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A speaking acquaintanceSpeaking Speak"ing, a.
1. Uttering speech; used for conveying speech; as, man is a
speaking animal; a speaking tube.
2. Seeming to be capable of speech; hence, lifelike; as, a
speaking likeness.
A speaking acquaintance, a slight acquaintance with a
person, or one which merely permits the exchange of
salutations and remarks on indifferent subjects.
Speaking trumpet, an instrument somewhat resembling a
trumpet, by which the sound of the human voice may be so
intensified as to be conveyed to a great distance.
Speaking tube, a tube for conveying speech, especially from
one room to another at a distance.
To be on speaking terms, to be slightly acquainted. AcquaintAcquaint Ac*quaint", a. [OF. acoint. See Acquaint, v. t.]
Acquainted. [Obs.] Acquaintable
Acquaintable Ac*quaint"a*ble, a. [Cf. OF. acointable].
Easy to be acquainted with; affable. [Obs.] --Rom. of R.
AcquaintanceAcquaintance Ac*quaint"ance, n. [OE. aqueintance, OF.
acointance, fr. acointier. See Acquaint.]
1. A state of being acquainted, or of having intimate, or
more than slight or superficial, knowledge; personal
knowledge gained by intercourse short of that of
friendship or intimacy; as, I know the man; but have no
acquaintance with him.
Contract no friendship, or even acquaintance, with a
guileful man. --Sir W.
Jones.
2. A person or persons with whom one is acquainted.
Montgomery was an old acquaintance of Ferguson.
--Macaulay.
Note: In this sense the collective term acquaintance was
formerly both singular and plural, but it is now
commonly singular, and has the regular plural
acquaintances.
To be of acquaintance, to be intimate.
To take acquaintance of or with, to make the acquaintance
of. [Obs.]
Syn: Familiarity; intimacy; fellowship; knowledge.
Usage: Acquaintance, Familiarity, Intimacy. These words
mark different degrees of closeness in social
intercourse. Acquaintance arises from occasional
intercourse; as, our acquaintance has been a brief
one. We can speak of a slight or an intimate
acquaintance. Familiarity is the result of continued
acquaintance. It springs from persons being frequently
together, so as to wear off all restraint and reserve;
as, the familiarity of old companions. Intimacy is the
result of close connection, and the freest interchange
of thought; as, the intimacy of established
friendship.
Our admiration of a famous man lessens upon our
nearer acquaintance with him. --Addison.
We contract at last such a familiarity with them
as makes it difficult and irksome for us to call
off our minds. --Atterbury.
It is in our power to confine our friendships
and intimacies to men of virtue. --Rogers. Acquaintanceship
Acquaintanceship Ac*quaint"ance*ship, n.
A state of being acquainted; acquaintance. --Southey.
Acquaintant
Acquaintant Ac*quaint"ant, n. [Cf. F. acointant, p. pr.]
An acquaintance. [R.] --Swift.
Acquaintedness
Acquaintedness Ac*quaint"ed*ness, n.
State of being acquainted; degree of acquaintance. [R.]
--Boyle.
Disacquaint
Disacquaint Dis`ac*quaint", v. t. [Pref. dis- + acquaint: cf.
OF. desacointier.]
To render unacquainted; to make unfamiliar. [Obs.]
While my sick heart With dismal smart Is disacquainted
never. --Herrick.
Disacquaintance
Disacquaintance Dis`ac*quaint"ance, n.
Neglect of disuse of familiarity, or familiar acquaintance.
[Obs.] --South.
Inacquaintance
Inacquaintance In`ac*quaint"ance, a.
Want of acquaintance. --Good.
JacquardJacquard Jac*quard", a.
Pertaining to, or invented by, Jacquard, a French
mechanician, who died in 1834.
Jacquard apparatus or arrangement, a device applied to
looms for weaving figured goods, consisting of mechanism
controlled by a chain of variously perforated cards, which
cause the warp threads to be lifted in the proper
succession for producing the required figure.
Jacquard card, one of the perforated cards of a Jacquard
apparatus.
Jackquard loom, a loom with Jacquard apparatus. Jacquard apparatusJacquard Jac*quard", a.
Pertaining to, or invented by, Jacquard, a French
mechanician, who died in 1834.
Jacquard apparatus or arrangement, a device applied to
looms for weaving figured goods, consisting of mechanism
controlled by a chain of variously perforated cards, which
cause the warp threads to be lifted in the proper
succession for producing the required figure.
Jacquard card, one of the perforated cards of a Jacquard
apparatus.
Jackquard loom, a loom with Jacquard apparatus. Jacquard cardJacquard Jac*quard", a.
Pertaining to, or invented by, Jacquard, a French
mechanician, who died in 1834.
Jacquard apparatus or arrangement, a device applied to
looms for weaving figured goods, consisting of mechanism
controlled by a chain of variously perforated cards, which
cause the warp threads to be lifted in the proper
succession for producing the required figure.
Jacquard card, one of the perforated cards of a Jacquard
apparatus.
Jackquard loom, a loom with Jacquard apparatus. Nonacquaintance
Nonacquaintance Non`ac*quaint"ance, n.
Want of acquaintance; the state of being unacquainted.
Preacquaint
Preacquaint Pre`ac*quaint", v. t.
To acquaint previously or beforehand. --Fielding.
Preacquaintance
Preacquaintance Pre`ac*quaint"ance, n.
Previous acquaintance or knowledge. --Harris.
To be of acquaintanceAcquaintance Ac*quaint"ance, n. [OE. aqueintance, OF.
acointance, fr. acointier. See Acquaint.]
1. A state of being acquainted, or of having intimate, or
more than slight or superficial, knowledge; personal
knowledge gained by intercourse short of that of
friendship or intimacy; as, I know the man; but have no
acquaintance with him.
Contract no friendship, or even acquaintance, with a
guileful man. --Sir W.
Jones.
2. A person or persons with whom one is acquainted.
Montgomery was an old acquaintance of Ferguson.
--Macaulay.
Note: In this sense the collective term acquaintance was
formerly both singular and plural, but it is now
commonly singular, and has the regular plural
acquaintances.
To be of acquaintance, to be intimate.
To take acquaintance of or with, to make the acquaintance
of. [Obs.]
Syn: Familiarity; intimacy; fellowship; knowledge.
Usage: Acquaintance, Familiarity, Intimacy. These words
mark different degrees of closeness in social
intercourse. Acquaintance arises from occasional
intercourse; as, our acquaintance has been a brief
one. We can speak of a slight or an intimate
acquaintance. Familiarity is the result of continued
acquaintance. It springs from persons being frequently
together, so as to wear off all restraint and reserve;
as, the familiarity of old companions. Intimacy is the
result of close connection, and the freest interchange
of thought; as, the intimacy of established
friendship.
Our admiration of a famous man lessens upon our
nearer acquaintance with him. --Addison.
We contract at last such a familiarity with them
as makes it difficult and irksome for us to call
off our minds. --Atterbury.
It is in our power to confine our friendships
and intimacies to men of virtue. --Rogers. To scrape acquaintanceScrape Scrape (skr[=a]p), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scraped; p.
pr. & vb. n. Scraping.] [Icel. skrapa; akin to Sw. skrapa,
Dan. skrabe, D. schrapen, schrabben, G. schrappen, and prob.
to E. sharp.]
1. To rub over the surface of (something) with a sharp or
rough instrument; to rub over with something that roughens
by removing portions of the surface; to grate harshly
over; to abrade; to make even, or bring to a required
condition or form, by moving the sharp edge of an
instrument breadthwise over the surface with pressure,
cutting away excesses and superfluous parts; to make
smooth or clean; as, to scrape a bone with a knife; to
scrape a metal plate to an even surface.
2. To remove by rubbing or scraping (in the sense above).
I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her
like the top of a rock. --Ezek. xxvi.
4.
3. To collect by, or as by, a process of scraping; to gather
in small portions by laborious effort; hence, to acquire
avariciously and save penuriously; -- often followed by
together or up; as, to scrape money together.
The prelatical party complained that, to swell a
number the nonconformists did not choose, but
scrape, subscribers. --Fuller.
4. To express disapprobation of, as a play, or to silence, as
a speaker, by drawing the feet back and forth upon the
floor; -- usually with down. --Macaulay.
To scrape acquaintance, to seek acquaintance otherwise than
by an introduction. --Farquhar.
He tried to scrape acquaintance with her, but failed
ignominiously. --G. W. Cable. To take acquaintance ofAcquaintance Ac*quaint"ance, n. [OE. aqueintance, OF.
acointance, fr. acointier. See Acquaint.]
1. A state of being acquainted, or of having intimate, or
more than slight or superficial, knowledge; personal
knowledge gained by intercourse short of that of
friendship or intimacy; as, I know the man; but have no
acquaintance with him.
Contract no friendship, or even acquaintance, with a
guileful man. --Sir W.
Jones.
2. A person or persons with whom one is acquainted.
Montgomery was an old acquaintance of Ferguson.
--Macaulay.
Note: In this sense the collective term acquaintance was
formerly both singular and plural, but it is now
commonly singular, and has the regular plural
acquaintances.
To be of acquaintance, to be intimate.
To take acquaintance of or with, to make the acquaintance
of. [Obs.]
Syn: Familiarity; intimacy; fellowship; knowledge.
Usage: Acquaintance, Familiarity, Intimacy. These words
mark different degrees of closeness in social
intercourse. Acquaintance arises from occasional
intercourse; as, our acquaintance has been a brief
one. We can speak of a slight or an intimate
acquaintance. Familiarity is the result of continued
acquaintance. It springs from persons being frequently
together, so as to wear off all restraint and reserve;
as, the familiarity of old companions. Intimacy is the
result of close connection, and the freest interchange
of thought; as, the intimacy of established
friendship.
Our admiration of a famous man lessens upon our
nearer acquaintance with him. --Addison.
We contract at last such a familiarity with them
as makes it difficult and irksome for us to call
off our minds. --Atterbury.
It is in our power to confine our friendships
and intimacies to men of virtue. --Rogers. Unacquaintance
Unacquaintance Un`ac*quaint"ance, n.
The quality or state of being unacquainted; want of
acquaintance; ignorance.
He was then in happy unacquaintance with everything
connected with that obnoxious cavity. --Sir W.
Hamilton.
Unacquainted
Unacquainted Un`ac*quaint"ed, a.
1. Not acquainted. --Cowper.
2. Not usual; unfamiliar; strange. [Obs.]
And the unacquainted light began to fear. --Spenser.
Unacquaintedness
Unacquaintedness Un`ac*quaint"ed*ness, n.
Unacquaintance. --Whiston.
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