Word Meanings - EYAS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A nesting or unfledged Lird; in falconry, a young hawk from the nest, not able to pr Shak J. H. Walsh

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• YOUNGISH
  Somewhat young. Tatler.
• YOUNG
  , , AS. geong; akin to OFries. iung, iong, D. joing, OS., OHG., & G. jung, Icel. ungr, Sw. & Dan. ung, Goth. juggs, Lith. jaunas, Russ. iunuii, L. juvencus, juvenis, Skr. juva, juven. Junior, Juniper, 1. Not long born; still in the first part of
• YOUNGTH
  Youth. Youngth is a bubble blown up with breath. Spenser.
• NESTFUL
  As much or many as will fill a nest.
• YOUNGNESS
  The quality or state of being young.
• NESTOR
  A genus of parrots with gray heads. of New Zeland and papua, allied to the cockatoos. See Kaka.
• NEST
  An aggregated mass of any ore or mineral, in an isolated state, within a rock. 5. A collection of boxes, cases, or the like, of graduated size, each put within the one next larger. (more info) for nisdus, Skr. ni resting place, nest; cf. Lith.
• YOUNG ONE
  A young human being; a child; also, a young animal, as a colt.
• NESTLING
  1. A young bird which has not abandoned the nest. Piers Plowman. 2. A nest; a receptacle. Bacon.
• UNFLEDGED
  Not fledged; not feathered; hence, not fully developed; immature. Dryden.
• FALCONRY
  1. The art of training falcons or hawks to pursue and attack wild fowl or game. 2. The sport of taking wild fowl or game by means of falcons or hawks.
• YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
  An organization for promoting the spiritual, intellectual, social, and economic welfare of young women, originating in 1855 with Lady Kinnaird's home for young women, and Miss Emma Robert's prayer union for young women,in England, which
• NESTORIAN
  An adherent of Nestorius, patriarch of Constantinople to the fifth century, who has condemned as a heretic for maintaining that the divine and the human natures were not merged into one nature in Christ , and, hence, that it was improper to call
• NESTORIANISM
  The doctrines of the nestorian Christians, or of Nestorius.
• YOUNGLING
  A young person; a youth; also, any animal in its early life. "More dear . . . than younglings to their dam." Spenser. He will not be so willing, I think, to join with you as with us younglings. Ridley.
• NESTLE
  Etym: 1. To make and occupy a nest; to nest. The kingfisher ... nestles in hollow banks. L'Estrange. 2. To lie close and snug, as a bird in her nest; to cuddle up; to settle, as in a nest; to harbor; to take shelter. Their purpose was to fortify
• YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
  An organization for promoting the spiritual, intellectual, social, and physical welfare of young men, founded, June 6, 1844, by George Williams in London. In 1851 it extended to the United States and Canada, and in 1855 representatives of similar
• YOUNGGER
  One who is younger; an inferior in age; a junior. "The elder shall serve the younger." Rom. ix. 12.
• YOUNGLY
  Like a young person or thing; young; youthful. Shak.
• YOUNGTHLY
  Pertaining to, or resembling, youth; youthful. Spenser.
• DISHONESTY
  1. Dishonor; dishonorableness; shame. "The hidden things of dishonesty." 2 Cor. iv. 2. 2. Want of honesty, probity, or integrity in principle; want of fairness and straightforwardness; a disposition to defraud, deceive, or betray; faithlessness.
• HONESTY
  Satin flower; the name of two cruciferous herbs having large flat pods, the round shining partitions of which are more beautiful than the blossom; -- called also lunary and moonwort. Lunaria biennis is common honesty; L. rediva is perennial honesty.
• UNHONEST
  Dishonest; dishonorable. Ascham. -- Un*hon"est*ly, adv. Udall.
• FINESTILLER
  One who finestills.
• CONESTOGA WAGON; CONESTOGA WAIN
  A kind of large broad-wheeled wagon, usually covered, for traveling in soft soil and on prairies.
• DEHONESTATE
  To disparage. (more info) dishonor; de- + honestare to make honorable. Cf. Dishonest, and see
• OVEREARNEST
  Too earnest. -- O"ver*ear"nest*ly, adv. -- O"ver*ear"nest*ness, n.
• ERNEST
  See CHAUCER
• MARE'S-NEST
  A supposed discovery which turns out to be a hoax; something grosaly absurd.
• INESTIMABLY
  In a manner, or to a degree, above estimation; as, things inestimably excellent.
• CROW'S-NEST
  A box or perch near the top of a mast, esp. in whalers, to shelter the man on the lookout.