Word Meanings - COLSTAFF - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A staff by means of which a burden is borne by two persons on their shoulders.

Related words: (words related to COLSTAFF)

• STAFFISH
  Stiff; harsh. Ascham.
• BORNE
  Carried; conveyed; supported; defrayed. See Bear, v. t.
• BURDENER
  One who loads; a oppressor.
• STAFFIER
  An attendant bearing a staff. "Staffiers on foot." Hudibras.
• 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.
• 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.
• BURDENOUS
  Burdensome. "Burdenous taxations." Shak.
• STAFF
  The five lines and the spaces on which music is written; -- formerly called stave. (more info) stab, Icel. stafr, Sw. staf, Dan. stav, Goth. stabs element, rudiment, Skr. sthapay to cause to stand, to place. See Stand, and 1. A long piece of wood;
• BURDENSOME
  Grievous to be borne; causing uneasiness or fatigue; oppressive. The debt immense of endless gratitude So burdensome. Milton. Syn. -- Heavy; weighty; cumbersome; onerous; grievous; oppressive; troublesome. -- Bur"den*some*ly, adv. -- Bur"den*some*ness,
• BURDEN
  The tops or heads of stream-work which lie over the stream of tin. (more info) birthen, birden, AS. byredhen; akin to Icel. byredhi, Dan. byrde, Sw. börda, G. bürde, OHG. burdi, Goth. baúr, fr. the root of E. bear, AS. 1. That which is borne
• STAFFMAN
  A workman employed in silk throwing.
• BORNEOL
  A rare variety of camphor, C10H17.OH, resembling ordinary camphor, from which it can be produced by reduction. It is said to occur in the camphor tree of Borneo and Sumatra (Dryobalanops camphora), but the natural borneol is rarely found in European
• THEIR
  The possessive case of the personal pronoun they; as, their houses; their country. Note: The possessive takes the form theirs (theirs is best cultivated. Nothing but the name of zeal appears 'Twixt our best actions and the worst of theirs. Denham.
• 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.
• GIBSTAFF
  1. A staff to guage water, or to push a boat. 2. A staff formerly used in fighting beasts on the stage. Bailey.
• CROSS-STAFF
  1. An instrument formerly used at sea for taking the altitudes of celestial bodies. 2. A surveyor's instrument for measuring offsets.
• OVERBURDEN
  To load with too great weight or too much care, etc. Sir P. Sidney.
• FORBORNE
  p. p. of Forbear.
• UNBURDEN
  1. To relieve from a burden. 2. To throw off, as a burden; to unload.
• WRINGSTAFF
  A strong piece of plank used in applying wringbolts.
• SUBORNER
  One who suborns or procures another to take, a false oath; one who procures another to do a bad action.
• FLAGSTAFF
  A staff on which a flag is hoisted.
• PIKESTAFF
  1. The staff, or shaft, of a pike. 2. A staff with a spike in the lower end, to guard against slipping. Sir W. Scott.
• SHARD-BORNE
  Borne on shards or scaly wing cases. "The shard-borne beetle." Shak.
• WHIPSTAFF
  A bar attached to the tiller, for convenience in steering.