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Word Meanings - SHEEPMASTER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A keeper or feeder of sheep; also, an owner of sheep. 2 Kings iii. 4.

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  • OWNER
    One who owns; a rightful proprietor; one who has the legal or rightful title, whether he is the possessor or not. Shak.
  • SHEEP'S-FOOT
    A printer's tool consisting of a metal bar formed into a hammer head at one end and a claw at the other, -- used as a lever and hammer.
  • SHEEP-HEADED
    Silly; simple-minded; stupid. Taylor
  • SHEEPBITER
    One who practices petty thefts. Shak. There are political sheepbiters as well as pastoral; betrayers of public trusts as well as of private. L'Estrange.
  • SHEEPSKIN
    1. The skin of a sheep; or, leather prepared from it. 2. A diploma; -- so called because usually written or printed on parchment prepared from the skin of the sheep.
  • OWNERLESS
    Without an owner.
  • SHEEPSHEAD
    A large and valuable sparoid food fish (Archosargus, or Diplodus, probatocephalus) found on the Atlantic coast of the United States. It often weighs from ten to twelve pounds. Note: The name is also locally, in a loose way, applied to various other
  • SHEEP'S-EYE
    A modest, diffident look; a loving glance; -- commonly in the plural. I saw her just now give him the languishing eye, as they call it; . . . of old called the sheep's-eye. Wycherley.
  • SHEEP-FACED
    Over-bashful; sheepish.
  • KEEPER
    1. One who, or that which, keeps; one who, or that which, holds or has possession of anything. 2. One who retains in custody; one who has the care of a prison and the charge of prisoners. 3. One who has the care, custody, or superintendence of
  • SHEEPSPLIT
    A split of a sheepskin; one of the thin sections made by splitting a sheepskin with a cutting knife or machine.
  • SHEEPHOOK
    A hook fastened to pole, by which shepherds lay hold on the legs or necks of their sheep; a shepherd's crook. Dryden.
  • KINGSHIP
    The state, office, or dignity of a king; royalty. Landor.
  • KINGSTON VALVE
    A conical valve, opening outward, to close the mouth of a pipe which passes through the side of a vessel below the water line.
  • OWNERSHIP
    The state of being an owner; the right to own; exclusive right of possession; legal or just claim or title; proprietorship.
  • SHEEPBITE
    To bite or nibble like a sheep; hence, to practice petty thefts. Shak.
  • KINGSTON; KINGSTONE
    The black angel fish. See Angel fish, under Angel.
  • KEEPERSHIP
    The office or position of a keeper. Carew.
  • KINGSTON METAL
    . An alloy of tin, copper, and mercury, sometimes used for the bearings and packings of machinery. McElrath.
  • SHEEPMASTER
    A keeper or feeder of sheep; also, an owner of sheep. 2 Kings iii. 4.
  • CROWNER
    A coroner. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, crowns. Beau. & FL. 2. Etym:
  • OUTKEEPER
    An attachment to a surveyor's compass for keeping tally in chaining.
  • INNKEEPER
    An innholder.
  • POUNDKEEPER; POUND-KEEPER
    The keeper of a pound.
  • MOCKINGSTOCK
    A butt of sport; an object of derision.
  • UNKINGSHIP
    The quality or condition of being unkinged; abolition of monarchy. Unkingship was proclaimed, and his majesty's statues thrown down. Evelyn.
  • CROWKEEPER
    A person employed to scare off crows; hence, a scarecrow. Scaring the ladies like a crowkeeper. Shak.
  • RENOWNER
    One who gives renown.
  • LANDOWNER
    An owner of land.
  • BOOKKEEPER
    One who keeps accounts; one who has the charge of keeping the books and accounts in an office.
  • SHIPOWNER
    Owner of a ship or ships.

 

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