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"A wooden pin stuck anciently on the sides of the bedstead, to hold the clothes from slipping on either side." Johnson. Hostess, accommodate us with a bedstaff. B. Jonson. Say there is no virtue in cudgels and bedstaves. Brome.

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  • SIDESADDLE
    A saddle for women, in which the rider sits with both feet on one side of the animal mounted. Sidesaddle flower , a plant with hollow leaves and curiously shaped flowers; -- called also huntsman's cup. See Sarracenia.
  • THEREAGAIN
    In opposition; against one's course. If that him list to stand thereagain. Chaucer.
  • THERETO
    1. To that or this. Chaucer. 2. Besides; moreover. Spenser. Her mouth full small, and thereto soft and red. Chaucer.
  • SLIPPY
    Slippery.
  • BEDSTAFF
    "A wooden pin stuck anciently on the sides of the bedstead, to hold the clothes from slipping on either side." Johnson. Hostess, accommodate us with a bedstaff. B. Jonson. Say there is no virtue in cudgels and bedstaves. Brome.
  • THEREBEFORE; THEREBIFORN
    Before that time; beforehand. Many a winter therebiforn. Chaucer.
  • THEREOUT
    1. Out of that or this. He shall take thereout his handful of the flour. Lev. ii. 2. 2. On the outside; out of doors. Chaucer.
  • SLIPPERILY
    In a slippery manner.
  • THEREUNDER
    Under that or this.
  • CLOTHESLINE
    A rope or wire on which clothes are hung to dry.
  • BROME
    See BROMINE
  • WOODENLY
    Clumsily; stupidly; blockishly. R. North.
  • JOHNSONIANISM
    A manner of acting or of writing peculiar to, or characteristic of, Dr. Johnson.
  • SLIPPER
    A piece, usually a plate, applied to a sliding piece, to receive wear and afford a means of adjustment; -- also called shoe, and gib. Slipper animalcule , a ciliated infusorian of the genus Paramecium. -- Slipper flower. Slipperwort. -- Slipper
  • THEREAFTER
    1. After that; afterward. 2. According to that; accordingly. I deny not but that it is of greatest concernment in the church and commonwealth to have a vigilant eye how books demean themselves as well as men; and thereafter to confine, imprison,
  • JOHNSONESE
    The literary style of Dr. Samuel Johnson, or one formed in imitation of it; an inflated, stilted, or pompous style, affecting classical words. E. Everett.
  • BROME GRASS
    A genus of grasses, one species of which is the chess or cheat.
  • WOODEN
    1. Made or consisting of wood; pertaining to, or resembling, wood; as, a wooden box; a wooden leg; a wooden wedding. 2. Clumsy; awkward; ungainly; stiff; spiritless. When a bold man is out of countenance, he makes a very wooden figure
  • THERE-ANENT
    Concerning that.
  • WOODENNESS
    Quality of being wooden; clumsiness; stupidity; blockishness. We set our faces against the woodenness which then characterized German philology. Sweet.
  • BEDCLOTHES
    Blankets, sheets, coverlets, etc., for a bed. Shak.
  • BESTUCK
    imp. & p. p. Bestick.
  • UNMOTHERED
    Deprived of a mother; motherless.
  • ETHEREALITY
    The state of being ethereal; etherealness. Something of that ethereality of thought and manner which belonged to Wordsworth's earlier lyrics. J. C. Shairp.
  • TAXGATHERER
    One who collects taxes or revenues. -- Tax"gath`er*ing, n.
  • ETHEREALLY
    In an ethereal manner.
  • PINFEATHERED
    Having part, or all, of the feathers imperfectly developed.
  • DINOTHERE; DINOTHERIUM
    A large extinct proboscidean mammal from the miocene beds of Europe and Asia. It is remarkable fora pair of tusks directed downward from the decurved apex of the lower jaw.
  • ETHEREAL
    Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, ether; as, ethereal salts. Ethereal oil. See Essential oil, under Essential. -- Ethereal oil of wine , a heavy, yellow, oily liquid consisting essentially of etherin, etherol, and ethyl sulphate. It

 

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