Word Meanings - BEDRAGGLE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To draggle; to soil, as garments which, in walking, are suffered to drag in dust, mud, etc. Swift.

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• WALK-MILL
  A fulling mill. Halliwell.
• WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• SWIFTNESS
  The quality or state of being swift; speed; quickness; celerity; velocity; rapidity; as, the swiftness of a bird; the swiftness of a stream; swiftness of descent in a falling body; swiftness of thought, etc.
• SWIFTLET
  Any one of numerous species of small East Indian and Asiatic swifts of the genus Collocalia. Some of the species are noted for furnishing the edible bird's nest. See Illust. under Edible.
• SWIFTER
  A rope used to retain the bars of the capstan in their sockets while men are turning it. A rope used to encircle a boat longitudinally, to strengthen and defend her sides. The forward shroud of a lower mast.
• SUFFERABLE
  1. Able to suffer or endure; patient. "Ye must be sufferable." Chaucer. 2. That may be suffered, tolerated, or permitted; allowable; tolerable. -- Suf"fer*a*ble*ness, n. -- Suf"fer*a*bly, adv.
• WALK
  akin to D. walken to felt hats, to work a hat, G. walken to full, OHG. walchan to beat, to full, Icel. valka to roll, to stamp, Sw. valka to full, to roll, Dan. valke to full; cf. Skr. valg to spring; 1. To move along on foot; to advance by steps;
• WHICH
  the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
• SUFFERING
  The bearing of pain, inconvenience, or loss; pain endured; distress, loss, or injury incurred; as, sufferings by pain or sorrow; sufferings by want or by wrongs. "Souls in sufferings tried." Keble.
• SWIFTLY
  In a swift manner; with quick motion or velocity; fleetly. Wyclif.
• DRAGGLE
  To wet and soil by dragging on the ground, mud, or wet grass; to drabble; to trail. Gray. With draggled nets down-hanging to the tide. Trench. (more info) Etym:
• SWIFTFOOT
  Nimble; fleet. Mir. for Mag.
• SWIFT
  to swapan to sweep, swipu a whip; cf. swifan to move quickly, to 1. Moving a great distance in a short time; moving with celerity or velocity; fleet; rapid; quick; speedy; prompt. My beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak,
• WALKYR
  See VALKYRIA
• SUFFERANCE
  souffrance, L. sufferentia, from sufferens, -entis, p.pr. of 1. The state of suffering; the bearing of pain; endurance. He must not only die the death, But thy unkindness shall his death draw out To lingering sufferance. Shak. 2. Pain endured;
• WALKABLE
  Fit to be walked on; capable of being walked on or over. Swift.
• WALKER
  A forest officer appointed to walk over a certain space for inspection; a forester. 4. Etym: (more info) 1. One who walks; a pedestrian. 2. That with which one walks; a foot. Lame Mulciber, his walkers quite misgrown. Chapman.
• DRAGGLE-TAIL
  A slattern who suffers her gown to trail in the mire; a drabble-tail.
• SUFFERER
  1. One who suffers; one who endures or undergoes suffering; one who sustains inconvenience or loss; as, sufferers by poverty or sickness; men are sufferers by fire or by losses at sea. 2. One who permits or allows.
• DRAGGLE-TAILED
  Untidy; sluttish; slatternly. W. Irving.
• LONG-SUFFERANCE
  Forbearance to punish or resent.
• SHOPWALKER
  One who walks about in a shop as an overseer and director. Cf. Floorwalker.
• SIDEWALK
  A walk for foot passengers at the side of a street or road; a foot pavement.
• SLEEPWALKER
  One who walks in his sleep; a somnambulist.
• INSUFFERABLY
  In a manner or to a degree beyond endurance; intolerably; as, a blaze insufferably bright; a person insufferably proud.
• TRACKWALKER
  A person employed to walk over and inspect a section of tracks.
• CO-SUFFERER
  One who suffers with another. Wycherley.
• ROPEWALKER
  A ropedancer.
• FLOORWALKER
  One who walks about in a large retail store as an overseer and director.
• OUTSUFFER
  To exceed in suffering.
• ROPEWALK
  A long, covered walk, or a low, level building, where ropes are manufactured.