Word Meanings - CASEMENT - Book Publishers vocabulary database
A window sash opening on hinges affixed to the upright side of the frame into which it is fitted. A window. A casement of the great chamber window. Shak.
Related words: (words related to CASEMENT)
- CHAMBERING
Lewdness. Rom. xiii. 13. - OPENNESS
The quality or state of being open. - CASEMENTED
Having a casement or casements. - AFFIX
figere to fasten: cf. OE. affichen, F. afficher, ultimately fr. L. 1. To subjoin, annex, or add at the close or end; to append to; to fix to any part of; as, to affix a syllable to a word; to affix a seal to an instrument; to affix one's name to - AFFIXION
Affixture. T. Adams. - GREAT-HEARTED
1. High-spirited; fearless. Clarendon. 2. Generous; magnanimous; noble. - GREAT-GRANDFATHER
The father of one's grandfather or grandmother. - CHAMBERER
1. One who attends in a chamber; a chambermaid. Chaucer. 2. A civilian; a carpetmonger. - UPRIGHTNESS
the quality or state of being upright. - CHAMBERED
Having a chamber or chambers; as, a chambered shell; a chambered gun. - OPEN SEA
A sea open to all nations. See Mare clausum. - GREAT-GRANDSON
A son of one's grandson or granddaughter. - GREAT-HEARTEDNESS
The quality of being greathearted; high-mindedness; magnanimity. - WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town. - CASEMENT
A window sash opening on hinges affixed to the upright side of the frame into which it is fitted. A window. A casement of the great chamber window. Shak. - GREAT-GRANDMOTHER
The mother of one's grandfather or grandmother. - OPEN
1. Free of access; not shut up; not closed; affording unobstructed ingress or egress; not impeding or preventing passage; not locked up or covered over; -- applied to passageways; as, an open door, window, road, etc.; also, to inclosed structures - CHAMBERMAID
1. A maidservant who has the care of chambers, making the beds, sweeping, cleaning the rooms, etc. 2. A lady's maid. Johnson. - OPEN-MOUTHED
Having the mouth open; gaping; hence, greedy; clamorous. L'Estrange. - WHICH
the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who. - UNFRAME
To take apart, or destroy the frame of. Dryden. - PROPENE
See PROPYLENE - INGREAT
To make great; to enlarge; to magnify. Fotherby. - STAR-CHAMBER
An ancient high court exercising jurisdiction in certain cases, mainly criminal, which sat without the intervention of a jury. It consisted of the king's council, or of the privy council only with the addition of certain judges. It could proceed - INCASEMENT
1. The act or process of inclosing with a case, or the state of being incased. 2. That which forms a case, covering, or inclosure. - PROPENSE
Leaning toward, in a moral sense; inclined; disposed; prone; as, women propense to holiness. Hooker. -- Pro*pense"ly, adv. -- Pro*pense"ness, n. - INCHAMBER
To lodge in a chamber. Sherwood. - DORMER; DORMER WINDOW
A window pierced in a roof, and so set as to be vertical while the roof slopes away from it. Also, the gablet, or houselike structure, in which it is contained.