cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Fourth of July
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: fôrthˌ-əv jə-laɪˈˈˈˈˈˈˈ
enpr: -jo͞o-
enpr: -jo͝o-
ipa: /ˌfɔɹθ‿əv d͡ʒəˈlaɪ/
ipa: /-d͡ʒu-/
ipa: /ˌfɔːθ‿əv d͡ʒʊˈlaɪ/
rhymes: -aɪ
Forms: form: Fourth of Julys
form: 4th of July
Etymology: The proper noun comes from an ellipsis of “the fourth day of July”. The common noun is derived from the proper noun.
Senses: examples: text: And the Ohio State Journal reports that “it was the hottest, quietest, and safest Fourth of July that Columbus ever had. The firecracker, the gun, and the cannon did not appear, and so there was not an injured or mangled boy or dead body anywhere yesterday as a result of powder patriotism. What a happy condition for the city to be in! What a marked difference from other days, after the Fourth. It seems that these ear splitting and soul stabbing Fourth of Julys are ended; and it is well; it is very well.”
ref: 1911 July 16, “A Saner Fourth”, in The Chicago Sunday Tribune, volume LXX, number 29, Chicago, Ill.: The Tribune Company, Metropolitan Section, page 4, column 3:
text: MARY went in to the frail little mother and told her the news through the cotton wool in both ears. Mrs. Davis had no difficulty hearing, so beautifully penetrating is good news. The relief in her pale little face “choked” Mary. / “My dear! You are an angel, there in that white robe! All you haven’t got is wings! If you knew—if anybody but me could know the tortures Fourth of Julys are to me.[…]”
ref: 1921 July 2, Annie Hamilton Donnell, “Do-As-You-Please Day: A Fourth of July Story”, in The Christian Herald […], volume 44, number 27, New York, N.Y.: Graham Patterson, page 469, column 1:
text: Our Fourth of Julys are sounding different, too. Come to one of our barbeques and you might hear “Praise the Lord and Pass the Metamucil” or that ol’ patriotic favorite “Let Eardrums Ring.”
ref: 2005, Martha Bolton, “Season’s Greetings”, in Growing Your Own Turtleneck… and Other Benefits of Aging, Bloomington, Minn.: Bethany House Publishers, →ISBN, page 98:
synonyms: Fourth
Independence Day
glosses: The national holiday of Independence Day in the United States, celebrated on the fourth day in July to mark the anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence from Great Britain in 1776.
examples: text: The brightest supernova in your Milky Way galaxy to be visible from Earth was seen and recorded by the Chinese during the Song Dynasty on the 4th of July in A.D. 1054.
ref: 2025, Neil deGrasse Tyson, “Stars, Near & Far”, in Just Visiting This Planet, Revised and Updated for the Twenty-First Century (Science / Astronomy), Blackstone Publishing, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 90:
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see Fourth, of, July.
Derived terms: knee-high by the Fourth of July
Fourth of July
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: fôrthˌ-əv jə-laɪˈˈˈˈˈˈˈ
enpr: -jo͞o-
enpr: -jo͝o-
ipa: /ˌfɔɹθ‿əv d͡ʒəˈlaɪ/
ipa: /-d͡ʒu-/
ipa: /ˌfɔːθ‿əv d͡ʒʊˈlaɪ/
rhymes: -aɪ
Etymology: The proper noun comes from an ellipsis of “the fourth day of July”. The common noun is derived from the proper noun.
Senses: glosses: A cocktail containing one part grenadine syrup, one part vodka, and one part blue curaçao, reminiscent of the red, white, and blue colors of the United States flag, often poured in layers so that the colors do not mix when the drink is served.
fucknut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fucknuts
Etymology: From fuck + nut.
Senses: glosses: A very stupid or annoying person.
crise
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crises
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of kris.
aerospace
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: âʹ-rō-spās'
ipa: [ˈɛə̯.ɹəʊˌspeɪs]
ipa: [ˈeɪ.əɹ-]
ipa: [ˈɛː.ɹəʊˌspɛjs]
ipa: [ˈɛː.ɹowˌspejs]
ipa: [ˈɛː.ɹowˌspeːs]
ipa: /ˈɛɹ.oʊˌspeɪs/
ipa: /ˈeː.ɹəʉˌspæɪs/
ipa: /ˈeː.ɹɐʉˌspæɪs/
rhymes: -əʊspeɪs
Forms: form: aerospaces
Etymology: From aero- + space.
Senses: examples: Meronyms: airspace, air space (not synonymous)
glosses: The atmosphere of the Earth and the region of space around it.
examples: text: He works mainly in aerospace. Most of their contracts are in aerospace. A few are in medical devices.
coordinate_terms: automotive#Noun
qualifier: elliptical
glosses: The industry concerned with aircraft, missiles, satellites and spacecraft.
Hyponyms: aeronautics
astronautics
Derived terms: aerospace engineer
aerospace engineering
aerospace plane
nonaerospace
aerospace
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: âʹ-rō-spās'
ipa: [ˈɛə̯.ɹəʊˌspeɪs]
ipa: [ˈeɪ.əɹ-]
ipa: [ˈɛː.ɹəʊˌspɛjs]
ipa: [ˈɛː.ɹowˌspejs]
ipa: [ˈɛː.ɹowˌspeːs]
ipa: /ˈɛɹ.oʊˌspeɪs/
ipa: /ˈeː.ɹəʉˌspæɪs/
ipa: /ˈeː.ɹɐʉˌspæɪs/
rhymes: -əʊspeɪs
Forms: form: more aerospace
form: most aerospace
Etymology: From aero- + space.
Senses: glosses: Of, or relating to the Earth's atmosphere and nearby space.
glosses: Of, or relating to the science, technology and industry associated with aircraft, missiles, satellites and spacecraft.
Synonyms: aerospatial
Hyponyms: astronautical
aeronautical
cut it fine
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cuts it fine
form: cutting it fine
form: cut it fine
form: cut it fine
Senses: examples: text: ‘No, — I hadn’t time. I was due at the station, — I was cutting it pretty fine as it was.’
ref: 1897, Richard Marsh, The Beetle:
text: Working from home has allowed me more day-to-day ease – but my friend’s visit made me think I’ve perhaps become too comfortable with cutting things fine.
ref: 2025 May 14, Elle Hunt, “My hours seem to slip away. How can I manage my time better?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
synonyms: cut it close
glosses: To achieve something at the last possible moment, or with no margin for error.
examples: text: “O stop, stop,” cried the Mole in ecstacies: “This is too much!”
“Do you really think so?” enquired the Rat seriously. “It’s only what I always take on these little excursions; and the other animals are always telling me that I’m a mean beast and cut it very fine!”
ref: 1908 October, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC:
glosses: To be stingy.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cut, it, fine.
marmennill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈmɑɹməˌnɪl/
Forms: form: marmennills
Etymology: From Icelandic and Old Norse.
Senses: glosses: A fabled marine male creature usually represented as having the head, trunk, and arms of a man and a lower part like the tail of a fish.
amorino
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amorinos
form: amorini
Etymology: From Italian amorino.
Senses: topics: art
arts
glosses: A cupid (a putto, commonly with bow and arrow, representing love).
infralittoral
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: infralittorals
Etymology: From infra- + littoral.
Senses: glosses: The region of shallow water closest to the shore; in marine environments, usually excluding the intertidal zone.
infralittoral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more infralittoral
form: most infralittoral
Etymology: From infra- + littoral.
Senses: examples: text: The lowest zone over exposed, and the only at extreme low tides, is called the infralittoral fringe.
ref: 2004, M.P. Singh, Environment and Pollution, page 159:
text: Some marine biologists also recognize supralittoral and infralittoral fringes, which are wetted only by extreme high tides or high waves […]
ref: 2004, Susan B. Rothschild, Beachcomber's Guide to Gulf Coast Marine Life: Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, page 10:
glosses: Situated in the region of shallow water nearest the shore.
incienso
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish incienso. Doublet of incense.
Senses: glosses: A desert shrub (Encelia farinosa) producing a resin that emits a fragrant odor when burned.
jicara
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jicaras
Etymology: From Spanish jícara.
Senses: examples: text: The four priests received the blood of the victim in four jicaras, or bowls, made from the shell of a certain fruit, and descending one after the other to the courtyard, sprinkled the blood with their right hands in the direction of the cardinal points.
ref: 1883, Hubert Howe Bancroft, The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, volume 2, San Francisco: A. L. Bancroft & Company:
glosses: A cup or bowl made from the fruit of the calabash tree.
lambrequin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlæmbɹəkɪn/
Forms: form: lambrequins
form: lambrekin
Etymology: Borrowed from French lambrequin, from Middle French lambequin, from Middle Dutch lepperkijn, lappekijn, from Old Dutch lappakīn (“little cloth”). Compare modern English lapkin.
Senses: examples: text: 'Twere as easy to woo the snow-dame that we shaped last winter in our castle yard. I did but ask her yesternight for her green veil, that I might bear it as a token or lambrequin upon my helm.
ref: 1891, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, The White Company, New York, N.Y.; Boston, Mass.: Thomas Y[oung] Crowell & Company […], →OCLC:
text: A dead man (he had, I think, been suffocated with a lambrequin, there being those who practice that art) lay at the corner.
ref: 1980, Gene Wolfe, chapter XVI, in The Shadow of the Torturer (The Book of the New Sun; 1), New York: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 146:
glosses: A scarf or other piece of material used as a covering for a helmet.
topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
synonyms: mantling
glosses: A heraldic representation of such an item, often used as drapery around a coat of arms.
examples: text: Lambrequins dependent from gaudy boxings of beaten tin, gilded.
ref: 1883, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], Life on the Mississippi, Boston, Mass.: James R[ipley] Osgood and Company, →OCLC:
text: […]the mirror over the mantel rested on a fringed mantel-cover of green reps, and heavy curtains of that stuff hung from gilt lambrequin frames at the window; […].
ref: 1885, William Dean Howells, chapter XVI, in The Rise of Silas Lapham:
text: A suite in Paris, immense high grave rooms, with lambrequins and a balcony.
ref: 1920, Sinclair Lewis, Main Street: The Story of Carol Kennicott, New York, N.Y.: Harcourt, Brace and Howe, →OCLC:
synonyms: valance
glosses: A short decorative drapery for a shelf edge or for the top of a window casing.
topics: architecture
coordinate_terms: valance
pelmet
glosses: A decorative architectural element placed along the eaves of a roof, the edges of an overhang, etc.
topics: ceramics
chemistry
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A border pattern with draped effect.
Derived terms: lambrequined
korrigan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: korrigans
Etymology: Borrowed from Breton korrigan, from korr (“dwarf”) + -ig (diminutive suffix) + -an (hypocoristic suffix).
Senses: examples: text: A continental Celtic female fairy called a corrigan, malevolent, sometimes seductive.
ref: 1945, J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun, HarperCollins, published 2019, →ISBN, page 9:
glosses: A long-haired nocturnal and often malevolent Breton fairy princess.
klister
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: klisters
Etymology: Borrowed from Swedish klister.
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
skiing
sports
glosses: A soft wax used for grip on skis, especially for corn snow or crust.
Kierkegaardian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkɪəkəˈɡɑːdɪ.ən/
ipa: /ˌkɪɹkəˈɡɑɹdi.ən/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)dɪən
Forms: form: more Kierkegaardian
form: most Kierkegaardian
Etymology: From Kierkegaard + -ian.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to the Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard (1813–1855) or his existentialist philosophy.
wikipedia: Kierkegaard
Derived terms: Kierkegaardianism
kathakali
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌkætəˈkæli/
Forms: form: kathakalis
Etymology: Borrowed from Malayalam കഥകളി (kathakaḷi).
Senses: glosses: a spectacular lyric dance drama of southern India performed with acrobatic energy and highly stylized pantomime.
acrasial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈkrɹeɪ.zɪ.əl/
ipa: /-ˈkɹæ-/
ipa: /əˈkrɹeɪ.zi.əl/
Forms: form: more acrasial
form: most acrasial
Etymology: From acrasia + -al (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives).
Senses: glosses: Lacking self-control; prone to excess; intemperate, uncontrolled.
Related terms: acrasia
pellicule
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɛlɪkjuːl/
Forms: form: pellicules
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin pellicula (“small skin or hide”), from Latin pellis (“a skin”) + Latin -cula. Cognate with French pellicule, Spanish película.
Senses: glosses: A thin diaphanous fabric.
glosses: The skin of an onion or other plant.
pelisse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pəˈliːs/
rhymes: -iːs
homophone: police
Forms: form: pelisses
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French pelice (modern French pelisse), from Late Latin pellicia, from Latin pellis (“skin”), from Ancient Greek πέλλα (pélla, “skin”). Doublet of pilch.
Senses: glosses: A fur-lined robe or cloak, especially as part of a uniform.
examples: text: The mother was crimson in countenance and pelisse, and her ample dimensions spoke years of peace and plenteousness.
ref: 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter I, in Romance and Reality. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, pages 256-257:
text: Mrs. Wix, after Miss Overmore's last demonstration, addressed herself wholly to the little girl […], drawing from the pocket of her dingy old pelisse a small flat parcel […]
ref: 1897, Henry James, What Maisie Knew:
glosses: A long cloak formerly worn by women, with a shoulder cape or hood, often lined or trimmed with fur.
examples: text: Crawley is made to put on the brightest pea-green in her wardrobe, and my pupils leave off their thick shoes and tight old tartan pelisses, and wear silk stockings and muslin frocks, as fashionable baronets' daughters should.
ref: 1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 11, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC:
glosses: An overgarment worn by children when outside.
polytrauma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polytraumas
Etymology: From poly- + trauma.
Senses: topics: emergency-medicine
medicine
sciences
glosses: The condition of a person who has been subjected to multiple traumatic injuries.
Synonyms: multiple trauma
multitrauma
Derived terms: polytraumatic
polytraumatized
aesir
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Æsir
form: Aesir
Etymology: See Æsir
Senses: glosses: The chief gods of pagan Scandinavia.
acoel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈeɪsiːl/
Forms: form: acoels
Etymology: From group name Acoela, from Ancient Greek ἄκοιλος (ákoilos, “not hollow”).
Senses: examples: text: Acoels have no brain or ganglia but a network of nerves beneath the skin that is slightly more concentrated towards the front end.
ref: 2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, Granta Books, published 2013, page 89:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A member of the Acoela group of marine flatworms, which lack a digestive cavity with definite walls.
westbound
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From west + -bound.
Senses: examples: text: He was driving westbound on the George Washington Bridge.
glosses: Towards the west; in a westerly direction.
westbound
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From west + -bound.
Senses: examples: text: Westbound traffic was blocked for miles.
text: [...] at each station the train times are not shown in one all-embracing chronological list, but in two separate sheets, one with a conspicuous band of yellow detailing westbound departures and the other with a similar band of blue the eastbound trains.
ref: 1960 December, “The Glasgow Suburban Electrification is opened”, in Trains Illustrated, page 714:
glosses: Which is, or will be, moving towards the west.
dish pig
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dish pigs
Senses: examples: text: A dish pig washes dishes for a living.
ref: 2003, “Steve Baker review of Rob Longstaff Ten Tracks At A Reasonable Price”, in Australian Broadcasting Commission, archived from the original on 02 Jan 2004:
synonyms: dish bitch
dish dog
glosses: A person employed to wash dishes at a restaurant or similar location.
bushy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbʊʃi/
rhymes: -ʊʃi
Forms: form: bushier
form: bushiest
Etymology: From bush + -y.
Senses: examples: text: the bushy tail of a squirrel
glosses: Like a bush in having many branches that spread out densely in all directions.
examples: text: bushy eyebrows
glosses: Growing thickly.
Derived terms: bright-eyed and bushy-tailed
bushily
bushiness
bushy bluestem
bushy seaside tansy
bushy-tailed
unbushy
bushy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbʊʃi/
rhymes: -ʊʃi
Forms: form: bushies
Etymology: From bush + -y.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bushie.
mother-in-law style
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: anthropology
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The style of speech and manners which are to be observed between an Australian aboriginal man and his mother-in-law (i.e. wife's mother). Depending on the particular people, this can go so as far as an entirely separate vocabulary of words.
Synonyms: mother-in-law language
shagger's back
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Latham, under Medicare Gold, will summon teams of nurses to gently massage your shagger's back.
ref: 2004 October 2, Richard Glover, Sydney Morning Herald:
glosses: A bad back, or that illness, humorously supposed to arise from excessive sexual intercourse.
exhaust pipe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exhaust pipes
Senses: examples: Holonym: exhaust system
related: word: muffler
word: catalytic converter
glosses: For internal combustion engines, any of several pipes, connected in series, that carry waste gases away from the engine and vent it to the air.
related: word: muffler
word: catalytic converter
glosses: For internal combustion engines, any of several pipes, connected in series, that carry waste gases away from the engine and vent it to the air.
The final pipe in this series.
synonyms: tailpipe
examples: text: […] with this arrangement the cylinders are cast separately from the saddle, and bolted to the frames on each side with a fabricated stiffener between the frames. This stiffener is carried up to form the saddle for the smokebox, and within it is fitted the exhaust pipes from the cylinders to the blast pipe.
ref: 1944 November and December, “Modified G.W.R. "Hall" Class Locomotives”, in Railway Magazine, page 350:
glosses: On a steam locomotive, a pipe which takes away steam exhausted from a cylinder.
Related terms: exhaust gas
waste pipe
exilarch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exilarchs
Etymology: From exile + -arch, a calque of Biblical Hebrew רֹאשׁ גָּלוּת (rôš galûṯ).
Senses: glosses: The leader of the Jews of the Babylonian exile.
glosses: The head of a community of Jews in the diaspora.
reflexion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈflɛkʃ(ə)n/
rhymes: -ɛkʃən
Forms: form: reflexions
Etymology: From Late Latin reflexiō; the variant spelling reflection is due to influence from correction.
Senses: examples: text: Now, I say, why Time should be so burthensome to such as these, or what should betray them to such infrugal Expences of it, I can give no account without making severe Reflexions on their Discretion.
ref: 1684, John Goodman, A Winter-Evening Conference between neighbours:
text: He gets off the train, determined not to leave town after all. But a little further reflexion shows him the folly of such a course.
ref: 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC:
glosses: Alternative spelling of reflection.
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: An act or instance of referring back to the subject of a sentence, or of having an object equal to the subject.
Related terms: refraction
diffraction
exonarthex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exonarthexes
form: exonarthices
Etymology: From exo- + narthex.
Senses: examples: text: The exonarthex is of inferior workmanship, and has been thought by some of later date than the rest of the church; but there seems no ground for this belief.
ref: 1850, John Mason Neale, A History of the Holy Eastern Church: The Patriarchate of Alexandria:
topics: Christianity
architecture
glosses: The space anterior to the narthex of a church, sometimes roofed-over as with a porch, but more often an enclosed courtyard; in antiquity, the courtyard where catechumens were permitted to be close to the Eucharist, but forbidden to see it celebrated.
Coordinate terms: esonarthex
conspiracy theories
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of conspiracy theory
rathe
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹeɪð/
rhymes: -eɪð
Forms: form: rather
form: rathest
form: rath
Etymology: From Middle English rathe, from Old English hraþe, from Proto-West Germanic *hraþō, *hradō (“quickly”), from *hraþ, *hrad (“quick”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kret- (“quick; to move quickly”). Cognate with German Low German radd, ratt (“rashly; quickly; hastily”), and German gerade (“now, just, exactly”); compare Dutch rad (“quick, swift”), Norwegian rad (“quick, direct”), Gothic 𐍂𐌰𐌸𐌹𐌶𐌰 (raþiza, “easier”).
Senses: examples: text: Bring the rathe primrose that forsaken dies.
ref: 1637, John Milton, “Lycidas”, in Poems of Mr. John Milton, […], London: […] Ruth Raworth for Humphrey Mosely, […], published 1646, →OCLC:
text: Thy converse drew us with delight,
The men of rathe and riper years:
The feeble soul, a haunt of fears,
Forgot his weakness in thy sight.
ref: 1849, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, In Memoriam A.H.H., canto 111:
glosses: Ripening or blooming early.
rathe
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹeɪð/
rhymes: -eɪð
Forms: form: rather
form: rathest
form: rath
Etymology: From Middle English rathe, from Old English hraþe, from Proto-West Germanic *hraþō, *hradō (“quickly”), from *hraþ, *hrad (“quick”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kret- (“quick; to move quickly”). Cognate with German Low German radd, ratt (“rashly; quickly; hastily”), and German gerade (“now, just, exactly”); compare Dutch rad (“quick, swift”), Norwegian rad (“quick, direct”), Gothic 𐍂𐌰𐌸𐌹𐌶𐌰 (raþiza, “easier”).
Senses: glosses: Quickly.
glosses: Early in the morning.
Related terms: rathely
ratheness
rather
red cap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: red caps
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of redcap (“goblin or imp”).
glosses: Alternative form of redcap (“breed of poultry”).
examples: text: The man who carries your luggage at the station is a "red cap", not a porter.
ref: 1954 February, Trevor Holloway, “Canada's Transcontinental Routes”, in Railway Magazine, page 130:
glosses: Alternative form of redcap (“porter”).
redcap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: redcaps
form: red cap
form: red-cap
Etymology: From red + cap.
In sense of "porter", 1890s US; compare contemporary Japanese 赤帽 (akabō), Chinese 小紅帽 /小红帽 (Xiǎo Hóng Mào). On Labor Day, 1890, John Williams, an African-American railway porter, tied a red ribbon to his black uniform cap to stand out from the crowd at Grand Central Terminal. The strategy was so successful that it was soon adopted by others in the profession, leading to the synecdochic use of redcap as a term for all railway porters.
Senses: glosses: A member of the Royal Military Police a unit in the British army.
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: A porter in a US railway station.
glosses: A European goldfinch, Eurasian goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis).
examples: text: 1876: Porter & Coates (pub.), Reliques of Ancient English Poetry
Lord Soulis he sat in Hermitage Castle,
And beside him Old Redcap sly; —
"Now, tell me, thou sprite, who are meikle of might,
The death that I must die?"
text: "What's a Brownie?" you say. Oh, it's a kind of a sort of a Bogle, but it isn't so cruel as a Redcap! What! you don't know what's a Bogle or a Redcap!
ref: 1890, Joseph Jacobs, English Fairy Tales:
text: […] the goblin had aroused the mercenary's ire. This seemed to bring out a formidable and hitherto unrecognized talent in the taciturn young man.
"Why cam' ye by my door?" The redcap brandished his pikestaff menacingly.
Redcap - A malevolent goblin easily distinguishable by their namesake red cap, fiery red eyes, claws and iron boots. They often appear as little old men, but can run very fast despite the boots. They reside in castles and watchtowers along the English-Scottish border, but will move their residence to avoid detection. They have sharp eagle’s talons which they use for weapons, but can easily be repelled simply by reading holy verse. http://www.vf11.com/legendsofvalhal/legendsofvalhal-post-814.html
ref: 2002, Cecilia Dart-Thornton, The Ill-Made Mute: The Bitterbynde:
text: After boggarts, they studied Red Caps, nasty little goblinlike creatures that lurked where there had been bloodshed […]
ref: 1999 July 8, J. K. Rowling [pseudonym; Joanne Rowling], Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter; 3), London: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN:
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glosses: A type of evil goblin or imp.
glosses: A breed of poultry.
Derived terms: skycap
glatt
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡlæt/
rhymes: -æt
Etymology: Borrowed from Yiddish גלאַט (glat, “smooth”). Doublet of glad.
Senses: glosses: Having none of a particular kind of adhesion on the outside of its lungs; only meat from a glatt animal can be kosher.
raw_tags: of an animal
glosses: Having no ingredients from animals that are not glatt.
raw_tags: of food
fabricated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of fabricate
fabricated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Most of the strength of the locomotive's fabricated underframe is derived from the two side girders that carry the body support struts; [...].
ref: 1960 December, “The first hundred 25 kV a.c. electric locomotives for B.R.”, in Trains Illustrated, page 728:
glosses: Constructed or assembled.
examples: text: During the debate, he filibusters with fabricated stories about his nonexistent children and defends empty stances simply to drain his audience of their will to live.
ref: 2023 August, ““What We Do in the Shadows” prepared us for the disbelief that met the latest Jan. 6 indictment”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):
glosses: False in the sense of made-up, constructed.
Derived terms: nanofabricated
nonfabricated
prefabricated
unfabricated
zariba
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zaribas
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of zeriba.
zenana
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /zəˈnɑːnə/
Forms: form: zenanas
form: zanána
Etymology: From Hindi ज़नाना (zanānā), Urdu زنانه (zanānah), from Classical Persian زنانه (zanāna, “womanly”), from زن (zan, “woman”). Related to Old English cwene (“woman”). More at quean.
Senses: examples: text: Depend upon it, Solomon would never have built altars to Ashtaroth and all those ladies with queer names, if there had not been trouble of some kind in his zenana, and nowhere else.
ref: 1888, Rudyard Kipling, “The Bisara of Pooree”, in Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio Society, published 2005, page 173:
text: Yet inside the walls of the havelis and the lattice screens of the zenana, life goes on as it always did.
ref: 1993, William Dalrymple, City of Djinns, Penguin, published 2004, page 59:
text: Out of the blue, the chief eunuch of the zenana appears.
ref: 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 84:
text: ‘You have more than enough to occupy you, I'm sure, with all your palaces and zenanas and budgerows.’
ref: 2008, Amitav Ghosh, Sea of Poppies, Penguin, published 2015, page 110:
glosses: Synonym of harem (“area of house or palace for high-caste women or wives of a wealthy man; the women thus kept; the system of segregating women in this way”).
synonyms: word: harem
extra: area of house or palace for high-caste women or wives of a wealthy man; the women thus kept; the system of segregating women in this way
glosses: Synonym of sissy (“effeminate man”).
synonyms: word: sissy
extra: effeminate man
examples: text: In parts of North India, effeminate males who are assumed to play the passive role in homosexual relationships are referred to as zenana, literally meaning woman.
ref: 1999, Neither Man nor Woman: The Hijras of India:
glosses: Synonym of bottom (“passive partner in male homosexual sex”).
synonyms: word: bottom
extra: passive partner in male homosexual sex
examples: text: For some years past the zanána'''s have celebrated the Holi as a carnival. They assume female names, by which they are called in their own circle. Most of them are beardless youth; those who have beards shave them. Náz nakhra (flirtation) becomes their second nature.
ref: 1911, A Glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province:
glosses: Synonym of trans woman.
synonyms: word: trans woman
Related terms: mardana
zanána-mandli
hijra
nanite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nanites
Etymology: From nano- + -ite.
Senses: examples: text: I had the nanites install the brackets, then climbed up there with the panels, placed them on the brackets, and had the nanites secure them.
ref: 2017, Stephanie C. Fox, New World Order Underwater, page 76:
text: Disperse into a cloud of nanites.
ref: 2021 August 11, Thomas Happ, Axiom Verge 2, Nintendo Switch, description for Tilhar
text: "Anyway," their guide continued, "he didn't know the first thing about tech. Pushed the team hard. We couldn't get a chemical solution that worked right, but nanites showed real promise."
"You're joking." Quinn didn't even try to keep the horror from her voice.
"Memory-altering nanite clouds?" Tonya growled. "What did they call this, Project Grey Goo? That's wildly irresponsible."
ref: 2023 June 25, HarryBlank, “Transposthumousism”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 18 Dec 2024:
text: “A nanite cluster has infested the resort, consuming metal to self-replicate. Starfleet has ordered us to humanely capture and study the microscopic robots.”
ref: 2024 October 31, Stephanie Amante-Ritter, “The Best Exotic Nanite Hotel” (0:48 from the start), in Star Trek: Lower Decks, season 5, episode 3, spoken by Carol Freeman (Dawnn Lewis):
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: Synonym of nanorobot.
synonyms: word: nanorobot
zoic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈzəʊɪk/
rhymes: -əʊɪk
Forms: form: more zoic
form: most zoic
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ζωϊκός (zōïkós), from ζῷον (zōîon, “animal”).
Senses: glosses: Showing traces of life; containing organic remains.
glosses: Having the form of an animal; animal-like, zoomorphic.
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: referring to animals
Heil
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Heils
Etymology: As a German surname, shortened from Heinrich. As a German and Dutch surname, from the name Heila, from hail (“whole”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
nanorobot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nanorobots
Etymology: From nano- + robot.
Senses: examples: text: In the hip science of ultrasmall nanotechnology, fantastical future possibilities like rampaging nanorobots capture the most attention, but the first fruits of the field have been more mundane: tiny bits of mostly ordinary stuff that just sit there.
ref: 2005 February 22, Kenneth Chang, “Tiny Is Beautiful: Translating 'Nano' Into Practical”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 03 Feb 2021:
glosses: A nanoscale robot.
Synonyms: nanobot
nanite
Derived terms: nanorobotics
nanoscale
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From nano- + scale.
Senses: examples: text: The first such review would also include a study of whether it is feasible to create nanoscale devices that can assemble themselves or copies of themselves molecule by molecule -- a subject of fierce debate among nanotechnology experts.
ref: 2003 November 20, Barnaby J. Feder, “Nanotechnology: Bill To Create Office Of Nanotechnology”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 21 Jul 2021:
glosses: On a scale measured in nanometers.
Synonyms: nanoscopic
Derived terms: subnanoscale
nanoscale
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nanoscales
Etymology: From nano- + scale.
Senses: examples: text: The nanoscales under development will have 10 000 to 40 000 graduations per 1 mm distance.
ref: 2005, Jürgen Schulte, Nanotechnology: Global Strategies, Industry Trends and Applications, →ISBN, page 167:
glosses: A measuring tool with gradations in nanometers.
examples: text: As opposed to the microscale, the nanoscale is not just another step toward miniaturization: it results in a qualitatively new material.
ref: 2006, Jessica Elzea Kogel, Industrial Minerals & Rocks: Commodities, Markets, and Use, →ISBN, page 1441:
glosses: The scale of nanotechnology.
nanorobotics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From nano- + robotics.
Senses: glosses: The science and technology of designing and manufacturing nanoscale machines, especially robotic machines.
Related terms: nanobot
nanotechnology
cabochon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌkæbəˈʃɒn/
Forms: form: cabochons
Etymology: Borrowed from French cabochon, diminutive form of caboche (“head”), from Old French caboce, from Latin caput (“head”).
Senses: examples: text: Thecla was […] stroking a bracelet formed like a kraken, a kraken whose tentacles wrapped the white flesh of her arm; its eyes were cabochon emeralds.
ref: 1980, Gene Wolfe, chapter VIII, in The Shadow of the Torturer (The Book of the New Sun; 1), New York: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 81:
glosses: A precious stone which has only been polished, not cut into facets.
Related terms: cabbage
en cabochon
Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Sinhalese ශ්රී ජයවර්ධනපුර කෝට්ටේ (śrī jayawardhanapura kōṭṭē). "Jayawardenepura" (ජයවර්ධනපුර (jayawardhanapura)) was the name of Kotte when it was conquered by Prince Sapumal in the 13th century, meaning "the resplendent city of growing victory", from Sanskrit जय (jaya, “victory”) + Sanskrit वर्धन (vardhana, “growth”) + Sanskrit पुर (pura, “city”).
Senses: glosses: The administrative capital of Sri Lanka, located next to the executive and judicial capital of Colombo.
Synonyms: Kotte
magnanerie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /mæɡˈneɪnəɹi/
Forms: form: magnaneries
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of magnanery.
paedophage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paedophages
Etymology: From paedo- + -phage.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: An organism that eats or consumes the young of other species.
Related terms: paedophagous
paedophagy
magnanery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: magnaneries
Etymology: From French magnanerie, from magnan (“silkworm”).
Senses: glosses: A silkworm farm.
glosses: Silkworm production.
Kutulu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Cthulhu.
identities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of identity
wye aye
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Forms: form: we aye
form: whey aye
form: why aye
Senses: examples: text: Wye aye man!
qualifier: Northumberland
glosses: A positive yes, of course.
Synonyms: word: och aye
english: Black Country
translation: Black Country
word: oh ar
word: oh yeah
word: oo arr
word: well aye
firedog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: firedogs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of fire dog.
ouranophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: uranophobia
Senses: examples: text: Now I’m not saying I was ever clinically diagnosed with ouranophobia. I wasn’t.
ref: 2011, Randal Rauser, The Confessions of an Ouranophobe, or How I got over my fear of heaven:
text: Besides, maybe I don't want heaven regardless of the price. Maybe I have Ouranophobia and am consequently scared shitless by the very mention of heaven.
ref: 2013, Sergio De La Pava, A Naked Singularity, →ISBN, page 341:
text: She thinks I'm bringing this up to make fun of her, but I explain that (a) her fears are adorable, and (b) that's not the point. I tell her I think we both suffer from ouranophobia and she asks what that means and I tell her we're afraid of heaven.
ref: 2016 Fall, Davis Webster, “Wyo.”, in Fourth Genre: Explorations in Nonfiction, volume 18, number 2:
glosses: Fear of heaven.
idyllically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more idyllically
form: most idyllically
Etymology: From idyllic + -ally.
Senses: examples: text: The idea that children's literature should be light, carefree, and idyllically emptyheaded is a fairly recent one, a response to the early instructional primers, and Goody-Two Shoes moralizing of the late Victorians.
ref: 1974 February 2, Michael Bronski, “If You Believe in Fairies...”, in Gay Community News, volume 1, number 32, page 23:
glosses: In an idyllic manner.
Baldwin's phosphorus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Baldwin's phosphorus is prepared by melting nitrate of lime in a crucible or ladle for about ten minutes; it is then poured into an iron pot, or mould, previously heated, and has the property, like Canton's phosphorus, of absorbing light when exposed to the sun, and emitting it when taken into a darkened room.
ref: 1861, John Henry Pepper, The Playbook of Metals: Including Personal Narratives of Visits to Coal, Lead, Copper, and Tin:
topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A poorly-characterized phosphorescent substance obtained by heating calcium nitrate.
idyllical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: idyllic
Baldwin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɔːld.wɪn/
rhymes: -ɔːldwɪn
Forms: form: Baldwins
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *Balþawini, from Proto-Germanic *Balþawiniz (“bold friend”).
Senses: glosses: A male given name from the Germanic languages; rather rare in English.
glosses: A male given name from the Germanic languages; rather rare in English.
Baldwin IV, king of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem from 1174 to 1187. Also known as the leper king.
examples: text: He likes what she could mean for Baldwin and other down-ballot Democrats too: “Chances are, if they’re going to vote for her for president, they’ll probably just vote straight ticket.”
ref: 2024 July 28, Simone Pathe, “Tammy Baldwin looks to maintain edge over top of the ticket in battleground Wisconsin”, in CNN:
glosses: A surname originating as a patronymic.
glosses: A surname originating as a patronymic.
Stanley Baldwin, British Prime Minister.
glosses: A placename:
A township in the Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada.
glosses: A placename:
A community in the town of Georgina, Regional Municipality of York, Ontario.
glosses: A placename:
A locality in the United States:
A town in Duval County, Florida.
glosses: A placename:
A locality in the United States:
A city in Banks County and Habersham County, Georgia.
glosses: A placename:
A locality in the United States:
A village in Randolph County, Illinois.
glosses: A placename:
A locality in the United States:
A minor city in Jackson County, Iowa.
glosses: A placename:
A locality in the United States:
A town in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana.
glosses: A placename:
A locality in the United States:
A town in Cumberland County, Maine.
glosses: A placename:
A locality in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Baltimore County, Maryland.
glosses: A placename:
A locality in the United States:
A neighbourhood of Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
glosses: A placename:
A locality in the United States:
A village, the county seat of Lake County, Michigan.
glosses: A placename:
A locality in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Burleigh County, North Dakota.
glosses: A placename:
A locality in the United States:
A town in Chemung County, New York.
glosses: A placename:
A locality in the United States:
A hamlet in the town of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York.
glosses: A placename:
A locality in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Burleigh County, North Dakota.
glosses: A placename:
A locality in the United States:
A borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, named after Henry Baldwin (judge).
glosses: A placename:
A locality in the United States:
A town and village in St. Croix County, Wisconsin.
glosses: A placename:
A locality in the United States:
A number of townships, including in Michigan (2), Minnesota, North Dakota and Pennsylvania, listed under Baldwin Township.
glosses: A placename:
Ellipsis of Baldwin County.
Derived terms: Baldwin County
Baldwinian
Baldwin's Gate
Baldwin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɔːld.wɪn/
rhymes: -ɔːldwɪn
Forms: form: Baldwins
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *Balþawini, from Proto-Germanic *Balþawiniz (“bold friend”).
Senses: glosses: A reddish, moderately acid, winter apple.
Related terms: Baldwyn
Canton's phosphorus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named after John Canton, British physicist.
Senses: examples: text: Canton's phosphorus is made by calcining oyster-shells in the open fire for half an hour; after which, the whitest and largest pieces are selected, mixed with about one-third their weight of flowers of sulphur, pressed into a crucible with a closely-luted cover, and heated red hot for an hour.
ref: 1861, John Henry Pepper, The Playbook of Metals: Including Personal Narratives of Visits to Coal, Lead, Copper, and Tin:
topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A poorly-characterized phosphorescent substance obtained by calcining oyster-shells and sulfur.
wikipedia: John Canton
idylist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: idylists
Etymology: From idyl + -ist.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of idyllist.
idyllist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: idyllists
Etymology: From idyll + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A writer of idylls; an idyllic poet or writer; one who depicts idyllic or pastoral subjects.
Bolognian phosphorus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: 1839 John White Webster - A Manual of Chemistry: Containing the Principal Facts of the Science, in the Order in which They...
and the Bolognian phosphorus, discovered by Vincenzo Cascariolo, a shoemaker of Bologna, is made by reducing compact sulphate of baryta to a fine powder, which is formed into cakes with mucilage, and these are heated to redness.
topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: Bologna phosphorus
glosses: A poorly-characterized phosphorescent substance obtained by heating barium sulfate.
Synonyms: Bononian phosphorus
Bolognian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Bolognian
form: most Bolognian
Etymology: From Bologna + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Bologna in Italy; Bolognese.
Bolognian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bolognians
Etymology: From Bologna + -ian.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Bologna.
Bononian phosphorus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: 1835 John M. Moffatt - The Book of Science,: Second Series, Comprising Treatises on Chemistry, Metallurgy, Mineralogy,...
The radiated or stellated variety of this sulphate includes the Bologna stone of Monte Paterno, used in the preparation of the Bononian phosphorus
topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Bolognian phosphorus
Bononian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: of or relating to Bologna in Italy; Bolognese
Bononian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bononians
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Bologna in Italy.
Homberg's phosphorus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named after its discoverer, the German chemist Wilhelm Homberg.
Senses: examples: text: and Homberg found, that if it (muriate of lime) was urged by a violent heat till it condensed, on cooling, into a vitreous mass, it emitted a phosphoric light upon being struck by any hard body, in which state it was called Homberg's phosphorus
ref: 1829, Thomas Curtis, The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art, literature, and practical:
topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A poorly-characterized phosphorescent substance obtained by heating calcium chloride.
Homberg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town, the administrative seat of Schwalm-Eder-Kreis district, Hesse. Official name: Homberg (Efze).
glosses: A town in Vogelsbergkreis district, Hesse. Official name: Homberg (Ohm).
glosses: A municipality of Thun district, Bern canton, Switzerland.
glosses: A municipality of Kusel district, Rhineland-Palatinate.
glosses: A municipality of Westerwaldkreis district, Rhineland-Palatinate.
glosses: A habitational surname transferred from the place name
Related terms: Homburg
homburg
grandbairn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grandbairns
Etymology: From grand- + bairn.
Senses: glosses: A grandchild.
Related terms: word: bairn
word: grandchild
diphosphorus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From di- + phosphorus.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: two atoms of phosphorus in a compound
Derived terms: diphosphorus pentasulfide
diphosphorus pentoxide
diphosphorus tetrafluoride
diphosphorus tetraiodide
Campari
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Camparis
Senses: glosses: An Italian mildly bitter apéritif, coloured with cochineal, often drunk with soda water or orange juice.
Martini
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɑɹˈtini/
ipa: /mɑːˈtiːni/
rhymes: -iːni
Forms: form: Martinis
form: martini
Etymology: Named after Hungarian-born Swiss inventor Frédéric de Martini (1832–1897).
Senses: glosses: A breech mechanism for a rifle.
examples: text: Now the butt of a Martini in the small of your back hurts a great deal
ref: 1888, Rudyard Kipling, “The Arrest of Lieutenant Golightly”, in Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio, published 2005, page 96:
glosses: A type of rifle using similar features.
Martini
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɑɹˈtini/
ipa: /mɑːˈtiːni/
rhymes: -iːni
Forms: form: Martinis
form: martini
Etymology: Martini is an Italian name, and in the sense of vermouth is used by the Italian company Martini & Rossi.
In the sense “cocktail with vermouth and either gin or vodka”, coined in America in the 19th or 20th century, for which various theories exist – perhaps named for the Italian brand of vermouth, perhaps after Martinez, California, perhaps after an Italian bartender of that name.
Senses: examples: text: Only the priest and Major Hugh Edwards, a blind Englishman, drank Martini or something cheaper in the hot hours after noon and before the clumping sabots announced the working day’s end.
ref: 1954, Eric Baume, The Mortal Sin of Father Grossard, Angus and Robertson, page 20:
text: They would talk while Mrs Costello smoked and drank Martini, and then there would be the sudden, jolting sound of the hoover being switched on.
ref: 1999, Ruth Thomas, The Dance Settee and Other Stories, Edinburgh: Polygon, →ISBN, page 153:
text: My father and mother drank Martini while I had orange juice.
ref: 2003, Virginia Ironside, Janey and Me: Growing Up with My Mother, London; New York, N.Y.: Fourth Estate, →ISBN, page 126:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of martini (a cocktail made with gin or vodka and vermouth).
glosses: A brand of Italian vermouth available in several versions, from the Martini & Rossi company.