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Word Meanings - CARPETWAY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A border of greensward left round the margin of a plowed field. Ray.

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  • FIELD
    The whole surface of an escutcheon; also, so much of it is shown unconcealed by the different bearings upon it. See Illust. of Fess, where the field is represented as gules , while the fess is argent . 6. An unresticted or favorable opportunity
  • MARGINALIA
    Marginal notes.
  • ROUNDWORM
    A nematoid worm.
  • FIELDING
    The act of playing as a fielder.
  • ROUNDISH
    Somewhat round; as, a roundish seed; a roundish figure. -- Round"ish*ness, n.
  • ROUNDABOUTNESS
    The quality of being roundabout; circuitousness.
  • MARGINALLY
    In the margin of a book.
  • PLOWFOOT; PLOUGHFOOT
    An adjustable staff formerly attached to the plow beam to determine the depth of the furrow. Piers Plowman.
  • ROUNDFISH
    Any ordinary market fish, exclusive of flounders, sole, halibut, and other flatfishes. A lake whitefish , less compressed than the common species. It is very abundant in British America and Alaska.
  • ROUND-UP
    The act of collecting or gathering together scattered cattle by riding around them and driving them in.
  • MARGINAL
    1. Of or pertaining to a margin. 2. Written or printed in the margin; as, a marginal note or gloss.
  • FIELDY
    Open, like a field. Wyclif.
  • PLOWGATE; PLOUGHGATE
    The Scotch equivalent of the English word plowland. Not having one plowgate of land. Sir W. Scott.
  • ROUNDSMAN
    A patrolman; also, a policeman who acts as an inspector over the rounds of the patrolmen.
  • MARGINATED
    See A
  • PLOWTAIL; PLOUGHTAIL
    The hind part or handle of a plow.
  • FIELDPIECE
    A cannon mounted on wheels, for the use of a marching army; a piece of field artillery; -- called also field gun.
  • ROUNDHEADED
    Having a round head or top.
  • PLOWLAND; PLOUGLAND
    the quantity of land allotted for the work of one plow; a hide. (more info) 1. Land that is plowed, or suitable for tillage.
  • ROUNDHEAD
    A nickname for a Puritan. See Roundheads, the, in the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction. Toone.
  • MISGROUND
    To found erroneously. "Misgrounded conceit." Bp. Hall.
  • SNOWPLOW; SNOWPLOUGH
    An implement operating like a plow, but on a larger scale, for clearing away the snow from roads, railways, etc.
  • HOMEFIELD
    Afield adjacent to its owner's home. Hawthorne.
  • TRENCH-PLOW; TRENCH-PLOUGH
    To plow with deep furrows, for the purpose of loosening the land to a greater depth than usual.
  • UNDERGROUND INSURANCE
    Wildcat insurance.
  • GROUNDWORK
    That which forms the foundation or support of anything; the basis; the essential or fundamental part; first principle. Dryden.
  • PLAYGROUND
    A piece of ground used for recreation; as, the playground of a school.
  • IMBORDER
    To furnish or inclose with a border; to form a border of. Milton.
  • GROUNDEN
    p. p. of Grind. Chaucer.
  • INFIELD
    To inclose, as a field.

 

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