Word Meanings - DOTTEREL - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Decayed. "Some old dotterel trees." Ascham.
Related words: (words related to DOTTEREL)
- DOTTEREL
Decayed. "Some old dotterel trees." Ascham. - DECAYER
A causer of decay. - DECAY
To pass gradually from a sound, prosperous, or perfect state, to one of imperfection, adversity, or dissolution; to waste away; to decline; to fail; to become weak, corrupt, or disintegrated; to rot; to perish; as, a tree decays; fortunes decay; - ASCHAM
A sort of cupboard, or case, to contain bows and other implements of archery. - DECAYED
Fallen, as to physical or social condition; affected with decay; rotten; as, decayed vegetation or vegetables; a decayed fortune or gentleman. -- De*cay"ed*ness, n. - PREDECAY
Premature decay. - SEA DOTTEREL
The turnstone. - CROSSTREES
Pieces of timber at a masthead, to which are attached the upper shrouds. At the head of lower masts in large vessels, they support a semicircular platform called the "top."