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Word Meanings - RAKESTALE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The handle of a rake. That tale is not worth a rakestele. Chaucer.

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  • HANDLESS
    Without a hand. Shak.
  • WORTH
    1. That quality of a thing which renders it valuable or useful; sum of valuable qualities which render anything useful and sought; value; hence, often, value as expressed in a standard, as money; equivalent in exchange; price. What 's worth in
  • WORTHWHILE
    Worth the time or effort spent. See worth while. worthy. -- worthwhileness.
  • WORTHINESS
    The quality or state of being worthy; desert; merit; excellence; dignity; virtue; worth. Who is sure he hath a soul, unless It see, and judge, and follow worthiness Donne. She is not worthy to be loved that hath not some feeling of her
  • WORTHFUL
    Full of worth; worthy; deserving. Marston.
  • WORTHY
    A man of eminent worth or value; one distinguished for useful and estimable qualities; a person of conspicuous desert; -- much used in the plural; as, the worthies of the church; political worthies; military worthies. The blood of ancient worthies
  • WORTHILY
    In a worthy manner; excellently; deservedly; according to merit; justly; suitably; becomingly. You worthily succeed not only to the honors of your ancestors, but also to their virtues. Dryden. Some may very worthily deserve to be hated. South.
  • WORTHLESS
    Destitute of worth; having no value, virtue, excellence, dignity, or the like; undeserving; valueless; useless; vile; mean; as, a worthless garment; a worthless ship; a worthless man or woman; a worthless magistrate. 'T is a worthless world to win
  • HANDLE
    1. To touch; to feel with the hand; to use or hold with the hand. Handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh. Luke xxiv. 39. About his altar, handling holy things. Milton. 2. To manage in using, as a spade or a musket; to wield; often, to
  • HANDLEABLE
    Capable of being handled.
  • CHANDLER
    of candles, LL. candelarius chandler, fr. L. candela candle. See 1. A maker or seller of candles. The chandler's basket, on his shoulder borne, With tallow spots thy coat. Gay. 2. A dealer in other commodities, which are indicated by
  • PRAISEWORTHINESS
    The quality or state of being praiseworthy.
  • PETWORTH MARBLE
    A kind of shell marble occurring in the Wealden clay at Petworth, in Sussex, England; -- called also Sussex marble.
  • PANHANDLE STATE
    West Virginia; -- a nickname.
  • CHANDLERY
    Commodities sold by a chandler.
  • PENNYWORTH
    1. A penny's worth; as much as may be bought for a penny. "A dear pennyworth." Evelyn. 2. Hence: The full value of one's penny expended; due return for money laid out; a good bargain; a bargain. The priests sold the better pennyworths. Locke. 3.
  • PANHANDLE
    The handle of a pan; hence, fig., any arm or projection suggestive of the handle of a pan; as, the panhandle of West Virginia, Texas, or Idaho.
  • OVERHANDLE
    To handle, or use, too much; to mention too often. Shak.
  • LAUGHWORTHY
    Deserving to be laughed at. B. Jonson.
  • SEAWORTHINESS
    The state or quality of being seaworthy, or able to resist the ordinary violence of wind and weather. Kent.
  • DEARWORTH
    Precious. Piers Plowman.
  • SEAWORTHY
    Fit for a voyage; worthy of being trusted to transport a cargo with safety; as, a seaworthy ship.
  • UNWORTH
    Unworthy. Milton.
  • PRAISEWORTHILY
    In a praiseworthy manner. Spenser.

 

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