Revels

Word REVELS
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Definitions and meanings of "Revels"

What do we mean by revels?

The outer side of a window or door frame; the jamb.

A revelation; an uncovering of what was hidden.

(obsolete in the US) The side of an opening for a window, doorway, or the like, between the door frame or window frame and the outer surface of the wall; or, where the opening is not filled with a door, etc., the whole thickness of the wall; the jamb.

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The word "revels" in example sentences

"Here is the lady of my elfin revels, holding her little king in her arms!" ❋ Unknown (1875)

As to whether it is best to see the city in everyday attire, or masked for the revels, that is a matter of taste, and perhaps of age as well. ❋ Julian Street (1913)

But if he "revels" - as Jay Parini suggests in his review ( " ❋ Unknown (2008)

As an outsider I get the sense that, unlike Chicago which would like to forget the era, Las Vegas kind of revels in its history. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In time, however, the writing of Interludes became a profession; they improved rapidly in character, were separated from the Miracles, and were performed at entertainments or "revels" by trade guilds, by choir boys and by companies of strolling actors or "minstrels." ❋ William Joseph Long (1909)

She need began to mentioned how she "revels" (synonym: "paint the town red) in a manner in which she can hang certain rather embarrassing moments over the heads to guys with type-A personalities. ❋ Bess Levin (2010)

At night you could hear these wild Irish in their Bacchanalian revels fighting, singing, dancing, &c., all hours of the night. ❋ Thaddeus Russell (2010)

Kids from upsquare haunted the ruins on the weekends, and when the wind was right, the sisters could hear their drunken revels from the sleeping porch. ❋ Dia Reeves (2011)

Like it's Always Sunny in Philadelphia lead-in, The League revels in wrongness, and also like Sunny, it gets it right by being across-the-board foul and hands-down hilarious, tossing in gags about everything from The Bachelor to Algerian soap operas to Scrooge McDuck. ❋ Unknown (2011)

There is a song in this wind, I think, a song that revels in the rich and silken boughs outside, in the raptured air that slips in through the window, that cools the sleepy stretch of your limbs and back. ❋ James Lloyd Davis (2011)

By now it's no secret that he revels in the apparent contradiction of his beliefs. ❋ Ashley Rindsberg (2011)

"The Cripple of Inishmaan" revels in the mordant style of humor that is his signature; rarely has he devised characters as hilarious as the claws-out mother and son who occupy one of the bilious ledges of the story, whiskey-swigging Mammy O'Dougal (Nancy E. Carroll) and sniveling JohnnyPateenMike (Dermot Crowley). ❋ Peter Marks (2011)

This is the rare crime drama that revels in actual mystery, its dark, paranoid tone embodied by two damaged heroes. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The premiere lands Bourdain in exotic Singapore for 30 hours, and it's no surprise he revels in the bounty of street foods that define the various neighborhoods of this ever-expanding city. ❋ Unknown (2011)

And last summer fellow chef Anthony Bourdain shocked her when he said she "revels in unholy connections with evil corporations and she's proud of the fact that her food is f---ing bad for you." ❋ Unknown (2012)

House is certainly one who revels in that aspect of medicine. ❋ Unknown (2012)

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