Word Meanings - WALKER - Book Publishers vocabulary database
A forest officer appointed to walk over a certain space for inspection; a forester. 4. Etym: (more info) 1. One who walks; a pedestrian. 2. That with which one walks; a foot. Lame Mulciber, his walkers quite misgrown. Chapman.
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- FORESTICK
Front stick of a hearth fire. - FOREST
A large extent or precinct of country, generally waste and woody, belonging to the sovereign, set apart for the keeping of game for his use, not inclosed, but distinguished by certain limits, and protected by certain laws, courts, and officers of - PEDESTRIANIZE
To practice walking; to travel on foot. - SPACE
One of the intervals, or open places, between the lines of the staff. Absolute space, Euclidian space, etc. See under Absolute, Euclidian, etc. -- Space line , a thin piece of metal used by printers to open the lines of type to a regular distance - APPOINTER
One who appoints, or executes a power of appointment. Kent. - WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town. - FORESTAY
A large, strong rope, reaching from the foremast head to the bowsprit, to support the mast. See Illust. under Ship. - FORESTAGE
A duty or tribute payable to the king's foresters. A service paid by foresters to the king. - APPOINTMENT
The exercise of the power of designating (under a "power of appointment") a person to enjoy an estate or other specific property; also, the instrument by which the designation is made. 6. Equipment, furniture, as for a ship or an army; whatever - APPOINTOR
The person who selects the appointee. See Appointee, 2. - APPOINTIVE
Subject to appointment; as, an appointive office. - APPOINT
To direct, designate, or limit; to make or direct a new disposition of, by virtue of a power contained in a conveyance; -- said of an estate already conveyed. Burrill. Kent. To appoint one's self, to resolve. Crowley. (more info) prepare, - CERTAINTY
Clearness; freedom from ambiguity; lucidity. Of a certainty, certainly. (more info) 1. The quality, state, or condition, of being certain. The certainty of punishment is the truest security against crimes. Fisher Ames. 2. A fact or truth - WHICH
the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who. - FORESTER
A lepidopterous insect belonging to Alypia and allied genera; as, the eight-spotted forester , which in the larval state is injurious to the grapevine. (more info) 1. One who has charge of the growing timber on an estate; an officer appointed - FORESTALL
To obstruct or stop up, as a way; to stop the passage of on highway; to intercept on the road, as goods on the way to market. To forestall the market, to buy or contract for merchandise or provision on its way to market, with the intention - CERTAINNESS
Certainty. - OFFICER
1. To furnish with officers; to appoint officers over. Marshall. 2. To command as an officer; as, veterans from old regiments officered the recruits. - APPOINTABLE
Capable of being appointed or constituted. - PEDESTRIANISM
The act, art, or practice of a pedestrian; walking or running; traveling or racing on foot. - PEDESTRIAN
Going on foot; performed on foot; as, a pedestrian journey. - ASCERTAINMENT
The act of ascertaining; a reducing to certainty; a finding out by investigation; discovery. The positive ascertainment of its limits. Burke. - ASCERTAINABLE
That may be ascertained. -- As`cer*tain"a*ble*ness, n. -- As`cer*tain"a*bly, adv. - SESQUITERTIAL
Sesquitertian. - SESQUITERTIAN; SESQUITERTIANAL
Having the ratio of one and one third to one . - REAPPOINT
To appoint again. - COAFFOREST
To convert into, or add to, a forest. Howell. - MESQUITE BEAN
The pod or seed of the mesquite. - UNCERTAINTY
1. The quality or state of being uncertain. 2. That which is uncertain; something unknown. Our shepherd's case is every man's case that quits a moral certainty for an uncertainty. L'Estrange. - PREAPPOINTMENT
Previous appointment. - AFFOREST
To convert into a forest; as, to afforest a tract of country. - MESQUITE; MESQUIT
A name for two trees of the southwestern part of North America, the honey mesquite, and screw-pod mesquite. Honey mesquite. See Algaroba . -- Screw-pod mesquite, a smaller tree , having spiral pods used as fodder and sometimes as food