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Word Meanings - SFUMATO - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Having vague outlines, and colors and shades so mingled as to give a misty appearance; -- said of a painting.

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  • HAVENED
    Sheltered in a haven. Blissful havened both from joy and pain. Keats.
  • HAVENER
    A harbor master.
  • HAVELOCK
    A light cloth covering for the head and neck, used by soldiers as a protection from sunstroke.
  • VAGUELY
    In a vague manner. What he vaguely hinted at, but dared not speak. Hawthorne.
  • PAINTING
    The work of the painter; also, any work of art in which objects are represented in color on a flat surface; a colored representation of any object or scene; a picture. 3. Color laid on; paint. Shak. 4. A depicting by words; vivid representation
  • HAVE
    haven, habben, AS. habben ; akin to OS. hebbian, D. hebben, OFries, hebba, OHG. hab, G. haben, Icel. hafa, Sw. hafva, Dan. have, Goth. haban, and prob. to L. habere, whence F. 1. To hold in possession or control; to own; as, he has a farm. 2.
  • PAINTER
    A rope at the bow of a boat, used to fasten it to anything. Totten. (more info) panthera, L. panther a hunting net, fr. Gr. ; painteir a net, gin,
  • MINGLEABLE
    That can be mingled. Boyle.
  • PAINTERSHIP
    The state or position of being a painter. Br. Gardiner.
  • HAVENAGE
    Harbor dues; port dues.
  • PAINTED
    Marked with bright colors; as, the painted turtle; painted bunting. Painted beauty , a handsome American butterfly , having a variety of bright colors, -- Painted cup , any plant of an American genus of herbs in which the bracts are
  • MINGLEMENT
    The act of mingling, or the state of being mixed.
  • HAVEN
    habe, Dan. havn, Icel. höfn, Sw. hamn; akin to E. have, and hence orig., a holder; or to heave ; or akin to AS. hæf sea, 1. A bay, recess, or inlet of the sea, or the mouth of a river, which affords anchorage and shelter for shipping; a harbor;
  • HAVANA
    Of or pertaining to Havana, the capital of the island of Cuba; as, an Havana cigar; -- formerly sometimes written Havannah. -- n.
  • PAINT
    pictum; cf. Gr. many-colored, Skr. pic to adorn. Cf. Depict, Picture, 1. To cover with coloring matter; to apply paint to; as, to paint a house, a signboard, etc. Jezebel painted her face and tired her head. 2 Kings ix. 30. 2. Fig.: To
  • HAVERSIAN
    Pertaining to, or discovered by, Clopton Havers, an English physician of the seventeenth century. Haversian canals , the small canals through which the blood vessels ramify in bone.
  • MINGLE-MANGLE
    To mix in a disorderly way; to make a mess of. Udall.
  • HAVING
    Possession; goods; estate. I 'll lend you something; my having is not much. Shak.
  • HAVIOR
    Behavior; demeanor. Shak. (more info) having, of same origin as E. aver a work horse. The h is due to
  • MISTY
    1. Accompained with mist; characterized by the presence of mist; obscured by, or overspread with, mist; as, misty weather; misty mountains; a misty atmosphere. 2. Obscured as if by mist; dim; obscure; clouded; as, misty sight. The more
  • BEMINGLE
    To mingle; to mix.
  • REPAINT
    To paint anew or again; as, to repaint a house; to repaint the ground of a picture.
  • INTERMINGLE
    To mingle or mix together; to intermix. Hooker.
  • CONSUMINGLY
    In a consuming manner.
  • MISBEHAVE
    To behave ill; to conduct one's self improperly; -- often used with a reciprocal pronoun.
  • TRIMMINGLY
    In a trimming manner.
  • INSHAVE
    A plane for shaving or dressing the concave or inside faces of barrel staves.
  • OVERPAINT
    To color or describe too strongly. Sir W. Raleigh.
  • REAPPEARANCE
    A second or new appearance; the act or state of appearing again.
  • FOAMINGLY
    With foam; frothily.
  • UNPAINT
    To remove the paint from; to efface, as a painting. Parnell.

 

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