Word Meanings - JERKINHEAD - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The hipped part of a roof which is hipped only for a part of its height, leaving a truncated gable.

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• HIPPOPHAGOUS
  Feeding on horseflesh; -- said of certain nomadic tribes, as the Tartars.
• LEAVE-TAKING
  Taking of leave; parting compliments. Shak.
• LEAVED
  Bearing, or having, a leaf or leaves; having folds; -- used in combination; as, a four-leaved clover; a two-leaved gate; long- leaved.
• HIPPOCAMP
  See HIPPOCAMPUS
• HIPPARION
  An extinct genus of Tertiary mammals allied to the horse, but three-toed, having on each foot a small lateral hoof on each side of the main central one. It is believed to be one of the ancestral genera of the Horse family.
• HIPPOPOTAMUS
  A large, amphibious, herbivorous mammal (Hippopotamus amphibius), common in the rivers of Africa. It is allied to the hogs, and has a very thick, naked skin, a thick and square head, a very large muzzle, small eyes and ears, thick and heavy body,
• HIPPOGRIFF
  A fabulous winged animal, half horse and half griffin. Milton.
• 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.
• LEAVENING
  1. The act of making light, or causing to ferment, by means of leaven. 2. That which leavens or makes light. Bacon.
• HIPPOCRATISM
  The medical philosophy or system of Hippocrates.
• HIPPOTOMY
  Anatomy of the horse.
• LEAVELESS
  Leafless. Carew.
• 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.
• HIPPOCENTAUR
  See CENTAUR
• HIPPOCAMPAL
  Of or pertaining to the hippocampus.
• HIPPOCRAS
  A cordial made of spiced wine, etc.
• LEAVINGS
  1. Things left; remnants; relics. 2. Refuse; offal.
• LEAVINESS
  Leafiness.
• GABLET
  A small gable, or gable-shaped canopy, formed over a tabernacle, niche, etc.
• HIPPOPHAGISM
  Hippophagy. Lowell.
• BELEAVE
  To leave or to be left. May.
• MESOHIPPUS
  An extinct mammal of the Horse family, but not larger than a sheep, and having three toes on each foot.
• SHIPPO
  Cloisonné enamel on a background of metal or porcelain.
• OBLIGABLE
  Acknowledging, or complying with, obligation; trustworthy. The main difference between people seems to be, that one man can come under obligations on which you can rely, -- is obligable; and another is not. Emerson.
• WHIPPING
  a & n. from Whip, v. Whipping post, a post to which offenders are tied, to be legally whipped.
• SHIPPER
  One who sends goods from one place to another not in the same city or town, esp. one who sends goods by water.
• OBTRUNCATE
  To deprive of a limb; to lop.
• CLEAVER
  One who cleaves, or that which cleaves; especially, a butcher's instrument for cutting animal bodies into joints or pieces.
• FIVE-LEAFED; FIVE-LEAVED
  Having five leaflets, as the Virginia creeper.
• LEVIGABLE
  Capable of being levigated.
• PARKLEAVES
  A European species of Saint John's-wort; the tutsan. See Tutsan.