Word Meanings - WHINYARD - Book Publishers vocabulary database

from AS. winn contention, war + geard, gyrd, a staff, rod, yard; or 1. A sword, or hanger. 2. Etym: The shoveler. The poachard.

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• STAFFISH
  Stiff; harsh. Ascham.
• SWORDLESS
  Destitute of a sword.
• SWORDSMANSHIP
  The state of being a swordsman; skill in the use of the sword. Cowper.
• SWORD-SHAPED
  Shaped like a sword; ensiform, as the long, flat leaves of the Iris, cattail, and the like.
• HANGER
  1. One who hangs, or causes to be hanged; a hangman. 2. That by which a thing is suspended. Especially: A strap hung to the girdle, by which a dagger or sword is suspended. A part that suspends a journal box in which shafting runs. See Illust.
• SWORDING
  Slashing with a sword. Tennyson.
• STAFFIER
  An attendant bearing a staff. "Staffiers on foot." Hudibras.
• SWORDED
  Girded with a sword. Milton.
• SWORDSMAN
  1. A soldier; a fighting man. 2. One skilled of a use of the sword; a professor of the science of fencing; a fencer.
• POACHARD
  A common European duck ; -- called also goldhead, poker, and fresh-water, or red-headed, widgeon. The American redhead, which is closely allied to the European poachard. Red-crested poachard , an Old World duck (Branta rufina). -- Scaup poachard,
• SWORDFISH
  A southern constellation. See Dorado, 1. Swordfish sucker , a remora which attaches itself to the swordfish. (more info) A very large oceanic fish , the only representative of the family Xiphiidæ. It is highly valued as a food fish. The bones
• CONTENTION
  1. A violent effort or struggle to obtain, or to resist, something; contest; strife. I would my arcontenion. Shak. 2. Strife in words; controversy; altercation quarrel; dispute; as, a bone of contention. Contentions and strivings about the law.
• STAFF
  The five lines and the spaces on which music is written; -- formerly called stave. (more info) stab, Icel. stafr, Sw. staf, Dan. stav, Goth. stabs element, rudiment, Skr. sthapay to cause to stand, to place. See Stand, and 1. A long piece of wood;
• HANGER-ON
  One who hangs on, or sticks to, a person, place, or service; a dependent; one who adheres to others' society longer than he is wanted. Goldsmith.
• SWORD
  One of the end bars by which the lay of a hand loom is suspended. Sword arm, the right arm. -- Sword bayonet, a bayonet shaped somewhat like a sword, and which can be used as a sword. -- Sword bearer, one who carries his master's sword; an officer
• SHOVELER
  A river duck , native of Europe and America. It has a large bill, broadest towards the tip. The male is handsomely variegated with green, blue, brown, black, and white on the body; the head and neck are dark green. Called also broadbill, spoonbill,
• SWORDPLAY
  Fencing; a sword fight.
• SWORDMAN
  A swordsman. "Sinewy swordmen." Shak.
• SWORDER
  One who uses, or fights with, a sword; a swordsman; a soldier; a cutthroat. Shak.
• STAFFMAN
  A workman employed in silk throwing.
• ON-HANGER
  A hanger-on.
• BROADSWORD
  A sword with a broad blade and a cutting edge; a claymore. I heard the broadsword's deadly clang. Sir W. Scott.
• BEDSTAFF
  "A wooden pin stuck anciently on the sides of the bedstead, to hold the clothes from slipping on either side." Johnson. Hostess, accommodate us with a bedstaff. B. Jonson. Say there is no virtue in cudgels and bedstaves. Brome.
• GIBSTAFF
  1. A staff to guage water, or to push a boat. 2. A staff formerly used in fighting beasts on the stage. Bailey.
• CROSS-STAFF
  1. An instrument formerly used at sea for taking the altitudes of celestial bodies. 2. A surveyor's instrument for measuring offsets.
• WRINGSTAFF
  A strong piece of plank used in applying wringbolts.
• BACKSWORD
  1. A sword with one sharp edge. 2. In England, a stick with a basket handle, used in rustic amusements; also, the game in which the stick is used. Also called singlestick. Halliwell.
• PASSWORD
  A word to be given before a person is allowed to pass; a watchword; a countersign. Macaulay.