Word Meanings - ENGRAILMENT - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Indentation in curved lines, as of a line of division or the edge of an ordinary. (more info) 1. The ring of dots round the edge of a medal, etc. Brande & C.
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- ROUNDWORM
A nematoid worm. - ROUNDISH
Somewhat round; as, a roundish seed; a roundish figure. -- Round"ish*ness, n. - ROUNDABOUTNESS
The quality of being roundabout; circuitousness. - MEDAL PLAY
Play in which the score is reckoned by counting the number of strokes. - 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. - ROUND-UP
The act of collecting or gathering together scattered cattle by riding around them and driving them in. - DIVISIONARY
Divisional. - CURVIROSTRES
A group of passerine birds, including the creepers and nuthatches. - DIVISIONALLY
So as to be divisional. - CURVICAUDATE
Having a curved or crooked tail. - CURVE
Bent without angles; crooked; curved; as, a curve line; a curve surface. - ROUNDSMAN
A patrolman; also, a policeman who acts as an inspector over the rounds of the patrolmen. - MEDALET
A small medal. - ORDINARY
1. According to established order; methodical; settled; regular. "The ordinary forms of law." Addison. 2. Common; customary; usual. Shak. Method is not less reguisite in ordinary conversation that in writing. Addison. 3. Of common rank, quality, - CURVISERIAL
Distributed in a curved line, as leaves along a stem. - ROUNDHEADED
Having a round head or top. - CURVATURE
The amount of degree of bending of a mathematical curve, or the tendency at any point to depart from a tangent drawn to the curve at that point. Aberrancy of curvature , the deviation of a curve from a curcular form. -Absolute curvature. See under - CURVATE; CURVATED
Bent in a regular form; curved. - BRANDER
1. One who, or that which, brands; a branding iron. 2. A gridiron. - ROUNDHEAD
A nickname for a Puritan. See Roundheads, the, in the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction. Toone. - MISGROUND
To found erroneously. "Misgrounded conceit." Bp. Hall. - CHURCHLINESS
Regard for the church. - FRIENDLINESS
The condition or quality of being friendly. Sir P. Sidney. - LORDLINESS
The state or quality of being lordly. Shak. - UNDERGROUND INSURANCE
Wildcat insurance. - GROUNDWORK
That which forms the foundation or support of anything; the basis; the essential or fundamental part; first principle. Dryden. - STEELINESS
The quality of being steely. - PLAYGROUND
A piece of ground used for recreation; as, the playground of a school. - CHILLINESS
1. A state or sensation of being chilly; a disagreeable sensation of coldness. 2. A moderate degree of coldness; disagreeable coldness or rawness; as, the chilliness of the air. 3. Formality; lack of warmth. - GROUNDEN
p. p. of Grind. Chaucer. - SOUTHERNLINESS
Southerliness. - MELANCHOLINESS
The state or quality of being melancholy. Hallywell. - TRICURVATE
Curved in three directions; as, a tricurvate spicule (see Illust. of Spicule). - MISDIVISION
Wrong division. - DEATHLINESS
The quality of being deathly; deadliness. Southey. - KINGLINESS
The state or quality of being kingly.