Word Meanings - CAROLIN - Book Publishers vocabulary database
A former gold coin of Germany worth nearly five dollars; also, a gold coin of Sweden worth nearly five dollars.
Related words: (words related to CAROLIN)
- FORMERLY
In time past, either in time immediately preceding or at any indefinite distance; of old; heretofore. - WORTH
1. That quality of a thing which renders it valuable or useful; sum of valuable qualities which render anything useful and sought; value; hence, often, value as expressed in a standard, as money; equivalent in exchange; price. What 's worth in - WORTHWHILE
Worth the time or effort spent. See worth while. worthy. -- worthwhileness. - WORTHINESS
The quality or state of being worthy; desert; merit; excellence; dignity; virtue; worth. Who is sure he hath a soul, unless It see, and judge, and follow worthiness Donne. She is not worthy to be loved that hath not some feeling of her - WORTHFUL
Full of worth; worthy; deserving. Marston. - WORTHY
A man of eminent worth or value; one distinguished for useful and estimable qualities; a person of conspicuous desert; -- much used in the plural; as, the worthies of the church; political worthies; military worthies. The blood of ancient worthies - NEARLY
In a near manner; not remotely; closely; intimately; almost. - WORTHILY
In a worthy manner; excellently; deservedly; according to merit; justly; suitably; becomingly. You worthily succeed not only to the honors of your ancestors, but also to their virtues. Dryden. Some may very worthily deserve to be hated. South. - FORMER
1. One who forms; a maker; a creator. A shape around which an article is to be shaped, molded, woven wrapped, pasted, or otherwise constructed. A templet, pattern, or gauge by which an article is shaped. A cutting die. - WORTHLESS
Destitute of worth; having no value, virtue, excellence, dignity, or the like; undeserving; valueless; useless; vile; mean; as, a worthless garment; a worthless ship; a worthless man or woman; a worthless magistrate. 'T is a worthless world to win - SWEDENBORGIAN
One who holds the doctrines of the New Jerusalem church, as taught by Emanuel Swedenborg, a Swedish philosopher and religious writer, who was born a. d. 1688 and died 1772. Swedenborg claimed to have intercourse with the spiritual world, through - FORMERET
One of the half ribs against the walls in a ceiling vaulted with ribs. - SWEDENBORGIANISM
The doctrines of the Swedenborgians. - DEFORMER
One who deforms. - PRAISEWORTHINESS
The quality or state of being praiseworthy. - PETWORTH MARBLE
A kind of shell marble occurring in the Wealden clay at Petworth, in Sussex, England; -- called also Sussex marble. - MISINFORMER
One who gives or incorrect information. - INFORMER
One who informs a magistrate of violations of law; one who informs against another for violation of some law or penal statute. Common informer , one who habitually gives information of the violation of penal statutes, with a view to a prosecution - PENNYWORTH
1. A penny's worth; as much as may be bought for a penny. "A dear pennyworth." Evelyn. 2. Hence: The full value of one's penny expended; due return for money laid out; a good bargain; a bargain. The priests sold the better pennyworths. Locke. 3. - LAUGHWORTHY
Deserving to be laughed at. B. Jonson. - SEAWORTHINESS
The state or quality of being seaworthy, or able to resist the ordinary violence of wind and weather. Kent. - DEARWORTH
Precious. Piers Plowman. - SEAWORTHY
Fit for a voyage; worthy of being trusted to transport a cargo with safety; as, a seaworthy ship. - PHASING TRANSFORMER
Any of several transformers for changing phase. - UNWORTH
Unworthy. Milton. - PARALLEL TRANSFORMER
A transformer connected in parallel.