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Word Meanings - TIGHT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

p. p. of Tie. Spenser.

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  • CRAMP
    A device, usually of iron bent at the ends, used to hold together blocks of stone, timbers, etc.; a cramp iron. (more info) Dan. krampe, G. krampf , Icel. krappr strait, 1. That which confines or contracts; a restraint; a shakle; a hindrance.
  • STRAIGHT-JOINT
    Having straight joints. Specifically: Applied to a floor the boards of which are so laid that the joints form a continued line transverse to the length of the boards themselves. Brandle & C. In the United States, applied to planking or flooring
  • PINCHBECK
    An alloy of copper and zinc, resembling gold; a yellow metal, composed of about three ounces of zinc to a pound of copper. It is much used as an imitation of gold in the manufacture of cheap jewelry.
  • CLEANSABLE
    Capable of being cleansed. Sherwood.
  • CLEAN-CUT
    See CLEAR-CUT
  • WASTEL
    A kind of white and fine bread or cake; -- called also wastel bread, and wastel cake. Roasted flesh or milk and wasted bread. Chaucer. The simnel bread and wastel cakes, which were only used at the tables of the highest nobility. Sir W. Scott.
  • LAVISHNESS
    The quality or state of being lavish.
  • TIGHTENER
    That which tightens; specifically , a tightening pulley.
  • STRAIGHT-OUT
    Acting without concealment, obliquity, or compromise; hence, unqualified; thoroughgoing. Straight-out and generous indignation. Mrs. Stowe.
  • LIMITARIAN
    Tending to limit.
  • WASTETHRIFT
    A spendthrift.
  • CLEANNESS
    1. The state or quality of being clean. 2. Purity of life or language; freedom from licentious courses. Chaucer.
  • SPENDTHRIFT
    One who spends money profusely or improvidently; a prodigal; one who lavishes or wastes his estate. Also used figuratively. A woman who was a generous spendthrift of life. Mrs. R. H. Davis.
  • LIMITIVE
    Involving a limit; as, a limitive law, one designed to limit existing powers.
  • BIGOTEDLY
    In the manner of a bigot.
  • LAVISHER
    One who lavishes.
  • LIMITABLE
    Capable of being limited.
  • SPENDER
    One who spends; esp., one who spends lavishly; a prodigal; a spendthrift.
  • WASTEBOARD
    See 3
  • CONTRACTIBLE
    Capable of contraction. Small air bladders distable and contractible. Arbuthnot.
  • ALKALI WASTE
    Waste material from the manufacture of alkali; specif., soda waste.
  • BESCATTER
    1. To scatter over. 2. To cover sparsely by scattering ; to strew. "With flowers bescattered." Spenser.
  • 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.
  • OVERWASTED
    Wasted or worn out; Drayton.
  • WATER-TIGHT
    So tight as to retain, or not to admit, water; not leaky.
  • UNLIMITED
    1. Not limited; having no bounds; boundless; as, an unlimited expanse of ocean. 2. Undefined; indefinite; not bounded by proper exceptions; as, unlimited terms. "Nothing doth more prevail than unlimited generalities." Hooker. 3. Unconfined; not
  • 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.
  • TRANSPARENT
    transparere to be transparent; L. trans across, through + parere to 1. Having the property of transmitting rays of light, so that bodies can be distinctly seen through; pervious to light; diaphanous; pellucid; as, transparent glass; a transparent
  • CORUSCANT
    Glittering in flashes; flashing. Howell.

 

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