Word Meanings - MINSTRELSY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The arts and occupation of minstrels; the singing and playing of a minstrel.

• Playgame
  Play of children.
• Singeing
  of Singe
• Singles
  See Single, n., 2.
• Singultous
  Relating to, or affected with, hiccough.
• Playgoer
  One who frequents playhouses, or attends dramatic performances.
• Singlestick
  In England and Scotland, a cudgel used in fencing or fighting; a backsword.
• Singultus
  Hiccough.
• Minstrel
  In the Middle Ages, one of an order of men who subsisted by the arts of poetry and music, and sang verses to the accompaniment of a harp or other instrument; in modern times, a poet; a bard; a singer and harper; a musician.
• Playgoing
  Frequenting playhouses; as, the playgoing public.
• Singer
  One who, or that which, singes.
• Singlet
  An unlined or undyed waistcoat; a single garment; -- opposed to doublet.
• SINGLEACTING
  Having simplicity of action; especially (Mach.), acting or exerting force during strokes in one direction only; -- said of a reciprocating engine, pump, etc.
• Minstrelsy
  The arts and occupation of minstrels; the singing and playing of a minstrel.
• Playground
  A piece of ground used for recreation; as, the playground of a school.
• Singeress
  A songstress.
• Singleton
  In certain games at cards, as whist, a single card of any suit held at the deal by a player; as, to lead a singleton.
• SINGLEBREASTED
  Lapping over the breast only far enough to permit of buttoning, and having buttons on one edge only; as, a single-breasted coast.
• Occupation
  The act or process of occupying or taking possession; actual possession and control; the state of being occupied; a holding or keeping; tenure; use; as, the occupation of lands by a tenant.
• Playhouse
  A building used for dramatic exhibitions; a theater.

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