reverberate (iou) and husbandry (iou)

reverberate (iou)

reverberate verb. . L15.
[Latin reverberat- pa. ppl stem of reverberare, formed as RE- + verberare strike, beat, from verbera rods, scourge: see -ATE3.]
I. verb trans.
Beat, drive, or force back; dissipate, dispel. L15-L18.
Of light: dazzle, light up. rare. L15-M16.
Cause to re-echo or resound, reflect (light, heat, etc.), esp. repeatedly. L16.
J. Ruskin The full glory of a tropical sunset, reverberated from the sea. N. Hawthorne The..gun thundered..and was reverberated from the heights. Nature The intensity of the radiation being reverberated in the cavity.
Direct, deflect, or force (flame, heat, etc.) back (up)on. E17.
Subject to the heat of a reverberatory furnace. E17.
II. verb intrans.
Shine or reflect (from a surface etc.), esp. repeatedly. Now rare. L16.
Resound, re-echo; continue sounding as if being re-echoed; fig. have continued effects, be heard much or repeatedly. E17.
W. S. Churchill Bright's thundering speeches..reverberated through the nation. P. Ackroyd The shouts and cries of the prison reverberate around him. P. Gardiner The traumatic incidents..continued to reverberate in his memory.
Recoil, rebound, now esp. with a reverberating sound. E18.
D. Leavitt Louise throws down her fork; it..reverberates against the table.
Of flame etc.: be directed, deflected, or forced back on, over, etc. E18.
Phrases: reverberating furnace a reverberatory furnace.

husbandry (iou)

husbandry noun. ME.
[from HUSBAND noun + -RY.]
The administration and Management of a household; domestic economy. ME-M17.
Shakespeare Merchant of Venice Lorenzo, I commit into your hands The husbandry and manage of my house.
b. gen. Occupation, business. E-M17.
Tillage or cultivation of the ground; agriculture; farming. ME.
animal husbandry the science of breeding and caring for farm animals. crop husbandry the science of growing and harvesting crops.
C. Francis Good Management and wise husbandry are the cornerstones of bountiful harvesting. Z. Medvedev There are...agricultural research institutes, one of which studies sheep and goat husbandry.
Household goods; agricultural produce; land under cultivation; the body of husbandmen on an estate. ME-L17.
Shakespeare Henry V All her husbandry doth lie on heaps, corrupting in it own fertility.
a. Careful Management, thrift, economy. LME.
R. W. Emerson Reform has no gratitude, no prudence, no husbandry.
b. With qualifying adjective: good, bad, etc., Management of resources. M16.
Bolingbroke The excessive ill husbandry practiced from the very beginning of King William's reign.

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