Word Meanings - STRIP-LEAF - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Tobacco which has been stripped of its stalks before packing.

Related words: (words related to STRIP-LEAF)

• PACKHOUSE
  Warehouse for storing goods.
• STRIPPING
  The last milk drawn from a cow at a milking. (more info) 1. The act of one who strips. The mutual bows and courtesies . . . are remants of the original prostrations and strippings of the captive. H. Spencer. Never were cows that required
• PACKMAN
  One who bears a pack; a peddler.
• PACKWAX
  See PAXWAX
• PACKER
  A person whose business is to pack things; especially, one who packs food for preservation; as, a pork packer.
• TOBACCONING
  Smoking tobacco. "Tobacconing is but a smoky play." Sylvester.
• TOBACCONIST
  1. A dealer in tobacco; also, a manufacturer of tobacco. 2. A smoker of tobacco. Sylvester.
• BEFORETIME
  Formerly; aforetime. dwelt in their tents, as beforetime. 2 Kings xiii. 5.
• 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.
• STRIPPER
  One who, or that which, strips; specifically, a machine for stripping cards.
• 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.
• PACKET
  1. A small pack or package; a little bundle or parcel; as, a packet of letters. Shak. 2. Originally, a vessel employed by government to convey dispatches or mails; hence, a vessel employed in conveying dispatches, mails, passengers, and goods,
• BEFOREHAND
  1. In a state of anticipation ore preoccupation; in advance; -- often followed by with. Agricola . . . resolves to be beforehand with the danger. Milton. The last cited author has been beforehand with me. Addison. 2. By way of preparation,
• PACKING
  A substance or piece used to make a joint impervious; as: A thin layer, or sheet, of yielding or elastic material inserted between the surfaces of a flange joint. The substance in a stuffing box, through which a piston rod slides. A yielding ring,
• PACKAGE
  1. Act or process of packing. 2. A bundle made up for transportation; a packet; a bale; a parcel; as, a package of goods. 3. A charge made for packing goods. 4. A duty formerly charged in the port of London on goods imported or exported by aliens,
• TOBACCO
  An American plant of the Nightshade family, much used for smoking and chewing, and as snuff. As a medicine, it is narcotic, emetic, and cathartic. Tobacco has a strong, peculiar smell, and an acrid taste. Note: The name is extended to
• PACKFONG
  A Chinese alloy of nickel, zinc, and copper, resembling German silver.
• STRIPPET
  A small stream. "A little brook or strippet." Holinshed.
• BEFORE
  1. In front of; preceding in space; ahead of; as, to stand before the fire; before the house. His angel, who shall go Before them in a cloud and pillar of fire. Milton. 2. Preceding in time; earlier than; previously to; anterior to the time when;
• PACKWAY
  A path, as over mountains, followed by pack animals.
• PACK
  To envelop in a wet or dry sheet, within numerous coverings. See Pack, n., 5. (more info) 1. To make a pack of; to arrange closely and securely in a pack; hence, to place and arrange compactly as in a pack; to press into close order or
• REPACKER
  One who repacks.
• THEREBEFORE; THEREBIFORN
  Before that time; beforehand. Many a winter therebiforn. Chaucer.
• SNIPPACK
  The common snipe.
• UNPACKER
  One who unpacks.
• PICKPACK
  Pickaback.
• REPACK
  To pack a second time or anew; as, to repack beef; to repack a trunk.
• OOPACK; OOPAK
  A kind of black tea.
• UNPACK
  1. To separate and remove, as things packed; to open and remove the contents of; as, to unpack a trunk. 2. To relieve of a pack or burden. Shak.