Word Meanings - STILLION - Book Publishers vocabulary database
A stand, as for casks or vats in a brewery, or for pottery while drying.
Related words: (words related to STILLION)
- WHILES
1. Meanwhile; meantime. The good knight whiles humming to himself the lay of some majored troubadour. Sir. W. Scott. 2. sometimes; at times. Sir W. Scott. The whiles. See under While, n. - DRY-RUB
To rub and cleanse without wetting. Dodsley. - STAND
1. The act of standing. I took my stand upon an eminence . . . to look into thier several ladings. Spectator. 2. A halt or stop for the purpose of defense, resistance, or opposition; as, to come to, or to make, a stand. Vice is at stand, and at - WHILERE
A little while ago; recently; just now; erewhile. Helpeth me now as I did you whilere. Chaucer. He who, with all heaven's heraldry, whilere Entered the world. Milton. - 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 - DRY GOODS
A commercial name for textile fabrics, cottons, woolens, linen, silks, laces, etc., -- in distinction from groceries. - DRY-FISTED
Niggardly. - DRYSALTER
A dealer in salted or dried meats, pickles, sauces, etc., and in the materials used in pickling, salting, and preserving various kinds of food Hence drysalters usually sell a number of saline substances and miscellaneous drugs. Brande & C. - DRY-BEAT
To beat severely. Shak. - DRYAD
A wood nymph; a nymph whose life was bound up with that of her tree. - STANDAGE
A reservior in which water accumulates at the bottom of a mine. - DRY-BONED
Having dry bones, or bones without flesh. - DRYSALTERY
The articles kept by a drysalter; also, the business of a drysalter. - STANDER-BY
One who stands near; one who is present; a bystander. - DRYOBALANOPS
The genus to which belongs the single species D. Camphora, a lofty resinous tree of Borneo and Sumatra, yielding Borneo camphor and camphor oil. - STANDERGRASS
A plant ; -- called also standerwort, and long purple. See Long purple, under Long. - DRY-STONE
Constructed of uncemented stone. "Dry-stone walls." Sir W. Scott. - DRYER
See TEMPLE - DRYNURSE
To feed, attend, and bring up without the breast. Hudibras. - WHILE
wigl, G. weile, OHG. wila, hwila, hwil, Icel. hvila a bed, hvild rest, Sw. hvila, Dan. hvile, Goth. hweila a time, and probably to L. 1. Space of time, or continued duration, esp. when short; a time; as, one while we thought him innocent. "All - 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. - SUNDRY
1. Several; divers; more than one or two; various. "Sundry wines." Chaucer. "Sundry weighty reasons." Shak. With many a sound of sundry melody. Chaucer. Sundry foes the rural realm surround. Dryden. 2. Separate; diverse. Every church almost had - AGAINSTAND
To withstand. - POLYANDRY
The possession by a woman of more than one husband at the same time; -- contrasted with Ant: monandry. Note: In law, this falls under the head of polygamy. - SMOULDRY
See SMOLDRY - ERSTWHILE
Till then or now; heretofore; formerly. - 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. - 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, - STILLSTAND
A standstill. Shak. - HAMADRYAD
A tree nymph whose life ended with that of the particular tree, usually an oak, which had been her abode. - RIBAUDRY
Ribaldry. Spenser. - 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.