Word Meanings - CROFTER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

One who rents and tills a small farm or helding; as, the crofters of Scotland.

Related words: (words related to CROFTER)

• SMALLISH
  Somewhat small. G. W. Cable.
• HELD
  imp. & p. p. of Hold.
• SMALLCLOTHES
  A man's garment for the hips and thighs; breeches. See Breeches.
• SMALLPOX
  A contagious, constitutional, febrile disease characterized by a peculiar eruption; variola. The cutaneous eruption is at first a collection of papules which become vesicles (first flat, subsequently umbilicated) and then pustules, and finally thick
• SMALL
  sm$l; akin to D. smal narrow, OS. & OHG. smal small, G. schmal narrow, Dan. & Sw. smal, Goth. smals small, Icel. smali smal cattle, sheep, or goats; cf. Gr. 1. Having little size, compared with other things of the same kind; little in quantity
• SMALLAGE
  A biennial umbelliferous plant native of the seacoats of Europe and Asia. When deprived of its acrid and even poisonous properties by cultivation, it becomes celery.
• SMALLY
  In a small quantity or degree; with minuteness. Ascham.
• SMALLNESS
  The quality or state of being small.
• SMALLS
  See 3
• SMALLSWORD
  A light sword used for thrusting only; especially, the sword worn by civilians of rank in the eighteenth century.
• DISMALLY
  In a dismal manner; gloomily; sorrowfully; uncomfortably.
• BEHELD
  imp. & p. p. of Behold.
• STILLSTAND
  A standstill. Shak.
• SHELD
  Variegated; spotted; speckled; piebald.
• SHELDRAKE
  Any one of several species of large Old World ducks of the genus Tadorna and allied genera, especially the European and Asiatic species. , which somewhat resembles a goose in form and habit, but breeds in burrows. Note: It has the head and neck
• ABYSMALLY
  To a fathomless depth; profoundly. "Abysmally ignorant." G. Eliot.
• SHELDAFLE; SHELDAPLE
  A chaffinch.
• STILLSON WRENCH
  A pipe wrench having an adjustable L-shaped jaw piece sliding in a sleeve that is pivoted to, and loosely embraces, the handle. Pressure on the handle increases the grip.
• SHELDFOWL
  The common sheldrake.
• UPHELD
  imp. & p. p. of Uphold.