Word Meanings - WOODMAN - Book Publishers vocabulary database
1. A forest officer appointed to take care of the king's woods; a forester. 2. A sportsman; a hunter. is a better woodman than thou takest him for. Shak. 3. One who cuts down trees; a woodcutter. Woodman, spare that tree. G. P. Morris. 4. One who
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1. A forest officer appointed to take care of the king's woods; a forester. 2. A sportsman; a hunter. is a better woodman than thou takest him for. Shak. 3. One who cuts down trees; a woodcutter. Woodman, spare that tree. G. P. Morris. 4. One who dwells in the woods or forest; a bushman.
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- FORESTICK
Front stick of a hearth fire. - FOREST
A large extent or precinct of country, generally waste and woody, belonging to the sovereign, set apart for the keeping of game for his use, not inclosed, but distinguished by certain limits, and protected by certain laws, courts, and officers of - WOODMAN
1. A forest officer appointed to take care of the king's woods; a forester. 2. A sportsman; a hunter. is a better woodman than thou takest him for. Shak. 3. One who cuts down trees; a woodcutter. Woodman, spare that tree. G. P. Morris. 4. One who - APPOINTER
One who appoints, or executes a power of appointment. Kent. - FORESTAY
A large, strong rope, reaching from the foremast head to the bowsprit, to support the mast. See Illust. under Ship. - FORESTAGE
A duty or tribute payable to the king's foresters. A service paid by foresters to the king. - APPOINTMENT
The exercise of the power of designating (under a "power of appointment") a person to enjoy an estate or other specific property; also, the instrument by which the designation is made. 6. Equipment, furniture, as for a ship or an army; whatever - BETTERMOST
Best. "The bettermost classes." Brougham. - MORRIS-CHAIR
A kind of easy-chair with a back which may be lowered or raised. - APPOINTOR
The person who selects the appointee. See Appointee, 2. - APPOINTIVE
Subject to appointment; as, an appointive office. - APPOINT
To direct, designate, or limit; to make or direct a new disposition of, by virtue of a power contained in a conveyance; -- said of an estate already conveyed. Burrill. Kent. To appoint one's self, to resolve. Crowley. (more info) prepare, - FORESTER
A lepidopterous insect belonging to Alypia and allied genera; as, the eight-spotted forester , which in the larval state is injurious to the grapevine. (more info) 1. One who has charge of the growing timber on an estate; an officer appointed - FORESTALL
To obstruct or stop up, as a way; to stop the passage of on highway; to intercept on the road, as goods on the way to market. To forestall the market, to buy or contract for merchandise or provision on its way to market, with the intention - SPARERIB
A piece of pork, consisting or ribs with little flesh on them. - MORRIS
1. A Moorish dance, usually performed by a single dancer, who accompanies the dance with castanets. 2. A dance formerly common in England, often performed in pagenats, processions, and May games. The dancers, grotesquely dressed and ornamented, - BETTERMENT
An improvement of an estate which renders it better than mere repairing would do; -- generally used in the plural. Bouvier. (more info) 1. A making better; amendment; improvement. W. Montagu. - OFFICER
1. To furnish with officers; to appoint officers over. Marshall. 2. To command as an officer; as, veterans from old regiments officered the recruits. - BETTER
1. Advantage, superiority, or victory; -- usually with of; as, to get the better of an enemy. 2. One who has a claim to precedence; a superior, as in merit, social standing, etc.; -- usually in the plural. Their betters would hardly be - APPOINTABLE
Capable of being appointed or constituted. - TRANSPARENT
transparere to be transparent; L. trans across, through + parere to 1. Having the property of transmitting rays of light, so that bodies can be distinctly seen through; pervious to light; diaphanous; pellucid; as, transparent glass; a transparent - REAPPOINT
To appoint again. - COAFFOREST
To convert into, or add to, a forest. Howell. - PREAPPOINTMENT
Previous appointment. - TRANSPARENCE
The quality or state of being transparent; transparency. - AFFOREST
To convert into a forest; as, to afforest a tract of country. - SPARE
1. To use frugally or stintingly, as that which is scarce or valuable; to retain or keep unused; to save. "No cost would he spare." Chaucer. thy Father's dreadful thunder didst not spare. Milton. He that hath knowledge, spareth his words. Prov. - ABETTER; ABETTOR
One who abets; an instigator of an offense or an offender. Note: The form abettor is the legal term and also in general use. Syn. -- Abettor, Accessory, Accomplice. These words denote different degrees of complicity in some deed or crime. An abettor - REAFFORESTATION
The act or process of converting again into a forest. - TRANSPARENCY
1. The quality or condition of being transparent; transparence. 2. That which is transparent; especially, a picture painted on thin cloth or glass, or impressed on porcelain, or the like, to be viewed by natural or artificial light, which shines