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1,235 words match “SHIN”

RAVISHINGLY adv.
In a ravishing manner.
REFRESHING a.
Reviving; reanimating. -- Re*fresh"ing*ly, adv. -- Re*fresh"ing*ness, n.
RESPLENDISHING a.
Resplendent. [Obs.]
RUSHINESS n.
The quality or state of abounding with rushes.
RUSHINGLY adv.
In a rushing manner.
SPANNISHING n.
The full blooming of a flower. [Obs.] Rom. of R.
SPILLET FISHING; SPILLIARD FISHING n.
A system or method of fishing by means of a number of hooks set on snoods all on one line; -- in North America, called trawl fishing, bultow, or bultow fishing, and long-line fishing.
SQUASHINESS n.
The quality or state of being squashy, or soft.
STARSHINE n.
The light of the stars. [R.] The starshine lights upon our heads. R. L. Stevenson.
SUNSHINE n. 3 definitions
The light of the sun, or the place where it shines; the direct rays of the sun, the place where they fall, or the warmth and light which they give. But all sunshine, as when his beams at noon Culminate from the equator. Milton.
SUNSHINY a. 3 definitions
Bright with the rays of the sun; clear, warm, or pleasant; as, a sunshiny day.
SWASHING a. 2 definitions
Swaggering; hectoring. "A swashing and martial outside." Shak.
THRASHING n.
a. & n. from Thrash, v. Thrashing floor, Threshing-floor, or Threshing floor, a floor or area on which grain is beaten out. -- Thrashing machine, a machine for separating grain from the straw.
TRASHINESS n.
The quality or state of being trashy.
UNBLUSHING a.
Not blushing; shameless. -- Un*blush"ing*ly, adv.
VANISHING n.
a. & n. from Vanish, v. Vanishing fraction (Math.), a fraction which reduces to the form Math. Dict. -- Vanishing line (Persp.), the intersection of the parallel of any original plane and picture; one of the lines converging to the vanishing point. -- Vanishing point (Persp.), the point to which all parallel lines in…
VARNISHING n.
The act of laying on varnish; also, materials for varnish.
WASHINESS n.
The quality or state of being washy, watery, or weak.
WASHING n. 2 definitions
The clothes washed, esp. at one time; a wash. Washing bear (Zoöl.), the raccoon. -- Washing bottle (Chem.), a bottle fitted with glass tubes passing through the cork, so that on blowing into one of the tubes a stream of water issuing from the other may be directed upon anything to be washed or rinsed, as a precipitate…
WASHINGTONIAN a. 3 definitions
Pertaining to, or characteristic of, George Washington; as, a Washingtonian policy. Lowell.
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