cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Greenlandman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Greenlandmen
Etymology: From Greenland + -man.
Senses: examples: text: In the year 1779, Ten guineas, being the Premium offered for an account of taking Whales by the Gun Harpoon, was adjudged to Captain Humphrey Foord of the Mancheſter Greenlandman[.]
ref: 1784, Joseph Mace et al., “A summary account of rewards bestowed by the Society, from the year MDCCLXXV to the year MDCCLXXXII, inclusive”, in Transactions of the Society, Instituted at London, for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, volume 2, page 214:
glosses: A whaling ship, normally operating in the North Atlantic.
glosses: A male Greenlander.
Greenlandmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Greenlandman
greenlashes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of greenlash
clippering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of clipper
clippered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of clipper
greetingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From greeting + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Their barking was only an alarm: the moment that they were spoken to, they retired, or came towards us greetingly and kindly.
ref: 1813, John Galt, Letters from the Levant, page 297:
glosses: By way of greeting.
Gregge
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname, an old variant of Gregg.
Mezdra
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Bulgarian Мездра (Mezdra).
Senses: glosses: A town in northwestern Bulgaria.
Mazdra
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Mazdras
Etymology: From Czech mázdra or a related language.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
griffinhood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From griffin + -hood.
Senses: examples: text: By this time I had mastered the rudiments of the language, and may be said to have emerged to a great extent from the period of griffinhood.
ref: 1897, The Badminton Magazine of Sports & Pastimes, volume 5, page 491:
glosses: The status or behaviour of a griffin, a person newly arrived from Europe.
fuse plug
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fuse plugs
Senses: examples: text: ACI's Hong Kong station manager was at a loss as to how best to proceed. Flight 103's brakes had been cooled with blowers, and the plane towed to its gate. It had three blown tires, one had burst on the runway when the aircraft's anti‑skid system failed and two had deflated when their red-hot brakes had overheated the tires and the fuse plugs had blown. The tire that had blown on the runway had disintegrated and punched two holes in the aircraft's undersurface. The holes were small, but they had to be fixed.
ref: 2018 February 8, Terry Liittschwager, chapter 30, in Wrongful Act, archived from the original on 31 Jan 2022:
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A component of an aircraft wheel held in place by a metal alloy with a low melting point, such that, if the wheel is severely overheated (for instance, by heavy braking), pressure is released from the wheel and tire/tyre in a controlled manner rather than risking an explosion of the wheel assembly.
topics: civil-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A collapsible dam or levee designed to give way in extreme flood conditions in order to divert water away from more important water-control structures.
fuse plugs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fuse plug
gringophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From gringo + -phobia.
Senses: examples: text: The blatant Gringophobia in Alurista's poetry is countervailed by a current of idealism based on ethnic and racial equality.
ref: 2014, Juan Bruce-Novoa, Chicano Poetry: A Response to Chaos:
text: Dripping with gringophobia—“the voracious and unscrupulous Yankee,” “the personal whims of the Yankee,” “the gringo and his empire”—the article expressed outrage that Jenkins was enjoying the gains of the Revolution […]
ref: 2017, Andrew Paxman, Jenkins of Mexico, page 345:
glosses: Fear or hatred of gringos.
gristy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more gristy
form: most gristy
Etymology: From grist + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Elsewhere a gristy maltiness ensures sweetness […]
ref: 2020, Jim Murray, Jim Murray's Whisky Bible 2021, page 135:
glosses: grainy; gritty
groomling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: groomlings
Etymology: From groom + -ling.
Senses: examples: text: […] though it was pitch-dark, and we were obliged to be escorted by grooms and groomlings with candles and lanterns; a very necessary precaution, as the winds blew not more violently without the house than within.
ref: 1835, William Beckford, Italy: With Sketches of Spain and Portugal, volume 1, page 13:
text: Half an hour later the two girls were in the wood near Tangley Manor, gathering wild flowers, while the ponies waited in a sheltered corner, and the groomling in charge slumbered placidly in the bottom of the carriage, with the reins in his hands.
ref: 1880, [Mary Elizabeth Braddon], “In Tangley Wood”, in Just as I Am […], volume II, London: John and Robert Maxwell […], →OCLC, page 230:
glosses: A little or young groom (“person who looks after horses”).
groomlings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of groomling
unfearable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + fearable.
Senses: examples: text: I merely wish to say, that I looked upon Willis as a contemptible, unfearable rival, and upon Fane as rather dangerous.
ref: 1854, Ainsworth's Magazine, page 78:
glosses: Incapable of being feared.
grouchingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more grouchingly
form: most grouchingly
Etymology: From grouching + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The clerk pointed to a sign and grouchingly said, "All sales are final! If you don't like it then you can sew it up yourself."
ref: 2013, Mark Bowser, Unlocking the Champion Within: The Keys to Successful Living:
glosses: In a grouchy manner; grouchily.
Grumium
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Derived from Medieval Latin Grumium.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Xi Draconis A, a component of the binary star Xi Draconis in the northern circumpolar constellation of Draco.
shocked Pikachu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shocked Pikachus
Etymology: From an Internet meme based on a screencap of Pikachu with a shocked expression from the 1997 episode "Bulbasaur and the Hidden Village" of the animated series Pokémon: Indigo League.
Senses: examples: text: He loved seeing that shocked Pikachu meme on his phone.
text: Olivia's shocked-Pikachu face shifts into a full-on scowl.
ref: 2020, Anna Meriano, “Just Tell Them You Play Soccer”, in Game On: 15 Stories of Wins, Losses, and Everything in Between, page 180:
text: I swear to god I had both of my eyes bulging out with my mouth wide open looking like a shocked Pikachu.
ref: 2021, Sunehar Aneja, Angela Mathew, editors, And The Dandelions Fell Apart, page 83:
text: She didn't have to look so friggin' surprised about it. Like a shocked Pikachu.
ref: 2021, Yayoi Ogawa, translated by Rose Padgett, Knight of the Ice 7, page 56:
glosses: A Pikachu with a specific open-mouthed, erect-ear expression signifying shock and astonishment, especially regarding something that one should have expected.
wikipedia: Pokémon: Indigo League
Synonyms: surprised Pikachu
stereoless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From stereo + -less.
Senses: examples: text: But it did mean I was stereoless for a few months and had to go through the absolute horror of doing a car boot sale – I would rather get mugged than have to do another one.
ref: 2005, Joe Best, I Wanna Go Again: Memories of Travel, Youth, Love and Camel Dung:
glosses: Without a stereo or stereos.
guidecraft
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From guide + -craft.
Senses: glosses: The art or skill of serving as a guide.
puzzle cube
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: puzzle cubes
Senses: glosses: A Rubik's cube.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see puzzle, cube. (any puzzle in the form of a cube)
Hesseman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Hessemans
form: Hessemann
Etymology: From German Hessemann, from Hesse+Mann. Literally, “Hesse man” (habitational surname). May be decomposed as Hesse + man.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Synonyms: Hesse
Hessemann
Hesseman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Hessemen
Etymology: From Hesse + man.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Hessian.
synonyms: word: Hessian
Related terms: Hesse
Hessemann
Hessian
man
Hessemann
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Hessemanns
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Hesseman: A surname from German.
radio silences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of radio silence
unfearingness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From unfearing + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Absence of fear.
rayciss
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more rayciss
form: most rayciss
Senses: qualifier: mocking African-American Vernacular
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of racist.
ubiquist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ubiquists
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ubiquitist.
ubiquists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ubiquist
ultraofficious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ultraofficious
form: most ultraofficious
Etymology: From ultra- + officious.
Senses: examples: text: Not even the thought of dealing with the ultraofficious Bahamian Customs officials could dampen his spirits.
ref: 2014, Sam Leonard, Messenger From God: A Story of Fate and Faith, page 125:
glosses: extremely officious
ultraoptimistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ultraoptimistic
form: most ultraoptimistic
Etymology: From ultra- + optimistic.
Senses: examples: text: While the maximin is ultraconservative and the maximax is ultraoptimistic, the Hurwicz criterion is between the two extremes, using a weighted combination of the best and the worst consequences for each alternative.
ref: 2001, C. Jotin Khisty, Jamshid Mohammadi, Fundamentals of Systems Engineering, page 384:
text: But such disdain for the homegrown Communists and even for the Comintern had little impact on the ultraoptimistic views of the USSR.
ref: 2017, Ian Bullock, Under Siege: The Independent Labour Party in Interwar Britain:
glosses: extremely optimistic
ultraradicalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Extremely politically radical beliefs and attitudes.
ultraproud
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ultraproud
form: most ultraproud
Etymology: From ultra- + proud.
Senses: examples: text: You'd think parents would be ultraproud of a daughter with Kayla's talent and success, but hers weren't; […]
ref: 2015, Rachel Cohn, Pop Princess, page 114:
glosses: extremely proud
syllabated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of syllabate
syllabates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of syllabate
syllabating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of syllabate
multilap
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + lap.
Senses: glosses: Having or relating to more than one lap (circuit of a race track etc.).
glosses: Having or relating to more than one lap (overlapping portion of material).
multicollege
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + college.
Senses: examples: a multicollege district
glosses: Having or relating to more than one college.
multicollegiate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + collegiate.
Senses: glosses: Having or relating to more than one college.
multilateralizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of multilateralization
multidictionary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: multidictionaries
Etymology: From multi- + dictionary.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: Synonym of multimap (“data structure”).
synonyms: word: multimap
extra: data structure
multidictionary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + dictionary.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to more than one dictionary.
multidictionaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of multidictionary
rudiviral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to rudiviruses.
make fetch happen
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: makes fetch happen
form: making fetch happen
form: made fetch happen
form: made fetch happen
Etymology: From the 2004 film Mean Girls, in which the character Gretchen Wieners repeatedly uses fetch as a synonym for cool, leading another character to tell her to "stop trying to make fetch happen."
Senses: examples: text: Teuvo Teravainen was Turbo in Rockford, and despite the best efforts of Jonathan Toews—er, Tazer—to make Fetch happen, it never stuck in Chicago.
ref: 2017, Mark Lazerus, Denis Savard, If These Walls Could Talk: Chicago Blackhawks, unnumbered page:
text: I was born 'James', and despite Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively trying to make fetch happen, James remains very much a boy's name.
ref: 2017, Juno Dawson, The Gender Games: The Problem With Men and Women, From Someone Who Has Been Both, unnumbered page:
text: The term “trank plot” is my own. I'm trying to make fetch happen.
ref: 2020, Richard McElreath, Statistical Rethinking: A Bayesian Course with Examples in R and S, unnumbered page:
text: He’ll rage and then head over Parler to try to make fetch happen, which will not satisfy his enormous ego. It will all end in a whimper.
ref: 2020 December 31, Kara Swisher, “Goodbye, Twitter Trump! And Other Predictions for 2021”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: It caught on. Pretty soon all the kids in my class were saying, “That’s hot.” Like I made “fetch” happen! (Mean Girls reference. That’s hot.)
ref: 2023 March 14, Paris Hilton, chapter 2, in Paris: The Memoir, HQ, published 15 May 2024, →ISBN, part 1:
glosses: To make something, especially a term or expression, catch on.
wikipedia: Mean Girls
zero-turn
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: zîr′ō-tûrn′
enpr: zē′rō-tûrn′
ipa: /ˈzɪə̯.əʊ̯ˌtɜːn/
ipa: /ˈzɪː.əʊ̯ˌtɜːn/
ipa: /ˈziː.ɹəʊ̯ˌtɜːn/
ipa: /ˈzɪɹ.oʊ̯ˌtɜɹn/
ipa: /ˈzi.ɹoʊ̯ˌtɜɹn/
ipa: /ˈzɪə̯.əʉ̯ˌtɜːn/
ipa: /ˈziː.ɹəʉ̯ˌtɜːn/
ipa: /ˈzi(ː)ə̯.ɐʉ̯ˌtøːn/
ipa: /ˈziː.ɹɐʉ̯ˌtøːn/
ipa: /ˈziɹ.oˌtʌɹn/
ipa: /ˈzi.ɹoˌtʌɹn/
ipa: /ˈzɪjə̯ʳ.oːˌʈəːʳn/
ipa: /ˈziːɾ.oːˌʈəːʳn/
ipa: /ˈziː.ɾoːˌʈəːʳn/
rhymes: -ɪəɹəʊtɜː(ɹ)n
rhymes: -ɪɹəʊtɜː(ɹ)n
rhymes: -iːɹəʊtɜː(ɹ)n
Etymology: Refers to having a turning radius of zero.
Senses: examples: text: zero-turn mower
glosses: Designed to be able to pivot on the spot, instead of having a wide turning radius.
raw_tags: of a ride-on lawnmower
zero-turn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: zîr′ō-tûrn′
enpr: zē′rō-tûrn′
ipa: /ˈzɪə̯.əʊ̯ˌtɜːn/
ipa: /ˈzɪː.əʊ̯ˌtɜːn/
ipa: /ˈziː.ɹəʊ̯ˌtɜːn/
ipa: /ˈzɪɹ.oʊ̯ˌtɜɹn/
ipa: /ˈzi.ɹoʊ̯ˌtɜɹn/
ipa: /ˈzɪə̯.əʉ̯ˌtɜːn/
ipa: /ˈziː.ɹəʉ̯ˌtɜːn/
ipa: /ˈzi(ː)ə̯.ɐʉ̯ˌtøːn/
ipa: /ˈziː.ɹɐʉ̯ˌtøːn/
ipa: /ˈziɹ.oˌtʌɹn/
ipa: /ˈzi.ɹoˌtʌɹn/
ipa: /ˈzɪjə̯ʳ.oːˌʈəːʳn/
ipa: /ˈziːɾ.oːˌʈəːʳn/
ipa: /ˈziː.ɾoːˌʈəːʳn/
rhymes: -ɪəɹəʊtɜː(ɹ)n
rhymes: -ɪɹəʊtɜː(ɹ)n
rhymes: -iːɹəʊtɜː(ɹ)n
Forms: form: zero-turns
Etymology: Refers to having a turning radius of zero.
Senses: examples: text: Commercial lawn care businesses often prefer zero-turns because of their maneuverability and speed.
hypernyms: riding mower#Noun
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lawnmower#Noun
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mower#Noun
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machine#Noun
coordinate_terms: w:lawn tractor
pushmower#Noun
glosses: A zero-turn (sense 1) mower: a ride-on lawnmower designed so that it can pivot on the spot, instead of having a wide turning radius.
girlboss
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: girlbosses
form: girl boss
form: girl-boss
Etymology: From girl + boss, popularised by American businesswoman Sophia Amoruso in her 2014 book #Girlboss.
Senses: examples: text: The book also includes sidebars featuring guest “girlbosses” (bloggers, Internet entrepreneurs) who share equally clichéd suggestions for business success.
ref: 2014, review of #Girlboss by Sophia Amoruso, Kirkus Reviews, 15 July 2014, page 41
text: The girlboss didn't change the system; she thrived within it. Now that system is cracking, and so is this icon of millennial hustle.
ref: 2021, Leigh Stein, quoted in Arwa Mahdawi, Strong Female Lead: Lessons from Women in Power, unnumbered page
glosses: A female entrepreneur who succeeds in the male-dominated business world.
examples: text: But viewers stanned girlbosses in every genre, from Parks and Recreation's idealistic bureaucrat Leslie Knope to Game of Thrones' colonizer Khaleesi, Daenerys Targaryen.
ref: 2021, Judy Berman, "What comes after the pop-culture girlboss", Time, 5 July 2021 - 12 July 2021, page 98
glosses: Any strong-willed, independent, enterprising woman.
Derived terms: girlbossery
girlbossy
girlboss
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: girlbosses
form: girlbossing
form: girlbossed
form: girlbossed
form: girl boss
form: girl-boss
Etymology: From girl + boss, popularised by American businesswoman Sophia Amoruso in her 2014 book #Girlboss.
Senses: examples: text: Girlbossing provided a tenuous bridge in the mid-2010s: on one end, the reality of social upheaval and stagnant wage growth that met young people in the job market after the Great Recession; on the other, the long-gone world of predictable corporate success that these women had been promised by the professional progress of their mothers.
ref: 2020 June 25, Amanda Mull, “The Girlboss Has Left the Building”, in The Atlantic:
text: Did Taylor Swift "girl boss" too close to the sun? Some fans are now debating the ethics of making and having that much money.
ref: 2023 January 23, Michelle Elias, “Taylor Swift is on the world tour that’s tipped to make her a billionaire. Fans are torn”, in SBS:
text: Did you girlboss too close to the sun? / Did they catch you having far too much fun?
ref: 2025, “CANCELLED!”, in The Life of a Showgirl, performed by Taylor Swift:
glosses: To behave or act as a girlboss.
Related terms: lean in
girlbossery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From girlboss + -ery.
Senses: examples: text: Girlbossery requires performance, but with that comes discrete behavioural parameters, structures of control that spring up around this newly generated way to be.
ref: 2019 September 16, Kate Reeve, “Don't be a woman, be a #Girlboss”, in The Varsity, The University of Toronto, pages 10–11:
text: In fact, the roots of para-feminist girlbossery run deeper.
ref: 2021, Judy Berman, "What comes after the pop-culture girlboss", Time, 5 July 2021 - 12 July 2021, page 98
text: Andy works her way to girlbossery as well, pushing away her friends and boyfriend in the process.
ref: 2021, Sophia Mathews, "An Exploration of the Girl Boss Movie", Slope Magazine, Spring 2021, page 22
glosses: The state or quality of being a girlboss.
raglet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: raglets
Senses: topics: architecture
glosses: Any of the grooves or chases cut into stone walls to receive the upper edges of the lead flashings.
raglets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of raglet
railage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: railages
Etymology: From rail + -age.
Senses: glosses: The fee charged for transporting goods by railway.
ramental
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the ramentum.
Wyburn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Wyburns
Etymology: Variant of Wyborn.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Wyburn-Mason syndrome
Rameseum
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Rameseum
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Ramesseum (“memorial temple of Pharaoh Ramesses II”).
dog handlers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dog handler
ultradiffuse
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ultra- + diffuse.
Senses: glosses: Extremely diffuse.
ultranice
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ultranice
form: most ultranice
Etymology: From ultra- + nice.
Senses: examples: text: It's in an ultranice neighborhood. Pretty close to your school and to the boutique where — knock wood — I think I'm going to be working.
ref: 2013, Lesley Ann McDaniel, Big Sky Bachelor, page 55:
glosses: extremely nice
unaffrightedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unaffrightedly
form: most unaffrightedly
Etymology: From unaffrighted + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Without feeling fear.
unafflicting
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + afflicting.
Senses: glosses: That does not afflict.
unadaptably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From unadaptable + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Such that it cannot be adapted.
unaiding
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + aiding.
Senses: glosses: Not offering assistance.
unailing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + ailing.
Senses: glosses: Not ailing; in sound health.
unapropos
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unapropos
form: most unapropos
Etymology: From un- + apropos.
Senses: glosses: Not apropos.
unassaultable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unassaultable
form: most unassaultable
Etymology: From un- + assaultable.
Senses: glosses: Not assaultable.
unantagonizable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unantagonizable
form: most unantagonizable
Etymology: From un- + antagonizable.
Senses: glosses: Not antagonizable.
unannullable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + annullable.
Senses: glosses: Not annullable.
backboarded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of backboard
backboarded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Placed on a spine board.
examples: text: framed, backboarded, and varnished oil painting
ref: 2020, Stephen Hackney, On Canvas: Preserving the Structure of Paintings, page 188:
glosses: Fitted with a board at the back.
backboarding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of backboard
unbleeding
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + bleeding.
Senses: glosses: That does not bleed.
unbattling
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + battling.
Senses: glosses: Not engaging in battle.
unarguing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + arguing.
Senses: examples: text: I stood, the safety of a slave-female forced upon me, foul-humored yet unarguing, awaiting the time my sword might drink of enemy blood with none to deny me.
ref: 1984, Sharon Green, Chosen of Mida, page 33:
glosses: Not engaging in argument.
unbragging
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + bragging.
Senses: glosses: Not bragging.
biasable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more biasable
form: most biasable
Etymology: From bias + -able.
Senses: glosses: Able to be biased.
Derived terms: unbiasable
unbiasable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unbiasable
form: most unbiasable
Etymology: From un- + biasable.
Senses: glosses: Not biasable.
unfrenchified
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unfrenchified
form: most unfrenchified
Etymology: From un- + Frenchified.
Senses: glosses: Not Frenchified.
unimbezzled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + imbezzled.
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of unembezzled.
Wylfa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: [...] the first freight movement since trains carrying nuclear flasks from Wylfa power station ceased in 2019.
ref: 2022 January 26, “Network News: Freight restored to North Wales Coast Line”, in RAIL, number 949, page 26:
glosses: The site of a nuclear power station on the north coast of Anglesey, Wales, now decommissioned but proposed as the site of a new nuclear plant (OS grid ref SH3594)
Norburys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Norbury
Wyburns
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Wyburn
Spenderfic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Spender + fic.
Senses: examples: text: You can find it at (shameless plug) The Ferret Cage, along with Hal's other Spenderfic.
ref: 1999 October 10, drovar, “Re: Fave slash stories?”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet):
text: A bit of everything this week - x-file, slash, MSR, humor, vignettes and Spenderfic!
ref: 2000 January 3, Kelly, “A Quiet Place to Read update”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet):
text: Damn ... and here I thought this was going to be Spenderfic.
ref: 2003 June 26, SamPiper, “Re: I have a question”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet):
qualifier: The X-Files fandom slang
glosses: Fan fiction about the character Jeffrey Spender from The X-Files.
Wyborns
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Wyborn
Cartsdyke
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An eastern suburb of Greenock, Inverclyde council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS2975).
Weasel Boy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From a humorous reference to a scene in which Dana Scully warns Spender not to "weasel" (i.e. trick) her in the 1998 episode "Triangle".
Senses: examples: text: At least Weasel Boy makes no bones about his hatred for Mulder, though.
ref: 1998 November 12, StarGzrMC, “Re: *Getting rid DIANA FOWLEY - Survey*”, in alt.tv.x-files (Usenet):
text: Skinner berates her in front of Weasel Boy and CSM.
ref: 1998 November 24, rmun...@yahoo.com, “The chaser? ”, in alt.tv.x-files (Usenet):
text: I hardly think the solution is to pair Scully up with a dead Weasel Boy.
ref: 2000 July 16, Sandy Waddell, “Spender will be Scully's new partner,”, in alt.tv.x-files (Usenet):
qualifier: The X-Files fandom slang
glosses: The fictional character Jeffrey Spender from The X-Files.
wikipedia: Dana Scully
Triangle (The X-Files)
hassle-free
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hassle + -free.
Senses: examples: text: "We want to do everything we can to make sure everyone has a hassle-free journey.
ref: 2022 January 26, “Network News: TSSA opposes ScotRail's booking office proposals”, in RAIL, number 949, page 28:
glosses: Alternative form of hasslefree.
Ratboy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From rat + boy. Coined by fans as a humorous reference to the character's amoral and duplicitous nature. Popularized on alt.tv.x-files, the main Usenet newsgroup for the show, where it is first attested in 1994.
Senses: examples: text: Do you know who Ratboy is?
ref: 1996, Susan J. Clerc, “DDEB, GATB, MPPB, and Ratboy”, in David Lavery, Angela Hague, Marla Cartwright, editors, Deny All knowledge: Reading the X-files, page 37:
text: But this Krycek—self-consciously multivoiced, focalizing as a fan reader through his obsession with Mulder, Ratboy yet sympathetically damaged—is carefully constructed as a recognizable source character interpreted in a new light.
ref: 2014, Deborah Kaplan, “Construction of Fan Fiction Character Through Narrative”, in Karen Hellekson, Kristina Busse, editors, Fan Fiction and Fan Communities in the Age of the Internet, page 143:
text: Given his credentials, Ratboy seems like the perfect candidate for the job.
ref: 2016, Natalie Clubb, The X-Files: The Official Collection - The Agents, The Bureau, and The Syndicate, page 144:
qualifier: The X-Files fandom slang
glosses: The fictional character Alex Krycek from The X-Files.
KSR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Since, I've written more, mostly MSR and KSR.
ref: 1998 July 13, Athena1600, “Re: ARCHIVISTS AND AUTHORS!”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet):
text: It's the identification thing... maybe some of the people writing KSR *do* hate Mulder.
ref: 1998 December 3, Daddy793, “Re: Question for SKipper fic authors”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet):
text: I'm a MSR and a KSR type myself, these are the stories I WANT to read.
ref: 1999 January 2, Char Priolo, “Re: "A KeyChain in the snow"”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet):
qualifier: The X-Files fandom slang
glosses: Krycek/Scully romance; fan fiction involving a romantic relationship between the characters Alex Krycek and Dana Scully of the The X-Files.
lies back and thinks of England
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of lie back and think of England
lying back and thinking of England
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of lie back and think of England
lay back and thought of England
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of lie back and think of England
lain back and thought of England
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of lie back and think of England
Warmenhuizen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Schagen municipality, North Holland province, Netherlands.
shuts one's eyes and thinks of England
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of shut one's eyes and think of England
shutting one's eyes and thinking of England
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of shut one's eyes and think of England
shut one's eyes and thought of England
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of shut one's eyes and think of England
seasonal depression
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: Seasonal affective disorder.
aminocarboxypropylation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: reaction with an aminocarboxypropyl group
closes one's eyes and thinks of England
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of close one's eyes and think of England
closing one's eyes and thinking of England
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of close one's eyes and think of England
closed one's eyes and thought of England
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of close one's eyes and think of England
aminodocosanediol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aminodocosanediols
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any amino derivative of a docosanediol
docosanediol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any diol derived from docosane
aminoeicosanediol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any amino derivative of an eicosanediol
eicosanediol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any diol derived from eicosane
aminoeicosanetriol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any amino derivative of an eicosanetriol
eicosanetriol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any triol derived from an eicosane
brigatinib
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The anticancer drug 5-chloro-2-N-{4-[4-(dimethylamino)piperidin-1-yl]-2-methoxyphenyl}-4-N-[2-(dimethylphosphoryl)phenyl]pyrimidine-2,4-diamine
chloroperoxyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chloroperoxyls
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any chloro derivative of a peroxyl radical
cololith
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cololiths
Senses: glosses: Synonym of cololite.
synonyms: word: cololite
Abler
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ablers
Etymology: Borrowed from German Abler.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
cololiths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cololith
Ablers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Abler
Albanys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Albany
cyanopically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: In a cyanopic manner
cyclotrisiloxane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyclotrisiloxanes
Etymology: From cyclo- + trisiloxane.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any cyclic trisiloxane
cyclotrisiloxanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyclotrisiloxane
episphere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: epispheres
Etymology: From epi- + sphere.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: All the epiphytes of a plant
Kitt Green
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A western suburb of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD5406).
Related terms: Kitts Green
ethylamide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ethylamides
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any N-ethyl derivative of an amide
interfibre
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + fibre.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of interfiber.
o'erthrows
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of o'erthrow
o'erthrow
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: o'erthrows
form: o'erthrowing
form: o'erthrew
form: o'erthrown
Senses: examples: text: Now the mighty Sophiſtreſs is o’erthrown!
ref: 1677, Tho[mas] d[’]Urfey, A Fond Husband: or, The Plotting Sisters. A Comedy: As it is Acted at His Royal Highness the Duke’s Theatre., London: […] T. N. for James Magnes and Rich. Bentley, […], page 61:
text: Ev’n mighty Pam, that Kings and Queens o’erthrew,
 And mow’d down Armies in the Fights of Lu,
 Sad Chance of War! now deſtitute of Aid,
 Falls undiſtinguiſh’d⁠⸺
ref: 1712, The Rape of the Lock by Alexander Pope, quotee, “A Key to the Lock”, in Law is a Bottomless Pit. Or, the History of John Bull., page 240:
text: But if vile Rancour, from (no Matter who)
 Actor, or Mimic, Printer, or Review,
 Lies oft o’erthrown with ceaſeleſs Venom ſpread,
 Still hiſs out Scandal from their Hydra Head,
 If the dull Malice boldly walk the Town,
 Patience herſelf wou’d wrinkle to a Frown.
ref: 1761, R[obert] Lloyd, An Epistle to C. Churchill, Author of the Rosciad, London: […] William Flexney, […], pages 7–8:
glosses: Alternative form of overthrow.
o'erthrowing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of o'erthrow
o'erthrew
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of o'erthrow
o'erthrown
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of o'erthrow
o'rethrow
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: o'rethrows
form: o'rethrowing
form: o'rethrew
form: o'rethrown
Senses: examples: text: Hath he not twit our Soueraigne Lady here / With ignominious words, though Clarkely coucht? / As if ſhe had ſuborned ſome to ſweare / Falſe allegations, to o’rethrow his ſtate.
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 III, scene i], page 131, column 2:
text: The Tomb disburd’ning, whence the Ghoſt aroſe / Of great Achilles; Such when Thracian Foes / (The Prelude of thy Fates, Troy!) he o’rethrew, / And the white hair’d Neptunian Cycnus [i.e., Neptune’s son] ſlew.
ref: 1679, Lucius Annaeus Seneca, translated by Edward Sherburne, Troades: Or The Royal Captives. A Tragedy, Written Originally in Latin, […], London: Printed by Anne Godbid, and John Playford, for Samuel Carr, […], →OCLC, act II, scene i, page 21:
text: No doubt but He that had ſo raſhly ſought / Our Shore vvith the fierce Bulls unſpell'd had fought, / And fondly too th' Arms-bearing Seed had ſovvn, / 'Till by the Crop the Tiller vvere orethrovvn.
ref: 1680, Nahum Tate, “Medea to Jason”, in Ovid, Ovid’s Epistles, […], London: […] Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC, page 191:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of o'erthrow, alternative form of overthrow.
o'rethrows
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of o'rethrow
o'rethrowing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of o'rethrow
o'rethrew
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of o'rethrow
o'rethrown
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of o'rethrow
multicoordination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From multi- + coordination.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: multiple coordination
Bahars
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Bahar
multicorrelation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: multicorrelations
Etymology: From multi- + correlation.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: correlation in multiple ways
Antonellises
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Antonellis
noncontributive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + contributive.
Senses: glosses: That involves no contributions
dispatch boxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dispatch box
overimputation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: overimputations
Etymology: From over- + imputation.
Senses: glosses: Excessive imputation
despatch box
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: despatch boxes
Senses: examples: text: Ministers are permitted to use ordinary lockable briefcases to transport information which has been classified 'Confidential' or below. For information with a higher security level (such as 'Secret') they are required to use dispatch boxes, which offer a higher level of security, and which are usually red. However a travel version of the despatch box is also available in black, which offers the same level of security as a red despatch box, but is designed to be less conspicuous. In practice Ministers use despatch boxes for transporting the majority of their documents due to the greater level of security they offer.
ref: 2011 March 1, “FOI [Freedom of Information] Release: Red Boxes”, in Government of the United Kingdom, archived from the original on 08 Feb 2022:
glosses: Alternative spelling of dispatch box.
photophobotactic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From photophobotaxis + -tic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to photophobotaxis
despatch boxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of despatch box
photophobotaxis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From photo- + phobotaxis.
Senses: glosses: phobotaxis in response to light
Related terms: photophobotactic
preaward
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + award.
Senses: glosses: Prior to the giving / receiving of an award
Batta
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Battas
Etymology: Borrowed from Punjabi ਬੱਤਾ (battā).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Punjabi.
Braker
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Brakers
Etymology: Borrowed from Swiss German Bräker.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Brakers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Braker
gagsmith
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɡæɡ.smɪθ/
Forms: form: gagsmiths
Etymology: From gag + smith.
Senses: examples: text: A Night at the Opera remains the Marx brothers' finest film, a serendipitous sample of the professional gagsmith's craft allied to preordained characters […]
ref: 2002 June 28, Simon Louvish, “Simply the best”, in The Guardian:
glosses: A comedy writer.
Battas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Batta
gagsmiths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gagsmith
Bielefelds
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Bielefeld
Wagenknechts
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Wagenknecht
Shinsky
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Shinskys
Senses: glosses: A surname.
multianimal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + animal.
Senses: glosses: Involving multiple animals
Shetter
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Shetters
Etymology: Americanized spelling of German Schetter.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Shetters
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Shetter
Shinskys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Shinsky
postcentrifugation
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + centrifugation.
Senses: glosses: After centrifugation
2day
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: Let’s go to the mall 2day. I want those boots. / Can’t 2day. / Why? / Going 2 Manny’s. / Manny’s can wait. / Not 2day. How about tomorrow?
ref: 2011, Monica McKayhan, Ambitious, Kimani Press, →ISBN, pages 105–106:
text: Took test 2day.
ref: 2011, Susan J. Korman, Bad Deal, Darby Creek, →ISBN, page 26:
text: Me and rachel just been house hunting again 2day, i havent got eney callin credit iv only got free texting but i get joe 2 get some cred 2moz so i can call u. I got my lip done 2day it look nice its only a little stud.[…]Hope ur both o.k what are your plans for 2day x x vick
ref: 2014, John Olsson, June Luchjenbroers, quoting Victoria Couchman, Forensic Linguistics, 3rd edition, Bloomsbury Academic, →ISBN, page 174:
text: 2day is a nu day my rezo-lushins are 1. personaly to lose w8. shhh dont tell 2. to get better gradz 3. to have more thingz to do & not be BORD / 11:51am / hey zebe i mite go 2 the mall 2day w/nikki.[…]2day i start back to skool.[…]2day i got my prd i wuz so scared i wuz CMEO all the way home.[…]i did not go to skool 2day i wuz 2 scard sum 1 will find out.[…]but if u don’t want to go to skool 2day thats ok.[…]2day it stopped and everything is ok. we have a field trip 2day to visit a working organ farm where they make cheez.[…]2day is the 1st day of summr vacashun.[…]went 2 the playgroun 2day wher moms used to take me wen i wuz lil.[…]went 2 the playgroun agen but 2day ther wuz no 1 ther at first.
ref: 2014, Elisabeth Sheffield, Helen Keller Really Lived, The University of Alabama Press, →ISBN, pages 202–208:
glosses: Abbreviation of today.
2morrow
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: But 2morrow I c change / A chance 2 build anew / Built on spirit, intent of heart / and ideals based on truth / And 2morrow I wake with second wind / And strong because of pride / 2 know I fought with all my heart 2 keep my dream alive
ref: 1999, Tupac Shakur, “And 2morrow”, in The Rose That Grew From Concrete, Pocket Books, →ISBN, page 141:
text: every 1 should come over 2morrow and weigh in.[…]we have to report for weigh-ins at ur house 2morrow.[…]CU 2morrow for weigh in . . .[…]we r all getting weighed 2morrow 4 the fashion show.[…]just be here 2morrow around 10 a.m. TTYL[…]me 2 rembrandt: gotta work at 4. maybe 2morrow ...
ref: 2000, Terry Brown, Nancy Been Peacock, R U 4 Real?, Tommy Nelson, Thomas Nelson:
text: See u 2morrow![…]US gov test 2morrow.[…]g2g see U 2morrow[…]Can you meet me 2morrow?
ref: 2011, Susan J. Korman, Bad Deal, Darby Creek, →ISBN, pages 26, 40, and 41:
text: lauren comein back 2nite eneyway i try and ring u 2morrow take care we love u ldz n ldz x x x x
ref: 2014, John Olsson, June Luchjenbroers, Forensic Linguistics, 3rd edition, Bloomsbury Academic, →ISBN, page 174:
glosses: Abbreviation of tomorrow.
Shugrue
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Shugrues
Etymology: Variant of Sugrue.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
Schappell
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Schappells
Etymology: Altered spelling of South German Schappel.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Schappells
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Schappell
Shugrues
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Shugrue
McElfresh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: McElfreshes
Etymology: Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Bhris (“son of the servant of (Saint) Brice”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
McElfreshes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of McElfresh
armsbearing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From arms + bearing.
Senses: examples: text: II. A MILITIA OF ALL MEN CAPABLE OF ARMSBEARING.
ref: 1826, F. D. Cartwright, editor, The Life and Correspondence of Major Cartwright, volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], page 244:
text: Could this be effected; could all the population of the Turkish empire, of armsbearing age, be enlisted in an army, organized, disciplined, and led like the armies of France and of England, it would indeed make the Porte formidable, not merely to the Greeks, but to the leading powers in Europe, who are now able to look, with stoical calmness, at the feeble and ineffectual blows aimed by Turkey at a people who stand on the frontier of Christendom.
ref: 1827 July, “1. Vindication of H. D. Sedgwick, with some Inquiries respecting the Award in the Case of the Greek Frigates. […]”, in The North American Review, volume XXV, number LVI, Boston, Mass.: Frederick T. Gray, […], page 43:
text: Within a few decades both the regular Dominicans and Franciscans, admittedly in response to more recent papal legislation as well as to these stipulations of the 1280s, were allowing armsbearing to their members under certain conditions;
ref: 2013, Lawrence G. Duggan, Armsbearing and the Clergy in the History and Canon Law of Western Christianity, The Boydell Press, →ISBN, page 224:
text: As was made clear by the council of Coyanza, prohibitions on clerical armsbearing were developed in the context of the wider drive to reform the clergy of Europe in councils that were often presided over by the pope’s own representatives.
ref: 2017, Daniel M. G. Gerrard, The Church at War: The Military Activities of Bishops, Abbots and Other Clergy in England, c.900-1200, Routledge, page 160:
glosses: The act of bearing arms; the possession of weapons.