Word Meanings - STAIRCASE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A flight of stairs with their supporting framework, casing, balusters, etc. To make a complete staircase is a curious piece of architecture. Sir H. Wotton. Staircase shell. Any scalaria, or wentletrap. Any species of Solarium, or perspective

Additional info about word: STAIRCASE

A flight of stairs with their supporting framework, casing, balusters, etc. To make a complete staircase is a curious piece of architecture. Sir H. Wotton. Staircase shell. Any scalaria, or wentletrap. Any species of Solarium, or perspective shell.

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• CASCARILLA
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• SUPPORTABLE
  Capable of being supported, maintained, or endured; endurable. -- Sup*port"a*ble*ness, n. -- Sup*port"a*bly, adv.
• CASE
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• CASEMENTED
  Having a casement or casements.
• SUPPORTATION
  Maintenance; support. Chaucer. Bacon.
• CASTLE
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• CASINO
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  A house or mansion. I saw that Enriquez had made no attempt to modernize the old casa, and that even the garden was left in its lawless native luxuriance. Bret Harte.
• SHELLER
  One who, or that which, shells; as, an oyster sheller; a corn sheller.
• CASK
  1. Same as Casque. 2. A barrel-shaped vessel made of staves headings, and hoops, usually fitted together so as to hold liquids. It may be larger or smaller than a barrel. 3. The quantity contained in a cask. 4. A casket; a small box for jewels.
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  Abounding with support. Chapman.
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  The payment in cash of a note, draft, etc.
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  Having twelve syllables.
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