Crossword-Solution: ELLWAND
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Ellwand | n. | Formerly, a measuring rod an ell long. |
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| Word | Anagrams | |
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| ELLWAND | anagram | WELLAND |
We have 1 clue for the answer “ELLWAND”
| Clue | Answers |
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| stick for measuring lengths | 1 answer |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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greedy person
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Sentences with ELLWAND (5)
There I stood, with my ellwand in my hand, measuring off waistcoat-pieces, displaying shawls, and exhibiting watch-chains and knives, till late in the evening.
His walk was that of a man accustomed to carry under his left arm a web of huckaback, and in his right hand a staff ellwand; and his style of speech, bland, conciliating, and persuasive, was derived from the habit of wheedling customers into exorbitant terms.
This trick of his conscience had hitherto been unable to prevent Duncan from using his short ellwand, and acting dishonestly.
Gavin," replied Duncan Schulebred, receiving the money; "but that's a sma sum (hiccup) in comparison o' what I hae to pay; but it's pleasant to discharge the obligations o' honour." Now, the wily huckaback manufacturer was, as he spoke, approaching the corner where his staff ellwand lay--an article he stood more in need of at that time (short measure as it was) than ever, on any other occasion of _taking off_, he had encountered.
The necessity of motion of some kind is the last idea parted with by an intoxicated traveller; and Duncan Schulebred still retained it, even after he had lost his ellwand, his chief means of support.