Dictionary: AFT'ER-HOPE – AFT'ER-SWARM

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AFT'ER-HOPE, n.

Future hope. – Jonson.

AFT'ER-HOURS, n.

Hours that follow; time following. – Shak.

AFT'ER-IG-NO-RANCE, n.

Subsequent ignorance. – Stafford.

AF'TER-INGS, n. [plur.]

The last milk drawn in milking; strokings. – Grose.

AFT'ER-KING, n.

A succeeding king. – Shuckford.

AFT'ER-LIFE, n.

  1. Future life or the life after this. – Dryden. Butler.
  2. A later period of life; subsequent life.

AFT'ER-LIV-ER, n.

One who lives in succeeding times. – Sidney.

AFT'ER-LOVE, n.

The second or later love. – Shak.

AFT'ER-MAL-ICE, n.

Succeeding malice. – Dryden.

AFT'ER-MATH, n. [after and math. See Mow.]

A second crop of grass in the same season; rowen. – Holland.

AFT'ER-MOST, a. [Superl.]

In marine language, nearest the stem, opposed to foremost; also hindmost.

AFT-ER-NOON', n.

The part of the day which follows noon, between noon and evening. – Dryden.

AFT'ER-PAINS, n.

The pains which succeed childbirth.

AFT'ER-PART, n.

The latter part. In marine language, the part of a ship towards the stern. – Mar. Dict.

AFT'ER-PIECE, n.

A piece performed after a play; a farce or other entertainment. – Cumberland.

AFT'ER-PROOF, n.

Subsequent proof or evidence; qualities known by subsequent experience. – Wotton.

AFT'ER-RE-PENT'ANCE, n.

Subsequent repentance. – South.

AFT'ER-RE-PORT, n.

Subsequent report, or information. – South.

AFT'ER-SAILS, n.

The sails on the mizzen-mast and stays, between the main and mizzen-masts. – Mar. Dict.

AF'TER-STAGE, n.

A subsequent stage.

AFT'ER-STATE, n.

The future state. – Glanville.

AFT'ER-STING, n.

Subsequent sting. – Herbert.

AFT'ER-STORM, n.

A succeeding or future storm. – Dryden.

AFT'ER-SUP-PER, n.

The time between supper and going to bed. – Shak.

AFT'ER-SWARM, n.

A swarm of bees which leaves the hive after the first.