Word Meanings - TREELESS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Destitute of trees. C. Kingsley.

DESTITUTENESS
Destitution. Ash.
DESTITUTE
1. Forsaken; not having in possession (something necessary, or desirable); deficient; lacking; devoid; -- often followed by of. In thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute. Ps. cxli. 8. Totally destitute of all shadow of influence. Burke.
DESTITUTELY
In destitution.
CROSSTREES
Pieces of timber at a masthead, to which are attached the upper shrouds. At the head of lower masts in large vessels, they support a semicircular platform called the "top."