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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.

 

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