Word Meanings - RECKONER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

One who reckons or computes; also, a book of calculation, tables, etc., to assist in reckoning. Reckoners without their host must reckon twice. Camden.

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• ASSISTANTLY
  In a manner to give aid.
• RECKONER
  One who reckons or computes; also, a book of calculation, tables, etc., to assist in reckoning. Reckoners without their host must reckon twice. Camden.
• ASSISTANCE
  1. The act of assisting; help; aid; furtherance; succor; support. Without the assistance of a mortal hand. Shak. 2. An assistant or helper; a body of helpers. Wat Tyler killed by valiant Walworth, the lord mayor of London, and his assistance,
• ASSISTER
  An assistant; a helper.
• WITHOUT-DOOR
  Outdoor; exterior. "Her without-door form." Shak.
• WITHOUTFORTH
  Without; outside' outwardly. Cf. Withinforth. Chaucer.
• CALCULATION
  1. The act or process, or the result, of calculating; computation; reckoning, estimate. "The calculation of eclipses." Nichol. The mountain is not so his calculation makes it. Boyle. 2. An expectation based on cirumstances. The lazy gossips of
• ASSISTLESS
  Without aid or help. Pope.
• TABLESPOON
  A spoon of the largest size commonly used at the table; -- distinguished from teaspoon, dessert spoon, etc.
• RECKON
  reckon, G. rechnen, OHG. rahnjan), and to E. reck, rake an implement; the original sense probably being, to bring together, count together. 1. To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate. The priest shall reckon to him the
• ASSISTOR
  A assister.
• TWICE
  see -wards), twie, AS. twiges, twiwa; akin to twi- two, G. 1. Two times; once and again. He twice essayed to cast his son in gold. Dryden. 2. Doubly; in twofold quantity or degree; as, twice the sum; he is twice as fortunate as his neighbor.
• WITHOUTEN
  Without. Chaucer.
• ASSISTIVE
  Lending aid, helping.
• RECKONING
  1. The act of one who reckons, counts, or computes; the result of reckoning or counting; calculation. Specifically: An account of time. Sandys. Adjustment of claims and accounts; settlement of obligations, liabilities, etc. Even reckoning makes
• ASSIST
  To give support to in some undertaking or effort, or in time of distress; to help; to aid; to succor. Assist me, knight. I am undone! Shak. Syn. -- To help; aid; second; back; support; relieve; succor; befriend; sustain; favor. See Help.
• WITHOUT
  1. On or art the outside; not on the inside; not within; outwardly; externally. Without were fightings, within were fears. 2 Cor. vii. 5. 2. Outside of the house; out of doors. The people came unto the house without. Chaucer.
• ASSISTFUL
  Helpful.
• TABLESPOONFUL
  As much as a tablespoon will hold; enough to fill a tablespoon. It is usually reckoned as one half of a fluid ounce, or four fluid drams.
• THEIR
  The possessive case of the personal pronoun they; as, their houses; their country. Note: The possessive takes the form theirs (theirs is best cultivated. Nothing but the name of zeal appears 'Twixt our best actions and the worst of theirs. Denham.
• CONSTABLESS
  The wife of a constable.
• DEAD-RECKONING
  See A
• MISRECKONING
  An erroneous computation.
• ASSISTANT
  Of the second grade in the staff of the army; as, an assistant surgeon. Note: In the English army it designates the third grade in any particular branch of the staff. Farrow. (more info) 1. Helping; lending aid or support; auxiliary. Genius and