Crossword clues for strengthener
strengthener
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Strengthener \Strength"en*er\, n.
One who, or that which, gives or adds strength.
--Sir W.
Temple.
Wiktionary
n. One who, or that which, gives or adds strength.
WordNet
n. a device designed to provide additional strength; "the cardboard backing was just a strengthener"; "he used gummed reinforcements to hold the page in his notebook" [syn: reinforcement]
Usage examples of "strengthener".
And what did the doctors and poets say about sleep: surc e ase, strengthener, healer, k nitter-up of the raveled sleeve of c a re.
In other words, should he be brought up short and queried, ever, he could say he had treated me only as a doctor treats a patient, had prescribed for me, had given me some sedative, headache powder, strengthener, or whatever it was, for my spells of dizziness and would have my word to corroborate his and perhaps some office or desk jotting to show for it as well.
The strengtheners and the lowerers were all "clever" men in somebody's opinion, which is really as much as can be said for any living talents.
Culpepper says: 'It is a great strengthener of the heart and cheerer of the vital spirits: .