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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.

 

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