Word Meanings - STINGBULL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The European greater weever fish , which is capable of inflicting severe wounds with the spinous rays of its dorsal fin. See Weever.

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• 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.
• DORSALLY
  On, or toward, the dorsum, or back; on the dorsal side of; dorsad.
• INFLICT
  To give, cause, or produce by striking, or as if by striking; to apply forcibly; to lay or impose; to send; to cause to bear, feel, or suffer; as, to inflict blows; to inflict a wound with a dagger; to inflict severe pain by ingratitude; to inflict
• INFLICTION
  1. The act of inflicting or imposing; as, the infliction of torment, or of punishment. 2. That which is inflicted or imposed, as punishment, disgrace, calamity, etc. His severest inflictions are in themselves acts of justice and righteousness.
• INFLICTER
  One who inflicts. Godis the sole and immadiate inflicter of such strokes. South.
• 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.
• SEVERE
  perhaps akin to Gr. swikns innocent, chaste: cf. F. sévère. Cf. 1. Serious in feeeling or manner; sedate; grave; austere; not light, lively, or cheerful. Your looks alter, as your subject does, From kind to fierce, from wanton to severe. Waller.
• EUROPEAN
  Of or pertaining to Europe, or to its inhabitants. On the European plain, having rooms to let, and leaving it optional with guests whether they will take meals in the house; -- said of hotels.
• CAPABLENESS
  The quality or state of being capable; capability; adequateness; competency.
• WEEVER
  Any one of several species of edible marine fishes belonging to the genus Trachinus, of the family Trachinidæ. They have a broad spinose head, with the eyes looking upward. The long dorsal fin is supported by numerous strong, sharp spines which
• INFLICTIVE
  Causing infliction; acting as an infliction. Whitehead.
• SPINOUS
  1. Spinose; thorny. 2. Having the form of a spine or thorn; spinelike. Spinous process of a vertebra , the dorsal process of the neural arch of a vertebra; a neurapophysis.
• DORSAL
  Pertaining to, or situated near, the back, or dorsum, of an animal or of one of its parts; notal; tergal; neural; as, the dorsal fin of a fish; the dorsal artery of the tongue; -- opposed to ventral. Pertaining to the surface naturally inferior,
• EUROPEANIZE
  To cause to become like the Europeans in manners or character; to habituate or accustom to European usages. A state of society . . . changed and Europenized. Lubbock.
• DORSALE
  See N
• CAPABLE
  1. Possessing ability, qualification, or susceptibility; having capacity; of sufficient size or strength; as, a room capable of holding a large number; a castle capable of resisting a long assault. Concious of jou and capable of pain. Prior. 2.
• UNCAPABLE
  Incapable. "Uncapable of conviction." Locke.
• INCAPABLE
  Unqualified or disqualified, in a legal sense; as, a man under thirty-five years of age is incapable of holding the office of president of the United States; a person convicted on impeachment is thereby made incapable of holding an office of profit
• SUPERSPINOUS
  Supraspinuos.
• SUPRASPINATE; SUPRASPINOUS
  Situated above a spine or spines; especially, situated above, or on the dorsal side of, the neural spines of the vertebral column, or above, or in front of, the spine of the scapula.
• OVERCAPABLE
  Too capable. Overcapable of such pleasing errors. Hooker.
• 'SWOUNDS
  An exclamation contracted from God's wounds; -- used as an oath. Shak.
• SUBSPINOUS
  Subvertebral. Situated beneath a spinous process, as that of the scapula; as, subspinous dislocation of the humerus.
• UNSCAPABLE
  Not be escaped; inevitable. Wyclif.
• INTERSPINAL; INTERSPINOUS
  Between spines; esp., between the spinous processes of the vertebral column.
• CONCERT OF EUROPE; EUROPEAN CONCERT
  An agreement or understanding between the chief European powers to take only joint action in the Eastern Question.