Word Meanings - STRAIGHTJOINT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Having straight joints. Specifically: (a) Applied to a floor the boards of which are so laid that the joints form a continued line transverse to the length of the boards themselves. Brandle & C. (b) In the United States, applied to planking or flooring put together without the tongue and groove, the pieces being laid edge to edge.

• Bethel
  A place of worship; a hallowed spot.
• Belletristic
  Alt. of Belletristical
• Beccabunga
  See Brooklime.
• Bez-antler
  The second branch of a stag's horn.
• Benedictional
  A book of benedictions.
• Beduck
  To duck; to put the head under water; to immerse.
• Unitedly
  In an united manner.
• Bergamot
  A tree of the Orange family (Citrus bergamia), having a roundish or pear-shaped fruit, from the rind of which an essential oil of delicious odor is extracted, much prized as a perfume. Also, the fruit.
• Beglerbeg
  The governor of a province of the Ottoman empire, next in dignity to the grand vizier.
• BESAIELBESAILEBESAYLE
  A kind of writ which formerly lay where a great-grandfather died seized of lands in fee simple, and on the day of his death a stranger abated or entered and kept the heir out. This is now abolished. Blackstone.
• Bespatter
  To soil by spattering; to sprinkle, esp. with dirty water, mud, or anything which will leave foul spots or stains.
• Bedeswoman
  Fem. of Beadsman.
• Betide
  To happen to; to befall; to come to ; as, woe betide the wanderer.
• Bell jar
  A glass vessel, varying in size, open at the bottom and closed at the top like a bell, and having a knob or handle at the top for lifting it. It is used for a great variety of purposes; as, with the air pump, and for holding gases, also for keepin
• Beclap
  To catch; to grasp; to insnare.
• Continuant
  Continuing; prolonged; sustained; as, a continuant sound.
• Beneficently
  In a beneficent manner; with beneficence.
• Beechnut
  The nut of the beech tree.
• Without-door
  Outdoor; exterior.
• Berm
  Alt. of Berme

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