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Word Meanings - FINALLY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. At the end or conclusion; ultimately; lastly; as, the contest was long, but the Romans finally conquered. Whom patience finally must crown. Milton. 2. Completely; beyond recovery. Not any house of noble English in Ireland was utterly destroyed

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1. At the end or conclusion; ultimately; lastly; as, the contest was long, but the Romans finally conquered. Whom patience finally must crown. Milton. 2. Completely; beyond recovery. Not any house of noble English in Ireland was utterly destroyed or finally rooted out. Sir J. Davies.

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  • CROWN SIDE
    See OFFICE
  • CROWNED
    1. Having or wearing a crown; surmounted, invested, or adorned, with a crown, wreath, garland, etc.; honored; rewarded; completed; consummated; perfected. "Crowned with one crest." Shak. "Crowned with conquest." Milton. With surpassing
  • CROWNER
    A coroner. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, crowns. Beau. & FL. 2. Etym:
  • ENGLISHWOMAN
    Fem. of Englishman. Shak.
  • DESTROYABLE
    Destructible. Plants . . . scarcely destroyable by the weather. Derham.
  • CROWNLAND
    In Austria-Hungary, one of the provinces, or largest administrative divisions of the monarchy; as, the crownland of Lower Austria.
  • UTTERLY
    In an utter manner; to the full extent; fully; totally; as, utterly ruined; it is utterly vain.
  • NOBLEWOMAN
    A female of noble rank; a peeress.
  • CONQUEROR
    One who conquers. The Conqueror . William the Norman who invaded England, defeated Harold in the battle of Hastings, and was crowned king, in 1066.
  • CROWN OFFICE
    The criminal branch of the Court of King's or Queen's Bench, commonly called the crown side of the court, which takes cognizance of all criminal cases. Burrill.
  • HOUSEWIFE
    A little case or bag for materials used in sewing, and for 3. A hussy. Shak. Sailor's housewife, a ditty-bag. (more info) 1. The wife of a householder; the mistress of a family; the female head of a household. Shak. He a good husband, a good
  • CONTESTABLE
    Capable of being contested; debatable.
  • HOUSEWARMING
    A feast or merry-making made by or for a family or business firm on taking possession of a new house or premises. Johnson.
  • NOBLE
    nobilis that can be or is known, well known, famous, highborn, noble, 1. Possessing eminence, elevation, dignity, etc.; above whatever is low, mean, degrading, or dishonorable; magnanimous; as, a noble nature or action; a noble heart. Statues,
  • CROWN-SAW
    A saw in the form of a hollow cylinder, with teeth on the end or edge, and operated by a rotative motion. Note: The trephine was the first of the class of crownsaws. Knight.
  • HOUSEBOTE
    Wood allowed to a tenant for repairing the house and for fuel. This latter is often called firebote. See Bote.
  • CROWNLESS
    Without a crown.
  • HOUSEROOM
    Room or place in a house; as, to give any one houseroom.
  • CONTESTATION
    1. The act of contesting; emulation; rivalry; strife; dispute. "Loverlike contestation." Milton. After years spent in domestic, unsociable contestations, she found means to withdraw. Clarendon. 2. Proof by witness; attestation; testimony. A solemn
  • BEYOND
    1. On the further side of; in the same direction as, and further on or away than. Beyond that flaming hill. G. Fletcher. 2. At a place or time not yet reached; before. A thing beyond us, even before our death. Pope. 3. Past, out of the reach or
  • PACKHOUSE
    Warehouse for storing goods.
  • WAREHOUSE
    A storehouse for wares, or goods. Addison.
  • POSTHOUSE
    1. A house established for the convenience of the post, where relays of horses can be obtained. 2. A house for distributing the malls; a post office.
  • HENHOUSE
    A house or shelter for fowls.
  • MISCONCLUSION
    An erroneous inference or conclusion. Bp. Hall.
  • SLAUGHTERHOUSE
    A house where beasts are butchered for the market.
  • TRUGGING-HOUSE
    A brothel. Robert Greene.
  • FULL HOUSE
    A hand containing three of a kind and a pair, as three kings and two tens. It ranks above a flush and below four of a kind.
  • WATCHHOUSE
    1. A house in which a watch or guard is placed. 2. A place where persons under temporary arrest by the police of a city are kept; a police station; a lockup.
  • TIRING-HOUSE
    A tiring-room. Shak.
  • SELF-DESTROYER
    One who destroys himself; a suicide.
  • GREENHOUSE
    A house in which tender plants are cultivated and sheltered from the weather.
  • HOTHOUSE
    A heated room for drying green ware. (more info) 1. A house kept warm to shelter tender plants and shrubs from the cold air; a place in which the plants of warmer climates may be reared, and fruits ripened. 2. A bagnio, or bathing house. Shak.
  • BEADHOUSE; BEDEHOUSE
    An almshouse for poor people who pray daily for their benefactors.
  • WASHHOUSE
    An outbuilding for washing, esp. one for washing clothes; a laundry.

 

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