Word Meanings - WRACK - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A thin, flying cloud; a rack.

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• CLOUD
  arising from the frequent resemblance of clouds to rocks or hillocks 1. A collection of visible vapor, or watery particles, susponded in the upper atmosphere. I do set my bow in the cloud. Gen. ix. 13. Note: A classification of clouds according
• CLOUDINESS
  The state of being cloudy.
• FLY-FISH
  To angle, using flies for bait. Walton.
• CLOUDLAND
  Dreamland.
• CLOUD-BURST
  A sudden copious rainfall, as the whole cloud had been precipitated at once.
• FLYFISH
  A California scorpænoid fish , having brilliant colors.
• FLY-CASE
  The covering of an insect, esp. the elytra of beetles.
• FLYING SQUIRREL
  One of a group of squirrels, of the genera Pteromus and Sciuropterus, having parachute-like folds of skin extending from the fore to the hind legs, which enable them to make very long leaps. Note: The species of Pteromys are large, with bushy tails,
• CLOUDBERRY
  A species of raspberry growing in the northern regions, and bearing edible, amber-colored fruit.
• FLYBANE
  A kind of catchfly of the genus Silene; also, a poisonous mushroom ; fly agaric.
• FLYCATCHER
  One of numerous species of birds that feed upon insects, which they take on the wing. Note: The true flycatchers of the Old World are Oscines, and belong to the family Muscicapidæ, as the spotted flycatcher (Muscicapa grisola). The American
• FLYING FISH
  A fish which is able to leap from the water, and fly a considerable distance by means of its large and long pectoral fins. These fishes belong to several species of the genus Exocoetus, and are found in the warmer parts of all the oceans.
• FLYBLOWN
  Tainted or contaminated with flyblows; damaged; foul. Wherever flyblown reputations were assembled. Thackeray.
• CLOUD-COMPELLER
  Cloud-gatherer; -- an epithet applied to Zeus. Pope.
• CLOUDING
  1. A mottled appearance given to ribbons and silks in the process of dyeing. 2. A diversity of colors in yarn, recurring at regular intervals. Knight.
• FLYER
  One in a flight of steps which are parallel to each other(as in ordinary stairs), as distinguished from a winder. 5. The pair of arms attached to the spindle of a spinning frame, over which the thread passes to the bobbin; -- so called from their
• FLYSCH
  A name given to the series of sandstones and schists overlying the true nummulitic formation in the Alps, and included in the Eocene Tertiary.
• FLYTRAP
  . A trap for catching flies.
• FLYSPECK
  A speck or stain made by the excrement of a fly; hence, any insignificant dot.
• CLOUDLESS
  Without a cloud; clear; bright. A cloudless winter sky. Bankroft. -- Cloud"less*ly, adv. -- Cloud"less*ness, n.
• WHITE FLY
  Any one of numerous small injurious hemipterous insects of the genus Aleyrodes, allied to scale insects. They are usually covered with a white or gray powder.
• FIREFLY
  Any luminous winged insect, esp. luminous beetles of the family Lampyridæ. Note: The common American species belong to the genera Photinus and Photuris, in which both sexes are winged. The name is also applied to luminous species of Elateridæ.
• VINEGAR FLY
  Any of several fruit flies, esp. Drosophila ampelopophila, which breed in imperfectly sealed preserves and in pickles.
• GADFLY
  Any dipterous insect of the genus Oestrus, and allied genera of botflies. Note: The sheep gadfly deposits its young in the nostrils of sheep, and the larvæ develop in the frontal sinuses. The common species which infests cattle deposits its
• SAWFLY
  Any one of numerous species of hymenopterous insects belonging to the family Tenthredinidæ. The female usually has an ovipositor containing a pair of sawlike organs with which she makes incisions in the leaves or stems of plants in which to lay
• GORFLY
  A dung fly.
• BRIEFLY
  Concisely; in few words.
• BLOWFLY
  Any species of fly of the genus Musca that deposits its eggs or young larvæ upon meat or other animal products.
• ALDER FLY
  1. Any of numerous neuropterous insects of the genus Sialis or allied genera. They have aquatic larvæ, which are used for bait. 2. An artificial fly with brown mottled wings, body of peacock harl, and black legs.
• TROILUS BUTTERFLY
  A large American butterfly . It is black, with yellow marginal spots on the front wings, and blue on the rear.
• UNCLOUD
  To free from clouds; to unvail; to clear from obscurity, gloom, sorrow, or the like. Beau. & Fl.
• BUTTERFLY
  A general name for the numerous species of diurnal Lepidoptera. Note: Asclepias butterfly. See under Asclepias. -- Butterfly fish , the ocellated blenny of Europe. See Blenny. The term is also applied to the flying gurnard. -- Butterfly shell