cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Chattanooga
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌt͡ʃæ.təˈnu.ɡə/
ipa: [ˌt͡ʃæ.ɾəˈnu.ɡə]
Etymology: The first part derives from the Muskogean word cvto, 'rock'. The second part may be derived from a regional suffix -nuga, 'dwelling-place'.
Senses: glosses: A city, the county seat of Hamilton County, Tennessee, near the border with Georgia.
Jacqueline
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdʒækəlɪn/
Forms: form: Jaclyn
form: Jacklyn
form: Jacquelyn
Etymology: From the French feminine diminutive form of Jacques (“James”). From Hebrew יעקב (“Ya‘akov”, from the Hebrew root עקב (‘akev, “heel”)), because Jacob was born just behind Esau, and was grasping Esau’s heel in an effort to prevent him from being born first.
Senses: examples: text: Jacqueline was so named simply because their mother had liked the ring of the word, sounding Parisian and worldly and auguring, to her mind, a good life.
ref: 1993, Oscar Hijuelos, The Fourteen Sisters of Emilio Montez O'Brien, →ISBN, page 6:
glosses: A female given name from French.
Related terms: sense: pet forms
word: Jackie
sense: pet forms
word: Jacky
sense: pet forms
word: Jacqui
Caleb
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: kāʹlĕb
ipa: /ˈkeɪ.ləb/
Forms: form: Calebs
form: Kaleb
Etymology: From Late Latin Caleb, Calebus, from Koine Greek Χάλεβ (Kháleb), from Biblical Hebrew כָּלֵב (Kālēḇ), possibly related to כֶּלֶב (keleḇ, “dog”), referring to the unconditional devotion of dogs to their masters.
Senses: examples: Doubtless ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I sware to make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: Caleb the son of Jephunneh, an Israelite who entered Canaan with Joshua.
examples: text: "My brother's name was Caleb Peck."
"What a fine old-fashioned name," said Mrs. Tabor.
ref: 1976, Anne Tyler, Searching for Caleb, Berkley Books,New York, published 1983, →ISBN, page 14:
glosses: A male given name from Hebrew first used by Puritans.
Cuthbert
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkʌθ.bɜːɹt/
Etymology: Name of early English saints, from Old English Cūþbeorht (“brightly known, famous”).
Senses: examples: text: "What's the first name?" […]
"I have a horrible feeling that it's Lancelot!"
"Good God!" said Archie.
"It couldn't really be that, could it?"
Archie looked grave. He hated to give pain, but he felt he must be honest.
"It might," he said. "People give their children all sorts of rummy names. My second name's Tracy. And I have a pal in England who was christened Cuthbert De la Hay Horace. Fortunately everyone calls him Stinker."
ref: 1921, P.G.Wodehouse, Indiscretions of Archie, page 162:
glosses: A male given name from Old English.
glosses: A surname.
glosses: A place name:
A city, the county seat of Randolph County, Georgia, United States, named after John Alfred Cuthbert.
glosses: A place name:
An unincorporated community in Sanborn County, South Dakota, United States.
glosses: A place name:
A ghost town in Mitchell County, Texas, United States, originally named after Thomas Cuthbertson.
Derived terms: Cuthbertson
Holme St Cuthbert
St Cuthbert Out
St Cuthbert Without
Cassius
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkæsi.əs/
ipa: /ˈkæ.ʃəs/
rhymes: -æsiəs
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Cassius, a Roman name derived from the gens Cassia.
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Latin.
wikipedia: Cassia gens
Related terms: Cass
Cassian
purple of Cassius
right of sepulchre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The common law doctrine that human remains must be left undisturbed in their place of deposition.
Nashville
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnæʃˌvɪl/
Etymology: From Nash (“Francis Nash”) + -ville.
Senses: glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Davidson County, Tennessee.
examples: text: “I always knew that Nashville would be a destination of some sort for me, that I would land there in terms of music,” said the singer-songwriter Kacey Musgraves during a Zoom call.
ref: 2024 November 19, Celeste Moure, “Kacey Musgraves’s Nashville”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 23 Nov 2024:
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Davidson County, Tennessee.
The capital city of Tennessee.
synonyms: Music City
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
The country music industry.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Howard County, Arkansas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Berrien County, Georgia.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Washington County, Illinois.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town, the county seat of Brown County, Indiana.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in Kansas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A village in Michigan.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Nash County, North Carolina.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A village in Ohio.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A ghost town in Texas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Forest County, Wisconsin.
glosses: A hamlet in Ontario, Canada.
Derived terms: Nashville sound
Nashvillian
Nashville
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnæʃˌvɪl/
Forms: form: Nashvilles
Etymology: From Nash (“Francis Nash”) + -ville.
Senses: examples: text: Of the three, the Nashville is probably easiest to identify. No matter what plumage it's in, the Nashville always sports a complete white to whitish eye-ring.
ref: 2005, Bill Thompson III et al., Identify Yourself: The 50 Most Common Birding Identification Challenges, Houghton Mifflin Company, →ISBN, page 302:
glosses: The Nashville warbler, Leiothlypis ruficapilla.
Herman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɜːmən/
ipa: /ˈhɝmən/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)mɪn
Forms: form: Hermans
Etymology: From Old English here (“army”) + man (“man”) It was revived in the 19th century, partly due to American immigrants from continental Europe where the name has been more popular. Compare the German equivalent Hermann.
Senses: glosses: A male given name from the Germanic languages.
glosses: A surname originating as a patronymic.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Craighead County, Arkansas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in L'Anse Township, Baraga County, Michigan.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A minor city in Grant County, Minnesota.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A village in Washington County, Nebraska.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Summit Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Dodge County, Wisconsin.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Shawano County, Wisconsin.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin.
Derived terms: Hariman
Harriman
Herman ring
Herriman
Related terms: Heerman
Heermann
Hermann
Herrman
Herrmann
Bertie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Diminutive + -ie.
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of Bertram, Albert or of any male given names ending in -bert.
glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Bertie County
Related terms: Bert
Herod
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɛɹəd/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ἡρῴδης (Hērōídēs).
Senses: glosses: The name of any of a number of members of the Herodian dynasty who ruled in the Roman province of Judea, most notably Herod the Great, who ordered the Massacre of the Innocents, or Herod Antipas, his son, who met Jesus during his Passion.
Derived terms: Herodian
Humphrey
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhʌmfɹi/
rhymes: -ʌmfɹi
Etymology: Name of a 9th-century French saint, brought to England by Normans; Proto-Germanic *unnaną (“to grant, bestow”) + *friþuz (“peace”). In Ireland it has been used to Anglicize Irish Amhlaoibh (= Olaf).
Senses: examples: text: I neuer ſaw but Humfrey Duke of Gloſter, / Did beare him like a Noble Gentleman: […]
ref: 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], page 121, column 2:
text: "Hump?" I asked. "Humphrey, really. But everybody calls him Hump. I know a lot of people who avoid calling him by his first name. For a long time people didn't think it was quite proper. But nowadays nobody seems to mind. What's happening to the power of words, Benny? Time was I used to blush at the words scrawled on fences, and now I hear them—everywhere. How are writers going to write books if language is going bland on them?"
ref: 1988, Howard Engel, chapter 6, in A Victim Must Be Found, Markham, Ont.: Viking, →ISBN, page 70:
glosses: A male given name from the Germanic languages.
glosses: A surname originating as a patronymic.
Derived terms: Humpty Dumpty
Sir Humphrey
dih
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /dɪ(ː)/
Forms: form: dihs
form: dihh
Etymology: Possibly influenced by bih (“bitch”).
Senses: examples: text: "Strong ahh dih"
text: When bae show you her dih so you gotta hit an emote to let her you fw it (based on true events)
ref: 2025 February 9, @SulfurricAcid, X (formerly Twitter) (post):
glosses: Filter-avoidance spelling of dick.
Devonshire
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɛv.ən.ʃə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: Devonshires
Etymology: From Old English Defenasċīr, equivalent to Devon + -shire.
Senses: glosses: A placename:
Former name of Devon (“English county”) (until 1974).
glosses: A placename:
An English dukedom and earldom.
glosses: A habitational surname.
Derived terms: Devonshire cream
Devonshire split
Devonshire stew
Devonshire tea
Jennie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Jenny
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the female given names Jane and Jennifer, also used as a formal given name.
Nathaniel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /nəˈθæn.jəl/
Etymology: Modification, under influence of Daniel, of Nathanael, from Ancient Greek Ναθαναήλ (Nathanaḗl), from Biblical Hebrew נְתַנְאֵל (Netan'el, literally “God has given”).
Senses: examples: text: Nathaniel's coat, sir, was not fully made,
And Gabriel's pumps were all unpink'd i' the heel.
ref: c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:
text: ‘What’s your Christian name, Sir?’ angrily inquired the little judge. ‘Nathaniel, Sir.’ ‘Daniel—any other name?’ ‘Nathaniel, sir—my Lord, I mean.’ ‘Nathaniel Daniel, or Daniel Nathaniel?’ ‘No, my Lord, only Nathaniel —not Daniel at all.’ ‘What did you tell me it was Daniel for, then, sir?’ inquired the judge.
ref: 1836 March – 1837 October, Charles Dickens, chapter 34, in The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1837, →OCLC:
text: Marcella and Nathaniel. Now I know their names. I haven't thought much about having children, but if I did, I wouldn't give them names like that. They're the sort of names you choose if you think you're someone to be reckoned with.
ref: 2010, Sophie Hannah, A Room Swept White, Hodder & Stoughton, →ISBN, page 102:
text: “Doctors have always approached medications in pregnancy by using it only when indicated, lowest dose, for the shortest duration,” said Dr. Nathaniel DeNicola, an adviser to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists on environmental issues.
ref: 2025 September 22, Azeen Ghorayshi, “Trump Issues Warning Based on Unproven Link Between Tylenol and Autism”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 Sep 2025:
glosses: A male given name from Hebrew.
Related terms: Nathanael
Nathan
Nat
Nate
Mildred
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪldɹəd/
Etymology: From the name of an 8th-century English saint, Old English Mildþrȳþ (from milde (“mild”) + þrȳþ (“strength”)).
Senses: examples: text: Queens drop away, while blue-legg'd Maukin lives; / Drones thrive when bees are burnt within their hives; / And courtly Mildred dies, while country Madge survives.
ref: ~1625 Francis Quarles, Elegy on Lady Luckyn
text: One day Dunsford told him her name was Mildred. He had heard one of the other girls in the shop address her. "What an odious name," said Philip. "Why?" asked Dunsford. "I like it." . "It's so pretentious."
ref: 1915, W. Somerset Maugham, Of Human Bondage, Pan Books, published 1973, page 268:
glosses: A female given name from Old English.
Milly
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Millie
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the female given names Mildred, Millicent, Emily and Camilla, also used as a formal given name.
court-martial
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: courts-martial
form: court-martials
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of court martial.
court-martial
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: court-martials
form: court-martialing
form: court-martialling
form: court-martialed
form: court-martialed
form: court-martialled
form: court-martialled
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of court martial.
graver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɹeɪ.və(ɹ)/
rhymes: -eɪvə(ɹ)
Forms: form: gravers
Etymology: From Middle English gravere, graver, gravoure, from Old English græfere, grafere (“graver; engraver; sculptor”), equivalent to grave (“to engrave”) + -er. Cognate with Dutch graveur, German Graveur, Danish gravør, Swedish gravör, Icelandic grafari.
Senses: glosses: a burin
examples: text: 1852-1854, Charles Tomlinson, Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts and Manufactures
The graver, in ploughing furrows in the surface of the copper, raises corresponding ridges or burrs.
text: […] the parts within the contorno are drawn by the incisions of the graver […]
ref: a. 1798, James Barry, Observations on different works of art in France and Ital:
glosses: a carver, sculptor, or engraver
graver
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɹeɪ.və(ɹ)/
rhymes: -eɪvə(ɹ)
Etymology: From grave (adjective) + -er.
Senses: glosses: comparative form of grave: more grave
Pilgrim
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Pilgrims
Senses: glosses: A settler of the Plymouth Colony, who left for the New World in the early 17th century.
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: Someone connected with Plymouth Argyle Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.
Derived terms: Pilgrim Father
Pilgrimism
Pilgrim
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
land of the free
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the land of the free
Senses: examples: text: O! say does that star-spangled Banner yet wave, / O'er the land of the Free, and the home of the brave?
ref: 1814, Francis Scott Key, The Defence of Fort McHenry:
text: […] nowhere but in America could a liberty, so easily acquired, be so easily maintained. Since that time, Heaven has smiled incessantly on the land of the free.
ref: 1839 April, “Italian Historians”, in The North American Review, volume 48, number 103, page 330:
text: Born on a mountaintop in Tennessee / Greenest state in the land of the free
ref: 1954, “The Ballad of Davy Crockett”, Grant Sherman Henry, Thomas W. Blackburn (lyrics), George Bruns (music), performed by The Wellingtons:
text: How can we still succeed taking what we don't need? / Telling lies, alibis, selling all the hate that we breed / Supersize our tragedies / Bought in the land of the free
ref: 2004, “We're All To Blame”, in Chuck, performed by Sum 41, Island Records:
glosses: The United States of America.
Related terms: Land of the Leal
land of the living
court-martialed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of court-martial
court-martialed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having undergone a court-martial.
Tories
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: toreys
form: Toryes
form: Torys
Etymology: From Tory + -ies.
Senses: glosses: plural of Tory
Tories
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Tories
form: toreys
form: Toryes
form: Torys
Etymology: From Tory + -ies.
Senses: examples: text: Helped by massive tax increases piled on to the electorate by the Tories in their first post-election budget, we slowly began to win the battle.
ref: 2011, Philip Gould, The Unfinished Revolution: How New Labour Changed British Politics:
topics: government
politics
glosses: The British Conservative Party
topics: government
politics
glosses: The Conservative Party of Canada or one of that party's predecessors, or provincial variants
Coordinate terms: Whigs
Grits
courtroom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: courtrooms
Etymology: From court + room.
Senses: examples: text: Dave: Livin’ the litigation life, ya gotta catch that courtroom rhythm.
ref: 2022 July 11, Toontown: Corporate Clash Development Team, Backstage Corporate Clash: Cog Building Music:
glosses: The room where a judge presides over hearings and trials, sometimes with a jury.
Hypernyms: room
transitions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of transition
cornstalk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cornstalks
Etymology: From corn + stalk.
Senses: examples: text: Holonym: cornfield
text: As we all know, witches ride through the air on a broom, but sometimes their means of locomotion was a bulrush, a branch of thorn, mullein stalks, cornstalk, or ragweed, called fairies' horse in Ireland.
ref: 1940, Rosetta E. Clarkson, Green Enchantments: The Magic Spell of Gardens, The Macmillan Company, page 267:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
related: word: corncob
word: cornhusk
word: ear
word: kernel
glosses: The tough, fibrous stalk of a corn (maize) plant, often ground for silage after harvest.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A single specimen of a corn plant once past the seedling stage and which may, at maturity, bear multiple ears of corn.
glosses: A non-indigenous person born in Australia.
examples: text: He's a bloody cornstalk.
glosses: a non-indigenous native of New South Wales.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Dracaena fragrans
word: cornstalk dracaena
Related terms: cornflour
cornhusker
cornmeal
corn oil
cria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crias
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish cría (“kid; pup; cria”).
Senses: glosses: A young South American camelid (llama, vicuna, guanaco or alpaca).
spelk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /spɛlk/
rhymes: -ɛlk
Forms: form: spelks
Etymology: From Middle English spelke, from Old English spilc, spelc (“a splint”), from Proto-West Germanic *spelku, from Proto-Germanic *spelkō, *spalkō, *spalkuz (“bast, splint”). Cognate with Old Norse spjalkir (“bars, rails”, plural).
Senses: glosses: A splinter, usually of wood.
glosses: A wooden splinter caught under the skin.
glosses: A rod or switch.
topics: aerospace
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Unusably short lengths of fibre-reinforced material, such as prepreg.
spelk
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /spɛlk/
rhymes: -ɛlk
Forms: form: spelks
form: spelking
form: spelked
form: spelked
Etymology: From Middle English spelken, from Old English spelċan, from Proto-West Germanic *spalkijan, from Proto-Germanic *spalkijaną. Cognate with Old Norse spelkja.
Senses: examples: text: A spelk is often a hazel of two or three years' growth. It is pointed at each end, and is three or four feet long, and is placed at right angles with the thatch to hold it down. Sometimes a bit of very neat work is displayed in the spelking of the thatch […]
ref: 1884, Notes and Queries, page 193:
glosses: To use a spelk in or on.
spelks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spelk
ministre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ministres
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of minister.
ministre
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: ministres
form: ministring
form: ministred
form: ministred
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of minister.
Olaf
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈəʊl.əf/
ipa: /ˈəʊl.æf/
ipa: /ˈəʊl.ɑːf/
ipa: /ˈoʊl.əf/
ipa: /ˈoʊl.æf/
ipa: /ˈoʊl.ɑːf/
Etymology: From Old Norse Óláfr.
Senses: examples: text: And then all hundred and one of us trooped across the grass and onto the platform and got our diplomas from Mr. Halvorson, the superintendent of schools, and he said my name into the microphone―Tollefson, John Olaf―and there is was, the terrible secret of my middle name, revealed, and I slunk back to my seat and people whispered, 'Hey, Ole.'
ref: 1998, Garrison Keillor, Wobegon Boy, Faber and Faber, →ISBN, page 71:
glosses: A male given name from Old Norse.
Related terms: Oliver
Humphrey
Bedford
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɛdfə(ɹ)d/
Etymology: From Middle English Bedforde, Bedeford, from Old English Bedaford, Bedanford, equivalent to Bede's + ford.
The civil parish is named after John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford (1710 - 1771). Coined by British-Dutch surveyor Samuel Holland.
Senses: glosses: Place names:
A market town, the county town of Bedfordshire, England.
glosses: Place names:
A local government district with borough status of Bedfordshire, England.
glosses: Place names:
A suburb of Leigh, Wigan borough, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ6799).
glosses: Place names:
A number of places in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Lawrence County, Indiana.
glosses: Place names:
A number of places in the United States:
A small city, the county seat of Taylor County, Iowa.
glosses: Place names:
A number of places in the United States:
A small city, the county seat of Trimble County, Kentucky.
glosses: Place names:
A number of places in the United States:
A town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
glosses: Place names:
A number of places in the United States:
A town in New Hampshire.
glosses: Place names:
A number of places in the United States:
A town in Westchester County, New York.
glosses: Place names:
A number of places in the United States:
A city in Ohio.
glosses: Place names:
A number of places in the United States:
A borough, the county seat of Bedford County, Pennsylvania.
glosses: Place names:
A number of places in the United States:
A city in Texas.
glosses: Place names:
A number of places in the United States:
A town, the county seat of Bedford County, Virginia.
glosses: Place names:
A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Wyoming.
glosses: Place names:
A number of places in the United States:
A number of townships in the United States, listed under Bedford Township.
glosses: Place names:
A community in Nova Scotia, Canada.
glosses: Place names:
A civil parish of Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
glosses: Place names:
A city and township in Quebec, Canada.
glosses: Place names:
A town in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa.
glosses: Place names:
A suburb of Perth in the City of Bayswater, Western Australia, named after Frederick Bedford.
examples: text: New Zealand Railways Road Services used to operate a large fleet of Bedfords.
glosses: A truck, van, and bus and coach chassis formerly manufactured by the Bedford company, a subsidiary company of Vauxhall Motors.
glosses: An English dukedom.
glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Bedford County
Bedford cord
Bedfordshire
hockle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hockles
Etymology: Probably from hackle, a brush once used for fraying flax, and related to heckle (“to tease”).
Senses: glosses: A knob in cordage caused by twisting against the lay.
hockle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hockles
form: hockling
form: hockled
form: hockled
Etymology: Probably from hackle, a brush once used for fraying flax, and related to heckle (“to tease”).
Senses: glosses: To damage cordage by twisting against the lay.
hockle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hockles
form: hockling
form: hockled
form: hockled
Etymology: From imperfect and past participle hockled; from present participle and verbal noun hockling. From hock.
Senses: synonyms: hamstring
hock
hough
glosses: to disable by cutting the tendons of the ham.
glosses: To mow, as stubble.
hockle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Probably onomatopoeic.
Senses: glosses: spit, spittle
hockle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hockles
form: hocklin
form: hockled
form: hockled
Etymology: Probably onomatopoeic.
Senses: glosses: To spit.
scran
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /skɹan/
rhymes: -æn
Forms: form: skran
Etymology: Probably of North Germanic origin, from or cognate with Old Norse skran (“rubbish; marine stores”). Compare Icelandic skran (“junk”), Danish skrammel (“junk, lumber”). Doublet of scrawn.
Senses: examples: text: Let we gan and get some scran. Aw’m starvin man!
text: I know there are many persons — some who are themselves poor — who 'never turn a beggar from their door,' but always give them a few browns (halfpence) or some scran (broken victuals).
ref: 1853, Charles John Chetwynd Talbot, Meliora, Or, Better Times to Come, page 247:
synonyms: word: scrawn
word: aliment
word: bait
word: belly-timber
word: chow
word: comestibles
word: cuisine
word: eatables
word: eats
word: edibles
word: feed
raw_tags: for domesticated animals
word: fodder
raw_tags: for domesticated animals
word: foodstuffs
word: food
word: grub
word: kai
word: meals
word: meat
word: munchable
word: nibbles
word: nosebag
word: nosh
word: nourishment
word: om nom nom
word: provender
word: provisions
word: rations
word: scran
word: stodge
word: sustenance
word: tiffin
word: tucker
word: tuck
word: viands
word: victuals
word: vittles
glosses: Food, especially that of an inferior quality; grub.
glosses: Refuse; rubbish.
Derived terms: bad scran to someone
scrannish
scran
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /skɹan/
rhymes: -æn
Forms: form: scrans
form: scranning
form: scranned
form: scranned
form: skran
Etymology: Probably of North Germanic origin, from or cognate with Old Norse skran (“rubbish; marine stores”). Compare Icelandic skran (“junk”), Danish skrammel (“junk, lumber”). Doublet of scrawn.
Senses: qualifier: Liverpool; Manchester; Liverpool; Manchester
glosses: To eat.
glosses: To steal in an impish manner; pinch, nick.
scrawn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: food
Synonyms: scran
silex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsaɪlɛks/
rhymes: -ɛks
Forms: form: silexes
form: silices
Etymology: From Latin silex.
Senses: glosses: Flint.
examples: text: Every little cold gust that I observed in the Colorado country had this corkscrew character […] an auger, of diameter varying from an inch to a thousand feet, capable of altering its direction so as to bore curved holes, revolving with incalculable rapidity, and armed with a cutting edge of silex.
ref: 1864, Fitz-Hugh Ludlow, The Atlantic:
glosses: A finely ground relatively pure form of silicas used as a paint filler etc.
siliciferous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪfəɹəs
Forms: form: more siliciferous
form: most siliciferous
Etymology: From silica + -i- + -ferous.
Senses: glosses: yielding or bearing silica
silicified
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Combined with silicon.
examples: text: Some of the best evidence of what happened comes from Germany, where the silicified trunks of about 80 species of trees have been found preserved in what was once a great lagoon fringing the northern slopes of the rising Alps.
ref: 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 99:
glosses: Impregnated with silica; petrified.
silicified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of silicify
domestic blindness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The inability to see something that is plainly visible, in an everyday home situation.
silicify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: silicifies
form: silicifying
form: silicified
form: silicified
Etymology: From silica + -ify.
Senses: glosses: to impregnate something with silica.
glosses: to be impregnated with, or converted into silica.
silicisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of silicization.
silicization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: silicizations
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: the conversion of something into, or the reaction of something with silicon or silica
silicotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more silicotic
form: most silicotic
Etymology: From silic(osis) + -otic.
Senses: glosses: Of, relating to, or affected with silicosis.
silicotic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: silicotics
Etymology: From silic(osis) + -otic.
Senses: glosses: A person who has silicosis.
silicon germanide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: silicon germanides
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The binary compound, SiGe of silicon and germanium; sometimes considered to be a simple alloy silicon germanium.
gadgie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡæd͡ʒi/
rhymes: -ædʒi
Forms: form: gadgies
form: gadgy
form: gadgee
form: gadge
form: gage
Etymology: Borrowed from Romani gaʒe, plural of gaʒo (“a non-Roma”).
Senses: examples: text: They also said (many times) “Fuck” and “Some gadgie's just knacked me 'ouse.”
ref: 2008, Ian Black, “An earthquake hits Newcastle”, in Geordies vs Mackems & Mackems vs Geordies, Black & White Publishing, →ISBN, page 97:
text: "He's in a wheelchair." Cobb took a large gulp from the bottle, showed his teeth. "How dangerous can a gadgie in a wheelchair be, eh?"
ref: 2013, Ray Banks, Wolf Tickets, Blasted Heath Ltd, →ISBN, page 49:
synonyms: word: bloke
word: boy
word: bro
word: broski
word: bruh
word: cat
word: chap
word: chappy
word: chield
word: cove
word: covey
word: dog [⇒ thesaurus] (slang)
word: dawg
word: dude
word: fella
word: fellow
word: gadgie
word: gate
word: geezer
word: gink
word: gloak
word: gome
word: guy
word: health
word: homeboy
word: homey
word: joe
word: lede
word: nigga
word: ninja
word: omi
word: pillicock
word: punk
word: rooster
word: seg
word: shalk
word: wallah
word: wer
word: were
word: wye
glosses: A man.
glosses: A person who is poorly educated and engages in hooliganism, petty criminality or loutish behaviour. This usage sometimes carries the connotation of youth.
Related terms: gadje
radgie gadgie
germanide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: germanides
Etymology: From germanium + -ide.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: any binary compound of germanium and a more electropositive element
Derived terms: silicon germanide
gadgies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gadgie
radgie gadgie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɹædʒi ˈɡædʒi/
Forms: form: radgie gadgies
Senses: glosses: A bad-tempered old man.
Related terms: gadgie
radge
radgie
silicon germanium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SiGe
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An alloy of silicon and germanium used as a semiconductor.
silicon oxide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: silicon oxides
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: silicon dioxide (SiO₂), silica.
topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: silicon monoxide (SiO).
silicon tetrachloride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The binary compound of silicon and chlorine SiCl₄.
silicon tetrafluoride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The binary compound of silicon and fluorine SiF₄, a colourless, poisonous gas with a pungent odour, used in the production of silicon semiconductors.
Northumbrian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Northumbria + -an.
Senses: glosses: The dialect spoken by Northumbrians.
glosses: The variety of English spoken in Northumbria before the Conquest.
Northumbrian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Northumbrians
Etymology: From Northumbria + -an.
Senses: glosses: An inhabitant of North East England; or specifically Northumberland.
Northumbrian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Northumbrian
form: most Northumbrian
Etymology: From Northumbria + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of, from, or relating to Northumbria or its inhabitants.
examples: text: The line along the Northumbrian coast to Berwick and into Scotland is stunning (even on a Voyager!), and the weather is perfect - just sit back, relax, and enjoy the motion picture that plays beyond the window.
ref: 2022 November 30, Paul Bigland, “Destination Oban: a Sunday in Scotland”, in RAIL, number 971, page 75:
glosses: Of, from, or relating to Northumberland or its inhabitants.
Related terms: Northumbria
Northumberland
Northumbria
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /nɔːˈθʌm.bɹɪ.ə/
ipa: /nɔɹˈθʌm.bɹi.ə/
rhymes: -ʌmbɹiə
Etymology: A Latinised form of Middle English Northhumbre, from Old English Norþhymbre, a variant of Norþanhymbre (“Northumbria; Northumbrians”). Equivalent to North + (of the River) Humber.
Senses: glosses: An Anglo-Saxon kingdom in the Northeast of England; in full, Kingdom of Northumbria.
glosses: A vaguely defined geographic area of England, often synonymous with North East England.
Related terms: Northumberland
Northumbrian
pitmatic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Pitmatic
form: pitmatical
Senses: glosses: The language spoken by inhabitants of the mining villages in Northumberland or Durham.
pitmatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pitmatic
form: most pitmatic
form: Pitmatic
form: pitmatical
Senses: examples: text: Ye taalk ower pitmatic for a lad from Gatesheed.
glosses: Of or relating to this language.
geet
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: great
geet
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: An thor was this geet muckle bloke standin by the door!
translation: And there was this very big guy standing at the door!
english: And there was this very big guy standing at the door!
bold_translation_offsets: 19
23
glosses: very
Related terms: filmi geet
idiot box
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: idiot boxes
Etymology: From idiot + box, an allusion to the supposed mind-reducing nature of television programming or its lack of educational value.
Senses: examples: text: During the long, dreary, wet winter I amused myself by watching college and Pro basketball on the idiot box.
ref: 2003 March 31, Bill Litchfield, “Basketball Fans”, in rec.gardens (Usenet):
glosses: Television.
Synonyms: boob tube
zombie box
hoo
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Pronunciation: ipa: /huː/
rhymes: -uː
homophone: who
Forms: form: her
form: hers
form: herself
Etymology: From Middle English hoo, shoo (“she”) from Old English hēo (“she”). More at she.
Senses: examples: text: 'Aye, aye,' said the father, impatiently, 'hoo'll come. Hoo's a bit set up now, because hoo thinks I might ha' spoken more civilly; but hoo'll think better on it, and come. I can read her proud bonny face like a book.
ref: 1854, Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, North and South, Chapter VIII:
qualifier: South Lancashire
glosses: she
glosses: he, also a gender-neutral third person pronoun
Derived terms: hoo-justice
hoo'll
hoose
hoost
hoor
hoo
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /huː/
rhymes: -uː
homophone: who
Etymology: From Middle English hoo, ho. More at ho.
Senses: examples: text: Our enemy is banish'd! he is gone! Hoo! hoo!
ref: c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
text: With, hoo! such bugs and goblins in my life
ref: c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
glosses: hurrah; an exclamation of triumphant joy
examples: text: "Hoo yee!"
glosses: Used to attract the attention of others.
examples: text: Old Peter, summoned to assist at getting Mrs Dibble upstairs, made no pretence of commiseration for the sufferer. "Gone and done it again, have you?" he said with satisfaction. "About the best thing you could have done, the way it'll keep you out of the shop a bit longer," which so far revived Mrs Dibble that she exclaimed fiercely, "I don't want none of your cheek, Peter Bodfish and not a minute you'd stay in my shop if - Hoo! Ow! Me leg - "
ref: 1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 98:
glosses: An exclamation of pain.
hoo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /huː/
rhymes: -uː
homophone: who
Forms: form: hoos
Etymology: From Middle English hoo, ho. More at ho.
Senses: examples: text: Improvising a stretcher from a cupboard door, they levered Mrs Dibble on to it and got her upstairs to "Hoos!" and "Ows!" of anguish, and laid her on the bed, where Rita administered another stiff dose of gin.
ref: 1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 98:
glosses: An uttering of the cry 'hoo'.
Related terms: hoo-ee
hoo
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /huː/
rhymes: -uː
homophone: who
Etymology: From Middle English howe, hu (“how”), from Old English hū (“how”). More at how.
Senses: glosses: how
hoo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /huː/
rhymes: -uː
homophone: who
Etymology: From Middle English hough, hogh, ho, from Old English hōh. Doublet of hough.
Senses: qualifier: obsolete outside placenames
glosses: A strip of land; a peninsula; a spur or ridge.
Related terms: sense: multiword phrases containing "hoo"
word: boo hoo
sense: multiword phrases containing "hoo"
word: boo-hoo
sense: multiword phrases containing "hoo"
word: hoo boy
sense: multiword phrases containing "hoo"
word: hoo-boy
sense: multiword phrases containing "hoo"
word: hoo-ha
sense: multiword phrases containing "hoo"
word: hoo-haa
sense: multiword phrases containing "hoo"
word: hoo-hah
sense: multiword phrases containing "hoo"
word: hoo-har
sense: multiword phrases containing "hoo"
word: hoo hoo
sense: multiword phrases containing "hoo"
word: hoo-hoo
sense: multiword phrases containing "hoo"
word: hoo man
sense: multiword phrases containing "hoo"
word: hootie hoo
sense: multiword phrases containing "hoo"
word: woo hoo
sense: multiword phrases containing "hoo"
word: yoo-hoo
sense: multiword phrases containing "hoo"
word: yoo hoo
yee
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Pronunciation: ipa: /jiː/
rhymes: -iː
Forms: form: ye
Senses: glosses: you (the people being addressed); Alternative spelling of ye.
examples: text: Speak yee who best can tell, ye sons of light,
Angels, for yee behold him, and with songs
And choral symphonies, Day without Night,
Circle his Throne, rejoycing, yee in Heav'n,
On Earth joyn all yee Creatures to extoll.
ref: 1667, John Milton, “Book V”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
glosses: obsolete emphatic of ye
yee
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /jiː/
rhymes: -iː
Forms: form: ye
Senses: glosses: yes
Related terms: yee-foo
yee-fu
cornemuse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cornemuses
Etymology: Borrowed from French cornemuse.
Senses: glosses: A French musical instrument very similar to bagpipes.
retiree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹəˈtaɪ.ə(ɹ)ˌiː/
Forms: form: retirees
Etymology: From retire + -ee.
Senses: examples: text: He has been a retiree since 2001.
synonyms: retirant
retirer
glosses: Someone who has retired from active working.
Derived terms: early retiree
Related terms: pensioner
Calais
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkæleɪ/
ipa: /ˈkæleɪ/
ipa: /kæˈleɪ/
ipa: /ˈkælɪs/
rhymes: -æleɪ
rhymes: -eɪ
rhymes: -ælɪs
Etymology: From French Calais and Middle English Caleys (from Anglo-Norman Caleis), from the Roman name, Latin Caletum, named after the Caleti, a Gaulish tribe in the area, from Proto-Celtic *kaletos, from Proto-Indo-European *kal- (“hard”). The placename is cognate with Breton calet, Middle Irish calath, and calad.
Senses: glosses: A city in Pas-de-Calais department, Hauts-de-France, France.
glosses: A city in Maine.
dickies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɪkiz/
rhymes: -ɪkiz
Senses: glosses: plural of dickie
glosses: plural of dicky
dickies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɪkiz/
rhymes: -ɪkiz
Senses: examples: His hair was liftin with dickies
glosses: Head lice or nits.
Synonyms: sense: head lice
word: nit
sense: head lice
word: nits
nits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /nɪts/
rhymes: -ɪts
homophone: knits
Senses: glosses: plural of nit
Macbeth
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /məkˈbɛθ/
Etymology: Anglicization of Middle Irish Mac Bethad, equivalent to the modern mac (“son of”) bheatha (“life”).
Senses: glosses: A William Shakespeare play, about the Scottish royal family.
glosses: The title character of said play.
glosses: An 11th-century king of Scotland.
examples: text: On a Tuesday in April 2017, Janet Macbeth composed an all-office email. “My story,” read the subject line in Nishnaabemwin, the Ojibwe language.
“Hello everyone,” the email continued in Nishnaabemwin. “My name is Janet.”
ref: 2019 November 15, Kate Allen, “‘I am Janet.’ One transgender woman’s journey and her pioneering surgery”, in Toronto Star, archived from the original on 17 Jul 2024:
glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Lady Macbeth
Macbeth chart
Macbeth trap
Macbethian
Related terms: Scottish play
serai
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /səˈɹaɪ/
rhymes: -aɪ
Forms: form: serais
Etymology: From Persian سرای (sarây, “courtyard; dwelling; palace”), with the sense as a seraglio via its use in Ottoman Turkish.
Senses: glosses: A palace.
raw_tags: in Turkish or Muslim Asian contexts
glosses: A seraglio.
glosses: A caravanserai; an inn.
serai
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /səˈɹaɪ/
rhymes: -aɪ
Etymology: From Malay serai.
Senses: glosses: lemongrass
RNLI
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: coordinate_terms: RNLB
glosses: Initialism of Royal National Lifeboat Institution; a coastal patrol lifeboat rescue service, organization and charity in the British Isles.
Pamela
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpæmələ/
Etymology: Invented by Sir Philip Sidney for his pastoral poem The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia (c 1593). Seemingly created from scratch; some imagine an analysis as Ancient Greek πᾶς (pâs, “all”) + μέλι (méli, “honey”) but there is no evidence that this was intended.
Senses: examples: text: They lived about thirty miles from the Squire; and she told me, that I might be sure to find her out by one circumstance; for that they had a daughter with a very strange name, Pamĕla, or Pamēla; some pronounced it one way, and some the other.
ref: 1773, Henry Fielding, The History and Adventures of Joseph Andrews, page 259:
text: - But, Pamela, did you say? - A queer sort of name! - I've heard of it somewhere! - Is it a Christian or a Pagan name? - Linsey-woolsey - half one, half t'other - like thy girl - Ha, ha, ha.'
ref: 1786, Samuel Richardson, Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded, page 416:
text: "It's almost too realistic, too digital and computery," complains Alexis Vogel, a veteran celebrity makeup artist who recently worked on "Stacked," a high-def show starring Pamela Anderson.
ref: 2005 June 12, Clive Thompson, “Not Ready for Their Close-Up”, in The New York Times Magazine, archived from the original on 09 Feb 2021:
glosses: A female given name originating as a coinage.
wikipedia: Philip Sidney
The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia
Derived terms: Pam
Pammy
Pammie
Pamela hat
sedateness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sedate + -ness.
Senses: synonyms: composure
placidity
serenity
tranquillity
glosses: The state or quality of being sedate; calmness of mind, manner, or countenance
doilem
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: doilems
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of doylem.
Leipzig
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlaɪp.sɪɡ/
ipa: /ˈlaɪp.sɪk/
other: /ˈlaɪp.tsɪk/
Forms: form: Leipsic
form: Leipzic
Etymology: Borrowed from German Leipzig, from Slavic.
Senses: glosses: An independent city in Saxony, Germany.
glosses: The Leipzig Glossing Rules or glossing style, a style of glossing used by linguists.
Derived terms: Leipziger
Leipzig yellow
fein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of fiend.
tombe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tombes
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of tomb.
Merlin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɝlɪn/
ipa: /ˈmɜːlɪn/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)lɪn
Forms: form: Merlins
Etymology: From Middle English Merlyn, from Medieval Latin Merlinus and Old French Merlin, from Proto-Brythonic *Mor-ðin (literally “sea-hill”), from Proto-Celtic *mori (“sea”) + *dūnom (“stronghold, rampart”).
Senses: examples: text: I NEXT paſſed into the choir; a ſcene of transformation indeed! I had been accuſtomed to contemplate here a far different order of things. Our profeſſional Merlins have waved their wands to ſome purpoſe; and all view, as their familiars invited me to believe, was to be given up to the momentary glance at an Eidophuſicon ſhew of the Reſurrection filling the Eaſt window in that ſpot late our Lady’s chapel, now the termination of the choir.
ref: 1803 December, an Architect, “The Pursuits of Architectural Innovation. No. LXVI. Salisbury Cathedral continued.”, in The Gentleman’s Magazine, London: […] Nichols and Son, […], page 1122, column 1:
text: It is a game of chemistry and confidence, where players of gold often make teams of lead, and vice versa. Coaches are like Merlins madly mixing metals, searching for “the right combination,” even if it contradicts common sense.
ref: 1978 December 29, Thomas Boswell, “Carr Discovers Mysteries of NBA”, in International Herald Tribune, number 29,827, Paris, published 5 January 1979, page 11, column 4:
text: Music, art, entertainment, medicine, and science are being changed before our very eyes by technological Merlins waving silicon wands.
ref: 2007, Clyde Freeman Herreid, “Teaching in the Year 2061”, in Clyde Freeman Herreid, editor, Start with a Story: The Case Study Method of Teaching College Science, Arlington, Va.: NSTA Press, →ISBN, section XX (The Future of Case Teaching), page 429:
glosses: A wizard in the Arthurian legend.
glosses: A male given name.
glosses: A census-designated place in Josephine County, Oregon, United States.
Derived terms: Merlinic
magic mushroom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: magic mushrooms
Senses: synonyms: mushie
shroom
'shroom
psilocybin mushroom
psychedelic mushroom
glosses: Any mushroomlike fungus that has psychedelic effects.