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21Silver beater — Silver Sil ver (s[i^]l v[ e]r), n. [OE. silver, selver, seolver, AS. seolfor, siolfur, siolufr, silofr, sylofr; akin to OS. silubar, OFries. selover, D. zilver, LG. sulver, OHG. silabar, silbar, G. silber, Icel. silfr, Sw. silfver, Dan. s[ o]lv,… …
22Silver glance — Silver Sil ver (s[i^]l v[ e]r), n. [OE. silver, selver, seolver, AS. seolfor, siolfur, siolufr, silofr, sylofr; akin to OS. silubar, OFries. selover, D. zilver, LG. sulver, OHG. silabar, silbar, G. silber, Icel. silfr, Sw. silfver, Dan. s[ o]lv,… …
23Vitreous silver — Silver Sil ver (s[i^]l v[ e]r), n. [OE. silver, selver, seolver, AS. seolfor, siolfur, siolufr, silofr, sylofr; akin to OS. silubar, OFries. selover, D. zilver, LG. sulver, OHG. silabar, silbar, G. silber, Icel. silfr, Sw. silfver, Dan. s[ o]lv,… …
24Latin literature — Introduction the body of writings in Latin, primarily produced during the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire, when Latin was a spoken language. When Rome fell, Latin remained the literary language of the Western medieval world until it was …
25heavy — Synonyms and related words: Herculean, Latinate, OK, Roscius, abeyant, abstruse, abundant, accented, ace high, actor, actress, acute, adamantine, adhesive, aesthetic, aesthetically appealing, alveolar, ample, amylaceous, anesthetized, annoying,… …
26tragic — Synonyms and related words: appalling, atrocious, awful, baneful, beastly, black, buskined, calamitous, cataclysmal, cataclysmic, catastrophic, cheerless, cothurned, crushing, deplorable, depressing, destructive, dire, disastrous, dismal,… …
27The Drama — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:The Drama >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 the drama the drama the stage the theater the play Sgm: N 1 film the film film the film movies motion pictures cinema cinematography Sgm: N 1 theatricals theatricals …
28buskin — noun historical a calf high or knee high boot. ↘a thick soled laced boot worn by an ancient Athenian tragic actor to gain height. ↘(the buskin) the style or spirit of tragic drama. Derivatives buskined adjective Origin C16: prob. from OFr.… …
29melodramatic — adj 1. sentimental, emotionalistic, mawkish, maudlin, treacly, bathetic, oversentimental ized; All Inf. mushy, gushy, tear jerking, gushing; All Sl. hokey, schmaltzy, sappy. 2. exaggerated, theatrical, histrionic, buskined, stagey, Inf. hammy;… …
30buskin — [bus′kin] n. [< ? OFr broissequin < MDu brosekin, small leather boot] 1. a boot reaching to the calf or knee, worn in earlier times; esp., the high, thick soled, laced boot worn by actors in ancient Greek and Roman tragedy 2. tragic drama;… …
