Word Meanings - CASSITERITE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Native tin dioxide; tin stone; a mineral occurring in tetragonal crystals of reddish brown color, and brilliant adamantine luster; also massive, sometimes in compact forms with concentric fibrous structure resembling wood (wood tin), also in rolled fragments or pebbly (Stream tin). It is the chief source of metallic tin. See Black tin, under Black.

• Mineralizing
  of Mineralize
• Underdo
  To do less than is requisite or proper; -- opposed to overdo.
• Undersheriffry
  Undershrievalty.
• Blackleg
  A notorious gambler.
• Pebbly
  Full of pebbles; pebbled.
• Underfringe
  A lower fringe; a fringe underneath something.
• Undersold
  p. p. of Undersell.
• Black Rod
  the usher to the Chapter of the Garter, so called from the black rod which he carries. He is of the king's chamber, and also usher to the House of Lords.
• Rollicked
  of Rollic
• Undergroan
  To groan beneath.
• Understatement
  The act of understating, or the condition of being understated; that which is understated; a statement below the truth.
• Brilliant
  Sparkling with luster; glittering; very bright; as, a brilliant star.
• BLACKEYED
  Having black eyes. Dryden.
• Stonebuck
  See Steinbock.
• Underhung
  Resting on a track at the bottom, instead of being suspended; -- said of a sliding door.
• Undertapster
  Assistant to a tapster.
• Brownwort
  A species of figwort or Scrophularia (S. vernalis), and other species of the same genus, mostly perennials with inconspicuous coarse flowers.
• BLACKSPANISH
  One of an old and well-known Mediterranean breed of domestic fowls with glossy black plumage, blue legs and feet, bright red comb and wattles, and white face. They are remarkable as egg layers.
• Stonerunner
  The ring plover, or the ringed dotterel.
• Underline
  To mark a line below, as words; to underscore.

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