Word Meanings - WATERWORK - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Painting executed in size or distemper, on canvas or walls, -- formerly, frequently taking the place of tapestry.

• TAKINGOFF
  Removal; murder. See To take off (c), under Take, v. t. The deep damnation of his taking-off. Shak.
• Executable
  Capable of being executed; feasible; as, an executable project.
• Formerly
  In time past, either in time immediately preceding or at any indefinite distance; of old; heretofore.
• Placemen
  of Placeman
• TAPESTRYBEETLE
  A small black dermestoid beetle (Attagenus piceus) whose larva feeds on tapestry, carpets, silk, fur, flour, and various other goods.
• Executant
  One who executes or performs; esp., a performer on a musical instrument.
• Frequently
  At frequent or short intervals; many times; often; repeatedly; commonly.
• Placeman
  One who holds or occupies a place; one who has office under government.
• WALLSIDED
  Having sides nearly perpendicular; -- said of certain vessels to distinguish them from those having flaring sides, or sides tumbling home (see under Tumble, v. i.).
• Executed
  of Execute
• Painted
  of Paint
• Placement
  The act of placing, or the state of being placed.
• Taking
  of Take
• WALLSTREET
  A street towards the southern end of the borough of Manhattan, New York City, extending from Broadway to the East River; -- so called from the old wall which extended along it when the city belonged to the Dutch. It is the chief financial center of the
• Canvasback
  A Species of duck (Aythya vallisneria), esteemed for the delicacy of its flesh. It visits the United States in autumn; particularly Chesapeake Bay and adjoining waters; -- so named from the markings of the plumage on its back.
• Executing
  of Execute
• Painting
  of Paint

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