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Word Meanings - RUBBLE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A mass or stratum of fragments or rock lying under the alluvium, and derived from the neighboring rock. Lyell. 4. pl. (more info) 1. Water-worn or rough broken stones; broken bricks, etc., used in coarse masonry, or to fill up between the facing

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A mass or stratum of fragments or rock lying under the alluvium, and derived from the neighboring rock. Lyell. 4. pl. (more info) 1. Water-worn or rough broken stones; broken bricks, etc., used in coarse masonry, or to fill up between the facing courses of walls. Inside there was rubble or mortar. Jowett . 2. Rough stone as it comes from the quarry; also, a quarryman's term for the upper fragmentary and decomposed portion of a mass of stone; brash. Brande & C.

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  • ROUGHING-IN
    The first coat of plaster laid on brick; also, the process of applying it.
  • FACETIAE
    Witty or humorous writings or saying; witticisms; merry conceits.
  • UNDERDOER
    One who underdoes; a shirk.
  • UNDERBRED
    Not thoroughly bred; ill-bred; as, an underbred fellow. Goldsmith.
  • FACIES
    The general aspect or habit of a species, or group of species, esp. with reference to its adaptation to its environment. (more info) 1. The anterior part of the head; the face.
  • WATER-BEARER
    The constellation Aquarius.
  • UNDERSECRETARY
    A secretary who is subordinate to the chief secretary; an assistant secretary; as, an undersecretary of the Treasury.
  • UNDERPLOT
    1. A series of events in a play, proceeding collaterally with the main story, and subservient to it. Dryden. 2. A clandestine scheme; a trick. Addison.
  • FACILITATION
    The act of facilitating or making easy.
  • ROUGHT
    imp. of Reach.
  • UNDERNICENESS
    A want of niceness; indelicacy; impropriety.
  • ROUGHHEWN
    1. Hewn coarsely without smoothing; unfinished; not polished. 2. Of coarse manners; rude; uncultivated; rough-grained. "A roughhewn seaman." Bacon.
  • WATERWORT
    Any plant of the natural order Elatineæ, consisting of two genera , mostly small annual herbs growing in the edges of ponds. Some have a peppery or acrid taste.
  • UNDERSOIL
    The soil beneath the surface; understratum; subsoil.
  • UNDERDOLVEN
    p. p. of Underdelve.
  • LYRE BIRD
    Any one of two or three species of Australian birds of the genus Menura. The male is remarkable for having the sixteen tail feathers very long and, when spread, arranged in the form of a lyre. The common lyre bird , inhabiting New South Wales,
  • LYTHE
    The European pollack; -- called also laith, and leet.
  • FACIEND
    The multiplicand. See Facient,
  • DERIVATIVE
    Obtained by derivation; derived; not radical, original, or fundamental; originating, deduced, or formed from something else; secondary; as, a derivative conveyance; a derivative word. Derivative circulation, a modification of the circulation found
  • LYSIMETER
    An instrument for measuring the water that percolates through a certain depth of soil. Knight.
  • LIVINGLY
    In a living state. Sir T. Browne.
  • STILLY
    Still; quiet; calm. The stilly hour when storms are gone. Moore.
  • SAVELY
    Safely. Chaucer.
  • FAMILIARLY
    In a familiar manner.
  • LAUGHINGLY
    With laughter or merriment.
  • POLYPHYLLOUS
    Many-leaved; as, a polyphyllous calyx or perianth.
  • POLYCHROITE
    The coloring matter of saffron; -- formerly so called because of the change of color on treatment with certain acids; -- called also crocin, and safranin.
  • SCOLYTID
    Any one of numerous species of small bark-boring beetles of the genus Scolytus and allied genera. Also used adjectively.
  • CREAM-FACED
    White or pale, as the effect of fear, or as the natural complexion. Thou cream-faced loon. Shak.
  • BAREFACEDNESS
    The quality of being barefaced; shamelessness; assurance; audaciousness.
  • SUNDRILY
    In sundry ways; variously.
  • DISPROPORTIONALLY
    In a disproportional manner; unsuitably in form, quantity, or value; unequally.
  • OVERFLOWINGLY
    In great abundance; exuberantly. Boyle.
  • STAUNCH; STAUNCHLY; STAUNCHNESS
    See ETC
  • WHIP-TOM-KELLY
    A vireo native of the West Indies and Florida; -- called also black-whiskered vireo.
  • THIRSTILY
    In a thirsty manner.

 

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