Word Meanings - ARCHERY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The use of the bow and arrows in battle, hunting, etc.; the art, practice, or skill of shooting with a bow and arrows.

• Hunterian
  Discovered or described by John Hunter, an English surgeon; as, the Hunterian chancre. See Chancre.
• Skillful
  Discerning; reasonable; judicious; cunning.
• Huntress
  A woman who hunts or follows the chase; as, the huntress Diana.
• Skilligalee
  A kind of thin, weak broth or oatmeal porridge, served out to prisoners and paupers in England; also, a drink made of oatmeal, sugar, and water, sometimes used in the English navy or army.
• Huntsmen
  of Huntsman
• Skilling
  A bay of a barn; also, a slight addition to a cottage.
• Huntsman
  One who hunts, or who practices hunting.
• Skill-less
  Wanting skill.
• Huntsmanship
  The art or practice of hunting, or the qualification of a hunter.
• BATTLEAXBATTLEAXE
  A kind of broadax formerly used as an offensive weapon.
• Battle-ax
  Alt. of Battle-axe
• Hunt's-up
  A tune played on the horn very early in the morning to call out the hunters; hence, any arousing sound or call.
• BATTLERANGE
  The range within which the fire of small arms is very destructive. With the magazine rifle, this is six hundred yards.
• Battle-axe
  A kind of broadax formerly used as an offensive weapon.
• Practice
  Frequently repeated or customary action; habitual performance; a succession of acts of a similar kind; usage; habit; custom; as, the practice of rising early; the practice of making regular entries of accounts; the practice of daily exercise.
• BATTLESHIP
  An armor-plated man-of-war built of steel and heavily armed, generally having from ten thousand to fifteen thousand tons displacement, and intended to be fit to meet the heaviest ships in line of battle.
• Battledoor
  An instrument, with a handle and a flat part covered with parchment or crossed with catgut, used to strike a shuttlecock in play; also, the play of battledoor and shuttlecock.

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