Word Meanings - TOLLBOOTH - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. A place where goods are weighed to ascertain the duties or toll. He saw Levy . . . sitting at the tollbooth. Wyclif . 2. In Scotland, a burgh jail; hence, any prison, especially a town jail. Sir W. Scott.

Related words: (words related to TOLLBOOTH)

• WHEREIN
  1. In which; in which place, thing, time, respect, or the like; -- used relatively. Her clothes wherein she was clad. Chaucer. There are times wherein a man ought to be cautious as well as innocent. Swift. 2. In what; -- used interrogatively. Yet
• ASCERTAINMENT
  The act of ascertaining; a reducing to certainty; a finding out by investigation; discovery. The positive ascertainment of its limits. Burke.
• WHEREVER
  At or in whatever place; wheresoever. He can not but love virtue wherever it is. Atterbury.
• ASCERTAINABLE
  That may be ascertained. -- As`cer*tain"a*ble*ness, n. -- As`cer*tain"a*bly, adv.
• PLACEMENT
  1. The act of placing, or the state of being placed. 2. Position; place.
• PLACENTARY
  Having reference to the placenta; as, the placentary system of classification.
• PLACE-KICK
  To make a place kick; to make by a place kick. -- Place"-kick`er, n.
• BURGHBRECH
  The offense of violating the pledge given by every inhabitant of a tithing to keep the peace; breach of the peace. Burrill. (more info) Law)
• WHERETO
  1. To which; -- used relatively. "Whereto we have already attained." Phil. iii. 16. Whereto all bonds do tie me day by day. Shak. 2. To what; to what end; -- used interrogatively.
• BURGHMOTE
  A court or meeting of a burgh or borough; a borough court held three times yearly.
• WHEREAS
  1. Considering that; it being the case that; since; -- used to introduce a preamble which is the basis of declarations, affirmations, commands, requests, or like, that follow. 2. When in fact; while on the contrary; the case being in truth that;
• WEIGHTINESS
  The quality or state of being weighty; weight; force; importance; impressiveness.
• WEIGHTILY
  In a weighty manner.
• WHERE'ER
  Wherever; -- a contracted and poetical form. Cowper.
• PRISONMENT
  Imprisonment. Shak.
• WEIGHMASTER
  One whose business it is to weigh ore, hay, merchandise, etc.; one licensed as a public weigher.
• BURGHAL
  Belonging of a burgh.
• WHEREINTO
  1. Into which; -- used relatively. Where is that palace whereinto foul things Sometimes intrude not Shak. The brook, whereinto he loved to look. Emerson. 2. Into what; -- used interrogatively.
• WHERESOE'ER
  Wheresoever. "Wheresoe'er they rove." Milton.
• WHERETHROUGH
  Through which. "Wherethrough that I may know." Chaucer. Windows . . . wherethrough the sun Delights to peep, to gaze therein on thee. Shak.
• COUNTER WEIGHT
  A counterpoise.
• WHER; WHERE
  Whether. Piers Plowman. Men must enquire , Wher she be wise or sober or dronkelewe. Chaucer.
• HEREHENCE
  From hence.
• WHENCEFORTH
  From, or forth from, what or which place; whence. Spenser.
• REPLACEMENT
  The removal of an edge or an angle by one or more planes. (more info) 1. The act of replacing.
• EVERYWHERENESS
  Ubiquity; omnipresence. Grew.
• WELTERWEIGHT
  1. A weight of 28 pounds (one of 40 pounds is called a heavy welterweight) sometimes imposed in addition to weight for age, chiefly in steeplechases and hurdle races. 2. A boxer or wrestler whose weight is intermediate between that
• EVERYWHERE
  In every place; in all places; hence, in every part; throughly; altogether.
• REIMPRISON
  To imprison again.
• THENCEFROM
  From that place.