Word Meanings - SCALPING - Book Publishers vocabulary database
a. & n. from Scalp. Scalping iron , an instrument used in scraping foul and carious bones; a raspatory. -- Scalping knife, a knife used by north American Indians in scalping.
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- NORTHERNMOST
Farthest north. - AMERICANIZATION
The process of Americanizing. - NORTHERN
1. Of or pertaining to the north; being in the north, or nearer to that point than to the east or west. 2. In a direction toward the north; as, to steer a northern course; coming from the north; as, a northern wind. Northern diver. See Loon. -- - NORTHMAN
One of the inhabitants of the north of Europe; esp., one of the ancient Scandinavians; a Norseman. - NORTHMOST
Lying farthest north; northernmost. Northmost part of the coast of Mozambique. De Foe. - NORTHEAST
Of or pertaining to the northeast; proceeding toward the northeast, or coming from that point; as, a northeast course; a northeast wind. Northeast passage, a passage or communication by sea between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans along the north - AMERICAN
1. Of or pertaining to America; as, the American continent: American Indians. 2. Of or pertaining to the United States. "A young officer of the American navy." Lyell. American ivy. See Virginia creeper. -- American Party , a party, about 1854, - AMERICANISM
1. Attachment to the United States. 2. A custom peculiar to the United States or to America; an American characteristic or idea. 3. A word or phrase peculiar to the United States. - NORTHWESTWARD; NORTHWESTWARDLY
Toward the northwest. - SCALPER
See TICKETS (more info) 1. One who, or that which, scalps. - NORTH STAR STATE
Minnesota; -- a nickname. - NORTHWESTERN
Of, pertaining to, or being in, the northwest; in a direction toward the northwest; coming from the northwest; northwesterly; as, a northwestern course. - NORTHERLINESS
The quality or state of being northerly; direction toward the north. - AMERICAN PLAN
In hotels, aplan upon which guests pay for both room and board by the day, week, or other convenient period; -- contrasted with European plan. - SCALPING
a. & n. from Scalp. Scalping iron , an instrument used in scraping foul and carious bones; a raspatory. -- Scalping knife, a knife used by north American Indians in scalping. - NORTHEASTERN
Of or pertaining to the northeast; northeasterly. - NORTHUMBRIAN
Of or pertaining to Northumberland in England. -- n. - NORTHERNER
1. One born or living in the north. 2. A native or inhabitant of the Northern States; -- contradistinguished from Ant: Southerner. - KNIFE SWITCH
A switch consisting of one or more knifelike pieces hinged at one end and making contact near the other with flat gripping springs. - NORTHEASTERLY
Pertaining to the northeast; toward the northeast, or coming from the northeast. - CASE KNIFE
1. A knife carried in a sheath or case. Addison. 2. A large table knife; -- so called from being formerly kept in a case. - BOWIE KNIFE
A knife with a strong blade from ten to fifteen inches long, and double-edged near the point; -- used as a hunting knife, and formerly as a weapon in the southwestern part of the United States. It was named from its inventor, Colonel James Bowie. - ANORTHIC
Having unequal oblique axes; as, anorthic crystals. - DRAWING KNIFE; DRAWKNIFE
A tool used for the purpose of making an incision along the path a saw is to follow, to prevent it from tearing the surface of the wood. (more info) 1. A joiner's tool having a blade with a handle at each end, used to shave off surfaces, by drawing - ANTI-AMERICAN
Opposed to the Americans, their aims, or interests, or to the genius of American institutions. Marshall. - EPANORTHOSIS
A figure by which a speaker recalls a word or words, in order to substitute something else stronger or more significant; as, Most brave! Brave, did I say most heroic act!