Word Meanings - BELLJAR - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A glass vessel, varying in size, open at the bottom and closed at the top like a bell, and having a knob or handle at the top for lifting it. It is used for a great variety of purposes; as, with the air pump, and for holding gases, also for keeping the dust from articles exposed to view.

• Havelock
  A light cloth covering for the head and neck, used by soldiers as a protection from sunstroke.
• Holder-forth
  One who speaks in public; an haranguer; a preacher.
• Vesselfuls
  of Vesselful
• Closehauled
  Under way and moving as nearly as possible toward the direction from which the wind blows; -- said of a sailing vessel.
• GLASSSNAKE
  A long, footless lizard (Ophiosaurus ventralis), of the Southern United States; -- so called from its fragility, the tail easily breaking into small pieces. It grows to the length of three feet. The name is applied also to similar species found in the O
• Expose
  To set forth; to set out to public view; to exhibit; to show; to display; as, to expose goods for sale; to expose pictures to public inspection.
• Glass-rope
  A remarkable vitreous sponge, of the genus Hyalonema, first brought from Japan. It has a long stem, consisting of a bundle of long and large, glassy, siliceous fibers, twisted together.
• Great-grandfather
  The father of one's grandfather or grandmother.
• Holdfast
  Something used to secure and hold in place something else, as a long fiat-headed nail, a catch a hook, a clinch, a clamp, etc.; hence, a support.
• Vesselful
  As much as a vessel will hold; enough to fill a vessel.
• Closely
  In a close manner.
• GLASSSPONGE
  A siliceous sponge, of the genus Hyalonema, and allied genera; -- so called from their glassy fibers or spicules; -- called also vitreous sponge. See Glass-rope, and Euplectella.
• Exposedness
  The state of being exposed, laid open, or unprotected; as, an exposedness to sin or temptation.
• Glassed
  of Glass
• Glass-snail
  A small, transparent, land snail, of the genus Vitrina.
• Great-grandmother
  The mother of one's grandfather or grandmother.
• Havenage
  Harbor dues; port dues.
• Keeping
  of Keep

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