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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.

 

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