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Comfortable
Comfortable Com"fort*a*ble, n.
A stuffed or quilted coverlet for a bed; a comforter; a
comfort. [U. S.]
Comfortableness
Comfortableness Com"fort*a*ble*ness, n.
State of being comfortable.
Comfortably
Comfortably Com"fort*a*bly, adv.
In a comfortable or comforting manner.
Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem. --Is. xl. 2.
ComfortlessComfortless Com"fort*less, a.
Without comfort or comforts; in want or distress; cheerless.
Comfortless through tyranny or might. --Spenser.
Syn: Forlorn; desolate; cheerless; inconsolable;
disconsolate; wretched; miserable. --
Com"fort*less*ly, adv. -- Com"fort*less*ness, n.
When all is coldly, comfortlessly costly.
--Milton. ComfortlesslyComfortless Com"fort*less, a.
Without comfort or comforts; in want or distress; cheerless.
Comfortless through tyranny or might. --Spenser.
Syn: Forlorn; desolate; cheerless; inconsolable;
disconsolate; wretched; miserable. --
Com"fort*less*ly, adv. -- Com"fort*less*ness, n.
When all is coldly, comfortlessly costly.
--Milton. ComfortlessnessComfortless Com"fort*less, a.
Without comfort or comforts; in want or distress; cheerless.
Comfortless through tyranny or might. --Spenser.
Syn: Forlorn; desolate; cheerless; inconsolable;
disconsolate; wretched; miserable. --
Com"fort*less*ly, adv. -- Com"fort*less*ness, n.
When all is coldly, comfortlessly costly.
--Milton. Comfortment
Comfortment Com"fort*ment, n.
Act or process of administering comfort. [Obs.]
The gentle comfortment and entertainment of the said
embassador. --Hakluyt.
Comfortress
Comfortress Com"fort*ress, n.
A woman who comforts.
To be your comfortress, and to preserve you. --B.
Jonson.
DiscomfortableDiscomfortable Dis*com"fort*a*ble, a. [Cf. OF.
desconfortable.]
1. Causing discomfort; occasioning uneasiness; making sad.
[Obs.] --Sir P. Sidney.
2. Destitute of comfort; uncomfortable. [R.]
A labyrinth of little discomfortable garrets.
--Thackeray.
-- Dis*com"fort*a*ble*ness, n. [Obs.] DiscomfortablenessDiscomfortable Dis*com"fort*a*ble, a. [Cf. OF.
desconfortable.]
1. Causing discomfort; occasioning uneasiness; making sad.
[Obs.] --Sir P. Sidney.
2. Destitute of comfort; uncomfortable. [R.]
A labyrinth of little discomfortable garrets.
--Thackeray.
-- Dis*com"fort*a*ble*ness, n. [Obs.] Lip comfortLip Lip (l[i^]p), n. [OE. lippe, AS. lippa; akin to D. lip, G.
lippe, lefze, OHG. lefs, Dan. l[ae]be, Sw. l["a]pp, L.
labium, labrum. Cf. Labial.]
1. One of the two fleshy folds which surround the orifice of
the mouth in man and many other animals. In man the lips
are organs of speech essential to certain articulations.
Hence, by a figure they denote the mouth, or all the
organs of speech, and sometimes speech itself.
Thine own lips testify against thee. --Job xv. 6.
2. An edge of an opening; a thin projecting part of anything;
a kind of short open spout; as, the lip of a vessel.
3. The sharp cutting edge on the end of an auger.
4. (Bot.)
(a) One of the two opposite divisions of a labiate
corolla. (b) The odd and peculiar petal in the
Orchis family. See Orchidaceous.
5. (Zo["o]l.) One of the edges of the aperture of a univalve
shell.
Lip bit, a pod auger. See Auger.
Lip comfort, comfort that is given with words only.
Lip comforter, one who comforts with words only.
Lip labor, unfelt or insincere speech; hypocrisy. --Bale.
Lip reading, the catching of the words or meaning of one
speaking by watching the motion of his lips without
hearing his voice. --Carpenter.
Lip salve, a salve for sore lips.
Lip service, expression by the lips of obedience and
devotion without the performance of acts suitable to such
sentiments.
Lip wisdom, wise talk without practice, or unsupported by
experience.
Lip work.
(a) Talk.
(b) Kissing. [Humorous] --B. Jonson.
To make a lip, to drop the under lip in sullenness or
contempt. --Shak.
To shoot out the lip (Script.), to show contempt by
protruding the lip. Lip comforterLip Lip (l[i^]p), n. [OE. lippe, AS. lippa; akin to D. lip, G.
lippe, lefze, OHG. lefs, Dan. l[ae]be, Sw. l["a]pp, L.
labium, labrum. Cf. Labial.]
1. One of the two fleshy folds which surround the orifice of
the mouth in man and many other animals. In man the lips
are organs of speech essential to certain articulations.
Hence, by a figure they denote the mouth, or all the
organs of speech, and sometimes speech itself.
Thine own lips testify against thee. --Job xv. 6.
2. An edge of an opening; a thin projecting part of anything;
a kind of short open spout; as, the lip of a vessel.
3. The sharp cutting edge on the end of an auger.
4. (Bot.)
(a) One of the two opposite divisions of a labiate
corolla. (b) The odd and peculiar petal in the
Orchis family. See Orchidaceous.
5. (Zo["o]l.) One of the edges of the aperture of a univalve
shell.
Lip bit, a pod auger. See Auger.
Lip comfort, comfort that is given with words only.
Lip comforter, one who comforts with words only.
Lip labor, unfelt or insincere speech; hypocrisy. --Bale.
Lip reading, the catching of the words or meaning of one
speaking by watching the motion of his lips without
hearing his voice. --Carpenter.
Lip salve, a salve for sore lips.
Lip service, expression by the lips of obedience and
devotion without the performance of acts suitable to such
sentiments.
Lip wisdom, wise talk without practice, or unsupported by
experience.
Lip work.
(a) Talk.
(b) Kissing. [Humorous] --B. Jonson.
To make a lip, to drop the under lip in sullenness or
contempt. --Shak.
To shoot out the lip (Script.), to show contempt by
protruding the lip. Miscomfort
Miscomfort Mis*com"fort, n.
Discomfort. [Obs.]
Recomfortless
Recomfortless Re*com"fort*less, a.
Without comfort. [Obs.]
Recomforture
Recomforture Re*com"for*ture (-f?r*t?r;135), n.
The act of recomforting; restoration of comfort. [Obs.]
--Shak.
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