Word Meanings - TALLOWISH - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Having the qualities of tallow.
Related words: (words related to TALLOWISH)
- HAVENED
Sheltered in a haven. Blissful havened both from joy and pain. Keats. - HAVENER
A harbor master. - TALLOW-FACED
Having a sickly complexion; pale. Burton. - TALLOWY
Of the nature of tallow; resembling tallow; greasy. - HAVELOCK
A light cloth covering for the head and neck, used by soldiers as a protection from sunstroke. - HAVE
haven, habben, AS. habben ; akin to OS. hebbian, D. hebben, OFries, hebba, OHG. hab, G. haben, Icel. hafa, Sw. hafva, Dan. have, Goth. haban, and prob. to L. habere, whence F. 1. To hold in possession or control; to own; as, he has a farm. 2. - HAVENAGE
Harbor dues; port dues. - TALLOWISH
Having the qualities of tallow. - HAVEN
habe, Dan. havn, Icel. höfn, Sw. hamn; akin to E. have, and hence orig., a holder; or to heave ; or akin to AS. hæf sea, 1. A bay, recess, or inlet of the sea, or the mouth of a river, which affords anchorage and shelter for shipping; a harbor; - HAVANA
Of or pertaining to Havana, the capital of the island of Cuba; as, an Havana cigar; -- formerly sometimes written Havannah. -- n. - HAVERSIAN
Pertaining to, or discovered by, Clopton Havers, an English physician of the seventeenth century. Haversian canals , the small canals through which the blood vessels ramify in bone. - HAVING
Possession; goods; estate. I 'll lend you something; my having is not much. Shak. - HAVIOR
Behavior; demeanor. Shak. (more info) having, of same origin as E. aver a work horse. The h is due to - TALLOW-FACE
One who has a sickly, pale complexion. Shak. - HAVOC
Wide and general destruction; devastation; waste. As for Saul, he made havoc of the church. Acts viii. 3. Ye gods, what havoc does ambition make Among your works! Addison. (more info) fr. E. havoc, cf. OE. havot, or AS. hafoc hawk, which is a cruel - TALLOW
Dan. and Sw. talg, Icel. tolgr, tolg, tolk; and perhaps to Goth. 1. The suet or fat of animals of the sheep and ox kinds, separated from membranous and fibrous matter by melting. Note: The solid consistency of tallow is due to the large amount - HAVER
A possessor; a holder. Shak. - HAVILDAR
In the British Indian armies, a noncommissioned officer of native soldiers, corresponding to a sergeant. Havildar major, a native sergeant major in the East Indian army. - TALLOWER
An animal which produces tallow. - HAVELESS
Having little or nothing. Gower. - MISBEHAVE
To behave ill; to conduct one's self improperly; -- often used with a reciprocal pronoun. - INSHAVE
A plane for shaving or dressing the concave or inside faces of barrel staves. - DRAWSHAVE
See KNIFE - MISBEHAVIOR
Improper, rude, or uncivil behavior; ill conduct. Addison. - SHAVING
1. The act of one who, or that which, shaves; specifically, the act of cutting off the beard with a razor. 2. That which is shaved off; a thin slice or strip pared off with a shave, a knife, a plane, or other cutting instrument. "Shaving - BEHAVIOR
Manner of behaving, whether good or bad; mode of conducting one's self; conduct; deportment; carriage; -- used also of inanimate objects; as, the behavior of a ship in a storm; the behavior of the magnetic needle. A gentleman that is very singular - SHAVER
A tool or machine for shaving. A note shaver, a person who buys (more info) 1. One who shaves; one whose occupation is to shave. 2. One who is close in bargains; a sharper. Swift. 3. One who fleeces; a pillager; a plunderer. By these shavers the