Word Meanings - TOCHER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Dowry brought by a bride to her husband. Burns.

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• HUSBANDABLE
  Capable of being husbanded, or managed with economy. Sherwood.
• HUSBANDLESS
  Destitute of a husband. Shak.
• BRIDEGROOM
  A man newly married, or just about to be married. (more info) br, D. bruidegom, bruigom, OHG. pr, MHG. briutegome, G. bräutigam); AS. br bride + guma man, akin to Goth. guma, Icel. gumi, OHG. gomo, L. homo; the insertion of r being caused
• HUSBANDRY
  1. Care of domestic affairs; economy; domestic management; thrift. There's husbandry in heaven; Their candles are all out. Shak. 2. The business of a husbandman, comprehending the various branches of agriculture; farming. Husbandry supplieth all
• HUSBANDLY
  Frugal; thrifty. Tusser.
• BRIDESMAN
  A male friend who attends upon a bridegroom and bride at their marriage; the "best man." Sir W. Scott.
• BRIDE
  OFries. breid, OSax. br, D. bruid, OHG. pr, br, G. braut, Icel. br, Sw. & Dan. brud, Goth. br33s; cf. Armor. pried spouse, W. priawd a 1. A woman newly married, or about to be married. Has by his own experience tried How much the wife is dearer
• HUSBANDAGE
  The commission or compensation allowed to a ship's husband.
• BRIDESTAKE
  A stake or post set in the ground, for guests at a wedding to dance round. Divide the broad bridecake Round about the bridestake. B. Jonson.
• BRIDESMAID
  A female friend who attends on a bride at her wedding.
• HUSBAND
  the house or family, AS. h master of the house; h house + bunda, bonda, householder, husband; prob. fr. Icel. h house master, husband; h house + b dwelling, inhabiting, p.pr. of b to dwell; akin to AS. b, 1. The male head of a household; one who
• BRIDEMAID; BRIDEMAN
  See BRIDESMAN
• BRIDEBED
  The marriage bed.
• BRIDECHAMBER
  The nuptial appartment. Matt. ix. 15.
• BRIDEWELL
  A house of correction for the confinement of disorderly persons; -- so called from a hospital built in 1553 near St. Bride's well, in London, which was subsequently a penal workhouse.
• BRIDE-ALE
  A rustic wedding feast; a bridal. See Ale. The man that 's bid to bride-ale, if he ha' cake, And drink enough, he need not fear his stake. B. Jonson.
• BRIDECAKE
  Rich or highly ornamented cake, to be distributed to the guests at a wedding, or sent to friends after the wedding.
• HUSBANDMAN
  1. The master of a family. Chaucer. 2. A farmer; a cultivator or tiller of the ground.
• BURNSTICKLE
  A stickleback .
• DOWRY
  1. A gift; endowment. Spenser. 2. The money, goods, or estate, which a woman brings to her husband in marriage; a bride's portion on her marriage. See Note under Dower. Shak. Dryden. 3. A gift or presents for the bride, on espousal. See Dower.
• HEBRIDEAN; HEBRIDIAN
  Of or pertaining to the islands called Hebrides, west of Scotland. -- n.