Agistor :: Agistor (n.) Formerly, an officer of the king's forest, who had the care of cattle agisted, and collected the money for the same; -- hence called gisttaker, which in England is corrupted into guest-taker..
Agistor :: Agistor (n.) Now, one who agists or takes in cattle to pasture at a certain rate; a pasturer..
Ancestor :: Ancestor (n.) One from whom a person is descended, whether on the father's or mother's side, at any distance of time; a progenitor; a fore father..
Ancestor :: Ancestor (n.) An earlier type; a progenitor; as, this fossil animal is regarded as the ancestor of the horse..
Ancestor :: Ancestor (n.) One from whom an estate has descended; -- the correlative of heir.
Bistort :: Bistort (n.) An herbaceous plant of the genus Polygonum, section Bistorta; snakeweed; adderwort. Its root is used in medicine as an astringent..
Blindstory :: Blindstory (n.) The triforium as opposed to the clearstory.
Bookstore :: Bookstore (n.) A store where books are kept for sale; -- called in England a bookseller's shop.
Castor Bean :: Castor bean () The bean or seed of the castor-oil plant (Ricinus communis, or Palma Christi.).
Castor Oil :: Castor oil () A mild cathartic oil, expressed or extracted from the seeds of the Ricinus communis, or Palma Christi. When fresh the oil is inodorous and insipid..
Castoreum :: Castoreum (n.) A peculiar bitter orange-brown substance, with strong, penetrating odor, found in two sacs between the anus and external genitals of the beaver; castor; -- used in medicine as an antispasmodic, and by perfumers..
Castorin :: Castorin (n.) A white crystalline substance obtained from castoreum.
Castorite :: Castorite (n.) A variety of the mineral called petalite, from Elba..