Word Meanings - HIRELING - Book Publishers vocabulary database
One who is hired, or who serves for wages; esp., one whose motive and interest in serving another are wholly gainful; a mercenary. "Lewd hirelings." Milton.
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- WHOSESOEVER
The possessive of whosoever. See Whosoever. - SERVING
a & n. from Serve. Serving board , a flat piece of wood used in serving ropes. -- Serving maid, a female servant; a maidservant. -- Serving mallet , a wooden instrument shaped like a mallet, used in serving ropes. -- Serving man, a male servant, - WAGES
A compensation given to a hired person for services; price paid for labor; recompense; hire. See Wage, n., 2. The wages of sin is death. Rom. vi. 23. Wages fund , the aggregate capital existing at any time in any country, which theoretically is - HIRUDINE
Of or pertaining to the leeches. - ANOTHER-GUESS
Of another sort. It used to go in another-guess manner. Arbuthnot. - SERVO-MOTOR
A relay apparatus; specif.: An auxiliary motor, regulated by a hand lever, for quickly and easily moving the reversing gear of a large marine engine into any desired position indicated by that of the hand lever, which controls the valve - SERVILELY
In a servile manner; slavishly. - SERVILENESS
Quality of being servile; servility. - SERVABLE
Capable of being preserved. (more info) 1. Capable of being served. 2. Etym: - SERVITORSHIP
The office, rank, or condition of a servitor. Boswell. - SERVER
1. One who serves. 2. A tray for dishes; a salver. Randolph. - INTERESTED
1. Having the attention engaged; having emotion or passion excited; as, an interested listener. 2. Having an interest; concerned in a cause or in consequences; liable to be affected or prejudiced; as, an interested witness. - SERVIAN
Of or pertaining to Servia, a kingdom of Southern Europe. -- n. - HIRELING
One who is hired, or who serves for wages; esp., one whose motive and interest in serving another are wholly gainful; a mercenary. "Lewd hirelings." Milton. - HIRE
A bailment by which the use of a thing, or the services and labor of a person, are contracted for at a certain price or reward. Story. Syn. -- Wages; salary; stipend; allowance; pay. (more info) 1. The price; reward, or compensation paid, - MERCENARY
1. Acting for reward; serving for pay; paid; hired; hireling; venal; as, mercenary soldiers. 2. Hence: Moved by considerations of pay or profit; greedy of gain; sordid; selfish. Shak. For God forbid I should my papers blot With mercenary lines, - WHOLLY
1. In a whole or complete manner; entirely; completely; perfectly. Nor wholly overcome, nor wholly yield. Dryden. 2. To the exclusion of other things; totally; fully. They employed themselves wholly in domestic life. Addison. - SERVALINE
Related to, or resembling, the serval. - SERVICE
The act of bringing to notice, either actually or constructively, in such manner as is prescribed by law; as, the service of a subpoena or an attachment. (more info) 1. The act of serving; the occupation of a servant; the performance of labor for - INTERESTINGNESS
The condition or quality of being interesting. A. Smith. - SHIRT WAIST
A belted waist resembling a shirt in plainness of cut and style, worn by women or children; -- in England called a blouse. - THIRSTILY
In a thirsty manner. - DISSERVE
To fail to serve; to do injury or mischief to; to damage; to hurt; to harm. Have neither served nor disserved the interests of any party. Jer. Taylor. (more info) Etym: - RESERVE
1. To keep back; to retain; not to deliver, make over, or disclose. "I have reserved to myself nothing." Shak. 2. Hence, to keep in store for future or special use; to withhold from present use for another purpose or time; to keep; to retain. Gen. - SHIRKER
One who shirks. Macaulay. - DISINTERESTING
Uninteresting. "Disinteresting passages." Bp. Warburton. - WHIRLBONE
The huckle bone. The patella, or kneepan. Ainsworth. - DESERVEDNESS
Meritoriousness. - CHIRRUP
To quicken or animate by chirping; to cherup. (more info) Etym: - CHURME; CHIRM
Clamor, or confused noise; buzzing. The churme of a thousand taunts and reproaches. Bacon. - CHIROGYMNAST
A mechanocal contrivance for exercesing the fingers of a pianist. - CONSERVATIONAL
Tending to conserve; preservative. - UNINTERESTED
1. Not interested; not having any interest or property in; having nothing at stake; as, to be uninterested in any business. 2. Not having the mind or the passions engaged; as, uninterested in a discourse or narration. - WHIRLWIND
1. A violent windstorm of limited extent, as the tornado, characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air with an upward current in the center; a vortex of air. It usually has a rapid progressive motion. The swift dark whirlwind that uproots - CHIRETTA
A plant found in Northern India, having medicinal properties to the gentian, and esteemed as a tonic and febrifuge.