Word Meanings - PAGODA - Book Publishers vocabulary database
A gold or silver coin, of various kinds and values, formerly current in India. The Madras gold pagoda was worth about three and a half rupees. (more info) house of idols, or abode of God; Per. but an idol + kadah a house, a 1. A term
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A gold or silver coin, of various kinds and values, formerly current in India. The Madras gold pagoda was worth about three and a half rupees. (more info) house of idols, or abode of God; Per. but an idol + kadah a house, a 1. A term by which Europeans designate religious temples and tower- like buildings of the Hindoos and Buddhists of India, Farther India, China, and Japan, -- usually but not always, devoted to idol worship. 2. An idol. Brande & C.
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- INDIANEER
An Indiaman. - THREE-SQUARE
Having a cross section in the form of an equilateral triangle; -- said especially of a kind of file. - SILVERFIN
A small North American fresh-water cyprinoid fish (Notropis Whipplei). - SILVERIZE
To cover with silver. - THREE-MILE
Of or pertaining to three miles; as, the three-mile limit, or the limit of the marine belt of three miles included in territorial waters of a state. - THREE-PILE
An old name for the finest and most costly kind of velvet, having a fine, thick pile. I have served Prince Florizel and in my time wore three-pile. Shak. - FORMERLY
In time past, either in time immediately preceding or at any indefinite distance; of old; heretofore. - THREE-DECKER
A vessel of war carrying guns on three decks. - HOUSEWIFE
A little case or bag for materials used in sewing, and for 3. A hussy. Shak. Sailor's housewife, a ditty-bag. (more info) 1. The wife of a householder; the mistress of a family; the female head of a household. Shak. He a good husband, a good - THREE-SIDED
Having three sides, especially three plane sides; as, a three- sided stem, leaf, petiole, peduncle, scape, or pericarp. - THREE-CORNERED
Having three prominent longitudinal angles; as, a three- cornered stem. (more info) 1. Having three corners, or angles; as, a three-cornered hat. - CURRENT
1. A flowing or passing; onward motion. Hence: A body of fluid moving continuously in a certain direction; a stream; esp., the swiftest part of it; as, a current of water or of air; that which resembles a stream in motion; as, a current - HOUSEWARMING
A feast or merry-making made by or for a family or business firm on taking possession of a new house or premises. Johnson. - SILVER STATE
Nevada; -- a nickname alluding to its silver mines. - INDIA RUBBER
. See Caoutchouc. - THREE-PORT
Having three ports; specif.: Designating a type of two-cycle internal-combustion engine in which the mixture enters the crank case through a port uncovered by the piston near the end of its stroke. - THREE-PLY
Consisting of three distinct webs inwrought together in weaving, as cloth or carpeting; having three strands; threefold. - HOUSEBOTE
Wood allowed to a tenant for repairing the house and for fuel. This latter is often called firebote. See Bote. - THREE-PARTED
Divided into, or consisting of, three parts; tripartite. Three- parted leaf , a leaf divided into three parts down to the base, but not entirely separate. - HOUSEROOM
Room or place in a house; as, to give any one houseroom. - DIRECT CURRENT
A current flowing in one direction only; -- distinguished from alternating current. When steady and not pulsating a direct current is often called a continuous current. A direct induced current, or momentary current of the same direction as the - PACKHOUSE
Warehouse for storing goods. - WAREHOUSE
A storehouse for wares, or goods. Addison. - POSTHOUSE
1. A house established for the convenience of the post, where relays of horses can be obtained. 2. A house for distributing the malls; a post office. - HENHOUSE
A house or shelter for fowls. - JAPAN CURRENT
A branch of the equatorial current of the Pacific, washing the eastern coast of Formosa and thence flowing northeastward past Japan and merging into the easterly drift of the North Pacific; -- called also Kuro-Siwo, or Black Stream, in allusion - SLAUGHTERHOUSE
A house where beasts are butchered for the market. - TRUGGING-HOUSE
A brothel. Robert Greene. - PRAISEWORTHINESS
The quality or state of being praiseworthy. - PHASING CURRENT
The momentary current between two alternating-current generators when juxtaposed in parallel and not agreeing exactly in phase or period. - ALTERNATING CURRENT
A current which periodically changes or reverses its direction of flow. - FULL HOUSE
A hand containing three of a kind and a pair, as three kings and two tens. It ranks above a flush and below four of a kind. - WATCHHOUSE
1. A house in which a watch or guard is placed. 2. A place where persons under temporary arrest by the police of a city are kept; a police station; a lockup. - TIRING-HOUSE
A tiring-room. Shak. - ROUNDABOUTNESS
The quality of being roundabout; circuitousness.