English English Dictionary

English English Dictionary

The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg

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Churchmanship (n.)

The state or quality of being a churchman; attachment to the church.

Churchmen (pl. )

of Churchman

Churchship (n.)

State of being a church.

Churchwarden (n.)

One of the officers (usually two) in an Episcopal church, whose duties vary in different dioceses, but always include the provision of what is necessary for the communion service.

Churchwarden (n.)

A clay tobacco pipe, with a long tube.

Churchwardenship (n.)

The office of a churchwarden.

Churchy (a.)

Relating to a church; unduly fond of church forms.

Churchyard (n.)

The ground adjoining a church, in which the dead are buried; a cemetery.

Churl (n.)

A rustic; a countryman or laborer.

Churl (n.)

A rough, surly, ill-bred man; a boor.

Churl (n.)

A selfish miser; an illiberal person; a niggard.

Churl (a.)

Churlish; rough; selfish.

Churlish (a.)

Like a churl; rude; cross-grained; ungracious; surly; illiberal; niggardly.

Churlish (a.)

Wanting pliancy; unmanageable; unyielding; not easily wrought; as, a churlish soil; the churlish and intractable nature of some minerals.

Churlishly (adv.)

In a churlish manner.

Churlishness (n.)

Rudeness of manners or temper; lack of kindness or courtesy.

Churly (a.)

Rude; churlish; violent.

Churme (n.)

Alt. of Chirm

Churn (v. t.)

A vessel in which milk or cream is stirred, beaten, or otherwise agitated (as by a plunging or revolving dasher) in order to separate the oily globules from the other parts, and obtain butter.

Churn (v. t.)

To stir, beat, or agitate, as milk or cream in a churn, in order to make butter.