Word Meanings - WHEREWITHAL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Wherewith. "Wherewithal shall we be clothed" Matt. vi. 31. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way Ps. cxix. 9. , still with vain design, New Babels, had they wherewithal, would build. Milton.

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• STILL
  1. A vessel, boiler, or copper used in the distillation of liquids; specifically, one used for the distillation of alcoholic liquors; a retort. The name is sometimes applied to the whole apparatus used in in vaporization and condensation. 2. A
• YOUNGISH
  Somewhat young. Tatler.
• DESIGN
  drawing, dessein a plan or scheme; all, ultimately, from L. designare to designate; de- + signare to mark, mark out, signum mark, sign. See 1. To draw preliminary outline or main features of; to sketch for a pattern or model; to delineate; to trace
• SHALLOP
  A boat. thrust the shallop from the floating strand. Spenser. Note: The term shallop is applied to boats of all sizes, from a light canoe up to a large boat with masts and sails.
• STILLBIRTH
  The birth of a dead fetus.
• STILLY
  Still; quiet; calm. The stilly hour when storms are gone. Moore.
• YOUNG
  , , AS. geong; akin to OFries. iung, iong, D. joing, OS., OHG., & G. jung, Icel. ungr, Sw. & Dan. ung, Goth. juggs, Lith. jaunas, Russ. iunuii, L. juvencus, juvenis, Skr. juva, juven. Junior, Juniper, 1. Not long born; still in the first part of
• YOUNGTH
  Youth. Youngth is a bubble blown up with breath. Spenser.
• DESIGNATE
  Designated; appointed; chosen. Sir G. Buck.
• STILLSTAND
  A standstill. Shak.
• STILLING
  A stillion.
• YOUNGNESS
  The quality or state of being young.
• CLOTHESLINE
  A rope or wire on which clothes are hung to dry.
• STILLAGE
  A low stool to keep the goods from touching the floor. Knight.
• STILLION
  A stand, as for casks or vats in a brewery, or for pottery while drying.
• SHALLOON
  A thin, loosely woven, twilled worsted stuff. In blue shalloon shall Hannibal be clad. Swift.
• SHALLOW-BRAINED
  Weak in intellect; foolish; empty-headed. South.
• YOUNG ONE
  A young human being; a child; also, a young animal, as a colt.
• STILLROOM
  1. A room for distilling. 2. An apartment in a house where liquors, preserves, and the like, are kept. Floors are rubbed bright, . . . stillroom and kitchen cleared for action. Dickens.
• DESIGNATOR
  An officer who assigned to each his rank and place in public shows and ceremonies. 2. One who designates.
• SAILCLOTH
  Duck or canvas used in making sails.
• INSTILL
  To drop in; to pour in drop by drop; hence, to impart gradually; to infuse slowly; to cause to be imbibed. That starlight dews All silently their tears of love instill. Byron. How hast thou instilled Thy malice into thousands. Milton. Syn. -- To
• BEDCLOTHES
  Blankets, sheets, coverlets, etc., for a bed. Shak.
• YOUNGLY
  Like a young person or thing; young; youthful. Shak.
• PISTILLIFEROUS
  Pistillate.
• HEARSECLOTH
  A cloth for covering a coffin when on a bier; a pall. Bp. Sanderson.
• DISTILLABLE
  Capable of being distilled; especially, capable of being distilled without chemical change or decomposition; as, alcohol is distillable; olive oil is not distillable.
• BREECHCLOTH
  A cloth worn around the breech.
• DISTILLATION
  The separation of the volatile parts of a substance from the more fixed; specifically, the operation of driving off gas or vapor from volatile liquids or solids, by heat in a retort or still, and the condensation of the products as far as possible
• FINESTILLER
  One who finestills.
• FOREDESIGN
  To plan beforehand; to intend previously. Cheyne.
• NECKCLOTH
  A piece of any fabric worn around the neck.