starveling
11starveling — adj 1. starving, very hungry, famished, dying for food; undernourished, underfed, ill fed; starved looking, pinched, withered, shriveled, wizened; emaciate, emaciated, wasted, attenuated, Pathol. tabetic, Pathol. tabid; thin, thin as a reed or… …
12starveling — starve·ling …
13starveling — starve•ling [[t]ˈstɑrv lɪŋ[/t]] n. 1) a person, animal, or plant that is starving 2) pat starving; suffering from lack of nourishment 3) entailing or suggesting starvation • Etymology: 1540–50 …
14starveling — /ˈstavlɪŋ/ (say stahvling) Obsolete –adjective 1. starving; suffering from lack of nourishment; pining with want; poverty stricken. 2. poor in condition or quality. 3. such as to entail or suggest starvation. –noun 4. a person, animal, or plant… …
15starveling — n. & adj. archaic n. a starving or ill fed person or animal. adj. 1 starving. 2 meagre …
16Robin Starveling — is a character in William Shakespeare s A Midsummer Night s Dream (1595), one of the Rude Mechanicals who plays the part of Moonshine in their performance of Pyramus and Thisbe . His part is often considered one of the more humorous in the play,… …
17The Algebraist —   …
18A Midsummer Night's Dream — This article is about Shakespeare s play. For other uses, see A Midsummer Night s Dream (disambiguation). A Midsummer Night s Dream act IV, scene I. Engraving from a painting by Henry Fuseli, published 1796. A Midsummer Night s Dream is a play… …
19Mechanical (character) — The rude mechanicals as portrayed in a 1978 Riverside Shakespeare Company production. A mechanical is any of six characters in A Midsummer Night s Dream who perform the play within a play Pyramus and Thisbe. Named for their occupations as skilled …
20Diego Portales — Born June 16, 1793(1793 06 16) Santiago, Chile Died June 6, 1837(1837 06 06 …
