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Word Meanings - WHEREWITHAL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Wherewith. "Wherewithal shall we be clothed" Matt. vi. 31. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way Ps. cxix. 9. , still with vain design, New Babels, had they wherewithal, would build. Milton.

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  • YOUNGISH
    Somewhat young. Tatler.
  • STILL
    1. A vessel, boiler, or copper used in the distillation of liquids; specifically, one used for the distillation of alcoholic liquors; a retort. The name is sometimes applied to the whole apparatus used in in vaporization and condensation. 2. A
  • DESIGN
    drawing, dessein a plan or scheme; all, ultimately, from L. designare to designate; de- + signare to mark, mark out, signum mark, sign. See 1. To draw preliminary outline or main features of; to sketch for a pattern or model; to delineate; to trace
  • SHALLOP
    A boat. thrust the shallop from the floating strand. Spenser. Note: The term shallop is applied to boats of all sizes, from a light canoe up to a large boat with masts and sails.
  • STILLBIRTH
    The birth of a dead fetus.
  • STILLY
    Still; quiet; calm. The stilly hour when storms are gone. Moore.
  • YOUNG
    , , AS. geong; akin to OFries. iung, iong, D. joing, OS., OHG., & G. jung, Icel. ungr, Sw. & Dan. ung, Goth. juggs, Lith. jaunas, Russ. iunuii, L. juvencus, juvenis, Skr. juva, juven. Junior, Juniper, 1. Not long born; still in the first part of
  • YOUNGTH
    Youth. Youngth is a bubble blown up with breath. Spenser.
  • DESIGNATE
    Designated; appointed; chosen. Sir G. Buck.
  • STILLSTAND
    A standstill. Shak.
  • STILLING
    A stillion.
  • YOUNGNESS
    The quality or state of being young.
  • CLOTHESLINE
    A rope or wire on which clothes are hung to dry.
  • STILLAGE
    A low stool to keep the goods from touching the floor. Knight.
  • STILLION
    A stand, as for casks or vats in a brewery, or for pottery while drying.
  • SHALLOON
    A thin, loosely woven, twilled worsted stuff. In blue shalloon shall Hannibal be clad. Swift.
  • SHALLOW-BRAINED
    Weak in intellect; foolish; empty-headed. South.
  • YOUNG ONE
    A young human being; a child; also, a young animal, as a colt.
  • STILLROOM
    1. A room for distilling. 2. An apartment in a house where liquors, preserves, and the like, are kept. Floors are rubbed bright, . . . stillroom and kitchen cleared for action. Dickens.
  • DESIGNATOR
    An officer who assigned to each his rank and place in public shows and ceremonies. 2. One who designates.
  • SAILCLOTH
    Duck or canvas used in making sails.
  • INSTILL
    To drop in; to pour in drop by drop; hence, to impart gradually; to infuse slowly; to cause to be imbibed. That starlight dews All silently their tears of love instill. Byron. How hast thou instilled Thy malice into thousands. Milton. Syn. -- To
  • BEDCLOTHES
    Blankets, sheets, coverlets, etc., for a bed. Shak.
  • YOUNGLY
    Like a young person or thing; young; youthful. Shak.
  • PISTILLIFEROUS
    Pistillate.
  • HEARSECLOTH
    A cloth for covering a coffin when on a bier; a pall. Bp. Sanderson.
  • DISTILLABLE
    Capable of being distilled; especially, capable of being distilled without chemical change or decomposition; as, alcohol is distillable; olive oil is not distillable.
  • BREECHCLOTH
    A cloth worn around the breech.
  • DISTILLATION
    The separation of the volatile parts of a substance from the more fixed; specifically, the operation of driving off gas or vapor from volatile liquids or solids, by heat in a retort or still, and the condensation of the products as far as possible
  • FINESTILLER
    One who finestills.
  • FOREDESIGN
    To plan beforehand; to intend previously. Cheyne.
  • NECKCLOTH
    A piece of any fabric worn around the neck.

 

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