Word Meanings - PILFERY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Petty theft. Sir T. North.

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• NORTHERNMOST
  Farthest north.
• NORTHERN
  1. Of or pertaining to the north; being in the north, or nearer to that point than to the east or west. 2. In a direction toward the north; as, to steer a northern course; coming from the north; as, a northern wind. Northern diver. See Loon. --
• NORTHMAN
  One of the inhabitants of the north of Europe; esp., one of the ancient Scandinavians; a Norseman.
• NORTHMOST
  Lying farthest north; northernmost. Northmost part of the coast of Mozambique. De Foe.
• NORTHEAST
  Of or pertaining to the northeast; proceeding toward the northeast, or coming from that point; as, a northeast course; a northeast wind. Northeast passage, a passage or communication by sea between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans along the north
• NORTHWESTWARD; NORTHWESTWARDLY
  Toward the northwest.
• NORTH STAR STATE
  Minnesota; -- a nickname.
• NORTHWESTERN
  Of, pertaining to, or being in, the northwest; in a direction toward the northwest; coming from the northwest; northwesterly; as, a northwestern course.
• NORTHERLINESS
  The quality or state of being northerly; direction toward the north.
• PETTYWHIN
  The needle furze. See under Needle.
• NORTHEASTERN
  Of or pertaining to the northeast; northeasterly.
• NORTHUMBRIAN
  Of or pertaining to Northumberland in England. -- n.
• NORTHERNER
  1. One born or living in the north. 2. A native or inhabitant of the Northern States; -- contradistinguished from Ant: Southerner.
• NORTHEASTERLY
  Pertaining to the northeast; toward the northeast, or coming from the northeast.
• NORTHER
  A wind from the north; esp., a strong and cold north wind in Texas and the vicinity of the Gulf of Mexico.
• NORTHEASTER
  A storm, strong wind, or gale, coming from the northeast.
• NORTHWARD
  Toward the north; nearer to the north than to the east or west point.
• NORTHWARDLY
  Having a northern direction.
• NORTHERNLY
  Northerly. Hakewill.
• PETTY
  Little; trifling; inconsiderable; also, inferior; subordinate; as, a petty fault; a petty prince. Denham. Like a petty god I walked about, admired of all. Milton. Petty averages. See under Average. -- Petty cash, money expended or received in small
• ANORTHIC
  Having unequal oblique axes; as, anorthic crystals.
• EPANORTHOSIS
  A figure by which a speaker recalls a word or words, in order to substitute something else stronger or more significant; as, Most brave! Brave, did I say most heroic act!
• ANORTHOSCOPE
  An optical toy for producing amusing figures or pictures by means of two revolving disks, on one of which distorted figures are painted.
• ANORTHOCLASE
  A feldspar closely related to orthoclase, but triclinic. It is chiefly a silicate of sodium, potassium, and aluminium. Sp. gr., 2.57