Bead proof
() Among distillers, a certain degree of strength in alcoholic liquor, as formerly ascertained by the floating or sinking of glass globules of different specific gravities thrown into it |
Bead proof
() A degree of strength in alcoholic liquor as shown by beads or small bubbles remaining on its surface, or at the side of the glass, when shaken. |
Bullet-proof
(a.) Capable of resisting the force of a bullet. |
Curb roof
() A roof having a double slope, or composed, on each side, of two parts which have unequal inclination |
High-proof
(a.) Highly rectified |
High-proof
(a.) So as to stand any test. |
Mansard roof
() A hipped curb roof |
Moisture
(n.) A moderate degree of wetness. |
Moisture
(n.) That which moistens or makes damp or wet |
Plot-proof
(a.) Secure against harm by plots. |
Proof
(n.) Any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth |
Proof
(n.) That degree of evidence which convinces the mind of any truth or fact, and produces belief |
Proof
(n.) The quality or state of having been proved or tried |
Proof
(n.) Firmness of mind |
Proof
(n.) A trial impression, as from type, taken for correction or examination |
Proof
(n.) A process for testing the accuracy of an operation performed. Cf. Prove, v. t., 5. |
Proof
(v. t.) Armor of excellent or tried quality, and deemed impenetrable |
Proof
(a.) Used in proving or testing |
Proof
(a.) Firm or successful in resisting |
Proof
(a.) Being of a certain standard as to strength |
Proof-arm
(v. t.) To arm with proof armor |
Proof-proof
(a.) Proof against proofs |
Roof
(n.) The cover of any building, including the roofing (see Roofing) and all the materials and construction necessary to carry and maintain the same upon the walls or other uprights. In the case of a building with vaulted ceilings protected by an outer roof, some writers call the vault the roof, and the outer protection the roof mask. It is better, however, to consider the vault as the ceiling only, in cases where it has farther covering. |
Roof
(n.) That which resembles, or corresponds to, the covering or the ceiling of a house |
Roof
(n.) The surface or bed of rock immediately overlying a bed of coal or a flat vein. |
Roof
(v. t.) To cover with a roof. |
Roof
(v. t.) To inclose in a house |
Shame-proof
(n.) Shameless. |
Sheet
(v. t.) In general, a large, broad piece of anything thin, as paper, cloth, etc. |
Sheet
(v. t.) A broad piece of cloth, usually linen or cotton, used for wrapping the body or for a covering |
Sheet
(v. t.) A broad piece of paper, whether folded or unfolded, whether blank or written or printed upon |
Sheet
(v. t.) A single signature of a book or a pamphlet |
Sheet
(v. t.) the book itself. |
Sheet
(v. t.) A broad, thinly expanded portion of metal or other substance |
Sheet
(v. t.) A broad expanse of water, or the like. |
Sheet
(v. t.) A sail. |
Sheet
(v. t.) An extensive bed of an eruptive rock intruded between, or overlying, other strata. |
Sheet
(v. t.) A rope or chain which regulates the angle of adjustment of a sail in relation in relation to the wind |
Sheet
(v. t.) The space in the forward or the after part of a boat where there are no rowers |
Sheet
(v. t.) To furnish with a sheet or sheets |
Sheet
(v. t.) To expand, as a sheet. |
Sheet anchor
(v. t.) A large anchor stowed on shores outside the waist of a vessel |
Sheet anchor
(v. t.) Anything regarded as a sure support or dependence in danger |
Sheet cable
() The cable belonging to the sheet anchor. |
Sheet chain
() A chain sheet cable. |
Shot-proof
(a.) Impenetrable by shot. |