Boston Rocker Definitions

Useful Words

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Bostonian : بوسٹن کا باسی , Shoofly : بچے کا جہولا , Adams : امریکی انقلابی رہنما , Cambridge : کمبریج شہر , Going To Jerusalem : ایک کرسی کھیل جو موسیقی کے ساتھ کھیلا جاتا ہے , Spinning Wheel : چرخہ , Caisson : صندوق , Headboard : مسہری کا بورڈ , Headstock : موٹر کی سلاخ , Cockhorse : کھلونا گہوڑا , Stomacher : سینے اور معدہ کو ڈھکنے والا جڑاٴو پیش پوش , Round : ڈنڈا , Rocker : جھولنے والی کرسی , Throne : بادشاہ کی کرسی , Ladder-Back : کرسی جس کی پشت پر زینہ نما ڈزائن ہو , Bishop's Throne : پادری کا تخت , Folding Chair : موڑے والی کرسی , Electrocute : بجلی سے موت دینا , Armchair : سہارے والی کرسی , Litter : ڈولی , Recognition : تائید , Cucking Stool : سزا دینے کی کرسی , Barber Chair : حجامی کرسی , Bed Cover : مسہری کی چادر , Embroidery : کڑھائی , Decoratively : آرائشی انداز سے , Dado : تختوں کا حاشیہ , Heavy Metal : بھاری دھات , Floral Arrangement : پھولوں سے سجا ہوا , Array : کپڑے , Coverlet : پلنگ کی چادر

Useful Words Definitions

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Bostonian: a native or resident of Boston.

Shoofly: a child's rocking chair with the seat built between two flat sides that are shaped to resemble an animal (such as a swan or duck).

Adams: American Revolutionary leader and patriot; an organizer of the Boston Tea Party and signer of the Declaration of Independence (1722-1803).

Cambridge: a city in Massachusetts just to the north of Boston; site of Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Going To Jerusalem: a child's game in which players march to music around a group of chairs that contains one chair less than the number of players; when the music abruptly stops the players scramble to sit and the player who does not find a chair is eliminated; then a chair is removed and the march resumes until only the winner is seated.

Spinning Wheel: a small domestic spinning machine with a single spindle that is driven by hand or foot.

Caisson: an ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome.

Headboard: a vertical board or panel forming the head of a bedstead.

Headstock: the stationary support in a machine or power tool that supports and drives a revolving part (as a chuck or the spindle on a lathe).

Cockhorse: anything used as a toy horse (such as a rocking horse or one knee of an adult).

Stomacher: garment consisting of a V-shaped panel of stiff material worn over the chest and stomach in the 16th century.

Round: a crosspiece between the legs of a chair.

Rocker: a chair mounted on rockers.

Throne: the chair of state for a monarch.

Ladder-Back: a chair with a ladder-back.

Bishop's Throne: a throne that is the official chair of a bishop.

Folding Chair: a chair that can be folded flat for storage.

Electrocute: kill by electrocution, as in the electric chair.

Armchair: chair with a support on each side for arms.

Litter: conveyance consisting of a chair or bed carried on two poles by bearers.

Recognition: designation by the chair granting a person the right to speak in a deliberative body.

Cucking Stool: an instrument of punishment consisting of a chair in which offenders were ducked in water.

Barber Chair: a large fixed adjustable chair in which barbers seat their customers.

Bed Cover: decorative cover for a bed.

Embroidery: decorative needlework.

Decoratively: in a decorative manner.

Dado: panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest of the wall.

Heavy Metal: a metal of relatively high density (specific gravity greater than about 5) or of high relative atomic weight (especially one that is poisonous like mercury or lead).

Floral Arrangement: a decorative arrangement of flowers.

Array: especially fine or decorative clothing.

Coverlet: a decorative bedspread (usually quilted).