Word Meanings - SICKLE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A group of stars in the constellation Leo. See Illust. of Leo. Sickle pod , a kind of rock cress having very long curved pods. (more info) sichel, OHG. sihhila, Dan. segel, segl, L. secula, fr. secare to cut; 1. A reaping instrument consisting

Additional info about word: SICKLE

A group of stars in the constellation Leo. See Illust. of Leo. Sickle pod , a kind of rock cress having very long curved pods. (more info) sichel, OHG. sihhila, Dan. segel, segl, L. secula, fr. secare to cut; 1. A reaping instrument consisting of a steel blade curved into the form of a hook, and having a handle fitted on a tang. The sickle has one side of the blade notched, so as always to sharpen with a serrated edge. Cf. Reaping hook, under Reap. When corn has once felt the sickle, it has no more benefit from the sunshine. Shak.

Related words: (words related to SICKLE)

• HAVENED
  Sheltered in a haven. Blissful havened both from joy and pain. Keats.
• HAVENER
  A harbor master.
• REAPPLICATION
  The act of reapplying, or the state of being reapplied.
• INSTRUMENTAL
  Pertaining to, made by, or prepared for, an instrument, esp. a musical instrument; as, instrumental music, distinguished from vocal music. "He defended the use of instrumental music in public worship." Macaulay. Sweet voices mix'd with instrumental
• CONSISTENTLY
  In a consistent manner.
• REAPPORTIONMENT
  A second or a new apportionment.
• SICKLEBILL
  Any one of three species of humming birds of the genus Eutoxeres, native of Central and South America. They have a long and strongly curved bill. Called also the sickle-billed hummer. A curlew. A bird of the genus Epimachus and allied genera.
• HAVELOCK
  A light cloth covering for the head and neck, used by soldiers as a protection from sunstroke.
• CURVIROSTRES
  A group of passerine birds, including the creepers and nuthatches.
• CONSIST
  1. To stand firm; to be in a fixed or permanent state, as a body composed of parts in union or connection; to hold together; to be; to exist; to subsist; to be supported and maintained. He is before all things, and by him all things consist. Col.
• ILLUSTROUS
  Without luster.
• CURVICAUDATE
  Having a curved or crooked tail.
• REAPPOINT
  To appoint again.
• CONSISTORIAN
  Pertaining to a Presbyterian consistory; -- a contemptuous term of 17th century controversy. You fall next on the consistorian schismatics; for so you call Presbyterians. Milton.
• CURVE
  Bent without angles; crooked; curved; as, a curve line; a curve surface.
• ILLUSTRIOUS
  1. Possessing luster or brightness; brilliant; luminous; splendid. Quench the light; thine eyes are guides illustrious. Beau. & Fl. 2. Characterized by greatness, nobleness, etc.; eminent; conspicuous; distinguished. Illustrious earls, renowened
• 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.
• REAPPEARANCE
  A second or new appearance; the act or state of appearing again.
• CURVISERIAL
  Distributed in a curved line, as leaves along a stem.
• CURVATURE
  The amount of degree of bending of a mathematical curve, or the tendency at any point to depart from a tangent drawn to the curve at that point. Aberrancy of curvature , the deviation of a curve from a curcular form. -Absolute curvature. See under
• PARA CRESS
  An annual asteraceous herb grown in tropical countries as a pungent salad, and also used medicinally.
• TRICURVATE
  Curved in three directions; as, a tricurvate spicule (see Illust. of Spicule).
• PREAPPREHENSION
  An apprehension or opinion formed before examination or knowledge. Sir T. Browne.
• UNSECULARIZE
  To cause to become not secular; to detach from secular things; to alienate from the world.
• MISBEHAVE
  To behave ill; to conduct one's self improperly; -- often used with a reciprocal pronoun.
• RECURVE
  To curve in an opposite or unusual direction; to bend back or down.
• SUBGROUP
  A subdivision of a group, as of animals. Darwin.