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.