Word Meanings - ARCHER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A bowman, one skilled in the use of the bow and arrow.

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• SKILLFUL
  1. Discerning; reasonable; judicious; cunning. "Of skillful judgment." Chaucer. 2. Possessed of, or displaying, skill; knowing and ready; expert; well-versed; able in management; as, a skillful mechanic; -- often followed by at, in, or of; as,
• SKILLED
  Having familiar knowledge united with readiness and dexterity in its application; familiarly acquainted with; expert; skillful; -- often followed by in; as, a person skilled in drawing or geometry.
• SKILLIGALEE
  A kind of thin, weak broth or oatmeal porridge, served out to prisoners and paupers in England; also, a drink made of oatmeal, sugar, and water, sometimes used in the English navy or army.
• ARROWY
  1. Consisting of arrows. How quick they wheeled, and flying, behind them shot Sharp sleet of arrowy showers. Milton. 2. Formed or moving like, or in any respect resembling, an arrow; swift; darting; piercing. "His arrowy tongue." Cowper. By the
• BOWMAN
  A man who uses a bow; an archer. The whole city shall flee for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen. Jer. iv. 29. Bowman's root. See Indian physic, under Indian.
• ARROWWOOD
  A shrub growing in damp woods and thickets; -- so called from the long, straight, slender shoots.
• ARROWHEADED
  Shaped like the head of an arow; cuneiform. Arrowheaded characters, characters the elements of which consist of strokes resembling arrowheads, nailheads, or wedges; -- hence called also nail-headed, wedge-formed, cuneiform, or cuneatic characters;
• ARROWHEAD
  An aquatic plant of the genus Sagittaria, esp. S. sagittifolia, -- named from the shape of the leaves. (more info) 1. The head of an arrow.
• SKILLET
  A small vessel of iron, copper, or other metal, with a handle, used for culinary purpose, as for stewing meat. (more info) ecuelle, fr. L. scutella, dim. of scutra, scuta, a dish. Cf. Scuttle
• ARROWROOT
  A west Indian plant of the genus Maranta, esp. M. arundinacea, now cultivated in many hot countries. It said that the Indians used the roots to neutralize the venom in wounds made by poisoned arrows. 2. A nutritive starch obtained from
• ARROWWORM
  A peculiar transparent worm of the genus Sagitta, living at the surface of the sea. See Sagitta.
• SKILL
  skilja to separate, divide, distinguish, Sw. skilja,. skille to separate, skiel reason, right, justice, Sw. skäl reason, Lith. skelli 1. Discrimination; judgment; propriety; reason; cause. Shak. "As it was skill and right." Chaucer. For great
• ARROW
  A missile weapon of offense, slender, pointed, and usually feathered and barbed, to be shot from a bow. Broad arrow. An arrow with a broad head. A mark placed upon British ordnance and government stores, which bears a rude resemblance to a broad
• ARROW GRASS
  An herbaceous grasslike plant (Triglochin palustre, and other species) with pods opening so as to suggest barbed arrowheads.
• SKILL-LESS
  Wanting skill. Shak.
• MARROWFAT
  A rich but late variety of pea.
• SPARROWWORT
  An evergreen shrub of the genus Erica .
• HANDBARROW
  A frame or barrow, without a wheel, carried by hand.
• UNSKILLFUL
  1. Not skillful; inexperienced; awkward; bungling; as, an unskillful surgeon or mechanic; an unskillful logician. 2. Lacking discernment; injudicious; ignorant. Though it make the unskillful laugh, can not but make the judicious grieve. Shak. --
• NARROW-MINDED
  Of narrow mental scope; illiberal; mean. -- Nar"row-mind`ed*ness, n.
• HARROWER
  One who harrows.
• WHEELBARROW
  A light vehicle for conveying small loads. It has two handles and one wheel, and is rolled by a single person.
• NARROWER
  One who, or that which, narrows or contracts. Hannah More.
• HARROW
  An obstacle formed by turning an ordinary harrow upside down, the frame being buried. Bush harrow, a kind of light harrow made of bushes, for harrowing grass lands and covering seeds, or to finish the work of a toothed harrow. -- Drill harrow. See
• CROSSBOWMAN
  One who shoots with a crossbow. See Arbalest.
• WATER SPARROW
  The reed warbler. The reed bunting.
• SUWARROW
  The giant cactus ; -- so named by the Indians of Arizona. Called also saguaro.
• BARROWIST
  A follower of Henry Barrowe, one of the founders of Independency or Congregationalism in England. Barrowe was executed for nonconformity in 1953.
• MARROW
  The tissue which fills the cavities of most bones; the medulla. In the larger cavities it is commonly very fatty, but in the smaller cavities it is much less fatty, and red or reddish in color. 2. The essence; the best part. It takes from