Word Meanings - ROOFTREE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The beam in the angle of a roof; hence, the roof itself. Now for me the woods may wither, now for me the rooftree fall. Tennyson.

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• WITHER-WRUNG
  Injured or hurt in the withers, as a horse.
• WITHERED
  Faded; dried up; shriveled; wilted; wasted; wasted away. -- With"ered*ness, n. Bp. Hall.
• WITHERS
  The ridge between the shoulder bones of a horse, at the base of the neck. See Illust. of Horse. Let the galled jade wince; our withers are unwrung. Shak. (more info) strain in drawing a load; fr. OE. wither resistance, AS. withre, fr.
• ANGLEWISE
  In an angular manner; angularly.
• ANGLED
  Having an angle or angles; -- used in compounds; as, right- angled, many-angled, etc. The thrice three-angled beechnut shell. Bp. Hall.
• WITHERNAM
  A second or reciprocal distress of other goods in lieu of goods which were taken by a first distress and have been eloigned; a taking by way of reprisal; -- chiefly used in the expression capias in withernam, which is the name of a writ used in
• ANGLE
  A name given to four of the twelve astrological "houses." Chaucer. 5. Etym: (more info) 1. The inclosed space near the point where two lines; a corner; a nook. Into the utmost angle of the world. Spenser. To search the tenderest angles
• WITHER
  1. To cause to fade, and become dry. The sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth. James i. 11. 2. To cause to shrink, wrinkle, or decay, for want of animal moisture. "Age can not wither
• HENCE
  ending; cf. -wards), also hen, henne, hennen, heonnen, heonene, AS. heonan, heonon, heona, hine; akin to OHG. hinnan, G. hinnen, OHG. 1. From this place; away. "Or that we hence wend." Chaucer. Arise, let us go hence. John xiv. 31. I will send
• WITHERBAND
  A piece of iron in a saddle near a horse's withers, to strengthen the bow.
• TENNYSONIAN
  Of or pertaining to Alfred Tennyson, the English poet ; resembling, or having some of the characteristics of, his poetry, as simplicity, pictorial quality, sensuousness, etc.
• WITHERING
  Tending to wither; causing to shrink or fade. -- With"er*ing*ly, adv.
• ANGLESITE
  A native sulphate of lead. It occurs in white or yellowish transparent, prismatic crystals.
• HENCEFORWARD
  From this time forward; henceforth.
• ROOFTREE
  The beam in the angle of a roof; hence, the roof itself. Now for me the woods may wither, now for me the rooftree fall. Tennyson.
• ANGLES
  An ancient Low German tribe, that settled in Britain, which came to be called Engla-land . The Angles probably came from the district of Angeln (now within the limits of Schleswig), and the country now Lower Hanover, etc.
• ANGLEMETER
  An instrument to measure angles, esp. one used by geologists to measure the dip of strata.
• WITHERLING
  A withered person; one who is decrepit. Chapman.
• ANGLEWORM
  A earthworm of the genus Lumbricus, frequently used by anglers for bait. See Earthworm.
• WOODSY
  Of or pertaining to the woods or forest. It is woodsy, and savors of trees. J. Burroughs.
• BRANGLE
  A wrangle; a squabble; a noisy contest or dispute. A brangle between him and his neighbor. Swift. (more info) brangle to shake, menace; probably a variant of wrangle, confused
• UNTANGLE
  To loose from tangles or intricacy; to disentangle; to resolve; as, to untangle thread. Untangle but this cruel chain. Prior.
• HEREHENCE
  From hence.
• WHENCEFORTH
  From, or forth from, what or which place; whence. Spenser.
• QUINQUEANGLED
  Having five angles; quinquangular.
• TRIANGLE
  A figure bounded by three lines, and containing three angles. Note: A triangle is either plane, spherical, or curvilinear, according as its sides are straight lines, or arcs of great circles of a sphere, or any curved lines whatever. A
• WIDE-ANGLE
  Having or covering an angle wider than the ordinary; -- applied to certain lenses of relatively short focus. Lenses for ordinary purposes have an angle of 50º or less. Wide-angle lenses may cover as much as 100º and are useful for photographing
• FANGLE
  Something new-fashioned; a foolish innovation; a gewgaw; a trifling ornament.
• NEWFANGLENESS
  Newfangledness. Chaucer. Proud newfangleness in their apparel. Robynson .
• THENCEFROM
  From that place.
• ACUTE-ANGLED
  Having acute angles; as, an acute-angled triangle, a triangle with every one of its angles less than a right angle.
• NEWFANGLED
  1. Newmade; formed with the affectation of novelty. "A newfangled nomenclature." Sir W. Hamilton. 2. Disposed to change; inclined to novelties; given to new theories or fashions. "Newfangled teachers." 1 Tim. vi. . "Newfangled men." Latimer.
• STRANGLE HOLD
  In wrestling, a hold by which one's opponent is choked. It is usually not allowed.
• DANGLE
  To hang loosely, or with a swinging or jerking motion. he'd rather on a gibbet dangle Than miss his dear delight, to wrangle. Hudibras. From her lifted hand Dangled a length of ribbon. Tennyson. To dangle about or after, to hang upon importunately;
• EQUIANGLED
  Equiangular. Boyle.
• RIGHT-ANGLED
  Containing a right angle or right angles; as, a right-angled triangle.
• ENTANGLE
  1. To twist or interweave in such a manner as not to be easily separated; to make tangled, confused, and intricate; as, to entangle yarn or the hair. 2. To involve in such complications as to render extrication a bewildering difficulty; hence,
• JANGLERESS
  A female prater or babbler.