Word Meanings - TEMPLE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
A contrivence used in a loom for keeping the web stretched transversely.
Related words: (words related to TEMPLE)
- 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.