Ale-knight (n.) A pot companion. |
Bread (a.) To spread. |
Bread (n.) An article of food made from flour or meal by moistening, kneading, and baking. |
Bread (n.) Food |
Bread (v. t.) To cover with bread crumbs, preparatory to cooking |
French (a.) Of or pertaining to France or its inhabitants. |
French (n.) The language spoken in France. |
French (n.) Collectively, the people of France. |
Graham bread () Bread made of unbolted wheat flour. |
Knight (n.) A young servant or follower |
Knight (n.) In feudal times, a man-at-arms serving on horseback and admitted to a certain military rank with special ceremonies, including an oath to protect the distressed, maintain the right, and live a stainless life. |
Knight (n.) One on whom knighthood, a dignity next below that of baronet, is conferred by the sovereign, entitling him to be addressed as Sir |
Knight (n.) A champion |
Knight (n.) A piece used in the game of chess, usually bearing a horse's head. |
Knight (n.) A playing card bearing the figure of a knight |
Knight (v. t.) To dub or create (one) a knight |
Knight bachelor () A knight of the most ancient, but lowest, order of English knights, and not a member of any order of chivalry. See Bachelor, 4. |
Knight banneret () A knight who carried a banner, who possessed fiefs to a greater amount than the knight bachelor, and who was obliged to serve in war with a greater number of attendants. The dignity was sometimes conferred by the sovereign in person on the field of battle. |
Knight baro-net () See Baronet. |
Knight-errants (pl. ) of Knight-errant |
Knight-errant (n.) A wandering knight |
Knight-errantries (pl. ) of Knight-errantry |
Knight-errantry (n.) The character or actions of wandering knights |
Knight-er-ratic (a.) Pertaining to a knight-errant or to knight-errantry. |
Knight marshal () An officer in the household of the British sovereign, who has cognizance of transgressions within the royal household and verge, and of contracts made there, a member of the household being one of the parties. |
Knight service () A tenure of lands held by knights on condition of performing military service. See Chivalry, n., 4. |
Knight Templar () See Commandery, n., 3, and also Templar, n., 1 and 3. |
Land-poor (a.) Pecuniarily embarrassed through owning much unprofitable land. |
Monkey-bread (n.) The fruit of the Adansonia digitata |
Poor (superl.) Destitute of property |
Poor (superl.) So completely destitute of property as to be entitled to maintenance from the public. |
Poor (superl.) Destitute of such qualities as are desirable, or might naturally be expected |
Poor (superl.) Wanting in fat, plumpness, or fleshiness |
Poor (superl.) Wanting in strength or vigor |
Poor (superl.) Of little value or worth |
Poor (superl.) Destitute of fertility |
Poor (superl.) Destitute of beauty, fitness, or merit |
Poor (superl.) Without prosperous conditions or good results |
Poor (superl.) Inadequate |
Poor (superl.) Worthy of pity or sympathy |
Poor (superl.) Free from self-assertion |
Poor (n.) A small European codfish (Gadus minutus) |
Poor-john (n.) A small European fish, similar to the cod, but of inferior quality. |
Poor-spirited (a.) Of a mean spirit |
Poor-will (n.) A bird of the Western United States (Phalaenoptilus Nutalli) allied to the whip-poor-will. |
Poor-willie (n.) The bar-tailed godwit. |
Toast (v. t.) To dry and brown by the heat of a fire |
Toast (v. t.) To warm thoroughly |
Toast (v. t.) To name when a health is proposed to be drunk |
Toast (v.) Bread dried and browned before a fire, usually in slices |