Word Meanings - BRIDGETREE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The beam which supports the spindle socket of the runner in a grinding mill. Knight.

Related words: (words related to BRIDGETREE)

• KNIGHTLESS
  Unbecoming a knight. "Knightless guile." Spenser.
• GRINDSTONE
  A flat, circular stone, revolving on an axle, for grinding or sharpening tools, or shaping or smoothing objects. To hold, pat, or bring one's nose to the grindstone, to oppress one; to keep one in a condition of servitude. They might be ashamed,
• SPINDLE-SHAPED
  Thickest in the middle, and tapering to both ends; fusiform; -- applied chiefly to roots. (more info) 1. Having the shape of a spindle.
• GRINDLE STONE
  A grindstone.
• GRINDLET
  A small drain.
• SPINDLESHANKS
  A person with slender shanks, or legs; -- used humorously or in contempt.
• SPINDLEWORM
  The larva of a noctuid mmoth which feeds inside the stalks of corn , sometimes causing much damage. It is smooth, with a black head and tail and a row of black dots across each segment.
• GRINDINGLY
  In a grinding manner.
• KNIGHT BANNERET
  A knight who carried a banner, who possessed fiefs to a greater amount than the knight bachelor, and who was obliged to serve in war with a greater number of attendants. The dignity was sometimes conferred by the sovereign in person on the field
• SPINDLETAIL
  The pintail duck.
• 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.
• KNIGHT BACHELOR
  A knight of the most ancient, but lowest, order of English knights, and not a member of any order of chivalry. See Bachelor, 4.
• SPINDLE
  The shaft, mandrel, or arbor, in a machine tool, as a lathe or drilling machine, etc., which causes the work to revolve, or carries a tool or center, etc. The vertical rod on which the runner of a grinding mill turns. A shaft or pipe on which a
• GRINDERY
  Leather workers' materials. Grindery warehouse, a shop where leather workers' materials and tools are kept on sale.
• GRINDELIA
  The dried stems and leaves of tarweed , used as a remedy in asthma and bronchitis.
• GRINDING
  from Grind. Grinding frame, an English name for a cotton spinning machine. -- Grinding mill. A mill for grinding grain. A lapidary's lathe.
• 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.
• KNIGHT-ERRANTRY
  The character or actions of wandering knights; the practice of wandering in quest of adventures; chivalry; a quixotic or romantic adventure or scheme. The rigid guardian of a blameless heart Is weak with rank knight-erratries o'errun. Young.
• KNIGHT TEMPLAR
  See 3
• KNIGHTLY
  Of or pertaining to a knight; becoming a knight; chivalrous; as, a knightly combat; a knightly spirit. For knightly jousts and fierce encounters fit. Spenser. full knightly without scorn. Tennyson.
• UNKNIGHT
  To deprive of knighthood. Fuller.
• ALE-KNIGHT
  A pot companion.