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Word Meanings - QUESTRIST - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A seeker; a pursuer. "Hot questrists after him." Shak.

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  • AFTERCAST
    A throw of dice after the game in ended; hence, anything done too late. Gower.
  • AFTERPAINS
    The pains which succeed childbirth, as in expelling the afterbirth.
  • AFTERSHAFT
    The hypoptilum.
  • AFTERPIECE
    The heel of a rudder. (more info) 1. A piece performed after a play, usually a farce or other small entertainment.
  • AFTER DAMP
    An irrespirable gas, remaining after an explosion of fire damp in mines; choke damp. See Carbonic acid.
  • AFTER-NOTE
    One of the small notes occur on the unaccented parts of the measure, taking their time from the preceding note.
  • AFTERWISE
    Wise after the event; wise or knowing, when it is too late.
  • AFTERINGS
    The last milk drawn in milking; strokings. Grose.
  • AFTER
    To ward the stern of the ship; -- applied to any object in the rear part of a vessel; as the after cabin, after hatchway. Note: It is often combined with its noun; as, after-bowlines, after- braces, after-sails, after-yards, those on the mainmasts
  • AFTER-EATAGE
    Aftergrass.
  • AFTERGUARD
    The seaman or seamen stationed on the poop or after part of the ship, to attend the after-sails. Totten.
  • AFTER-DINNER
    The time just after dinner. "An after-dinner's sleep." Shak. -- a.
  • AFTERGAME
    A second game; hence, a subsequent scheme or expedient. Wotton. Aftergame at Irish, an ancient game very nearly resembling backgammon. Beau. & Fl.
  • AFTERGRASS
    The grass that grows after the first crop has been mown; aftermath.
  • AFTERTASTE
    A taste which remains in the mouth after eating or drinking.
  • AFTERMOST
    Nearest the stern; most aft. (more info) Gothic aftumist and aftuma, the last, orig. a superlative of of, with 1. Hindmost; -- opposed to foremost.
  • AFTERTHOUGHT
    Reflection after an act; later or subsequent thought or expedient.
  • AFTER-GLOW
    A glow of refulgence in the western sky after sunset.
  • AFTERNOON
    The part of the day which follows noon, between noon and evening.
  • AFTER-WIT
    Wisdom or perception that comes after it can be of use. "After- wit comes too late when the mischief is done." L'Estrange.
  • CRAFTER
    a creator of great skill in the manual arts. Syn. -- craftsman.
  • SELF-SEEKER
    One who seeks only his own interest, advantage, or pleasure.
  • THEREAFTER
    1. After that; afterward. 2. According to that; accordingly. I deny not but that it is of greatest concernment in the church and commonwealth to have a vigilant eye how books demean themselves as well as men; and thereafter to confine, imprison,
  • INGRAFTER
    A person who ingrafts.
  • WAFTER
    1. One who, or that which, wafts. O Charon, Thou wafter of the soul to bliss or bane. Beau. & FL. 2. A boat for passage. Ainsworth.
  • HAFTER
    A caviler; a wrangler. Baret.

 

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