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Boat :: Boat (n.) Hence, any vessel; usually with some epithet descriptive of its use or mode of propulsion; as, pilot boat, packet boat, passage boat, advice boat, etc. The term is sometimes applied to steam vessels, even of the largest class; as, the Cunard boats..

Epithet :: Epithet (v. t.) To describe by an epithet.

Flowering :: Flowering (a.) Having conspicuous flowers; -- used as an epithet with many names of plants; as, flowering ash; flowering dogwood; flowering almond, etc..

Epithetical :: Epithetical (a.) Pertaining to, or abounding with, epithets..

Hoppestere :: Hoppestere (a.) An unexplained epithet used by Chaucer in reference to ships. By some it is defined as dancing (on the wave); by others as opposing, warlike..

Amplification :: Amplification (n.) The enlarging of a simple statement by particularity of description, the use of epithets, etc., for rhetorical effect; diffuse narrative or description, or a dilating upon all the particulars of a subject..

Antonomasia :: Antonomasia (n.) The use of some epithet or the name of some office, dignity, or the like, instead of the proper name of the person; as when his majesty is used for a king, or when, instead of Aristotle, we say, the philosopher; or, conversely, the use of a proper name instead of an appellative, as when a wise man is called a Solomon, or an eminent orator a Cicero..

Carroty :: Carroty (a.) Like a carrot in color or in taste; -- an epithet given to reddish yellow hair, etc..

Objective :: Objective (a.) Of or pertaining to an object; contained in, or having the nature or position of, an object; outward; external; extrinsic; -- an epithet applied to whatever ir exterior to the mind, or which is simply an object of thought or feeling, and opposed to subjective..

Honorable :: Honorable (a.) An epithet of respect or distinction; as, the honorable Senate; the honorable gentleman..

Cloud-compeller :: Cloud-compeller (n.) Cloud-gatherer; -- an epithet applied to Zeus.

Flamen :: Flamen (n.) A priest devoted to the service of a particular god, from whom he received a distinguishing epithet. The most honored were those of Jupiter, Mars, and Quirinus, called respectively Flamen Dialis, Flamen Martialis, and Flamen Quirinalis..

Epithet :: Epithet (n.) Term; expression; phrase.

Epithetic :: Epithetic (a.) Alt. of Epithetica.

Apply :: Apply (v. t.) To make use of, declare, or pronounce, as suitable, fitting, or relative; as, to apply the testimony to the case; to apply an epithet to a person..

Ekename :: Ekename (n.) An additional or epithet name; a nickname.

Aldine :: Aldine (a.) An epithet applied to editions (chiefly of the classics) which proceeded from the press of Aldus Manitius, and his family, of Venice, for the most part in the 16th century and known by the sign of the anchor and the dolphin. The term has also been applied to certain elegant editions of English works..

Agnomen :: Agnomen (n.) An additional name, or an epithet appended to a name; as, Aristides the Just..

Oxymoron :: Oxymoron (n.) A figure in which an epithet of a contrary signification is added to a word; e. g., cruel kindness; laborious idleness..

Denominate :: Denominate (v. t.) To give a name to; to characterize by an epithet; to entitle; to name; to designate.

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