dogdoc has adopted no words, looked up 0 words, created 3 lists, listed 21 words, written 29 comments, added 0 tags, and loved 5 words.
dogdoc has adopted no words, looked up 0 words, created 3 lists, listed 21 words, written 29 comments, added 0 tags, and loved 5 words.
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dogdoc commented on the word bibliographe
bibliographer
April 21, 2024
dogdoc commented on the word goatmilker
1611–1911
goat-milker, n.
The nightjar, Caprimulgus europaeus; (a.k.a. goatsucker, n.)
April 20, 2024
dogdoc commented on the word fol's yellow
Fool's Gold paint color
April 20, 2024
dogdoc commented on the word dwarmy
faint, languid
April 19, 2024
dogdoc commented on the word pollarding
To cut back the upper trunk and branches of (a tree); to make a pollard of. Also figurative.
April 17, 2024
dogdoc commented on the word yardarms
Either of the two ends of a yard; esp. that part of either end which is outside the sheave-hole. Often used for the yard as a whole.
April 17, 2024
dogdoc commented on the word tuna tower
A tuna tower is a part of a boat. On modern sportfishing vessels, it acts similarly to a crow's nest on old sailing ships.
April 17, 2024
dogdoc commented on the word trade winds
a wind blowing steadily towards the equator from the northeast in the northern hemisphere or the southeast in the southern hemisphere, especially at sea. Two belts of trade winds encircle the earth, blowing from the tropical high-pressure belts to the low-pressure zone at the equator.
April 17, 2024
dogdoc commented on the word storm sails
a sail used in stormy weather, of smaller size and stronger material than the corresponding one used in ordinary weather.
April 17, 2024
dogdoc commented on the word scuppers
Nautical. Chiefly plural. An opening in a ship's side on a level with the deck to allow water to run away.
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April 17, 2024
dogdoc commented on the word head seas
A sea in which forward progress is hindered by waves or currents coming from directly in front.
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April 17, 2024
dogdoc commented on the word finger pier
finger pier, n.
(a) A short, narrow pier projecting into the sea and used as a docking place for vessels; (b) a long, covered walkway projecting from an airport…
April 17, 2024
dogdoc commented on the word phalacrocoracine
cormorants
April 16, 2024
dogdoc commented on the word orygine
Resembling an antelope of the genus Oryx
April 16, 2024
dogdoc commented on the word noctilionine
related to bats
April 16, 2024
dogdoc commented on the word myrmecine
Of or belonging to the subfamily Myrmicinae of stinging ants. Also more generally: of or relating to ants; = formic, adj.
April 16, 2024
dogdoc commented on the word laridine
laridine, adj.
Having the characters of the gull family.
April 16, 2024
dogdoc commented on the word lampyridine
1895–
lampyrid, n.
An insect belonging to the Lampyridæ, a family of Coleoptera which includes the glow-worms and fire-flies.
April 16, 2024
dogdoc commented on the word hippocampine
seahorses
April 16, 2024
dogdoc commented on the word gruine
cranes
April 16, 2024
dogdoc commented on the word dacelonine
Kingfishers
April 16, 2024
dogdoc commented on the word atmatertera
a Latin term used in civil law to refer to a great-great-great-grandmother's sister.
April 5, 2024
dogdoc commented on the word contrectative
pertaining to handling or personally dealing with a thing
March 27, 2024
dogdoc commented on the word coangustation
making one thing straight (or narrow) with another
March 27, 2024
dogdoc commented on the word cauntercotte
a kind of ecclesiastical vestment (OED)
March 27, 2024
dogdoc commented on the word caterbrawl
a kind of dance; a particular kind of "brawl" (OED)
March 27, 2024
dogdoc commented on the word catharm
a purging or purgation (OED)
March 27, 2024
dogdoc commented on the word caury-maury
a kind of coarse, rough fabric (OED)
March 27, 2024
dogdoc commented on the word bybbey
...a kind of herb (found in an old dictionary of English plant names)
March 27, 2024