Word Meanings - SOLANO - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A hot, oppressive wind which sometimes blows in the Mediterranean, particularly on the eastern coast of Spain.

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• SOMETIMES
  1. Formerly; sometime. That fair and warlike form In which the majesty of buried Denmark Did sometimes march. Shak. 2. At times; at intervals; now and then;occasionally. It is good that we sometimes be contradicted. Jer. Taylor. Sometimes . . .
• WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• EASTERN CHURCH
  That portion of the Christian church which prevails in the countries once comprised in the Eastern Roman Empire and the countries converted to Christianity by missionaries from them. Its full official title is The Orthodox Catholic Apostolic Eastern
• PARTICULARLY
  1. In a particular manner; expressly; with a specific reference or interest; in particular; distinctly. 2. In an especial manner; in a high degree; as, a particularly fortunate man; a particularly bad failure. The exact propriety of Virgil
• COASTING
  Sailing along or near a coast, or running between ports along a coast. Coasting trade, trade carried on by water between neighboring ports of the same country, as distinguished fron foreign trade or trade involving long voyages. -- Coasting vessel,
• WHICH
  the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
• COAST
  1. The side of a thing. Sir I. Newton. 2. The exterior line, limit, or border of a country; frontier border. From the river, the river Euphrates, even to the uttermost sea, shall your coast be. Deut. xi. 24. 3. The seashore, or land near it.
• BLOWSE
  See BLOWZE
• EASTERNMOST
  Most eastern.
• COASTWISE; COASTWAYS
  By way of, or along, the coast.
• COASTER
  1. A vessel employed in sailing along a coast, or engaged in the coasting trade. 2. One who sails near the shore.
• COASTAL
  Of or pertaining to a cast.
• OPPRESSIVE
  1. Unreasonably burdensome; unjustly severe, rigorous, or harsh; as, oppressive taxes; oppressive exactions of service; an oppressive game law. Macaulay. 2. Using oppression; tyrannical; as, oppressive authority or commands. 3. Heavy; overpowering;
• COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY
  A bureau of the United States government charged with the topographic and hydrographic survey of the coast and the execution of belts of primary triangulation and lines of precise leveling in the interior. It now belongs to the Department
• EASTERN
  1. Situated or dwelling in the east; oriental; as, an eastern gate; Eastern countries. Eastern churches first did Christ embrace. Stirling. 2. Going toward the east, or in the direction of east; as, an eastern voyage. Eastern Church. See Greek
• MEDITERRANEAN FRUIT FLY
  A two-winged fly with black and white markings, native of the Mediterranean countries, but now widely distributed. Its larva lives in ripening oranges, peaches, and other fruits, causing them to decay and fall.
• MEDITERRANEAN
  1. Inclosed, or nearly inclosed, with land; as, the Mediterranean Sea, between Europe and Africa. 2. Inland; remote from the ocean. Cities, as well mediterranean as maritime. Holland. 3. Of or pertaining to the Mediterranean Sea; as, Mediterranean
• SOUTHEASTERN
  Of or pertaining to the southeast; southeasterly.
• DISCOAST
  To depart; to quit the coast of anything; to be separated. As far as heaven and earth discoasted lie. G. Fletcher. To discoast from the plain and simple way of speech. Barrow.
• ACCOAST
  To lie or sail along the coast or side of; to accost. Whether high towering or accosting low. Spenser.
• INOPPRESSIVE
  Not oppressive or burdensome. O. Wolcott.
• NORTHEASTERN
  Of or pertaining to the northeast; northeasterly.
• ROLLER COASTER
  An amusement railroad in which cars coast by gravity over a long winding track, with steep pitches and ascents.
• SEACOAST
  The shore or border of the land adjacent to the sea or ocean. Also used adjectively.