Word Meanings - RANGERSHIP - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The office of the keeper of a forest or park.

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• FORESTICK
  Front stick of a hearth fire.
• FOREST
  A large extent or precinct of country, generally waste and woody, belonging to the sovereign, set apart for the keeping of game for his use, not inclosed, but distinguished by certain limits, and protected by certain laws, courts, and officers of
• OFFICEHOLDER
  An officer, particularly one in the civil service; a placeman.
• FORESTAY
  A large, strong rope, reaching from the foremast head to the bowsprit, to support the mast. See Illust. under Ship.
• FORESTAGE
  A duty or tribute payable to the king's foresters. A service paid by foresters to the king.
• OFFICE WIRE
  Copper wire with a strong but light insulation, used in wiring houses, etc.
• FORESTER
  A lepidopterous insect belonging to Alypia and allied genera; as, the eight-spotted forester , which in the larval state is injurious to the grapevine. (more info) 1. One who has charge of the growing timber on an estate; an officer appointed
• FORESTALL
  To obstruct or stop up, as a way; to stop the passage of on highway; to intercept on the road, as goods on the way to market. To forestall the market, to buy or contract for merchandise or provision on its way to market, with the intention
• 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
• OFFICER
  1. To furnish with officers; to appoint officers over. Marshall. 2. To command as an officer; as, veterans from old regiments officered the recruits.
• KEEPERSHIP
  The office or position of a keeper. Carew.
• OFFICE
  The apartments or outhouses in which the domestics discharge the duties attached to the service of a house, as kitchens, pantries, stables, etc. As for the offices, let them stand at distance. Bacon. (more info) 1. That which a person does, either
• FORESTRY
  The art of forming or of cultivating forests; the management of growing timber.
• FORESTAFF
  An instrument formerly used at sea for taking the altitudes of heavenly bodies, now superseded by the sextant; -- called also cross- staff. Brande & C.
• FORESTALLER
  One who forestalls; esp., one who forestalls the market. Locke.
• FORESTAL
  Of or pertaining to forests; as, forestal rights.
• POST OFFICE
  See POST
• OUTKEEPER
  An attachment to a surveyor's compass for keeping tally in chaining.
• INNKEEPER
  An innholder.
• BOOKING OFFICE
  1. An office where passengers, baggage, etc., are registered for conveyance, as by railway or steamship. 2. An office where passage tickets are sold.
• CROWN OFFICE
  The criminal branch of the Court of King's or Queen's Bench, commonly called the crown side of the court, which takes cognizance of all criminal cases. Burrill.
• POUNDKEEPER; POUND-KEEPER
  The keeper of a pound.
• COAFFOREST
  To convert into, or add to, a forest. Howell.
• AFFOREST
  To convert into a forest; as, to afforest a tract of country.
• CROWKEEPER
  A person employed to scare off crows; hence, a scarecrow. Scaring the ladies like a crowkeeper. Shak.
• REAFFORESTATION
  The act or process of converting again into a forest.
• REFORESTIZE
  To convert again into a forest; to plant again with trees.
• REFOREST
  To replant with trees; to reafforest; to reforestize.
• BOOKKEEPER
  One who keeps accounts; one who has the charge of keeping the books and accounts in an office.
• SHOPKEEPER
  A trader who sells goods in a shop, or by retail; -- in distinction from one who sells by wholesale. Addison.