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Word Meanings - GLOVER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

One whose trade it is to make or sell gloves. Glover's suture or stitch, a kind of stitch used in sewing up wounds, in which the thread is drawn alternately through each side from within outward.

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  • WHOSESOEVER
    The possessive of whosoever. See Whosoever.
  • TRADE-MARK
    A peculiar distinguishing mark or device affixed by a manufacturer or a merchant to his goods, the exclusive right of using which is recognized by law.
  • THROUGHOUT
    In every part; as, the cloth was of a piece throughout.
  • SUTURE
    The line of union, or seam, in an immovable articulation, like those between the bones of the skull; also, such an articulation itself; synarthrosis. See Harmonic suture, under Harmonic. The line, or seam, formed by the union of two margins in any
  • TRADESFOLK
    People employed in trade; tradesmen. Swift.
  • TRADESPEOPLE
    People engaged in trade; shopkeepers.
  • WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
    Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
  • STITCH
    A space of work taken up, or gone over, in a single pass of the needle; hence, by extension, any space passed over; distance. You have gone a good stitch. Bunyan. In Syria the husbandmen go lightly over with their plow, and take no deep stitch in
  • SUTURED
    Having a suture or sutures; knit or united together. Pennant.
  • THREADFISH
    The cutlass fish. A carangoid fish having the anterior rays of the soft dorsal and anal fins prolonged in the form of long threads.
  • DRAWN
    See PATTERN
  • TRADED
    Professional; practiced. Shak.
  • THREADER
    1. A device for assisting in threading a needle. 2. A tool or machine for forming a thread on a screw or in a nut.
  • WHICH
    the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
  • THREADFIN
    Any one of several species of fishes belonging to Polynemus and allied genera. They have numerous long pectoral filaments.
  • TRADELESS
    Having no trade or traffic. Young.
  • OUTWARD; OUTWARDS
    From the interior part; in a direction from the interior toward the exterior; out; to the outside; beyond; off; away; as, a ship bound outward. The wrong side may be turned outward. Shak. Light falling on them is not reflected outwards.
  • TRADES-UNIONIST; TRADE-UNIONIST
    A member of a trades union, or a supporter of trades unions.
  • THROUGH
    1. From one end or side to the other; as, to pierce a thing through. 2. From beginning to end; as, to read a letter through. 3. To the end; to a conclusion; to the ultimate purpose; as, to carry a project through. Note: Through was formerly used
  • THREADBARENESS
    The state of being threadbare.
  • BRUISEWORT
    A plant supposed to heal bruises, as the true daisy, the soapwort, and the comfrey.
  • PRAISEWORTHINESS
    The quality or state of being praiseworthy.
  • SOLE TRADER
    A feme sole trader.
  • BACKSTITCH
    A stitch made by setting the needle back of the end of the last stitch, and bringing it out in front of the end.
  • CAUSEWAYED; CAUSEYED
    Having a raised way ; paved. Sir W. Scott. C. Bronté.
  • HOUSEWIFE
    A little case or bag for materials used in sewing, and for 3. A hussy. Shak. Sailor's housewife, a ditty-bag. (more info) 1. The wife of a householder; the mistress of a family; the female head of a household. Shak. He a good husband, a good
  • INDRAWN
    Drawn in.
  • HEMSTITCHED
    Having a broad hem separated from the body of the article by a line of open work; as, a hemistitched handkerchief.
  • BLANKET STITCH
    A buttonhole stitch worked wide apart on the edge of material, as blankets, too thick to hem.
  • ELSEWISE
    Otherwise.
  • HOUSEWARMING
    A feast or merry-making made by or for a family or business firm on taking possession of a new house or premises. Johnson.
  • DOUBLETHREADED
    Having two screw threads instead of one; -- said of a screw in which the pitch is equal to twice the distance between the centers of adjacent threads. (more info) 1. Consisting of two threads twisted together; using two threads.
  • DRAWGLOVES
    An old game, played by holding up the fingers. Herrick.
  • THREAD
    wire, thread, OHG. drat, Icel. a thread, Sw. tråd, Dan. traad, and 1. A very small twist of flax, wool, cotton, silk, or other fibrous substance, drawn out to considerable length; a compound cord consisting of two or more single yarns doubled,

 

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