Word Meanings - DECEMBER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The twelfth and last month of the year, containing thirty-one days. During this month occurs the winter solstice.

• TWELFTHNIGHT
  The evening of Epiphany, or the twelfth day after Christmas, observed as a festival by various churches.
• Occurse
  Same as Occursion.
• Winter-ground
  To coved over in the season of winter, as for protection or shelter; as, to winter-ground the roods of a plant.
• TWELFTHSECOND
  A unit for the measurement of small intervals of time, such that 1012 (ten trillion) of these units make one second.
• Dura mater
  The tough, fibrous membrane, which lines the cavity of the skull and spinal column, and surrounds the brain and spinal cord; -- frequently abbreviated to dura.
• Occursion
  A meeting; a clash; a collision.
• Winterkilled
  of Winterkill
• WINTERBEATEN
  Beaten or harassed by the severe weather of winter. Spenser.
• Contained
  of Contain
• Duramen
  The heartwood of an exogenous tree.
• Solstice
  A stopping or standing still of the sun.
• Winterkilling
  of Winterkill
• WINTERGROUND
  To coved over in the season of winter, as for protection or shelter; as, to winter-ground the roods of a plant. The ruddock would . . . bring thee all this, Yea, and furred moss besides, when flowers are none To winter-ground thy corse. Shak.
• Containing
  of Contain
• Durance
  Continuance; duration. See Endurance.

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