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9 words match “FORESTER”

FORESTER n. 4 definitions
A lepidopterous insect belonging to Alypia and allied genera; as, the eight-spotted forester (A. octomaculata), which in the larval state is injurious to the grapevine.
FORESTAGE n. 2 definitions
A duty or tribute payable to the king's foresters.
FORSTER n.
A forester. [Obs.] Chaucer.
FOSTER n.
A forester. [Obs.] Spenser.
TRANSMEW v.
orphose. [Archaic] Chaucer. Spenser. To transmew thyself from a holy hermit into a sinful forester. Sir W. Scott.
VINE n.
ructive. -- Vine dragon, an old and fruitless branch of a vine. [Obs.] Holland. -- Vine forester (Zoöl.), any one of several species of moths belonging to Alypia and allied genera, whose larvæ feed on the leaves of the grapevine. -- Vine fretter (Zoöl.), a plant louse, esp. the phylloxera that injuries the grapevine…
WALKER n.
A forest officer appointed to walk over a certain space for inspection; a forester.
WOODMAN n.
A forest officer appointed to take care of the king's woods; a forester. [Eng.]
ZYGENID n.
ths of the family Zygænidæ, most of which are bright colored. The wood nymph and the vine forester are examples. Also used adjectively.