Word Meanings - TOCHER - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Dowry brought by a bride to her husband. Burns.
Related words: (words related to TOCHER)
- HUSBANDABLE
Capable of being husbanded, or managed with economy. Sherwood. - HUSBANDLESS
Destitute of a husband. Shak. - BRIDEGROOM
A man newly married, or just about to be married. (more info) br, D. bruidegom, bruigom, OHG. pr, MHG. briutegome, G. bräutigam); AS. br bride + guma man, akin to Goth. guma, Icel. gumi, OHG. gomo, L. homo; the insertion of r being caused - HUSBANDRY
1. Care of domestic affairs; economy; domestic management; thrift. There's husbandry in heaven; Their candles are all out. Shak. 2. The business of a husbandman, comprehending the various branches of agriculture; farming. Husbandry supplieth all - HUSBANDLY
Frugal; thrifty. Tusser. - BRIDESMAN
A male friend who attends upon a bridegroom and bride at their marriage; the "best man." Sir W. Scott. - BRIDE
OFries. breid, OSax. br, D. bruid, OHG. pr, br, G. braut, Icel. br, Sw. & Dan. brud, Goth. br33s; cf. Armor. pried spouse, W. priawd a 1. A woman newly married, or about to be married. Has by his own experience tried How much the wife is dearer - HUSBANDAGE
The commission or compensation allowed to a ship's husband. - BRIDESTAKE
A stake or post set in the ground, for guests at a wedding to dance round. Divide the broad bridecake Round about the bridestake. B. Jonson. - BRIDESMAID
A female friend who attends on a bride at her wedding. - HUSBAND
the house or family, AS. h master of the house; h house + bunda, bonda, householder, husband; prob. fr. Icel. h house master, husband; h house + b dwelling, inhabiting, p.pr. of b to dwell; akin to AS. b, 1. The male head of a household; one who - BRIDEMAID; BRIDEMAN
See BRIDESMAN - BRIDEBED
The marriage bed. - BRIDECHAMBER
The nuptial appartment. Matt. ix. 15. - BRIDEWELL
A house of correction for the confinement of disorderly persons; -- so called from a hospital built in 1553 near St. Bride's well, in London, which was subsequently a penal workhouse. - BRIDE-ALE
A rustic wedding feast; a bridal. See Ale. The man that 's bid to bride-ale, if he ha' cake, And drink enough, he need not fear his stake. B. Jonson. - BRIDECAKE
Rich or highly ornamented cake, to be distributed to the guests at a wedding, or sent to friends after the wedding. - HUSBANDMAN
1. The master of a family. Chaucer. 2. A farmer; a cultivator or tiller of the ground. - BURNSTICKLE
A stickleback . - DOWRY
1. A gift; endowment. Spenser. 2. The money, goods, or estate, which a woman brings to her husband in marriage; a bride's portion on her marriage. See Note under Dower. Shak. Dryden. 3. A gift or presents for the bride, on espousal. See Dower. - HEBRIDEAN; HEBRIDIAN
Of or pertaining to the islands called Hebrides, west of Scotland. -- n.