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.

     #257.  Notch. —­ N. notch, dent, nick, cut; indent, indentation;
dimple.
     embrasure, battlement, machicolation[obs3]; saw, tooth,
crenelle[obs3], scallop, scollop[obs3], vandyke; depression; jag. 
     V. notch, nick, cut, dent, indent, jag, scarify, scotch, crimp,
scallop, scollop[obs3], crenulate[obs3], vandyke. 
     Adj. notched &c. v.; crenate[obs3], crenated[obs3]; dentate, dentated;
denticulate, denticulated; toothed, palmated[obs3], serrated.

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     #258.  Fold. —­ N. fold, plicature[obs3], plait, pleat, ply, crease;
tuck, gather; flexion, flexure, joint, elbow, double, doubling, duplicature[obs3], gather, wrinkle, rimple[obs3], crinkle, crankle[obs3], crumple, rumple, rivel[obs3], ruck[obs3], ruffle, dog’s ear, corrugation, frounce[obs3], flounce, lapel; pucker, crow’s feet; plication[obs3]. 
     V. fold, double, plicate[obs3], plait, crease, wrinkle, crinkle,
crankle[obs3], curl, cockle up, cocker, rimple[obs3], rumple, flute, frizzle, frounce[obs3], rivel[obs3], twill, corrugate, ruffle, crimple|, crumple, pucker; turn down, double down, down under; tuck, ruck[obs3], hem, gather. 
     Adj. folded, fluted, pleated &c. v..

     #259.  Furrow. —­ N. furrow, groove, rut, sulcus[Anat], scratch,
streak, striae, crack, score, incision, slit; chamfer, fluting; corduroy road, cradle hole.
     channel, gutter, trench, ditch, dike, dyke; moat, fosse[obs3], trough,
kennel; ravine &c. (interval) 198; tajo [obs3][U.S.], thank-ye-ma’am [U.S.]. 
     V. furrow &c. n.; flute, plow; incise, engrave, etch, bite in. 
     Adj. furrowed &c. v.; ribbed, striated, sulcated[Anat], fluted,
canaliculated[obs3]; bisulcous[obs3], bisulcate[obs3], bisulcated[obs3]; canaliferous[obs3]; trisulcate[obs3]; corduroy; unisulcate[obs3]; costate[obs3], rimiform[obs3].

     #260.  Opening —­ N. hole, foramen; puncture, perforation;
fontanel[obs3]; transforation[obs3]; pinhole, keyhole, loophole, porthole, peephole, mousehole, pigeonhole; eye of a needle; eyelet; slot.
     opening; aperture, apertness[obs3]; hiation[obs3], yawning,
oscitancy[obs3], dehiscence, patefaction|, pandiculation[obs3]; chasm &c. (interval) 198.
     embrasure, window, casement; abatjour[obs3]; light; sky light, fan
light; lattice; bay window, bow window; oriel[Arch]; dormer, lantern.
     outlet, inlet; vent, vomitory; embouchure; orifice, mouth, sucker,
muzzle, throat, gullet, weasand[obs3], wizen, nozzle; placket.
     portal, porch, gate, ostiary|, postern, wicket, trapdoor, hatch, door;
arcade; cellarway[obs3], driveway, gateway, doorway, hatchway, gangway; lich gate[obs3].
     way, path &c. 627; thoroughfare; channel; passage, passageway; tube,
pipe; water pipe &c. 350; air pipe &c. 351; vessel, tubule, canal, gut, fistula; adjutage[obs3], ajutage[obs3]; ostium[obs3]; smokestack; chimney, flue, tap, funnel,

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