cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
DeBrito
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: DeBritos
Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese de Brito.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Portuguese.
Dillahunt
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Dillahunts
Etymology: Variant of Delahunt.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
Dwivedis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Dwivedi
DeBritos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of DeBrito
Dillahunts
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Dillahunt
Froberg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Frobergs
Etymology: Borrowed from Swedish Fröberg, an ornamental surname composed of the elements frö (“seed, germ”) and berg (“mountain”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Swedish.
Frobergs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Froberg
Gradilla
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Gradillas
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Gradilla. This surname is predominantly found in Mexico.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Spanish.
Gradillas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Gradillases
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Gradillas.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Spanish.
Gradillas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Gradilla
Francas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Franca
Gladman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Gladmans
Etymology: From glad + man, a nickname for a cheerful person or a surname for the servant of a man called Glad.
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the nickname.
mindframe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mindframes
Etymology: From mind + frame; based on earlier frame of mind (17th century).
Senses: examples: text: They, or at least many of them, for there are dissident voices here which speak another message, are also trapped in a nineteenth century mindframe which assumes the centralised nation state structures can somehow be controlled[.]
ref: 1995, John Papworth, Small is Powerful: The Future as If People Really Mattered, page 105:
text: A young Australian Jew engaged on the trip of a lifetime finally arrives in the homeland of his people. His mindframe reflects a half finished puzzle but his external facade exudes excitement and jubilation.
ref: 1996 March 1, The Australian Jewish News, Melbourne, page 33, column 1:
text: Again, voice change is not easy and vulnerability plays a big part, but if choral teachers and adolescent singers approach it with the right mindframe, the experience can be empowering, enlightening, and restorative for all involved.
ref: 2019, Bridget Sweet, Thinking Outside the Voice Box, page 71:
glosses: A mental attitude; a mindset; a frame of mind.
mindframes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mindframe
Janigas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Janiga
Gladmans
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Gladman
antihypnozoiticidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + hypnozoiticidal.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hypnozoiticidal.
Jankowiak
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Jankowiaks
Etymology: Borrowed from Polish Jankowiak.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Polish.
Khams
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Kham
Jankowiaks
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Jankowiak
sump oil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Dirty sump oil is pumped out along a waste oil pipe line to storage tanks by the boiler house, to be used as boiler fuel.
ref: 1960 December, “New G.E. Line diesel loco maintenance depot at Stratford”, in Trains Illustrated, page 767:
glosses: Lubricating oil contained in the sump of an engine; the waste oil drained from the sump at the time of an oil change.
bryolog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bryologs
Senses: glosses: Synonym of bryophyte.
synonyms: word: bryophyte
bryologs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bryolog
kinkmeme
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kinkmemes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of kink meme.
kinkmemes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kinkmeme
kleptose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kleptoses
Senses: glosses: A form of cyclodextrin
OT3s
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of OT3
Kinderman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kindermans
Etymology: Variant of Kindermann.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
obligalas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of obligala
Kieft
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kiefts
Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch Kieft.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Dutch.
Derived terms: kieftite
Kiefts
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Kieft
Kindermans
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Kinderman
multispecimen
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + specimen.
Senses: glosses: That involves multiple specimens
nonprotrusive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + protrusive.
Senses: glosses: not protrusive
polyferredoxin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polyferredoxins
Etymology: From poly- + ferredoxin.
Senses: glosses: a polymeric form of ferredoxin
McCaslin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: McCaslins
Etymology: Irish variant of McCausland.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
Adens
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Aden
McCaslins
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of McCaslin
postbiosynthetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + biosynthetic.
Senses: glosses: Following biosynthesis
postbiosynthetically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From post- + biosynthetically.
Senses: glosses: In a postbiosynthetic manner
McMurdos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of McMurdo
cupboard-like
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cupboard-like
form: most cupboard-like
Etymology: From cupboard + -like.
Senses: examples: text: The foreman's office in particular is a source of pride; in place of the cupboard-like room more usual in running sheds there is a well-appointed office with full windows on two sides, [...].
ref: 1960 December, “New G.E. Line diesel loco maintenance depot at Stratford”, in Trains Illustrated, page 767:
glosses: Alternative form of cupboardlike.
Voorschoten
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch Voorschoten.
Senses: glosses: A village and municipality of South Holland, Netherlands.
plaases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plaas
goes far
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of go far
in conjunction with
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Senses: examples: text: The new shed, in conjunction with the existing multiple-unit shed, goes far to provide a complete diesel motive power depot at Stratford, [...].
ref: 1960 December, “New G.E. Line diesel loco maintenance depot at Stratford”, in Trains Illustrated, page 767:
glosses: In combination with, together with.
Mymensingh Division
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of the eight administrative divisions of Bangladesh.
coaling plant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coaling plants
Senses: examples: text: Crewe North Motive Power Depot is to be modernised completely. This includes the provision of a new coaling plant, ash handling plant, and two new locomotive sheds of the latest roundhouse type, each with 32 roads radiating from a 70-ft. dia. turntable.
ref: 1948 November and December, “Crewe M.P.D. to be Modernised”, in Railway Magazine, page 372:
text: The final stages will be the demolition next year of the remaining part of the steam Jubilee Shed and the removal of the great, unroofed coaling plant nearby (said to be the oldest in the country); the turntable is also to disappear.
ref: 1960 December, “New G.E. Line diesel loco maintenance depot at Stratford”, in Trains Illustrated, page 767:
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: A tall structure provided at a locomotive depot to supply coal to steam locomotives.
Synonyms: coaling stage
coaling tower
coaling plants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coaling plant
Partygate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From party + -gate.
Senses: examples: ref: 2021 December 8, “'Partygate' strains trust in Boris Johnson's government”, in Financial Times:
ref: 2021 December 8, “Partygate: Tory anger as Boris Johnson told he 'should resign' if he misled Parliament”, in The Telegraph:
topics: government
politics
glosses: The controversy surrounding members of the government holding parties in 2020 and 2021 during COVID-19 lockdowns, when gatherings were banned.
Related terms: Beergate
selling plater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: selling platers
Senses: glosses: A horse that competes in a selling race.
examples: text: Like putting up a fair-ish selling-plater against a classic yearling.
ref: 1946, PG Wodehouse, Joy In The Morn, Doubleday & Co.:
glosses: An inferior horse.
OAG
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: OAGs
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Initialism of office of the attorney general.
examples: text: A proliferation of memes parading this lack of attachment emerged in the OAG’s wake, quickly becoming a foundational mode of women’s heteropessimist expression.
ref: 2019 October 9, Asa Seresin, “On Heteropessimism”, in The New Inquiry, New York, N.Y.: The New Inquiry, Inc.:
glosses: Initialism of Overly Attached Girlfriend
Rumfitt
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Rumfitts
Etymology: Corrupted form of Romford.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Powis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Powises
Etymology: Variant of Powys.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Welsh.
meanwhile use
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: meanwhile uses
Senses: examples: text: Established legal routes you can pursue to acquire land and buildings include: meanwhile use, community asset transfer, exercising your right to bid or right to reclaim land, working with your local authority to pursue compulsory purchase on the community's behalf – and, of course, straightforward purchase.
ref: 2013 March 19, Rosie Niven, “Top tips for communities taking care of their assets”, in The Guardian:
text: 2016 July 13, morwenj, "Supporting regeneration and creative start-ups … what can we learn from Hackney?" The Knowledge Exchange
One solution is ‘meanwhile use’ – the temporary use of vacant buildings or sites, especially for community projects.
text: We can safely say that most meanwhile uses in London are not quirky or public facing: they simply enable Londoners to live and work in parts of the city.
ref: 2018 October, Nicolas Bosetti and Tom Colthorpe, "Meanwhile, in London: Making Use of London’s Empty Spaces" (Centre for London) p.26
text: A meanwhile use in a location for a month, a year, 5-years, may draw people to consume in a new neighborhood spending money at the meanwhile use but also extending those funds into the surrounding neighborhood.
ref: 2019 January 14, Jonathan Berk, "“Meanwhile” Use in London and The Lessons for America’s Vacant Spaces" medium.com
topics: architecture
qualifier: urban studies
glosses: short-term use of a vacant site; a place subject to such a use
Hyponyms: pop-up
Stoate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Stoates
Etymology: Variant of Stott.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Jewkraine
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /dʒuːˈkɹeɪn/
/dʒuˈkɹeɪn/
/ˈdʒukɹeɪn/
Forms: form: Jookraine
Etymology: Blend of Jew + Ukraine.
Senses: examples: text: The Jew-Coup
in the country now known as Jewkraine has been
heavily subsidized by International Jewry.
ref: 2014 February 26, rebcar...@gmail.com, “Jewcraine Jews Fear The Bull!”, in alt.fan.adolf-hitler (Usenet):
text: Game Over for the zio regime of Jewkraine!
ref: 2022 February 24, greg1242, “Live Updates: LPR Forces Conduct Operation in Town Controlled by Ukraine, Republic Says”, in Sputnik:
ref: 2022 March 3, David Chase Taylor, “The Jewkraine Conspiracy”, in YouTube:
ref: 2022 March 30, SK, “jewkraine:"what will you give us in return for not putting Jew-America's nukes 5 minutes from Moscow?”, in alt.usage.english (Usenet)
text: The Jewkraine is so fucked that the only people they can find to push propaganda for them are mentally ill people. That’s why they’ve put a tranny in charge of their English propaganda efforts.
ref: 2023 August 3, *skriptis, “(OT) Tranny Chosen to Lead Ukraine English Propaganda Efforts”, in rec.sport.tennis (Usenet):
glosses: Derogatory name for Ukraine: a country in Eastern Europe, regarded as being controlled by the Jews and Jewish interests.
Derived terms: Jewkrainian
Related terms: Jewlensky
Jewsrael
Ukrania
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of Ukraine.
Neuwied
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town and rural district of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Qualls
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Quallses
Etymology: Variant of Quarles.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Cherokee County, Oklahoma, United States.
Friedrichshafen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From German Friedrichshafen (literally “Frederick’s harbor”), named after Frederick I of Württemberg.
Senses: glosses: A town on Lake Constance, Baden-Württemberg, southern Germany.
wikipedia: Frederick I of Württemberg
zweihänder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zweihänders
Senses: examples: text: The Germans are better than the English, better than the Genoese or Venetians or Poles; more disciplined, better trained, fond of the big zweihänder blades that are lethal in spread combat. They are more expensive than the Piedmontese, ...
ref: 2015, Manda Scott, Into The Fire, Random House, →ISBN, page 260:
text: The katzbalger's S-shaped guard and 2-foot-long (0.61 m) blade made it perfect for bringing in when the fighting became too close to use a zweihänder.
ref: 2016, Syed Ramsey, Tools of War: History of Weapons in Ancient Times, Vij Books India Pvt Ltd, →ISBN:
text: There were not only traditional swords and assault rifles, but also quarterstaves with gun barrels at each end, a zweihänder with a chainsaw blade, a pair of sawn-off shotguns chained together like nunchucks.
ref: 2020, John Rogan, Shadowcast, →ISBN, page 23:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Zweihänder.
zweihander
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zweihanders
Senses: examples: text: The deep, chilling sound of his battle cry drew closer and closer until the five foot beast of a zweihander was on top of him. Withdrawing his sword to parry the blow, he found that he lacked the strength to do so, and the great German ...
ref: 2018, Michael Regal, Talbot Company: A Story of War and Suffering, Michael Regal Books, →ISBN, page 480:
text: “Stand aside. I got this,” Kenyami said. The black swordsman unsheathed his weapon of humongous proportions – a zweihander – which was called “Shadow Gale”, or so she remembered.
ref: , Francis Garneau, Teralia Online, Lulu.com, page 208
text: The angered whiss now held a zweihander and used both hands to hold the sword. Black smoke seeped from the arrow wound in its back. What? Taylor thought. He was completely made of smoke; how could she hurt him? I'm glad she did, though; ...
ref: , Yaseer Abdullahi, Knit, Pen Island Press
text: "Choose a zweihander if you prefer." He seemed about to reach for one of the German blades, then let his hand fall. "The montante has a certain flair. I think the old Iberian masters would approve." He met her eye, the silence growing ...
ref: 2020, Kat Ross, Balthazar's Bane, Kat Ross, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of Zweihänder.
Zweihander
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Zweihanders
Senses: examples: text: With the final element, he put out his arm the weapon that he pulled when his trial began had finally took the shape of a Zweihander formed. “The Zweihander represents balance and longevity."
ref: 2012, Christopher Cifelli, Darkwind Chronicles: Act I, →ISBN, page 142:
text: Cross over for a chest with a Zweihander inside, then go back to the central hub and poke the green crystal to lower the green pillar to its initial position.
ref: 2016, GamerGuides.com, Bravely Second: End Layer - Strategy Guide, Gamer Guides, →ISBN:
text: A Zweihander could be swung in both hands, or one hand could be placed on the ricasso, allowing the weapon to be used almost like a sharp metal staff.This was handy in a close mêlée.
ref: 2016, Martin J. Dougherty, Weapons and Fighting Techiniques of the Medieval Warrior: 1000-1500 AD, Chartwell Books, →ISBN, page 117:
text: Amongst the hungry whispers, she found courage to reach for a Zweihander broadsword amongst a pile of sword's and smaller knives.
ref: 2017, Andrew W. Cole, The Baron's Quest, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of Zweihänder.
Zweihanders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Zweihander
zweihanders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zweihander
zweihänders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zweihänder
Young Poland
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Calque of Polish Młoda Polska.
Senses: examples: text: Yet the turn-of-the-century Young Poland writers and artists in Kraków took an even deeper interest in peasants.
ref: 2014, Patrice M. Dabrowski, Poland: The First Thousand Years, Cornell University Press, page 367:
glosses: The modernist period in Polish visual arts, literature, and music which lasted from the end of the 19th century to 1918.
outcha
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Pronunciation: enpr: ʹouchə
ipa: /ˈaʊt͡ʃə/
rhymes: -aʊtʃə
Senses: examples: text: 'You better keep G-Bread's name outcha mouth!" Pop spat.
ref: 2011, Ni-Ni Simone, No Boyz Allowed, Kensington Publishing Corp., →ISBN, page 189:
text: “So I says, 'Blow it outcha you-know-where.'
ref: 2016, Stephen King, The Dead Zone, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 57:
text: "YOU BETTER GET OUT OF MY FACE!" he said. "MAKE ME GET OUTCHA FACE. I'M STANDING RIGHT HERE, AND I'M NOT GOING NOWHERE!
ref: 2020, Terrance Mcadoo, Lost In My World, Christian Faith Publishing, Inc., →ISBN:
glosses: out (of) your
examples: text: They started to shout, "Outcha come, outcha come."
ref: 1995, Russell Miller, Nothing Less Than Victory: The Oral History of D-Day, Hearst Books, →ISBN:
text: You see I always was left-handed, but at school if they caught you using the left hand they would swat the hell outcha and make you use the right.
ref: 1997, Charles E. Holloway, Dialect Death: The Case of Brule Spanish, John Benjamins Publishing, →ISBN, page 45:
text: "Outcha go," he said, jerking open the front door.
ref: 2013, Angel M., The Keeper, Abbott Press, →ISBN, page 53:
glosses: out (of) you
Leidschendam-Voorburg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch Leidschendam-Voorburg.
Senses: glosses: A municipality of South Holland, Netherlands.
aboutcha
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Pronunciation: enpr: əʹbouchə
ipa: /əˈbaʊt͡ʃə/
rhymes: -aʊtʃə
Senses: examples: text: Th' dirty bum… sayin' things like that aboutcha.
ref: 1924, Colin Clements, Plays for Pagans:
text: "They tell stories aboutcha, Hale . Thirty years later and they still tell stories aboutcha."
ref: 1970, Bernard Kaplan, Prisoners of this World: Stories:
text: 'Me and Cheryl have been worried aboutcha!'
ref: 2012, Jo Carnegie, Horse Play: Churchminister series 5, Random House, →ISBN, page 91:
glosses: about you
stonecatcher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stonecatchers
Etymology: From stone + catcher. The metaphoric meaning refers to the biblical verse (John 8:7) "let he who is without sin cast the first stone", and was popularized by Bryan Stevenson, who heard the term used by a woman in a Louisiana courtroom.
Senses: examples: text: The dirt and stones detached from the beets are deposited on the floor of the stonecatcher, or receiver, fixed to the back part of this machine, from which they are from time to time emptied out from below;
ref: 1889, Reports from the Consuls of the United States, page 114:
text: According to the Scientific American (through whose courtesy the accompanying cuts are reproduced), the water flows through a six-inch steel casing into a “stonecatcher" (illustrated herewith), which arrests pebbles (some weighing twenty-two and one-half pounds), small boulders, and stones, which are shot out with force enough to damage the casing and machinery.
ref: 1901, Fire and Water - Volumes 29-30, page 234:
text: In our experience, these holes let water in through the soles, and they are stonecatchers.
ref: 2020, Keith Bateman, Heidi Jones, Rubida Communications, Older Yet Faster: The Secret to Running Fast and Injury Free:
glosses: Something that catches or traps stones.
examples: text: But today, our self-righteousness, our fear, and our anger have caused even the Christians to hurl stones at the people who fall down, even when we know we should forgive or show compassion. I told the congregation that we can't simply watch that happen. I told them we have to be stonecatchers.
ref: 2014, Bryan Stevenson, Just Mercy, page 309:
text: In contrast, a preemptive inclination to offer mercy (to be a stonecatcher) puts us actively intervening in condemnation around us— averting flashpoints before they start or, in the midst of judgment, encouraging others to consider alternatives to what they perceive as "deserved" outcomes.
ref: 2018, Billy T. Ogletree, Mean Christianity: Finding Our Way Back to Christ's Likeness, page 108:
text: At times Christians in business will be stone catchers—acting with justice and mercy in a world where often the results of business activities are like stones being thrown at supervisors, colleagues, employees, customers, vendors, stockholders, the public, anyone in general, with or without naming specific individuals.
ref: 2019, Annetta Gibson, Daniel Augsburger, Honorable in Business:
glosses: A person who shows mercy by intervening when someone is treated with overly harsh or cruel punishments.
stonecatchers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stonecatcher
Zoeterwoude
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch Zoeterwoude.
Senses: glosses: A municipality of South Holland, Netherlands.
Katzbalger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Katzbalgers
form: katzbalger
Etymology: From German Katzbalger.
Senses: examples: text: Perhaps the most famous example of a Katzbalger is that of the military leader Ulrick von Schellenberg, dating from about 1515;
ref: 1986, Leonid Tarassuk, Claude Blair, The Complete Encyclopedia of Arms & Weapons: The Most Comprehensive Reference Work Ever Published on Arms and Armor, Random House Value Pub, page 294:
text: A Katzbalger, if I remembered my history correctly. The blade was made of a dull gray metal. Tiny lines of black text were etched along the edges.
ref: 2015, Jim C. Hines, Unbound, Penguin, →ISBN:
text: 'I have a musket, a bow, a Katzbalger blade and a watchful hound as sentinel.' 'Be careful, Christian.' 'My luck has held so far.' He slipped into the woods, leaving the fishing scene and the chatter of his countrymen behind.
ref: 2017, James Jackson, Cradle, Bonnier Publishing Fiction Ltd., →ISBN:
glosses: A short Renaissance arming sword, of sturdy build, with a distinctive ess- or eight-shaped guard, the signature blade of the Landsknecht, used for close-quarters combat.
katzbalger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: katzbalgers
Senses: examples: text: It also leads to the small cutting swords, the katzbalgers, the special sidearm of the lansquenets. Under influence of the Asiatic and the East European cavalry's single-edged, more or less curved weapons, sabres, came ...
ref: 1961, Gladius, page 28:
text: ... the second half of the 12th century with an inscription that is clearly related to the so-called “Benedictus” group from the same period, as well as a katzbalger or Landsknecht sword from the second quarter of the 16th century.
ref: 2010, Jan Piet Puype, Harm Stevens, Arms and Armour of Knights and Landsknechts in the Netherlands Army Museum, Eburon Uitgeverij B.V., →ISBN, page 8:
text: Hardy drew his katzbalger and turned. Standing behind him were seven men. They were armed with swords and spiked clubs and exuded the boastful enjoyment of predators on a hunt, confident of their supremacy ...
ref: 2016, James Jackson, Treason, Bonnier Publishing Fiction Ltd., →ISBN:
text: Everyone now had either a rapier, a sword, or a katzbalger in his fist. Steel met steel when the decision was being made in close combat.
ref: 2020, Tina Berg, The Devil Nun, Babelcube Inc., →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Katzbalger.
katzbalgers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of katzbalger
Katzbalgers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Katzbalger
squire of dames
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From a character in Edmund Spenser's Faerie Queene (III.7.53).
Senses: examples: text: Mr. Maynard has suddenly set up for a squire of dames. His romances have got up into his head, and he needs bleeding; so come with me.
ref: 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Challenge”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 238:
glosses: A man who devotes himself to the ladies; a lady's man.
wikipedia: Edmund Spenser
Faerie Queene
withoutcha
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Pronunciation: enpr: wĭthʹouchə
ipa: /wɪθˈaʊt͡ʃə/
ipa: /wɪðˈaʊt͡ʃə/
rhymes: -aʊtʃə
Etymology: From without + -cha.
Senses: examples: text: Still, every April, when National Secretary's Day rolled around, many of us took sick days, genuinely nauseous with worry that we be mistook and there, on our assistants' desks, would be the asparagus-fern-and-baby's-breath-surrounded long'stemmed roses with the card from the boss who "just couldn't do it withoutcha!"
ref: 2002, David Rakoff, Fraud: Essays, Anchor, →ISBN:
text: 'Aw Steve, you didn't really think we'd leave withoutcha, didja?
ref: 2018, Lev Parikian, Why Do Birds Suddenly Disappear? 200 birds, 12 months, 1 lapsed birdwatcher: 200 birds, 12 months, 1 lapsed birdwatcher, Unbound Publishing, →ISBN:
text: It's hard withoutcha, but I wantcha t' know that I'm okay.
ref: 2021, Craig R. Seaton, Some Perfect Tomorrow: True Stories of Hope in Loss, Love in Grief, and Life in Death, Yellorondack Publishing, →ISBN:
glosses: without you
demie parure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: demie parures
Senses: examples: text: She had taken off her velvet robe, and was carelessly wrapped in a white silk night-gown, fastened with violet ribands. It was one she had worn in half-mourning, and had all the coquettish elegance of demie parure.
ref: 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, pages 250–251:
glosses: a set of luxurious costume, of similar design. The effect is usually of a casual nature, with the demie parure consisting of two items but there may be more.
demie parures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of demie parure
Lissenden
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Lissendens
Etymology: Variant of Lissington.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
rest of advantage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rests of advantage
Senses: examples: text: Models of rider and great horse, the latter on wheels, are correctly harnessed and trappered, […] The puppet was modern, but the harness was complete except for the housings, saddle, rest of advantage, and parts of the poldermitton and manefer. There is a second harness in the Museum at Munich (No. xvii.).
ref: 1928, The Connoisseur, [volumes 81-82], page 13:
glosses: Synonym of lance rest.
synonyms: word: lance rest
rests of advantage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rest of advantage
sexahedron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sexahedrons
Etymology: From sexa- + -hedron.
Senses: examples: text: George’s sponsor is Lee McFarland, founder of the modernistic institution that bears his name, and the applicant’s principal recommendation was his special affinity for small dotted sexahedrons which will probably be mistaken by most of the members for some kind of pornography.
ref: 1973, Pacific Oil World, page 10, column 1:
text: The Ames room is a chamber that, when viewed from a small peephole, looks like a perfectly normal room. In fact, it is carpentered as an irregular sexahedron with no visible right angles.
ref: 1986, James E. Cutting, Perception with an Eye for Motion, Bradford Books, →ISBN, page 56:
text: The rock shows a natural change in coloration while the sexahedrons, of an alloy of steel blending into bronze, evoke the flowing colors of a sunset skyline.
ref: 1988 September 15, Wing Liu, “Visual surprise in Science Bldg.”, in The Guardsman, volume 106, number 3, page 4, column 1:
text: For the pièce de résistance of the exhibit, Opall has cast a massive sexahedron.
ref: 1991 July, Bruce Boston, Robert Frazier, “Holos at an Exhibition”, in Amazing Stories, volume LXVI, number 3 (whole 560), TSR, Inc., →ISSN, page 95:
glosses: Synonym of hexahedron.
synonyms: word: hexahedron
sexahedrons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sexahedron
sexasyllabic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sexa- + syllabic.
Senses: examples: text: The latter clause, however, relieves the dilemma in which I should otherwise find myself involved; for I was far from attempting the performance of what the witty Dean Swift once coined a sexasyllabic word for, viz.: ‘sermonification.’
ref: 1905, James J[esse] Burns, Educational History of Ohio: A History of its Progress Since the Formation of the State Together with the Portraits and Biographies of Past and Present State Officials, Columbus, Ohio: Historical Publishing Co., page 401:
text: The rhyme and especially the rhythm are entirely different from those of the twelve-syllable Spanish verse; the rhythm is unisonous with the kumintang, a purely Tagalog musical air which is generally used as accompaniment to these dodecasyllabic verses and has a sexasyllabic movement, similar to the monorhythmic romancerillo of six syllables.
ref: 1914, M[orilla] M[aria] Norton, Builders of a Nation: A Series of Biographical Sketches, Manila, page 65:
text: A syntactical tightness combined with themes Valerian (and Cocteaue sque) make feasible the following comparison between Genet's sexasyllabic lines and a quatrain from Valéry's A l'aurore[…]
ref: 1974, Camille Naish, Dual Structures in the Poetry and Prose of Jean Genet: A Genetic Approach, page 52:
text: That he was also experimental-minded is suggested by the fact that he made rather extensive use of the sexasyllabic quatrain form, something which few poets before him seem to have done.
ref: 1979, Journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association, Chinese Language Teachers Association, page 13:
text: This innovative approach is evident in his experiments in the seldom-used sexasyllabic quatrain.
ref: 1986, William H. Nienhauser, Jr., editor, The Indiana Companion to Traditional Chinese Literature, volume I, Bloomington, Ind.; Indianapolis, Ind.: Indiana University Press, →ISBN, page 739, column 1:
text: (Remarks on sexametric quatrains—with comments on the origin, flourishing, and withering of the sexasyllabic line).
ref: 2007, Stuart H. Sargent, The Poetry of He Zhu (1052-1125): Genres, Contexts, and Creativity, Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 475:
glosses: Alternative form of sexisyllabic.
Ashley Heath
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and heath in St Leonards and St Ives parish, east Dorset, England (OS grid ref SU1104).
Cemb.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Cemb.
form: Hpcd.
form: Hpd.
form: Hpsd.
form: Hrpsd.
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian cembalo (“harpsichord”).
Senses: examples: Abbreviation of harpsichord.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
raw_tags: used in musical notation to indicate staffs to be played with harpsichord
small words
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Wisely did the translators of our English Bible use small words, which impart a beauty and force to innumerable passages in their excellent version.
ref: 1853, James Spencer Cannon, Lectures on Pastoral Theology, Charles Scribner, page 152:
text: Use small words. You probably wouldn't like to have to use your dictionary to read this book. Your readers won't want to use a dictionary either; so, use words which describe your thoughts and are easily understood by the reader.
ref: 1982, William Hammond, Leadership Education III, Air Force Junior ROTC, Air University, page 4:
text: Use words that clearly convey your thoughts. Use small words where you can; do not try to use large words to impress people. Remember that your audience wants to understand what you are saying, so make it easy for them.
ref: 1997, Irene Lober, Promoting Your School: A Public Relations Handbook, R&L Education, →ISBN, page 89:
text: Fine, but you might want to use small words so Blackwood can keep up.
ref: 2017, David Debord, Neptune's Key: A Tattered Sails Novel, Tattered Sails, →ISBN, page 49:
text: What does it mean to be incapable of rephrasing a thought, of turning it around in one's mind in fresh ways? What does it mean to use small words almost exclusively (“We're going to have very, very strong vetting. I call it extreme vetting, and we're going very strong on security”)? It means that people can understand you, that they do not become lost in the fog.
ref: 2020, Roderick P. Hart, Trump and Us: What He Says and Why People Listen, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 30:
glosses: language that is easy to understand
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see small, words.
Cockey
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Cockeys
Etymology: Diminutive form of Cocke.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
outchu
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Pronunciation: enpr: ʹoucho͞o
ipa: /ˈaʊt͡ʃu/
rhymes: -aʊtʃu
Etymology: From out + -chu.
Senses: examples: text: "Do you hear me gotdammit? You got ten seconds to getcho ass up or imma beat da hell outchu."
ref: 2000, Yolanda M. Johnson, My Daughter's Keeper, Bennovations, →ISBN, page 21:
text: "Your Dad's gonna bustchu when he finds outchu snuck out."
ref: 2006, Stephanie Collins, Why Me?, Trafford Publishing, →ISBN, page 73:
text: Go get your man. I should slap the shit outchu right now for dissing me," Daryle said picking up the phone receiver now dangling from its wire as Monica took quick steps down the block.
ref: 2011, Love Jones, A Ghetto Soldier: I Came to Bring the Rain, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 65:
glosses: out (of) you
aboutchu
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Pronunciation: enpr: əʹboucho͞o
ipa: /əˈbaʊt͡ʃu/
rhymes: -aʊtʃu
Etymology: From about + -chu.
Senses: examples: text: An' that's what I like aboutchu… y' have a way of understandin' things.
ref: 1924, Colin Clements, Plays for Pagans:
text: I love him. He's my man. He takes care of me lots a ways. What aboutchu? You married or whatever?"
ref: 2002, Zac A. Cook, Jeff Cook, An End to the Rope, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 105:
text: That song really aboutchu Fran! They just changed the name.
ref: 2017, LaViza Lockwood, Brittle Never Broken, AuthorHouse, →ISBN:
glosses: about you
pinkoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pink + -oid. Compare pinko.
Senses: examples: text: The greater shame on whom? The philandering public official, (latest in a long line of same), or the overly reactive, pinkoid commie leftist reactionaries who had to stoop so low in a failed attempt to bring him down?
ref: 2003 July 6, goul...@aol.com, “OT: Bush Resume (Ouch!) (Not my work)”, in rec.boats (Usenet), retrieved 19 Jan 2022:
text: Those pinkoid lesbocrats from Massachusetts just don't get it. We americans are god's chosen people (along with all jews of course).
ref: 2004 April 5, Zach Ivalotovitch, “10 MORE SOLDIERS KILLED FOR BUSH'S LIE”, in alt.politics.bush (Usenet), retrieved 19 Jan 2022:
synonyms: commie
glosses: Communist.
pinkoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pinkoids
Etymology: From pink + -oid. Compare pinko.
Senses: examples: text: But I still don't hear any of the resident Pinkoids have the decency to come out and say "OK, boys, you got us on this one, Cull and Petter did in fact lie to us. They knew for a fact months ago that there will be a hole in the budget but both of them presented budgets showing a $16 million surplus for the previous year even though both of them knew that it was not true."
ref: 1996 September 19, Karl Pollak, “National Emergency: Maintenance of Public Healthcare prompts for Constitutional change!”, in bc.politics (Usenet), retrieved 19 Jan 2022:
text: Who Cares Pinkoid?
I` don`t respect pinkos as i don`t respect murderes and cowards,I think we all be better when they are all DEAD and BURIED.
ref: 2002 May 21, Spartacus, “'Rebel Army was the people in uniform'”, in soc.culture.caribbean (Usenet), retrieved 19 Jan 2022:
text: You simple boy. It is you liberal pinkoids who will get the draft, then you'll all get killed leaving our Fuhrer to stroll home in November. You homocrats are so gullible.
ref: 2004 April 6, Sollie Z Gotalotovitz, “The draft is coming, the draft is coming...”, in alt.politics.bush (Usenet), retrieved 19 Jan 2022:
synonyms: commie
commo
pink
pinko
glosses: A communist.
Related terms: leftoid
rightoid
pinkoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pinkoid
silvervine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: silvervines
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of silver vine.
Curselaxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Curselax
fix-its
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fix-it
proshippers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of proshipper
spoilervirgins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spoilervirgin
spoilerwhores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spoilerwhore
semi-shippers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of semi-shipper
getcho
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Pronunciation: enpr: ʹgĕchō
ipa: /ˈɡɛt͡ʃoʊ/
rhymes: -ɛtʃəʊ
Senses: examples: text: "Shut that mouth and getcho body dressed.
ref: 2009, Edgewater Press, Barnaby, Edgewater Press, page 119
text: "Oooooh, listen to you! G'ahead, getcho freak on."
ref: 2011, Neesha Meminger, Jazz in Love, Neesha Meminger, →ISBN, page 83:
text: "And getcho damn foot out my door."
ref: 2015, Allison Leotta, Law of Attraction: A Novel, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 123:
text: "Well, you need to getcho ass back here on time today, Khai. I'm not playing with you. I will dock your pay."
ref: 2020, DARRELL C SCOTT JR., Manstress Diaries: Book 1, D.S. Emancipated Publishing, LLC, →ISBN:
glosses: get your
Tsar Bomba
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Tsar Bomba
form: the Tsar Bomba
Etymology: Borrowed from Russian Царь-бо́мба (Carʹ-bómba, “emperor of bombs”).
Senses: glosses: A 50-megaton thermonuclear bomb, detonated by the Soviet Union in October 1961. It was the biggest nuclear bomb ever exploded.
betcho
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Pronunciation: enpr: ʹbĕchō
ipa: /ˈbɛt͡ʃoʊ/
rhymes: -ɛt͡ʃəʊ
Senses: examples: text: How you gonna grease/lotion half yo foot. Toes justa be shining. I betcho ankles be jealous and mad as hell.
ref: 2016, Mark Anthony Spivey, Sr., Before I Lay It Down, Dorrance Publishing, →ISBN, page 40:
text: Buddy says, "Leon Spinks beat the shit out of Mahumad Ali! Aaaaahaaaa… I knew I shoulda betcho ass wit this too, Rock!"
ref: 2017, LaViza Lockwood, Brittle Never Broken, AuthorHouse, →ISBN:
text: "Dead. Yeah, I got sum'n dead for y'all ass," Ty said, reclining back in his seat. He reached over to do the same to the seat of the dead body that used to be the life of Big Marcus. "And, yeah, I betcho ass stay still now, won't you? he ranted.
ref: 2022, Larry Johnson, Making a Gangsta: Forgive Me, Father, for I Have Sinned A Slow L Novel, Page Publishing Inc, →ISBN:
glosses: bet your
plasmagenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From plasmagene + -ic. First attested in the 1950s.
Senses: examples: text: Any difference between the original lines and the selections must be due either to dominant nuclear mutations, or plasmagenic mutations.
ref: 1968, Proceedings - Issue 3, page 371:
text: The problem of triticale seed shrivelling was treated in another different way, by starting a process of plasmagenic mutagenesis that perhaps it is interesting to describe.
ref: 2012 December 6, Henrique Guedes-Pinto, Norman Darvey, Valdemar P. Carnide, Triticale: Today and Tomorrow, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 75:
glosses: Of, relating to, or designating a plasmagene.
plasmagenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From plasma + -genic.
Senses: examples: text: Among the plasmagenic gases, the most commonly used, can be listed: pure argon, nitrogen, hydrogen, helium or mixtures thereof. This plasma provides a very intense caloric energy and a very strong kinetic energy.
ref: 2022, Madalina-Simona Baltatu, Dumitru-Doru Burduhos-Nergis, Diana Petronela Burduhos-Nergis, Petrica Vizureanu, Advanced Metallic Biomaterials, Materials Research Forum LLC, →ISBN, page 141:
glosses: That forms plasma when heated or subjected to a strong electromagnetic field.
border state
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: border states
Senses: glosses: In the American Civil War, one of the slave states that did not join the Confederacy.
heteroscedastically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of heteroskedastically.
hypoexponentially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From hypo- + exponentially.
Senses: glosses: In a hypoexponential manner
interdischarge
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + discharge.
Senses: glosses: Between successive discharges
Emancipation Proclamation
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A proclamation, announced by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln on September 22, 1862, and going into effect on January 1, 1863; that all slaves in areas in rebellion (i.e. under Confederate control) would be free.
Harpers Ferry
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Harper's ferry, after a ferry operated by Robert Harper.
Senses: glosses: A small town in Jefferson County, West Virginia; best known as the site of a raid by John Brown in 1859, a major event in the origins of the American Civil War.
glosses: A minor city in Taylor Township, Allamakee County, Iowa, United States.
imperial systems
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of imperial system
truck roll
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: truck rolls
Senses: examples: text: ...an engineer is deployed to their location. These engineer visits, also known as ‘truck rolls’ (TR), in the telecom industry are an expensive investment for the company.
ref: 2021, “Leading Australian Telecom Service Provider Saves Huge Costs by Reducing Technician Truck Rolls”, in Wipro:
topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
glosses: The dispatching of service personnel to a client's location (as opposed to remotely addressing an issue)
hard-driving
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hard-driving
form: most hard-driving
Senses: examples: text: The toll his hard-driving style takes on staff is legendary. Former associates have described Musk as petty, cruel and petulant, particularly when frustrated or challenged.
ref: December 13 2021, Molly Ball, Jeffrey Kluger, Alejandro de la Garza, “Elon Musk: Person of the Year 2021”, in Time Magazine, archived from the original on 13 Dec 2021:
glosses: Extremely hardworking or demanding
examples: text: The heavy metal band Gods of Fire struggled trying to write a hard-driving song about potato pancakes for their 2009 album "Hanukkah Gone Metal."
ref: (Can we date this quote?), Stephanie Simon, Ann Zimmerman, The Wall Street Journal, volume Hanukkah Boosters Light a Fire Under Holiday:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Having a strong, fast-paced beat.
Maximalist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Maximalist
form: most Maximalist
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of maximalist.
Maximalist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Maximalists
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of maximalist.
Merry Hill
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A neighbourhood and shopping centre in Brierley Hill, Dudley borough, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SO9287).
glosses: A suburban area in the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, West Midlands (OS grid ref SP0388)
glosses: A suburb of Wolverhampton, West Midlands (OS grid ref SO8897).
glosses: An unincorporated community and township in Bertie County, North Carolina, United States.
retaining valves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of retaining valve
Oegstgeest
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch Oegstgeest.
Senses: glosses: A village and municipality of South Holland, Netherlands.
Cockeys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Cockey
Rumfitts
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Rumfitt
Powises
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Powis
Stoates
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Stoate
gotten the chop
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of get the chop
gets the chop
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of get the chop
getting the chop
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of get the chop
got the chop
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of get the chop
glosses: past participle of get the chop
Quallses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Qualls
Lissendens
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Lissenden
decrabs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of decrab
decrabs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of decrab
decrabbing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of decrab
decrabbed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of decrab
Kegg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Keggs
Etymology: Reduced form of McKegg, a variant of McCaig.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Labauve
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Labauves
Etymology: Louisianan surname of French origin.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Labauves
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Labauve
Keggs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Kegg
Manoogian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Manoogians
Etymology: Variant of Manukyan.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Armenian.
Likins
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Likinses
Etymology: Variant of Likens.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Dutch.
Likinses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Likins
Manoogians
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Manoogian