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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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4,258 words match “WAR”

SHOREWARD adv.
Toward the shore.
SILVERWARE n.
Dishes, vases, ornaments, and utensils of various sorts, made of silver.
SKYWARD a.
Toward the sky.
SOUTHEASTWARD; SOUTHEASTWARDLY adv.
Toward the southeast.
SOUTHWARD a. 2 definitions
Toward the south.
SOUTHWARD; SOUTHWARDS adv.
Toward the south, or toward a point nearer the south than the east or west point; as, to go southward.
SOUTHWARDLY adv.
In a southern direction.
SOUTHWESTWARD; SOUTHWESTWARDLY adv.
Toward the southwest.
SOWAR n.
In India, a mounted soldier.
STALWART; STALWORTH a.
Brave; bold; strong; redoubted; daring; vehement; violent. "A stalwart tiller of the soil." Prof. Wilson. Fair man be was and wise, stalworth and bold. R. of Brunne.
STALWARTLY adv.
In a stalwart manner.
STALWARTNESS n.
The quality of being stalwart.
STEWARD n. 6 definitions
other servants, collect the rents or income, keep accounts, and the like. Worthy to be stewards of rent and land. Chaucer. They came near to the steward of Joseph's house. Gen. xliii. 19. As good stewards of the manifold grace of God. 1 Pet. iv. 10.
STEWARDESS n.
A female steward; specifically, a woman employed in passenger vessels to attend to the wants of female passengers.
STEWARDLY adv.
In a manner, or with the care, of a steward. [R.] To be stewardly dispensed, not wastefully spent. Tooker.
STEWARDSHIP n.
The office of a steward. Shak.
STEWARTRY n. 3 definitions
An overseer or superintendent. [R.] "The stewartry of provisions." Tooke.
STONEWARE n.
A species of coarse potter's ware, glazed and baked.
STRAIGHTFORWARD a. 2 definitions
In a straightforward manner. -- Straight`for"ward*ly, adv. -- Straight`for"ward*ness, n.
STREETWARD n. 2 definitions
An officer, or ward, having the care of the streets. [Obs.] Cowell.
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