Word Meanings - PERPETUALCALENDAR - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A calendar that can be used perpetually or over a wide range of years. That of Capt. Herschel covers, as given below, dates from 1750 to 1961 only, but is capable of indefinite extension. PERPETUAL CALENDAR Day of the monthJan. Oct.Apr. July Jan.Sept. Dec.JuneFeb. Mar. Nov.Aug. Feb.MayDay of the Week 1815 2229 2916 2330 31017 2431 41118 25 51219 26 61320 27 @71421 28 To find the day of the week corresponding to any date, find the small letter directly under the month and opposite the day of the month; the same small letter also appears in the vertical column that contains the number of the year, and if the line in which it stands is followed out to the right, the day of the week is found. Thus, the small letter under March and opposite 18 is b; b appears again directly over 1904, and at its right is the word Friday. March 18 fell on Friday in 1904, and also in 1898, 1892, etc. The calendar has other uses, as for finding the months which begin on Sunday in a particular year, etc.

Smally
In a small quantity or degree; with minuteness.
Undermost
Lowest, as in place, rank, or condition.
Underwriter
One who underwrites his name to the conditions of an insurance policy, especially of a marine policy; an insurer.
Foundery
Same as Foundry.
Underboard
Under the board, or table; hence, secretly; unfairly; underhand. See the Note under Aboveboard.
Underpitch
To fill underneath; to stuff.
FOLLOWINGSURFACE
See Advancing-surface, above.
Letterless
Not having a letter.
Underclothing
Same as Underclothes.
Underreckon
To reckon below what is right or proper; to underrate.
UNDERAGE
Not having arrived at adult age, or at years of discretion; hence, raw; green; immature; boyish; childish. [Obs.] I myself have loved a lady, and pursued her with a great deal of under-age protestation. J. Webster.
Monthling
That which is a month old, or which lives for a month.
Underdoer
One who underdoes; a shirk.
Undershirt
A shirt worn next the skin, under another shirt; -- called also undervest.
Otherguise
Alt. of Otherguess
Underfurnish
To supply with less than enough; to furnish insufficiently.
Undersong
The burden of a song; the chorus; the refrain.
Particularize
To give as a particular, or as the particulars; to mention particularly; to give the particulars of; to enumerate or specify in detail.
Underground
The place or space beneath the surface of the ground; subterranean space.
Understock
To supply insufficiently with stock.

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