Word Meanings - BERDASH - Book Publishers vocabulary database

,n.A kind of neckcloth. A treatise against the cravat and berdash. Steele.

AGAINSTAND
To withstand.
NECKCLOTH
A piece of any fabric worn around the neck.
AGAINST
1. Abreast; opposite to; facing; towards; as, against the mouth of a river; -- in this sense often preceded by over. Jacob saw the angels of God come against him. Tyndale. 2. From an opposite direction so as to strike or come in contact with; in
CRAVATTED
Wearing a cravat. The young men faultlessly appointed, handsomely cravatted. Thackeray.
BERDASH
,n.A kind of neckcloth. A treatise against the cravat and berdash. Steele.
STEELER
One who points, edges, or covers with steel.
TREATISER
One who writes a treatise.
CRAVAT
A neckcloth; a piece of silk, fine muslin, or other cloth, worn by men about the neck. While his wig was combed and his cravat tied. Macualay. (more info) inhabitant of Croatia, one of a body of Austrian troops, from whom,
TREATISE
1. A written composition on a particular subject, in which its principles are discussed or explained; a tract. Chaucer. He published a treatise in which he maintained that a marriage between a member of the Church of England and a dissenter was
HABERDASHERY
The goods and wares sold by a haberdasher; also , trifles. Burke.
HABERDASHER
trifles, perh. through French. It is possibly akin to E. haversack, and to Icel. taska trunk, chest, pocket, G. tasche pocket, and the 1. A dealer in small wares, as tapes, pins, needles, and thread; also, a hatter. The haberdasher heapeth wealth
HABERDASH
To deal in small wares. To haberdash in earth's base ware. Quarles.