Word Meanings - HANGMANSHIP - Book Publishers vocabulary database
The office or character of a hangman.
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- CHARACTERISTIC
Pertaining to, or serving to constitute, the character; showing the character, or distinctive qualities or traits, of a person or thing; peculiar; distinctive. Characteristic clearness of temper. Macaulay. - CHARACTER
1. A distinctive mark; a letter, figure, or symbol. It were much to be wished that there were throughout the world but one sort of character for each letter to express it to the eye. Holder. 2. Style of writing or printing; handwriting; - OFFICEHOLDER
An officer, particularly one in the civil service; a placeman. - CHARACTERISM
A distinction of character; a characteristic. Bp. Hall. - OFFICE WIRE
Copper wire with a strong but light insulation, used in wiring houses, etc. - HANGMAN
One who hangs another; esp., one who makes a business of hanging; a public executioner; -- sometimes used as a term of reproach, without reference to office. Shak. - CHARACTERIZE
1. To make distinct and recognizable by peculiar marks or traits; to make with distinctive features. European, Asiatic, Chinese, African, and Grecian faces are Characterized. Arbuthot. 2. To engrave or imprint. Sir M. Hale. 3. To indicate the - OFFICER
Specifically, a commissioned officer, in distinction from a warrant officer. Field officer, General officer, etc. See under Field, General. etc. -- Officer of the day , the officer who, on a given day, has charge for that day of the quard, - CHARACTERISTICALLY
In a characteristic manner; in a way that characterizes. - OFFICE
The apartments or outhouses in which the domestics discharge the duties attached to the service of a house, as kitchens, pantries, stables, etc. As for the offices, let them stand at distance. Bacon. (more info) 1. That which a person does, either - CHARACTERIZATION
The act or process of characterizing. - CHARACTERISTICAL
Characteristic. - HANGMANSHIP
The office or character of a hangman. - CHARACTERY
1. The art or means of characterizing; a system of signs or characters; symbolism; distinctive mark. Fairies use flowers for their charactery. Shak. 2. That which is charactered; the meaning. I will construe to thee All the charactery of my sad - CHARACTERLESS
Destitute of any distinguishing quality; without character or force. - POST OFFICE
See POST - BOOKING OFFICE
1. An office where passengers, baggage, etc., are registered for conveyance, as by railway or steamship. 2. An office where passage tickets are sold. - 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. - MISCHARACTERIZE
To characterize falsely or erroneously; to give a wrong character to. They totally mischaracterize the action. Eton. - MENDELIAN CHARACTER
A character which obeys Mendel's law in regard to its hereditary transmission. - UNDERHANGMAN
An assistant or deputy hangman. Shak. - SUBOFFICER
An under or subordinate officer. - UNDEROFFICER
A subordinate officer.