Word Meanings - OUTKEEPER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

An attachment to a surveyor's compass for keeping tally in chaining.

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• COMPASSIONATELY
  In a compassionate manner; mercifully. Clarendon.
• TALLYHO
  1. The huntsman's cry to incite or urge on his hounds. 2. A tallyho coach. Tallyho coach, a pleasure coach. See under Coach.
• CHAINWORK
  Work looped or linked after the manner of a chain; chain stitch work.
• CHAIN PUMP
  A pump consisting of an endless chain, running over a drum or wheel by which it is moved, and dipping below the water to be raised. The chain has at intervals disks or lifts which fit the tube through which the ascending part passes and carry the
• KEEP
  k, AS.c to keep, regard, desire, await, take, betake; cf. AS. 1. To care; to desire. I kepe not of armes for to yelp . Chaucer. 2. To hold; to restrain from departure or removal; not to let go of; to retain in one's power or possession; not to
• COMPASSABLE
  Capable of being compassed or accomplished. Burke.
• COMPASSING
  Curved; bent; as, compassing timbers.
• KEEPER
  1. One who, or that which, keeps; one who, or that which, holds or has possession of anything. 2. One who retains in custody; one who has the care of a prison and the charge of prisoners. 3. One who has the care, custody, or superintendence of
• COMPASSLESS
  Having no compass. Knowles.
• KEEPERSHIP
  The office or position of a keeper. Carew.
• CHAIN WHEEL
  1. A chain pulley, or sprocket wheel. 2. An inversion of the chain pump, by which it becomes a motor driven by water.
• CHAINLESS
  Having no chain; not restrained or fettered. "The chainless mind." Byron.
• CHAIN TIE
  A tie consisting of a series of connected iron bars or rods.
• COMPASSIONATE
  1. Having a temper or disposition to pity; sympathetic; merciful. There never was any heart truly great and generous, that was not also tender and compassionate. South. 2. Complaining; inviting pity; pitiable. Shak. Syn. -- Sympathizing; tender;
• COMPASSION
  Literally, suffering with another; a sensation of sorrow excited by the distress or misfortunes of another; pity; commiseration. Womanly igenuity set to work by womanly compassion. Macaulay. Syn. -- Pity; sympathy; commiseration; fellow-feeling;
• COMPASSIONATENESS
  The quality or state of being compassionate.
• KEEPING
  Harmony or correspondence between the different parts of a work of art; as, the foreground of this painting is not in keeping. Keeping room, a family sitting room. Syn. -- Care; guardianship; custody; possession. (more info) 1. A holding;
• TALLYMAN
  1. One who keeps the tally, or marks the sticks. 2. One who keeps a tally shop, or conducts his business as tally trade.
• SURVEYOR
  1. One placed to superintend others; an overseer; an inspector. Were 't not madness then, To make the fox surveyor of the fold Shak. 2. One who views and examines for the purpose of ascertaining the condition, quantity, or quality of anything;
• COMPASSIONABLE
  Deserving compassion or pity; pitiable. Barrow.
• TOP-CHAIN
  A chain for slinging the lower yards, in time of action, to prevent their falling, if the ropes by which they are hung are shot away.
• SHEET CHAIN
  A chain sheet cable.
• ACCIDENTALLY
  In an accidental manner; unexpectedly; by chance; unintentionally; casually; fortuitously; not essentially.
• SAFE-KEEPING
  The act of keeping or preserving in safety from injury or from escape; care; custody.
• HOGCHAIN
  A chain or tie rod, in a boat or barge, to prevent the vessel from hogging.
• ALIMENTALLY
  So as to serve for nourishment or food; nourishing quality. Sir T. Browne.
• OUTKEEPER
  An attachment to a surveyor's compass for keeping tally in chaining.
• HORIZONTALLY
  In a horizontal direction or position; on a level; as, moving horizontally.
• INNKEEPER
  An innholder.
• INCOMPASSIONATE
  Not compassionate; void of pity or of tenderness; remorseless. -- In`com*pas"sion*ate*ly, adv. -- In`com*pas"sion*ate*ness, n.
• BREQUET CHAIN
  A watch-guard.
• SENTIMENTALLY
  In a sentimental manner.
• TEETOTALLY
  Entirely; totally.
• POUNDKEEPER; POUND-KEEPER
  The keeper of a pound.
• SACRAMENTALLY
  In a sacrament manner.
• REATTACHMENT
  The act of reattaching; a second attachment.