Word Meanings - WAITINGLY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

By waiting.

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• WAITINGLY
  By waiting.
• WAIT-A-BIT
  Any of several plants bearing thorns or stiff hooked appendages, which catch and tear the clothing, as: The greenbrier. Any of various species of hawthorn. In South Africa, one of numerous acacias and mimosas. The grapple plant. The prickly ash.
• WAITING
  a. & n. from Wait, v. In waiting, in attendance; as, lords in waiting. -- Waiting gentlewoman, a woman who waits upon a person of rank. -- Waiting maid, Waiting woman, a maid or woman who waits upon another as a personal servant.
• WAITER
  1. One who, or that which, waits; an attendant; a servant in attendance, esp. at table. The waiters stand in ranks; the yeomen cry, "Make room," as if a duke were passing by. Swift. 2. A vessel or tray on which something is carried, as dishes,
• WAIT
  watch, to wait for, fr. OHG. wahta a guard, watch, G. wacht, from 1. To watch; to observe; to take notice. "But ye wait well and be privy, I wot right well, I am but dead," quoth she. Chaucer. 2. To stay or rest in expectation; to stop or remain
• WAIT--WHILE
  One of the Australian wattle trees , so called from the impenetrability of the thicket which it makes. = Wait-a-bit.
• WAITRESS
  A female waiter or attendant; a waiting maid or waiting woman.
• TWAITE
  A European shad; -- called also twaite shad. See Shad.
• DUMB-WAITER
  A framework on which dishes, food, etc., are passed from one room or story of a house to another; a lift for dishes, etc.; also, a piece of furniture with movable or revolving shelves.
• THWAITE
  The twaite.
• TIDEWAITER
  A customhouse officer who watches the landing of goods from merchant vessels, in order to secure payment of duties. Swift.
• SHAD-WAITER
  A lake whitefish; the roundfish. See Roundfish.
• LANDWAITER
  See A
• COUNTERWAIT
  To wait or watch for; to be on guard against. Chaucer.
• AWAIT
  1. To watch for; to look out for. 2. To wait on, serve, or attend. 3. To wait for; to stay for; to expect. See Expect. Betwixt these rocky pillars Gabriel sat, Chief of the angelic guards, awaiting night. Milton. 4. To be in store for; to be ready