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Transparent, or semitransparent, colors passed thinly over other colors, to modify the effect. (more info) 1. The act or art of setting glass; the art of covering with a vitreous or glasslike substance, or of polishing or rendering glossy. 2. The

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Transparent, or semitransparent, colors passed thinly over other colors, to modify the effect. (more info) 1. The act or art of setting glass; the art of covering with a vitreous or glasslike substance, or of polishing or rendering glossy. 2. The glass set, or to be set, in a sash, frame. etc. 3. The glass, glasslike, or glossy substance with which any surface is incrusted or overlaid; as, the glazing of pottery or porcelain, or of paper.

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  • PASS
    passer, LL. passare, fr. L. passus step, or from pandere, passum, to 1. To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one point to another; to make a transit; -- usually with a following adverb or adverbal phrase defining the kind
  • MODIFY
    1. To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms of a contract. 2. To limit or reduce in extent or degree; to moderate; to qualify; to lower.
  • TRANSPARENT
    transparere to be transparent; L. trans across, through + parere to 1. Having the property of transmitting rays of light, so that bodies can be distinctly seen through; pervious to light; diaphanous; pellucid; as, transparent glass; a transparent
  • COVER-POINT
    The fielder in the games of cricket and lacrosse who supports "point."
  • OTHERGUISE; OTHERGUESS
    Of another kind or sort; in another way. "Otherguess arguments." Berkeley.
  • PASSOVER
    A feast of the Jews, instituted to commemorate the sparing of the Hebrews in Egypt, when God, smiting the firstborn of the Egyptians, passed over the houses of the Israelites which were marked with the blood of a lamb. The sacrifice offered at
  • PASSUS
    A division or part; a canto; as, the passus of Piers Plowman. See 2d Fit.
  • GLASSEN
    Glassy; glazed. And pursues the dice with glassen eyes. B. Jonson.
  • COVERLET
    The uppermost cover of a bed or of any piece of furniture. Lay her in lilies and in violets . . . And odored sheets and arras coverlets. Spenser.
  • POLISHMENT
    The act of polishing, or the state of being polished.
  • EFFECTUOSE; EFFECTUOUS
    Effective. B. Jonson.
  • PASSIBILITY
    The quality or state of being passible; aptness to feel or suffer; sensibility. Hakewill.
  • COVERCLE
    A small cover; a lid. Sir T. Browne.
  • PASSIONAL
    Of or pertaining to passion or the passions; exciting, influenced by, or ministering to, the passions. -- n.
  • PASSIVE FLIGHT
    Flight, such as gliding and soaring, accomplished without the use of motive power.
  • 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,
  • SETT
    See 3
  • THINLY
    In a thin manner; in a loose, scattered manner; scantily; not thickly; as, ground thinly planted with trees; a country thinly inhabited.
  • GLASSINESS
    The quality of being glassy.
  • GLASSWORT
    A seashore plant of the Spinach family , with succulent jointed stems; also, a prickly plant of the same family , both formerly burned for the sake of the ashes, which yield soda for making glass and soap.
  • NOTOTHERIUM
    An extinct genus of gigantic herbivorous marsupials, found in the Pliocene formation of Australia.
  • COMPASSIONATELY
    In a compassionate manner; mercifully. Clarendon.
  • ISOGEOTHERMAL; ISOGEOTHERMIC
    Pertaining to, having the nature of, or marking, isogeotherms; as, an isogeothermal line or surface; as isogeothermal chart. -- n.
  • RECOVER
    To cover again. Sir W. Scott.
  • SMOTHER
    Etym: 1. To destroy the life of by suffocation; to deprive of the air necessary for life; to cover up closely so as to prevent breathing; to suffocate; as, to smother a child. 2. To affect as by suffocation; to stife; to deprive of air by a thick
  • ISOTHEROMBROSE
    A line connecting or marking points on the earth's surface, which have the same mean summer rainfall.
  • SURPASS
    To go beyond in anything good or bad; to exceed; to excel. This would surpass Common revenge and interrupt his joy. Milton. Syn. -- To exceed; excel; outdo; outstrip.
  • UPSETTING
    Conceited; assuming; as, an upsetting fellow. Jamieson.
  • ANOTHER-GUESS
    Of another sort. It used to go in another-guess manner. Arbuthnot.
  • TYPESETTING
    The act or art of setting type.
  • UNMOTHERED
    Deprived of a mother; motherless.
  • ROSETTA WOOD
    An east Indian wood of a reddish orange color, handsomely veined with darker marks. It is occasionally used for cabinetwork. Ure.
  • ISOTHERMAL
    Relating to equality of temperature. Having reference to the geographical distribution of temperature, as exhibited by means of isotherms; as, an isothermal line; an isothermal chart. Isothermal line. An isotherm. A line drawn on a diagram

 

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