Word Meanings - PENNANT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A small flag; a pennon. The narrow, or long, pennant (called also whip or coach whip) is a long, narrow piece of bunting, carried at the masthead of a government vessel in commission. The board pennant is an oblong, nearly square flag, carried

Additional info about word: PENNANT

A small flag; a pennon. The narrow, or long, pennant (called also whip or coach whip) is a long, narrow piece of bunting, carried at the masthead of a government vessel in commission. The board pennant is an oblong, nearly square flag, carried at the masthead of a commodore's vessel. "With flags and pennants trimmed." Drayton. A rope or strap to which a purchase is hooked.

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• CALLOW
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• CALLE
  A kind of head covering; a caul. Chaucer.
• CARRIBOO
  See CARIBOU
• CARRIABLE
  Capable of being carried.
• PENNONCEL; PENNONCELLE
  See PENCEL
• SMALLISH
  Somewhat small. G. W. Cable.
• OBLONGLY
  In an oblong form.
• SQUARE-TOED
  Having the toe square. Obsolete as fardingales, ruffs, and square-toed shoes. V. Knox.
• COACHMAN
  A tropical fish of the Atlantic ocean ; -- called also charioteer. The name refers to a long, lashlike spine of the dorsal fin. (more info) 1. A man whose business is to drive a coach or carriage.
• SQUARELY
  In a square form or manner.
• CARRIAGEABLE
  Passable by carriages; that can be conveyed in carriages. Ruskin.
• CALL
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• PIECER
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• COMMISSIONAIRE
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• OBLONG-OVATE
  Between oblong and ovate, but inclined to the latter.
• CALLIOPE
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  Skill in driving a coach.
• CALLOT
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• SQUARE-RIGGED
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• GYMNASTICALLY
  In a gymnastic manner.
• THREE-SQUARE
  Having a cross section in the form of an equilateral triangle; -- said especially of a kind of file.
• HYPERCRITICALLY
  In a hypercritical manner.
• SCALLION
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• UNEMPIRICALLY
  Not empirically; without experiment or experience.
• UNIVOCALLY
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• SIDEBOARD
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• WEATHERBOARDING
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• PARABOLICALLY
  1. By way of parable; in a parabolic manner. 2. In the form of a parabola.
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