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Workmanship. [R.]

Excellence of character; dignity; worth; worthiness. [Obs.] Shak. A man of worship and honour. Chaucer. Elfin, born of noble state, And muckle worship in his native land. Spenser.

The quality of being worthy to be worshiped. [R.] Coleridge.

Capable of being worshiped; worthy of worship. [R.] Carlyle.

One who worships; one who pays divine honors to any being or thing; one who adores. [Written also worshipper.]

Entitled to worship, reverence, or high respect; claiming respect; worthy of honor; -- often used as a term of respect, sometimes ironically. "This is worshipful society." Shak. [She is] so dear and worshipful. Chaucer. -- Wor"ship*ful*ly, adv. -- Wor"ship*ful*ness, n.

The honor or position of being a wrangler at the University of Cambridge, England.

The office of a writer.

The posterior, or fourth, lateral plate in the plastron of turtles; -- called also xiphisternum.

The European bar-tailed godwit; -- called also yardkeep, and yarwhelp. See Godwit. [Prov. Eng.]

ken aback. (a) To be driven backward against the mast; -- said of the sails, also of the ship when the sails are thus driven. (b) To be suddenly checked, baffled, or discomfited. Dickens.

On the beam, that is, on a line which forms a right angle with the ship's keel; opposite to the center of the ship's side.

iation. With abnegation of God, of his honor, and of religion, they may retain the friendship of the court. Knox.

On board; into or within a ship or boat; hence, into or within a railway car.

A state of being absent or withdrawn from a place or from companionship; -- opposed to presence. Not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence. Phil. ii. 12.

The form of words by which a penitent is absolved. Shipley.

every treatise he had read. Watts. Man, the abstract Of all perfection, which the workmanship Of Heaven hath modeled. Ford.

y all stations. -- Accommodation ladder (Naut.), a light ladder hung over the side of a ship at the gangway, useful in ascending from, or descending to, small boats.

ation of one's conduct with reference to judgment thereon. Give an account of thy stewardship. Luke xvi. 2.

A vinegar cup; socket of the hip bone; a measure of about one eighth of a pint, etc.