Word Meanings - ANTI-TRADE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
A tropical wind blowing steadily in a direction opposite to the trade wind.
Related words: (words related to ANTI-TRADE)
- TRADE-MARK
A peculiar distinguishing mark or device affixed by a manufacturer or a merchant to his goods, the exclusive right of using which is recognized by law. - TRADESFOLK
People employed in trade; tradesmen. Swift. - BLOWTUBE
A long wrought iron tube, on the end of which the workman gathers a quantity of "metal" , and through which he blows to expand or shape it; -- called also blowing tube, and blowpipe. (more info) 1. A blowgun. Tylor. 2. A similar instrument, - TROPICALLY
In a tropical manner; figuratively; metaphorically. - BLOWFLY
Any species of fly of the genus Musca that deposits its eggs or young larvæ upon meat or other animal products. - TRADESPEOPLE
People engaged in trade; shopkeepers. - BLOWN
1. Swollen; inflated; distended; puffed up, as cattle when gorged with green food which develops gas. 2. Stale; worthless. 3. Out of breath; tired; exhausted. "Their horses much blown." Sir W. Scott. 4. Covered with the eggs and larvæ of flies; - BLOWTH
A blossoming; a bloom. "In the blowth and bud." Sir W. Raleigh. - BLOWEN; BLOWESS
A prostitute; a courtesan; a strumpet. Smart. - BLOWZED
Having high color from exposure to the weather; ruddy-faced; blowzy; disordered. Huge women blowzed with health and wind. Tennyson. - TRADED
Professional; practiced. Shak. - BLOWPOINT
A child's game. - BLOWER
A device for producing a current of air; as: A metal plate temporarily placed before the upper part of a grate or open fire. A machine for producing an artificial blast or current of air by pressure, as for increasing the draft of a - BLOW
To flower; to blossom; to bloom. How blows the citron grove. Milton. (more info) pluojan, MHG. bl, G. blühen, L. florere to flourish, OIr. blath - TRADELESS
Having no trade or traffic. Young. - BLOWSE
See BLOWZE - TRADES-UNIONIST; TRADE-UNIONIST
A member of a trades union, or a supporter of trades unions. - STEADILY
In a steady manner. - BLOW VALVE
See VALVE - BLOWGUN
A tube, as of cane or reed, sometimes twelve feet long, through which an arrow or other projectile may be impelled by the force of the breath. It is a weapon much used by certain Indians of America and the West Indies; -- called also blowpipe, and - SOLE TRADER
A feme sole trader. - WHITEBLOW
See WHITLOW - BALUSTRADE
A row of balusters topped by a rail, serving as an open parapet, as along the edge of a balcony, terrace, bridge, staircase, or the eaves of a building. - INTERTROPICAL
Situated between or within the tropics. J. Morse. - FLYBLOWN
Tainted or contaminated with flyblows; damaged; foul. Wherever flyblown reputations were assembled. Thackeray. - EXTRATROPICAL
Beyond or outside of the tropics. Whewell.