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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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108 words match “HERL”

HERL n.
Same as Harl, 2.
HERLING; HIRLING n.
The young of the sea trout. [Prov. Eng.]
BOTCHERLY a.
Bungling; awkward. [R.]
BROTHERLINESS n.
The state or quality of being brotherly.
BROTHERLY a. 2 definitions
thers; such as is natural for brothers; becoming to brothers; kind; affectionate; as, brotherly love.
BUTCHERLINESS n.
Butchery quality.
BUTCHERLY a.
Like a butcher; without compunction; savage; bloody; inhuman; fell. "The victim of a butcherly murder." D. Webster. What stratagems, how fell, how butcherly, This deadly quarrel daily doth beget! Shak.
FATHERLAND n.
One's native land; the native land of one's fathers or ancestors.
FATHERLESS a. 2 definitions
Destitute of a living father; as, a fatherless child.
FATHERLESSNESS n.
The state of being without a father.
FATHERLINESS n.
The qualities of a father; parantal kindness, care, etc.
FATHERLY a. 2 definitions
n affection and care; paternal; tender; protecting; careful. You have showed a tender, fatherly regard. Shak.
FEATHERLESS a.
Destitute of feathers.
FEATHERLY a.
Like feathers. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
GRANDFATHERLY a.
Like a grandfather in age or manner; kind; benignant; indulgent. He was a grandfatherly sort of personage. Hawthorne.
GRANDMOTHERLY a.
Like a grandmother in age or manner; kind; indulgent.
LITHERLY a.
mischievous; wicked; treacherous; lazy.[Archaic] He [the dwarf] was waspish, arch, and litherly. Sir W. Scott.
MOTHERLAND n.
The country of one's ancestors; -- same as fatherland.
MOTHERLESS a.
Destitute of a mother; having lost a mother; as, motherless children.
MOTHERLINESS n.
The state or quality of being motherly.
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