Word Meanings - CRONE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

carogne, F. charogne, carrion . 1. An old ewe. Tusser. 2. An old woman; -- usually in contempt. But still the crone was constant to her note. Dryden. 3. An old man; especially, a man who talks and acts like an old woman. The old crone lived

Additional info about word: CRONE

carogne, F. charogne, carrion . 1. An old ewe. Tusser. 2. An old woman; -- usually in contempt. But still the crone was constant to her note. Dryden. 3. An old man; especially, a man who talks and acts like an old woman. The old crone lived in a hovel, . . . which his master had given him. W. Irving. A few old battered crones of office. Beaconsfield.

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• STILLY
  Still; quiet; calm. The stilly hour when storms are gone. Moore.
• LIVINGLY
  In a living state. Sir T. Browne.
• LIVELY
  1. Endowed with or manifesting life; living. Chaplets of gold and silver resembling lively flowers and leaves. Holland. 2. Brisk; vivacious; active; as, a lively youth. But wherefore comes old Manoa in such haste, With youthful steps Much livelier
• LIVRAISON
  A part of a book or literary composition printed and delivered by itself; a number; a part.
• LIVINGNESS
  The state or quality of being alive; possession of energy or vigor; animation; quickening.
• LIVED
  Having life; -- used only in composition; as, long-lived; short-lived.
• LIVE
  liven, livien, AS. libban, lifian; akin to OS. libbian, D. leven, G. leben, OHG. lebn, Dan. leve, Sw. lefva, Icel. lifa to live, to be left, to remain, Goth. liban to live; akin to E. leave to forsake, and life, Gr. lip to anoint, smear; -- the
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  The coronet of a horse.
• STILLBIRTH
  The birth of a dead fetus.
• LIVERWORT
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• LIVING PICTURE
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• STILLSTAND
  A standstill. Shak.
• WOMANLY
  Becoming a woman; feminine; as, womanly behavior. Arbuthnot. A blushing, womanly discovering grace. Donne.
• CONTEMPTIBLY
  In a contemptible manner.
• CONTEMPTUOUSLY
  In a contemptuous manner; with scorn or disdain; despitefully. The apostles and most eminent Christians were poor, and used contemptuously. Jer. Taylor.
• STILLING
  A stillion.
• CONSTANTIA
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• CONTEMPTUOUS
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  A low stool to keep the goods from touching the floor. Knight.
• LIVERY
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  Any fact or truth which is decisively attested or intuitively known as a psychological or philosophical datum; as, the deliverance of consciousness. (more info) 1. The act of delivering or freeing from restraint, captivity, peril, and the like;
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  A woman who ascends or flies in an aircraft.
• REDELIVER
  1. To deliver or give back; to return. Ay 2. To deliver or liberate a second time or again. 3. To report; to deliver the answer of. "Shall I redeliver you e'en so" Shak.
• INSTILL
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• PISTILLIFEROUS
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• ENGLISHWOMAN
  Fem. of Englishman. Shak.
• OLIVERIAN
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• DISTILLABLE
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