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Word Meanings - TIDY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The wren; -- called also tiddy. The tidy for her notes as delicate as they. Drayton. Note: This name is probably applied also to other small singing birds, as the goldcrest.

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  • TIGHTENER
    That which tightens; specifically , a tightening pulley.
  • SMARTWEED
    An acrid plant of the genus Polygonum , which produces smarting if applied where the skin is tender.
  • CLOSEHANDED
    Covetous; penurious; stingy; closefisted. -- Close"hand`ed*ness, n.
  • COMPACT
    1. Joined or held together; leagued; confederated. "Compact with her that's gone." Shak. A pipe of seven reeds, compact with wax together. Peacham. 2. Composed or made; -- with of. A wandering fire, Compact of unctuous vapor. Milton. 3. Closely
  • COMPACTIBLE
    That may be compacted.
  • PROTRACTIVE
    Drawing out or lengthening in time; prolonging; continuing; delaying. He suffered their protractive arts. Dryden.
  • TIGHT
    p. p. of Tie. Spenser.
  • CLOSEFISTED
    Covetous; niggardly. Bp. Berkeley. "Closefisted contractors." Hawthorne.
  • COMPACTEDLY
    In a compact manner.
  • CONDUCTIVITY
    The quality or power of conducting, or of receiving and transmitting, as, the conductivity of a nerve. Thermal conductivity , the quantity of heat that passes in unit time through unit area of plate whose thickness is unity, when its opposite faces
  • CLOSE
    to G. schliessen to shut, and to E. clot, cloister, clavicle, 1. To stop, or fill up, as an opening; to shut; as, to close the eyes; to close a door. 2. To bring together the parts of; to consolidate; as, to close the ranks of an army; -- often
  • CLOSEN
    To make close.
  • CLOSER
    The last stone in a horizontal course, if of a less size than the others, or a piece of brick finishing a course. Gwilt. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, closes; specifically, a boot closer. See under Boot. 2. A finisher; that which finishes
  • CLOSE-FIGHTS
    Barriers with loopholes, formerly erected on the deck of a vessel to shelter the men in a close engagement with an enemy's boarders; -- called also close quarters.
  • PROTRACTILE
    Capable of being protracted, or protruded; protrusile.
  • STRETCHING
    from Stretch, v. Stretching course , a course or series of stretchers. See Stretcher, 2. Britton.
  • INITIATE
    1. To introduce by a first act; to make a beginning with; to set afoot; to originate; to commence; to begin or enter upon. How are changes of this sort to be initiated I. Taylor. 2. To acquaint with the beginnings; to instruct in the rudiments
  • CLOSEHAULED
    Under way and moving as nearly as possible toward the direction from which the wind blows; -- said of a sailing vessel.
  • PROTRACT
    To draw to a scale; to lay down the lines and angles of, with scale and protractor; to plot. (more info) 1. To draw out or lengthen in time or in space; to continue; to prolong; as, to protract an argument; to protract a war. 2. To put off to
  • DANDIFIED
    Made up like a dandy; having the dress or manners of a dandy; buckish.
  • SAFE-CONDUCT
    That which gives a safe, passage; either a convoy or guard to protect a person in an enemy's country or a foreign country, or a writing, pass, or warrant of security, given to a person to enable him to travel with safety. Shak.
  • WINDTIGHT
    So tight as to prevent the passing through of wind. Bp. Hall.
  • WATER-TIGHT
    So tight as to retain, or not to admit, water; not leaky.
  • UNCLOSE
    1. To open; to separate the parts of; as, to unclose a letter; to unclose one's eyes. 2. To disclose; to lay open; to reveal.
  • ENCLOSE
    To inclose. See Inclose.
  • PARCLOSE
    A screen separating a chapel from the body of the church. Hook.
  • SUPERFINICAL
    Extremely finical.
  • HIGHTY-TIGHTY
    Hoity-toity.
  • INCLOSER
    One who, or that which, incloses; one who fences off land from common grounds.
  • INTENSE
    to stretch: cf. F. intense. See Intend, and cf. Intent, and cf. 1. Strained; tightly drawn; kept on the stretch; strict; very close or earnest; as, intense study or application; intense thought. 2. Extreme in degree; excessive; immoderate; as:
  • PRETENSELESS
    Not having or making pretenses.
  • GASTIGHT
    So tightly fitted as to preclude the escape of gas; impervious to gas.

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