Word Meanings - COPIST - Book Publishers vocabulary database
A copier. "A copist after nature." Shaftesbury.
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- AFTERCAST
A throw of dice after the game in ended; hence, anything done too late. Gower. - AFTERPAINS
The pains which succeed childbirth, as in expelling the afterbirth. - COPIST
A copier. "A copist after nature." Shaftesbury. - AFTERSHAFT
The hypoptilum. - AFTERPIECE
The heel of a rudder. (more info) 1. A piece performed after a play, usually a farce or other small entertainment. - AFTER DAMP
An irrespirable gas, remaining after an explosion of fire damp in mines; choke damp. See Carbonic acid. - AFTER-NOTE
One of the small notes occur on the unaccented parts of the measure, taking their time from the preceding note. - AFTERWISE
Wise after the event; wise or knowing, when it is too late. - AFTERINGS
The last milk drawn in milking; strokings. Grose. - AFTER
To ward the stern of the ship; -- applied to any object in the rear part of a vessel; as the after cabin, after hatchway. Note: It is often combined with its noun; as, after-bowlines, after- braces, after-sails, after-yards, those on the mainmasts - AFTER-EATAGE
Aftergrass. - AFTERGUARD
The seaman or seamen stationed on the poop or after part of the ship, to attend the after-sails. Totten. - AFTER-DINNER
The time just after dinner. "An after-dinner's sleep." Shak. -- a. - AFTERGAME
A second game; hence, a subsequent scheme or expedient. Wotton. Aftergame at Irish, an ancient game very nearly resembling backgammon. Beau. & Fl. - AFTERGRASS
The grass that grows after the first crop has been mown; aftermath. - AFTERTASTE
A taste which remains in the mouth after eating or drinking. - NATURED
Having a nature, temper, or disposition; disposed; -- used in composition; as, good-natured, ill-natured, etc. - AFTERMOST
Nearest the stern; most aft. (more info) Gothic aftumist and aftuma, the last, orig. a superlative of of, with 1. Hindmost; -- opposed to foremost. - AFTERTHOUGHT
Reflection after an act; later or subsequent thought or expedient. - NATURELESS
Not in accordance with nature; unnatural. Milton. - UNNATURE
To change the nature of; to invest with a different or contrary nature. A right heavenly nature, indeed, as if were unnaturing them, doth so bridle them . Sir P. Sidney. - DEMINATURED
Having half the nature of another. Shak. - TIME SIGNATURE
A sign at the beginning of a composition or movement, placed after the key signature, to indicate its time or meter. Also called rhythmical signature. It is in the form of a fraction, of which the denominator indicates the kind of note taken as - CRAFTER
a creator of great skill in the manual arts. Syn. -- craftsman. - ORNATURE
Decoration; ornamentation. Holinshed. - ONEIROSCOPIST
One who interprets dreams. - CONSIGNATURE
Joint signature. Colgrave. - THEREAFTER
1. After that; afterward. 2. According to that; accordingly. I deny not but that it is of greatest concernment in the church and commonwealth to have a vigilant eye how books demean themselves as well as men; and thereafter to confine, imprison, - TRANSNATURE
To transfer or transform the nature of. We are transelemented, or transnatured. Jewel. - INGRAFTER
A person who ingrafts. - HOROSCOPER; HOROSCOPIST
One versed in horoscopy; an astrologer. - STEREOSCOPIST
One skilled in the use or construction of stereoscopes.