Word Meanings - COWRIECOWRY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A marine shell of the genus Cypræa. Note: There are numerous species, many of them ornamental. Formerly C. moneta and several other species were largely used as money in Africa and some other countries, and they are still so used to some extent. The value is always trifling, and varies at different places.

• Shellproof
  Capable of resisting bombs or other shells; bombproof.
• Still-hunt
  A hunting for game in a quiet and cautious manner, or under cover; stalking; hence, colloquially, the pursuit of any object quietly and cautiously.
• Therebefore
  Alt. of Therebiforn
• Thereupon
  Upon that or this; thereon.
• OTHERGUISEOTHERGUESS
  Of another kind or sort; in another way. "Otherguess arguments." Berkeley.
• Differently
  In a different manner; variously.
• Money-maker
  One who coins or prints money; also, a counterfeiter of money.
• Several
  Separate; distinct; particular; single.
• Shellwork
  Work composed of shells, or adorned with them.
• Stillicide
  A continual falling or succession of drops; rain water falling from the eaves.
• Therebiforn
  Before that time; beforehand.
• Therewhile
  At that time; at the same time.
• OTHERWHILEOTHERWHILES
  At another time, or other times; sometimes; [Archaic] Weighing otherwhiles ten pounds and more. Holland.
• Money-making
  The act or process of making money; the acquisition and accumulation of wealth.
• Severalities
  of Severality
• Stillicidious
  Falling in drops.
• Thereby
  By that; by that means; in consequence of that.
• Therewith
  With that or this.

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