Word Meanings - SCAUPER - Book Publishers vocabulary database
A tool with a semicircular edge, -- used by engravers to clear away the spaces between the lines of an engraving. Fairholt.
Related words: (words related to SCAUPER)
- CLEARLY
In a clear manner. - CLEARER
A tool of which the hemp for lines and twines, used by sailmakers, is finished. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, clears. Gold is a wonderful clearer of the understanding. Addison. - CLEAR-HEADED
Having a clear understanding; quick of perception; intelligent. "He was laborious and clear-headed." Macaulay. -- Clear"-head`ed*ness, n. - CLEAR-SIGHTEDNESS
Acute discernment. - ENGRAVING
1. The act or art of producing upon hard material incised or raised patterns, characters, lines, and the like; especially, the art of producing such lines, etc., in the surface of metal plates or blocks of wood. Engraving is used for the decoration - CLEAR-SEEING
Having a clear physical or mental vision; having a clear understanding. - CLEARCOLE
A priming of size mixed with whiting or white lead, used in house painting, etc.; also, a size upon which gold leaf is applied in gilding. - ENGRAVEMENT
1. Engraving. 2. Engraved work. Barrow. - CLEAR-CUT
1. Having a sharp, distinct outline, like that of a cameo. She has . . . a cold and clear-cut face. Tennyson. 2. Concisely and distinctly expressed. - CLEARSTARCH
To stiffen with starch, and then make clear by clapping with the hands; as, to clearstarch muslin. - CLEARSTARCHER
One who clearstarches. - CLEARNESS
The quality or state of being clear. Syn. -- Clearness, Perspicuity. Clearness has reference to our ideas, and springs from a distinct conception of the subject under consideration. Perspicuity has reference to the mode of expressing our ideas and - ENGRAVED
Having the surface covered with irregular, impressed lines. (more info) 1. Made by engraving or ornamented with engraving. - ENGRAVE
1. To cut in; to make by incision. Full many wounds in his corrupted flesh He did engrave. Spenser. 2. To cut with a graving instrument in order to form an inscription or pictorial representation; to carve figures; to mark with incisions. Like - BETWEEN
betweónum; prefix be- by + a form fr. AS. twa two, akin to Goth. 1. In the space which separates; betwixt; as, New York is between Boston and Philadelphia. 2. Used in expressing motion from one body or place to another; from one to another of - ENGRAVER
One who engraves; a person whose business it is to produce engraved work, especially on metal or wood. - CLEARWING
A lepidop terous insect with partially transparent wings, of the family Ægeriadæ, of which the currant and peach-tree borers are examples. - CLEARAGE
The act of reforming anything; clearance. - CLEAR-SHINING
Shining brightly. Shak. - CLEAR-SIGHTED
Seeing with clearness; discerning; as, clear-sighted reason - CHURCHLINESS
Regard for the church. - FRIENDLINESS
The condition or quality of being friendly. Sir P. Sidney. - LORDLINESS
The state or quality of being lordly. Shak. - STEELINESS
The quality of being steely. - CHILLINESS
1. A state or sensation of being chilly; a disagreeable sensation of coldness. 2. A moderate degree of coldness; disagreeable coldness or rawness; as, the chilliness of the air. 3. Formality; lack of warmth. - SOUTHERNLINESS
Southerliness. - MELANCHOLINESS
The state or quality of being melancholy. Hallywell. - DEATHLINESS
The quality of being deathly; deadliness. Southey. - POLYNUCLEAR
Containing many nuclei. - KINGLINESS
The state or quality of being kingly. - BEASTLINESS
The state or quality of being beastly. - BRISTLINESS
The quality or state of having bristles. - POORLINESS
The quality or state of being poorly; ill health. - ZOLLNER'S LINES
Parallel lines that are made to appear convergent or divergent by means of oblique intersections. - SLOVENLINESS
The quality or state of being slovenly. - GHASTLINESS
The state of being ghastly; a deathlike look. - MAIDENLINESS
The quality of being maidenly; the behavior that becomes a maid; modesty; gentleness. - WILINESS
The quality or state of being wily; craftiness; cunning; guile.