Word Meanings - HUSBANDLESS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Destitute of a husband. Shak.

HUSBANDABLE
Capable of being husbanded, or managed with economy. Sherwood.
HUSBANDLESS
Destitute of a husband. Shak.
HUSBANDRY
1. Care of domestic affairs; economy; domestic management; thrift. There's husbandry in heaven; Their candles are all out. Shak. 2. The business of a husbandman, comprehending the various branches of agriculture; farming. Husbandry supplieth all
HUSBANDLY
Frugal; thrifty. Tusser.
DESTITUTENESS
Destitution. Ash.
DESTITUTE
1. Forsaken; not having in possession (something necessary, or desirable); deficient; lacking; devoid; -- often followed by of. In thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute. Ps. cxli. 8. Totally destitute of all shadow of influence. Burke.
HUSBANDAGE
The commission or compensation allowed to a ship's husband.
HUSBAND
the house or family, AS. h master of the house; h house + bunda, bonda, householder, husband; prob. fr. Icel. h house master, husband; h house + b dwelling, inhabiting, p.pr. of b to dwell; akin to AS. b, 1. The male head of a household; one who
DESTITUTELY
In destitution.
HUSBANDMAN
1. The master of a family. Chaucer. 2. A farmer; a cultivator or tiller of the ground.