cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
westermost
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more westermost
form: most westermost
Etymology: From west + -er + -most.
Senses: examples: text: The distance between the two westermost is nearly the same, and they bear to each other S. by E. and N. by W.
ref: 1785, John Hawkesworth, An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the Order of His Present Majesty For Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere.:
text: The lightning, or matter thereof, (supposing it to have enter'd at the top of the house, as is the general receiv'd opinion,) first struck the southeast corner of the eastermost chimney; from which place it can be trac'd downwards, by cracks and other marks on the south side of the chimney, in a diagonal line, to the buttom of a kind of bulk-head, or place ras'd above the roof, to go out on the top of the house, and reaching from one chimney to the other; that it then appears to have gone up the E. side of the roof, near the edge of the S. side of the bulk-head to the ridge, and from thence descended the W. side of the roof, by the like way, to the bulkhead door, which it split, and melted part of an iron staple on the inside of the westermost side of the door-frame;
ref: 2011, Nathan G. Goodman, The Ingenious Dr. Franklin: Selected Scientific Letters of Benjamin Franklin, page 117:
text: Beyond this was a smaller waiting-room on the westermost side, and on the far wall was a blackboard on which incoming arrival times were listed.
ref: 2014, George Harmon Coxe, The Frightened Fiancée:
glosses: Furthest to the west; westernmost.
western omelet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: western omelets
Senses: examples: text: I made coffee, poured orange juice (about the extent of my culinary skills) and set the table in the kitchen nook while Kathleen made an absolutely wonderful western omelet with jalapeno peppers added for a tex-mex touch.
ref: 2014, Joseph James, Tracks of a Thief:
glosses: An omelet made with cheese and chunks of ham, onion, and bell pepper.
Coordinate terms: english: either synonymous or coordinate, depending on whose recipes are governing
translation: either synonymous or coordinate, depending on whose recipes are governing
word: Denver omelette
western omelets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of western omelet
Abercraf
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Abercrave
Etymology: From Welsh.
Senses: glosses: A village in Powys, Wales (OS grid ref SN8112).
Abercrave
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Abercraf.
chile relleno
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chile rellenos
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish chile relleno (“stuffed chile”).
Senses: glosses: A chile (typically a poblano) that has been stuffed with cheese or a mixture of minced meat and other ingredients, then covered in batter, fried, and served with a tomato-based sauce.
chile rellenos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chile relleno
Cwmafan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Cwmavon
Senses: glosses: A large village in Neath Port Talbot borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SS7892).
Cwmavon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in Monmouthshire, Wales (OS grid ref SO2706)
glosses: Alternative form of Cwmafan in Neath Port Talbot.
Tonmawr
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Welsh.
Senses: glosses: A village in Neath Port Talbot borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SS8096).
whenabout
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: whenabouts
Etymology: From when + about.
Senses: examples: text: In the first place, I wish to congratulate the Premier upon the spirit which has inspired him to bring about the change from “colony” to “dominion"; and the only defect in the spirit I can really find isthat^([sic]) he is premature to the extent of whenabout fifty years.
ref: 1907, New Zealand. Parliament. House of Representatives, Parliamentary Debates - Volume 139, page 376:
glosses: Approximately in time.
examples: text: Having expected the Rector of Faringdon for some time at my house, I could not so well say whenabout we should endeavour to get to Town; […]
ref: 1877, Gilbert White, The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, page 147:
text: yet the results are only approximate; and in the dates given below no painful accuracy is attempted; it being enough for our purpose to know when or whenabout any drama was produced.
ref: 1913, James Stalker, How to Read Shakespeare: A Guide for the General Reader, page 221:
glosses: At what approximate time.
Glyncorrwg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Welsh.
Senses: glosses: A village in Cymer and Glyncorrwg community, Neath Port Talbot borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SS8799).
whenabouts
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: Let it be required to find the Situation of Jupiter among the Fixed Stars in the Heavens, and also whenabouts it rises and sets, and comes to the Meridian on the 19th of May, 1757, N. S. at London.
ref: 1757, John Harris, The description and Use of the Globes, page 149:
text: I want to know whenabouts. I told you that.
ref: 1895, New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division- First Department:
text: And whenabouts did he start from here, do you know ? ”
ref: 1917, Madge Mears, The Candid Courtship, page 162:
glosses: Alternative form of whenabout.
xylographica
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The apparent success of this mass-produced merchandise, whether caused by piety, or fear, or simply by the desire to own pretty pictures, was apparently great and these xylographica had a considerably wider market than manuscripts.
ref: 1967, Rudolf Hirsch, Printing, Selling and Reading, 1450-1550, page 10:
text: These block-books, or xylographica, of which upwards of a hundred issues and editions, comprising some thirty separate works, have been recorded, were produced chiefly in the Netherlands and Germany.
ref: 2011, Harry G. Aldis, John Carter, E. A. Crutchley, The Printed Book, page 2:
glosses: Xylographs generally.
ladder stitch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ladder stitches
Senses: topics: business
manufacturing
sewing
textiles
glosses: A stitch used to close seams, in which the thread runs through alternating lengths of both sides.
ladder stitches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ladder stitch
Silloth
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Old Norse sær (“sea”) + hlaða (“barn”).
Senses: glosses: A small town and port in Silloth-on-Solway parish, Cumberland council area, Cumbria, England, previously in Allerdale borough (OS grid ref NY1053).
root nodule
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: root nodules
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A specialized organ that forms on the roots of certain plants, primarily legumes, as a result of a symbiotic interaction between the plant and nitrogen-fixing bacteria known as rhizobia, allowing the plant to obtain nitrogen directly from the atmosphere.
Pudsey
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2233).
glosses: A hamlet near Cornholme, Todmorden parish, Calderdale borough, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SD9126).
yabble
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: yabbles
form: yabbling
form: yabbled
form: yabbled
Senses: examples: text: It's got everything : sandy beaches, where the seals bob up and yabble to you; cliffs with guillemots, kittiwakes and puffins; dozens of caves; hilltops with eagles; trees; skylarks.
ref: 1963, Robin Jenkins, A Love of Innocence, page 27:
text: Mark swears it all began at the Mayan ruins of Tikal when we ate mushrooms and sat on pyramids and yabbled with the monkeys.
ref: 1999, Bruce Northam, Brad Olsen, In Search of Adventure: A Wild Travel Anthology, page 375:
text: And of course they couldn't speak English, they just yabbled on and on in whatever language they spoke, waving their arms, and they were still yabbling when the police came to serve eviction notices.
ref: 2006, Paul Lefebvre, Private Mail: Letters to Emily, page 321:
glosses: To vocalize in a meaningless or incomprehensible manner.
examples: text: . “Well, because I've never said anything of any real value in my entire life.” He smiled. “I can yabble on at the mouth, telling people how I feel, asking them how they feel, but it's just fillin' the world up with more noise.”
ref: 2002, Ethan Hawke, Ash Wednesday, page 18:
text: Let them yabble at me, if it gives them pleasure.
ref: 2008, Leigh Brackett, The Ginger Star, page 98:
text: The mumpokers broke out in this chant: “The word is Mum! The word is Mum! If you babble as such We'll poke yer bum! If you yabble too much Your rear'll be numb!
ref: 2008, Len Bailey, Fantasms:
text: “OMD - I'm into their hi-energy sound, I'm working on the ultimate hienergy compilation,” yabbled Kevin without thinking, but before he could continue ...
ref: 2015, Neil Raffan, Hunting Roundabouts:
glosses: To talk excessively; to babble.
yabble
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The beasts wi' joy ran headlang helter-skelter : Or hoo the folk wha built the Tower o' Babel Misun'erstood ilk ane the ither's yabble ;
ref: 1861, James Nicholson, Willie Waugh:
text: They tower at the hideous shots stabbing from their well-loved pasture, and when at last they have put many yards of air between you and them they break out into that fierce wild yabble of anger and dismay.
ref: 1947, The New English Review - Volume 14, page 252:
text: It was a continuous yabble and glossolalia going on inside his mouth, but on different levels of goodbye, just as there always had been to his welcomes.
ref: 2007, Jack Hirschman, Only Dreaming Sky: Poems, page 96:
text: The calm night awoke with clamorous sounds—charpoys overturning; a yabble-yabble of highpitched, frightened voices; a tinkle of broken glass; the rattle of whistles as the askaris took up the alarm and thudded in their bare feet through the dusty streets looking for the disturbance.
ref: 1924, Adventure - Volume 47, page 150:
text: Was never sic a yabble! If e'er there was sic strife and clatter, Fracas o tongues and bellerin blatter, Twas at the towr o Babel.
ref: 1996, David McCordick, Scottish literature: an anthology, page 572:
glosses: Meaningless vocalizations or garbled speech.
examples: text: Whist, billies ; cease your angry yabble, And doucely lean you o'er the table.
ref: 1883, Alexander G. Murdoch, The Scottish Poets Recent and Living, page 168:
text: Those children were growing up and I told him, “Your children never will learn to talk plainly while they live over in the back lot and listen to your yabble.”
ref: 1915, University of the State of New York, Proceedings of the ... Convocation - Volumes 50-51:
text: The fuitbaa commentator daes his speil on chances taen or missed: it's nocht but yabble, poleetical yabble at that, an nithin's waur, for Tapsalteerie tummles-the-wulkies for a leevin.
ref: 1983, Chapman - Volumes 35-38, page 76:
glosses: Babbling; nonsensical talk.
examples: text: Another time, Tony Hooper and I crossed from Hobson's Wharf to Northcote in a fibre-glass dinghy. We met a real yabble of a sea, with waves meeting at right angles.
ref: 1985, New Zealand Archaeological Association, Newsletter - Volumes 28-29, page 214:
glosses: Chaotic confusion.
yabble
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more yabble
form: most yabble
Senses: examples: text: It made a man's heart sore to see bairns wantin' schoolin' and no yabble to get it.
ref: 1858, Walter White, A month in Yorkshire, page 226:
text: Yon little mowdy-warp 'd nivver be yabble tee upset me, Mr. Bevan, not if he lived to be as awd as Mac Thuselah.
ref: 1871, Baily's Magazine of Sports & Pastimes - Volume 20, page 408:
text: There's planty o' lads, i' beath Lamplugh an' Dean, As yabble as thee, an' as weel to be seen ;
ref: 1873, William Cullen Bryant, A Library of Poetry and Song:
text: "Wyah," sed Dick, "as mappm be yabble to mannish o this, an meear when a git theear."
ref: 1887, Thomas Clarke (rector.), Specimens of the Dialect of Westmorland, page 4:
glosses: Able; capable.
examples: text: . We still hear of persons described as " Yabble bodies," meaning that they are well-to-do.
ref: 1884, John Christopher Atkinson, Quarter Sessions Records - Volume 2, page 316:
text: One of these men, a member of an old and "yabble" (well-to-do) Danby family, was, if my memory serves me rightly, the retailer of a tradition, mentioned for my instruction, that in days gone by the race was always from the churchyard gate to the bride-door, and that the prize was not barely the bride's garter, but the added privilege of taking it hemself from her leg as she crossed the threshold of her home.
ref: 1891, John Christopher Atkinson, Forty Years in a Moorland Parish:
glosses: well-to-do.
yabbles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of yabble
yabbling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of yabble
yabbled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of yabble
Church Fenton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Selby district (OS grid ref SE5136).
zoogonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: But the Pythagoreans thought that the pole should be called the Seal of Rhea; because the zoogonic, or vivific goddess, pours through these into the universe, an inexplicable and efficacious power.
ref: 2006, Proclus' Commentary on the First Book of Euclid's Elements, page 160:
text: Dissenting views deny either a cosmogonic or a zoogonic role for strife, or both, and some deny a phase where the role of strife increases, such that there is a leap from the complete dominance of love to the complete dominance of strife.
ref: 2008, Andrew Gregory, Ancient Greek Cosmogony:
text: If the speaker was a zoogonic God, we would say that s/he filled the hearers with divine life through her words; but since the demiurge is the orator, he imparts to the Gods the demiurgic characteristic, distributes his singular demiurgy among the manifold of encosmic Gods, and displays them as demiurges...".
ref: 2014, Edward Butler, Essays on the Metaphysics of Polytheism in Proclus, page 193:
glosses: Pertaining to zoogeny or producing life.
electric discharge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The withdraw of electric charge.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The flow of electricity through the air or gas.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A sudden movement of electric charge.
Arakcheevism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Arakcheyevism.
Arakcheyevism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Arakcheevism
Etymology: From Arakcheyev + -ism, after Aleksey Arakcheyev (Russian: Алексе́й Андре́евич Аракче́ев; 1769–1834), Russian general and statesman under Alexander I.
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: A policy of zealous militaristic repression.
wikipedia: Aleksey Arakcheyev
archaeopsychic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of archeopsychic.
intrasententially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From intrasentential + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Within a sentence.
intersententially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From intersentential + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Between sentences.
soul kissing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of soul kiss
soul kissed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of soul kiss
male tanks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of male tank
female tanks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of female tank
TPRs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of TPR
traffickability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of trafficability.
transportation car
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: transportation cars
Senses: examples: text: […] so that the power steering pump has inadequate capacity and you end up with manual steering. That kind of bad manners is totally unwelcome, particularly in a transportation''' car.
ref: 1968, Car and Driver, volume 14, page 38:
text: I'm looking for a transportation car, mainly for work. I will be doing a lot of driving on the job so I want something durable, but not too flashy. On weekends I will be using it for pleasure. You know, taking my girlfriend out for rides and such.
ref: 1990, William Gardiner Hutson, My Friends Call Me C.C.:
glosses: A basic car used to travel from place to place, without special features or sporty character.
transportation cars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of transportation car
tree-and-branch
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The headend cable modem handles the medium access control (MAC) protocol which is necessary for point-to-multipoint operation on the tree-and-branch network.
ref: 1998, D. W. Faulkner, A. L. Harmer, Broadband Access and Network Management: NOC '98:
text: The PSTN we have been describing utilizes a star configuration. But this is not the only configuration being applied in today's telecommunications world. The cable television (CATV) companies, for instance, use a tree-and-branch technology.
ref: 2004, Stephan S. Jones, The Basics of Telecommunications, page 11:
text: Figure 1.1 Tree-and-branch cable topology.
ref: 2004, Walter S. Ciciora, Michael Adams, Modern Cable Television Technology, page 15:
topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
glosses: Of cable television and similar networks: consisting of a main central cable with a separate cable branching off it to each subscriber.
treffs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of treff
ugly cry
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: ugly cries
form: ugly crying
form: ugly cried
form: ugly cried
Senses: examples: text: […] and then she grabbed onto his shirt and cried, he held her and tried to calm her, but knew that she just needed to ugly cry, for a while.
ref: 2019, M. L. Aiken, Lucky Beginnings: Blue Moon Valley: The story of Tom and Maggie:
text: And if I'm in line at the grocery store, I don't want to ugly cry. So in situations like that, I avoid my friends. I will try to breeze past them in the frozen food aisle.
ref: 2019, Melissa Maimone, The Radiant Midnight, page 60:
glosses: To weep to the extent that one's face contorts.
Derived terms: ugly crier
Related terms: begrutten
Ugly Americans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ugly American
Russian swing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Russian swings
Senses: glosses: A large floor-mounted swing with bars instead of ropes, sometimes used in circus performances to make high acrobatic jumps.
Russian swings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Russian swing
Trollope ploy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Trollope ploys
Etymology: Named after an incident from an Anthony Trollope novel in which a woman interprets a casual romantic gesture as a marriage proposal.
Senses: glosses: A negotiation technique in which a proposal from another party is deliberately misinterpreted in such a way that it is more to the responding party's liking, with the aim of having the misinterpreted version accepted in the interests of diplomacy.
wikipedia: Anthony Trollope
Trollope ploys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Trollope ploy
Lazarev Sea
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A marginal sea of the Southern Ocean. The Weddell Sea lies to the west, the Riiser-Larsen Sea to the east.
brick reds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brick red
Casparian strip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Casparian strips
Etymology: Named after its discoverer Robert Caspary.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A band of suberin in the walls of the endodermis
wikipedia: Robert Caspary
ceftazidimase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ceftazidimases
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A lactamase specific to ceftazidime
cellularily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cellularly.
cenocron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cenocrons
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A temporary biota or subset of a biota
cenocrons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cenocron
cephtazidime
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ceftazidime.
chemoagent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chemoagents
Etymology: From chemo- + agent.
Senses: glosses: A chemotherapeutic agent
chemoagents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chemoagent
chloralic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or derived from chloralose
cholecystonephrolithiasis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cholecystonephrolithiases
Etymology: From cholecysto- + nephro- + lithiasis.
Senses: topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
coordinate_terms: cholecystolithiasis
nephrolithiasis
urolithiasis
glosses: Lithiasis that affects both the gall bladder and the urinary tract.
chorioalantoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of chorioallantoic.
Guisborough
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɪzbəɹə/
ipa: /ˈɡɪzbɹə/
Etymology: From Guis + -borough.
Senses: glosses: A market town and civil parish with a town council in Redcar and Cleveland borough, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NZ6015).
ciliotoxin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ciliotoxins
Etymology: From cilio- + toxin.
Senses: glosses: Any ciliotoxic material
ciliotoxins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ciliotoxin
clavatol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clavatols
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A phenol produced by Aspergillus clavatus and observed as an impurity of clavatin
coagonism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coagonisms
Etymology: From co- + agonism.
Senses: glosses: The agonism related to a coagonist
conceptionalise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: conceptionalises
form: conceptionalising
form: conceptionalised
form: conceptionalised
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of conceptualise.
conceptionalised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of conceptionalise
coronopilin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A sesquiterpene lactone (3aS,6S,6aR,9aS,9bR)-6a-hydroxy-6,9a-dimethyl-3-methylidene-4,5,6,7,8,9b-hexahydro-3aH-azuleno[8,7-b]furan-2,9-dione
Related terms: coronopolin
coronopolin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A sesquiterpene lactone (3aS,6S,6aS,9aS,9bR)-6a-hydroxy-6,9a-dimethyl-3-methylidene-4,5,6,7,8,9b-hexahydro-3aH-azuleno[8,7-b]furan-2,9-dione isomeric with coronopilin
corticofugally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From cortico- + fugally.
Senses: glosses: In a corticofugal manner
cryomodulator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cryomodulators
Etymology: From cryo- + modulator.
Senses: glosses: A device in a gas chromatograph that isolates each fraction for subsequent analysis
gas chromatograph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gas chromatographs
Senses: glosses: A chromatograph used in gas chromatography
cryptanalyze
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cryptanalyzes
form: cryptanalyzing
form: cryptanalyzed
form: cryptanalyzed
Etymology: From crypt- + analyze.
Senses: examples: text: How the Enigma was broken is an unusual story like no other (at least among the cryptanalytic stories that have become known to date). In view of the units produced and the significance of these machines, every effort put into cryptanalyzing them was justified.
ref: 2007, Reinhard Wobst, “Cryptology from the Romans to World War II”, in Angelika Shafir, transl., Cryptology Unlocked, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, →ISBN, section 5 (Domain of the Militaries: Ciphering Cylinders, Rotor Machines, and the Enigma), subsection 2 (The Cryptanalysis of Enigma), page 45:
glosses: To perform cryptanalysis
cryptanalyzed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cryptanalyze
cryptidin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cryptidins
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cryptdin.
cryptidins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cryptidin
cystostome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of cystotome.
rutch
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹʊt͡ʃ/
other: /ɹʌt͡ʃ/
rhymes: -ʊtʃ
rhymes: -ʌtʃ
Forms: form: rutches
form: rutching
form: rutched
form: rutched
form: rootch
form: rutsch
form: rootch
Etymology: Partly from German rutschen (“slide”), partly (especially in Pennsylvania Dutch English) from Pennsylvania German rutsche (“slide; move around frequently”), and partly (especially in Amish use) from Plautdietsch rutschen (“slide”). Compare also West Country English ruge (“slippery”).
Senses: examples: text: Then Ismail set the pace yet faster, and they became the last two of a procession of turbaned men who tramped along a winding tunnel into a great mountain's womb. The sound of slippers clicking and rutching on the rock floor swelled and died and swelled again ...
ref: 1916, Talbot Mundy, King-of the Khyber rifles: a romance of adventure, page 201:
text: Then, having salaamed the diwan obsequiously, he walked to the nearest gate with the heels of his loose sandals rutching on the gravel and dislike of exercise written all over him as if he were a Hindu merchant to the manner born.
ref: 1923, Adventure, page 44:
text: Oata […] rutches herself over the middle of the seat […]
[…]
And I know for sure that I have a pink face because the stubble on my chin feels hot and Oata rutches her chair closer to me so she can pour the last wine from the catsup bottle into our glasses […]
ref: 1989, Hildi Froese Tiessen, Liars and Rascals: Mennonite Short Stories, pages 211 and 217:
text: The twelfth had his chair half turned and was playing across a far corner of the table the board-game that made the occasional tiny rutching noises.
ref: 1996, Fritz Leiber, Fritz Leiber's Lean times in Lankhmar, White Wolf Pub:
text: "Ponsonby, my boy." The man in drab silk slipped into a chair next to Kirby's as a wolf slips into his lair, very circumspectly, and without noise; then he rutched the chair sidewise toward Kirby […]
ref: 2018, Talbot Mundy, Thirteen Books, B&R Samizdat Express, →ISBN:
glosses: To slide; to scooch; to shuffle.
raw_tags: in Yorkshire
examples: text: Sitting on hard wooden chairs in school didn't help one bit, and I had an especially difficult time sitting still in class. One of my teachers was quite versed in Pennsylvania Dutch, and kept saying, “Quit your rutching!"
ref: 2010, Robert Struesel, He Said I Could: Extraordinary from the Ordinary, iUniverse, →ISBN:
glosses: To squirm; to move around frequently.
Related terms: english: to pleat; to bunch up
translation: to pleat; to bunch up
word: ruche
english: to crease
translation: to crease
word: ruck
english: to root around, to rummage around
translation: to root around, to rummage around
word: rootch
rutsch
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rutsches
form: rutsching
form: rutsched
form: rutsched
Senses: examples: text: "It's like this, Harry," he said, kind of rutsching around in that lounge chair and snarling with pain. "I've been thinking about love, and friendship—and caring about the other person, you see what I mean?" I said I saw what he meant.
ref: 1959, Howard Nemerov, A commodity of dreams & other stories:
text: Mary Ruth was rutsching around, squirming to beat the band. "Well, jah, all right," Ida said, not going all the way to the door, but motioning quickly to her. They scampered like frightened cats upstairs to what was now Hannah's bedroom.
ref: 2004, Beverly Lewis, The Sacrifice, Bethany House Publishers, →ISBN:
text: But she found herself moving forward, heading toward Kate while Rosie rutsched against her own bosom. Rosanna marched into the front room, stopping smackdab in the center of the large braided rug, glaring at Kate with Eli at her breast.
ref: 2008, Beverly Lewis, The Forbidden (The Courtship of Nellie Fisher Book #2), Bethany House, →ISBN, page 231:
glosses: Alternative form of rutch (“squirm”).
rutsches
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rutsch
rutsching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rutsch
rutsched
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rutsch
rutches
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rutch
rutching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rutch
rutched
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rutch
West Hartlepool
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Originally a separate borough from Hartlepool itself; the two were merged into a county borough in 1967 as Hartlepool, which later became a local government district in County Durham and currently a unitary authority. The name is no longer shown on OS maps, the grid ref was NZ5032.
Brockenhurst
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU3002).
private area
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: private areas
Senses: examples: text: God made men and women different. The two bodies, though, make a perfect fit during sexual intercourse. In her private area or genitals, a woman has a vulva and a vagina. In his private area, a man has testicles and a penis.
ref: 2003, So You're About to Be a Teenager: Godly Advice for Preteens on Friends, Love, Sex, Faith & Other Life Issues:
glosses: The region of the human body consisting of the sex organs.
Stockbridge
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A place in the United Kingdom:
A small town and civil parish in Test Valley borough, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU3635).
glosses: A place in the United Kingdom:
A suburb of Bentley, Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE5706).
glosses: A place in the United Kingdom:
A suburb of Chichester, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SU8503).
glosses: A place in the United Kingdom:
A suburb in Keighley parish, City of Bradford, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE0742).
glosses: A place in the United Kingdom:
A suburb of Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT2474).
glosses: A place in the United States:
A city in Henry County, Georgia.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A township and village therein, in Ingham County, Michigan.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A town in Madison County, New York.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A town in Windsor County, Vermont.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A town and village therein, in Calumet County, Wisconsin.
glosses: A surname.
Related terms: Stocksbridge
Hong Kongese
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Hong Kongese
form: most Hong Kongese
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Hongkongese.
Lamesley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ2557).
Low Fell
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ2560).
director of photography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: directors of photography
Senses: glosses: Synonym of cinematographer.
synonyms: word: cinematographer
Synonyms: cinematographer
DP
DOP
Dringhouses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburb of York, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE5849).
ale-bench
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ale-benches
Senses: examples: text: VVhen the vulgar ſort / Sit on their Ale-bench, vvith their cups and kannes, / Matters of ſtate be not their common talke, / Nor pure religion by their lips prophande.
ref: 1600, [Michael Drayton, Richard Hathwaye, Anthony Munday, Robert Wilson], The First Part of the True and Honorable Historie, of the Life of Sir John Old-castle, the Good Lord Cobham. […], London: […] [V[alentine] S[immes]] for Thomas Pauier, […], →OCLC, signature B, recto:
text: While they are so indifferent about their reputation, as to be the first and the last at the ale-bench, and even to glory in the many cups they have drunk, it ought to create no surprise, if servants are like their masters, and children their parents.
ref: 1821, Leonard Jasper Hobson, A friendly remonstrance addressed by a clergyman to his parishoners on the state of their church and parish, page 8:
text: Another feature peculiar to old country inns was the ale-bench, a seat in front of the house where the thirsty wayfarer might rest and take his modest quencher.
ref: 1889, John Bickerdyke, The Curiosities of Ale & Beer: An Entertaining History, page 190:
text: Beowulf tasted the beaker on the hall-floor; no need had he to be ashamed of that bounty giving before the archers. There are not many instances of men giving to others at ale-bench four treasures gold bedight in friendlier wise.
ref: 2014, R. B. Morgan, Readings in English Social History:
text: “There are many,” preached Hooker, “that sit upon the ale-bench, and sweare, and drinke, and raile against Gods servants.”
ref: 2015, Baird Tipson, Hartford Puritanism:
glosses: Alternative form of alebench.
ale-benches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ale-bench
Mottram in Longdendale
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ9995).
ale bench
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ale benches
Senses: examples: text: As he spoke thus, they alighted under the great broad-branched oak tree, which served to canopy the ale bench, which, at an earlier hour, had groaned under the weight of a frequent conclave of rustic politicians.
ref: 1824, Walter Scott, Peveril of the Peak: In Five Volumes - Volume 3, page 72:
text: “And let us have no brawls on the ale bench,” said the old parson,—“let our Maypole be the rod of peace; so that none may rail at our sports and dances, but rather take note of us as merry folk and honest neighbours.”
ref: 1836, Moyle Sherer, The Broken Font: A Story of the Civil War:
text: He found Will on the ale bench outside the Devereux Arms nursing a cup of canary wine, tracing patterns in the dust with the toe of his boot.
ref: 2011, Jane Feather -, All the Queen's Players, page 353:
glosses: Alternative form of alebench.
ale benches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ale bench
deconsolidate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: deconsolidates
form: deconsolidating
form: deconsolidated
form: deconsolidated
Etymology: From de- + consolidate.
Senses: antonyms: consolidate
glosses: To split something into a number of component parts.
glosses: To make something weaker or less solid; to weaken.
Related terms: consolidate
deconsolidation
deconsolidated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of deconsolidate
deconsolidating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of deconsolidate
deconsolidates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of deconsolidate
ale-pole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ale-poles
Senses: examples: text: Now, a wise man will tell him that he playeth the fool, for the ale-pole doth but signifie that there is good ale in the house where the ale-pole standeth, and will tell him that he muste go near the house and there he shall find the drinke,, and not stand sucking the ale-pole in vayne."
ref: 1889, Legh Richmond, The Fathers of the English Church:
text: The bush is occasionally shown in old pictures, and on the Bayeux tapestry will be found a representation of a building adorned with an ale-pole.
ref: 1892 July, Thomas H. B. Graham, “The Malt Liquors of the English”, in The Gentleman's Magazine, volume 273, page 55:
text: By the end of Elizabeth's reign, however, the ale-pole was starting to lose ground.
ref: 1983, Peter Clark, The English Alehouse: A Social History 1200-1830, page 68:
text: By the time he finally spotted the protruding ale-pole, Gilbert Fitz John had gotten his boots thoroughly muddied, almost had his money pouch stolen by a nimble-fingered thief, and had been forced to fend off so many beggars and harlots that he doubted he'd reach the Rutting Stag with either his purse or his honour intact.
ref: 2010, Sharon Kay Penman, When Christ and His Saints Slept:
text: I know, pole-axeman (or ale-pole haunter?), she pulled the wool over your eyes
ref: 2012, Greg Walker, John Skelton: Everyman Poetry:
glosses: Alternative form of alepole.
ale-poles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ale-pole
ale pole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ale poles
Senses: examples: text: The next step was a carved or painted effigy of an animal or bird, such as a swan, which was fixed in a hoop and hung at the end of the ale pole.
ref: 1954, Brewing Review - Volume 68, Issue 2, page 13:
text: The ale pole is not merely a signification that it is a good thing to drink ale: it is more than a witness to the fact that ale was brewed fifteen hundred years ago.
ref: 1958, Clifford William Dugmore, The Mass and the English Reformers, page 104:
text: A common kind of alehouse sign — not a "brand name" like the Sun and Moon (which existed in Aldersgate, London, in Shakespeare's day), but a generic sign identifying the type of business conducted within — was an "ale pole."
ref: 2002, Kirstin Olsen, All Things Shakespeare: A-I, page 5:
glosses: Alternative form of alepole.
Corbridge
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Corbridges
Etymology: From Old English Corebricg, from a shortened form of Corchester (“a nearby city”) + Old English bryċġ (“bridge”).
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in southern Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NY9964).
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
ale poles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ale pole
ale-stakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ale-stake
ale stake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ale stakes
Senses: examples: text: The old English proverb, “Good wine needs no brush,” grew out of this custom of hanging a bush to the ale stake.
ref: 1900 March 17, Janette Hill Knox, “Some Anglo-Saxon Drinking Customs”, in The Epworth Herald, volume 10, number 42, page 3:
text: It was the custom for brewsters and brewers to display an ale stake in front of their premises when there was ale for sale.
ref: 1994, Peter Haydon, The English pub: a history, page 23:
text: When a new brew was ready they would place an 'ale stake', a long pole covered in evergreens, through a window to attract customers.
ref: 1995, Roger Protz, The Ale Trail, page 20:
glosses: Alternative form of alestake.
ale stakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ale stake
Uddingston
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland, a south-east suburb of Glasgow (OS grid ref NS6960).
Cliffe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Cliffes
Etymology: From Old English clif (“cliff, crag”).
Senses: glosses: A place in England:
A village in Cliffe and Cliffe Woods parish, Medway borough, Kent (OS grid ref TQ7376).
glosses: A place in England:
A suburb of Great Harwood, Hyndburn district, Lancashire (OS grid ref SD7332).
glosses: A place in England:
A small village and civil parish (served by Manfield with Cliffe Parish Council) in North Yorkshire, previously in Richmondshire district (OS grid ref NZ2115).
glosses: A place in England:
A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, previously in Selby district (OS grid ref SE6632).
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms: word: Cliffe and Cliffe Woods
word: Cliffe Common
english: also Cliff Vale
translation: also Cliff Vale
word: Cliffe Vale
word: Cliffe Woods
word: King's Cliffe
word: Normanton-on-Cliffe
word: St Margaret's at Cliffe
word: West Cliffe
word: Westcliffe
range rod
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: range rods
Senses: glosses: Synonym of range pole.
synonyms: word: range pole
range rods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of range rod
ranging rod
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ranging rods
Senses: glosses: Synonym of range pole.
synonyms: word: range pole
ranging rods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ranging rod
ranging pole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ranging poles
Senses: glosses: Synonym of range pole.
synonyms: word: range pole
ranging poles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ranging pole
Kimblesworth
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Kimblesworth and Plawsworth parish, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ2547).
Horbury
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2918).
Derived terms: Horbury Junction
Shitland
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Shitlands
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of shitland.
Horbury Junction
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An industrial estate in Horbury, Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, named after a railway junction (OS grid ref SE3017).
Zayante
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Santa Cruz County, California, United States.
Tahoma
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Tacoma
Etymology: From earlier Takhoma (“the area south of Seattle”), borrowed from Lushootseed təˈkhoʊʔməʔ, təlˈkhoʊʔbəʔ, təloʊʔl (the area surrounding Mount Rainier), from təˡqʷuʔbəʔ (“mother of waters”) in a direct reference to Mount Rainier.
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in El Dorado County and Placer County, California, United States.
glosses: Former name of Mount Rainier.
Hopland
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Mendocino County, California, United States.
Kingvale
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Nevada County and Placer County, California, United States.
Kings Beach
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Placer County, California, United States.
Tahoe Vista
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Placer County, California, United States.
Carnelian Bay
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Placer County, California, United States.
Dollar Point
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Placer County, California, United States.
Incline Village
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Washoe County, Nevada, United States.
Crystal Bay
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Washoe County, Nevada, United States.
Round Hill Village
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Douglas County, Nevada, United States.
rootch
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rootches
form: rootching
form: rootched
form: rootched
Etymology: See rutch.
Senses: examples: text: "Do you shuss or rootch here?" asks the patient. "We rootch here," says the chief operating room nurse. The patient rootched herself over on to the operating table. Patient says to nurse, "You must make sure that I'm asleep before they operate."
ref: 1928, The Medical World, volumes 46-47, page 169:
text: He rootched the chair around like they were still watching TV, then turned it right back. George wore the expression he saved for barn rats and chicken hawks. Janet tried to herd the conversation in another direction.
ref: 2006, Roger Alan Skipper, Tear Down the Mountain: An Appalachian Love Story, →ISBN:
text: It's all things good and wishes answered. What story will he tell her? What lie? When Olly snakes out from under the bed, his tartan bathrobe rootches up over his gaunt ribs, revealing ghastly scars. Her Weeshy Boy. So singular, so funny.
ref: 2012, Honor Molloy, Smarty Girl: Dublin Savage, page 95:
glosses: Alternative form of rutch (“slide”).
examples: text: "You must fight it all ofer the world. You must fight it right here, in your home. Your own Ku Klux Klan —" He broke off, his face working so that he could not continue. The Marine looked down at his fingers, rootched on the seat in discomfort.
ref: 1945, Zelda Popkin, The Journey Home: A Novel, Canada: Pocket Books:
glosses: Alternative form of rutch (“squirm, move around”).
examples: text: Our model house-keeper minded closely her own business, never moving about or rootching around in what did not concern her. She was an other-guess character — an other-guess sort of person, as Goldsmith would have said.
ref: 1870, American Educational Monthly, page 332:
text: Dewar, one-handed still, rootched in the bag slung at his hip and found the jemmy bar.
ref: 2018, Elizabeth Willey, A Sorcerer and a Gentleman, Gateway, →ISBN:
glosses: To root or rummage around (in search of something).
Stateline
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Douglas County, Nevada, United States.
Zephyr Cove
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Douglas County, Nevada, United States.
Kihei
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Hawaiian Kīhei.
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Maui County, Hawaii, United States.
Puako
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States.
Waikoloa Village
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States.
Calpella
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Mendocino County, California, United States.
Upper Lake
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Lake County, California, United States.
Lakeport
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city, the county seat of Lake County, California, United States.
Bodega
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Sonoma County, California, United States.
Bodega Bay
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Don Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra.
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Sonoma County, California, United States.