Word Meanings - CASTLERY - Book Publishers vocabulary database
The government of a castle. Blount.
Related words: (words related to CASTLERY)
- CASTLEWARD
See CASTLEGUARD - CASTLE
1. A fortified residence, especially that of a prince or nobleman; a fortress. The house of every one is to him castle and fortress, as well for his defense againts injury and violence, as for his repose. Coke. Our castle's strength Will laugh - CASTLET
A small castle. Leland. - GOVERNMENTAL
Pertaining to government; made by government; as, governmental duties. - GOVERNMENT
The influence of a word in regard to construction, requiring that another word should be in a particular case. (more info) 1. The act of governing; the exercise of authority; the administration of laws; control; direction; regulation; as, civil, - CASTLERY
The government of a castle. Blount. - CASTLEBUILDER
Fig.: one who builds castles in the air or forms visionary schemes. -- Cas"tle*build`ing, n. - CASTLED
Having a castle or castles; supporting a castle; as, a castled height or crag. 2. Fortified; turreted; as, castled walls. - CASTLE-GUARD
A tax or imposition an a dwelling within a certain distance of a castle, for the purpose of maintaining watch and ward in it; castle-ward. 3. A feudal tenure, obliging the tenant to perform service within the realm, without limitation of time. - MISGOVERNMENT
Bad government; want of government. Shak. - UNCASTLE
To take a castle from; to turn out of a castle. - FORECASTLE
A short upper deck forward, formerly raised like a castle, to command an enemy's decks. That part of the upper deck of a vessel forward of the foremast, or of the after part of the fore channels. In merchant vessels, the forward part of the vessel, - SELF-GOVERNMENT
1. The act of governing one's self, or the state of being governed by one's self; self-control; self-command. 2. Hence, government of a community, state, or nation by the joint action of the mass of people constituting such a civil body; also,