Word Meanings - KILLESSE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
A gutter, groove, or channel. A hipped roof. Parker.
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- HIPPOPHAGOUS
Feeding on horseflesh; -- said of certain nomadic tribes, as the Tartars. - GUTTER
1. A channel at the eaves of a roof for conveying away the rain; an eaves channel; an eaves trough. 2. A small channel at the roadside or elsewhere, to lead off surface water. Gutters running with ale. Macaulay. 3. Any narrow channel or groove; - 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. - HIPPOCRATISM
The medical philosophy or system of Hippocrates. - HIPPOTOMY
Anatomy of the horse. - CHANNEL
A strait, or narrow sea, between two portions of lands; as, the British Channel. 4. That through which anything passes; means of passing, conveying, or transmitting; as, the news was conveyed to us by different channels. The veins are converging - HIPPOCENTAUR
See CENTAUR - HIPPOCAMPAL
Of or pertaining to the hippocampus. - HIPPOCRAS
A cordial made of spiced wine, etc. - GUTTERSNIPE
A small poster, suitable for a curbstone. A curbstone broker. - PARKERIA
A genus of large arenaceous fossil Foraminifera found in the Cretaceous rocks. The species are globular, or nearly so, and are of all sizes up to that of a tennis ball. - HIPPOPHAGISM
Hippophagy. Lowell. - HIPPOCREPIFORM
Shaped like a horseshoe. - HIPPOBOSCA
A genus of dipterous insects including the horsefly or horse tick. -- Hip`po*bos"can, a. - HIPPOLITH
A concretion, or kind of bezoar, from the intestines of the horse. - HIPPODROME
A place set apart for equestrian and chariot races. 2. An arena for equestrian performances; a circus. - HIPPURITE
A fossil bivalve mollusk of the genus Hippurites, of many species, having a conical, cup-shaped under valve, with a flattish upper valve or lid. Hippurites are found only in the Cretaceous rocks. - 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. - 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. - SPARKER
A spark arrester. - CHIPPEWAYS
A tribe of Indians formerly inhabiting the northern and weastern shores of Lake Superior; -- called also Objibways. - COAL-WHIPPER
One who raises coal out of the hold of a ship. Dickens. - WHIPPLETREE
The cornel tree. Chaucer. (more info) 1. The pivoted or swinging bar to which the traces, or tugs, of a harness are fastened, and by which a carriage, a plow, or other implement or vehicle, is drawn; a whiffletree; a swingletree; a singletree. - RESHIPPER
One who reships. - SHIPPING
1. Relating to ships, their ownership, transfer, or employment; as, shiping concerns. 2. Relating to, or concerned in, the forwarding of goods; as, a shipping clerk.