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Word Meanings - TINKER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A small mortar on the end of a staff. A young mackerel about two years old. The chub mackerel. The silversides. A skate. (more info) his trade is to beat a kettle, or because in his work he makes a 1. A mender of brass kettles, pans, and other

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A small mortar on the end of a staff. A young mackerel about two years old. The chub mackerel. The silversides. A skate. (more info) his trade is to beat a kettle, or because in his work he makes a 1. A mender of brass kettles, pans, and other metal ware. "Tailors and tinkers." Piers Plowman. 2. One skilled in a variety of small mechanical work.

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  • SUSTAIN
    F. soutenir (the French prefix is properly fr. L. subtus below, fr. sub under), L. sustinere; pref. sus- + tenere to hold. See 1. To keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support; as, a foundation sustains the superstructure; a beast sustains
  • SUPPORTABLE
    Capable of being supported, maintained, or endured; endurable. -- Sup*port"a*ble*ness, n. -- Sup*port"a*bly, adv.
  • TINKER
    A small mortar on the end of a staff. A young mackerel about two years old. The chub mackerel. The silversides. A skate. (more info) his trade is to beat a kettle, or because in his work he makes a 1. A mender of brass kettles, pans, and other
  • SUPPORTATION
    Maintenance; support. Chaucer. Bacon.
  • SUPPRESSOR
    One who suppresses.
  • SUSTAINABLE
    Capable of being sustained or maintained; as, the action is not sustainable.
  • DISCONTINUE
    To interrupt the continuance of; to intermit, as a practice or habit; to put an end to; to cause to cease; to cease using, to stop; to leave off. Set up their conventicles again, which had been discontinued. Bp. Burnet. I have discontinued school
  • TINKERSHIRE; TINKLE
    The common guillemot.
  • BOLSTERER
    A supporter.
  • SUPPORTFUL
    Abounding with support. Chapman.
  • EXHAUSTION
    An ancient geometrical method in which an exhaustive process was employed. It was nearly equivalent to the modern method of limits. Note: The method of exhaustions was applied to great variety of propositions, pertaining to rectifications
  • COBBLER
    1. A mender of shoes. Addison. 2. A clumsy workman. Shak. 3. A beverage. See Sherry cobbler, under Sherry. Cobbler fish , a marine fish of the Atlantic. The name alludes to its threadlike fin rays.
  • COBBLE
    A fishing boat. See Coble.
  • SUPPORTLESS
    Having no support. Milton.
  • OPPOSELESS
    Not to be effectually opposed; irresistible. "Your great opposeless wills." Shak.
  • DISCOURAGEMENT
    1. The act of discouraging, or the state of being discouraged; depression or weakening of confidence; dejection. 2. That which discourages; that which deters, or tends to deter, from an undertaking, or from the prosecution of anything; a determent;
  • BETRAYAL
    The act or the result of betraying.
  • EXHAUSTIVE
    Serving or tending to exhaust; exhibiting all the facts or arguments; as, an exhaustive method. Ex*haust"ive*ly, adv.
  • EXHAUSTURE
    Exhaustion. Wraxall.
  • BOLSTERED
    1. Supported; upheld. 2. Swelled out.
  • EMPLASTER
    See WISEMAN (more info) plaster or salve, fr. Gr.
  • OVERTHWARTLY
    In an overthwart manner;across; also, perversely. Peacham.
  • INSUPPRESSIBLE
    That can not be suppressed or concealed; irrepressible. Young. -- In`sup*press"i*bly, adv.
  • PINPATCH
    The common English periwinkle.
  • UNEXHAUSTIBLE
    Inexhaustible.
  • INEXHAUSTED
    Not exhausted; not emptied; not spent; not having lost all strength or resources; unexhausted. Dryden.

 

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