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Word Meanings - STAYSHIP - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A remora, -- fabled to stop ships by attaching itself to them.

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  • FABLE
    1. A Feigned story or tale, intended to instruct or amuse; a fictitious narration intended to enforce some useful truth or precept; an apologue. See the Note under Apologue. Jotham's fable of the trees is the oldest extant. Addison 2. The plot,
  • SHIPSHAPE
    Arranged in a manner befitting a ship; hence, trim; tidy; orderly. Even then she expressed her scorn for the lubbery executioner's mode of tying a knot, and did it herself in a shipshape orthodox manner. De Quincey. Keep everything shipshape, for
  • ATTACH
    tach, nail, E. tack a small nail, tack to fasten. Cf. Attack, and see 1. To bind, fasten, tie, or connect; to make fast or join; as, to attach one thing to another by a string, by glue, or the like. The shoulder blade is . . . attached only to
  • FABLER
    A writer of fables; a fabulist; a dealer in untruths or falsehoods. Br. Hall.
  • REMORA
    Any one of several species of fishes belonging to Echeneis, Remora, and allied genera. Called also sucking fish. Note: The anterior dorsal fin is converted into a large sucking disk, having two transverse rows of lamellæ, situated on the top of
  • FABLIAU
    One of the metrical tales of the Trouvères, or early poets of the north of France.
  • ATTACHABLE
    Capable of being attached; esp., liable to be taken by writ or precept.
  • ATTACHE
    One attached to another person or thing, as a part of a suite or staff. Specifically: One attached to an embassy.
  • REMORATE
    To hinder; to delay. Johnson.
  • ITSELF
    The neuter reciprocal pronoun of It; as, the thing is good in itself; it stands by itself. Borrowing of foreigners, in itself, makes not the kingdom rich or poor. Locke.
  • ATTACHMENT
    1. The act attaching, or state of being attached; close adherence or affection; fidelity; regard; anas, an attachment to a friend, or to a party. 2. That by which one thing is attached to another; connection; as, to cut the attachments of a muscle.
  • INEFFABLENESS
    The quality or state of being ineffable or unutterable; unspeakableness.
  • REATTACHMENT
    The act of reattaching; a second attachment.
  • EFFABLE
    Capable of being uttered or explained; utterable. Barrow.
  • AFFABLY
    In an affable manner; courteously.
  • MISCHIEFABLE
    Mischievous. Lydgate.
  • INEFFABLE
    Incapable of being expresses in words; unspeakable; unutterable; indescribable; as, the ineffable joys of heaven. Contentment with our lot . . . will diffuse ineffable contenBeattie.
  • AFFABLE
    1. Easy to be spoken to or addressed; receiving others kindly and conversing with them in a free and friendly manner; courteous; sociable. An affable and courteous gentleman. Shak. His manners polite and affable. Macaulay. 2. Gracious;
  • INEFFABLY
    In a manner not to be expressed in words; unspeakably. Milton.
  • INAFFABLE
    Not affable; reserved in social intercourse.
  • UNATTACHED
    Not assigned to any company or regiment. (more info) 1. Not attached; not adhering; having no engagement; free.
  • SEMIFABLE
    That which is part fable and part truth; a mixture of truth and fable. De Quincey.

 

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