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.
Related words: (words related to GLOVER)
- 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. - GARTER STITCH
The simplest stitch in knitting.