(heraldry) Bent, curved or arched in two directions, both to the left and to the right, or both upwards and downwards.
dumbwaiter
dumbwaiter
noun
(obsolete) A lazy Susan.
(obsolete) A table or set of trays on rollers used for serving food.
A small elevator used to move food etc. from one floor of a building to another.
dumbwaiters
dumbwaiters
noun
plural of dumbwaiter
mowburnt
mowburnt
adj
(obsolete) Of hay: stacked before it is sufficiently dry, leading to excessive fermentation and sometimes toxicity.
stewbum
stewbum
noun
(US, slang) A homeless alcoholic.
stewbums
stewbums
noun
plural of stewbum
thumbscrew
thumbscrew
noun
(figuratively) A weakness that can be taken advantage of.
A screw that can be turned with the thumb and fingers.
An instrument of torture used to crush the fingers.
thumbscrews
thumbscrews
noun
plural of thumbscrew
thumbwheels
thumbwheels
noun
plural of thumbwheel
tubwoman
tumbledown
tumbledown
adj
in disrepair; poorly maintained
tumblerwise
tumbleweed
tumbleweed
noun
(attributive) Describing unwanted silence and inactivity. Often used of a situation when one makes a statement that is ignored or ill-received by one's audience, as the resultant silence is likened to that of a desolate desert with rolling tumbleweeds.
A tan colour, like that of a tumbleweed.
Any plant which habitually breaks away from its roots in the autumn, and is driven by the wind, as a light, rolling mass, over the fields and prairies; as Russian thistle, witch grass, wild indigo, Amaranthus albus, etc.
