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Word Meanings - THATCH - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A name in the West Indies for several kinds of palm, the leaves of which are used for thatching. Thatch sparrow, the house sparrow. (more info) cover, D. dak a roof, dekken to cover, G. dach a roof, decken 8cover, Icel. Þak a roof, Sw. tak, Dan.

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A name in the West Indies for several kinds of palm, the leaves of which are used for thatching. Thatch sparrow, the house sparrow. (more info) cover, D. dak a roof, dekken to cover, G. dach a roof, decken 8cover, Icel. Þak a roof, Sw. tak, Dan. tag, Lith. stogas, Ir. teagh a house, Gael. teach, tigh, W. ty, L. tegere to cover, toga a toga, Gr. sthag. 1. Straw, rushes, or the like, used for making or covering the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain.

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  • COVER-POINT
    The fielder in the games of cricket and lacrosse who supports "point."
  • COVERLET
    The uppermost cover of a bed or of any piece of furniture. Lay her in lilies and in violets . . . And odored sheets and arras coverlets. Spenser.
  • HOUSEWIFE
    A little case or bag for materials used in sewing, and for 3. A hussy. Shak. Sailor's housewife, a ditty-bag. (more info) 1. The wife of a householder; the mistress of a family; the female head of a household. Shak. He a good husband, a good
  • COVERCLE
    A small cover; a lid. Sir T. Browne.
  • HOUSEWARMING
    A feast or merry-making made by or for a family or business firm on taking possession of a new house or premises. Johnson.
  • SPARROWWORT
    An evergreen shrub of the genus Erica .
  • HOUSEBOTE
    Wood allowed to a tenant for repairing the house and for fuel. This latter is often called firebote. See Bote.
  • 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.
  • HOUSEROOM
    Room or place in a house; as, to give any one houseroom.
  • COVERT BARON
    Under the protection of a husband; married. Burrill.
  • HOUSEWIFELY
    Pertaining or appropriate to a housewife; domestic; economical; prudent. A good sort of woman, ladylike and housewifely. Sir W. Scott.
  • HOUSEMAID
    A female servant employed to do housework, esp. to take care of the rooms. Housemaid's knee , a swelling over the knee, due to an enlargement of the bursa in the front of the kneepan; -- so called because frequently occurring in servant girls who
  • THATCHING
    1. The act or art of covering buildings with thatch; so as to keep out rain, snow, etc. 2. The materials used for this purpose; thatch.
  • COVERTNESS
    Secrecy; privacy.
  • HOUSEMATE
    One who dwells in the same house with another. R. Browning.
  • COVERER
    One who, or that which, covers.
  • 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.
  • HOUSEWRIGHT
    A builder of houses.
  • COVERCHIEF
    A covering for the head. Chaucer.
  • COVERTLY
    Secretly; in private; insidiously.
  • PACKHOUSE
    Warehouse for storing goods.
  • WAREHOUSE
    A storehouse for wares, or goods. Addison.
  • POSTHOUSE
    1. A house established for the convenience of the post, where relays of horses can be obtained. 2. A house for distributing the malls; a post office.
  • RECOVER
    To cover again. Sir W. Scott.
  • HENHOUSE
    A house or shelter for fowls.
  • SLAUGHTERHOUSE
    A house where beasts are butchered for the market.
  • TRUGGING-HOUSE
    A brothel. Robert Greene.
  • FULL HOUSE
    A hand containing three of a kind and a pair, as three kings and two tens. It ranks above a flush and below four of a kind.
  • WATCHHOUSE
    1. A house in which a watch or guard is placed. 2. A place where persons under temporary arrest by the police of a city are kept; a police station; a lockup.
  • TIRING-HOUSE
    A tiring-room. Shak.
  • GREENHOUSE
    A house in which tender plants are cultivated and sheltered from the weather.
  • HOTHOUSE
    A heated room for drying green ware. (more info) 1. A house kept warm to shelter tender plants and shrubs from the cold air; a place in which the plants of warmer climates may be reared, and fruits ripened. 2. A bagnio, or bathing house. Shak.
  • BEADHOUSE; BEDEHOUSE
    An almshouse for poor people who pray daily for their benefactors.
  • WASHHOUSE
    An outbuilding for washing, esp. one for washing clothes; a laundry.
  • UNHOUSED
    Driven from a house; deprived of shelter. 2. Etym: (more info) 1. Etym:
  • NEATHOUSE
    A building for the shelter of neat cattle. Massinger.
  • MUGHOUSE
    An alehouse; a pothouse. Tickel.
  • CLUBHOUSE
    A house occupied by a club.

 

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