cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
pitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A monetary unit of Brunei (minted until 1868) and Palembang. Coins were typically tin. Coins with central holes were called "pitis teboh". Unholed coins were called "pitis bountou".
batzen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: batzens
Etymology: From German Batzen.
Senses: glosses: A silver coin minted in Bern, Switzerland from the 15th century until the mid-19th century, equal to 10 rappen.
rixdollar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rixdollars
Etymology: From obsolete forms of Dutch rijksdaalder.
Senses: glosses: An obsolete currency used in much of continental Europe, as well as some Dutch colonies (even after they had become British).
tallero
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: talleros
Etymology: From Italian tallero, from German Thaler (“dollar”).
Senses: glosses: The monetary unit of Eritrea from 1890 to 1921, equal to 5 lire.
fyrk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fyrks
Etymology: From Swedish fyrk, from Middle Low German vêreken, from ver/vier (“four”).
Senses: glosses: The monetary unit of Sweden between the 15th and 17th centuries, valued at between one-sixth and one-half of an öre.
buckaroo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌbʌkəˈɹuː/
ipa: /ˌbʌkəˈɹu/
rhymes: -uː
Forms: form: buckaroos
form: buckayro
form: buckeroo
Etymology: Modified from Spanish vaquero (“cowboy”), with the spelling influenced by buck (“(noun) male antelope, deer, etc.; adventurous or high-spirited young man; (verb) of a horse, etc.: to leap upward arching its back, coming down with head low and forelegs stiff, forcefully kicking its hind legs upward”). Doublet of vaquero.
cognates
* Early Medieval Latin vaccārius (“cowherd”)
* French vacher
* Late Latin baccalārius (“landless serf; cowherd (?)”) (Merovingian)
Senses: examples: text: No thanks, cowboy. If I was to let every rodeo hand I pulled a bull off of buy me liquor, I'd have been an alcoholic long ago. Pullin' bulls off of you buckaroos is just my job. So save your money for your next entry fee, cowboy.
ref: 2005 September 2, Larry McMurtry, Diana Ossana, 00:51:25 from the start, in Brokeback Mountain, Universal City, Calif.: Focus Features, →OCLC:
glosses: A cowboy; specifically, a working cowboy who generally does not participate in rodeos.
examples: text: Many cowboy poets have a buckaroo look and feel about them.
glosses: One who adopts a distinctive style of cowboy attire and heritage.
glosses: A style of cowboy boot with a high heel tapered at the back.
examples: text: Don’t run in looking for a fight like some kind of buckaroo.
glosses: A headstrong, reckless person; a hothead.
Derived terms: word: buckarette
word: -eroo
buckaroo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌbʌkəˈɹuː/
ipa: /ˌbʌkəˈɹu/
rhymes: -uː
Forms: form: buckaroos
Etymology: Probably a fanciful elaboration of buck, influenced by buckaroo (etymology 1).
Senses: examples: text: That’ll be twenty buckaroos, buddy.
synonyms: word: buckaroonie
word: smackeroo
word: buck
extra: a dollar
glosses: Synonym of buck (“a dollar”).
Derived terms: buckaroonie
Related terms: smackeroonie
smackeroony
smackeroonies
lightface
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lightfaces
Etymology: From light + face.
Senses: glosses: The opposite of boldface, a font that is light (has a low ratio of ink to white space).
lightfaced
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more lightfaced
form: most lightfaced
Etymology: From light + faced.
Senses: glosses: Written, printed or drawn in lightface, using a font that has a low ration of ink to white space.
boldfaced
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more boldfaced
form: most boldfaced
form: bold-faced
Etymology: From bold + faced.
Senses: topics: media
publishing
typography
synonyms: bold
boldface
heavy
glosses: Of text emphasized by being set in a font having thicker strokes, yielding a heavier or darker appearance.
examples: text: boldface(d) names
synonyms: boldface
glosses: Important, prominent.
examples: text: He had the bold-faced effrontery to ask for a raise.
text: During a visit to Britain, the US president contradicted Benjamin Netanyahu after the Israeli prime minister claimed it was a “bold-faced lie” to say Israel was causing hunger in Gaza.
ref: 2025 July 28, Eleni Courea, Libby Brooks, quoting Benjamin Netanyahu, “Trump acknowledges ‘real starvation’ in Gaza and tells Israel to let in ‘every ounce of food’”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
synonyms: barefaced
glosses: Eggcorn of bald-faced; impudent, brazen.
Derived terms: non-boldfaced
nonboldfaced
boldfaced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From boldface + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: He boldfaced the quote so it would stand out even though I told him it looked ugly.
glosses: simple past and past participle of boldface
boldface
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boldfaces
Etymology: From bold + face.
Senses: topics: media
publishing
typography
glosses: A font that is dark, having a high ratio of ink to white space, written or drawn with thick strong lines.
boldface
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: boldfaces
form: boldfacing
form: boldfaced
form: boldfaced
Etymology: From bold + face.
Senses: examples: text: Boldface the due date so they are sure to see it.
synonyms: bold#Verb
embolden#Verb
coordinate_terms: italicize#Verb
strike through#Verb
underline#Verb
glosses: To print or write in a boldfaced font.
Derived terms: unboldface
boldface
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more boldface
form: most boldface
Etymology: From bold + face.
Senses: examples: text: While the retailer talks about savings of 10 percent off on every item in stock in very boldface type, there is a fine line that indicates at the bottom of the ad, “with the exception of a few fair trade items.”
ref: 1975, Fair Trade Laws: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Antitrust and Monopoly of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Ninety-Fourth Congress, First Session, Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, page 34:
text: If you make a word boldface, it is boldface on the screen.
ref: 1985, Carole Boggs Matthews, Martin S. Matthews, Word Processing for the IBM PC and PCjr and Compatible Computers, McGraw-Hill Book Company, →ISBN, page 396:
text: ([…]; although it was boldface, it did not stand out because all the type on the label was bold).
ref: 2001, Richard A. Lord, A Treatise on the Law of Contracts, West Group, page 480:
text: It is boldface and placed next to the left margin.
ref: 2005, Leigh E. Zeitz, Keyboarding Made Simple, Made Simple Books:
text: Unicode is constrained. It focuses on one essential task: encoding the world’s writing systems, or character sets. It ignores issues such as the font, the size, the alignment of the character, whether it is boldface or italic, etc.
ref: 2021, Zhiwei Xu, Jialin Zhang, Computational Thinking: A Perspective on Computer Science, Springer Nature Singapore, →ISBN, page 192:
text: Musk’s right-wing turn isn’t universal or even typical: Reporting suggests that even with the rightward turn of several boldface names, Silicon Valley remains heavily Democratic.
ref: 2024 September 26, Paul Krugman, “The Tech Bro Style in American Politics”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
text: There were lavish dinners with boldface names at Mr. Epstein’s mansion on the Upper East Side and raucous parties with cheerleaders and models at Mr. Trump’s private club and residence at Mar-a-Lago.
ref: 2025 July 19, Alan Feuer, Matthew Goldstein, “Inside the Long Friendship Between Trump and Epstein”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
glosses: Synonym of boldfaced.
synonyms: word: boldfaced
Derived terms: non-boldface
Related terms: italic
letters patent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌlɛtəz ˈpeɪtənt/
note: slightly less common
ipa: /-ˈpæ-/
ipa: /ˌlɛtɚz ˈpætənt/
ipa: /-ˈpeɪ-/
rhymes: -eɪtənt
rhymes: -ætənt
Forms: form: letter patent
Etymology: From letters patents (archaic), from Late Middle English lettres patentes, lettres patent (“document or documents granting a privilege, power, or right, making an appointment or decree, etc.”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman lettres patentes (the plural of lettre patente), from Latin litterae patentēs, the plural of littera patēns (so called because they were written on open sheets of parchment), from littera (“letter”) + patēns (“accessible, open”) (the present active participle of pateō (“to be accessible or open; to be clear or evident”), from Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- (“to spread out; to fly”)). The English term is analysable as letters + patent (“open, unconcealed; (archaic) open to public perusal”).
Senses: topics: law
antonyms: letters close
hypernyms: open letter
glosses: A type of legal document in the form of an open letter issued by an authority to direct that some action be taken; to grant a monopoly, right, status, or title to a person or organization; to record a contract.
letters patent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌlɛtəz ˈpeɪtənt/
note: slightly less common
ipa: /-ˈpæ-/
ipa: /ˌlɛtɚz ˈpætənt/
ipa: /-ˈpeɪ-/
rhymes: -eɪtənt
rhymes: -ætənt
Etymology: From letters patents (archaic), from Late Middle English lettres patentes, lettres patent (“document or documents granting a privilege, power, or right, making an appointment or decree, etc.”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman lettres patentes (the plural of lettre patente), from Latin litterae patentēs, the plural of littera patēns (so called because they were written on open sheets of parchment), from littera (“letter”) + patēns (“accessible, open”) (the present active participle of pateō (“to be accessible or open; to be clear or evident”), from Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- (“to spread out; to fly”)). The English term is analysable as letters + patent (“open, unconcealed; (archaic) open to public perusal”).
Senses: glosses: plural of letter patent
letter patent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: letters patent
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Rare form of letters patent (“a type of legal document in the form of an open letter issued by an authority granting a monopoly, right, status, or title to a person or organization”).
lousiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From lousy + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or property of being lousy.
nougat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnuːɡɑː/
ipa: /ˈnʌɡɪt/
ipa: /ˈnuːɡɑː/
enpr: no͞oʹgu̇t
ipa: /ˈnuɡət/
rhymes: (UK, General Australian, New Zealand) -uːɡɑ
rhymes: (UK) -ʌɡɪt
Forms: form: nougats
Etymology: From French nougat, from Occitan nogat, from noga (“nut”), ultimately from Latin nux (“nut”) + -atus (“-ate, forming adjectives and substantives having or resembling some thing or trait”). Compare Spanish nuégado.
Senses: examples: text: Cake Nogat: This nogat may be made in moulds, or square pieces.
ref: 1827, Guglielmo A. Jarrin, Italian Confectioner […] , 3rd edition, page 24:
text: […](being twenty four and
never screwed but in her
soft nougat thighs)[…]
ref: 1999, Lyn Lifshin, “In Spite of His Dangling Pronoun”, in Before It's Light, page 29:
text: […]it helps that Snickers offers the holy trinity of confection: nougat, caramel and peanuts[…]
ref: 2014 February 18, Sarah Begley, “The 13 Most Influential Candy Bars of All Time”, in Time:
glosses: A mixture consisting of egg white and a sweetener, variously mixed with (in western Europe) almonds or (in eastern Europe) hazelnuts or (in US) used without nuts as a filler in candy bars.
examples: text: When you make a nougat of large dimensions, put in the almonds a few at a time.
ref: 1846, Antoine B. Beauvilliers, A Complete System of French Domestic Cookery […] , volume VI, page 235:
glosses: A piece of this mixture, typically eaten as a confection.
Hyponyms: Viennese nougat
Derived terms: nougaty
white nougat
Related terms: turron
sentinel event
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sentinel events
Etymology: As defined by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Any unanticipated or unusual event in a medical setting which results in death or serious physical injury to a person or persons, specifically including limb loss or gross motor function.
abazi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: abazis
Etymology: Borrowed from Georgian აბაზი (abazi). Doublet of abbasi.
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
numismatics
glosses: The monetary unit of Georgia until 1833, divided 40 puli.
Vereinsthaler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Vereinsthalers
Senses: glosses: The monetary unit of the Kingdom of Hannover from 1857 to 1866.
pengő
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pengős
form: pengo
Etymology: From Hungarian pengő.
Senses: examples: text: This is reflected in the oft-repeated joke from 1946: Tuesday around noon we heard the rumour that the price of a kilo of lard has reached 90,000 pengős.
ref: 2011, Mária Palasik, Chess Game for Democracy: Hungary Between East and West, 1944-1947:
glosses: The monetary unit of Hungary from January, 1927 to July, 1946, divided into 100 fillér.
Scheisse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: I think that the Scheisse you're smelling must be that account of flaming crematory chimnies, Jewish soap or sadistic Hitler Youth sitting nearby or perhaps you're just smelling yourself?
ref: 2001 January 26, Sahib3, “Re: Holocaust: Only for the chosen few?”, in alt.revisionism (Usenet):
ref: 2004 July 8, hg, “You know what's really the Scheisse?”, in alt.music.ramones (Usenet), retrieved 09 Feb 2016:
text: Our local libraries are really Scheisse, the few books I can get are costly or rare.
ref: 2007 March 11, Darkstar, “Re: How does Armenian fit into the Indo-European family?”, in sci.lang (Usenet):
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of scheisse.
Scheisse
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: Oh Scheisse!!
ref: 1999 November 15, Fred Biedermann, “Re: My 200th Coaster!!”, in rec.roller-coaster (Usenet):
text: 'Oh Scheisse! How many?'
ref: 2010, Anthony Underhill, The Killing Strip, page 173:
text: "Oh Scheisse," he said. "Look at that nasty scuffmark."
ref: 2010, R. H. Dickinson, KIDON, page 173:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of scheisse.
somalo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: somalos
Senses: glosses: The currency of Italian Somaliland from 1950 to 1962, divided into 100 centesimi.
conformable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more conformable
form: most conformable
Etymology: Latin conformabilis
Senses: examples: text: According to that Cabaliſticall Dogma: If Abram had not had this Letter [i.e., ה (he)] added unto his Name he had remained fruitleſſe, and without the power of generation: […] So that being ſterill before, he received the power of generation from that meaſure and manſion in the Archetype; and was made conformable unto Binah.
ref: 1658, Thomas Browne, “The Garden of Cyrus. […]. Chapter V.”, in Hydriotaphia, Urne-buriall, […] Together with The Garden of Cyrus, […], London: […] Hen[ry] Brome […], →OCLC, page 192:
text: In age well-balanced, in personal appearance fairly matched, and in domestic requirements conformable, in temper this couple differed, though even here they did not often clash, he being equable, if not lymphatic, and she decidedly nervous and sanguine.
ref: 1888, Thomas Hardy, “An Imaginative Woman”, in Wessex Tales:
glosses: Having the same shape or form; very similar.
glosses: Suitable; compliant.
Synonyms: similar
alike
suitable
corresponding
Derived terms: conformableness
conformably
disconformable
inconformable
nonconformable
paraconformable
pseudoconformable
subconformable
unconformable
kori
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: koris
form: kori
Senses: glosses: The monetary unit of Kutch prior to 1947, divided into 24 dokdas.
Related terms: kori bustard
epiphenomenal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɛpɪfɪˈnɒmɪnəl/
Forms: form: more epiphenomenal
form: most epiphenomenal
Etymology: From epi- + phenomenal.
Senses: examples: text: An organism's consciousness is epiphenomenal to its behavior, and its behavior is determined by unconscious calculations.
ref: 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 58:
text: To this day, critics of materialism regularly recite the tenacious canard that the model crudely counterposes ‘economic’ factors to ‘culture, ideology and mentality’ […] That for materialism, thought is epiphenomenal froth. This is bogus.
ref: 2022, China Miéville, chapter 2, in A Spectre, Haunting: On the Communist Manifesto, →OCLC:
text: There’s an intuitive belief that technology changes people, and the internet feels like an unusually straightforward example of this process. But it’s also possible that the relationship between the internet and the evolution of society was more epiphenomenal: It’s possible that society is always changing, and that the rise of the internet was a coincidental event that merely made that natural process more visible.
ref: 2022, Chuck Klosterman, The Nineties, New York: Penguin Press, →ISBN:
glosses: Being of secondary consequence to a causal chain of processes, but playing no causal role in the process of interest.
examples: text: If qualia are epiphenomenal in the standard philosophical sense, their occurrence can't explain the way things happen (in the material world) since, by definition, things would happen exactly the same without them.
ref: 2002, Daniel Dennett, “‘Epiphenomenal’ Qualia?”, in Neil Campbell, editor, Mental Causation and the Metaphysics of Mind: A Reader, Broadview, page 211:
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
psychology
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to a mental process that occurs only as an incidental effect of electrical or chemical activity in the brain or nervous system.
Derived terms: epiphenomenalism
epiphenomenalist
epiphenomenalistic
epiphenomenalize
epiphenomenally
talonas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The currency of Lithuania from 1991 to 1993.
talonas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: talonas
Senses: glosses: A unit of that currency.
erne
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɜːn/
ipa: /ɝːn/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)n
homophone: earn
homophone: ern
homophone: urn
Forms: form: ernes
form: earn
form: ern
Etymology: From Middle English ern, erne, earn, from Old English earn (“eagle”), from Proto-West Germanic *arnu (“eagle”), from Proto-Germanic *arnuz (“eagle”), from Proto-Germanic *arô (“eagle”) (whence also Arnold), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃érō (“large bird, eagle”).
Cognate with North Frisian Aarn, iarn, jarn (“eagle”), West Frisian earn (“eagle”), Dutch arend (“eagle”), German Aar (“eagle”), Low German Arend (“eagle”), Danish, Faroese, Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk ørn (“eagle”), Icelandic and Swedish örn (“eagle”), Ancient Greek ὄρνεον (órneon), ὄρνις (órnis, “bird”) (whence ornitho-), translingual -ornis, Proto-Slavic *orьlъ (“eagle”).
Senses: examples: text: Ahoi! come kite! Ahoi! come erne from off the fen!
ref: 1866, Charles Kingsley, chapter 20, in Hereward the Wake, London: Nelson, page 274:
text: [T]his is an in-depth study of the Erne (to use the old Anglo-Saxon name for this eagle).
ref: 1985, Amadon, Dean, “Review of The Return of the Sea Eagle”, in The Auk, volume 102, number 1, pages 218-19:
glosses: A sea eagle (Haliaeetus), especially the white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla)
examples: the bald erne
topics: sciences
glosses: An eagle.
Synonyms: sense: an eagle
word: sea eagle
sense: an eagle
word: white-tailed eagle
Derived terms: bald erne
erne
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɜːn/
ipa: /ɝːn/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)n
homophone: earn
homophone: ern
homophone: urn
Forms: form: earn
Senses: glosses: To long; to yearn.
suki
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsu.kɪʔ/
Forms: form: sukis
Etymology: Borrowed from Tagalog suki, from Hokkien 主客 (chú-kheh, “regular customer or dealer”).
Senses: examples: text: Near the opposite end of the suki continuum, the "subjective" pole, are special suki.
ref: 1973, William G. Davis, Social Relations in a Philippine Market: Self-interest and Subjectivity, →ISBN, page 230:
text: Frequent buyers in a particular store become the suki, so that with this kind of a relationship, the marketgoer gets an extra treat, like obtaining more tomatoes for the price of a kilo.
ref: 2007, Isabel S. Panopio, Realidad Santico Rolda, Society & Culture, →ISBN, page 216:
text: The suki relationship in the Philippines, a credit/marketing linkage, is often assumed to be exploitative of the fisher.
ref: 2011, Robert S. Pomeroy, Neil Andrew, Small-scale Fisheries Management, →ISBN, page 169:
topics: business
glosses: a favored customer; a regular who receives preferential treatment
suki
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsu.kɪʔ/
Forms: form: sukis
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 隙(すき) (suki).
Senses: examples: text: This gluing is "stoppage," and every stoppage means giving an advantage to the enemy, which is a suki.
ref: 1959, Daisetz Teitarō Suzuki, Zen and Japanese culture, page 143:
text: When you receive a strike, it is because there is a suki. Your opponent draws your attention to your weak spots, and you endeavor to ensure that you do not receive a strike in the same place again.
ref: 1997, Hiroshi Ozawa, Kendo: The Definitive Guide, →ISBN, page 20:
text: Often, though, a suki to the chest will cause the sword to become lodged between bone and cartilage making it very difficult to quickly remove.
ref: 2006, Kevin L. Seiler, Donald J. Seller, Karate-do, →ISBN, page 61:
topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
glosses: An opening to the enemy; a weak spot that provides an advantage for one's opponent.
pyrolyze
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pyrolyzes
form: pyrolyzing
form: pyrolyzed
form: pyrolyzed
Senses: glosses: US spelling of pyrolyse.
eme
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: emes
form: eam
form: eem
form: eame
form: neam
form: neame
form: neme
Etymology: From Middle English éam, eom, em, eme (“uncle”), from Old English ēam (“uncle”). See eam.
Senses: examples: text: Soo this yonge syre Trystram rode vnto his eme kynge Marke of Cornewayle / ¶ And whanne he came there / he herd say that ther wold no knyghte fyghte with syre Marhaus / Thenne yede sir Tristram vnto his eme and sayd / syre yf ye wylle gyue me thordre of knyghthode / I wille doo bataille with syr Marhaus
ref: 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “quintum”, in Le Morte Darthur, book VIII:
english: So this young knight, Tristan, rode unto his uncle, king Mark of Cornwall / ¶ And when he came thither / he heard say that no knight there would fight Sir Marhaus / Then went Sir Tristan unto his uncle and said / Sire, if ye give me the order of knighthood / I shall battle Sir Marhaus
translation: So this young knight, Tristan, rode unto his uncle, king Mark of Cornwall / ¶ And when he came thither / he heard say that no knight there would fight Sir Marhaus / Then went Sir Tristan unto his uncle and said / Sire, if ye give me the order of knighthood / I shall battle Sir Marhaus
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text: Whilst they were young, Cassibalane their Eme / Was by the people chosen in their sted […]
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
english: Whilst they were young, Cassibalain, their uncle, / was chosen by the people in their stead […]
translation: Whilst they were young, Cassibalain, their uncle, / was chosen by the people in their stead […]
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qualifier: obsolete outside Scotland
glosses: An uncle.
glosses: Friend.
Related terms: eam
periaqueductal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From peri- + aqueductal.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Surrounding an aqueduct-like feature; usually in reference to periaqueductal grey, or some other part of anatomy.
Derived terms: periaqueductal gray
periaqueductally
fiefdom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfiːf.dəm/
rhymes: -iːfdəm
Forms: form: fiefdoms
Etymology: From fief + -dom.
Senses: examples: text: The duke's fiefdom had been greatly expanded as a reward for his dutiful military service on behalf of the king.
text: "If you wish to offer any of my vassals fiefdoms or positions in your new kingdom, they have my leave to accept. I promised them that when they came with me."
ref: 1989, Robert Shea, The Saracen, The Holy War:
synonyms: fief
glosses: The estate controlled by a feudal lord.
examples: text: “[Bill Clinton] was just walking around, looking in all the offices, like he was surveying his fiefdom. He had a big grin on his face.”
ref: 2008, David Maraniss, First In His Class: A Biography Of Bill Clinton, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:
text: Hollande told cheering supporters in his rural fiefdom of Corrèze in south-west France that he was best-placed to lead France towards change, saying the vote marked a "rejection" of Sarkozy and a "sanction" against his five years in office.
ref: 2012 April 23, Angelique Chrisafis, “François Hollande on top but far right scores record result in French election”, in The Guardian:
text: Bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX was run as the “personal fiefdom” of founder Sam Bankman-Fried, with one of the company’s units spending $300m on real estate in the Bahamas for the use of its executives, a court heard on Tuesday.
ref: 2022 November 22, Dominic Rushe, “FTX was run as ‘personal fiefdom’ of Sam Bankman-Fried, court hears”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Any organization in the control of a dominant individual.
pyromagnetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pyro- + magnetic.
Senses: examples: 1888 A pyromagnetic motor - US Patent 380,100 - T. A. Edison
glosses: that functions as a result of heat and magnetism
pyromalate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pyromalates
Etymology: From pyromalic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt or ester of pyromalic acid (now known as maleic acid).
pyromalic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Maleic acid.
pyromalic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pyro- + malic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: maleic
Derived terms: pyromalic acid
maleic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: of or relating to maleic acid or its derivatives
Derived terms: maleate
maleic anhydride
maleic hydrazide
maleimide
maleyl
Related terms: maleinize
maleinization
pyromancy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pyro- + -mancy.
Senses: glosses: Divination by fire; the use of fire to supernaturally gain information.
glosses: The magical power of conjuring or controlling fire.
Synonyms: sense: conjuring or controlling fire
word: pyrokinesis
Hyponyms: word: alomancy
word: divination by salt
word: one type of which involves casting salt into a fire
word: botanomancy
word: divination by burning plants
word: capnomancy
word: divination by smoke
word: light
word: thin smoke that rose straight up was a good omen
word: otherwise
word: a bad one
word: causinomancy
english: non-specific as to the object burned
translation: non-specific as to the object burned
word: divination by burning
alt: empyromancy
word: daphnomancy
word: divination by burning laurel leaves
word: osteomancy
word: divination using bones
word: one type of which involves heating to produce cracks
word: plastromancy
word: divination using turtle plastron
word: in China
word: this was done by heating pits carved into them
word: scapulimancy
word: divination by scapulae
word: in Asia and North America
word: this was done pyromantically
word: sideromancy
word: divination by burning straw
Related terms: pyromancer
pyromantic
pyromantic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to pyromancy.
pyromantic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pyromantics
Senses: glosses: A practitioner of pyromancy.
pyrometallurgy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pyrometallurgies
Etymology: From pyro- + metallurgy.
Senses: glosses: Any process that uses high temperatures to transform either metals or their ores.
Related terms: pyrolysis
ore dressing
pyrometrical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: pyrometric
Fagus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -eɪɡəs
Senses: glosses: The Celtic god of beech trees.
cupon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cupons
Senses: glosses: The currency of Moldova between 1992 and 1993.
roepiah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: roepiahs
Senses: glosses: The monetary unit issued in Japanese-occupied Netherlands Indies in 1944 and 1945.
speciedaler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: speciedalers
Senses: examples: text: Denmark's currency during the eighteenth century is somewhat involved. The speciedalers and reisedalers were the equivalent of 6 marks; the krone of 4 marks.
ref: 1948, The Numismatist, volume 61, page 572:
glosses: A Norwegian coin minted from 1816 to 1875, divided into 120 skilling.
oofta
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Forms: form: offda
form: oofda
form: uffda
form: uff da
Etymology: Scandinavian-American slang.
Senses: examples: text: "Oofta! I've long ago forgotten it."
ref: 2004, Janet Elaine Smith, A Lumberjack Christmas, page 16:
text: “Ooh, uffda.”
ref: 2024 October 21, Paul Simms, “The Return of Jerry” (4:06 from the start), in What We Do in the Shadows, season 6, episode 1, spoken by Nandor the Relentless (Kayvan Novak):
qualifier: Upper Midwestern US
glosses: A mild expression of error, dismay, or concern (often in a comical sense).
Synonyms: good grief
oh no
oi
oy vey
uh oh
holy smokes
SMART
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Acronym of International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers.
SMART
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computer-hardware
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Acronym of self-monitoring, analysis and reporting technology; also S.M.A.R.T.: a monitoring system included in computer HDDs and SSDs in order to detect and report various indicators of drive reliability with the intent of anticipating imminent hardware failures.
SMART
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Over time, I noticed various exercises I did with Woebot rubbing off in my daily life. Woebot taught me how to set SMART goals — specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and time-limited.
ref: 2022 September 27, Barclay Bram, “My Therapist, the Robot”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 27 Sep 2022:
antonyms: VAPID
glosses: An acronym for remembering desirable characteristics for goal-setting: specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, timebound. (See SMART criteria on Wikipedia.Wikipedia)
Related terms: DUMB
FAST
HARD
SMARTER
dissention
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dissentions
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of dissension.
hocus-pocus
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌhəʊkəs ˈpəʊkəs/
ipa: /ˌhoʊkəs ˈpoʊkəs/
ipa: /-kɪs/
rhymes: -əʊkəs
Forms: form: hocus pocus
Etymology: The interjection and noun are derived from pseudo-Latin magical incantations used by conjurers (formerly called “jugglers”) such as “hocus pocus, tontus talontus, vade celeriter jubeo” (by a particular 17th-century conjurer who allegedly adopted the moniker Hocus Pocus) and “hax pax max Deus adimax”. The suggestion that the term is a corruption of words from the Roman Catholic liturgy of the Eucharist, “hoc est enim corpus meum” (“this is my [i.e., Jesus’s] body”), was made in a sermon by the Archbishop of Canterbury, John Tillotson (1630–1694), but is not generally accepted.
The verb is derived from the noun.
Senses: glosses: A phrase used (by a stage magician, etc.) as a magical incantation to bring about some change: abracadabra, hey presto.
Derived terms: hokum
hocus-pocus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌhəʊkəs ˈpəʊkəs/
ipa: /ˌhoʊkəs ˈpoʊkəs/
ipa: /-kɪs/
rhymes: -əʊkəs
Forms: form: hocus-pocuses
form: hocus-pocusses
form: hoci-poci
form: hocus and pocus
form: hocuspocus
form: hocus pocus
Etymology: The interjection and noun are derived from pseudo-Latin magical incantations used by conjurers (formerly called “jugglers”) such as “hocus pocus, tontus talontus, vade celeriter jubeo” (by a particular 17th-century conjurer who allegedly adopted the moniker Hocus Pocus) and “hax pax max Deus adimax”. The suggestion that the term is a corruption of words from the Roman Catholic liturgy of the Eucharist, “hoc est enim corpus meum” (“this is my [i.e., Jesus’s] body”), was made in a sermon by the Archbishop of Canterbury, John Tillotson (1630–1694), but is not generally accepted.
The verb is derived from the noun.
Senses: glosses: Some ineffectual action or speech, especially if intended to divert attention; nonsense.
examples: text: How was it possible that I, a rational man, not unacquainted with the leading scientific facts of our history, and hitherto an absolute and utter disbeliever in all the hocus-pocus which in Europe goes by the name of the supernatural, could believe that I had within the last few minutes been engaged in conversation with a woman two thousand and odd years old?
ref: 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, “A Soul in Hell”, in She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC, page 158:
text: The ego thinks that his local time and space is all there is to reality, and that the busy affairs of state and trade are more important than a lot of obscurantist hocus-pocus.
ref: 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 180:
glosses: Religious or supernatural phenomena one holds to be nonsense or mere trickery; superstitious mumbo-jumbo.
glosses: Some action carried out to bring about change as if by magic; a trick; sleight of hand, trickery.
glosses: A conjurer.
glosses: A conjurer's trick.
Derived terms: word: hanky-panky
word: hocus
word: hocus-pocuser
word: hocus-pocusser
word: hokeypokey
word: hokey pokey
Daniela
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /dænˈjɛ.lə/
Forms: form: Danielas
Etymology: Feminine form of Daniel.
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Hebrew.
Related terms: Daniella
Danielle
eudaemonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌjuːdɪˈmɒnɪk/
ipa: /ˌjudɪˈmɑnɪk/
Forms: form: eudemonic
form: eudæmonic
form: eudaimonic
Etymology: From Ancient Greek εὐδαιμονικός (eudaimonikós), from εὐδαιμονία (eudaimonía, “happiness”), from εὐδαίμων (eudaímōn, “fortunate, happy”).
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to a eudaemon.
examples: text: During the 1960s and 1970s, many communist leaderships sought to legitimate their rule increasingly through the eudaemonic mode; the various economic reforms in the USSR and Eastern Europe at the time constituted the major symbol of this.
ref: 1993, Janina Frentzel-Zagórska, editor, From a One-Party State to Democracy: Transition in Eastern Europe, →ISBN, page 23:
text: In 2013, Cole examined the influence of well-being instead. He focused on two types: hedonic, from pleasure and rewards, and eudaemonic, from having a purpose beyond self-gratification.
ref: 2017 January 28, Teal Burrow, “Why am I here?”, in New Scientist, number 3110, page 32:
glosses: Producing satisfied happiness and well-being.
Derived terms: eudaemonically
eudaemon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /juˈdimən/
Forms: form: eudaemons
form: eudaimon
form: eudemon
Etymology: From Ancient Greek εὐδαίμων (eudaímōn). By surface analysis, eu- + daemon.
Senses: glosses: A good or benevolent spirit.
Derived terms: eudaemonistic
Related terms: eudaemonia
eudaemonic
eudaemonics
eudaemonism
agathodemon
cacodaemon
cacodaemon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /kækəˈdiːmən/
Forms: form: cacodaemons
form: cacodemon
form: cacodæmon
Etymology: From Ancient Greek κακοδαίμων (kakodaímōn), from κακός (kakós, “bad, evil”) and δαίμων (daímōn, “divinity, genius”).
Senses: glosses: A wicked or malevolent spirit as opposed to agathodemon (a good spirit).
glosses: Twelfth astrological House, from which only evil prognostics are alleged to proceed.
glosses: A nightmare.
Related terms: cacodaemoniacal
cacodaemonic
cacodemonic
daemon
daemonic
demon
demonic
agathodemon
eudaemon
JSYK
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: JSYK, if you say no to this crystal Swarovski bracelet that's currently 50% off you will 100 percent regret your decision.....and may have bad luck for the next 30 years. No pressure though!
ref: 2024 October 8, Megan Uy, Tarah-Lynn Saint-Elien, “65+ Fall Prime Day Fashion Deals Your Closet Is Begging You to Shop”, in Cosmopolitan:
synonyms: FYI
glosses: Initialism of just so you know.
allodizing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: allodizings
Senses: glosses: Also called Alodine (a trade name), a chromate conversion process; specifically the process of converting a surface, typically of an aluminum part, to a mixture of chromium compounds for color and resistance to abrasion and corrosion.
irrevocable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Middle French irrévocable, from Latin irrevocabilis; equivalent to ir- + revoke + -able.
Senses: examples: text: Firm and irrevocable is my doom
Which I have pass'd upon her; she is banish'd.
ref: c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:
text: I have talked thus to you, child, not to insult you for what is past and irrevocable, but to caution and strengthen you for the future.
ref: RQ:Fielding Tom Jones, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
text: On each face, wonder and fear were painted vividly; each so still and silent, looking at the other over the black gulf of the irrevocable past.
ref: 1846 October 1 – 1848 April 1, Charles Dickens, chapter 61, in Dombey and Son, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1848, →OCLC:
text: Once again, Mario Cipollini has announced his definite, absolute, unswerving and irrevocable decision to retire, and this time he means it. Probably.
ref: 2005 April 28, Samuel Abt, “Cycling: Cipo retires. Definitely. Absolutely. Yes. Probably”, in New York Times, retrieved 27 Apr 2014:
synonyms: irreversible
irrepealable
antonyms: nonirrevocable
repealable
reversible
revocable
glosses: Unable to be retracted or reversed; final.
Derived terms: irrevocability
irrevocable letter of credit
irrevocableness
irrevocably
nonirrevocable
invalidate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈvæl.ɪ.deɪt/
ipa: /ɪnˈvæl.əˌdeɪt/
ipa: /ɪnˈvæl.ə.dæɪt/
Forms: form: invalidates
form: invalidating
form: invalidated
form: invalidated
Etymology: First attested in 1649; borrowed from Middle French invalider, from invalide + -er. By surface analysis, in- + validate or invalid + -ate.
Senses: examples: text: The circuit court judge's ruling was invalidated by a superior judge.
glosses: To make invalid. Especially applied to contract law.
glosses: To make or declare (an argument, statement, or theory) unsound or erroneous; disprove.
examples: text: Telling an angry person to "calm down" can invalidate their feelings.
glosses: To render invalid; discredit.
Synonyms: disprove
vitiate
negate
Derived terms: invalidator
microinvalidate
apo
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: In this scenario, unbound proteins are predominantly in the ligand-free ("apo") structure.
ref: 2009 January 30, Robert B. Best, Gerhard Hummer, “BIOCHEMISTRY: Unfolding the Secrets of Calmodulin”, in Science:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: In an inactive, unbound state
raw_tags: of a protein
apo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: apos
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Clipping of apolipoprotein.
Related terms: apo koinou
arba
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arbas
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of araba.
arra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ara (“Bhutanese alcoholic beverage”).
gu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gus
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of gue (“Shetland fiddle”).
glosses: Alternative form of gu. (“gules”).
Related terms: english: etymologically unrelated
translation: etymologically unrelated
word: gu zheng
biga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbaɪ.ɡə/
ipa: /ˈbiː.ɡə/
rhymes: -aɪɡə
rhymes: -iːɡə
Forms: form: bigas
form: bigae
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin bīga.
Senses: glosses: A Roman racing chariot drawn by two horses abreast.
Related terms: quadriga
peripheral device
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: peripheral devices
Senses: topics: computer-hardware
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: An electronic device that is outside the computer's system unit (external to the computer's enclosing case), but used by the computer to which it is connected, such as a printer or a scanner.
Synonyms: peripheral
Hyponyms: keyboard
mouse
human interface device
I
O device
external disk drive
Related terms: SCSI
USB
interface
sub-system
saignée
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /seɪnˈjeɪ/
rhymes: -eɪ
Forms: form: saignées
Etymology: Borrowed from French saignée.
Senses: glosses: A method of rosé production that involves bleeding off the juice after limited contact with the skins.
glosses: A wine produced by this method.
lose one's marbles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: loses one's marbles
form: losing one's marbles
form: lost one's marbles
form: lost one's marbles
Senses: examples: text: 1981 April 13, New York magazine, vol. 14, no. 15,
There it was again, the suggestion that the governor had lost his marbles. And, to be truthful, Breslin is a bit late on the loony angle.
text: If my golfing friends would see me now, they'd crap in their pants laughing at me. They'd say that poor jerk had lost his marbles.
ref: 2004, Alfredo Bryce Echenique, Dick Gerde, A world for Julius:
text: Jimi's obsession with his guitar garnered him a nickname around Clarksville: Marbles. He was so named because people thought he had "lost his marbles" and was crazy as a result of his excessive practicing.
ref: 2005, Charles R. Cross, Room full of mirrors: a biography of Jimi Hendrix:
text: On the substance of Smith’s grumble – that Microsoft’s remedies for the cloud part of the gaming market were sufficient – opinion obviously differs, but the CMA hasn’t lost its marbles.
ref: 2023 April 27, Nils Pratley, “Ignore Microsoft’s whines about the Activision takeover. The CMA did its job”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Synonym of lose one's mind (“to become crazy”).
synonyms: word: lose one's mind
extra: to become crazy
for good measure
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: He tossed in a couple of extra shirts for good measure and closed the suitcase.
text: Spain plans to issue “digital nomad” visas giving Britons and other non-EU citizens the chance to work in the sun and enjoy a lower cost of living with tax breaks thrown in for good measure.
ref: 2022 September 25, Stephen Burgen, “Spain plans ‘digital nomad’ visa scheme to attract remote workers”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: In excess of the minimum required; added as an extra.
Related terms: on the safe side
partners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɑɹt.nɚz/
Senses: glosses: plural of partner
partners
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɑɹt.nɚz/
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of partner
langar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlʌŋɡə/
rhymes: -ʌŋɡə(ɹ)
Forms: form: langars
Etymology: From Hindi लंगर (laṅgar), Punjabi ਲੰਗਰ (laṅgar, “public kitchen, almshouse”), and their source, Classical Persian لنگر (langar, “public eating-place attached to Sufi shrine”). Doublet of anchor.
Senses: examples: text: While many hungry people go to the langars in Delhi's gurudwaras, or in Birmingham, or the two in Queens, New York, because the food is good and free, there's a decidedly political dimension […]
ref: 2016, Sunil Khilnani, Incarnations, Penguin, published 2017, page 98:
glosses: A public eating-place in South Asia, now especially a communal kitchen run by a Sikh community and serving free food.
glosses: The free food served at such a place.
Related terms: langgar
molde
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: moldes
Senses: examples: text: And could not finde hir any where, assuredly he thought
She did not live above the molde, ne drewe the vitall breath:
ref: 1567, Ovid, “The First Booke”, in Arthur Golding, transl., The XV. Bookes of P. Ouidius Naso, Entytuled Metamorphosis, […], London: […] Willyam Seres […], →OCLC, lines 724-5:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of mold.
tradeoff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tradeoffs
form: trade-off
Etymology: Deverbal from trade off.
Senses: examples: text: Improved graphics at the expense of battery life was a tradeoff the designers were willing to make.
glosses: An advantage or improvement that necessitates the corresponding loss or degradation of something else.
Synonyms: compromise
ordu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Classical Mongolian ᠣᠷᠳ᠋ᠤ (ordu) that came from Proto-Turkic "Ordu".
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of orda.
sagu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Malay
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of sago.
sare
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: sarer
form: sarest
form: sear
Etymology: Variant of sear (“dry”).
Senses: examples: Burn ash-wood green, 'tis a fire for a queen;
Burn ash-wood sare, 'twool make a man sware.
glosses: dry, withered
glosses: tender, rotten
sare
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sare
form: most sare
form: sear
Etymology: From Middle English sare, northern variant of sore, from Old English sār (“sore”). More at sore.
Senses: glosses: melancholy, bad, severe.
sare
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: sarer
form: sarest
form: sear
Etymology: From Middle English sare, northern variant of sore, from Old English sāre (“sorely”). Cognate with German sehr (“very”).
Senses: glosses: much, very much, greatly.
steam room
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: steam rooms
Senses: glosses: A sauna; a hot room that is filled with steam in which people sit for health reasons.
engine room
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: engine rooms
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
synonyms: engineering
glosses: A compartment on a ship in which the engine machinery is located.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The source of power in a team or other group.
The midfield.
glosses: The source of power in a team or other group.
The pair of locks in a team.
qualifier: rugby union
glosses: The source of power in a team or other group.
The front row.
qualifier: rugby league
examples: text: And no steel band would be complete without its rhythm section or engine room, as the percussion section is known.
ref: 2018, Polly Thomas, The Rough Guide to Trinidad and Tobago, Apa Publications, →ISBN:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: The source of power in a team or other group.
The rhythm section of a steel band.
Related terms: engine bay
engine compartment