Word Meanings - COUNTERBRACE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
To brace in opposite directions; as, to counterbrace the yards, i. e., to brace the head yards one way and the after yards another.
- After-image
The impression of a vivid sensation retained by the retina of the eye after the cause has been removed; also extended to impressions left of tones, smells, etc. - After-wit
Wisdom or perception that comes after it can be of use. - AFTERDINNER
The time just after dinner. "An after-dinner's sleep." Shak. [Obs.] -- a. - Afterings
The last milk drawn in milking; strokings. - After-witted
Characterized by after-wit; slow-witted. - AFTEREATAGE
Aftergrass. - Aftermath
A second moving; the grass which grows after the first crop of hay in the same season; rowen. - AFTERGLOW
A glow of refulgence in the western sky after sunset. - Afterbirth
The placenta and membranes with which the fetus is connected, and which come away after delivery. - After-mentioned
Mentioned afterwards; as, persons after-mentioned (in a writing). - Another-gaines
Of another kind. - AFTERIMAGE
The impression of a vivid sensation retained by the retina of the eye after the cause has been removed; also extended to impressions left of tones, smells, etc. - Aftercast
A throw of dice after the game in ended; hence, anything done too late. - Aftermost
Hindmost; -- opposed to foremost. - Another-gates
Of another sort. - AFTERMENTIONED
Mentioned afterwards; as, persons after-mentioned (in a writing). - Afterclap
An unexpected subsequent event; something disagreeable happening after an affair is supposed to be at an end. - Afternoon
The part of the day which follows noon, between noon and evening.
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