Word Meanings - DAWN - Book Publishers vocabulary database
fr. dæg day; akin to D. dagen, G. tagen, Icel. daga, Dan. dages, Sw. dagas. See Day. 1. To begin to grow light in the morning; to grow light; to break, or begin to appear; as, the day dawns; the morning dawns. In the end of the Sabbath, as it
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fr. dæg day; akin to D. dagen, G. tagen, Icel. daga, Dan. dages, Sw. dagas. See Day. 1. To begin to grow light in the morning; to grow light; to break, or begin to appear; as, the day dawns; the morning dawns. In the end of the Sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene . . . to see the sepulcher. Matt. xxviii. 1. 2. To began to give promise; to begin to appear or to expand. "In dawning youth." Dryden. When life awakes, and dawns at every line. Pope. Dawn on our darkness and lend us thine aid. Heber,
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White or pale, as the effect of fear, or as the natural complexion. Thou cream-faced loon. Shak. - FLOWERY-KIRTLED
Dressed with garlands of flowers. Milton. - SPREADINGLY
, adv. Increasingly. The best times were spreadingly infected. Milton. - SPRINGBOARD
An elastic board, secured at the ends, or at one end, often by elastic supports, used in performing feats of agility or in exercising. - FLOWER-DE-LUCE
A genus of perennial herbs with swordlike leaves and large three-petaled flowers often of very gay colors, but probably white in the plant first chosen for the royal French emblem. Note: There are nearly one hundred species, natives of the north - SPRINGE
A noose fastened to an elastic body, and drawn close with a sudden spring, whereby it catches a bird or other animal; a gin; a snare. As a woodcock to mine own springe. Shak. - SPRINGAL
An ancient military engine for casting stones and arrows by means of a spring. - FLOWERY
1. Full of flowers; abounding with blossoms. 2. Highly embellished with figurative language; florid; as, a flowery style. Milton. The flowery kingdom, China. - PRIMEVALLY
In a primeval manner; in or from the earliest times; originally. Darwin. - SPRINT
To run very rapidly; to run at full speed. A runner should be able to sprint the whole way. Encyc. Brit. (more info) Etym: - SPRIGHTLY
Sprightlike, or spiritlike; lively; brisk; animated; vigorous; airy; gay; as, a sprightly youth; a sprightly air; a sprightly dance. "Sprightly wit and love inspires." Dryden. The sprightly Sylvia trips along the green. Pope. - FLOWERLESSNESS
State of being without flowers. - SPRINKLING
1. The act of one who, or that which, sprinkles. Baptism may well enough be performed by sprinkling or effusion of water. Ayliffe. 2. A small quantity falling in distinct drops or particles; as, a sprinkling of rain or snow. 3. Hence, a moderate - FLOWERLESS
Having no flowers. Flowerless plants, plants which have no true flowers, and produce no seeds; cryptigamous plants. - DEBOUCHURE
The outward opening of a river, of a valley, or of a strait. - SPRINGY
1. Resembling, having the qualities of, or pertaining to, a spring; elastic; as, springy steel; a springy step. Though her little frame was slight, it was firm and springy. Sir W. Scott. 2. Abounding with springs or fountains; wet; spongy; as, - SPRIGGED
Having sprigs. - CREAM-SLICE
A wooden knife with a long thin blade, used in handling cream or ice cream. - SETTLEMENT
A disposition of property for the benefit of some person or persons, usually through the medium of trustees, and for the benefit of a wife, children, or other relatives; jointure granted to a wife, or the act of granting it. 2. That which settles, - ZENITHAL
Of or pertaining to the zenith. "The deep zenithal blue." Tyndall. - DISPROPORTIONALLY
In a disproportional manner; unsuitably in form, quantity, or value; unequally. - WINDFLOWER
The anemone; -- so called because formerly supposed to open only when the wind was blowing. See Anemone. - CAULIFLOWER
An annual variety of Brassica oleracea, or cabbage of which the cluster of young flower stalks and buds is eaten as a vegetable. 2. The edible head or "curd" of a caulifower plant. (more info) caulis, and by E. flower; F. chou cabbage is fr. L. - DISPROPORTIONABLE
Disproportional; unsuitable in form, size, quantity, or adaptation; disproportionate; inadequate. -- Dis`pro*por"tion*a*ble*ness, n. Hammond. -- Dis`pro*por"tion*a*bly, adv. - DISPROPORTIONALITY
The state of being disproportional. Dr. H. More. - HANDSPRING
A somersault made with the assistance of the hands placed upon the ground. - REISSUE
To issue a second time. - INTERMINATED
Interminable; interminate; endless; unending. Akenside.