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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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7 words match “FITTER”

FITTER n. 3 definitions
A little piece; a flitter; a flinder. [Obs.] Where's the Frenchman Alas, he's all fitters. Beau. & Fl.
OUTFITTER n.
One who furnishes outfits for a voyage, a journey, or a business.
CLOISTER n.
A monastic establishment; a place for retirement from the world for religious duties. Fitter for a cloister than a crown. Daniel. Cloister garth (Arch.), the garden or open part of a court inclosed by the cloisters.
GO v.
h from a place. (b) To go abroad; to make an excursion or expedition. There are other men fitter to go out than I. Shak. What went ye out for to see Matt. xi. 7, 8, 9.
JUMENT n.
A beast; especially, a beast of burden. [Obs.] Fitter for juments than men to feed on. Burton.
PIPE n.
containing two hogsheads, or 126 wine gallons; also, the quantity which it contains. Pipe fitter, one who fits pipes together, or applies pipes, as to an engine or a building. -- Pipe fitting, a piece, as a coupling, an elbow, a valve, etc., used for connecting lengths of pipe or as accessory to a pipe. -- Pipe offic…
THAN conj.
gher sat. Milton. It's wiser being good than bad; It's safer being meek than fierce; It's fitter being sane than mad. R. Browning.