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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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3,278 words match “LACE”

MARLACEOUS a.
Resembling marl; partaking of the qualities of marl.
MISPLACE v.
To put in a wrong place; to set or place on an improper or unworthy object; as, he misplaced his confidence.
MISPLACEMENT n.
The act of misplacing, or the state of being misplaced.
NECKLACE n. 2 definitions
A string of beads, etc., or any continuous band or chain, worn around the neck as an ornament.
NECKLACED a.
Wearing a necklace; marked as with a necklace. The hooded and the necklaced snake. Sir W. Jones.
PALACE n. 3 definitions
Loosely, any unusually magnificent or stately house. Palace car. See under Car. -- Palace court, a court having jurisdiction of personal actions arising within twelve miles of the palace at Whitehall. The court was abolished in 1849. [Eng.] Mozley & W.
PEARLACEOUS a.
Resembling pearl or mother-of-pearl; pearly in quality or appearance.
PENNATULACEA n.
A division of alcyonoid corals, including the seapens and related kinds. They are able to move about by means of the hollow muscular peduncle, which also serves to support them upright in the mud. See Pennatula, and Illust. under Alcyonaria.
PERCULACED a.
Latticed. See Lattice, n., 2.
PERLACEOUS a.
Pearly; resembling pearl.
PHASE DISPLACEMENT n.
A charge of phase whereby an alternating current attains its maximum later or earlier. An inductance would cause a lag, a capacity would cause an advance, in phase.
PILLOW LACE n.
Lace made by hand with bobbins on a pillow.
PISTILLACEOUS a.
Growing on, or having nature of, the pistil; of or pertaining to a pistil. Barton.
PLACE n. 14 definitions
finite object or use; position; ground; site; spot; rarely, unbounded space. Here is the place appointed. Shak. What place can be for us Within heaven's bound Milton. The word place has sometimes a more confused sense, and stands for that space which any body takes up; and so the universe is a place. Locke.…
PLACE-KICK v.
To make a place kick; to make (a goal) by a place kick. -- Place"-kick`er, n.
PLACE-PROUD a.
Proud of rank or office. Beau. & Fl.
PLACEBO n. 2 definitions
A prescription intended to humor or satisfy. To sing placebo, to agree with one in his opinion; to be complaisant to. Chaucer.
PLACEFUL a.
In the appointed place. [Obs.]
PLACELESS a.
Having no place or office.
PLACEMAN n.
One who holds or occupies a place; one who has office under government. Sir W. Scott.
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