Word Meanings - EXTINGUISHER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

One who, or that which, extinguishes; esp., a hollow cone or other device for extinguishing a flame, as of a torch or candle.

• Extinguishing
  of Extinguish
• Hollowly
  Insincerely; deceitfully.
• Torchon lace
  a simple thread lace worked upon a pillow with coarse thread; also, a similar lace made by machinery.
• TORCHONLACE
  a simple thread lace worked upon a pillow with coarse thread; also, a similar lace made by machinery.
• Extinguish
  To quench; to put out, as a light or fire; to stifle; to cause to die out; to put an end to; to destroy; as, to extinguish a flame, or life, or love, or hope, a pretense or a right.
• Hollowness
  State of being hollow.
• Torchwood
  The inflammable wood of certain trees (Amyris balsamifera, A. Floridana, etc.); also, the trees themselves.
• TORCHONPAPER
  Paper with a rough surface; esp., handmade paper of great hardness for the use of painters in water colors.
• Extinguishable
  Capable of being quenched, destroyed, or suppressed.
• Torchwort
  The common mullein, the stalks of which, dipped in suet, anciently served for torches. Called also torch, and hig-taper.
• TORCHRACE
  A race by men carrying torches, as in ancient Greece.
• Candleberry tree
  A shrub (the Myrica cerifera, or wax-bearing myrtle), common in North America, the little nuts of which are covered with a greenish white wax, which was formerly, used for hardening candles; -- also called bayberry tree, bayberry, or candleberry.
• Extinguisher
  One who, or that which, extinguishes; esp., a hollow cone or other device for extinguishing a flame, as of a torch or candle.
• Othergates
  In another manner.
• WHICHEVERWHICHSOEVER
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one (of two or more) which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• Candlebomb
  A small glass bubble, filled with water, which, if placed in the flame of a candle, bursts by expansion of steam.
• Extinguishment
  The act of extinguishing, putting out, or quenching, or the state of being extinguished; extinction; suppression; destruction; nullification; as, the extinguishment of fire or flame, of discord, enmity, or jealousy, or of love or affection.

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