Word Meanings - DANBURITE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
A borosilicate of lime, first found at Danbury, Conn. It is near the topaz in form. Dana.
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- FIRST
Sw. & Dan. förste, OHG. furist, G. fürst prince; a superlatiye form 1. Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest; as, the first day of a month; the first year of a reign. 2. Foremost; in front of, or in advance of, - FOUNDATION
The lowest and supporting part or member of a wall, including the base course , under Base, n.) and footing courses; in a frame house, the whole substructure of masonry. 4. A donation or legacy appropriated to support a charitable institution, - FOUNDER
One who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author; one from whom anything originates; one who endows. - FOUND
imp. & p. p. of Find. - FOUNDATIONER
One who derives support from the funds or foundation of a college or school. - FOUNDEROUS
Difficult to travel; likely to trip one up; as, a founderous road. Burke. - FOUNDRESS
A female founder; a woman who founds or establishes, or who endows with a fund. - FOUNDERY
See FOUNDRY - FIRST-CLASS
Of the best class; of the highest rank; in the first division; of the best quality; first-rate; as, a first-class telescope. First- class car or First-class railway carriage, any passenger car of the highest regular class, and intended - FOUNDLING
A deserted or exposed infant; a child found without a parent or owner. Foundling hospital, a hospital for foundlings. - BOROSILICATE
A double salt of boric and silicic acids, as in the natural minerals tourmaline, datolite, etc. - FIRST-RATE
Of the highest excellence; preëminent in quality, size, or estimation. Our only first-rate body of contemporary poetry is the German. M. Arnold. Hermocrates . . . a man of first-rate ability. Jowett . - TOPAZOLITE
A topaz-yellow variety of garnet. - FIRSTLY
In the first place; before anything else; -- sometimes improperly used for first. - FOUNDING
The art of smelting and casting metals. - FIRSTLING
1. The first produce or offspring; -- said of animals, especially domestic animals; as, the firstlings of his flock. Milton. 2. The thing first thought or done. The very firstlings of my heart shall be The firstlings of my hand. Shak. - FIRST-HAND
Obtained directly from the first or original source; hence, without the intervention of an agent. One sphere there is . . . where the apprehension of him is first-hand and direct; and that is the sphere of our own mind. J. Martineau. - TOPAZ
A mineral occurring in rhombic prisms, generally yellowish and pellucid, also colorless, and of greenesh, bluish, or brownish shades. It sometimes occurs massive and opaque. It is a fluosilicate of alumina, and is used as a gem. (more info) kind - FIRSTBORN
First brought forth; first in the order of nativity; eldest; hence, most excellent; most distinguished or exalted. - FOUNDERSHAFT
The first shaft sunk. Raymond. - 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. - PROFOUNDNESS
The quality or state of being profound; profundity; depth. Hooker. - PROFOUNDLY
In a profound manner. Why sigh you so profoundly Shak. - CONFOUNDEDLY
Extremely; odiously; detestably. "Confoundedly sick." Goldsmith. - REFOUND
1. To found or cast anew. "Ancient bells refounded." T. Warton. 2. To found or establish again; to re - CHEST FOUNDER
A rheumatic affection of the muscles of the breast and fore legs of a horse, affecting motion and respiration. - HEADFIRST; HEADFOREMOST
With the head foremost. - REFOUNDER
One who refounds.