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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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2,455 words match “HIP”

HARDSHIP n.
That which is hard to hear, as toil, privation, injury, injustice, etc. Swift.
HEADSHIP n.
Authority or dignity; chief place.
HEIRSHIP n.
The state, character, or privileges of an heir; right of inheriting. Heirship movables, certain kinds of movables which the heir is entitled to take, besides the heritable estate. [Scot.]
HERALDSHIP n.
The office of a herald. Selden.
HEROSHIP n.
The character or personality of a hero. "Three years of heroship." Cowper.
HIGH-CHURCHMAN-SHIP n.
The state of being a high-churchman. J. H. Newman.
HIGH-PRIESTSHIP n.
High-priesthood.
HISTORIOGRAPHERSHIP n.
The office of an historiographer. Saintsbury.
HORSEMANSHIP n.
The act or art of riding, and of training and managing horses; manege.
HORSEWHIP n. 2 definitions
A whip for horses.
HOSTESS-SHIP n.
The character, personality, or office of a hostess. Shak.
HUNTSMANSHIP n.
The art or practice of hunting, or the qualification of a hunter. Donne.
IMITATORSHIP n.
The state or office of an imitator. "Servile imitatorship." Marston.
IMPOSTORSHIP n.
The condition, character, or practice of an impostor. Milton.
INCHIPIN n.
See Inchpin.
INSHIP v.
To embark. [Obs.] Shak.
INSPECTORSHIP n. 2 definitions
The office of an inspector.
INTERCITIZENSHIP n.
The mutual right to civic privileges, in the different States. Bancroft.
INTERNUNCIOSHIP n.
The office or function of an internuncio. Richardson.
JOCKEYSHIP n.
, or position, of a jockey; the personality of a jockey. Go flatter Sawney for his jockeyship. Chatterton. Where can at last his jockeyship retire Cowper.
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