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WOMAN n. 6 definitions

itiful, and flexible. Shak. And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman. Gen. ii. 22. I have observed among all nations that the women ornament themselves more than the men; that, wherever found, they are the same kind, civil, obliging, humane, tender beings, inclined to be gay and cheerful, tim…

WOMAN'S CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION n.

An association of women formed in the United States in 1874, for the advancement of temperance by organizing preventive, educational, evangelistic, social, and legal work.

WOMANHEAD; WOMANHEDE n.

Womanhood. [Obs.] Chaucer.

WOMANHOOD n. 2 definitions

The state of being a woman; the distinguishing character or qualities of a woman, or of womankind. Unspotted faith, and comely womanhood. Spenser. Perhaps the smile and the tender tone Came out of her pitying womanhood. Tennyson.

Suitable to a woman, having the qualities of a woman; effeminate; not becoming a man; -- usually in a reproachful sense. See the Note under Effeminate. " Thy tears are womanish." Shak. " Womanish entreaties." Macaulay. A voice not soft, weak, piping, and womanish, but audible, strong, and manlike. Ascham. -- Wom"an*ish…

To make like a woman; to make effeminate. [Obs.] V. Knox.

The females of the human race; women, collectively. A sanctuary into which womankind, with her tools of magic, the broom and mop, has very infrequent access. Hawthorne.

Without a woman or women.

Like a woman; womanly. Womanlike, taking revenge too deep. Tennyson.

The quality or state of being womanly. There is nothing wherein their womanliness is more honestly garnished than with silence. Udall.

WOMANLY a. 2 definitions

Becoming a woman; feminine; as, womanly behavior. Arbuthnot. A blushing, womanly discovering grace. Donne.

A woman who ascends or flies in an aircraft.

BEADSWOMAN; BEDESWOMAN n.

Fem. of Beadsman.

An airwoman; an aviatress. [Colloq.]

A woman who manages a boat.

A woman who is a slave, or in bondage. He who was of the bondwoman. Gal. iv. 23.

A woman hired for odd work or for single days.

COUNTRYWOMAN n.

A woman born, or dwelling, in the country, as opposed to the city; a woman born or dwelling in the same country with another native or inhabitant. Shak.

A woman who attends to a dairy.