Word Meanings - SHEEPMASTER - Book Publishers vocabulary database
A keeper or feeder of sheep; also, an owner of sheep. 2 Kings iii. 4.
Related words: (words related to SHEEPMASTER)
- 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.