Definition of name

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Name (n.) To give a distinctive name or appellation to; to entitle; to denominate; to style; to call.

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Byssus :: Byssus (n.) An obsolete name for certain fungi composed of slender threads.
Holmos :: Holmos (n.) A name given to a vase having a rounded bod.
Iran :: Iran (n.) The native name of Persia.
Opobalsamum :: Opobalsamum (n.) The old name of the aromatic resinous juice of the Balsamodendron opobalsamum, now commonly called balm of Gilead. See under Balm..
Arabesqued :: Arabesqued (a.) Ornamented in the style of arabesques.
Embroidery :: Embroidery (n.) Diversified ornaments, especially by contrasted figures and colors; variegated decoration..
Severe :: Severe (superl.) Rigidly methodical, or adherent to rule or principle; exactly conformed to a standard; not allowing or employing unneccessary ornament, amplification, etc.; strict; -- said of style, argument, etc..
Minnow :: Minnow (n.) A small European fresh-water cyprinoid fish (Phoxinus laevis, formerly Leuciscus phoxinus); sometimes applied also to the young of larger kinds; -- called also minim and minny. The name is also applied to several allied American species, of the genera Phoxinus, Notropis, or Minnilus, and Rhinichthys..
Pseudonymous :: Pseudonymous (a.) Bearing a false or fictitious name; as, a pseudonymous work..
Confederate :: Confederate (n.) A name designating an adherent to the cause of the States which attempted to withdraw from the Union (1860-1865).
To-name :: To-name (n.) A name added, for the sake of distinction, to one's surname, or used instead of it..
Cable :: Cable (v. t.) To ornament with cabling. See Cabling.
Dactylioglyph :: Dactylioglyph (n.) An engraver of gems for rings and other ornaments.
Grugru Palm :: Grugru palm () A West Indian name for several kinds of palm. See Macaw tree, under Macaw..
Namely :: Namely (adv.) That is to say; to wit; videlicet; -- introducing a particular or specific designation.
Wigan :: Wigan (n.) A kind of canvaslike cotton fabric, used to stiffen and protect the lower part of trousers and of the skirts of women's dresses, etc.; -- so called from Wigan, the name of a town in Lancashire, England..
Enameling :: Enameling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ename.
Earring :: Earring (n.) An ornament consisting of a ring passed through the lobe of the ear, with or without a pendant..
Patrial :: Patrial (a.) Derived from the name of a country, and designating an inhabitant of the country; gentile; -- said of a noun..
Organogen :: Organogen (n.) A name given to any one of the four elements, carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen, which are especially characteristic ingredients of organic compounds; also, by extension, to other elements sometimes found in the same connection; as sulphur, phosphorus, etc..
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