Word Meanings - CLIP - Book Publishers vocabulary database
OHG. kluft tongs, shears, Icel, klypa to pinch, squeeze, also OE. 1. To embrace, hence; to encompass. O . . . that Neptune's arms, who clippeth thee about, Would bear thee from the knowledge of thyself. Shak. 2. To cut off; as with shears
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OHG. kluft tongs, shears, Icel, klypa to pinch, squeeze, also OE. 1. To embrace, hence; to encompass. O . . . that Neptune's arms, who clippeth thee about, Would bear thee from the knowledge of thyself. Shak. 2. To cut off; as with shears or scissors; as, to clip the hair; to clip coin. Sentenced to have his ears clipped. Macaulay. 3. To curtail; to cut short. All my reports go with the modest truth; No more nor clipped, but so. Shak. In London they clip their words after one manner about the court, another in the city, and a third in the suburbs. Swift.
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- PRUNER
Any one of several species of beetles whose larvæ gnaw the branches of trees so as to cause them to fall, especially the American oak pruner , whose larva eats the pith of oak branches, and when mature gnaws a circular furrow on the inside nearly - ADJUSTIVE
Tending to adjust. - EMBELLISH
To make beautiful or elegant by ornaments; to decorate; to adorn; as, to embellish a book with pictures, a garden with shrubs and flowers, a narrative with striking anecdotes, or style with metaphors. Syn. -- To adorn; beautify; deck; - CURTAILER
One who curtails. - ORDERLY
1. Conformed to order; in order; regular; as, an orderly course or plan. Milton. 2. Observant of order, authority, or rule; hence, obedient; quiet; peaceable; not unruly; as, orderly children; an orderly community. 3. Performed in good - PRUNELLA; PRUNELLO
A smooth woolen stuff, generally black, used for making shoes; a kind of lasting; -- formerly used also for clergymen's gowns. - PRUNELLE
A kind of small and very acid French plum; -- applied especially to the stoned and dried fruit. - CURTAIL
To cut off the end or tail, or any part, of; to shorten; to abridge; to diminish; to reduce. I, that am curtailed of this fair proportion. Shak. Our incomes have been curtailed; his salary has been doubled. Macualay. - REMOVER
One who removes; as, a remover of landmarks. Bacon. - PRUNE
propagation; hence, probably, the meaning, to cut away superfluous 1. To lop or cut off the superfluous parts, branches, or shoots of; to clear of useless material; to shape or smooth by trimming; to trim: as, to prune trees; to prune an essay. - ADJUSTING PLANE; ADJUSTING SURFACE
A small plane or surface, usually capable of adjustment but not of manipulation, for preserving lateral balance in an aëroplane or flying machine. - CURTAILMENT
The act or result of curtailing or cutting off. Bancroft. - REMOVED
1. Changed in place. 2. Dismissed from office. 3. Distant in location; remote. "Something finer than you could purchase in so removed a dwelling." Shak. 4. Distant by degrees in relationship; as, a cousin once removed. -- Re*mov"ed*ness (r, n. - PRUNELLO
A species of dried plum; prunelle. - AMPUTATE
To cut off . Wiseman. (more info) 1. To prune or lop off, as branches or tendrils. - REMOVE
1. To move away from the position occupied; to cause to change place; to displace; as, to remove a building. Thou shalt not remove thy neighbor's landmark. Deut. xix. 14. When we had dined, to prevent the ladies' leaving us, I generally ordered - ADJUSTAGE
Adjustment. - ORDERLINESS
The state or quality of being orderly. - ORDER
1. Regular arrangement; any methodical or established succession or harmonious relation; method; system; as: Of material things, like the books in a library. Of intellectual notions or ideas, like the topics of a discource. Of periods of time or - PREPARER
One who, or that which, prepares, fits, or makes ready. Wood. - REPRUNE
To prune again or anew. Yet soon reprunes her wing to soar anew. Young. - IMBORDER
To furnish or inclose with a border; to form a border of. Milton. - MISORDER
To order ill; to manage erroneously; to conduct badly. Shak. - MISADJUSTMENT
Wrong adjustment; unsuitable arrangement. - MISARRANGEMENT
Wrong arrangement. - ACCORDER
One who accords, assents, or concedes. - READJUSTMENT
A second adjustment; a new or different adjustment. - READJUST
To adjust or settle again; to put in a different order or relation; to rearrange. - PREADJUSTMENT
Previous adjustment. - DISORDER
1. Want of order or regular disposition; lack of arrangement; confusion; disarray; as, the troops were thrown into disorder; the papers are in disorder. 2. Neglect of order or system; irregularity. From vulgar bounds with brave disorder part, And - DISPREPARE
To render unprepared. Hobbes. - DISEMBELLISH
To deprive of embellishment; to disadorn. Carlyle.