Word Meanings - COLLAR - Book Publishers vocabulary database
The neck or line of junction between the root of a plant and its stem. Gray. 4. An ornament worn round the neck by knights, having on it devises to designate their rank or order. A ringlike part of a mollusk in connection with esophagus. A colored
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The neck or line of junction between the root of a plant and its stem. Gray. 4. An ornament worn round the neck by knights, having on it devises to designate their rank or order. A ringlike part of a mollusk in connection with esophagus. A colored ring round the neck of a bird or mammal. (more info) necklace, collar, fr. OF. col neck, F. cou, fr. L. collum; akin to 1. Something worn round the neck, whether for use, ornament, restraint, or identification; as, the collar of a coat; a lady's collar; the collar of a dog. A ring or cinture. A collar beam.
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- COLORMAN
A vender of paints, etc. Simmonds. - HAVENED
Sheltered in a haven. Blissful havened both from joy and pain. Keats. - ROUNDWORM
A nematoid worm. - HAVENER
A harbor master. - DESIGNATE
Designated; appointed; chosen. Sir G. Buck. - ROUNDISH
Somewhat round; as, a roundish seed; a roundish figure. -- Round"ish*ness, n. - ROUNDABOUTNESS
The quality of being roundabout; circuitousness. - ROUNDFISH
Any ordinary market fish, exclusive of flounders, sole, halibut, and other flatfishes. A lake whitefish , less compressed than the common species. It is very abundant in British America and Alaska. - PLANTIGRADA
A subdivision of Carnivora having plantigrade feet. It includes the bears, raccoons, and allied species. - ROUND-UP
The act of collecting or gathering together scattered cattle by riding around them and driving them in. - HAVELOCK
A light cloth covering for the head and neck, used by soldiers as a protection from sunstroke. - 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. - PLANTULE
The embryo which has begun its development in the act of germination. - PLANTIGRADE
Walking on the sole of the foot; pertaining to the plantigrades. Having the foot so formed that the heel touches the ground when the leg is upright. - COLORATE
Colored. Ray. - COLORIMETRY
The quantitative determination of the depth of color of a substance. 2. A method of quantitative chemical analysis based upon the comparison of the depth of color of a solution with that of a standard liquid. - ROUNDSMAN
A patrolman; also, a policeman who acts as an inspector over the rounds of the patrolmen. - HAVE
haven, habben, AS. habben ; akin to OS. hebbian, D. hebben, OFries, hebba, OHG. hab, G. haben, Icel. hafa, Sw. hafva, Dan. have, Goth. haban, and prob. to L. habere, whence F. 1. To hold in possession or control; to own; as, he has a farm. 2. - ROUNDHEADED
Having a round head or top. - PLANTOCRACY
Government by planters; planters, collectively. - DISPLANTATION
The act of displanting; removal; displacement. Sir W. Raleigh. - SUPPLANT
heels, to throw down; sub under + planta the sole of the foot, also, 1. To trip up. "Supplanted, down he fell." Milton. 2. To remove or displace by stratagem; to displace and take the place of; to supersede; as, a rival supplants another in the - MISGROUND
To found erroneously. "Misgrounded conceit." Bp. Hall. - CONCOLOR
Of the same color; of uniform color. "Concolor animals." Sir T. Browne. - UNDERGROUND INSURANCE
Wildcat insurance. - GROUNDWORK
That which forms the foundation or support of anything; the basis; the essential or fundamental part; first principle. Dryden. - PLAYGROUND
A piece of ground used for recreation; as, the playground of a school. - IMBORDER
To furnish or inclose with a border; to form a border of. Milton. - GROUNDEN
p. p. of Grind. Chaucer. - MISORDER
To order ill; to manage erroneously; to conduct badly. Shak. - ISABELLA; ISABELLA COLOR
A brownish yellow color. (more info) Spanish princess Isabella, daughter of king Philip II., in allusion to the color assumed by her shift, which she wore without change from