Word Meanings - CITTERN - Book Publishers vocabulary database

An instrument shaped like a lute, but strung with wire and played with a quill or plectrum. Shak. Note: Not to be confounded with zither.

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• PLAY
  quick motion, and probably to OS. plegan to promise, pledge, D. plegen to care for, attend to, be wont, G. pflegen; of unknown 1. To engage in sport or lively recreation; to exercise for the sake of amusement; to frolic; to spot. As Cannace was
• CONFOUNDED
  1. Confused; perplexed. A cloudy and confounded philosopher. Cudworth. 2. Excessive; extreme; abominable. He was a most confounded tory. Swift. The tongue of that confounded woman. Sir. W. Scott.
• PLAYGROUND
  A piece of ground used for recreation; as, the playground of a school.
• PLAYWRITER
  A writer of plays; a dramatist; a playwright. Lecky.
• INSTRUMENTAL
  Pertaining to, made by, or prepared for, an instrument, esp. a musical instrument; as, instrumental music, distinguished from vocal music. "He defended the use of instrumental music in public worship." Macaulay. Sweet voices mix'd with instrumental
• SHAPE
  is from the strong verb, AS. scieppan, scyppan, sceppan, p. p. 1. To form or create; especially, to mold or make into a particular form; to give proper form or figure to. I was shapen in iniquity. Ps. li. 5. Grace shaped her limbs, and
• PLAYTE
  See PLEYT
• QUILL
  1. One of the large feathers of a bird's wing, or one of the rectrices of the tail; also, the stock of such a feather. 2. A pen for writing made by sharpening and splitting the point or nib of the stock of a feather; as, history is the
• QUILLING
  A band of linen, muslin, or the like, fluted, folded, or plaited so as somewhat to resemble a row of quills. One of the rounded plaits or flutings of such a band.
• PLAYFELLOW
  A companion in amusements or sports; a playmate. Shak.
• INSTRUMENTALITY
  The quality or condition of being instrumental; that which is instrumental; anything used as a means; medium; agency. The instrumentality of faith in justification. Bp. Burnet. The discovery of gunpowder developed the science of attack and defense
• INSTRUMENTATION
  1. The act of using or adapting as an instrument; a series or combination of instruments; means; agency. Otherwise we have no sufficient instrumentation for our human use or handling of so great a fact. H. Bushnell. The arrangement of a musical
• CONFOUNDEDLY
  Extremely; odiously; detestably. "Confoundedly sick." Goldsmith.
• SHAPER
  1. One who shapes; as, the shaper of one's fortunes. The secret of those old shapers died with them. Lowell. 2. That which shapes; a machine for giving a particular form or outline to an object. Specifically; A kind of planer in which the tool,
• PLAYTHING
  A thing to play with; a toy; anything that serves to amuse. A child knows his nurse, and by degrees the playthings of a little more advanced age. Locke.
• SHAPELY
  1. Well-formed; having a regular shape; comely; symmetrical. T. Warton. Waste sandy valleys, once perplexed with thorn, The spiry fir and shapely box adorn. Pope. Where the shapely column stood. Couper. 2. Fit; suitable. Shaply for to
• QUILLAIA BARK
  The bark of a rosaceous tree , native of Chili. The bark is finely laminated, and very heavy with alkaline substances, and is used commonly by the Chilians instead of soap. Also called soap bark.
• PLAYSOME
  Playful; wanton; sportive. R. Browning. -- Play"some*ness, n.
• SHAPOO
  The oörial.
• PLAYGAME
  Play of children. Locke.
• MISHAPPEN
  To happen ill or unluckily. Spenser.
• COQUILLE
  A shell or shell-like dish or mold in which viands are served. The expansion of the guard of a sword, dagger, etc. A form of ruching used as a dress trimming or for neckwear, and named from the manner in which it is gathered or fulled.
• SPINDLE-SHAPED
  Thickest in the middle, and tapering to both ends; fusiform; -- applied chiefly to roots. (more info) 1. Having the shape of a spindle.
• DIAMOND-SHAPED
  Shaped like a diamond or rhombus.
• STRAP-SHAPED
  Shaped like a strap; ligulate; as, a strap-shaped corolla.
• SQUILLITIC
  Of or pertaining to squills. "Squillitic vinegar." Holland.
• MEDAL PLAY
  Play in which the score is reckoned by counting the number of strokes.
• SPLAYFOOT
  A foot that is abnormally flattened and spread out; flat foot.
• AWL-SHAPED
  Subulate. See Subulate. Gray. (more info) 1. Shaped like an awl.
• SWORD-SHAPED
  Shaped like a sword; ensiform, as the long, flat leaves of the Iris, cattail, and the like.
• HORSEPLAY
  Rude, boisterous play. Too much given to horseplay in his raillery. Dryden.
• FIDDLE-SHAPED
  Inversely ovate, with a deep hollow on each side. Gray.
• DISPLAYER
  One who, or that which, displays.