See Also: incrassate(medicine)
incrassate(1)(dictionary)
incrassate(2)(dictionary)

Wharncliffe (iou) and incrassate(1) (iou)


Wharncliffe (iou)



Wharncliffe noun. M19.
[James Archibald Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, 1st Baron Wharncliffe (1776-1845).]
Used attrib. to designate a standing order in Parliament requiring the directors of a company wishing to promote a private Bill for the extension of the company's powers to secure the consent of its shareholders, or a meeting at which this consent is sought.

incrassate(1) (iou)



incrassate adjective. L15.
[Late Latin incrassatus pa. pple, formed as INCRASSATE verb: see -ATE2.]
Thickened in consistency. L15-L17.
Botany & Zoology. Of thick or swollen form. M18.