Both Uses of
transparent
in
The Witch of Blackbird Pond
- They sat hunched on the bench, each holding in hand a hornbook, a small stout-handled wooden slab on which was fastened a tiny sheet of paper, protected by a thin strip of transparent horn held in place by a narrow leather strip and tiny brass nails.
p. 83.2 *transparent = easily seen through
- First two points of mast, then sails, transparent and wraithlike in the fog, then, as Kit strained her eyes, the looming hull, the prow, and the curved tail of a fish.
p. 190.0transparent = able to be seen through
Definitions:
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(1)
(transparent as in: transparent shower door) able to be seen through with clarity
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(2)
(transparent as in: transparent lie) obvious despite attempts to hide
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(3)
(transparent as in: transparent decision making) easily observable or understood