Word Meanings - WIZEN-FACED - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Having a shriveled, thin, withered face.
Related words: (words related to WIZEN-FACED)
- HAVENED
Sheltered in a haven. Blissful havened both from joy and pain. Keats. - HAVENER
A harbor master. - HAVELOCK
A light cloth covering for the head and neck, used by soldiers as a protection from sunstroke. - HAVE
haven, habben, AS. habben ; akin to OS. hebbian, D. hebben, OFries, hebba, OHG. hab, G. haben, Icel. hafa, Sw. hafva, Dan. have, Goth. haban, and prob. to L. habere, whence F. 1. To hold in possession or control; to own; as, he has a farm. 2. - HAVENAGE
Harbor dues; port dues. - WITHER-WRUNG
Injured or hurt in the withers, as a horse. - HAVEN
habe, Dan. havn, Icel. höfn, Sw. hamn; akin to E. have, and hence orig., a holder; or to heave ; or akin to AS. hæf sea, 1. A bay, recess, or inlet of the sea, or the mouth of a river, which affords anchorage and shelter for shipping; a harbor; - HAVANA
Of or pertaining to Havana, the capital of the island of Cuba; as, an Havana cigar; -- formerly sometimes written Havannah. -- n. - HAVERSIAN
Pertaining to, or discovered by, Clopton Havers, an English physician of the seventeenth century. Haversian canals , the small canals through which the blood vessels ramify in bone. - WITHERED
Faded; dried up; shriveled; wilted; wasted; wasted away. -- With"ered*ness, n. Bp. Hall. - WITHERS
The ridge between the shoulder bones of a horse, at the base of the neck. See Illust. of Horse. Let the galled jade wince; our withers are unwrung. Shak. (more info) strain in drawing a load; fr. OE. wither resistance, AS. withre, fr. - WITHERNAM
A second or reciprocal distress of other goods in lieu of goods which were taken by a first distress and have been eloigned; a taking by way of reprisal; -- chiefly used in the expression capias in withernam, which is the name of a writ used in - HAVING
Possession; goods; estate. I 'll lend you something; my having is not much. Shak. - HAVIOR
Behavior; demeanor. Shak. (more info) having, of same origin as E. aver a work horse. The h is due to - WITHER
1. To cause to fade, and become dry. The sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth. James i. 11. 2. To cause to shrink, wrinkle, or decay, for want of animal moisture. "Age can not wither - WITHERBAND
A piece of iron in a saddle near a horse's withers, to strengthen the bow. - HAVOC
A cry in war as the signal for indiscriminate slaughter. Toone. Do not cry havoc, where you should but hunt With modest warrant. Shak. Cry 'havoc,' and let slip the dogs of war! Shak. - WITHERING
Tending to wither; causing to shrink or fade. -- With"er*ing*ly, adv. - HAVER
A possessor; a holder. Shak. - HAVILDAR
In the British Indian armies, a noncommissioned officer of native soldiers, corresponding to a sergeant. Havildar major, a native sergeant major in the East Indian army. - MISBEHAVE
To behave ill; to conduct one's self improperly; -- often used with a reciprocal pronoun. - INSHAVE
A plane for shaving or dressing the concave or inside faces of barrel staves. - DRAWSHAVE
See KNIFE - MISBEHAVIOR
Improper, rude, or uncivil behavior; ill conduct. Addison. - SHAVING
1. The act of one who, or that which, shaves; specifically, the act of cutting off the beard with a razor. 2. That which is shaved off; a thin slice or strip pared off with a shave, a knife, a plane, or other cutting instrument. "Shaving - BEHAVIOR
Manner of behaving, whether good or bad; mode of conducting one's self; conduct; deportment; carriage; -- used also of inanimate objects; as, the behavior of a ship in a storm; the behavior of the magnetic needle. A gentleman that is very singular - SHAVER
A tool or machine for shaving. A note shaver, a person who buys (more info) 1. One who shaves; one whose occupation is to shave. 2. One who is close in bargains; a sharper. Swift. 3. One who fleeces; a pillager; a plunderer. By these shavers the