Abstorted :: Abstorted (a.) Wrested away.

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.

Ancestorial :: Ancestorial (a.) Ancestral.

Ancestorially :: Ancestorially (adv.) With regard to ancestors.

Assistor :: Assistor (n.) A assister.

Attestor :: Attestor (n.) One who attests.

Bestorm :: Bestorm (v. i. & t.) To storm.

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.

Boustorphic :: Boustorphic (a.) Boustrophedonic.

Castor :: Castor (n.) A genus of rodents, including the beaver. See Beaver..

Castor :: Castor (n.) Castoreum. See Castoreum.

Castor :: Castor (n.) A hat, esp. one made of beaver fur; a beaver..

Castor :: Castor (n.) A heavy quality of broadcloth for overcoats.

Castor :: Castor (n.) See Caster, a small wheel..

Castor :: Castor (n.) the northernmost of the two bright stars in the constellation Gemini, the other being Pollux..

Castor :: Castor (n.) Alt. of Castorit.

Castor And Pollux :: Castor and Pollux () See Saint Elmo's fire, under Saint..

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..

Clearstory :: Clearstory (n.) Alt. of Clerestor.

Clerestory :: Clerestory (n.) The upper story of the nave of a church, containing windows, and rising above the aisle roofs..

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