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Definition of allusion
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of allusion is as below...
Allusion
(n.) A
reference
to
something
supposed
to be
known,
but not
explicitly
mentioned;
a
covert
indication;
indirect
reference;
a
hint..
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Glance
::
Glance
(n.) An
incidental
or
passing
thought
or
allusion.
Gag
::
Gag (n.) A
speech
or
phrase
interpolated
offhand
by an actor on the stage in his part as
written,
usually
consisting
of some
seasonable
or local
allusion..
Hint
::
Hint (v. t.) To bring to mind by a
slight
mention
or
remote
allusion;
to
suggest
in an
indirect
manner;
as, to hint a
suspicion..
Disthene
::
Disthene
(n.)
Cyanite
or
kyanite;
-- so
called
in
allusion
to its
unequal
hardness
in two
different
directions.
See
Cyanite.
Magenta
::
Magenta
(n.) An
aniline
dye
obtained
as an
amorphous
substance
having
a green
bronze
surface
color,
which
dissolves
to a shade of red; also, the
color;
-- so
called
from
Magenta,
in
Italy,
in
allusion
to the
battle
fought
there about the time the dye was
discovered.
Called
also
fuchsine,
roseine,
etc..
Washerwoman
::
Washerwoman
(n.) The pied
wagtail;
-- so
called
in
allusion
to its
beating
the water with its tail while
tripping
along the
leaves
of water
plants.
Ape
::
Ape (n.) One who
imitates
servilely
(in
allusion
to the
manners
of the ape); a
mimic.
Hint
::
Hint (v. i.) To make an
indirect
reference,
suggestion,
or
allusion;
to
allude
vaguely
to
something..
Balaam
::
Balaam
(n.) A
paragraph
describing
something
wonderful,
used to fill out a
newspaper
column;
-- an
allusion
to the
miracle
of
Balaam's
ass
speaking..
Splenius
::
Splenium
(n.) The
thickened
posterior
border
of the
corpus
callosum;
-- so
called
in
allusion
to its
shape.
Butterfish
::
Butterfish
(n.) A name given to
several
different
fishes,
in
allusion
to their
slippery
coating
of
mucus,
as the
Stromateus
triacanthus
of the
Atlantic
coast,
the
Epinephelus
punctatus
of the
southern
coast,
the rock eel, and the
kelpfish
of New
Zealand..
Boy
::
Boy (v. t.) To act as a boy; -- in
allusion
to the
former
practice
of boys
acting
women's
parts on the
stage.
Allusion
::
Allusion
(n.) A
reference
to
something
supposed
to be
known,
but not
explicitly
mentioned;
a
covert
indication;
indirect
reference;
a
hint..
Innuendo
::
Innuendo
(n.) An
oblique
hint; a
remote
allusion
or
reference,
usually
derogatory
to a
person
or thing not
named;
an
insinuation..
Polychrome
::
Polychrome
(n.)
Esculin;
-- so
called
in
allusion
to its
fluorescent
solutions.
Allusive
::
Allusive
(a.)
Having
reference
to
something
not fully
expressed;
containing
an
allusion.
Mosstrooper
::
Mosstrooper
(n.) One of a class of
marauders
or
bandits
that
formerly
infested
the
border
country
between
England
and
Scotland;
-- so
called
in
allusion
to the mossy or boggy
character
of much of the
border
country.
Interlard
::
Interlard
(v. t.)
Hence:
To
insert
between;
to mix or
mingle;
especially,
to
introduce
that which is
foreign
or
irrelevant;
as, to
interlard
a
conservation
with oaths or
allusions..
Black Hole
::
Black hole () A
dungeon
or dark cell in a
prison;
a
military
lock-up
or
guardroom;
-- now
commonly
with
allusion
to the cell (the Black Hole) in a fort at
Calcutta,
into which 146
English
prisoners
were
thrust
by the nabob
Suraja
Dowla on the night of June 20,
17656,
and in which 123 of the
prisoners
died
before
morning
from lack of air..
Insinuate
::
Insinuate
(v. t.) To hint; to
suggest
by
remote
allusion;
-- often used
derogatorily;
as, did you mean to
insinuate
anything?.
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