off-white definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: of something having a color tending toward white [syn: whitish, off-white] n 1: a shade of white the color of bleached bones [syn: bone, ivory, pearl, ...
Off definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary OFF, a. auf. Most distant; as the off horse in a team. OFF, adv. auf. 1. From, noting distance. The house is a mile off. 2. From, with the action of removing or separating; as, to take off the hat or cloke. So we say, to cut ...
... morning is light; the apartment is light. 2. In colors, white or whitish; as a light color; a light brown; a ... To descend, as from a horse or carriage; with down, off, or from. He lighten down from his chariot. 2 Kings 5. She lighted off the camel. Genesis 24. To settle; to rest; to stoop ... a source of illumination; "he stopped the car and turned off the lights" [syn: light, light source] 3: a particular perspective ... 6: alight from (a horse) [syn: unhorse, dismount, light, get off, get down] adv 1: with few burdens; "experienced travellers travel ... Latin luc-, lux light, luc?re to shine, Greek leukos white Date: before 12th century 1. a. something that makes ...
White iron definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Iron I"ron ([imac ... pure, or on a fresh surface, is a gray or white metal. It is easily oxidized (rusted) by moisture, and is ... packing of carbon (cementation) or from cast iron, by burning off the impurities in a Bessemer converter (then called Bessemer steel ... graphite. It there is little free carbon, the product is white iron; if much of the carbon has separated as graphite ... the fire, too many objects requiring the attention at once. White iron. See Cast iron (above). Wrought iron (Metal.), the purest ... bars, it is called bar iron. Webster's 1913 Dictionary White elm (Bot.), a majestic tree of North America (Ulmus ...
... of potash. CREAM, v.t. 1. To skim; to take off cream by skimming. 2. To take off the quintessence or best part of a thing. CREAM, v ... skim cream from the surface of milk" [syn: skim, skim off, cream off, cream] 5: add cream to one's coffee, for example ... to remove (something choice) from an aggregate < she has creamed off her favorite stories from her earlier books — Times Literary Supplement ... a cosmetic (hand cream). 5 a very pale yellow or off-white colour. 6 a a dish or sweet like ...
... having some resemblance to a kite. Webster's 1913 Dictionary White elm (Bot.), a majestic tree of North America (Ulmus Americana ... much used for hubs of wheels, and for other purposes. White ensign. See Saint George's ensign, under Saint. White feather, a mark or symbol of cowardice. See To show the white feather, under Feather, n. White fir (Bot.), a name given to several coniferous trees of the Pacific States, as Abies grandis, and A. concolor. White flesher (Zo["o]l.), the ruffed grouse. See under ...
... Dictionary LEAD, n. led. 1. A metal of a dull white color, with a cast of blue. It is the least ... by other substances. Lead fused in a strong heat, throws off vapors which are unwholesome. 2. A plummet or mass of ... at sea. 3. Leads, a flat roof covered with lead. White lead, the oxyd of lead, ground with one third part ... leads to other vices. 4. To exercise dominion. To lead off or out, to go first; to begin. LEAD, n. Precedence ... turn" 2: a soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element; bluish white when freshly cut but tarnishes readily to dull grey; "the ... advance to the next base; "he took a long lead off first" 10: an indication of potential opportunity; "he got ...
... sprout. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital ... adj. reachable, accessible. come away 1 become detached or broken off (came away in my hands). 2 (foll. by with) be ... come near see NEAR. come of age see AGE. come off 1 colloq. (of an action) succeed; be accomplished. 2 (with compl.) fare; turn out (came off badly; came off the winner). 3 coarse sl. have a sexual orgasm. 4 ... fall (from). 6 be reduced or subtracted from (£5 came off the price). come off it (as imper.) colloq. an ...
... usually a tree. The leaves are oval and the flower white. We have three kinds of pepper,the black,the white, and the long. The black pepper is the produce of Java, Sumatra, Ceylon, and other Asiatic countries; The white pepper is the black pepper decorticated; the long pepper is ... northern Burma and Assam [syn: pepper, common pepper, black pepper, white pepper, Madagascar pepper, Piper nigrum] 2: any of various tropical ... that are used chiefly as condiments: (1) black pepper (2) white pepper b. any of several products similar to pepper that ... tropics for its red berries from which black pepper and white pepper are prepared 3. a. capsicum 1a; especially a ...
... from Krems or Kremnitz, in Austria], a pure variety of white lead, formed into tablets, and called also Krems, or Kremnitz, white, and Vienna white. Lead arming, tallow put in the hollow of a sounding ... cast the sounding lead for ascertaining the depth of water. White lead, hydrated carbonate of lead, obtained as a white, amorphous powder, and much used as an ingredient of white paint. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Law of Charles (Physics), ...
... fire, or of combustible matter on fire, separated and flying off. 5. Any scaly matter in layers; any mass cleaving off in scales. Little flakes of scurf. 6. A sort of ... two colors only, having large stripes going through the leaves. White-flake, in painting, is lead corroded by means of the ... brought from Italy, and of a quality superior to common white lead. It is used in oil and varnished painting, when a clean white is required. FLAKE, v.t. To form into flakes. FLAKE ... To break or separate in layers; to peel or scale off. We more usually say, to flake off. WordNet (r) ...
... of the body is intended, it is usually followed by off, down, asunder, in two, in pieces, or other word denoting ... to pass by a shorter course, so as to cut off an angle or distance. To cut asunder, to cut into ... is not elegant, but is in popular use.] To cut off, 1. To separate one part from another; as, to cut off a finger, or an arm; to cut off the right hand figure; to cut off a letter or syllable. 2. To destroy; to extirpate; ...
Milk definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary MILK, n. 1. A white fluid or liquor, secreted by certain glands in female animals ... the breasts for the nourishment of their young. 2. The white juice of certain plants. 3. Emulsion made by bruising seeds ... Not used.] WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a white nutritious liquid secreted by mammals and used as food by ... yogurt. Oxford Reference Dictionary n. & v. --n. 1 an opaque white fluid secreted by female mammals for the nourishment of their ... as natural to humanity. Milk of Magnesia Brit. propr. a white suspension of magnesium hydroxide usu. in water as an antacid ... any leguminous yellow-flowered plant of the genus Astragalus. milk-white white like milk. Derivatives: milker n. Etymology: OE milc, ...
... s 1828 Dictionary PEEL, v.t. [L. pilo, to pull off hair and to pillage; pilus, the hair.] 1. To strip off skin, bark or rind without a cutting instrument; to strip by drawing or tearing off the skin; to bark; to flay; to decorticate. When a ... or vegetable [syn: peel, skin] v 1: strip the skin off; "pare apples" [syn: skin, peel, pare] 2: come off in flakes or thin small pieces; "The paint in my house is peeling off" [syn: peel off, peel, flake off, flake] 3: get ...
... shed their skin. 3. To scatter to emit; to throw off; to diffuse; as, flowers shed their sweets of fragrance. SHED, v.i. To let fall its parts. White oats are apt to shed most as they lie, and ... slood-shed. [See the Verb.] SHED, v.t. To keep off; to prevent from entering; as a hut, umbrella or garment ... a pushy boss"; "shed your clothes" [syn: shed, cast, cast off, shake off, throw, throw off, throw away, drop] 2: pour out in drops or ...