Word Meanings - PRELATION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The setting of one above another; preference. Jer. Taylor.

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• ANOTHER-GUESS
  Of another sort. It used to go in another-guess manner. Arbuthnot.
• SETTLEMENT
  A disposition of property for the benefit of some person or persons, usually through the medium of trustees, and for the benefit of a wife, children, or other relatives; jointure granted to a wife, or the act of granting it. 2. That which settles,
• SETT
  See 3
• SETTER
  A hunting dog of a special breed originally derived from a cross between the spaniel and the pointer. Modern setters are usually trained to indicate the position of game birds by standing in a fixed position, but originally they indicated it by
• ABOVEBOARD
  Above the board or table. Hence: in open sight; without trick, concealment, or deception. "Fair and aboveboard." Burke. Note: This expression is said by Johnson to have been borrowed from gamesters, who, when they change their cards, put their hands
• ABOVESAID
  Mentioned or recited before.
• ABOVE-MENTIONED; ABOVE-NAMED
  Mentioned or named before; aforesaid.
• SETTEE
  A long seat with a back, -- made to accommodate several persons at once.
• SETTLE
  1. A seat of any kind. "Upon the settle of his majesty" Hampole. 2. A bench; especially, a bench with a high back. 3. A place made lower than the rest; a wide step or platform lower than some other part. And from the bottom upon the ground, even
• TAYLOR-WHITE PROCESS
  A process (invented about 1899 by Frederick W. Taylor and Maunsel B. White) for giving toughness to self-hardening steels. The steel is heated almost to fusion, cooled to a temperature of from 700º to 850º C. in molten lead, further cooled in
• ANOTHER
  1. One more, in addition to a former number; a second or additional one, similar in likeness or in effect. Another yet! -- a seventh! I 'll see no more. Shak. Would serve to scale another Hero's tower. Shak. 2. Not the same; different. He winks,
• SETTLER
  1. One who settles, becomes fixed, established, etc. 2. Especially, one who establishes himself in a new region or a colony; a colonist; a planter; as, the first settlers of New England. 3. That which settles or finishes; hence, a blow, etc., which
• ABOVEDECK
  On deck; and hence, like aboveboard, without artifice. Smart.
• ANOTHER-GAINES
  Of another kind. Sir P. Sidney.
• SETTLING
  That which settles at the bottom of a liquid; lees; dregs; sediment. Milton. Settling day, a day for settling accounts, as in the stock market. (more info) 1. The act of one who, or that which, settles; the act of establishing one's self,
• SETTING-UP EXERCISE
  Any one of a series of gymnastic exercises used, as in drilling recruits, for the purpose of giving an erect carriage, supple muscles, and an easy control of the limbs.
• SETTERWORT
  The bear's-foot ; -- so called because the root was used in settering, or inserting setons into the dewlaps of cattle. Called also pegroots. Dr. Prior.
• SETTLEDNESS
  The quality or state of being settled; confirmed state. Bp. Hall.
• SETTING
  1. The act of one who, or that which, sets; as, the setting of type, or of gems; the setting of the sun; the setting of moist plaster of Paris; the setting of a current. 2. The act of marking the position of game, as a setter does;
• PREFERENCE
  1. The act of Preferring, or the state of being preferred; the setting of one thing before another; precedence; higher estimation; predilection; choice; also, the power or opportunity of choosing; as, to give him his preference. Leave the critics
• UPSETTING
  Conceited; assuming; as, an upsetting fellow. Jamieson.
• TYPESETTING
  The act or art of setting type.
• ROSETTA WOOD
  An east Indian wood of a reddish orange color, handsomely veined with darker marks. It is occasionally used for cabinetwork. Ure.
• SUNSET; SUNSETTING
  1. The descent of the sun below the horizon; also, the time when the sun sets; evening. Also used figuratively. 'T is the sunset of life gives me mystical lore. Campbell. 2. Hence, the region where the sun sets; the west. Sunset shell , a West
• FRISETTE; FRIZETTE
  a fringe of hair or curls worn about the forehead by women.
• ANISETTE
  A French cordial or liqueur flavored with anise seeds. De Colange.
• NARRAGANSETTS
  A tribe of Indians who formerly inhabited the shores of Narragansett Bay.
• ROUSSETTE
  A fruit bat, especially the large species inhabiting the islands of the Indian ocean. It measures about a yard across the expanded wings.
• FALSETTO
  A false or artificial voice; that voice in a man which lies above his natural voice; the male counter tenor or alto voice. See Head voice, under Voice.
• CASSETTE
  See SEGGAR
• FOSSETTE
  A small, deep-centered ulcer of the transparent cornea. (more info) 1. A little hollow; hence, a dimple.
• DISSETTLEMENT
  The act of unsettling, or the state of being unsettled. Marvell.
• CROSSETTE
  A return in one of the corners of the architrave of a door or window; -- called also ancon, ear, elbow. The shoulder of a joggled keystone.
• COSSETTE
  One of the small chips or slices into which beets are cut in sugar making.