Word Meanings - POWDERING - Book Publishers vocabulary database

a. & n. from Powder, v. t. Powdering tub. A tub or vessel in which meat is corned or salted. A heated tub in which an infected lecher was placed for cure. Shak.

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• CORNLOFT
  A loft for corn; a granary.
• PLACODERMATA
  See PLACODERMI
• SALTATORY
  Leaping or dancing; having the power of, or used in, leaping or dancing. Saltatory evolution , a theory of evolution which holds that the transmutation of species is not always gradual, but that there may come sudden and marked variations. See
• CORNIC
  Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, the dogwood (Cornus florida).
• POWDERY
  1. Easily crumbling to pieces; friable; loose; as, a powdery spar. 2. Sprinkled or covered with powder; dusty; as, the powdery bloom on plums. 3. Resembling powder; consisting of powder. "The powdery snow." Wordsworth.
• SALTFOOT
  A large saltcellar formerly placed near the center of the table. The superior guests were seated above the saltfoot.
• SALTPETROUS
  Pertaining to saltpeter, or partaking of its qualities; impregnated with saltpeter.
• PLACEMENT
  1. The act of placing, or the state of being placed. 2. Position; place.
• HEATHER
  Heath. Gorse and grass And heather, where his footsteps pass, The brighter seem. Longfellow. Heather bell , one of the pretty subglobose flowers of two European kinds of heather . (more info) Etym:
• INFECTIOUSLY
  In an infectious manner. Shak.
• SALTIGRADE
  Having feet or legs formed for leaping.
• PLACENTARY
  Having reference to the placenta; as, the placentary system of classification.
• PLACE-KICK
  To make a place kick; to make by a place kick. -- Place"-kick`er, n.
• CORNEA
  The transparent part of the coat of the eyeball which covers the iris and pupil and admits light to the interior. See Eye.
• HEATHENISHNESS
  The state or quality of being heathenish. "The . . . heathenishness and profaneness of most playbooks." Prynne.
• PLACID
  Pleased; contented; unruffied; undisturbed; serene; peaceful; tranquil; quiet; gentle. "That placid aspect and meek regard." Milton. "Sleeping . . . the placid sleep of infancy." Macaulay.
• SALTATORIA
  A division of Orthoptera including grasshoppers, locusts, and crickets.
• SALTARELLO
  A popular Italian dance in quick 3-4 or 6-8 time, running mostly in triplets, but with a hop step at the beginning of each measure. See Tarantella.
• LECHEROUS
  Like a lecher; addicted to lewdness; lustful; also, lust- provoking. "A lecherous thing is wine." Chaucer. -- Lech"er*ous*ly, adv. -- Lech"er*ous*ness, n.
• POWDERED
  See WALPOLE (more info) 1. Reduced to a powder; sprinkled with, or as with, powder. 2. Sprinkled with salt; salted; corned. Powdered beef, pickled meats. Harvey.
• BESCORN
  To treat with scorn. "Then was he bescorned." Chaucer.
• UNSHEATHE
  To deprive of a sheath; to draw from the sheath or scabbard, as a sword. To unsheathe the sword, to make war.
• UNPLACABLE
  Implacable.
• SEA CORN
  A yellow cylindrical mass of egg capsule of certain species of whelks , which resembles an ear of maize.
• REINFECT
  To infect again.
• MONGCORN
  See MANGCORN
• CLAVICORNES
  A group of beetles having club-shaped antennæ.
• MISALTER
  To alter wrongly; esp., to alter for the worse. Bp. Hall.
• LAMELLICORNIA
  A group of lamellicorn, plant-eating beetles; -- called also Lamellicornes.
• SEA UNICORN
  The narwhal.