Word Meanings - APPLE-SQUIRE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
A pimp; a kept gallant. Beau. & Fl.
Related words: (words related to APPLE-SQUIRE)
- GALLANTNESS
The quality of being gallant. - GALLANT
akin to OF. gale amusement, It. gala ornament; of German origin; cf. OHG. geil merry, luxuriant, wanton, G. geil lascivious, akin to AS. g wanton, wicked, OS. g merry, Goth. gailjan to make to rejoice, or 1. Showy; splendid; magnificent; - GALLANTLY
In a polite or courtly manner; like a gallant or wooer. - GALLANTRY
1. Splendor of appearance; ostentatious finery. Guess the gallantry of our church by this . . . when the desk whereon the priest read was inlaid with plates of silver. Fuller. 2. Bravery; intrepidity; as, the troops behaved with great gallantry. - TOPGALLANT
Situated above the topmast and below the royal mast; designatb, or pertaining to, the third spars in order from the deck; as, the topgallant mast, yards, braces, and the like. See Illustration of Ship. 2. Fig.: Highest; elevated; splendid. "The - DISGALLANT
To deprive of gallantry. B. Jonson. - ENGALLANT
To make a gallant of. B. Jonson. - FORE-TOPGALLANT
Designating the mast, sail, yard, etc., above the topmast; as, the fore-topgallant sail. See Sail.