Word Meanings - ARGOSY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A large ship, esp. a merchant vessel of the largest size. Where your argosies with portly sail . . . Do overpeer the petty traffickers. Shak.

Related words: (words related to ARGOSY)

• WHEREIN
  1. In which; in which place, thing, time, respect, or the like; -- used relatively. Her clothes wherein she was clad. Chaucer. There are times wherein a man ought to be cautious as well as innocent. Swift. 2. In what; -- used interrogatively. Yet
• WHEREVER
  At or in whatever place; wheresoever. He can not but love virtue wherever it is. Atterbury.
• WHERETO
  1. To which; -- used relatively. "Whereto we have already attained." Phil. iii. 16. Whereto all bonds do tie me day by day. Shak. 2. To what; to what end; -- used interrogatively.
• WHEREAS
  1. Considering that; it being the case that; since; -- used to introduce a preamble which is the basis of declarations, affirmations, commands, requests, or like, that follow. 2. When in fact; while on the contrary; the case being in truth that;
• WHERE'ER
  Wherever; -- a contracted and poetical form. Cowper.
• MERCHANTRY
  1. The body of merchants taken collectively; as, the merchantry of a country. 2. The business of a merchant; merchandise. Walpole.
• PETTYWHIN
  The needle furze. See under Needle.
• WHEREINTO
  1. Into which; -- used relatively. Where is that palace whereinto foul things Sometimes intrude not Shak. The brook, whereinto he loved to look. Emerson. 2. Into what; -- used interrogatively.
• WHERESOE'ER
  Wheresoever. "Wheresoe'er they rove." Milton.
• WHERETHROUGH
  Through which. "Wherethrough that I may know." Chaucer. Windows . . . wherethrough the sun Delights to peep, to gaze therein on thee. Shak.
• PORTLY
  1. Having a dignified port or mien; of a noble appearance; imposing. 2. Bulky; corpulent. "A portly personage." Dickens.
• WHERESO
  Wheresoever.
• MERCHANTLY
  Merchantlike; suitable to the character or business of a merchant. Gauden.
• VESSELFUL
  As much as a vessel will hold; enough to fill a vessel.
• LARGE-ACRED
  Possessing much land.
• WHEREUNTO
  See WHERETO
• WHEREUPON
  Upon which; in consequence of which; after which. The townsmen mutinied and sent to Essex; whereupon he came thither. Clarendon.
• WHEREFORM
  From which; from which or what place. Tennyson.
• WHEREON
  1. On which; -- used relatively; as, the earth whereon we live. O fair foundation laid whereon to build. Milton. 2. On what; -- used interrogatively; as, whereon do we stand
• WHERENESS
  The quality or state of having a place; ubiety; situation; position. A point hath no dimensions, but only a whereness, and is next to nothing. Grew.
• WHER; WHERE
  Whether. Piers Plowman. Men must enquire , Wher she be wise or sober or dronkelewe. Chaucer.
• EVERYWHERENESS
  Ubiquity; omnipresence. Grew.
• ENLARGEMENT
  1. The act of increasing in size or bulk, real or apparent; the state of being increased; augmentation; further extension; expansion. 2. Expansion or extension, as of the powers of the mind; ennoblement, as of the feelings and character; as, an
• EVERYWHERE
  In every place; in all places; hence, in every part; throughly; altogether.
• FOOL-LARGESSE
  Foolish expenditure; waste. Chaucer.
• AIR VESSEL
  A vessel, cell, duct, or tube containing or conducting air; as the air vessels of insects, birds, plants, etc.; the air vessel of a pump, engine, etc. For the latter, see Air chamber. The air vessels of insects are called tracheæ, of plants spiral
• UNMERCHANTABLE
  Not merchantable; not fit for market; being of a kind, quality, or quantity that is unsalable. McElrath.
• ALLWHERE
  Everywhere.
• EACHWHERE
  Everywhere. The sky eachwhere did show full bright and fair. Spenser.
• ELSEWHERE
  1. In any other place; as, these trees are not to be found elsewhere. 2. In some other place; in other places, indefinitely; as, it is reported in town and elsewhere.