Word Meanings - ROADLESS - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Destitute of roads.
Related words: (words related to ROADLESS)
- DESTITUTENESS
Destitution. Ash. - DESTITUTE
1. Forsaken; not having in possession (something necessary, or desirable); deficient; lacking; devoid; -- often followed by of. In thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute. Ps. cxli. 8. Totally destitute of all shadow of influence. Burke. - ROADSTER
A clumsy vessel that works its way from one anchorage to another by means of the tides. Ham. Nav. Encyc. 2. A horse that is accustomed to traveling on the high road, or is suitable for use on ordinary roads. A sound, swift, well-fed hunter - ROADSTEAD
An anchorage off shore. Same as Road, 4. Moored in the neighboring roadstead. Longfellow. - DESTITUTELY
In destitution. - ROADSIDE
Land adjoining a road or highway; the part of a road or highway that borders the traveled part. Also used ajectively. - BROADSWORD
A sword with a broad blade and a cutting edge; a claymore. I heard the broadsword's deadly clang. Sir W. Scott. - BROADSEAL
To stamp with the broad seal; to make sure; to guarantee or warrant. Thy presence broadseals our delights for pure. B. Jonson. - BROADSPREADING
Spreading widely. - BROADSIDE
The side of a ship above the water line, from the bow to the quarter. 2. A discharge of or from all the guns on one side of a ship, at the same time. 3. A volley of abuse or denunciation. - BROADSPREAD
Widespread. - GRANGER RAILROADS; GRANGER ROADS
Certain railroads whose traffic largely consists in carrying the produce of farmers or grangers; -- specifically applied to the Chicago & Alton; Chicago, Burlington & Quincey; Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific; Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul;