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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.

 

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