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Word Meanings - TEMPLE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A contrivence used in a loom for keeping the web stretched transversely.

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  • KEEP
    k, AS.c to keep, regard, desire, await, take, betake; cf. AS. 1. To care; to desire. I kepe not of armes for to yelp . Chaucer. 2. To hold; to restrain from departure or removal; not to let go of; to retain in one's power or possession; not to
  • TRANSVERSELY
    In a transverse manner.
  • STRETCHING
    from Stretch, v. Stretching course , a course or series of stretchers. See Stretcher, 2. Britton.
  • KEEPER
    1. One who, or that which, keeps; one who, or that which, holds or has possession of anything. 2. One who retains in custody; one who has the care of a prison and the charge of prisoners. 3. One who has the care, custody, or superintendence of
  • STRETCH
    OHG. strecchen, Sw. sträcka, Dan. strække; cf. AS. stræck, strec, strong, violent, G. strack straight; of uncertain origin, perhaps 1. To reach out; to extend; to put forth. And stretch forth his neck long and small. Chaucer. I in
  • KEEPERSHIP
    The office or position of a keeper. Carew.
  • STRETCHER
    A brick or stone laid with its longer dimension in the line of direction of the wall. Gwilt. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, stretches.
  • KEEPING
    Harmony or correspondence between the different parts of a work of art; as, the foreground of this painting is not in keeping. Keeping room, a family sitting room. Syn. -- Care; guardianship; custody; possession. (more info) 1. A holding;
  • KEEPSAKE
    Anything kept, or given to be kept, for the sake of the giver; a token of friendship.
  • SAFE-KEEPING
    The act of keeping or preserving in safety from injury or from escape; care; custody.
  • OUTKEEPER
    An attachment to a surveyor's compass for keeping tally in chaining.
  • INNKEEPER
    An innholder.
  • POUNDKEEPER; POUND-KEEPER
    The keeper of a pound.
  • CROWKEEPER
    A person employed to scare off crows; hence, a scarecrow. Scaring the ladies like a crowkeeper. Shak.
  • BOOKKEEPER
    One who keeps accounts; one who has the charge of keeping the books and accounts in an office.
  • SHOPKEEPER
    A trader who sells goods in a shop, or by retail; -- in distinction from one who sells by wholesale. Addison.
  • HOUSEKEEPER
    1. One who occupies a house with his family; a householder; the master or mistress of a family. Locke. 2. One who does, or oversees, the work of keeping house; as, his wife is a good housekeeper; often, a woman hired to superintend the servants
  • DOORKEEPER
    One who guards the entrance of a house or apartment; a porter; a janitor.
  • BARKEEPER
    One who keeps or tends a bar for the sale of liquors.
  • UNDERKEEP
    To keep under, or in subjection; to suppress. Spenser.
  • GAMEKEEPER
    One who has the care of game, especially in a park or preserve. Blackstone.
  • MISKEEP
    To keep wrongly. Chaucer.
  • FAR-STRETCHED; FARSTRETCHED
    Stretched beyond ordinary limits.

 

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