Word Meanings - PULLER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

One who, or that which, pulls. Proud setter up and puller down of kings. Shak.

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• PROUDLING
  A proud or haughty person. Sylvester.
• PROUD
  prout, prud, prut, AS. prut; akin to Icel. pruedhr stately, handsome, 1. Feeling or manifesting pride, in a good or bad sense; as: Possessing or showing too great self-esteem; overrating one's excellences; hence, arrogant; haughty; lordly;
• 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.
• SETTER
  A hunting dog of a special breed originally derived from a cross between the spaniel and the pointer. Modern setters are usually trained to indicate the position of game birds by standing in a fixed position, but originally they indicated it by
• PROUDISH
  Somewhat proud. Ash.
• 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.
• KINGSHIP
  The state, office, or dignity of a king; royalty. Landor.
• KINGSTON VALVE
  A conical valve, opening outward, to close the mouth of a pipe which passes through the side of a vessel below the water line.
• KINGSTON; KINGSTONE
  The black angel fish. See Angel fish, under Angel.
• KINGSTON METAL
  . An alloy of tin, copper, and mercury, sometimes used for the bearings and packings of machinery. McElrath.
• PROUDLY
  In a proud manner; with lofty airs or mien; haughtily; arrogantly; boastfully. Proudly he marches on, and void of fear. Addison.
• PULLER
  One who, or that which, pulls. Proud setter up and puller down of kings. Shak.
• SETTERWORT
  The bear's-foot ; -- so called because the root was used in settering, or inserting setons into the dewlaps of cattle. Called also pegroots. Dr. Prior.
• PROUDNESS
  The quality of being proud; pride. Set aside all arrogancy and proudness. Latimer.
• OVERPROUD
  Exceedingly or unduly proud. "Overproud of his victory." Milton.
• MOCKINGSTOCK
  A butt of sport; an object of derision.
• UNKINGSHIP
  The quality or condition of being unkinged; abolition of monarchy. Unkingship was proclaimed, and his majesty's statues thrown down. Evelyn.
• TOP-PROUD
  Proud to the highest degree. "This top-proud fellow." Shak.
• WIRE-PULLER
  One who pulls the wires, as of a puppet; hence, one who operates by secret means; an intriguer. Political wire-pullers and convention packers. Lowell.
• RESETTER
  One who receives or conceals, as stolen goods or criminal.
• UNDERSETTER
  One who, or that which, undersets or supports; a prop; a support; a pedestal.
• BESETTER
  One who, or that which, besets.
• WINTER-PROUD
  Having too rank or forward a growth for winter. When either corn is winter-proud, or other plants put forth and bud too early. Holland.
• ROUGHSETTER
  A mason who builds rough stonework.