Roget's Thesaurus eBook

Peter Roget
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 925 pages of information about Roget's Thesaurus.

Roget's Thesaurus eBook

Peter Roget
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 925 pages of information about Roget's Thesaurus.

     pin, corking pin, nail, brad, tack, skewer, staple, corrugated
fastener; clamp, U-clamp, C-clamp; cramp, cramp iron; ratchet, detent, larigo[obs3], pawl; terret[obs3], treenail, screw, button, buckle; clasp, hasp, hinge, hank, catch, latch, bolt, latchet[obs3], tag; tooth; hook, hook and eye; lock, holdfast[obs3], padlock, rivet; anchor, grappling iron, trennel[obs3], stake, post.
     cement, glue, gum, paste, size, wafer, solder, lute, putty, birdlime,
mortar, stucco, plaster, grout; viscum[obs3].
     shackle, rein &c. (means of restraint) 752; prop &c. (support) 215. 
     V. bridge over, span; connect &c. 43; hang &c. 214.

     #46.  Coherence. —­ N. coherence, adherence, adhesion, adhesiveness;
concretion, accretion; conglutination, agglutination, agglomeration; aggregation; consolidation, set, cementation; sticking, soldering &c. v.; connection; dependence.
     tenacity, toughness; stickiness &c. 352; inseparability,
inseparableness; bur, remora.
     conglomerate, concrete &c. (density) 321. 
     V. cohere, adhere, stick, cling, cleave, hold, take hold of, hold
fast, close with, clasp, hug; grow together, hang together; twine round &c. (join) 43.
     stick like a leech, stick like wax; stick close;
cling like ivy, cling like a bur; adhere like a remora, adhere like Dejanira’s shirt.
     glue; agglutinate, conglutinate[obs3]; cement, lute, paste, gum;
solder, weld; cake, consolidate &c. (solidify) 321; agglomerate.  Adj. cohesive, adhesive, adhering, cohering &c. v.; tenacious, tough; sticky &c. 352.
     united, unseparated, unsessile[obs3], inseparable, inextricable,
infrangible[obs3]; compact &c. (dense) 321.

     #47. [Want of adhesion, nonadhesion, immiscibility.] Incoherence. 
—­ N. nonadhesion[obs3]; immiscibility; incoherence; looseness &c. adj.; laxity; relaxation; loosening &c. v.; freedom; disjunction &c. 44; rope of sand. 
     V. make loose &c. adj.; loosen, slacken, relax; unglue &c. 46;
detach &c. (disjoin) 44. 
     Adj. nonadhesive, immiscible; incoherent, detached, loose, baggy,
slack, lax, relaxed, flapping, streaming; disheveled; segregated, like grains of sand unconsolidated &c. 231, uncombined &c. 48; noncohesive[obs3].

     #48.  Combination. —­ N. combination; mixture &c. 41; junction &c. 43;
union, unification, synthesis, incorporation, amalgamation, embodiment, coalescence, crasis[obs3], fusion, blending, absorption, centralization.
     alloy, compound, amalgam, composition, tertium quid[Lat]; resultant,
impregnation. 
     V. combine, unite, incorporate, amalgamate, embody, absorb,
reembody[obs3], blend, merge, fuse, melt into one, consolidate, coalesce, centralize, impregnate; put together, lump together; cement a union, marry. 
     Adj. combined &c. v.; impregnated with, ingrained; imbued inoculated.

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