Word Meanings - REPLUM - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The framework of some pods, as the cress, which remains after the valves drop off. Gray.

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• AFTERCAST
  A throw of dice after the game in ended; hence, anything done too late. Gower.
• AFTERPAINS
  The pains which succeed childbirth, as in expelling the afterbirth.
• WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• 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.
• 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.
• WHICH
  the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
• AFTERWISE
  Wise after the event; wise or knowing, when it is too late.
• 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.
• FRAMEWORK
  1. The work of framing, or the completed work; the frame or constructional part of anything; as, the framework of society. A staunch and solid piece of framework. Milton. 2. Work done in, or by means of, a frame or loom.
• AFTER-DINNER
  The time just after dinner. "An after-dinner's sleep." Shak. -- a.
• 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.
• CRESSET
  A small furnace or iron cage to hold fire for charring the inside of a cask, and making the staves flexible. Knight. (more info) torch; perh. of Dutch or German origin, and akin to E. cruse, F. 1. An open frame or basket of iron, filled
• AFTERMOST
  Nearest the stern; most aft. (more info) Gothic aftumist and aftuma, the last, orig. a superlative of of, with 1. Hindmost; -- opposed to foremost.
• PARA CRESS
  An annual asteraceous herb grown in tropical countries as a pungent salad, and also used medicinally.
• 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.