Word Meanings - DOORNAIL - Book Publishers vocabulary database
The nail or knob on which in ancient doors the knocker struck; -- hence the old saying, "As dead as a doornail."
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- SAYING
That which is said; a declaration; a statement, especially a proverbial one; an aphorism; a proverb. Many are the sayings of the wise, In ancient and in modern books enrolled. Milton. Syn. -- Declaration; speech; adage; maxim; aphorism; apothegm; - SAYMAN
One who assays. - DOORNAIL
The nail or knob on which in ancient doors the knocker struck; -- hence the old saying, "As dead as a doornail." - DOORSTEAD
Entrance or place of a door. Bp. Warburton. - DOORSTEP
The stone or plank forming a step before an outer door. - DOORSTONE
The stone forming a threshold. - 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. - DOORSILL
The sill or threshold of a door. - 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. - DOORSTOP
The block or strip of wood or similar material which stops, at the right place, the shutting of a door. - ANCIENTNESS
The quality of being ancient; antiquity; existence from old times. - ANCIENTLY
1. In ancient times. 2. In an ancient manner. - HENCE
ending; cf. -wards), also hen, henne, hennen, heonnen, heonene, AS. heonan, heonon, heona, hine; akin to OHG. hinnan, G. hinnen, OHG. 1. From this place; away. "Or that we hence wend." Chaucer. Arise, let us go hence. John xiv. 31. I will send - SAYER
One who says; an utterer. Mr. Curran was something much better than a sayer of smart sayings. Jeffrey. - STRUCKEN
p. p. of Strike. Shak. - KNOCKER
One who, or that which, knocks; specifically, an instrument, or kind of hammer, fastened to a door, to be used in seeking for admittance. Shut, shut the door, good John ! fatigued, knocker; say I'm sick, I'm dead. Pope. - STRUCK
imp. & p. p. of Strike. Struck jury , a special jury, composed of persons having special knowledge or qualifications, selected by striking from the panel of jurors a certain number for each party, leaving the number required by law to - SAYMASTER
A master of assay; one who tries or proves. "Great saymaster of state." D. Jonson. - HENCEFORWARD
From this time forward; henceforth. - SAY
1. A kind of silk or satin. Thou say, thou serge, nay, thou buckram lord! Shak. 2. A delicate kind of serge, or woolen cloth. His garment neither was of silk nor say. Spenser. - SOUTHSAY
See SOOTHSAY - VISAYAN
A member of the most numerous of the native races of the Philippines, occupying the Visayan Islands and the northern coast Mindanao; also, their language. The Visayans possessed a native culture and alphabet. - UNDERSAY
To say by way of derogation or contradiction. Spenser. - HEREHENCE
From hence. - ASSAY POUND
A small standard weight used in assaying bullion, etc., sometimes equaling 0.5 gram, but varying with the assayer. - WHENCEFORTH
From, or forth from, what or which place; whence. Spenser. - WONDERSTRUCK
Struck with wonder, admiration, or surprise. Dryden. - ESSAYER
One who essays. Addison. - GAINSAY
To contradict; to deny; to controvert; to dispute; to forbid. I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist. Luke xxi. 15. The just gods gainsay That any drop thou borrow'dst from thy mother, - AGAINSAY
To gainsay. Wyclif. - MISSAY
1. To say wrongly. 2. To speak evil of; to slander. - THENCEFROM
From that place. - ESSAY
A composition treating of any particular subject; -- usually shorter and less methodical than a formal, finished treatise; as, an essay on the life and writings of Homer; an essay on fossils, or on commerce. 3. An assay. See Assay, n. - GAINSAYER
One who gainsays, contradicts, or denies. "To convince the gainsayers." Tit. i. 9.