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Word Meanings - REAPER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. One who reaps. The sun-burned reapers wiping their foreheads. Macaulay. 2. A reaping machine.

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  • REAP
    A bundle of grain; a handful of grain laid down by the reaper as it is cut. Wright.
  • MACHINER
    One who or operates a machine; a machinist.
  • REAPPLICATION
    The act of reapplying, or the state of being reapplied.
  • REAPPORTIONMENT
    A second or a new apportionment.
  • BURNISHER
    1. One who burnishes. 2. A tool with a hard, smooth, rounded end or surface, as of steel, ivory, or agate, used in smoothing or polishing by rubbing. It has a variety of forms adapted to special uses.
  • REAPPOINT
    To appoint again.
  • WIPER
    A piece generally projecting from a rotating or swinging piece, as an axle or rock shaft, for the purpose of raising stampers, lifting rods, or the like, and leaving them to fall by their own weight; a kind of cam. (more info) 1. One who, or that
  • BURNIEBEE
    The ladybird.
  • REAPPEARANCE
    A second or new appearance; the act or state of appearing again.
  • BURNET
    A genus of perennial herbs ; especially, P.Sanguisorba, the common, or garden, burnet. Burnet moth , in England, a handsome moth , with crimson spots on the wings. -- Burnet saxifrage. See Saxifrage. -- Canadian burnet, a marsh plant . --
  • REAPPROACH
    To approach again or anew.
  • BURNER
    1. One who, or that which, burns or sets fire to anything. 2. The part of a lamp, gas fixture, etc., where the flame is produced. Bunsen's burner , a kind of burner, invented by Professor Bunsen of Heidelberg, consisting of a straight tube, four
  • REAPPLY
    To apply again.
  • BURN
    To apply a cautery to; to cauterize. (more info) birnen, v.i., AS. bærnan, bernan, v.t., birnan, v.i.; akin to OS. brinnan, OFries. barna, berna, OHG. brinnan, brennan, G. brennen, OD. bernen, D. branden, Dan. brænde, Sw. bränna, brinna, Icel.
  • WIPE
    1. Act of rubbing, esp. in order to clean. 2. A blow; a stroke; a hit; a swipe. 3. A gibe; a jeer; a severe sarcasm. Swift. 4. A handkerchief. 5. Stain; brand. "Slavish wipe." Shak.
  • BURNT
    Consumed with, or as with, fire; scorched or dried, as with fire or heat; baked or hardened in the fire or the sun. Burnt ear, a black, powdery fungus which destroys grain. See Smut. -- Burnt offering, something offered and burnt on an altar, as
  • BURNABLE
    Combustible. Cotgrave.
  • REAPPORTION
    To apportion again.
  • REAPPOINTMENT
    The act of reappointing, or the state of being reappointed.
  • BURNOOSE; BURNOUS
    cf. F. bournous, burnous, Sp. al-bornoz, a sort of upper garment, 1. A cloaklike garment and hood woven in one piece, worn by Arabs.
  • GRAMME MACHINE
    A kind of dynamo-electric machine; -- so named from its French inventor, M. Gramme. Knight.
  • OVERBURN
    To burn too much; to be overzealous.
  • BUNSEN'S BATTERY; BUNSEN'S BURNER
    See BURNER
  • SUNBURNING
    Sunburn; tan. Boyle.
  • BURRING MACHINE
    A machine for cleansing wool of burs, seeds, and other substances.
  • SUNBURN
    To burn or discolor by the sun; to tan. Sunburnt and swarthy though she be. Dryden.
  • GAS-BURNER
    The jet piece of a gas fixture where the gas is burned as it escapes from one or more minute orifices.
  • AUBURN
    1. Flaxen-colored. Florio. 2. Reddish brown. His auburn locks on either shoulder flowed. Dryden.
  • BURNISH
    To cause to shine; to make smooth and bright; to polish; specifically, to polish by rubbing with something hard and smooth; as, to burnish brass or paper. The frame of burnished steel, that east a glare From far, and seemed to thaw the freezing
  • PREAPPREHENSION
    An apprehension or opinion formed before examination or knowledge. Sir T. Browne.
  • GLIDING MACHINE
    A construction consisting essentially of one or more aëroplanes for gliding in an inclined path from a height to the ground.
  • LABURNUM
    A small leguminous tree , native of the Alps. The plant is reputed to be poisonous, esp. the bark and seeds. It has handsome racemes of yellow blossoms. Note: Scotch laburnum is similar, but has smooth leaves; purple laburnum is C. purpureus.
  • PREAPPOINTMENT
    Previous appointment.

 

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