Roget's Thesaurus eBook

Peter Roget
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 925 pages of information about Roget's Thesaurus.

Roget's Thesaurus eBook

Peter Roget
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 925 pages of information about Roget's Thesaurus.
sofa, settee, stall; arm chair, easy chair, elbow chair, rocking chair; couch, fauteuil[Fr], woolsack[obs3], ottoman, settle, squab, bench; aparejo[obs3], faldstool[obs3], horn; long chair, long sleeve chair, morris chair; lamba chauki[obs3], lamba kursi[obs3]; saddle, pannel[obs3], pillion; side saddle, pack saddle; pommel.
     bed, berth, pallet, tester, crib, cot, hammock, shakedown,
trucklebed[obs3], cradle, litter, stretcher, bedstead; four poster, French bed, bunk, kip, palang[obs3]; bedding, bichhona, mattress, paillasse[obs3]; pillow, bolster; mat, rug, cushion.
     footstool, hassock; tabouret[obs3]; tripod, monopod. 
     Atlas, Persides, Atlantes[obs3], Caryatides, Hercules. 
     V. be supported &c.; lie on, sit on, recline on, lean on, loll on,
rest on, stand on, step on, repose on, abut on, bear on, be based on &c.; have at one’s back; bestride, bestraddle[obs3].
     support, bear, carry, hold, sustain, shoulder; hold up, back up,
bolster up, shore up; uphold, upbear[obs3]; prop; under prop, under pin, under set; riprap; bandage &c. 43.
     give support, furnish support, afford support, supply support, lend
support, give foundations, furnish foundations, afford foundations, supply foundations, lend foundations; bottom, found, base, ground, imbed, embed.
     maintain, keep on foot; aid &c. 707. 
     Adj. supporting, supported &c. v.; fundamental; dorsigerous[obs3]. 
     Adv. astride on, straddle.

     #216.  Parallelism. —­ N. {ant. 216a} parallelism; coextension[obs3];
equidistance[obs3]; similarity &c. 17. 
     Adj. parallel; coextensive; equidistant. 
     Adv. alongside &c. (laterally) 236.

     #216a.  Perpendicularity —­ N. {ant. 216} perpendicularity,
orthogonality; verticality, &c. 212. 
     V. be perpendicular, be orthogonal; intersect at right angles, be
rectangular, be at right angles to, intersect at 90 degrees; have no correlation. 
     Adj. orthogonal, perpendicular; rectangular; uncorrelated.

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     #217.  Obliquity. —­ N. obliquity, inclination, slope, slant,
crookedness &c. adj.; slopeness[obs3]; leaning &c. v.; bevel, tilt; bias, list, twist, swag, cant, lurch; distortion &c. 243; bend &c. (curve) 245; tower of Pisa.
     acclivity, rise, ascent, gradient, khudd[obs3], rising ground, hill,
bank, declivity, downhill, dip, fall, devexity|; gentle slope, rapid slope, easy ascent, easy descent; shelving beach; talus; monagne Russe[Fr]; facilis descensus averni[Lat]. 
     V. intersect; lack parallelism.

     #218.  Inversion. —­ N. inversion, eversion, subversion, reversion,
retroversion, introversion; contraposition &c. 237[obs3]; contrariety &c. 14; reversal; turn of the tide.
     overturn; somersault, somerset; summerset[obs3]; culbute[obs3];
revulsion; pirouette.
     transposition, transposal[obs3], anastrophy[obs3], metastasis,

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