Word Meanings - RIPTOWEL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A gratuity given to tenants after they had reaped their lord's corn.

Related words: (words related to RIPTOWEL)

• REAP
  A bundle of grain; a handful of grain laid down by the reaper as it is cut. Wright.
• AFTERCAST
  A throw of dice after the game in ended; hence, anything done too late. Gower.
• REAPPLICATION
  The act of reapplying, or the state of being reapplied.
• AFTERPAINS
  The pains which succeed childbirth, as in expelling the afterbirth.
• REAPPORTIONMENT
  A second or a new apportionment.
• REAPPOINT
  To appoint again.
• 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.
• REAPPEARANCE
  A second or new appearance; the act or state of appearing again.
• 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.
• REAPPROACH
  To approach again or anew.
• 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
• GRATUITY
  1. Something given freely or without recompense; a free gift; a present. Swift. 2. Something voluntarily given in return for a favor or service, as a recompense or acknowledgment.
• REAPPLY
  To apply again.
• 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.
• PREAPPREHENSION
  An apprehension or opinion formed before examination or knowledge. Sir T. Browne.
• CRAFTER
  a creator of great skill in the manual arts. Syn. -- craftsman.
• PREAPPOINTMENT
  Previous appointment.
• 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.