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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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15 words match “STURDY”

STURDY a. 5 definitions
Foolishly obstinate or resolute; stubborn; unrelenting; unfeeling; stern. This sturdy marquis gan his hearte dress To rue upon her wifely steadfastness. Chaucer. This must be done, and I would fain see Mortal so sturdy as to gainsay. Hudibras. A sturdy, hardened sinner shall advance to the utmost pitch of impiety with…
BRACE v.
sition for resisting pressure; to hold firmly; as, he braced himself against the crowd. A sturdy lance in his right hand he braced. Fairfax.
BUCKLE v.
ou shalt buckle with me. Shak. To buckle to, to bend to; to engage with zeal. To make our sturdy humor buckle thereto. Barrow. Before buckling to my winter's work. J. D. Forbes.
BUFF a.
Firm; sturdy. And for the good old cause stood buff, 'Gainst many a bitter kick and cuff. Hudibras.
CAIRD n.
A traveling tinker; also a tramp or sturdy beggar. [Prov. Eng.]
CONTEXTURE n.
re of all created beings. Dryden. He was not of any delicate contexture; his limbs rather sturdy than dainty. Sir H. Wotton.
EMPLOY v.
Jahaziah . . . were employed about this matter. Ezra x. 15. Thy vineyard must employ the sturdy steer To turn the glebe. Dryden. To employ one's self, to apply or devote one's time and attention; to busy one's self.
FORCELESS a.
Having little or no force; feeble. These forceless flowers like sturdy trees support me. Shak.
LUBBER n.
A heavy, clumsy, or awkward fellow; a sturdy drone; a clown. Lingering lubbers lose many a penny. Tusser. Land lubber, a name given in contempt by sailors to a person who lives on land. -- Lubber grasshopper (Zoöl.), a large, stout, clumsy grasshopper; esp., Brachystola magna, from the Rocky Mountain plains, and Romal…
PUDGY a.
Short and fat or sturdy; dumpy; podgy; as, a short, pudgy little man; a pudgy little hand. Thackeray.
ROGUE n.
A vagrant; an idle, sturdy beggar; a vagabond; a tramp.
STURDILY adv.
In a sturdy manner.
STURDINESS n.
Quality of being sturdy.
TURN-SICK n.
A disease with which sheep are sometimes affected; gid; sturdy. See Gid.
VAGRANT n.
e who strolls from place to place; one who has no settled habitation; an idle wanderer; a sturdy beggar; an incorrigible rogue; a vagabond. Vagrants and outlaws shall offend thy view. Prior.