good+husbandry

  • 21Armeria vulgaris — Thrift Thrift (thr[i^]ft), n. [Icel. [thorn]rift. See {Thrive}.] 1. A thriving state; good husbandry; economical management in regard to property; frugality. [1913 Webster] The rest, . . . willing to fall to thrift, prove very good husbands.… …

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  • 22Common thrift — Thrift Thrift (thr[i^]ft), n. [Icel. [thorn]rift. See {Thrive}.] 1. A thriving state; good husbandry; economical management in regard to property; frugality. [1913 Webster] The rest, . . . willing to fall to thrift, prove very good husbands.… …

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  • 23sea pink — Thrift Thrift (thr[i^]ft), n. [Icel. [thorn]rift. See {Thrive}.] 1. A thriving state; good husbandry; economical management in regard to property; frugality. [1913 Webster] The rest, . . . willing to fall to thrift, prove very good husbands.… …

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  • 24Thrift — (thr[i^]ft), n. [Icel. [thorn]rift. See {Thrive}.] 1. A thriving state; good husbandry; economical management in regard to property; frugality. [1913 Webster] The rest, . . . willing to fall to thrift, prove very good husbands. Spenser. [1913… …

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  • 25Aberdour —    1) ABERDOUR, a parish, in the district of Deer, county of Aberdeen; comprising the village of Pennan, and containing 1645 inhabitants, of whom 376 are in the village of New Aberdour, 8 miles (W. by S.) from Fraserburgh. The name of this place… …

    A Topographical dictionary of Scotland

  • 26Canisbay —    CANISBAY, a parish, in the county of Caithness; including the island of Stroma, a small part of the late quoad sacra parish of Keiss, and the detached townships of Auckingill, Duncansbay, Freswick, Gills, Huna, Brabster, and East and West Mey; …

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  • 27economy — n. 1. Frugality, thrift, thriftiness, good husbandry, good housewifery. 2. Arrangement, regulation, management, administration. 3. System, plan, dispensation, established order …

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  • 28thrift — n. 1. Success, prosperity, gain, profit, luck, good fortune. 2. Frugality, thriftiness, economy, good husbandry, economical management, savingness …

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  • 29thrift — noun she learned her sense of thrift from her mother Syn: frugality, economy, economizing, thriftiness, providence, prudence, good management, good husbandry, saving, scrimping and saving, abstemiousness; parsimony, penny pinching, austerity Ant …

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  • 30Tusser, Thomas — (?1524 1580)    Born in Rivenhall, Essex, he was a chorister, firstly in the collegiate chapel of the castle of Wallingford, Berkshire, then at St. Paul s Cathedral. His education continued at Eton College, at King s College, and Trinity Hall,… …

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