Seed vessel having hooks or prickles.
synonym: burr.
Roget 46:
coherence,
adherence,
adhesion,
adhesiveness;
concretion accretion;
conglutination,
agglutination,
agglomeration;
aggregation;
consolidation,
set,
cementation;
sticking,
soldering
etc.
v.;
connection;
dependence.
tenacity,
toughness;
stickiness
etc.
352;
inseparability,
inseparableness;
bur,
remora.
conglomerate,
concrete
etc.
(density)
321.
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Roget 253:
sharpness
etc.
adj.;
acuity,
acumination†;
spinosity†.
point,
spike,
spine,
spicule [Biol.],
spiculum†;
needle,
hypodermic needle,
tack,
nail,
pin;
prick,
prickle;
spur,
rowel,
barb;
spit,
cusp;
horn,
antler;
snag;
tag thorn,
bristle;
Adam's needle†,
bear grass [U.S.],
tine,
yucca.
nib,
tooth,
tusk;
spoke,
cog,
ratchet.
crag,
crest,
arete [Fr.],
cone peak,
sugar loaf,
pike,
aiguille†;
spire,
pyramid,
steeple.
beard,
chevaux de frise [Fr.],
porcupine,
hedgehog,
brier,
bramble,
thistle;
comb;
awn,
beggar's lice,
bur,
burr,
catchweed†,
cleavers,
clivers†,
goose,
grass,
hairif†,
hariff,
flax comb,
hackle,
hatchel†,
heckle.
wedge;
knife edge,
cutting edge;
blade,
edge tool,
cutlery,
knife,
penknife,
whittle,
razor,
razor blade,
safety razor,
straight razor,
electric razor;
scalpel;
bistoury†,
lancet;
plowshare,
coulter,
colter†;
hatchet,
ax,
pickax,
mattock,
pick,
adze,
gill;
billhook,
cleaver,
cutter;
scythe,
sickle;
scissors,
shears,
pruning shears,
cutters,
wire cutters,
nail clipper,
paper cutter;
sword
etc.
(arms)
727;
bodkin
etc.
(perforator)
262;
belduque†,
bowie knife†,
paring knife;
bushwhacker [U.S.];
drawing knife,
drawing shave;
microtome [Micro.];
chisel,
screwdriver blade;
flint blade;
guillotine.
sharpener,
hone,
strop;
grindstone,
whetstone;
novaculite†;
steel,
emery.
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Roget 256:
roughness
etc.
adj.;
tooth,
grain,
texture,
ripple;
asperity,
rugosity†,
salebrosity†,
corrugation,
nodosity†;
arborescence†
etc.
242;
pilosity†.
brush,
hair,
beard,
shag,
mane,
whisker,
moustache,
imperial,
tress,
lock,
curl,
ringlet;
fimbriae,
pili,
cilia,
villi;
lovelock;
beaucatcher†;
curl paper;
goatee;
papillote,
scalp lock.
plumage,
plumosity†;
plume,
panache,
crest;
feather,
tuft,
fringe,
toupee.
wool,
velvet,
plush,
nap,
pile,
floss,
fur,
down;
byssus†,
moss,
bur;
fluff.
knot
(convolution)
248.
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Roget 558:
engraving,
chalcography†;
line engraving,
mezzotint engraving,
stipple engraving,
chalk engraving;
dry point,
bur;
etching,
aquatinta†;
chiseling;
plate engraving,
copperplate engraving,
steel engraving,
wood engraving;
xylography,
lignography†,
glyptography†,
cerography†,
lithography,
chromolithography†,
photolithography,
zincography†,
glyphography,
xylograph,
lignograph†,
glyptograph†,
cerograph†,
lithograph,
chromolithograph,
photolithograph,
zincograph†,
glyphograph†,
holograph.
impression,
print,
engraving,
plate;
steelplate,
copperplate;
etching;
mezzotint,
aquatint,
lithotint†;
cut,
woodcut;
stereotype,
graphotype†,
autotype†,
heliotype†.
graver,
burin†,
etching point,
style;
plate,
stone,
wood block,
negative;
die,
punch,
stamp.
printing;
plate printing,
copperplate printing,
anastatic printing†,
color printing,
lithographic printing;
type printing
etc.
591;
three-color process.
illustration,
illumination;
half tone;
photogravure;
vignette,
initial letter,
cul de lampe [Fr.],
tailpiece.
[person who inscribes on stone]
lapidary,
lapidarian.
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