Word Meanings - FARMERY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The buildings and yards necessary for the business of a farm; a homestead.

BUSINESS
The position, distribution, and order of persons and properties on the stage of a theater, as determined by the stage manager in rehearsal. 7. Care; anxiety; diligence. Chaucer. To do one's business, to ruin one. Wycherley. -- To make one's
NECESSARY
1. Such as must be; impossible to be otherwise; not to be avoided; inevitable. Death, a necessary end, Will come when it will come. Shak. 2. Impossible to be otherwise, or to be dispensed with, without preventing the attainment of a desired result;
HOMESTEADER
One who has entered upon a portion of the public land with the purpose of acquiring ownership of it under provisions of the homestead law, so called; one who has acquired a homestead in this manner.
BUSINESSLIKE
In the manner of one transacting business wisely and by right methods.
HOMESTEAD
The home and appurtenant land and buildings owned by the head of a family, and occupied by him and his family. Homestead law. A law conferring special privileges or exemptions upon owners of homesteads; esp., a law exempting a homestead
YARDSTICK
A stick three feet, or a yard, in length, used as a measure of cloth, etc.
UNNECESSARY
Not necessary; not required under the circumstances; unless; needless; as, unnecessary labor, care, or rigor. -- Un*nec"es*sa*ri*ly, adv. -- Un*nec"es*sa*ri*ness, n.