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Word Meanings - LAYETTE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The outfit of clothing, blankets, etc., prepared for a newborn infant, and placed ready for used.

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  • PLACODERMATA
    See PLACODERMI
  • INFANTLY
    Like an infant. Beau. & Fl.
  • PLACEMENT
    1. The act of placing, or the state of being placed. 2. Position; place.
  • INFANTICIDE
    The murder of an infant born alive; the murder or killing of a newly born or young child; child murder. (more info) antis, child + caedere to kill: cf. F. infanticide. See Infant, and
  • PLACENTARY
    Having reference to the placenta; as, the placentary system of classification.
  • PLACE-KICK
    To make a place kick; to make by a place kick. -- Place"-kick`er, n.
  • PLACID
    Pleased; contented; unruffied; undisturbed; serene; peaceful; tranquil; quiet; gentle. "That placid aspect and meek regard." Milton. "Sleeping . . . the placid sleep of infancy." Macaulay.
  • PLACIT
    A decree or determination; a dictum. "The placits and opinions of other philosophers." Evelyn.
  • PREPARATIVELY
    By way of preparation.
  • PLACOPHORA
    A division of gastropod Mollusca, including the chitons. The back is covered by eight shelly plates. Called also Polyplacophora. See Illust. under Chiton, and Isopleura.
  • CLOTHESLINE
    A rope or wire on which clothes are hung to dry.
  • OUTFITTER
    One who furnishes outfits for a voyage, a journey, or a business.
  • READY-MADE
    Made already, or beforehand, in anticipation of need; not made to order; as, ready-made clothing; ready-made jokes.
  • PLACER
    One who places or sets. Spenser.
  • INFANTA
    A title borne by every one of the daughters of the kings of Spain and Portugal, except the eldest.
  • PLACIDNESS
    The quality or state of being placid.
  • PLACE
    Position in the heavens, as of a heavenly body; -- usually defined by its right ascension and declination, or by its latitude and longitude. Place of arms , a place calculated for the rendezvous of men in arms, etc., as a fort which affords a safe
  • PLACOIDIAN
    One of the placoids.
  • PLACABLENESS
    The quality of being placable.
  • INFANTRY
    A body of soldiers serving on foot; foot soldiers, in distinction from cavalry. (more info) infant, child, boy servant, foot soldier, fr. L. infans, -antis, child; foot soldiers being formerly the servants and followers of 1. A body of children.
  • SAILCLOTH
    Duck or canvas used in making sails.
  • UNPLACABLE
    Implacable.
  • BEDCLOTHES
    Blankets, sheets, coverlets, etc., for a bed. Shak.
  • IMPREPARATION
    Want of preparation. Hooker.
  • HEARSECLOTH
    A cloth for covering a coffin when on a bier; a pall. Bp. Sanderson.
  • BREECHCLOTH
    A cloth worn around the breech.
  • REPLACEMENT
    The removal of an edge or an angle by one or more planes. (more info) 1. The act of replacing.
  • OVERREADY
    Too ready. -- O"ver*read"*i*ly, adv. -- O"ver*read"i*ness, n.
  • NECKCLOTH
    A piece of any fabric worn around the neck.
  • BROADCLOTH
    A fine smooth-faced woolen cloth for men's garments, usually of double width ; -- so called in distinction from woolens three quarters of a yard wide.
  • UNCLOTHED
    Divested or stripped of clothing. Byron. 2. Etym: (more info) 1. Etym:

 

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