Word Meanings - BECCAFICO - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A small bird. (Silvia hortensis), which is highly prized by the Italians for the delicacy of its flesh in the autumn, when it has fed on figs, grapes, etc.

• Fleshmonger
  One who deals in flesh; hence, a pimp; a procurer; a pander.
• Smallclothes
  A man's garment for the hips and thighs; breeches. See Breeches.
• Fleshpot
  A pot or vessel in which flesh is cooked
• Smallish
  Somewhat small.
• Fleshquake
  A quaking or trembling of the flesh; a quiver.
• Smallness
  The quality or state of being small.
• Autumnal
  Of, belonging to, or peculiar to, autumn; as, an autumnal tint; produced or gathered in autumn; as, autumnal fruits; flowering in autumn; as, an autumnal plant.
• Smallpox
  A contagious, constitutional, febrile disease characterized by a peculiar eruption; variola. The cutaneous eruption is at first a collection of papules which become vesicles (first flat, subsequently umbilicated) and then pustules, and finally thi
• Delicacy
  The state or condition of being delicate; agreeableness to the senses; delightfulness; as, delicacy of flavor, of odor, and the like.
• Grapeshot
  A cluster, usually nine in number, of small iron balls, put together by means of cast-iron circular plates at top and bottom, with two rings, and a central connecting rod, in order to be used as a charge for a cannon. Formerly grapeshot were inclo
• Grapestone
  A seed of the grape.
• Smallsword
  A light sword used for thrusting only; especially, the sword worn by civilians of rank in the eighteenth century.
• Fleshing
  of Flesh

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