cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Ho Man Tin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Homantin
Etymology: From Cantonese 何文田 (ho⁴ man⁴ tin⁴).
Senses: examples: text: One of my informants (born 1897) was a member of their church from his earliest years and his father was a member before him. The son told me that early in this century the Ho Man Tin area was known as ‘the Christian Valley’, presumably because of the sustained efforts made by members of the Basel Mission.
ref: 1983, James Hayes, “Old British Kowloon”, in The Rural Communities of Hong Kong: Studies and Themes, Hong Kong: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 60:
text: Next Media said two entryways to its headquarters in Hong Kong’s Tseung Kwan O neighborhood were hit with firebombs around 1 a.m. Monday. At about the same time, a masked man got out of a car outside Mr. Lai’s home in the Ho Man Tin neighborhood and threw a firebomb at the sidewalk outside the gate. Two cars suspected of being those used in the attacks were later found burning in nearby areas of Kowloon.
ref: 2015 January 12, Austin Ramzy, “Firebombs Thrown at Jimmy Lai’s Home and Company in Hong Kong”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 Aug 2022, Sinosphere:
text: “Forgive me, the book you're reading ... Do you ... did you find it in Hong Kong?”
“Yes,” I replied. “At a second-hand place in Ho Man Tin. Have you read it?”
ref: 2016, Claire North, chapter 39, in The Sudden Appearance of Hope, Orbit Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 159–160:
text: The plot, in the Kowloon neighbourhood of Ho Man Tin, sold for HK$6.4 million ($823,204) to a company owned by Goldin Financial Holdings Ltd.
ref: 2016 March 2, “Hong Kong residential plot sells for higher price than forecast”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 20 Apr 2023, Financials:
text: Inspector MacLennan was to be arrested on the morning of 15 January 1980 on eight counts of gross indecency. An arrest party went to his quarters in Ho Man Tin.
ref: 2022, Stuart Wolfendale, “Two Reports”, in More When I Know You Better: The Life of Albert Sanguinetti, 1923–2009, City University of Hong Kong, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 150:
text: Live rounds were used twice during the 2019 protests and unrest. And in March 2009, Dil Bahadur Limbu – an unarmed Nepalese man – was shot dead by a policeman in Ho Man Tin. The incident caused a public outcry among the South Asian community after a coroner ruled his death was “a lawful killing.”
ref: 2023 January 27, Hillary Leung, “NGO raises questions over ‘racial and cultural insensitivity’ as Filipino man shot by Hong Kong police charged with assault”, in Hong Kong Free Press, archived from the original on 08 Oct 2023, Hong Kong:
text: Police believe the accused men planned the killing because Choi was going to sell a luxury property in the exclusive community of Kadoorie Hill in Ho Man Tin.
ref: 2023 February 27, Didi Tang, “Abby Choi: Missing Hong Kong model’s skull found in soup pot”, in The Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 Feb 2023:
glosses: A residential area of Kowloon City district, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
dragonstone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dragonstones
Etymology: From dragon + stone.
Senses: topics: fantasy
glosses: A stone or gem having magical powers in relation to dragons.
synonyms: ohko stone
glosses: A type of jagged rock full of crevices, commonly used in aquascaping.
dragonstones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dragonstone
Wardour
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small settlement in Tisbury parish, south Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST9227).
Derived terms: Wardour Street English
decks of cards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deck of cards
conversation set
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: conversation sets
Senses: glosses: A (typically four-piece) set of sofa, sofa chairs, and low table.
packs of cards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pack of cards
dragon whisperer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dragon whisperers
Senses: topics: fantasy
glosses: One who has the ability to talk to and control dragons.
dragon whisperers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dragon whisperer
dragonmaster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dragonmasters
Etymology: From dragon + master.
Senses: topics: fantasy
glosses: One who has the ability to control dragons; someone with mastery over dragons.
dragonmasters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dragonmaster
acoustic impedance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: qualifier: acoustics
glosses: Degree of opposition that a system presents to an acoustic flow. Reciprocal of acoustic admittance.
esparto grass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: esparto grasses
Senses: examples: text: These habitats were most evident on the Iberian Peninsula where, by 15 million years ago, members of the thorn-rose genus (Neurada), esparto grass, honey mesquite and nitre bush (Nitraria) flourished in arid shrublands.
ref: 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 97:
glosses: Esparto.
esparto grasses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of esparto grass
nitre bush
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nitre bushes
Senses: examples: text: These habitats were most evident on the Iberian Peninsula where, by 15 million years ago, members of the thorn-rose genus (Neurada), esparto grass, honey mesquite and nitre bush (Nitraria) flourished in arid shrublands.
ref: 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 97:
glosses: Any flowering plant of the genus Nitraria, family Nitrariaceae, native to Africa, Europe, Asia, Russia and Australia.
nitre bushes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nitre bush
cannonball mangrove
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cannonball mangroves
Senses: examples: text: A member of the mahogany family, the cannonball mangrove is today found in the tropical, coastal regions of Africa, Asia and Australasia, extending far into the Pacific.
ref: 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 99:
glosses: A species of mangrove, Xylocarpus granatum, having round fruit reminiscent of a cannonball.
cannonball mangroves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cannonball mangrove
hedgenettle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hedgenettles
form: hedge-nettle
Etymology: From hedge + nettle.
Senses: glosses: Any of certain plants of the genus Stachys.
houmongi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: houmongi
Senses: glosses: A semiformal kimono
Rheidol
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Welsh.
Senses: glosses: A river in Ceredigion, Wales, which flows into Cardigan Bay at Aberystwyth; in full, Afon Rheidol.
Cardigan Bay
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A bay of the Irish Sea, mainly on the coast of Ceredigion, (formerly Cardiganshire), and also Gwynedd, Wales.
Belcher Bay
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Admiral Sir Edward Belcher.
Senses: examples: text: On the Hong Kong side, the new Smithfield link at Pokfulam will connect Belcher Bay in Kennedy Town into Sai Ying Pun and the tunnel entrance. A series of specially constructed bridges will provide fast access to the Central business district, Wan Chai and North Point.
ref: 1997 April 30, “Opening keeps territory on the road to success”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 Jul 2024, Latest:
text: The Merton complex on Catchick Street, Kennedy Town's main employment has always been shifting cargoes between the warehouses, wharfs and ships lining Belcher Bay and, though there s not a huge amount to sec by way of activity, there’s a definite maritime feel to the place.
ref: 2019, David Leffman, Jules Brown, The Rough Guide to Hong Kong & Macau, Penguin, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 73:
text: The pier area has become particularly popular since it links a newly opened recreation area at Belcher Bay with the harbourfront promenade which extends to Central and Wanchai.[…]
Instead, the department said members of the public could visit other waterfront areas flanking the pier, including the Belcher Bay harbourfront and the Central & Western District Promenade.
ref: 2021 March 2, Rhoda Kwan, “Hong Kong’s popular ‘Instagram Pier’ closes to the public without notice”, in Hong Kong Free Press, archived from the original on 23 Nov 2023, Hong Kong:
glosses: A bay of Hong Kong Island in Central and Western district, Hong Kong.
Capel Bangor
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Welsh.
Senses: glosses: A small village in Melindwr community, Ceredigion, Wales (OS grid ref SN6580).
push up against
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pushes up against
form: pushing up against
form: pushed up against
form: pushed up against
Senses: examples: text: Beyond delivering services, Bobby brought his revolutionary nationalist theory to the job and used the opportunity to push up against the ideological bias in the government program.
ref: 2016 October 25, Joshua Bloom, Waldo E. Martin, Black Against Empire: The History and Politics of the Black Panther Party, Univ of California Press, →ISBN, page 36:
text: If there’s a bar for the features and performance that make a flagship phone, well, flagshippy, then the midrange Samsung Galaxy A54 5G pushes right up against it. When this $449 device is sitting on a table next to the $999 Galaxy S23 Plus, I can barely tell the two apart until I’m close enough to pick them up.
ref: 2023 April 13, Allison Johnson, “Samsung Galaxy A54 5G review: a little bit flagship, but mostly midrange”, in The Verge:
glosses: To generate pressure on (someone or something); to challenge.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see push, up against.
pushes up against
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of push up against
pushing up against
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of push up against
pushed up against
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of push up against
Morrison Hill
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Robert Morrison.
Senses: examples: text: Where today are Caroline Hill, East Point Hill, and Morrison Hill on which Hong Kong's first western school was built? Where are the bays which formerly indented the coastline of Hong Kong?
ref: 1967, Gwenneth Stokes, The Extreme East: A Modern History:
text: East of Morrison Hill and the rice paddies of Belcher Valley (named after himself by a rather conceited Captain Edward Belcher) were the godowns of the Jardine-Matheson company, situated roughly where the modern Excelsior Hotel in Causeway Bay now stands.
ref: 2007, Michael Anthony Ingham, Mike Ingham, “"Suzie's World": from Wan Chai to Happy Valley”, in Hong Kong: A Cultural History, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 59:
text: Hong Kong's most renowned European brothel operated during the interwar years just across from Morrison Hill, at the far end of Queen's Road East, run by a stately lady of shadowy origins named Ethel Morrison - it was rumoured that she took her professional surname from the hill across the way.
ref: 2009 July 11, Jason Wordie, “Out and about”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 May 2021:
text: When the project began, workers delivered the earth from Morrison Hill to the reclamation using small trucks that they pushed by hand.
ref: 2018 December 1, David Bellis, Old Hong Kong Photos and The Tales They Tell, volume 2, Gwulo, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 104:
glosses: A hill in Wan Chai, Wan Chai district, Hong Kong.
Wan Chai Gap
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Wanchai Gap
Etymology: From Wan Chai + gap.
Senses: examples: text: The southern anchor moves from Wong Nai Chung Gap to Mount Nicholson, then Mount Cameron, and finally Wan Chai Gap and a little west. Further south is the 'central sector'.
ref: 2003 February 1, Tony Banham, Not the Slightest Chance: The Defence of Hong Kong, 1941, Hong Kong University Press, →ISBN, page 19:
text: The assortment of hikes radiating from Wan Chai Gap, in the middle of Hong Kong Island, ranges from flat Bowen Road to steep Wan Chai Gap Road. Wan Chai Gap gives you access to all of Aberdeen Country Park with its beautiful reservoirs and diverse trails.
ref: 2005 January 1, Alicia M. Kershaw, Ginger Thrash, Above The City: Hiking Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong University Press, →ISBN, page 53:
text: Runners had a fun day out in Friday's HKLRRC Boxing Day Race at Wan Chai Gap with most of the participants dressed up in costumes and braving the chilly weather.
ref: 2014 December 26, Richard Castka, “Runners brave chilly weather in Boxing Day Run”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 Jul 2021, Sport:
text: West Group, RA, under Major Crowe evacuated their HQ at Wan Chai Gap and established a new HQ at Victoria Gap.
ref: 2019, Philip Cracknell, “The Japanese Advance”, in Battle for Hong Kong, December 1941, Amberley Publishing Limited, →ISBN, →OCLC, page https://books.google.com/books?id=cPSiDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT356:
text: Peak Road is less than four kilometres in length, beginning near the Police Museum at Wan Chai Gap and terminating adjacent to Peak Tower.
ref: 2015 July 17, Eric Cheung, “Hong Kong’s Peak Road the most expensive street in the world – survey”, in Hong Kong Free Press, archived from the original on 28 Sep 2024:
glosses: A mountain pass in Wan Chai, Wan Chai district, Hong Kong.
Magazine Gap
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From magazine (“ammunition storehouse”) + gap.
Senses: examples: text: Every winter, the birds move south to the city for warmer weather, food and shelter. The society estimates there are 1,300 black kites in Hong Kong. Magazine Gap in Mid-Levels alone is home to 800.
ref: 2011 January 12, Jennifer Lo, “Where eagles nest”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 03 Sep 2023:
text: At 1330 hours 23rd December communication was re-established with HQ West Infantry Brigade at Magazine Gap and it was learnt that about 250 enemy were round St. Albert's Convent, that our troops on the Northern slopes of Mount Cameron were withdrawing and that Magazine Gap and Wanchai Gap were being heavily bombed.
ref: 2015, John Grehan, Martin Mace, Disaster in the Far East 1940-1942, Pen and Sword, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 135:
text: Corrigan took his patrol up Coombe Road and reported to Lt-Col Frederick Field, RA, who was in charge of troops at Magazine Gap.
ref: 2019, Philip Cracknell, Battle for Hong Kong, December 1941, Amberley Publishing Limited, →ISBN:
text: The main route between Victoria Gap and Magazine Gap suffered severely, especially in the former area. Magazine Gap area, though continually shelled, fortunately suffered less and little damage was done to the cables, though subsidiary routes suffered…
ref: 2020, Victor S. Ient, These Valiant Men: The Story of Eight British Servicemen in World War II in the Far East, Troubador Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 16:
text: It was at the top of Magazine Gap Road. The house was in a very exposed position, close to Magazine Gap, in an area that was subject to frequent shelling. Surprisingly, the house and its detached garage still remain.
ref: 2022, Philip Cracknell, The Occupation of Hong Kong 1941-45, Amberley Publishing Limited, →ISBN, →OCLC, page https://books.google.com/books?id=d3CJEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT53:
glosses: A mountain pass in Mid-Levels, Central and Western district, Hong Kong.
Leighton Hill
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Leigton Hill
Etymology: Named after a civilian F. Leighton.
Senses: examples: text: The erection of the following houses for senior officers was completed:-Two blocks each of four houses at Leighton Hill, three houses on Severn Road, one house for the Puisne Judge, and one house for a senior engineer, and, in addition, two contracts were let for two additional blocks of three houses each at Leighton Hill, and for one block containing six flats and four detached houses on the Homestead site, respectively.
ref: 1922, Great Britain. Colonial Office, Colonial Reports - Annual, page 17:
text: The remnants of the Grenadiers held Mt. Cameron, the Royal Scots held Stubbs Road facing Middle Gap and the northern slopes of Mt. Nicholson, the Punjabis, only 35 strong, held the Filter Beds and two weak platoons of the Rajputs, with elements of 1st Middlesex, from Leighton Hill to the western side of Causeway Bay.
ref: 1956, Francis Albert Eley Crew, The Army Medical Services: Campaigns, page 20:
text: A residential site at Leighton Hill in Causeway Bay is expected to sell for more than $3 billion when tenders close on Friday.
ref: 1998 April 15, Peggy Sito, Sandy Li, “Leighton Hill plum to point the way”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 Sep 2023:
text: After taking Bennet's Hill and Leighton Hill, the troops facing the West Brigade would all push westward with the goal of taking, on Christmas Day, the high ground northwest of Wan Chai Gap[…]
ref: 2014 July 1, Kwong Chi Man, Tsoi Yiu Lun, Eastern Fortress: A Military History of Hong Kong, 1840–1970, Hong Kong University Press, →ISBN, page 216:
glosses: A hill in Wan Chai district, Hong Kong.
Iruthayaraj
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A South Indian surname and given name (which means sacred heart).
Related terms: Irudayaraj
So Kon Po
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Sookunpo
Etymology: From Cantonese 掃桿埔 /扫杆埔.
Senses: examples: text: Not far from here in So Kon Po is the new Hong Kong Stadium, completed in 1994, where the annual International Rugby Sevens tournament in March brings in visitors from all over the world.
ref: 2007 June 18, Michael Ingham, Hong Kong: A Cultural History, Oxford University Press, →ISBN:
text: Miura was cremated in the Japanese crematorium at So Kon Po. A local historian has been in contact with his descendants back in Japan who provided photographs of Miura and his assistants in Hong Kong, and expressed amazement that his grave still existed in the Cemetery.
ref: 2011 February 1, Patricia Lim, Forgotten Souls: A Social History of the Hong Kong Cemetery, Hong Kong University Press, →ISBN, page 525:
text: At the end of the year, in recognition of the fact that the villagers of Wong Nai Chung and So Kon Po had nothing to do, the Surveyor General issued a proclamation assuring them that contractors would consider them first 'when employing coolies on government works'.
ref: 2013 December 16, Christopher Munn, Anglo-China: Chinese People and British Rule in Hong Kong, 1841-1880, Routledge, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 94:
text: The Race Course Fire Memorial, which is located on the hillside above the present Hong Kong Stadium in So Kon Po near Causeway Bay, was erected in 1922 to commemorate the victims of a disastrous fire which broke out at the Happy Valley Racecourse in February 26, 1918.
ref: 2015 October 23, Karen Cheung, “Three locations including ‘High Street Haunted House’ declared as monuments”, in Hong Kong Free Press, archived from the original on 15 Jan 2024, Community & Education, Hong Kong:
glosses: An area of Wan Chai district, Hong Kong.
Related terms: Sookun Poo
Mehsana
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city and district in Gujarat, India.
intracorporate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + corporate.
Senses: glosses: Within a corporation.
Synonyms: intracompany
Coordinate terms: intercorporate
Middle Gap
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From middle + gap.
Senses: examples: text: While moving there they came under heavy fire from Doi's men on the hill and had to be withdrawn to Middle Gap, where they spent the night exposed to pouring rain and a cold wind – a cheerless prelude to a dawn attack.
ref: 1957, Stanley Woodburn Kirby, The War Against Japan: The loss of Singapore, page 137:
text: The Japanese tunnels were crude, carved out of the hills. Mr Bruce said one could be found along the path running from Middle Gap to Middle Gap Road, another on a path near Queen Mary Hospital.
ref: 1997 June 1, “The secret sites of an underground war”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 03 Mar 2024:
text: The vehicle had been boosted from the public car park up at Middle Gap on the Peak of Hong Kong Island and kept out of sight in a lock-up garage in Kennedy Town until darkness fell.
ref: 2013 April 4, Steven Griffiths, In Gwan-Dai's Name, Hachette UK, →ISBN:
text: Middle Gap is about halfway along Black's Link. It is the gap between Mount Cameron on the right and Mount Nicholson on the left. After passing Middle Gap, the righthand side of the track opens up while the left-hand side is protected by the slopes of Mount Nicholson.
ref: 2019, Philip Cracknell, Battle for Hong Kong, December 1941, Amberley Publishing Limited, →ISBN, →OCLC, page https://books.google.com/books?id=cPSiDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT262:
glosses: A mountain pass in Wan Chai district, Hong Kong.
excardinate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: excardinates
form: excardinating
form: excardinated
form: excardinated
Senses: examples: text: When a see is vacant , whoever governs the diocese ad interim until the designation of a diocesan administrator is not competent to incardinate or excardinate a cleric ( cann . 419 , 428 ) . Can . 272 adds that the diocesan[…]
ref: 2002, Michael J. Mullaney, Incardination and the Universal Dimension of the Priestly Ministry: A Comparison Between CIC 17 and CIC 83, Gregorian Biblical BookShop, →ISBN, page 187:
text: In order to be able to excardinate this cleric the bishop of diocese B must be his proper bishop ; for only a cleric's proper bishop can excardinate a cleric . " It cannot be denied that the bishop of diocese B is competent to[…]
ref: 1935, John Michael Moeder, The Proper Bishop for Ordination and Dimissorial Letters: An Historical Synopsis and Commentary:
text: The proper canonical process was to excardinate Widera from the Milwaukee Archdiocese and to incardinate him into the Orange Diocese . Once a diocesan priest becomes incardinated in a new diocese , his relationships , obligations , and[…]
ref: 2003, Reports of Cases Determined in the Courts of Appeal of the State of California:
topics: Christianity
antonyms: incardinate
glosses: To free (a member of the clergy) from the jurisdiction of a particular bishop.
Tytam
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Cantonese 大潭 (daai⁶ taam⁴).
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Tai Tam.
Shek Pai Wan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: sěkʹbīʹwänʹ
Etymology: From Cantonese 石排灣 /石排湾 (sek⁶ paai⁴ waan¹).
Senses: examples: text: Adjoining Heung Gong Jai there was a walled village known as Heung Gong Wai, and next to it another village called Shek Pai Wan. Shek Pai Wan is now integrated into modern Aberdeen.
ref: 2007, Michael Ingham, Hong Kong: A Cultural History, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 139:
glosses: An area of Aberdeen, Southern district, Hong Kong.
examples: text: The path continues from here for a kilometre or so to the bigger beach at Shek Pai Wan on the southeastern coast, and then to Tung O, a minute settlement famous as the childhood home of Hong Kong action star Chow Yun-fat.
ref: 2019, David Leffman, Jules Brown, “Hong Kong guide”, in The Rough Guide to Hong Kong & Macau, Penguin, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 165:
text: And last November, the fans of Mirror’s Jeremy Lau – better known as “Jer” – celebrated his birthday with an exhibition of artwork and an excursion to clean up Shek Pai Wan beach on Lamma Island.
ref: 2022 May 21, Peter Lee, “Mirror, mirror on the wall, tram or billboard: Hong Kong superfans reflect their devotion”, in Hong Kong Free Press, archived from the original on 28 Jan 2024, Hong Kong:
glosses: A bay of Lamma, Islands district, Hong Kong.
Related terms: Seac Pai Van
Mahim
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A northern neighbourhood of Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Victoria Gap
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Victoria + gap, from Victoria Peak, ultimately named after Queen Victoria.
Senses: examples: text: The Peak Hotel is situated at Victoria Gap, about 1,400 feet above the sea, and provides extensive accommodation on a most luxurious scale.
ref: 1899, The Directory & Chronicle for China, Japan, Corea, Indo-China, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Siam, Netherlands India, Borneo, the Philippines, &c, page 278, page 1084:
text: In the course of its journey from Garden Road to the Upper Terminus at Victoria Gap, the tram, like any neighborhood commuter train, stops - or more accurately hesitates - at Barker, Bowen, Macdonnell, Kennedy and May Road Stations.
ref: 1986 November 16, Sally Hassan, “A PARI OF HONG KONG CLASSICS”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 May 2015, Section 10, page 9:
text: Thus, Peak Hotel owner and Scotsman Alexander Findlay Smith, planned to open up the area with a new tram system to connect Victoria Gap to Murray Barracks.[…]
On its opening day, a local journalist wrote that “there is nothing to cause the least of nervousness and the car rises smoothly and steadily to the Victoria Gap.”
ref: 2015 November 13, Hong Wrong, “HKFP History: A brief visual history of Hong Kong’s Peak Tram”, in Hong Kong Free Press, archived from the original on 30 Dec 2023, Travel & Transport:
text: West Group, RA, under Major Crowe evacuated their HQ at Wan Chai Gap and established a new HQ at Victoria Gap.
ref: 2019, Philip Cracknell, Battle for Hong Kong, December 1941, Amberley Publishing Limited, →ISBN:
text: The main route between Victoria Gap and Magazine Gap suffered severely, especially in the former area. Magazine Gap area, though continually shelled, fortunately suffered less and little damage was done to the cables, though subsidiary routes suffered…
ref: 2020, Victor S. Ient, These Valiant Men: The Story of Eight British Servicemen in World War II in the Far East, Troubador Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 16:
text: The line, connecting Murray Barracks to Victoria Gap, was opened by Governor Sir George William des Voeux in 1888
ref: 2021 June 11, Tracey Furniss, “The Peak Tram, an old Hong Kong icon: taking millions of tourists a year to Victoria Peak, what can we expect from its sixth and latest upgrade since opening in 1888?”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 Jun 2021, Leisure:
glosses: A mountain pass in Central and Western district, Hong Kong.
Brayshay
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Tai Ping Shan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Cantonese 太平山 (taai³ ping⁴ saan¹).
Senses: examples: text: Tai Ping Shan (peace mountain) is, strictly speaking, not a mountain but a hillside district in Victoria situated to the south of Sheung Wan between Queen's Road and Caine Road.
ref: 2012, Qizhang Dong, “The Curse of Tai Ping Shan”, in Atlas: The Archaeology of an Imaginary City, Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 76:
text: The committee recommended that if the Chinese moved to Tai Ping Shan, which would be leveled with streets marked out, they would have their arrears of rent excused and would enjoy a “rent holiday” for a period of five years, as well as $50 compensation.
ref: 2018, Moira M W Chan-Yeung, “The Reluctant Birth of Medical Services in Hong Kong”, in A Medical History of Hong Kong: 1842–1941, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 8:
text: The cafe is atypically roomy, and a lovely place to pause after browsing the nearby Tai Ping Shan area. It's also popular for brunch.
ref: 2019, Lonely Planet, Lonely Planet Pocket Hong Kong, Lonely Planet, →ISBN, page https://books.google.com/books?id=rRKbDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT181:
text: The international property consultancy Knight Frank noted in a May 2021 report: “With almost no overseas tourists because of travel restrictions and lockdowns, prime retail rents have declined by over 50%.” Thanks to this trend, the founders of Young Soy were able to procure their first space in an industrial building in the Ap Lei Chau neighborhood, while fellow newcomer 13a New Street Gallery opened up in the Tai Ping Shan neighborhood.
ref: 2023 March 22, Christy Choi, “Hong Kong’s New Kids on the Block”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 Mar 2023, Art & Design:
glosses: An area of Central and Western district, Hong Kong.
Related terms: Taipingshan
excardinated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of excardinate
excardinates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of excardinate
excardinating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of excardinate
straight-face test
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: straight-face tests
form: straight face test
Senses: examples: text: As such, her [Nancy Pelosi's] effort to distance herself from the CIA's conceit on torture should not be surprising or cause for outrage. To presume the benefit of the doubt with the CIA after countless destroyed interrogation tapes doesn't even pass the straight face test.
ref: 2009 June 26, John Wellington Ennis, “Picking on Pelosi”, in HuffPost, archived from the original on 19 Apr 2023:
text: A system of regulation might easily include requiring you to pay taxes if you choose to burden commerce; willful refusal to maintain adequate health coverage for yourself and your family is such a burden. To claim otherwise doesn't pass the straight-face test.
ref: 2010 December 30, Garrett Epps, “Health Care Suits: Separating Law From Spin”, in The Atlantic, Washington, D.C.: The Atlantic Monthly Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 Feb 2023:
text: "Some of the pay-fors," said Mr. [John] Boehner in a news conference, referring to offsets to pay for a bill, "I don't think pass the straight-face test, and we will deal with that when we get to conference." He declined to offer specifics.
ref: 2012 March 30, Jennifer Steinhauer, “Congress Extends Highway Funding With Stopgap Measure”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 Jun 2022:
text: The good news for fans of legal combat is that the Senate trial promises to be entertaining. The bad news is that the Trump team's constitutional arguments can barely pass a straight-face test.
ref: 2020 January 21, Gene Healy, “Op-Ed: Trump impeachment arguments can't pass straight-face test”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, L.A.: Los Angeles Times Communications LLC, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 Jun 2022:
synonyms: laugh test
giggle test
glosses: A tongue-in-cheek test of the merits of an argument which asks whether it can be made with a straight face (without laughing).
straight-face tests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of straight-face test
straight face test
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: straight face tests
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of straight-face test.
straight face tests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of straight face test
pay-for
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pay-fors
Etymology: Deverbal from pay for.
Senses: examples: text: The government is debating whether to include various pay-fors in order to fund the new infrastructure bill.
text: The bill is instead paid for by a jumble of pay-fors, including $40 billion from the Federal Reserve surplus account, which acts as a cushion to help the Fed take potential losses.
ref: 2015 December 1, Jason Plautz, “After Years of Waiting, Congress Finally Has Its Long-Term Transportation Bill”, in The Atlantic, Washington, D.C.: The Atlantic Monthly Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 01 Feb 2023:
text: Why is it, she [Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez] retorts, that these questions arise only in connection with useful ideas, not wasteful ideas? Where were the 'pay-fors' for [George] Bush's $5 trillion wars and tax cuts, or for last year's $2 trillion tax giveaway to billionaires?
ref: 2019 January 16, Robert Hockett, “The Green New Deal: How We Will Pay For It Isn't 'A Thing' - And Inflation Isn't Either”, in Forbes, New York, N.Y.: Forbes Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 Dec 2022:
text: With the passage of a deficit-financed $1.9 trillion relief bill just hours away, Democrats in Congress may soon pivot to new agenda items, including President Biden's Build Back Better plan for infrastructure and other critical investments. And those lawmakers will inevitably face intense pressure from fiscal moderates to include tax "pay fors" in spending legislation.
ref: 2021 March 10, Chye-Ching Huang, “How Biden Funds His Next Bill: Shrink the $7.5 Trillion Tax Gap”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 Dec 2022:
text: "Other industries were probably better prepared to fend off being a pay-for," said Ed Mills, Washington policy analyst at Raymond James. "This is the first time they've really been on the menu."
ref: 2021 August 9, Victoria Guida, “Washington wakes up to crypto influence amid infrastructure fight”, in Politico, archived from the original on 09 Dec 2022:
topics: government
politics
glosses: Something which is used to pay for a bill, such as an increase in taxes.
pay-fors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pay-for
pay for
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pay fors
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of pay-for.
pay fors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pay for
seed library
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: seed libraries
Senses: examples: text: As with other seed libraries, he also aims to encourage biodiversity, to offer an alternative to the genetically modified seeds produced by large corporations and to make money.
ref: 2010 October 6, Joy Y. Wang, “A Seed Library for Heirloom Plants Thrives in the Hudson Valley”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
coordinate_terms: seed bank
seed vault
glosses: A place to share seed.
seed libraries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of seed library
Moyne
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A local government area in south-west Victoria, Australia, named after the Moyne River; in full, the Shire of Moyne.
McClare
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Petworth
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: They have driven into the very centre of Petworth, with no parking spaces yet evident. The town is very beautiful – cobbled streets, flowers in the windows, antiques shops every five yards – but he is unable to enjoy it.
ref: 2023, Richard Osman, The Last Devil to Die, Viking, page 156:
glosses: A small town and civil parish with a town council in Chichester district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SU9721).
glosses: A neighbourhood in north-west Washington, United States.
calls to action
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of call to action
Nasmyth
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Nasmyth telescope
Coles Notes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Coles notes
form: Coles' Notes
form: Coles' notes
form: Cole's Notes
form: Cole's notes
Etymology: Coles+note From Coles Notes, the brand of summarized information note books. From the bookstore chain Coles, named after its founders Carl and Jack Cole. From the surname Cole.
Senses: glosses: quick notes; a summary, precis/précis, abstract, outline.
qualifier: trademark genericization
glosses: Any such published guide to material
Synonyms: word: Cliff notes
word: Coles Notes version
Landseer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Landseer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Landseers
Senses: glosses: A dog of a black-and-white Canadian variety descended from dogs used by fishermen in the Newfoundland and Labrador region.
Yarl
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Yarls
Senses: glosses: A surname
Related terms: Arl
Arle
Earl
Earle
Jarl
La Oroya
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city, the capital of Yauli province, Junín department, Peru.
Oroya
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Ellipsis of La Oroya: a city, the capital of Yauli province, Junín department, Peru.
Related terms: Oroya fever
crow tit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crow tits
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of crow-tit.
weakie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: weakies
Etymology: Clipping of weakfish + -ie.
Senses: examples: text: Although the weakie has no chopping teeth comparable to those of a bluefish, he boasts a pair of extremely sharp canines in his upper jaw.
ref: 1959, Henry Lyman, Frank Woolner, The Complete Book of Weakfishing, New York, N.Y.: A. S. Barnes and Company, page 44:
glosses: A weakfish.
weakie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: weakies
Etymology: From weak + -ie.
Senses: examples: text: That was as far as Macauley would go. He wanted to set his shoulders and bunch his fists and let the words fly at O' Neill: You can spot the stranger that comes on a visit and mark him down; you can swagger the streets at shearing-time and reap a harvest; but don't lump me in with the weakies and the yellow-bellies busting their cheques over a good time; the curs and the possums who get silly-drunk and fall in fear to your authority.
ref: 1955, D'Arcy Niland, The Shiralee, Sydney, N.S.W.: Angus & Robertson; The Book Society, pages 53–54:
glosses: A weak, unreliable or mediocre person or thing; a weakling.
examples: text: And now we enter the real chess arena, where, haughty about ratings, everybody has only one thought in mind: to win — to pile up plaudits against the county grader's autumnal assessment. And to this end we all hope for a weaker opponent, but in the tournaments there are no outright weakies.
ref: 2010, John Healy, Coffeehouse Chess Tactics: An Astonishing Trip Into the World of Competitive Chess, Alkmaar, Netherlands: New In Chess, page 17:
topics: board-games
card-games
chess
games
poker
synonyms: patzer
woodpusher
glosses: An unskilled player.
Related terms: sense: not etymologically related
word: weakiness
sense: not etymologically related
word: weaky
mazhanje
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mazhanje
Senses: examples: text: Women and adolescent boys sell airtime, vegetables, mazhanje and matohwe fruit, which are not stocked in supermarkets, and cheap Chinese biscuits, almost to the Green Jacaranda block doorstep.
ref: 2018, Tsitsi Dangarembga, This Mournable Body, Faber & Faber (2020), page 239:
glosses: Uapaca kirkiana, the sugar-plum.
wild loquat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wild loquats
Senses: glosses: Any of various African fruit trees of the genus Uapaca
harurwa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: harurwa
Senses: glosses: A commonly eaten species of stink bug, Encosternum delegorguei, found in southern Africa.
noon fly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: noon flies
Senses: glosses: Mesembrina meridiana, a small, black-bodied fly with orangeish wings.
fawnsfoot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fawnsfoots
Senses: glosses: A North American freshwater mussel of the genus Truncilla.
mashuku
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mashuku
Senses: glosses: Uapaca kirkiana, the sugar-plum.
mahobohobo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mahobohobo
Senses: glosses: Uapaca kirkiana, the sugar-plum.
firearms licences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of firearms licence
depreference
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: depreferences
form: depreferencing
form: depreferenced
form: depreferenced
Etymology: From de- + preference.
Senses: examples: text: We predict from this experiment that depreferencing short-term routes would have little negative impact in practice, as most affected routes are misconfigured, non-optimal routes discovered during convergence, or attacks.
ref: 2008 October 23, Josh Karlin, Stephanie Forrest, Jennifer Rexford, “Autonomous security for autonomous systems”, in Computer Networks, volume 52, number 15, Amsterdam: Elsevier, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2916:
text: In a related intervention, Google has successfully pushed ad-filled sites down the results by changes to its search-ranking algorithm, suggesting that a similar effort to depreference malware-infected sites is technically feasible.
ref: 2012 September 18, Benjamin Edwards, Tyler Moore, George Stelle, Steven Hofmeyr, Stephanie Forrest, “Beyond the blacklist: modeling malware spread and the effect of interventions”, in NSPW '12: Proceedings of the 2012 New Security Paradigms Workshop, New York, N.Y.: Association for Computing Machinery, →DOI, →ISBN, page 61:
text: In reality though, the circumstances for the scenario of blocking or 'depreferencing' a malicious Web page are different.
ref: 2015 August, Huw Fryer, Sophie Stalla-Bourdillon, Tim Chown, “Malicious web pages: What if hosting providers could actually do something…”, in Computer Law & Security Review, volume 31, number 4, Amsterdam: Elsevier, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 502:
text: Tiktok^([sic]) won't just starve performers of the "free" attention by depreferencing them in the algorithm, it will actively punish them by failing to deliver their videos to the users who subscribed to them.
ref: 2023 January 21, Cory Doctorow, “Tiktok's^([sic]) enshittification”, in Pluralistic, archived from the original on 19 Apr 2023:
glosses: To cause something to stop being preferred by a search engine algorithm.
depreferences
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of depreference
depreferencing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of depreference
depreferenced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of depreference
shittify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: shittifies
form: shittifying
form: shittified
form: shittified
form: shitify
Etymology: From shit + -ify.
Senses: examples: text: The BACAT (Bay Area Center for Art and Technology) Collective, who put this out, gain an added dimension with their invitations to reader input and focus on the global networks and manipulations behind the shittifying of proletarian lifestyle (written by people who've actually left California and gone somewhere besides New York).
ref: 1994 February, Maximum Rocknroll, number 129, Berkeley, C.A.: Maximum Rocknroll, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 117:
text: Just because the PS2 takes great PC games and shittifies them into half-assed ports like Half-Life and Star Trek Voyager and the rest of that awful PS2PC dreck doesn't mean the same has to apply to the Xbox's one and only PC port. Don't cry.
ref: 2002 February 27, Zackman, “XPox smelling like Dreamcast ...”, in alt.games.video.xbox (Usenet):
text: They will use whatever leverage they have in whatever deal gets made to force the technology company to shittify the technology to protect their traditional business models.
ref: 2011 March 28, Gheerax IV, “Hollywood Makeover for YouTube”, in rec.arts.tv (Usenet):
text: This is what Rockhead doesn't get: you don't have to shittify your music to make people listen to it. If it's good, people will listen. Period.
ref: 2014, Jessie Ann Foley, The Carnival at Bray: A Novel, Ashford, C.T.: Elephant Rock Books, →ISBN, page 54:
synonyms: word: shitten
antonyms: word: goodify
glosses: To make shitty.
Related terms: enshittify
shittification
shittiness
shit up
shittifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of shittify
shittifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of shittify
shittified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of shittify
horsebarn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: horsebarns
Etymology: From horse + barn.
Senses: glosses: A barn for horses.
Synonyms: stable
Coordinate terms: cowbarn
Related terms: close the barn door after the horse has bolted
horsebarns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of horsebarn
shitify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: shitifies
form: shitifying
form: shitified
form: shitified
Senses: examples: text: Another pub in the middle of town, a bit crummy but with a decent enough atmosphere and an interesting history, also caused a big fuss a few years ago when a chain of Plastic Oirish Pubs'R'Us that no Irishman would be seen dead in took the place over and shitified it.
ref: 2001 January 13, Chris Hedley, “Tipping in bars/restaurants?”, in soc.culture.irish (Usenet):
text: It's hard to remember now, what with the second and third movies retroactively shitifying the first, but the first two acts of "The Matrix" are pretty damn wicked: great action, Lawrence Fishburn^([sic]) acting all weird, some nifty near-Cronenberg-esque body horror elements, and some hints that this might be the first big budget Hollywood movie to really understand Phil Dick, all mixed in with a generous helping manga/anime flava.
ref: 2004 February 12, madkevin, “It Started Out Great, But . . .”, in rec.arts.movies.past-films (Usenet):
text: The problem with that idea was the bane of every kilnworker producing gallery quality work--crap landing on your work. Even a slight breeze can stir up refractory dust from the primer or brick and shitify the piece.
ref: 2005 September 20, Jf...@maui.net, “Monitoring electricity consumption of a device?”, in rec.crafts.glass (Usenet):
text: No, it's an OS vendor that is doing things to aid people that want you to only see a shitified version of the content you paid good money for in the first place.
ref: 2006 December 22, Lefty Bigfoot, “good technical look at the problems Vista content protection will cause”, in comp.sys.mac.advocacy (Usenet):
glosses: Alternative form of shittify.
shitifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of shitify
shitifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of shitify
shitified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of shitify