Unsubstantial; not real or strong.
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Consisting of strings, or small threads; fibrous; filamentous; as, a stringy root.
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Unsubstantial; not real or strong.
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Unsubstantial; not real or strong.
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To conceal.
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To conceal.
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Measuring in the third dimension other than length and breadth, or in general dimension other than length; -- said of a solid body; as, a timber seve…
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Measuring in the third dimension other than length and breadth, or in general dimension other than length; -- said of a solid body; as, a timber seve…
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Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite; as, a thin plate of metal; thin paper; a thin board; a thin covering.
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Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite; as, a thin plate of metal; thin paper; a thin board; a thin covering.
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Having the quality of flexibility without brittleness; yielding to force without breaking; capable of resisting great strain; as, the ligaments of an…
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Having the quality of flexibility without brittleness; yielding to force without breaking; capable of resisting great strain; as, the ligaments of an…
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Not real; unsubstantial; fanciful; ideal.
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Not real; unsubstantial; fanciful; ideal.
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Lacking in matter or substance; visionary; chimerical.
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Lacking in matter or substance; visionary; chimerical.
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Containing, or consisting of, fibers; as, the fibrous coat of the cocoanut; the fibrous roots of grasses.
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capable of being drawn into a thread, as a glutinous substance; stringy; viscous; tenacious; glutinous; as ropy sirup; ropy lees.
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Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, a sinew or sinews.
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Like thread or filaments; slender; as, the thready roots of a shrub.
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Made of wire; like wire; drawn out like wire.
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