENFETTER
  To bind in fetters; to enchain. "Enfettered to her love." Shak.
• UNFETTER
  To loose from fetters or from restraint; to unchain; to unshackle; to liberate; as, to unfetter the mind.
• RANKLE
  Etym: 1. To become, or be, rank; to grow rank or strong; to be inflamed; to fester; -- used literally and figuratively. A malady that burns and rankles inward. Rowe. This would have left a rankling wound in the hearts of the people. Burke. 2. To
• THANKLESS
  1. Not acknowledging favors; not expressing thankfulness; unthankful; ungrateful. That she may feel How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is To have a thankless child! Shak. 2. Not obtaining or deserving thanks; unacceptable; as, a thankless task.
• CLANKLESS
  Without a clank. Byreon.
• WANKLE
  Not to be depended on; weak; unstable. Grose.