Word Meanings - MULTILINEAL - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Having many lines. Steevens.
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- HAVENED
Sheltered in a haven. Blissful havened both from joy and pain. Keats. - HAVENER
A harbor master. - HAVELOCK
A light cloth covering for the head and neck, used by soldiers as a protection from sunstroke. - HAVE
haven, habben, AS. habben ; akin to OS. hebbian, D. hebben, OFries, hebba, OHG. hab, G. haben, Icel. hafa, Sw. hafva, Dan. have, Goth. haban, and prob. to L. habere, whence F. 1. To hold in possession or control; to own; as, he has a farm. 2. - HAVENAGE
Harbor dues; port dues. - HAVEN
habe, Dan. havn, Icel. höfn, Sw. hamn; akin to E. have, and hence orig., a holder; or to heave ; or akin to AS. hæf sea, 1. A bay, recess, or inlet of the sea, or the mouth of a river, which affords anchorage and shelter for shipping; a harbor; - HAVANA
Of or pertaining to Havana, the capital of the island of Cuba; as, an Havana cigar; -- formerly sometimes written Havannah. -- n. - HAVERSIAN
Pertaining to, or discovered by, Clopton Havers, an English physician of the seventeenth century. Haversian canals , the small canals through which the blood vessels ramify in bone. - HAVING
Possession; goods; estate. I 'll lend you something; my having is not much. Shak. - HAVIOR
Behavior; demeanor. Shak. (more info) having, of same origin as E. aver a work horse. The h is due to - HAVOC
Wide and general destruction; devastation; waste. As for Saul, he made havoc of the church. Acts viii. 3. Ye gods, what havoc does ambition make Among your works! Addison. (more info) fr. E. havoc, cf. OE. havot, or AS. hafoc hawk, which is a cruel - HAVER
A possessor; a holder. Shak. - HAVILDAR
In the British Indian armies, a noncommissioned officer of native soldiers, corresponding to a sergeant. Havildar major, a native sergeant major in the East Indian army. - HAVELESS
Having little or nothing. Gower. - HAVIER
A castrated deer. Haviers, or stags which have been gelded when young, have no horns. Encyc. of Sport. - HAVERSACK
1. A bag for oats or oatmeal. 2. A bag or case, usually of stout cloth, in which a soldier carries his rations when on a march; -- distinguished from knapsack. 3. A gunner's case or bag used carry cartridges from the ammunition chest to the piece - HAVANESE
Of or pertaining to Havana, in Cuba. -- n. sing. & pl. - CHURCHLINESS
Regard for the church. - FRIENDLINESS
The condition or quality of being friendly. Sir P. Sidney. - LORDLINESS
The state or quality of being lordly. Shak. - STEELINESS
The quality of being steely. - CHILLINESS
1. A state or sensation of being chilly; a disagreeable sensation of coldness. 2. A moderate degree of coldness; disagreeable coldness or rawness; as, the chilliness of the air. 3. Formality; lack of warmth. - SOUTHERNLINESS
Southerliness. - MELANCHOLINESS
The state or quality of being melancholy. Hallywell. - DEATHLINESS
The quality of being deathly; deadliness. Southey. - KINGLINESS
The state or quality of being kingly. - BEASTLINESS
The state or quality of being beastly. - MISBEHAVE
To behave ill; to conduct one's self improperly; -- often used with a reciprocal pronoun. - BRISTLINESS
The quality or state of having bristles. - POORLINESS
The quality or state of being poorly; ill health. - ZOLLNER'S LINES
Parallel lines that are made to appear convergent or divergent by means of oblique intersections. - SLOVENLINESS
The quality or state of being slovenly. - GHASTLINESS
The state of being ghastly; a deathlike look. - MAIDENLINESS
The quality of being maidenly; the behavior that becomes a maid; modesty; gentleness.