Word Meanings - STABLESTAND - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The position of a man who is found at his standing in the forest, with a crossbow or a longbow bent, ready to shoot at a deer, or close by a tree with greyhounds in a leash ready to slip; -- one of the four presumptions that a man intends stealing the king's deer. Wharton.

• Standpipe
  A vertical pipe, open at the top, between a hydrant and a reservoir, to equalize the flow of water; also, a large vertical pipe, near a pumping engine, into which water is forced up, so as to give it sufficient head to rise to the required level a
• CLOSEFIGHTS
  Barriers with loopholes, formerly erected on the deck of a vessel to shelter the men in a close engagement with an enemy's boarders; -- called also close quarters. [Obs.]
• Closereefed
  Having all the reefs taken in; -- said of a sail.
• Forestaller
  One who forestalls; esp., one who forestalls the market.
• Foundery
  Same as Foundry.
• Shooter
  One who shoots, as an archer or a gunner.
• Standpoint
  A fixed point or station; a basis or fundamental principle; a position from which objects or principles are viewed, and according to which they are compared and judged.
• CLOSESTOOL
  A utensil to hold a chamber vessel, for the use of the sick and infirm. It is usually in the form of a box, with a seat and tight cover.
• Close-stool
  A utensil to hold a chamber vessel, for the use of the sick and infirm. It is usually in the form of a box, with a seat and tight cover.
• Forestay
  A large, strong rope, reaching from the foremast head to the bowsprit, to support the mast. See Illust. under Ship.
• Foundling
  A deserted or exposed infant; a child found without a parent or owner.
• Standstill
  A standing without moving forward or backward; a stop; a state or rest.
• CLOSETONGUED
  Closemouthed; silent. "Close-tongued treason." Shak.
• Forester
  One who has charge of the growing timber on an estate; an officer appointed to watch a forest and preserve the game.
• Foundress
  A female founder; a woman who founds or establishes, or who endows with a fund.
• Standing
  of Stand

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