Word Meanings - HARVESTRY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The act of harvesting; also, that which is harvested. Swinburne.

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.
HARVEST-HOME
1. The gathering and bringing home of the harvest; the time of harvest. Showed like a stubble land at harvest-home. Shak. 2. The song sung by reapers at the feast made at the close of the harvest; the feast itself. Dryden. 3. A service
HARVESTRY
The act of harvesting; also, that which is harvested. Swinburne.
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.
HARVESTMAN
See 1 (more info) 1. A man engaged in harvesting. Shak.
HARVEST
LG. harfst, D. herfst, OHG. herbist, G. herbst, and prob. to L. 1. The gathering of a crop of any kind; the ingathering of the crops; also, the season of gathering grain and fruits, late summer or early autumn. Seedtime and harvest . . . shall
HARVESTLESS
Without harvest; lacking in crops; barren. "Harvestless autumns." Tennyson.
HARVESTING
, from Harvest, v. t. Harvesting ant , any species of ant which gathers and stores up seeds for food. Many species are known. Note: The species found in Southern Europe and Palestine are Aphenogaster structor and A. barbara; that of Texas, called
HARVESTER
A harvesting ant. (more info) 1. One who harvests; a machine for cutting and gathering grain; a reaper.