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Envelope   /ˈɛnvəlˌoʊp/   Listen
Envelope

noun
1.
A flat (usually rectangular) container for a letter, thin package, etc..
2.
Any wrapper or covering.
3.
A curve that is tangent to each of a family of curves.
4.
A natural covering (as by a fluid).
5.
The maximum operating capability of a system (especially an aircraft).
6.
The bag containing the gas in a balloon.  Synonym: gasbag.



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"Envelope" Quotes from Famous Books



... eyes on the yellow envelope that Westlake, with an apology, was opening. The engineer read it and passed it to Molly. Sandy saw her ...
— Rimrock Trail • J. Allan Dunn

... without results. Lord Martindale, some little time after, put into Violet's hand an envelope, telling her she must apply the contents to her own use; and she was astounded at finding it a cheque for L100. He was going to London, with both his sons, to choose a house for Arthur, and to bid farewell to John, who was warned, by a few chilly ...
— Heartsease - or Brother's Wife • Charlotte M. Yonge

... point, eh? Napoleon himself might have put his name to that! And there's enough sting to it, too!" said Stolpe, much gratified. "Now write that out nicely, and then get a big envelope." ...
— Pelle the Conqueror, Complete • Martin Andersen Nexo

... delegated by law to prepare for election matters must print, prepare and send out, primary election ballots for each separate political party through the United States mails in the following manner: To each elector within the jurisdiction is mailed a plain unmarked envelope, addressed to the business or home address of each separate elector, containing a self-addressed and stamped return envelope, returnable to the Board of Election of that precinct, together with one party primary election ballot, for the use of that elector. If the elector happens ...
— Story of the Session of the California Legislature of 1909 • Franklin Hichborn

... livelier and livelier cannonading; new batteries getting opened in the Moschinska Garden and other points; on the Prussian part, great longing that the Magdeburg artillery were here. The Prussians are making diligently ready for it, in the mean while (refitting the old Trenches, 'old Envelope' dug by Maguire himself in the Anti-Schmettau time; these will do well enough):—the Prussians reinforce Holstein at the Weisse, Hirsch, throw a new bridge across to him; and are busy day and night. Maguire, too, is most ...
— History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XX. (of XXI.) • Thomas Carlyle


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