Word Meanings - WINTERSBARK - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The aromatic bark of tree (Drimys, or Drymis, Winteri) of the Magnolia family, which is found in Southern Chili. It was first used as a cure for scurvy by its discoverer, Captain John Winter, vice admiral to sir Francis Drake, in 1577.

• Foundress
  A female founder; a woman who founds or establishes, or who endows with a fund.
• AROMATICAROMATICAL
  Pertaining to, or containing, aroma; fragrant; spicy; strong- scented; odoriferous; as, aromatic balsam. Aromatic compound (Chem.), one of a large class of organic substances, as the oils of bitter almonds, wintergreen, and turpentine, the balsams, camp
• Firstling
  The first produce or offspring; -- said of animals, especially domestic animals; as, the firstlings of his flock.
• Foundries
  of Foundry
• Wintered
  of Winter
• CHILIANCHILIARCH
  The commander or chief of a thousand men.
• Chiliarch
  The commander or chief of a thousand men.
• First-rate
  Of the highest excellence; preeminent in quality, size, or estimation.
• Wintering
  of Winter
• FIRSTCLASS
  Of the best class; of the highest rank; in the first division; of the best quality; first-rate; as, a first-class telescope. First- class car or First-class railway carriage, any passenger car of the highest regular class, and intended for passengers wh
• Chiliarchy
  A body consisting of a thousand men.
• Franciscan
  Belonging to the Order of St. Francis of the Franciscans.
• Winter-beaten
  Beaten or harassed by the severe weather of winter.
• FIRSTHAND
  Obtained directly from the first or original source; hence, without the intervention of an agent. One sphere there is . . . where the apprehension of him is first-hand and direct; and that is the sphere of our own mind. J. Martineau.

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