cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
flagellatin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of flagellating.
nickin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of nicking.
Qualitätsweins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Qualitätswein
takin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈteɪkɪn/
rhymes: -eɪkɪn
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of taking.
makin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of making.
f***in'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Censored spelling of fuckin'.
vervel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vervels
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of varvel.
vervelle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /vɜɹˈvɛl/
Forms: form: vervelles
Etymology: Borrowed from French vervelle.
Senses: examples: text: ... covering the neck and shoulders like a tippet; the camail was attached to the bascinet by a lace drawn through vervelles or small staples; in some examples this arrangement is distinctly exhibited, but in others the vervelles are ...
ref: 1847, Charles Boutell, Monumental Brasses and Slabs: An Historical and Descriptive Notice of the Incised Monumental Memorials of the Middle Ages : with Numerous Illustrations, page 49:
text: [page 4:] And they should likewise check that they have not sharpened the vervelles of the cervellieres.
[page 84:] The vervelles, or staples, were arranged vertically on the right-hand side of the breastplate as can clearly be seen on Real Armería reinforcing breastplate e59 and the Avant armour (figs. 26 and 17); the bracket of the lance-rest was then secured to the vervelles with a retaining pin.
ref: 2010, Noel Fallows, Jousting in Medieval and Renaissance Iberia, Boydell Press, →ISBN:
text: The bascinet is of unusually tall form, and the wearer must have had a long neck, which is an argument against the helm having been made for Joan of Arc. […] The bascinet also retains all of its original vervelles.
ref: 2018, Douglas Strong, Surviving Examples of Early Plate Armour (1300-1430): Volume I: Bascinets, ISD LLC, →ISBN, page 261:
text: The Camail, or tippet of mail, which is the distinctive detail of the armour of the late fourteenth and early fifteenth century, was either hung from a flat plate of metal which was fitted over the vervelles or staples on the bascinet ...
ref: 2021, Charles John Ffoulkes, The armourer and his craft from the XIth to the XVIth century, Good Press:
glosses: A rivet containing a hole, or a staple, on a medieval helmet, by which a camail was attached (or rarely, on another piece of armor, by which e.g. a lance rest was attached).
talke
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: talkes
form: talking
form: talked
form: talked
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of talk.
talke
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of talk.
sweete
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of sweet.
sweete
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sweetes
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of sweet.
sixe
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of six.
disdaine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Disdaine and Scorne ride sparkling in her eyes,
Mis-prizing what they looke on […]
ref: 1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of disdain.
disdaine
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: disdaines
form: disdaining
form: disdained
form: disdained
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of disdain.
elkburger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: elkburgers
Etymology: From elk + -burger.
Senses: glosses: A hamburger made with elk meat.
elkburgers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of elkburger
whathaveyou
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of what have you.
cockalorums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cockalorum
any other business
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: The last item on the agenda for a meeting, when any matter not already dealt with may be raised. Abbreviations: a.o.b., AOB.
Synonyms: any other competent business
Giusto
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Giustos
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Giusto.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
brightwork
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈbɹaɪt.wɝk/
Forms: form: brightworks
Etymology: From bright + work.
Senses: glosses: Polished metal fixtures, especially aboard a boat.
examples: text: If you're drawn to a boat with even a moderate degree of brightwork, you are obviously so attracted because you appreciate the aesthetics of wood.
ref: 1990, Rebecca J. Wittman, Brightwork: The Art of Finishing Wood:
glosses: The varnished or oiled wood trim aboard a boat.
oxaluria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oxalurias
Etymology: From oxal(ic) + -uria.
Senses: topics: medicine
physiology
sciences
glosses: The presence of oxalic acid and oxalate in the urine (which is often true, in some amount or other).
topics: medicine
physiology
sciences
glosses: The presence of oxalic acid and oxalate in the urine (which is often true, in some amount or other).
The presence of excess oxalic acid and oxalate in the urine (as can happen with an oxalate-rich diet and/or metabolic problems).
synonyms: hyperoxaluria
rammel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹæməl/
rhymes: -æməl
Etymology: From Latin ramus (“a branch”).
Senses: examples: text: And becauſe he vvould not miſſe, but lay faſt holde upon all the bootie and pillage vvhich poſſibly hee could come by, even from thence alſo, having promiſed free leave to caſt forth dead karkaſſes and rid away the rammell of the ruines; looke vvhat reliques remained of all their goods and ſubſtance unburnt, he permitted not one to goe unto it.
ref: 1606, Caius [i.e., Gaius] Suetonius Tranquillus, “The Historie of Nero Claudius Cæsar”, in Philêmon Holland, transl., The Historie of Twelve Cæsars Emperours of Rome. […], London: […] [Humphrey Lownes and George Snowdon] for Matthew Lownes, →OCLC, section 38, pages 199–200:
glosses: Refuse matter.
rammel
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹæməl/
rhymes: -æməl
Etymology: From Latin ramus (“a branch”).
Senses: glosses: To turn to rubbish.
soapbox car
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: soapbox cars
Etymology: Originally built from wooden soap crates.
Senses: glosses: A vehicle without a motor, often made from wood or other common household materials.
Synonyms: gravity racer
soapbox
soapbox cars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of soapbox car
what's your poison
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌwɒts jə ˈpɔɪz(ə)n/
ipa: /ˌ(h)wʌts jəɹ ˈpɔɪz(ə)n/
ipa: /ˌ(h)wɑts-/
rhymes: -ɔɪzən
Forms: form: choose your poison
form: name your poison
form: pick your poison
Etymology: From poison (“(informal) intoxicating drink; liquor”), from the fact that such beverages are toxic to the human body.
Senses: examples: text: What's yer poison, darlin'?
ref: 1998 October 29, Black Isle Studios, Fallout 2, v1.02d, spoken by Bartender, Interplay Productions, Windows, level/area: Desperado:
synonyms: what's yours
what's your pleasure
glosses: Used to someone what alcoholic beverage they would like to drink: what drink would you like to have?
maft
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: mafts
form: mafting
form: mafted
form: mafted
form: meft
Etymology: Possibly from an alteration of Middle English maght, mauȝt (“might”). More at might. Compare Scots maucht (“to deprive of strength, wear out, exhaust, defeat”, verb).
Senses: glosses: To drift
raw_tags: of dust or snow
glosses: To be stifled or overpowered by a lack of air, the heat, etc.; to be out of breath.
glosses: To be hot (temperature-wise).
Synonyms: swelter
roricon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of lolicon.
strat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /stɹæt/
Forms: form: strats
Senses: examples: text: With Tiny, it is good as a surprise strat. If another team doesn't realize where he fits into the whole lineup, then you can really throw the opposition off balance.
ref: 2014 March 19, Free to Play (Film), Toby Dawson (actor):
text: Many of the strats for the Glitchless speedrun came from Distortion2, who is a widely known speedrunner who has broken records in games Elden Ring and Seikiro.
ref: 2023 July 26, Jeremy Gan, “Only Up speedrun records: Fastest completion, Any% glitchless, unrestricted, more”, in Dexerto:
text: Marvel Rivals’ upcoming Strategist, Invisible Woman, could be set to bring back this one infamous strat from Overwatch thanks to her powerful kit.
ref: 2025 January 7, Michelle Cornelia, “Marvel Rivals players convinced Invisible Woman will enable classic Overwatch strat”, in Dexerto:
topics: video-games
glosses: Clipping of strategy
Related terms: strat shag
septrional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more septrional
form: most septrional
Etymology: From Latin septem triōnēs, the seven stars of the Great Bear, from septem (“seven”) + triōnēs (plural of triō (“plow ox, plough ox”)).
Senses: glosses: Of or coming from northern regions.
Related terms: septentrional
central
meridional
pau-brasil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese pau-brasil.
Senses: glosses: brazilwood, Caesalpinia echinata.
equall
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The articles whereof were theſe: That ſuch as were in debt, ſhould be cleered of all their debts, and that the landes alſo ſhould be diuided into equall partes: so that from the valley of Pallena vnto mount Taugetus, and vnto the cities of Malea, and Selasia, there ſhould be foure thowſand fiue hundred partes,[…]
ref: 1579, Plutarke of Chæronea [i.e., Plutarch], “Agis and Cleomenes”, in Thomas North, transl., The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romaines, […], London: […] Richard Field, →OCLC, page 851:
text: For as in the heavens the diſtance of the North and Southern pole, which are eſteemed the ſuperiour and inferiour points, is equall unto the ſpace between the Eaſt and Weſt
ref: 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of equal.
Derived terms: unequall
card table
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: card tables
form: cardtable
Senses: glosses: A small table that can be folded away.
glosses: A table, in a casino, used to play cards.
DADT
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of don't ask, don't tell.
duckburger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdʌkbɝɡɚ/
enpr: dŭkʹbûr-gər
Forms: form: duckburgers
Etymology: From duck + -burger.
Senses: glosses: A burger made with duck meat.
kiddin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Informal spelling of kidding.
conductimetric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Of or pertaining to the measurement of conductivity
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Describing a titration in which the endpoint is determined by measuring conductivity
Related terms: conductometric
conductometric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From conductometry + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to conductometry
conductitious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin conductīcius.
Senses: glosses: hired, employed (for wages)
conductometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: conductometers
Etymology: From conduct + -o- + -meter.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Any device used to measure conductivity
conductory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more conductory
form: most conductory
Senses: glosses: Able to conduct (electricity, etc.)
conduplicate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From con- + duplicate.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Of leaves: folded (doubled) lengthwise.
Synonyms: conduplicated
Iași
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Iași.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Iasi: a city and county of Romania.
conduplication
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: conduplications
Senses: glosses: doubling
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: An instance of being conduplicate
disadventure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: disadventures
Etymology: From Old French desaventure.
Senses: examples: text: They passing by, a goodly Ship did see, / Laden from far with precious merchandize, / And brauely furnished, as ship might bee, / Which through great disauenture, or mesprize, / Her selfe had runne into that hazardize […]
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
glosses: Misadventure, misfortune.
Derived terms: disadventurous
confabular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more confabular
form: most confabular
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to confabulation.
Synonyms: confabulatory
confabulatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more confabulatory
form: most confabulatory
Senses: glosses: colloquial
glosses: conversational
glosses: confabulating (fabricating)
Synonyms: confabular
Related terms: confabulate § Related terms
confarreate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Describing a form of Ancient Roman marriage solemnized with cakes made of far (emmer).
Related terms: confarreation
reëducates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reëducate
immeasured
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more immeasured
form: most immeasured
Etymology: From im- + measured.
Senses: examples: text: Bright Scolopendraes, arm'd with siluer scales, / Mighty Monoceroses, with immeasured tayles.
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
glosses: that has not been measured; huge, enormous
reëntries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reëntry
confarreation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: confarreations
Senses: glosses: A form of marriage in Ancient Rome that was solemnized with cakes made from far (emmer)
reënters
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reënter
reëducating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reëducate
reëducated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reëducate
reëntering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reënter
wasserman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wassermen
Etymology: Borrowed from German Wassermann.
Senses: examples: text: The dreadfull Fish, that hath deseru'd the name
 Of Death, and like him lookes in dreadfull hew,
 The griesly Wasserman, that makes his game
 The flying ships with swiftnesse to pursew […]
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
glosses: A mythical sea monster, part man, thought to destroy ships.
preëmptors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of preëmptor
confederalist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: confederalists
Etymology: From confederal + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A member of a confederation.
Brahmaputra
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹɑː.məˌpuː.tɹə/
Forms: form: Burrampooter
Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit ब्रह्मपुत्र (brahmaputra, “son of Brahma”), from ब्रह्मा (brahmā, “Brahma”) + पुत्र (putra, “son”).
Senses: examples: text: Jih-k’a-tse, Tibet’s second largest city, is located on the Brahmaputra southwest of Lhasa, in Tibet’s major grain-producing area, with highland barley as the major grain.
ref: 1973, Chiao-min Hsieh, “Tibet”, in Christopher L. Salter, editor, Atlas of China, McGraw-Hill, Inc., →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 198:
glosses: A river which flows through Tibet, India and Bangladesh.
Synonyms: sense: upper stream
word: Yarlung Tsangpo
word: Yarlung Zangbo
Brahmaputra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹɑː.məˌpuː.tɹə/
Forms: form: Brahmaputras
form: Burrampooter
Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit ब्रह्मपुत्र (brahmaputra, “son of Brahma”), from ब्रह्मा (brahmā, “Brahma”) + पुत्र (putra, “son”).
Senses: glosses: A domestic fowl, the Brahmapootra.
discounsel
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: discounsels
form: discounseling
form: discounselling
form: discounseled
form: discounseled
form: discounselled
form: discounselled
Etymology: From Old French desconseillier.
Senses: examples: text: But him the Palmer from that vanity, / With temperate aduice discounselled […]
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
text: Anthony de Leva, seeing the Emperor his master resolutely obstinate to undertake that voyage, and deeming it wonderfully glorious, maintained neverthelesse the contrarie, and discounselled him from it[…].
ref: 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 41, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book I, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
glosses: To advise (someone) against doing something.
Burrampooter
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˌbʌɹəmˈpuːtə(ɹ)/
Senses: examples: text: The two great rivers, the Ganges and Burrampooter, rise in Thibet, from the opposite ridges of the same hills, separate from each other to the distance of 1200 miles, and, after a winding course of 2000 miles, again meet in one point near the gulf of Bengal. Yet, so capricious is fame, that the Burrampooter is a late discovery, while his brother Ganges has been the theme of ancient and modern story.
ref: 1806?: Edward Gibbon, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, volume 12, page 15
glosses: Obsolete spelling of Brahmaputra.
repêchages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of repêchage
débris
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: débris
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French débris.
Senses: examples: text: The gorge widens out slightly after leaving Pa-tung, giving room for piles of gigantic débris from the neighbouring mountains to obstruct the river and create numerous small rapids, which we surmount in the usual painful manner. The country is wild and desolate-looking in the extreme, and well explains the poverty of the Pa-tung district.
ref: 1898, Archibald John Little, Through the Yang-tse Gorges, 3rd edition, Sampson Low, Marston & Company, →OCLC, page 72:
glosses: Dated spelling of debris.
reparates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reparate
reparating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reparate
reparated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reparate
succusses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of succuss
succussing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of succuss
succussed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of succuss
reparate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: rĕʹpərət
ipa: /ˈɹɛpəɹət/
enpr: rĕʹpərət
ipa: /ˈɹɛpəɹət/
Etymology: From Latin reparātus (“repaired”), perfect participle of reparō (“to renew, repair”).
Senses: examples: For examples of the usage of this term see the citations page.
glosses: Restored to a state of good repair; returned to working order.
reparate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: rĕʹpərāt
ipa: /ˈɹɛpəɹeɪt/
enpr: rĕʹpərāt'
ipa: /ˈɹɛpəˌɹeɪt/
Forms: form: reparates
form: reparating
form: reparated
form: reparated
Etymology: From Latin reparātus (“repaired”), perfect participle of reparō (“to renew, repair”).
Senses: examples: For examples of the usage of this term see the citations page.
glosses: Repair; make reparate; restore to proper condition.
Related terms: reparating
reparate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: rĕʹpərāt
ipa: /ˈɹɛpəɹeɪt/
enpr: rĕʹpərāt'
ipa: /ˈɹɛpəˌɹeɪt/
enpr: rĕʹpərāt
ipa: /ˈɹɛpəɹeɪt/
enpr: rĕʹpərāt'
ipa: /ˈɹɛpəˌɹeɪt/
enpr: rĕʹpərāt
ipa: /ˈɹɛpəɹeɪt/
enpr: rĕʹpərāt'
ipa: /ˈɹɛpəˌɹeɪt/
Forms: form: reparates
form: reparating
form: reparated
form: reparated
Etymology: Back-formation from reparation.
Senses: glosses: To make reparations.
glosses: To make reparations for; redress.
glosses: To make reparation to; compensate.
chaster
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of chaste: more chaste
ches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of che
Indramayu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A regency of West Java, Indonesia.
AMI
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: AMIs
Senses: topics: cardiology
medicine
sciences
hypernyms: MI
glosses: Initialism of acute myocardial infarction.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of agonist-antagonist myoneural interface.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: Initialism of agonist-antagonist myoneural interface.
Ellipsis of AMI amputation.
topics: economics
sciences
qualifier: public policy
glosses: Initialism of area median income.
AMI
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: As Bezos describes it, AMI threatened to publish the photos if Bezos failed to make a public statement that he had “no knowledge or basis for suggesting that AMI’s coverage was politically motivated or influenced by political forces.”
ref: 2019 February 11, Quinta Jurecic, “A Turning Point for Sextortion”, in The Atlantic:
topics: media
publishing
glosses: Initialism of American Media Inc..
resus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: resuses
form: resusses
Senses: examples: text: Some patients survived such resuses – the slim chances of you making it back from a cardiorespiratory arrest are slightly better if it happens while you're in hospital.
ref: 2022, Dr Lachlan McIver, Life and Death Decisions:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Clipping of resuscitation.
scoops up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of scoop up
scooping up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of scoop up
scooped up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of scoop up
horsts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of horst
falsed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more falsed
form: most falsed
Etymology: From false + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: His goodly conquest of the golden fleece, / His falsed faith, and loue too lightly flit […]
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
glosses: Feigned, fake.
falsed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From false + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of false
mazer bowl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mazer bowls
Senses: examples: text: […] by his side / A mighty Mazer bowle of wine was set, / As if it had to him bene sacrifide; / Wherewith all new-come guests he gratifide […]
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
text: A Loafe of bread was brought out, and delivered to the Sinne-eater over the corps, as also a Mazar-bowle of maple (Gossips bowle) full of beer, wᶜʰ he was to drinke up..
ref: 1687, John Aubrey, Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme, page 35:
glosses: A bowl or cup made from a knot of a maple tree and often decorated with silver.
womanhead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Middle English wommanhede. By surface analysis, woman + -head.
Senses: examples: text: Vnder that Porch a comely dame did rest, / Clad in faire weedes, but fowle disordered, / And garments loose, that seemd vnmeet for womanhed.
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
glosses: Obsolete form of womanhood.
scruze
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: scruzes
form: scruzing
form: scruzed
form: scruzed
Etymology: Perhaps an irregular blend of screw + squeeze.
Senses: examples: text: with her right the riper fruit did reach, / Whose sappy liquor, that with fulnesse sweld, / Into her cup she scruzd […]
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
glosses: To squeeze.
unhele
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unheles
form: unheling
form: unheled
form: unheled
form: unheal
Etymology: From Old English unhelan, corresponding to un- + hele.
Senses: examples: text: Then suddeinly both would themselues vnhele, / And th'amarous sweet spoiles to greedy eyes reuele.
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
glosses: To uncover, to reveal.
fladry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fladries
Senses: examples: text: To visually warn wolves away from other pastures, Brown sometimes turns to the old European technique called fladry, stringing wire with bright flags along its length.
ref: 2010, Chadwick, Douglas H., Wolf Wars, National Geographic (March 2010), page #:41
text: Fladries, brightly coloured flags sewn on ropes (Fladry: Table 4.3), have been used for hunting wolves (Canis lupus) in Europe for centuries. Most wolves fear fladries and rarely cross such barriers.
ref: 2005, People and Wildlife: Conflict Or Co-existence?, by Rosie Woodroffe, Simon J. Thirgood, Alan Rabinowitz; page 62
glosses: A string of flags (usually red) used to demarcate boundaries that contain wildlife such as wolves, and deter them from crossing.
mazer bowls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mazer bowl
respondence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈspɒndəns/
Forms: form: respondences
Etymology: Partly from Middle French respondance, partly from respond + -ence.
Senses: examples: text: Th'Angelicall soft trembling voyces made / To th'instruments diuine respondence meet […]
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
glosses: Response, answer.
glosses: Correspondence, agreement.
approvance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: approvaunce
Etymology: From Old French aprovance.
Senses: examples: text: […] then gan all the quire of birdes / Their diuerse notes t'attune vnto his lay, / As in approuance of his pleasing words.
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
text: I resolved […] to withdraw, formally, our claim. I am sure of your approveance for this prudence.
ref: 1821, Frances Burney, Journals and Letters, Penguin, published 2001, page 555:
glosses: Approval.
retrodiene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From retro- + diene.
Senses: examples: Aldrichimica Acta Volume 30 No 4 (pdf) from Sigma-Aldrich
Since reaction occurs specifically at the cyclobutene π-bond, the opportunity to effect a retrodiene loss of cyclopentadiene becomes an option.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: used attributively to describe the removal of a previously added diene moiety from a molecule
sirenin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From siren + -in.
Senses: examples: Aldrichimica Acta Volume 30 No 4 (pdf) from Sigma-Aldrich
One notable early example was reported by Corey and involved an intramolecular cyclopropanation that was used in the synthesis of sirenin and has since been achieved asymmetrically using a chiral copper catalyst.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A sexual attraction pheromone in some fungi of the genus Allomyces.
mung bean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmʌŋ ˌbiːn/
ipa: /ˈmʊŋ ˌbiːn/
Forms: form: mung beans
form: moong bean
form: mungo bean
Senses: glosses: The seed of Vigna radiata, native to South Asia.
Synonyms: mung
mongo
moong
mash
maash
mash bean
munggo
monggo
green gram
golden gram
green soy
Related terms: green bean
mung beans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mung bean
kidz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From kid + -z.
Senses: examples: text: In the 21st century, whose “kidult” blurring of the lines sees grown-ups listening to “kindie rock,” feeding their kids gourmet gelato instead of Good Humor, and dissecting the last Pixar film, the notion of a tree house in our collective backyard with a misspelled sign saying “Kidz only” is a healthy thing[.]
ref: 2008, Dade Hayes, Anytime Playdate: Inside the Preschool Entertainment Boom, or, How Television Became My Baby’s Best Friend, page 86:
text: K[evin] L[ambert]: Got 2 mates; dum as fuk; do nethin 4 me; can drive truks; fly planes, got kidz 2. / T[uhoe] L[ambert]: Cher cuz. Da dumber da better.
ref: [2012 March 24, “A Nation Divided: Inside the Urewera Four Trial”, in The New Zealand Herald, Auckland, archived from the original on 18 Oct 2017:
text: Nah dude, wen im textin or whevs, i rite just like the kidz, fastest easiest way, and i dont correct r enythng.
ref: 2023 July 10, Xoic, “Is this a writer thing?”, in Writing Forums, archived from the original on 22 Apr 2024:
glosses: Eye dialect spelling of kids; plural of kid.
boyz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: boy + -z.
Senses: examples: Boyz n the Hood (1991 American crime film)
Boyz II Men (American R&B vocal group formed in 1988)
glosses: Eye dialect spelling of boys; plural of boy.
girlz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: girl + -z.
Senses: glosses: plural of girl; informal spelling of girls.
babez
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: babe + -z.
Senses: glosses: Informal spelling of babes; plural of babe.
anythin'
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Senses: glosses: Informal spelling of anything.
liv'd
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of live
knowin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of knowing.
wish'd
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of wish
learn'd
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of learn
follow'd
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of follow
layin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈleɪ.ɪn/
rhymes: -eɪɪn
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of laying.
runner beans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of runner bean
askin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of asking.
mark'd
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of mark
ridders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ridder
slaine
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of slay
receiv'd
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: THe fifth Province of Honan, hath receiv'd its Name from the Situation of the place, for Honan ſignifies The South ſide of a River ; for it lies on the South Shore of the Yellow River, which flowing from Eaſt to Weſt, ſeparates it from the Province of Xanſi and Peking, though to the Eaſt, toward the ſide of Peking it hath ſome Towns.
ref: 1671, Arnoldus Montanus, translated by John Ogilby, Atlas Chinensis, London: Tho. Johnson, translation of original in Dutch, →OCLC, page 507:
text: About eleven at night my two ladies came home, and having receiv'd rather a favourable account from Martha
ref: 1749, [John Cleland], “(Please specify the letter or volume)”, in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], London: […] [Thomas Parker] for G. Fenton [i.e., Fenton and Ralph Griffiths] […], →OCLC:
english: Fanny Hill
translation: Fanny Hill
glosses: simple past and past participle of receive
Cubans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Cuban
duckburgers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of duckburger
Pocahontas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: After Pocahontas, whose name is a borrowing from Powhatan Pokachantesu (literally “she is playful”).
Senses: glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Randolph County, Arkansas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A village in Bond County, Illinois. Former name: Amity.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Pocahontas County, Iowa.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Hinds County, Mississippi.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A village in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A former community in Baker County, Oregon.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Hardeman County and McNairy County, Tennessee.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Tazewell County, Virginia.
Derived terms: Pocahontas County
Pocahontas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Pocahontases
Etymology: After Pocahontas, whose name is a borrowing from Powhatan Pokachantesu (literally “she is playful”).
Senses: glosses: A Native American woman.
walkin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of walking.
Chilian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Chilians
Senses: glosses: A Chilean: someone from Chile.
Chilian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Chilian
form: most Chilian
Senses: examples: ref: 1827, Joseph Andrews, Journey from Buenos Ayres through the provinces of Cordova, Tucuman, and Salta, to Potosi, thence by the Deserts of Caranja to Arica, and subsequently to Santiago de Chili and Coquimbo, undertaken on behalf of the Chilian and Peruvian Mining Association:
glosses: Chilean.
pomps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pomp
Hanoverian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪɹiən
Forms: form: more Hanoverian
form: most Hanoverian
Etymology: From Hanover + -ian.
Senses: examples: the Hanoverian brown rat
glosses: Of, from or relating to the city of Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany.
glosses: Of or from the House of Hanover, a German royal dynasty.
glosses: Of or relating to a breed of warmblooded sport horses bred by King George II, the King of Great Britain and Elector of Hanover.
Derived terms: Hanoverian rat
Hanoverian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɪɹiən
Forms: form: Hanoverians
Etymology: From Hanover + -ian.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of the city of Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany.
glosses: Someone from the House of Hanover.
examples: text: "[…]I had rather be anything than a courtier, and a Presbyterian, and a Hanoverian too, as some people, I believe, are."
ref: 1749, Henry Fielding, chapter II, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book VI:
glosses: A supporter of the House of Hanover.
glosses: A horse of the Hanoverian breed.
bless'd
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bless'd
form: most bless'd
Senses: glosses: blessed
bless'd
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bless
alwayes
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of always.
Batavian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Batavian
form: most Batavian
Etymology: From Batavia + -an.
Senses: glosses: From Batavia; Jakartan.
examples: text: Si Dul, a Batavian boy, is playing at sedekah with his two friends...
ref: 1991, C.D. Grijns, Jakarta Malay, volume 2, page 6:
glosses: Pertaining to a member of an Indonesian ethnic group consisting of the descendants of the people living around Batavia (Jakarta) from around the 17th century.
glosses: From the ancient Germanic tribe of the Batavi, living in the region of Batavia around Nijmegen.
Batavian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Batavians
Etymology: From Batavia + -an.
Senses: glosses: Someone from Batavia; Jakartan.
examples: text: By the end of the nineteenth century the diverse Indonesian ethnic group shown in the second column of Table I had lost their identity to a new sukubangsa, that of the Batavians…
ref: 1967, Lance Castle, “The Ethnic Profile of Djakarta”, in Indonesia, page 156:
glosses: A member of an Indonesian ethnic group consisting of the descendants of the people living around Batavia (Jakarta) from around the 17th century.
glosses: Someone from the tribe of the Batavi.
Batavia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /bəˈteɪvi.ə/
rhymes: -eɪviə
Etymology: Ultimately from Latin Batavia, from Proto-Germanic *Batawjō. Doublet of Betawi and Passau.
Senses: glosses: Former name of Jakarta, used during the Dutch East Indies period.
glosses: The land of the ancient Batavians or Batavi (part of the modern Netherlands).
glosses: The Netherlands from 1795 to 1806 as a French client state.
glosses: A city, the county seat of Genesee County, New York, United States.
glosses: A village, the county seat of Clermont County, Ohio, United States.
glosses: A township in Clermont County, Ohio, which surrounds the village.
Derived terms: Batavia cassia
Related terms: Batavi
Batavian
Batavia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bəˈteɪvi.ə/
rhymes: -eɪviə
Forms: form: Batavias
Etymology: Ultimately from Latin Batavia, from Proto-Germanic *Batawjō. Doublet of Betawi and Passau.
Senses: glosses: A variety of lettuce with broad flat leaves.
Watts
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Patronymic surname from the Middle English given name Wat, derived from Walter, equivalent to Watt + -s.
Senses: examples: text: But Republicans and Porter's Democratic primary opponents have seized on an interview from last month that widely surfaced the week of Oct. 6 in which she reprimands CBS News California journalist Julie Watts multiple times.
ref: 2025 October 8, Jay Stahl, “Katie Porter goes viral again. This time, for berating a reporter.”, in USA Today:
glosses: A surname transferred from the given name.
glosses: A neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, located in the southern part of the city.
glosses: A town in Adair County, Oklahoma, United States.
glosses: A township in Perry County, Pennsylvania, United States.
assignat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈasɪɡnat/
ipa: /asɪˈnja/
Forms: form: assignats
Etymology: From French assignat.
Senses: examples: text: If the landed man wishes to mortgage, he falls the value of his land, and raises the value of assignats.
ref: 1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, Oxford, published 2009, page 196:
text: [O]n her request for money, I took out a parcel of assignats I had in my pocket.
ref: 1792, Charlotte Smith, Desmond, Broadview, published 2001, page 387:
text: He was in favour of a national bank; he was strongly opposed to the reckless issue of assignats and spoke against it in the Assembly.
ref: 1932, Duff Cooper, Talleyrand, Folio Society, published 2010, page 25:
text: The continuing depreciation of the assignat was worsening problems: in November and December, the currency's cash return dipped below 1 per cent of its face value, bringing a comic aspect to many exchanges and inducing street beggars to decline alms in paper form.
ref: 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 508:
glosses: A banknote used during the French Revolution, on the security of state land.
categorematic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Ancient Greek κατηγόρημα (katēgórēma, “a predicate”) + -atic.
Senses: examples: text: The word "man" is categorematic; the word "many" is not.
topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Capable of being employed alone as a term.
raw_tags: of a word
Derived terms: categorematically
syncategorematic
Butcher
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname originating as an occupation for a butcher.
join'd
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of join
play'd
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of played
warn'd
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of warn
touch'd
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of touch
know'd
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of know
fear'd
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of fear
observ'd
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of observe
per accidens
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: per accidence
Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin conversio per accidens, English from 1425.
Senses: glosses: By chance; by reason of an accidental, incidental or non-essential circumstance; contingently; indirectly.
form'd
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of form
mov'd
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of moved
singin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of singing.
honour'd
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more honour'd
form: most honour'd
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of honored.
Derived terms: unhonour'd
honour'd
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of honour
mebby
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of mebbe.
assignats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of assignat
cryin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of crying.
callin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of calling.
Twickenham
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtwɪkənəm/
Etymology: "Twicca's land by the river bend," from Old English personal name *Twic(c)a, in the genitive singular *Twic(c)an + hamm (“river bend”).
Senses: glosses: A town in the borough of Richmond upon Thames, south-western Greater London, England, historically in Middlesex (OS grid ref TQ1673).
glosses: Twickenham Stadium, the largest rugby stadium in England.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Wheeler County, Oregon, United States.
Synonyms: Twicks
Twickers
Twickers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Twickenham + -ers.
Senses: synonyms: Billy Williams' Cabbage Patch
glosses: Twickenham (stadium)
cruell
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of cruel.
cruell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cruells
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of crewel.
design'd
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of design
speakin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of speaking.
press'd
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of press
show'd
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of show
meete
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: For commonlie, many scholemasters, some, as I haue seen, moe, as I haue heard tell, be of so crooked a nature, as, when they meete with a hard witted scholer, they rather breake him, than bowe him, rather marre him, then mend him.
ref: 1570, Roger Ascham, The Scholemaster:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of meet.
plac'd
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of place
'eard
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: A representation of the pronunciation of heard by a speaker whose dialect lacks the voiceless glottal fricative or transition ([h]).
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of heard.
resolv'd
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of resolve
banish'd
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of banish
dress'd
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: […] pointing out the necessity of his being very much dress’d, and chusing his colours.
ref: 1814 May 9, [Jane Austen], chapter XV, in Mansfield Park: […], volume I, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 289:
glosses: simple past and past participle of dress
promis'd
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of promise
nothin'
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnʌθɪn/
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of nothing.
self-feeling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From self- + feeling.
Senses: examples: text: Full easie was for her to haue beliefe, / Who by self-feeling of her feeble sexe, […] / Could iudge what paines do louing harts perplexe.
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
glosses: Self-awareness; knowledge of, or familiarity with, oneself.
glosses: Self-centredness, egotism.
hazardry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hazardries
Etymology: From Middle English hasardrie, from Middle French hasarderie; equivalent to hazard + -ry.
Senses: examples: text: Some fell to daunce, some fell to hazardry, / Some to make loue, some to make meriment […]
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
glosses: Gambling.
dungeonous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dungeonous
form: most dungeonous
Etymology: From dungeon + -ous.
Senses: glosses: Possessing medieval, dungeon-like attributes or atmosphere.
round-top
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: round-tops
form: roundtop
form: round top
Senses: examples: text: A man on the roundtop cried out, Au voile, a sail.
ref: 1722, Daniel Defoe, chapter 11, in Colonel Jack:
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A platform at the top of a ship's mast.
Madiun
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in East Java province, Indonesia.
Related terms: english: former name
translation: former name
word: Madioen
Hendriks
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Hendrikses
Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch Hendriks.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Dutch.