Word Meanings - MOCKADO - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A stuff made in imitation of velvet; -- probably the same as mock velvet. Our rich mockado doublet. Ford.

Related words: (words related to MOCKADO)

• VELVETBREAST
  The goosander.
• 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.
• STUFFING
  Any seasoning preparation used to stuff meat; especially, a composition of bread, condiments, spices, etc.; forcemeat; dressing. 3. A mixture of oil and tallow used in softening and dressing leather. Stuffing box, a device for rendering a joint
• DOUBLET
  A word or words unintentionally doubled or set up a second time. 3. A close-fitting garment for men, covering the body from the neck to the waist or a little below. It was worn in Western Europe from the 15th to the 17th century. (more info) 1.
• VELVETEEN
  A kind of cloth, usually cotton, made in imitation of velvet; cotton velvet.
• DOUBLETREE
  The bar, or crosspiece, of a carriage, to which the singletrees are attached.
• MOCKADOUR
  See MOKADOUR
• VELVETLEAF
  A name given to several plants which have soft, velvety leaves, as the Abutilon Avicennæ, the Cissampelos Pareira, and the Lavatera arborea, and even the common mullein.
• STUFFINESS
  The quality of being stuffy.
• IMITATION
  One of the principal means of securing unity and consistency in polyphonic composition; the repetition of essentially the same melodic theme, phrase, or motive, on different degrees of pitch, by one or more of the other parts of voises. Cf. Canon.
• PROBABLY
  In a probable manner; in likelihood. Distinguish between what may possibly and what will probably be done. L'Estrange.
• STUFFER
  One who, or that which, stuffs.
• MOCKADO
  A stuff made in imitation of velvet; -- probably the same as mock velvet. Our rich mockado doublet. Ford.
• VELVETING
  The fine shag or nap of velvet; a piece of velvet; velvet goods.
• STUFFY
  1. Stout; mettlesome; resolute. Jamieson. 2. Angry and obstinate; sulky. 3. Ill-ventilated; close.
• VELVET
  LL. velluetum, vellutum, It. velluto, Sp. velludo; all fr. LL. villutus shaggy, fr L. villus shaggy hair; akin to vellus a 1. A silk fabric, having a short, close nap of erect threads. Inferior qualities are made with a silk pile on a cotton or
• STUFF
  A melted mass of turpentine, tallow, etc., with which the masts, sides, and bottom of a ship are smeared for lubrication. Ham. Nav. Encyc. 8. Paper stock ground ready for use. Note: When partly ground, called half stuff. Knight. Clear stuff. See
• IMITATIONAL
  Pertaining to, or employed in, imitation; as, imitational propensities.
• VELVETY
  Made of velvet, or like velvet; soft; smooth; delicate.
• DOUBLETS
  See 7
• WOLLASTON'S DOUBLET
  A magnifying glass consisting of two plano-convex lenses. It is designed to correct spherical aberration and chromatic dispersion.
• UNPROBABLY
  Improbably.
• DELIMITATION
  The act or process of fixing limits or boundaries; limitation. Gladstone.
• BREADSTUFF
  Grain, flour, or meal of which bread is made.
• ILLIMITATION
  State of being illimitable; want of, or freedom from, limitation. Bp. Hall.
• LIMITATION
  1. The act of limiting; the state or condition of being limited; as, the limitation of his authority was approved by the council. They had no right to mistake the limitation . . . of their own faculties, for an inherent limitation of the possible
• DYESTUFF
  A material used for dyeing.
• UNCUT VELVET
  A fabric woven like velvet, but with the loops of the warp threads uncut.