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A grating of iron or of timbers pointed with iron, hung over the gateway of a fortress, to be let down to prevent the entrance of an enemy. "Let the portcullis fall." Sir W. Scott. She . . . the huge portcullis high updrew. Milton. 2. An English

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A grating of iron or of timbers pointed with iron, hung over the gateway of a fortress, to be let down to prevent the entrance of an enemy. "Let the portcullis fall." Sir W. Scott. She . . . the huge portcullis high updrew. Milton. 2. An English coin of the reign of Elizabeth, struck for the use of the East India Company; -- so called from its bearing the figure of a portcullis on the reverse. (more info) fr. L. colare, colatum, to filter, to strain: cf. F. couler to glide.

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  • PREVENTATIVE
    That which prevents; -- incorrectly used instead of preventive.
  • GRATICULE
    A design or draught which has been divided into squares, in order to reproduce it in other dimensions.
  • ENGLISHWOMAN
    Fem. of Englishman. Shak.
  • GRATICULATION
    The division of a design or draught into squares, in order the more easily to reproduce it in larger or smaller dimensions. (more info) graticuler, craticuler, to square, fr. graticule, craticule,
  • POINT SWITCH
    A switch made up of a rail from each track, both rails being tapered far back and connected to throw alongside the through rail of either track.
  • POINTLESSLY
    Without point.
  • POINT-DEVICE; POINT-DEVISE
    Uncommonly nice and exact; precise; particular. You are rather point-devise in your accouterments. Shak. Thus he grew up, in logic point-devise, Perfect in grammar, and in rhetoric nice. Longfellow. (more info) + point point, condition + devis
  • GRATITUDE
    The state of being grateful; warm and friendly feeling toward a benefactor; kindness awakened by a favor received; thankfulness. The debt immense of endless gratitude. Milton.
  • POINTAL
    The pistil of a plant. 2. A kind of pencil or style used with the tablets of the Middle Ages. "A pair of tablets . . . and a pointel." Chaucer.
  • POINTED
    1. Sharp; having a sharp point; as, a pointed rock. 2. Characterized by sharpness, directness, or pithiness of expression; terse; epigrammatic; especially, directed to a particular person or thing. His moral pleases, not his pointed wit. Pope.
  • PREVENTABLE
    Capable of being prevented or hindered; as, preventable diseases.
  • PREVENTINGLY
    So as to prevent or hinder.
  • PORTCULLIS
    A grating of iron or of timbers pointed with iron, hung over the gateway of a fortress, to be let down to prevent the entrance of an enemy. "Let the portcullis fall." Sir W. Scott. She . . . the huge portcullis high updrew. Milton. 2. An English
  • PREVENT
    1. To go before; to precede; hence, to go before as a guide; to direct. We which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. 1 Thess. iv. 15. We pray thee that thy grace may always prevent and follow
  • GRATIOLIN
    One of the essential principles of the hedge hyssop (Gratiola officinalis).
  • POINT ALPHABET
    An alphabet for the blind with a system of raised points corresponding to letters.
  • GRATIFIER
    One who gratifies or pleases.
  • POINTSMAN
    A man who has charge of railroad points or switches.
  • GRATIFICATION
    1. The act of gratifying, or pleasing, either the mind, the taste, or the appetite; as, the gratification of the palate, of the appetites, of the senses, of the desires, of the heart. 2. That which affords pleasure; satisfaction; enjoyment;
  • PREVENTABILITY
    The quality or state of being preventable.
  • MIGRATION
    The act of migrating.
  • IMPREVENTABLE
    Not preventable; invitable.
  • INTEGRATOR
    That which integrates; esp., an instrument by means of which the area of a figure can be measured directly, or its moment of inertia, or statical moment, etc., be determined.
  • COVER-POINT
    The fielder in the games of cricket and lacrosse who supports "point."
  • INGRATEFUL
    1. Ungrateful; thankless; unappreciative. Milton. He proved extremely false and ingrateful to me. Atterbury. 2. Unpleasing to the sense; distasteful; offensive. He gives . . . no ingrateful food. Milton. -- In"grate`ful*ly, adv. -- In"grate`ful*ness,
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    To remove the outer surface of, as of an old hewn stone, so as to give it a fresh appearance. 2. To offend; to shock. Derham.
  • IMPREVENTABILITY
    The state or quality of being impreventable.
  • DEFLAGRATION
    The act or process of deflagrating. (more info) 1. A burning up; conflagration. "Innumerable deluges and deflagrations." Bp. Pearson.
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    The third point from the outer edge on each player's home table.
  • DENIGRATOR
    One who, or that which, blackens.
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    To appoint again.
  • STANDPOINT
    A fixed point or station; a basis or fundamental principle; a position from which objects or principles are viewed, and according to which they are compared and judged.

 

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