Word Meanings - SLOGAN - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The war cry, or gathering word, of a Highland clan in Scotland; hence, any rallying cry. Sir W. Scott.

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• GATHER
  1. To come together; to collect; to unite; to become assembled; to congregate. When small humors gather to a gout. Pope. Tears from the depth of some divine despair Rise in the heart, and gather to the eyes. Tennyson. 2. To grow larger
• HIGHLANDER
  An inhabitant of highlands, especially of the Highlands of Scotland.
• GATHERER
  An attachment for making gathers in the cloth. (more info) 1. One who gathers or collects.
• HIGHLAND
  Elevated or mountainous land; an elevated region or country; as, the Highlands of Scotland. Highland fling, a dance peculiar to the Scottish Highlanders; a sort of hornpipe.
• RALLY
  To collect, and reduce to order, as troops dispersed or thrown into confusion; to gather again; to reunite.
• GATHERABLE
  Capable of being gathered or collected; deducible from premises. Godwin.
• SCOTTICIZE
  To cause to become like the Scotch; to make Scottish.
• 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
• SCOTTISH
  Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of Scotland, their country, or their language; as, Scottish industry or economy; a Scottish chief; a Scottish dialect.
• HIGHLANDRY
  Highlanders, collectively.
• HENCEFORWARD
  From this time forward; henceforth.
• SCOTTISH TERRIER
  See TERRIER
• SCOTTERING
  The burning of a wad of pease straw at the end of harvest.
• HENCEFORTH
  From this time forward; henceforward. I never from thy side henceforth to stray. Milton.
• GATHERING
  1. The act of collecting or bringing together. 2. That which is gathered, collected, or brought together; as: A crowd; an assembly; a congregation. A charitable contribution; a collection. A tumor or boil suppurated or maturated; an abscess.
• SCOTTICISM
  An idiom, or mode of expression, peculiar to Scotland or Scotchmen. That, in short, in which the Scotticism of Scotsmen most intimately consists, is the habit of emphasis. Masson.
• MEGATHEROID
  One of a family of extinct edentates found in America. The family includes the megatherium, the megalonyx, etc.
• SUTURALLY
  In a sutural manner.
• CENTRALLY
  In a central manner or situation.
• HEREHENCE
  From hence.
• WHENCEFORTH
  From, or forth from, what or which place; whence. Spenser.
• PASTORALLY
  1. In a pastoral or rural manner. 2. In the manner of a pastor.
• TAXGATHERER
  One who collects taxes or revenues. -- Tax"gath`er*ing, n.
• ORALLY
  1. In an oral manner. Tillotson. 2. By, with, or in, the mouth; as, to receive the sacrament orally. Usher.
• THENCEFROM
  From that place.
• LATERALLY
  By the side; sidewise; toward, or from, the side.
• UPGATHER
  To gather up; to contract; to draw together. Himself he close upgathered more and more. Spenser.
• LITERALLY
  1. According to the primary and natural import of words; not figuratively; as, a man and his wife can not be literally one flesh. 2. With close adherence to words; word by word. So wild and ungovernable a poet can not be translated literally.
• CHORALLY
  In the manner of a chorus; adapted to be sung by a choir; in harmony.
• SCRIPTURALLY
  In a scriptural manner.
• DEXTRALLY
  (adv. Towards the right; as, the hands of a watch rotate dextrally.
• NEUTRALLY
  In a neutral manner; without taking part with either side; indifferently.
• PECTORALLY
  As connected with the breast.