Word Meanings - SERENENESS - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Serenity. Feltham.
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- WANDERMENT
The act of wandering, or roaming. Bp. Hall. - COMPOSURE
1. The act of composing, or that which is composed; a composition. Signor Pietro, who had an admirable way both of composure and teaching. Evelyn. 2. Orderly adjustment; disposition. Various composures and combinations of these corpuscles. - STANDARD
The proportion of weights of fine metal and alloy established by authority. By the present standard of the coinage, sixty-two shillings is coined out of one pound weight of silver. Arbuthnot. (more info) extendere to spread out, extend, - STANDPOINT
A fixed point or station; a basis or fundamental principle; a position from which objects or principles are viewed, and according to which they are compared and judged. - STANDPIPE
A vertical pipe, open at the top, between a hydrant and a reservoir, to equalize the flow of water; also, a large vertical pipe, near a pumping engine, into which water is forced up, so as to give it sufficient head to rise to the required level - WANDEROO
A large monkey native of Malabar. It is black, or nearly so, but has a long white or gray beard encircling the face. Called also maha, silenus, neelbhunder, lion-tailed baboon, and great wanderoo. Note: The name is sometimes applied also to other - FLUTTER
1. To vibrate or move quickly; as, a bird flutters its wings. 2. To drive in disorder; to throw into confusion. Like an eagle in a dovecote, I Fluttered your Volscians in Corioli. Shak. - TRANSFEREE
The person to whom a transfer in made. - WANDERINGLY
In a wandering manner. - STANDAGE
A reservior in which water accumulates at the bottom of a mine. - SELF-POSSESSION
The possession of one's powers; calmness; self-command; presence of mind; composure. - TRANSFEROGRAPHY
The act or process of copying inscriptions, or the like, by making transfers. - REMOVER
One who removes; as, a remover of landmarks. Bacon. - TRANSFERRIBLE
Capable of being transferred; transferable. - STANDER-BY
One who stands near; one who is present; a bystander. - STANDERGRASS
A plant ; -- called also standerwort, and long purple. See Long purple, under Long. - STAND
OS. standan, stan, G. stehen, Icel. standa, Dan. staae, Sw. stå, Goth. standan, Russ. stoiate, L. stare, Gr. stha. *163. Cf. Assist, Constant, Contrast, Desist, Destine, Ecstasy, Exist, Interstice, Obstacle, Obstinate, Prest, n., Rest remainder, - REMOVED
1. Changed in place. 2. Dismissed from office. 3. Distant in location; remote. "Something finer than you could purchase in so removed a dwelling." Shak. 4. Distant by degrees in relationship; as, a cousin once removed. -- Re*mov"ed*ness (r, n. - STANDISH
A stand, or case, for pen and ink. I bequeath to Dean Swift, Esq., my large silver standish. Swift. - REPOSE
1. To cause to stop or to rest after motion; hence, to deposit; to lay down; to lodge; to reposit. But these thy fortunes let us straight repose In this divine cave's bosom. Chapman. Pebbles reposed in those cliffs amongst the earth . . . are left - BYSTANDER
One who stands near; a spectator; one who has no concern with the business transacting. He addressed the bystanders and scattered pamphlets among them. Palfrey. Syn. -- Looker on; spectator; beholder; observer. - FORWANDER
To wander away; to go astray; to wander far and to weariness. - AGAINSTAND
To withstand. - UNDERSTANDINGLY
In an understanding manner; intelligibly; with full knowledge or comprehension; intelligently; as, to vote upon a question understandingly; to act or judge understandingly. The gospel may be neglected, but in can not be understandingly disbelieved. - STILLSTAND
A standstill. Shak. - BOOKSTAND
1. A place or stand for the sale of books in the streets; a bookstall. 2. A stand to hold books for reading or reference. - WASHSTAND
A piece of furniture holding the ewer or pitcher, basin, and other requisites for washing the person. - PREPOSE
To place or set before; to prefix. Fuller. - UNCIRCUMSTANDTIAL
1. Not circumstantial; not entering into minute particulars. 2. Not important; not pertinent; trivial. - HATSTAND
A stand of wood or iron, with hooks or pegs upon which to hang hats, etc. - UNDERSTAND
understanden, AS. understandan, literally, to stand under; cf. AS. forstandan to understand, G. verstehen. The development of sense is 1. To have just and adequate ideas of; to apprehended the meaning or intention of; to have knowledge