English words containing girning:

noun

A keyboard instrument with horizontal strings which run perpendicular to the keyboard in a long tapering case, and are plucked by points of quill, leather, or plastic operated by depressing the keys. it is used chiefly in european classical music of the 16th to 18th centuries.

Usage examples:

I plan to visit museums where there are early keyboard instruments, either harpsichords or clavicho…

noun

A large musical instrument, similar to a piano and used esp. in the 17th and 18th centuries, with a row of keys that are pressed with the fingers to play notes, or this type of instrument generally

noun

= omphaloscopy .

noun

Partial paralysis of the lower limbs.

Usage examples:

In a prospective study designed to more accurately define the incidence of csm, 23.6 percent of 585…

noun

A stone curb surrounding the mouth of a well, often decorated with figures depicting mythological scenes; (occasionally) a small building or structure housing a well.

adjective

In early use: of or relating to a well or pit. in later use (classical architecture): of or relating to a puteal.

verb

Drive with (a car engine) at or above its rated maximum revolutions per minute.

Usage examples:

Both his engines were redlined now

noun

The maximum number of revolutions per minute for a car engine.

Usage examples:

Just over halfway to its 5200 rpm redline