Word Meanings - PISTOLET - Book Publishers vocabulary database
A small pistol. Donne. Beau. & Fl.
Related words: (words related to PISTOLET)
- SMALLISH
Somewhat small. G. W. Cable. - DONNEE
Lit., given; hence, in a literary work, as a drama or tale, that which is assumed as to characters, situation, etc., as a basis for the plot or story. W. E. Henley. That favorite romance donnée of the heir kept out of his own. Saintsbury. - SMALLCLOTHES
A man's garment for the hips and thighs; breeches. See Breeches. - SMALLPOX
A contagious, constitutional, febrile disease characterized by a peculiar eruption; variola. The cutaneous eruption is at first a collection of papules which become vesicles (first flat, subsequently umbilicated) and then pustules, and finally thick - PISTOL
The smallest firearm used, intended to be fired from one hand, -- now of many patterns, and bearing a great variety of names. See Illust. of Revolver. Pistol carbine, a firearm with a removable but- piece, and thus capable of being used either as - SMALL
sm$l; akin to D. smal narrow, OS. & OHG. smal small, G. schmal narrow, Dan. & Sw. smal, Goth. smals small, Icel. smali smal cattle, sheep, or goats; cf. Gr. 1. Having little size, compared with other things of the same kind; little in quantity - PISTOLEER
One who uses a pistol. Carlyle. - SMALLAGE
A biennial umbelliferous plant native of the seacoats of Europe and Asia. When deprived of its acrid and even poisonous properties by cultivation, it becomes celery. - SMALLY
In a small quantity or degree; with minuteness. Ascham. - PISTOLADE
A pistol shot. - SMALLNESS
The quality or state of being small. - SMALLS
See 3 - PISTOLE
The name of certain gold coins of various values formerly coined in some countries of Europe. In Spain it was equivalent to a quarter doubloon, or about .90, and in Germany and Italy nearly the same. There was an old Italian pistole worth about - SMALLSWORD
A light sword used for thrusting only; especially, the sword worn by civilians of rank in the eighteenth century. - PISTOLET
A small pistol. Donne. Beau. & Fl. - EPISTOLET
A little epistle. Lamb. - DISMALLY
In a dismal manner; gloomily; sorrowfully; uncomfortably. - EPISTOLAR
Epistolary. Dr. H. More. - EPISTOLIZE
To write epistles. - EPISTOLIC; EPISTOLICAL
Pertaining to letters or epistles; in the form or style of letters; epistolary. - EPISTOLIZER
A writer of epistles. - EPISTOLOGRAPHY
The art or practice of writing epistles. - EPISTOLEAN
One who writes epistles; a correspondent. Mary Cowden Clarke. - EPISTOLER
One of the clergy who reads the epistle at the communion service; an epistler. - CORDONNET
Doubled and twisted thread, made of coarse silk, and used for tassels, fringes, etc. McElrath. - ABYSMALLY
To a fathomless depth; profoundly. "Abysmally ignorant." G. Eliot.