Word Meanings - BEAUFORTSSCALE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A scale of wind force devised by Sir F. Beaufort, R. N., in 1805, in which the force is indicated by numbers from 0 to 12. The full scale is as follows: -- 0, calm; 1, light air; 2, light breeze; 3, gentle breeze; 4, moderate breeze; 5, fresh breeze; 6, strong breeze; 7, moderate gale; 8, fresh gale; 9, strong gale; 10, whole gale; 11, storm; 12, hurricane.

• Stormless
  Without storms.
• Forceless
  Having little or no force; feeble.
• Whole-hoofed
  Having an undivided hoof, as the horse.
• Freshment
  Refreshment.
• LIGHTFOOTLIGHTFOOTED
  Having a light, springy step; nimble in running or dancing; active; as, light-foot Iris. Tennyson.
• Gentleship
  The deportment or conduct of a gentleman.
• WHICHEVERWHICHSOEVER
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one (of two or more) which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• Lighting
  of Light
• Light-handed
  Not having a full complement of men; as, a vessel light-handed.
• Scaleless
  Destitute of scales.
• Stormwind
  A heavy wind; a wind that brings a storm; the blast of a storm.
• Forcemeat
  Meat chopped fine and highly seasoned, either served up alone, or used as a stuffing.
• Whole-length
  Representing the whole figure; -- said of a picture or statue.
• Freshness
  The state of being fresh.
• LIGHTHANDED
  Not having a full complement of men; as, a vessel light-handed.
• Gentlesse
  Gentilesse; gentleness.
• WHOLEHOOFED
  Having an undivided hoof, as the horse.
• Lightable
  Such as can be lighted.
• Light-headed
  Disordered in the head; dizzy; delirious.

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