Definition of delicate

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Delicate (a.) Pleasing to the senses; refinedly agreeable; hence, adapted to please a nice or cultivated taste; nice; fine; elegant; as, a delicate dish; delicate flavor..

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Celestite :: Celestite (n.) Native strontium sulphate, a mineral so named from its occasional delicate blue color. It occurs crystallized, also in compact massive and fibrous forms..
Vermilion :: Vermilion (v. t.) To color with vermilion, or as if with vermilion; to dye red; to cover with a delicate red..
Neritina :: Neritina (n.) A genus including numerous species of shells resembling Nerita in form. They mostly inhabit brackish water, and are often delicately tinted..
Overdelicate :: Overdelicate (a.) Too delicate.
Nuance :: Nuance (n.) A shade of difference; a delicate gradation.
Gyroscope :: Gyroscope (n.) A form of the above apparatus, invented by M. Foucault, mounted so delicately as to render visible the rotation of the earth, through the tendency of the rotating wheel to preserve a constant plane of rotation, independently of the earth's motion..
Rose-colored :: Rose-colored (a.) Having the color of a pink rose; rose-pink; of a delicate pink color.
Junket :: Junket (n.) A cheese cake; a sweetmeat; any delicate food.
Sideroscope :: Sideroscope (n.) An instrument for detecting small quantities of iron in any substance by means of a very delicate combination of magnetic needles.
Blush :: Blush (v. i.) To have a warm and delicate color, as some roses and other flowers..
Ovule :: Ovule (n.) The rudiment of a seed. It grows from a placenta, and consists of a soft nucleus within two delicate coatings. The attached base of the ovule is the hilum, the coatings are united with the nucleus at the chalaza, and their minute orifice is the foramen..
Gross :: Gross (superl.) Coarse; rough; not fine or delicate.
Queasy :: Queasy (a.) Fastidious; squeamish; delicate; easily disturbed; unsettled; ticklish.
Tegmen :: Tegmen (n.) The inner layer of the coating of a seed, usually thin and delicate; the endopleura..
Soft :: Soft (superl.) Not rough, rugged, or harsh to the touch; smooth; delicate; fine; as, soft silk; a soft skin..
Eschara :: Eschara (n.) A genus of Bryozoa which produce delicate corals, often incrusting like lichens, but sometimes branched..
Vendace :: Vendace (n.) A European lake whitefish (Coregonus Willughbii, or C. Vandesius) native of certain lakes in Scotland and England. It is regarded as a delicate food fish. Called also vendis..
Mauve :: Mauve (n.) A color of a delicate purple, violet, or lilac..
Penciling :: Penciling (n.) The work of the pencil or bruch; as, delicate penciling in a picture..
Shade :: Shade (n.) Degree or variation of color, as darker or lighter, stronger or paler; as, a delicate shade of pink..
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