Word Meanings - RISQUERISQUEE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Hazardous; risky; esp., fig., verging upon impropriety; dangerously close to, or suggestive of, what is indecent or of doubtful morality; as, a risqué story. Henry Austin.

• Vergette
  Divided by pallets, or pales; paly.
• Closereefed
  Having all the reefs taken in; -- said of a sail.
• CLOSEBANDED
  Closely united.
• Close-stool
  A utensil to hold a chamber vessel, for the use of the sick and infirm. It is usually in the form of a box, with a seat and tight cover.
• Storying
  of Story
• CLOSEBARRED
  Firmly barred or closed.
• Storybook
  A book containing stories, or short narratives, either true or false.
• CLOSEBODIED
  Fitting the body exactly; setting close, as a garment. Ayliffe.
• Closeting
  of Closet
• Story-teller
  One who tells stories; a narrator of anecdotes,incidents, or fictitious tales; as, an amusing story-teller.
• CLOSEFIGHTS
  Barriers with loopholes, formerly erected on the deck of a vessel to shelter the men in a close engagement with an enemy's boarders; -- called also close quarters. [Obs.]
• Close-banded
  Closely united.
• Close-tongued
  Closemouthed; silent.

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