Word Meanings - WRISTLET - Book Publishers vocabulary database
An elastic band worn around the wrist, as for the purpose of securing the upper part of a glove.
Related words: (words related to WRISTLET)
- PURPOSELESS
Having no purpose or result; objectless. Bp. Hall. -- Pur"pose*less*ness, n. - SECURIFORM
Having the form of an ax hatchet. - UPPERMOST
Highest in place, position, rank, power, or the like; upmost; supreme. Whatever faction happens to be uppermost. Swift. - PURPOSE
1. That which a person sets before himself as an object to be reached or accomplished; the end or aim to which the view is directed in any plan, measure, or exertion; view; aim; design; intention; plan. He will his firste purpos modify. Chaucer. - SECURER
One who, or that which, secures. - UPPERTENDOM
The highest class in society; the upper ten. See Upper ten, under Upper. - SECURENESS
The condition or quality of being secure; exemption from fear; want of vigilance; security. - SECURITY
1. The condition or quality of being secure; secureness. Specifically: Freedom from apprehension, anxiety, or care; confidence of power of safety; hence, assurance; certainty. His trembling hand had lost the ease, Which marks security to please. - AROUND
1. In a circle; circularly; on every side; round. 2. In a circuit; here and there within the surrounding space; all about; as, to travel around from town to town. 3. Near; in the neighborhood; as, this man was standing around when the fight took - WRIST
The joint, or the region of the joint, between the hand and the arm; the carpus. See Carpus. He took me by the wrist, and held me hard. Shak. (more info) wriust, LG. wrist, G. rist wrist, instep, Icel. rist instep, Dan. & - GLOVE
1. A cover for the hand, or for the hand and wrist, with a separate sheath for each finder. The latter characteristic distinguishes the glove from the mitten. 2. A boxing glove. Boxing glove. See under Boxing. -- Glove fight, a pugilistic contest - ELASTIC
1. Springing back; having a power or inherent property of returning to the form from which a substance is bent, drawn, pressed, or twisted; springy; having the power of rebounding; as, a bow is elastic; the air is elastic; India rubber is elastic. - SECURELY
In a secure manner; without fear or apprehension; without danger; safely. His daring foe . . . securely him defied. Milton. - WRISTLET
An elastic band worn around the wrist, as for the purpose of securing the upper part of a glove. - WRISTER
A covering for the wrist. - PURPOSER
1. One who brings forward or proposes anything; a proposer. 2. One who forms a purpose; one who intends. - ELASTICITY
1. The quality of being elastic; the inherent property in bodies by which they recover their former figure or dimensions, after the removal of external pressure or altering force; springiness; tendency to rebound; as, the elasticity of caoutchouc; - ELASTICALLY
In an elastic manner; by an elastic power; with a spring. - SECUREMENT
The act of securing; protection. Society condemns the securement in all cases of perpetual protection by means of perpetual imprisonment. C. A. Ives. - UPPER
Being further up, literally or figuratively; higher in place, position, rank, dignity, or the like; superior; as, the upper lip; the upper side of a thing; the upper house of a legislature. The upper hand, the superiority; the advantage. See To - UNELASTICITY
Inelasticity. - DRAWGLOVES
An old game, played by holding up the fingers. Herrick. - CROSS-PURPOSE
A conversational game, in which questions and answers are made so as to involve ludicrous combinations of ideas. Pepys. To be at cross-purposes, to misunderstand or to act counter to one another without intending it; -- said of persons. (more info) - DISPURPOSE
To dissuade; to frustrate; as, to dispurpose plots. A. Brewer. - UNGLOVE
To take off the glove or gloves of; as, to unglove the hand. Beau. & Fl. - INELASTICITY
Want of elasticity. - SUPPER
A meal taken at the close of the day; the evening meal. Note: Supper is much used in an obvious sense, either adjectively or as the first part of a compound; as, supper time or supper-time, supper bell, supper hour, etc. (more info) originally - ASSECURE
To make sure or safe; to assure. Hooker. - COUNTERSECURE
To give additional security to or for. Burke.