Crossword clues for knickers
knickers
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Begrime \Be*grime"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Begrimed; p. pr. & vb. n. Begriming.] To soil with grime or dirt deeply impressed or rubbed in.
Books falling to pieces and begrimed with dust.
--Macaulay.
Omnipresential \Om`ni*pre*sen"tial\, a.
Implying universal presence. [R.]
--South.
Deme \Deme\ (d[=e]m), n. [Gr. dh^mos.]
(Gr. Antiq.) A territorial subdivision of Attica (also of modern Greece), corresponding to a township.
--Jowett (Thucyd.).(Biol.) An undifferentiated aggregate of cells or plastids.
Kamala \Ka*ma"la\, n. (Bot.) The red dusty hairs of the capsules of an East Indian tree ( Mallotus Philippinensis) used for dyeing silk. It is violently emetic, and is used in the treatment of tapeworm.
Wrest \Wrest\, n.
The act of wresting; a wrench; a violent twist; hence, distortion; perversion.
--Hooker.Active or moving power. [Obs.]
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A key to tune a stringed instrument of music.
The minstrel . . . wore round his neck a silver chain, by which hung the wrest, or key, with which he tuned his harp.
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A partition in a water wheel, by which the form of the buckets is determined.
Wrest pin (Piano Manuf.), one of the pins around which the ends of the wires are wound in a piano.
--Knight.Wrest plank (Piano Manuf.), the part in which the wrest pins are inserted.
Pin \Pin\, n. [OE. pinne, AS. pinn a pin, peg; cf. D. pin, G. pinne, Icel. pinni, W. pin, Gael. & Ir. pinne; all fr. L. pinna a pinnacle, pin, feather, perhaps orig. a different word from pinna feather. Cf. Fin of a fish, Pen a feather.]
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A piece of wood, metal, etc., generally cylindrical, used for fastening separate articles together, or as a support by which one article may be suspended from another; a peg; a bolt.
With pins of adamant And chains they made all fast.
--Milton. Especially, a small, pointed and headed piece of brass or other wire (commonly tinned), largely used for fastening clothes, attaching papers, etc.
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Hence, a thing of small value; a trifle.
He . . . did not care a pin for her.
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That which resembles a pin in its form or use; as:
A peg in musical instruments, for increasing or relaxing the tension of the strings.
A linchpin.
A rolling-pin.
A clothespin.
(Mach.) A short shaft, sometimes forming a bolt, a part of which serves as a journal. See Illust. of Knuckle joint, under Knuckle.
(Joinery) The tenon of a dovetail joint.
One of a row of pegs in the side of an ancient drinking cup to mark how much each man should drink.
The bull's eye, or center, of a target; hence, the center. [Obs.] ``The very pin of his heart cleft.''
--Shak.Mood; humor. [Obs.] ``In merry pin.''
--Cowper.(Med.) Caligo. See Caligo.
--Shak.An ornament, as a brooch or badge, fastened to the clothing by a pin; as, a Masonic pin.
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The leg; as, to knock one off his pins. [Slang] Banking pin (Horol.), a pin against which a lever strikes, to limit its motion. Pin drill (Mech.), a drill with a central pin or projection to enter a hole, for enlarging the hole, or for sinking a recess for the head of a bolt, etc.; a counterbore. Pin grass. (Bot.) See Alfilaria. Pin hole, a small hole made by a pin; hence, any very small aperture or perforation. Pin lock, a lock having a cylindrical bolt; a lock in which pins, arranged by the key, are used instead of tumblers. Pin money, an allowance of money, as that made by a husband to his wife, for private and personal expenditure. Pin rail (Naut.), a rail, usually within the bulwarks, to hold belaying pins. Sometimes applied to the fife rail. Called also pin rack. Pin wheel.
A contrate wheel in which the cogs are cylindrical pins.
(Fireworks) A small coil which revolves on a common pin and makes a wheel of yellow or colored fire.
gridiron-tailed lizard \gridiron-tailed lizard\ n.
a lizard having a long tail with black bands ( Callisaurus
draconoides), which lives in the deserts of the southwestern
U. S. and Mexico; called also zebra-tailed lizard.
--RHUD
Knickerbockers \Knick"er*bock`ers\, n. pl. The name for a style of short breeches; smallclothes; called also knickers.
knickers \knick"ers\, n. pl.
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The name for a style of loose-fitting short trousers, gathered in and ending at the knees; smallclothes; called also knickerbockers.
Syn: breeches, knee breeches, knee pants, knickerbockers.
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Underpants, especially of women; panties. [British]
Syn: bloomers, pants, drawers.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"short, loose-fitting undergarment," now usually for women but not originally so, 1866, shortening of knickerbockers (1859), said to be so called for their resemblance to the trousers of old-time Dutchmen in Cruikshank's illustrations for Washington Irving's "History of New York" (see knickerbocker).
Wiktionary
vb. (en-third-person singular of: mislocate)
vb. (en-past of: begrime)
n. (context organic compound English) Any of five amino derivatives of indazole, many of which have biochemical activity
n. 1 The language spoken by the Pucikwar people. 2 (context now chiefly historical English) (non-gloss definition: A possibly erroneous synonym for) the Pucikwar people.
n. 1 A township or other subdivision of ancient http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attica. 2 (context ecology English) A distinct local population of plants or animals.
vb. (en-third-person singularclear out)
n. A cosmetic made from coloured talc, applied to the face.
n. In oceanography, a mostly enclosed sea that has limited exchange of deep water with outer oceans and where the water circulation is dominated by salinity and temperature differences rather than winds.
n. A Jewish house of study where the study of the Torah is undertaken.
interj. A mild exclamation of annoyance. n. 1 (context colloquial now US rare English) knickerbockers. 2 (context UK NZ English) woman underpants.
WordNet
n. cosmetic powder for the face
n. demand for payment in accordance with an insurance policy
n. swift lizard with long black-banded tail and long legs; of deserts of United States and Mexico [syn: zebra-tailed lizard, Callisaurus draconoides]
n. trousers ending above the knee [syn: breeches, knee breeches, knee pants, knickerbockers]
(usually in the plural) underpants worn by women; "she was afraid that her bloomers might have been showing" [syn: bloomers, pants, drawers]
Usage examples of "knickers".
None of the girls punish Libby, although they relish watching her lower her knickers and bend over when her fiance Paul canes her--a rare treat.
She was wearing knickers, which was unusual for her, the silken gusset of which was soaked with self-induced love juices.
Picking up her scrumpled T-shirt from the floor, she then retrieved her knickers from under the bed and started looking for a comb.
There was wine on my knickers, not a lot, and I had to shake them out carefully to make sure there was no glass as well, and, keeping an eye on him struggled back into them, and then all the rest.
In place of skirts they disported green and glossy silk tights and little gawdy knickers.
In windbreaker and knickers he sticks fast to his bollard, he grinds, before attacking the bottle, goes on grinding the same song as soon as the bottleneck is released, and keeps on blunting his teeth.
She stroked a delicate satin butterfly appliqued on the back of a pair of French knickers, her objections suddenly silenced.
In his dreams these charming nymphettes were climbing a ladder on their way to bed, and he was on duty beside the ladder watching them climb, catching glimpses of their slightly soiled knickers as they disappeared into the sky.
Picking up her scrumpled T-shirt from the floor, she then retrieved her knickers from under the bed and started looking for a comb.
In opera hats, bedgowns, bonnets, yellow slickers, periwigs, knickers and snoods they paraded under the sun, some of the "women," seen now at closer range, appearing to be men in women's clothing, as though to correct a deficiency and even up the pairings.
Finally, with great seriousness, Mrs Erskine-Brown asked, 'And tell us, Dr Cogger, if a young woman came to you with a sore throat, can you think of any reason for asking her to lie on a couch and remove her knickers?
The man in knickers, hired probably because he resembled the archetypal Irish immigrant--craggy, handsome, thick reddish hair, square face crosshatched with weathered lines--was holding forth in disappointingly American tones.
He looked vaguely familiar, so she smiled, then went absolutely scarlet as she realized the last time she'd seen him she'd been in her bra and knickers, bopping in the rain.
Hoxey might not like it, and the Combined Chiefs might get their knickers in a bind over it, but it was done.