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Elder :: Elder (a.) A person who, on account of his age, occupies the office of ruler or judge; hence, a person occupying any office appropriate to such as have the experience and dignity which age confers; as, the elders of Israel; the elders of the synagogue; the elders in the apostolic church..

Matronal :: Matronal (a.) Of or pertaining to a matron; suitable to an elderly lady or to a married woman; grave; motherly.

Gelder :: Gelder (n.) One who gelds or castrates.

Danewort :: Danewort (n.) A fetid European species of elder (Sambucus Ebulus); dwarf elder; wallwort; elderwort; -- called also Daneweed, Dane's weed, and Dane's-blood. [Said to grow on spots where battles were fought against the Danes.].

Elderish :: Elderish (a.) Somewhat old; elderly.

Mulier :: Mulier (n.) Lawful issue born in wedlock, in distinction from an elder brother born of the same parents before their marriage; a lawful son..

Presbytery :: Presbytery (n.) A body of elders in the early Christian church.

Water Elder :: Water elder () The guelder-rose.

Pique :: Pique (n.) In piquet, the right of the elder hand to count thirty in hand, or to play before the adversary counts one..

Matronly :: Matronly (a.) Advanced in years; elderly.

Guelderrose'' :: Guelderrose' (n.) A cultivated variety of a species of Viburnum (V. Opulus), bearing large bunches of white flowers; -- called also snowball tree..

Dame :: Dame (n.) A woman in general, esp. an elderly woman..

Elder :: Elder (a.) A clergyman authorized to administer all the sacraments; as, a traveling elder..

Welder :: Welder (n.) A manager; an actual occupant.

Skilder :: Skilder (v. i.) To beg; to pilfer; to skelder.

Wallwort :: Wallwort (n.) The dwarf elder, or danewort (Sambucus Ebulus)..

Pharisee :: Pharisee (n.) One of a sect or party among the Jews, noted for a strict and formal observance of rites and ceremonies and of the traditions of the elders, and whose pretensions to superior sanctity led them to separate themselves from the other Jews..

Madam :: Madam (n.) A gentlewoman; -- an appellation or courteous form of address given to a lady, especially an elderly or a married lady; -- much used in the address, at the beginning of a letter, to a woman. The corresponding word in addressing a man is Sir..

Field :: Field (v. t.) To catch, stop, throw, etc. (the ball), as a fielder..

Schwenkfelder :: Schwenkfelder (n.) Alt. of Schwenkfeldia.

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