Word Meanings - HONEYMOON - Book Publishers vocabulary database
The first month after marriage. Addison.
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- AFTERCAST
A throw of dice after the game in ended; hence, anything done too late. Gower. - FIRST
Sw. & Dan. förste, OHG. furist, G. fürst prince; a superlatiye form 1. Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest; as, the first day of a month; the first year of a reign. 2. Foremost; in front of, or in advance of, - AFTERPAINS
The pains which succeed childbirth, as in expelling the afterbirth. - AFTERSHAFT
The hypoptilum. - AFTERPIECE
The heel of a rudder. (more info) 1. A piece performed after a play, usually a farce or other small entertainment. - MONTHLING
That which is a month old, or which lives for a month. Wordsworth. - AFTER DAMP
An irrespirable gas, remaining after an explosion of fire damp in mines; choke damp. See Carbonic acid. - AFTER-NOTE
One of the small notes occur on the unaccented parts of the measure, taking their time from the preceding note. - FIRST-CLASS
Of the best class; of the highest rank; in the first division; of the best quality; first-rate; as, a first-class telescope. First- class car or First-class railway carriage, any passenger car of the highest regular class, and intended - AFTERWISE
Wise after the event; wise or knowing, when it is too late. - MONTHLY
1. Continued a month, or a performed in a month; as, the monthly revolution of the moon. 2. Done, happening, payable, published, etc., once a month, or every month; as, a monthly visit; monthly charges; a monthly installment; a monthly magazine. - AFTERINGS
The last milk drawn in milking; strokings. Grose. - AFTER
To ward the stern of the ship; -- applied to any object in the rear part of a vessel; as the after cabin, after hatchway. Note: It is often combined with its noun; as, after-bowlines, after- braces, after-sails, after-yards, those on the mainmasts - AFTER-EATAGE
Aftergrass. - AFTERGUARD
The seaman or seamen stationed on the poop or after part of the ship, to attend the after-sails. Totten. - AFTER-DINNER
The time just after dinner. "An after-dinner's sleep." Shak. -- a. - MARRIAGEABILITY
The quality or state of being marriageable. - AFTERGAME
A second game; hence, a subsequent scheme or expedient. Wotton. Aftergame at Irish, an ancient game very nearly resembling backgammon. Beau. & Fl. - AFTERGRASS
The grass that grows after the first crop has been mown; aftermath. - AFTERTASTE
A taste which remains in the mouth after eating or drinking. - FENCE MONTH
the month in which female deer are fawning, when hunting is prohibited. Bullokar. -- Fence roof, a covering for defense. "They fitted their shields close to one another in manner of a fence roof." Holland. Fence time, the breeding time of fish or - BIMONTHLY
Occurring, done, or coming, once in two months; as, bimonthly visits; bimonthly publications. -- n. - CRAFTER
a creator of great skill in the manual arts. Syn. -- craftsman. - THEREAFTER
1. After that; afterward. 2. According to that; accordingly. I deny not but that it is of greatest concernment in the church and commonwealth to have a vigilant eye how books demean themselves as well as men; and thereafter to confine, imprison, - INGRAFTER
A person who ingrafts. - WAFTER
1. One who, or that which, wafts. O Charon, Thou wafter of the soul to bliss or bane. Beau. & FL. 2. A boat for passage. Ainsworth. - HEADFIRST; HEADFOREMOST
With the head foremost.