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Word Meanings - RELICT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A woman whose husband is dead; a widow. Eli dying without issue, Jacob was obbliged by law to marry his relict, and so to raise up seed to his brother Eli. South.

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  • WHOSESOEVER
    The possessive of whosoever. See Whosoever.
  • MARRY
    1. To unite in wedlock or matrimony; to perform the ceremony of joining, as a man and a woman, for life; to constitute (a man and a woman) husband and wife according to the laws or customs of the place. Tell him that he shall marry the
  • SOUTHWEST
    Pertaining to, or in the direction of, the southwest; proceeding toward the southwest; coming from the southwest; as, a southwest wind.
  • SOUTHSAY
    See SOOTHSAY
  • DYNAMO
    A dynamo-electric machine.
  • SOUTHWESTERLY
    To ward or from the southwest; as, a southwesterly course; a southwesterly wind.
  • SOUTHPAW
    A pitcher who pitches with the left hand.
  • DYNAMOMETRY
    The art or process of measuring forces doing work.
  • DYSPHAGIA; DYSPHAGY
    Difficulty in swallowing.
  • SOUTHERNLINESS
    Southerliness.
  • ISSUE
    1. To send out; to put into circulation; as, to issue notes from a bank. 2. To deliver for use; as, to issue provisions. 3. To send out officially; to deliver by authority; as, to issue an order; to issue a writ.
  • DYNAMOMETER
    An apparatus for measuring force or power; especially, muscular effort of men or animals, or the power developed by a motor, or that required to operate machinery. Note: It usually embodies a spring to be compressed or weight to be sustained by
  • SOUTHREN
    Southern. "I am a Southren man." Chaucer.
  • RAISE
    To create or constitute; as, to raise a use that is, to create it. Burrill. To raise a blockade , to remove or break up a blockade, either by withdrawing the ships or forces employed in enforcing it, or by driving them away or dispersing them.
  • DYSODILE
    An impure earthy or coaly bitumen, which emits a highly fetid odor when burning.
  • RAISED
    1. Lifted up; showing above the surroundings; as, raised or embossed metal work. 2. Leavened; made with leaven, or yeast; -- used of bread, cake, etc., as distinguished from that made with cream of tartar, soda, etc. See Raise, v. t., 4. Raised
  • RELICT
    A woman whose husband is dead; a widow. Eli dying without issue, Jacob was obbliged by law to marry his relict, and so to raise up seed to his brother Eli. South.
  • HUSBANDABLE
    Capable of being husbanded, or managed with economy. Sherwood.
  • WIDOW-MAKER
    One who makes widows by destroying husbands. Shak.
  • DYNAMO-ELECTRIC
    Pertaining to the development of electricity, especially electrical currents, by power; producing electricity or electrical currents by mechanical power.
  • TODDY
    1. A juice drawn from various kinds of palms in the East Indies; or, a spirituous liquor procured from it by fermentation. 2. A mixture of spirit and hot water sweetened. Note: Toddy differs from grog in having a less proportion of spirit, and
  • LARDY
    Containing, or resembling, lard; of the character or consistency of lard.
  • DISCANDY
    To melt; to dissolve; to thaw.
  • BLADY
    Consisting of blades. "Blady grass." Drayton.
  • DEEDY
    Industrious; active. Cowper.
  • APPRAISER
    One who appraises; esp., a person appointed and sworn to estimate and fix the value of goods or estates.
  • ROWDY
    One who engages in rows, or noisy quarrels; a ruffianly fellow. M. Arnold.
  • TETRADYMITE
    A telluride of bismuth. It is of a pale steel-gray color and metallic luster, and usually occurs in foliated masses. Calles also telluric bismuth.
  • AIRWOMAN
    A woman who ascends or flies in an aircraft.
  • UNBODY
    To free from the body; to disembody. Her soul unbodied of the burdenous corse. Spenser.
  • KIDDYISH
    Frolicsome; sportive.
  • FOOLHARDY
    Daring without judgment; foolishly adventurous and bold. Howell. Syn. -- Rash; venturesome; venturous; precipitate; reckless; headlong; incautious. See Rash.
  • EPIDIDYMITIS
    Inflammation of the epididymis, one of the common results of gonorrhea.
  • DIDYM
    See DIDYMIUM

 

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