Word Meanings - GRASSATION - Book Publishers vocabulary database
A wandering about with evil intentions; a rioting. Feltham.
Related words: (words related to GRASSATION)
- ABOUT
On the point or verge of; going; in act of. Paul was now aboutto open his mouth. Acts xviii. 14. 7. Concerning; with regard to; on account of; touching. "To treat about thy ransom." Milton. She must have her way about Sarah. Trollope. (more info) - WANDERMENT
The act of wandering, or roaming. Bp. Hall. - RIOTOUS
1. Involving, or engaging in, riot; wanton; unrestrained; luxurious. The younger son . . . took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living. Luke xv. 13. 2. Partaking of the nature of an unlawful assembly - WANDEROO
A large monkey native of Malabar. It is black, or nearly so, but has a long white or gray beard encircling the face. Called also maha, silenus, neelbhunder, lion-tailed baboon, and great wanderoo. Note: The name is sometimes applied also to other - RIOTRY
The act or practice of rioting; riot. "Electioneering riotry." Walpole. - WANDERINGLY
In a wandering manner. - RIOTOUR
A rioter. Chaucer. - RIOTER
One who engages in a riot. See Riot, n., 3. (more info) 1. One who riots; a reveler; a roisterer. Chaucer. - RIOTISE
Excess; tumult; revelry. His life he led in lawless riotise. Spenser. - WANDERER
One who wanders; a rambler; one who roves; hence, one who deviates from duty. - WANDERING
a. & n. from Wander, v. Wandering albatross , the great white albatross. See Illust. of Albatross. -- Wandering cell , an animal cell which possesses the power of spontaneous movement, as one of the white corpuscles of the blood. -- Wandering - RIOT
The tumultuous disturbance of the public peace by an unlawful assembly of three or more persons in the execution of some private object. To run riot, to act wantonly or without restraint. (more info) 1. Wanton or unrestrained behavior; uproar; - WANDER
1. To ramble here and there without any certain course or with no definite object in view; to range about; to stroll; to rove; as, to wander over the fields. They wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins. Heb. xi. 37. He wandereth abroad for - ABOUT-SLEDGE
The largest hammer used by smiths. Weale. - FORWANDER
To wander away; to go astray; to wander far and to weariness. - ROUNDABOUTNESS
The quality of being roundabout; circuitousness. - PATRIOTS' DAY
A legal holiday in the States of Massachusetts and Maine, April 19, the anniversary of the battle of Lexington in 1775. It was first observed in 1894. - CYPRIOT
A native or inhabitant of Cyprus. - HERIOT
Formerly, a payment or tribute of arms or military accouterments, or the best beast, or chattel, due to the lord on the death of a tenant; in modern use, a customary tribute of goods or chattels to the lord of the fee, paid on the decease - PATRIOTIC
Inspired by patriotism; actuated by love of one's country; zealously and unselfishly devoted to the service of one's country; as, a patriotic statesman, vigilance. - CHARIOTEE
A light, covered, four-wheeled pleasure carriage with two seats. - RACEABOUT
A small sloop-rigged racing yacht carrying about six hundred square feet of sail, distinguished from a knockabout by having a short bowsprit. - COMPATRIOT
One of the same country, and having like interests and feeling. The distrust with which they felt themselves to be regarded by their compatriots in America. Palfrey. - PATRIOT
One who loves his country, and zealously supports its authority and interests. Bp. Hall. Such tears as patriots shaed for dying laws. Pope. - STIRABOUT
A dish formed of oatmeal boiled in water to a certain consistency and frequently stirred, or of oatmeal and dripping mixed together and stirred about in a pan; a hasty pudding.