cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
triumphal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹaɪˈʌmfəl/
Forms: form: triumphals
Etymology: From Middle English triumphal, triumphall, tryumphal, from Latin triumphālis and Old French trionfal, triumphal.
Senses: examples: text: so near Heaven's door
Triumphal with triumphal act have met
ref: 1667, John Milton, “Book X”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
glosses: A token of victory.
triumphally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more triumphally
form: most triumphally
Etymology: From triumphal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a triumphal manner
Palisades
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Palisades
Senses: examples: text: Some 200 million years ago, the rocks that became the Palisades cliffs just across the Hudson River from Manhattan formed during volcanic activity that helped rip apart the ancient supercontinent Pangea.
ref: 2022 February 3, Lucas Joel, “Dissolving in Toxic Oceans: How an Ancient Extinction Happened”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: A line of steep cliffs along the western bank of the Hudson River in New Jersey.
glosses: A group of peaks in the central part of the Sierra Nevada, California.
glosses: A mountain range of Napa County, California.
glosses: Ellipsis of Pacific Palisades: a neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States.
triumphal arch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: triumphal arches
Senses: glosses: A monumental arch that commemorates a victory.
palisades
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of palisade
palisades
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of palisade
trolley bus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trolley busses
form: trolley buses
form: trolleybus
Senses: glosses: A bus, powered via overhead electric cables, that does not run on tracks.
Related terms: bus
cablecar
electric bus
light rail
tram
trolley car
trolleybus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹɒlɪbʌs/
Forms: form: trolleybuses
form: trolleybusses
Etymology: From trolley + bus.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of trolley bus.
Related terms: electric bus
trolley car
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trolley cars
Senses: glosses: An electric streetcar or tram with a trolley pole for collecting electric current.
trolley park
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trolley parks
Senses: glosses: A recreational area at the end of a streetcar line.
glosses: A holding area for supermarket trolleys.
trolley pole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trolley poles
Etymology: A trolley wheel (a wheel that trolls along a wire) at the end of a pole.
Senses: examples: text: Current collection is by trolley pole with fixed head, and the locomotive is equipped with hand brake, electric headlights and a warning bell.
ref: 1957 December 24, H. R. Stones, “The Hellingly Hospital Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 871:
glosses: A pole of wood or metal, used to transfer electricity from an overhead wire to power a tram, streetcar or trolley bus.
Related terms: bow collector
pantograph
troubadour
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtruːbəˌdɔː/
ipa: /ˈtrubəˌdɔr/
Forms: form: troubadours
Etymology: From Old Occitan trobar (“to find”) via Old French troubadour. Piecewise doublet of trouveur.
Senses: examples: text: Sitting in the courtroom ..., their laptops and tablets propped before them, power cables snaking through convoluted adapters, the Twitterati have sight of witnesses at all times – the troubadours, or perhaps the tricoteuses, of the digital revolution.
ref: 2014 April 24, Alan Cowell, “At Pistorius trial, Twitterati have their day in court”, in The New York Times:
text: “"Not a human, not yet a vampire," to paraphrase one of your contemporary musical troubadours.”
ref: 2023 August 17, Jeremy Levick & Rajat Suresh, “Hybrid Creatures” (0:18 from the start), in What We Do in the Shadows, season 5, episode 7, spoken by Laszlo Cravensworth (Matt Berry):
glosses: An itinerant composer and performer of songs in medieval Europe; a jongleur or travelling minstrel.
Coordinate terms: trobairitz
Derived terms: troubadour fiddle
troubleshooter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹʌb(ə)lˌʃuːtə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: troubleshooters
Etymology: From trouble + shooter, circa 1905. Whence troubleshoot (verb), shoot trouble (verb), and troubleshooting (noun) as back-formations.
Senses: glosses: A person skilled at locating the causes of problems and rectifying them.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A software program or routine that attempts to diagnose a problem with the system.
Related terms: shoot trouble
troubleshoot
troubleshooting
trucking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹʌkɪŋ/
rhymes: -ʌkɪŋ
Etymology: From truck + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of truck
trunk call
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trunk calls
Senses: topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
telephony
glosses: a long-distance telephone call, especially one connected by the operator
trustworthiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹʌst.wɜɹ.ði.nɛs/
Etymology: From trustworthy + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: With worrisome patients, it may be in order to predict or prescribe a relapse followed by a rerecovery, a sequence which gives greater confidence in the trustworthiness of the outcome.
ref: 2014, Alan S. Gurman, David P. Kniskern, Handbook Of Family Therapy, →ISBN:
synonyms: trustability
glosses: The state or quality of being trustworthy or reliable.
trusty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹʌsti/
rhymes: -ʌsti
Forms: form: trustier
form: trustiest
Etymology: From Middle English trusty, tristy, tresty, equivalent to trust + -y.
Senses: examples: text: She's been using the same trusty sewing machine since she started out, thirty long years ago.
glosses: Reliable or trustworthy.
Derived terms: trusty dusty
trusty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹʌsti/
rhymes: -ʌsti
Forms: form: trusties
Etymology: From Middle English trusty, tristy, tresty, equivalent to trust + -y.
Senses: examples: text: We usta have a rule that if a trusty shot an escaping convict, then the trusty would go free.
ref: 1941, James Howell Street, In my father's house:
text: The cell block is clean and doesn't smell of disinfectant. The trusties do all the work. The supply of trusties is always ample.
ref: 1953, Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye, Penguin, published 2010, page 58:
glosses: A trusted person, especially a prisoner who has been granted special privileges.
Synonyms: word: runner
try on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: tries on
form: trying on
form: tried on
form: tried on
Senses: examples: text: c. 1601, Gervase Markham, The Dumb Knight, London: John Bache, 1608, Act III,
Fore God it is a delicate fine suite, rich stuffe, rare worke, and of the newest fashion; nay if the Senats businesse were neuer so hasty, I will stay to try it on, come, help good wenches helpe, so there, there there.
text: Who is this fellow, Corinna? Some journeyman taylor, I suppose, who chuses to try on the gentleman’s cloaths before he carries them home—
ref: 1763, Arthur Murphy, The Citizen, London: G. Kearsly, act II, scene 1, page 27:
text: […] Amy tried on the blue ring with a delighted face and a firm resolve to earn it.
ref: 1868, Louisa May Alcott, chapter 19, in Little Women:
text: “It would be a pity to throw away a good pair of shoes,” she said. “Try ’em on, boy.”
ref: 1929, Thomas Wolfe, Look Homeward, Angel, New York: Scribner, Part Two, Chapter 17, p. 188:
coordinate_terms: try out
glosses: To test the look or fit of (a garment) by wearing it.
examples: text: “He says, and gives it out publicly, “I want to see the man who’ll rob me.” Lord bless you, I have heard him, a hundred times, if I have heard him once, say to regular cracksmen in our front office, “You know where I live; now, no bolt is ever drawn there; why don’t you do a stroke of business with me? Come; can’t I tempt you?” Not a man of them, sir, would be bold enough to try it on, for love or money.”
ref: 1860 December – 1861 August, Charles Dickens, chapter XXV, in Great Expectations […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, […], published October 1861, →OCLC:
text: He could have feigned noncomprehension, but with Lanyon one didn’t try anything on.
ref: 1953, Mary Renault, chapter 2, in The Charioteer, New York: Pantheon, published 1959, page 26:
coordinate_terms: try
try out
glosses: To attempt; to undertake.
Derived terms: word: try it on
word: try-on
full house
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: full houses
Senses: examples: text: This loss of interest, hair, and enterprise — / Ah, if the game were poker, yes, / You might discard them, draw a full house! / But it's chess.
ref: 1954, Philip Larkin, Continuing to Live:
topics: card-games
poker
glosses: A hand that consists of three of a kind and a pair.
qualifier: rugby union
glosses: A single player scoring a try, conversion, penalty goal and drop goal in the same match
examples: text: But the picture was different elsewhere - Theatre Royal Windsor recorded full houses, although the managing director stated that the actors had trouble getting to and from the theatre.
ref: 2023 December 27, David Turner, “Silent lines...”, in RAIL, number 999, page 31:
glosses: A situation in which a place is filled with people to its maximum capacity.
Hypernyms: english: poker sense
translation: poker sense
word: hand
Hyponyms: overfull
underfull
full house
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: American Handgunner, Heavyweight Bullets In The .357 Magnum
An occasional pig, and not so occasional ram, would quiver and then settle back down without toppling, even when hit dead center with a full-house load with a 158-gr. jacketed .357 Magnum bullet.
topics: engineering
firearms
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
tools
war
weaponry
glosses: Having ammunition loaded to full allowable power, usually in reference to magnum handgun cartridges and shotgun shells.
try out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: tries out
form: trying out
form: tried out
form: tried out
Senses: glosses: To test (something) to see how it works or whether it is suitable.
examples: text: If you want to play varsity, you'll have to try out for the team.
text: We're trying out for the parts of Romeo and Juliet.
glosses: To undergo a test before being selected; to audition.
Derived terms: word: try-out
word: tryout
vulgarity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /vʌlˈɡɜɹɪti/
Forms: form: vulgarities
Etymology: From vulgar + -ity, from Latin vulgaritas.
Senses: examples: text: You will observe that I have not yet indulged myself in calling her by that name, even to you. Think, then, what I must have endured in hearing it bandied between the Eltons with all the vulgarity of needless repetition, and all the insolence of imaginary superiority
ref: 1815, Jane Austen, Emma, volume III, chapter 13:
glosses: The quality of being vulgar.
glosses: An offensive or obscene act or expression.
Synonyms: sense: offensive act
word: profanity
Related terms: vulgar
dinky
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɪŋki/
rhymes: -ɪŋki
Forms: form: dinkier
form: dinkiest
Etymology: 1780-90; compare Scots dink (“neatly dressed, trim”) (of obscure origin); sense shift perhaps: trim > dainty > small > insignificant; + -y.
Senses: examples: text: How do you like my hat? That one you had on in church yesterday was real dinky.
ref: 1915, Lucy Maud Montgomery, “chapter 11”, in Anne of the Island:
text: Rather should it be said that these ladies wore dress of military style, since there was nothing uniform about their outfits, one being in powder-blue with silver buttons and a forage-cap, the other in tan with gold buttons and the dinkiest of red-peaked kepis.
ref: 1961, Xavier Herbert, Soldiers' Women, Netley, SA: Fontana Books, published 1978, page 88:
text: I played in the dirt with a small dinky car as the garage held no fascination for a little girl of five.
ref: 2010, Sharon Wallace, A House Full of Whispers, page 5:
text: “Ooh, well, he is a particularly pretty one. Look at his dinky little nose,” said Raj with a sweet smile.
ref: 2012, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Ratburger, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:
glosses: Tiny and cute; small and attractive.
examples: text: They stayed in a dinky hotel room, but they had a great trip.
glosses: Tiny and insignificant; small and undesirable.
Derived terms: dinkily
dinkiness
Related terms: dinky-di
inky-dinky
rinky-dinky
dinky
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɪŋki/
rhymes: -ɪŋki
Forms: form: dinkies
Etymology: 1780-90; compare Scots dink (“neatly dressed, trim”) (of obscure origin); sense shift perhaps: trim > dainty > small > insignificant; + -y.
Senses: glosses: A dinky thing.
glosses: A dinky thing.
A small mine car; especially, a small coal car.
dinky
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɪŋki/
rhymes: -ɪŋki
Forms: form: dinkies
Etymology: See DINK
Senses: glosses: A person in a relationship with double income and no kids
Document Object Model
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Document Object Models
Senses: glosses: A cross-platform, language-independent convention for representing and interacting with objects in HTML, XHTML and XML documents.
Synonyms: DOM
moffie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɒfi/
rhymes: -ɒfi
Forms: form: moffies
Etymology: Probably borrowed from Afrikaans moffie (from mofskaap, a castrated sheep), or possibly derived from mophrodite (a slang variant of hermaphrodite). Other theories derive it from Afrikaans moffie (“mitten”) or from English mauve but are considered tenuous and far-fetched.
Senses: examples: text: Sometimes, they admonished their children in mock-protest for following and making fun of the moffies. "Go away," one moffie said in a shrilly^([sic]) voice, elaborately fanning out long painted scissors-like fingernails to scare the children away.
ref: 2005, Verenia Keet, Colored Hill, page 78:
glosses: An effeminate homosexual man; faggot, fairy.
Derived terms: coffee moffie
koffie-moffie
kayaking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From kayak + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: Turnip Rock is located in a portion of eastern Michigan dubbed the Thumb, where 140 miles of coastline and waterfront towns offer a variety of outdoor activities, including biking, walking and kayaking.
ref: 2018 July 17, Autumn Spanne, “Check out these crazy rock formations across the United States”, in CNN:
glosses: A water sport involving racing, or doing tricks in, a kayak.
Derived terms: skyaking
snow kayaking
surf kayaking
kayaking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From kayak + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of kayak
disband
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪsˈbænd/
rhymes: -ænd
Forms: form: disbands
form: disbanding
form: disbanded
form: disbanded
Etymology: Attested since the 1590s, from Middle French desbander (Modern French débander), from des- (English dis-) + bande (English band), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to tie”). By surface analysis, dis- + band.
Senses: examples: text: The president wanted to disband the scandal-plagued agency.
text: I used to be in a punk band, but we disbanded in the early 1980s.
text: Having taken a review of his Army at Ardachan, he disbanded his Army, and he himself continu'd his Journey to Erzirum
ref: 1603, Richard Knolles, The Generall Historie of the Turkes, […], London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC:
text: The British Transport Commission, which was disbanded under the 1962 Transport Act that created the British Railways Board, had been established by Clement Attlee's Labour government at nationalisation 14 years earlier.
ref: 2023 March 8, Howard Johnston, “Was Marples the real railway wrecker?”, in RAIL, number 978, page 53:
glosses: To break up or (cause to) cease to exist; to disperse.
glosses: To loose the bands of; to set free.
examples: text: And therefore […] she ought to be disbanded.
ref: 1643, J[ohn] M[ilton], The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce: […], London: […] T[homas] P[aine] and M[atthew] S[immons] […], →OCLC:
glosses: To divorce.
Derived terms: disbander
undisbanded
Related terms: disbandment
songololo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: songololos
Etymology: From the Nguni ukusonga meaning "to roll up; to fold".
Senses: glosses: A millipede.
kerchief
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɝ.t͡ʃɪf/
ipa: /ˈkɝ.t͡ʃif/
ipa: /ˈkɜː.tʃɪf/
ipa: /ˈkɜː.tʃiːf/
Forms: form: kerchiefs
form: kerchieves
Etymology: From Middle English keverchef, coverchef et al., from Old French couvrechief, from couvrir (“to cover”) + chief (“head”). Compare curfew.
Senses: examples: text: And mamma in her kerchief, and I in my cap, / Had just settled down for a long winter's nap […]
ref: 1823, Clement Clark Moore, The Night Before Christmas:
glosses: A piece of cloth used to cover the head; a bandana.
Derived terms: handkerchief
headkerchief
kerchiefed
kerchieflike
neckerchief
kerchief
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɝ.t͡ʃɪf/
ipa: /ˈkɝ.t͡ʃif/
ipa: /ˈkɜː.tʃɪf/
ipa: /ˈkɜː.tʃiːf/
Forms: form: kerchiefs
form: kerchiefing
form: kerchiefed
form: kerchiefed
Etymology: From Middle English keverchef, coverchef et al., from Old French couvrechief, from couvrir (“to cover”) + chief (“head”). Compare curfew.
Senses: glosses: To cover with a kerchief.
cameralist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cameralists
Etymology: From German Kameralist, from New Latin cameralista, from Medieval Latin cameralis + Latin -ista (“-ist”), from camera (“chamber”) (English camera), from Ancient Greek καμάρα (kamára). Sense is due to administrators in the royal chamber; compare political sense of cabinet.
Senses: glosses: A public administrative servant of continental rulers of the 17th and 18th centuries who was a mercantilist and advocated economic policies tending to strengthen the position of the ruler.
topics: economics
sciences
glosses: An economist who strongly emphasizes political factors in recommending economic policy.
Derived terms: cameralistic
Related terms: cameralism
cameralism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From German Kameralismus, from Medieval Latin cameralis + Latin -ismus (“-ism”). First element is from camera (“chamber”) (English camera), from Ancient Greek καμάρα (kamára).
Senses: glosses: The theories and practices of the cameralists.
unmindful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unmindful
form: most unmindful
Etymology: From Middle English unmyndefull; equivalent to un- + mindful.
Senses: examples: text: It agrees that redundant services should not be continued but is not unmindful of the fact that too much retrenchment of rail services now may ultimately prove detrimental to the economy of the country.
ref: 1955 June, “Notes and News: Redundant Branches and Stations”, in Railway Magazine, page 434:
antonyms: mindful
coordinate_terms: absent-minded
thoughtless
glosses: Lacking awareness; oblivious.
examples: text: unmindful of his promise
text: For either they be puffed vp vvith pride, / Or fraught vvith enuie that their galls do ſvvell, / Or they their dayes to ydleneſſe diuide, / Or drovvnded lie in pleaſures vvaſtefull vvell, / In vvhich like Moldvvarps [i.e., moles] nouſling ſtill they lurke, / Vnmyndfull of chiefe parts of manlineſſe, / And do themſelues for vvant of other vvorke, / Vaine votaries of laeſie loue profeſſe, […]
ref: 1595, Ed. Spencer [i.e., Edmund Spenser], Colin Clouts Come Home Againe, London: […] T[homas] C[reede] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, signature D3, verso:
text: We believe that it is in this spoken world, where people engage in phatic communion and indulge in the give-and-take of interpersonal socialising and the negotiation of personality, identity, friendship and connection, largely unmindful of institutional goals or language policies and politics, that one can best get a view of language vitality.
ref: 2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 8:
antonyms: heedful
mindful
thoughtful
coordinate_terms: absent-minded
mindless
glosses: Failing to remember, recognize, or pay attention to something; heedless of.
Related terms: unmindfulness
unmindfully
tree of heaven
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trees of heaven
Senses: related: word: heaven tree
synonyms: ailanthus
Chinese sumac
stinking chun
heavenwood
paradise tree
varnish tree
ghetto palm
copal tree
stink tree
ashcan tree
glosses: An Asiatic tree (Ailanthus altissima) having foliage similar to that of the sumacs and ill-scented staminate flowers, much used in traditional Chinese medicine, but considered invasive and often subject to control efforts.
Related terms: english: also from Asia and introduced elsewhere, now invasive
translation: also from Asia and introduced elsewhere, now invasive
word: princess tree
english: enjoys feeding on this tree
translation: enjoys feeding on this tree
word: spotted lanternfly
keynote
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkiːˌnoʊt/
Forms: form: keynotes
Etymology: From key + note.
Senses: glosses: A speech that sets the main theme of a conference or other gathering; a keynote speech or keynote address.
glosses: The main theme of a speech, a written work, or a conference.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: The note on which a musical key is based; the tonic.
Derived terms: keynoter
keynote speech
prenote
Stevenote
keynote
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkiːˌnoʊt/
Forms: form: keynotes
form: keynoting
form: keynoted
form: keynoted
Etymology: From key + note.
Senses: glosses: To deliver a speech that sets the main theme of a conference or other gathering.
fat city
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Fat City
Senses: glosses: An extremely comfortable situation or condition of life.
keynoter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkiːˌnoʊtər/
Forms: form: keynoters
Etymology: From keynote + -er.
Senses: glosses: A speaker who delivers the keynote speech of a conference.
examples: text: "I have some good memories of past appearances [at NARM], and I'm looking forward to seeing some of my friends there," he says, adding that his keynoter will address "the relationship between technology and new music."
ref: 1993, Billboard, volume 105, number 11, page 84:
glosses: The keynote speech itself.
breath of heaven
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A small southern African shrub (Coleonema pulchellum) with small leathery leaves and white or pink flowers that is cultivated in California.
flection
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flections
Etymology: An alteration of flexion, from Latin.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of flexion.
Derived terms: flectional
flectionless
pen pal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pen pals
Senses: glosses: A friend with whom one communicates using letters, usually over a long distance.
Synonyms: penfriend
pen pal
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pen pals
form: pen palling
form: pen palled
form: pen palled
Senses: examples: text: Friendship provides shelter from the buffeting storms of life and the complexities of life situations. By penpalling, both can exchange thoughts, feelings, ideas, ideals and knowledge. Such an exchange promotes fresh insights and personal growth for both insider and those in the free world. Please let's talk.
ref: 1986 December 7, Richard DuBose, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 21, page 14:
glosses: To correspond with a pen pal.
Idiom Neutral
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An artificial language, created by Waldemar Rosenberger in 1902, partially derived from Volapük, with a vocabulary consistently selected on the basis of the maximum internationality of the roots.
lawn tennis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: tennis played on a grass court
Related terms: court tennis
real tennis
royal tennis
mutuum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mutuums
form: mutua
Etymology: From Middle English [Term?], from Latin mūtuum (“loan”), neuter substantive of mūtuus (“borrowed, lent”).
Senses: topics: law
qualifier: civil law
glosses: A loan of a fungible thing to be restored by a similar thing of the same kind, quantity, and quality.
glosses: A contract in which movables are loaned in this way.
Synonyms: loan for consumption
oecus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oeci
form: œcus
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin oecus, from Ancient Greek οἶκος (oîkos, “house”).
Senses: topics: history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: An apartment, room, or hall in an ancient Roman dwelling house.
Politzer bag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Politzer bags
Etymology: Named after Austrian otologist Ádám Politzer.
Senses: glosses: A soft rubber bulb used to inflate the middle ear by increasing air pressure in the nasopharynx.
Related terms: Politzerisation
Politzerization
kiloton
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɪləˌtʌn/
Forms: form: kilotons
form: kilotonne
Etymology: From kilo- + ton.
Senses: examples: text: Holonyms: megaton < gigaton < teraton < petaton < exaton (rare) < zettaton (rare) < yottaton (rare)
text: Meronym: ton of TNT
text: That's a 300-kiloton nuclear warhead.
text: Halifax in Canada was devastated by a ship exploding in 1917. SS Mont Blanc, a French vessel loaded with 2.9 kilotons of explosives, collided with the Imo.
ref: 2022 August 24, Bruce Healey, “Wartime tunnel crash: a miraculous escape”, in RAIL, number 964, page 53:
glosses: A measure of the strength of an explosion or a bomb based on how many thousand tons of TNT would be needed to produce the same energy. (A derived unit for TNT equivalent.)
glosses: One thousand tons.
One thousand short tons (10³ × 2000 lb).
glosses: One thousand tons.
One thousand long tons (10³ × 2240 lb).
examples: Holonyms: megaton < gigaton
glosses: One thousand tons.
One thousand metric tons (10³ × 2204.6 lb).
Derived terms: kilotonnage
multikiloton
subkiloton
polka-mazurka
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polka-mazurkas
Senses: glosses: A dance that is musically similar to a mazurka, but which is danced more like a polka.
glosses: A dance tune in slow triple time, accented on the last beat.
polje
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: poljes
Etymology: From a Slavic language, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *poľe (“field”).
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
synonyms: karst field
glosses: An extensive depression having a flat floor and steep walls but no outflowing surface stream and found in a region having karst topography (as in parts of Yugoslavia).
megaton
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɛɡəˌtʌn/
Forms: form: megatons
form: megatonne
Etymology: From mega- + ton.
Senses: examples: text: Holonyms: gigaton < teraton < petaton < exaton (rare) < zettaton (rare) < yottaton (rare)
text: Meronyms: ton of TNT < kiloton
text: The sins of all our fathers, being dumped on us — the sons
The only choice we're given is: How many megatons?
And I eschew you!
And I say: Screw you!
And I hope you're blue, too.
ref: 1986, Kirk Thatcher, 44:05 from the start, in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, Paramount Pictures, →OCLC:
text: Integrating data from all continents and major biomes, we conservatively estimate 20 × 1015 (20 quadrillion) ants on Earth, with a total biomass of 12 megatons of dry carbon.
ref: 2022 September 19, Schultheiss et al., “The abundance, biomass, and distribution of ants on Earth”, in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, page 1, column 2:
glosses: A measure of the strength of an explosion or a bomb based on how many million tons of TNT would be needed to produce the same energy. (A derived unit for TNT equivalent.)
glosses: One million tons.
One million short tons (10⁶ × 2000 lb).
glosses: One million tons.
One million long tons (10⁶ × 2240 lb).
examples: Holonym: gigaton
Meronym: kiloton
glosses: One million tons.
One million metric tons (10⁶ × 2204.6 lb).
Derived terms: megatonnage
multimegaton
multimegatons
pollam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pollams
Etymology: Borrowed from Tamil பாளையம் (pāḷaiyam), from Sanskrit प्लयति (playati, “he guards”), probably akin to Sanskrit पिपर्ति (piparti, “he brings over, rescues”).
Senses: examples: text: Of the tracts situated in the Southern Carnatic, consisting of Tinnevelly and the Manapar pollams, and the two Marawars of Ramnad and Shevagunga, and the western pollams, the Madras presidency had collected the tribute since 1792.
ref: 1828, The East Indian gazetteer, volume 1, page 363:
glosses: A district in India held in feudal tenure by a poligar.
poll book
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: poll books
Senses: glosses: An official register, formerly used to record votes at an election.
glosses: Lists of voters and who they voted for at parliamentary and other elections, before the introduction of the secret ballot.
Aberdeen Angus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæb.ɚˈdin ˈæŋ.ɡəs/
Forms: form: Aberdeen Anguses
Etymology: From Aberdeen and Angus, the counties in Scotland where the breed originated.
Senses: glosses: One of a breed of black hornless beef cattle originating in Scotland.
pollen parent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pollen parents
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: The plant that contributes male reproductive material, the pollen.
pollera
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polleras
Etymology: American Spanish pollera (“baby walker; chicken coop”) from pollo (“chicken”), from Latin pullus, pullō, from Proto-Indo-European *polH- (“animal young”).
Senses: glosses: A Central American fiesta costume usually heavily embroidered and very full in the skirt.
poll evil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: poll evils
Senses: glosses: an inflammation identical with fistulous withers except that it is on the poll of a horse
pollen tube
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pollen tubes
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: The tube that develops from the wall of a pollen grain and, in seed plants, provides a passage through which the male nuclei reach the embryo sac to effect fertilization.
pollinic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪnɪk
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to pollen.
Derived terms: pollinic chamber
pollinic mass
sporopollinic
poll parrot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: poll parrots
Senses: examples: text: Old Marster had a poll parrot, and this poll parrot would watch Jim and tell his Marster what Jim would do.
ref: 2015, Richard M. Dorson, American Negro Folktales, page 121:
glosses: A tame parrot.
examples: text: It was on the tip of her tongue to call her a poll parrot (Mrs. Kingdom had said nothing but 'dear me' repeatedly and freezingly). She was a free-spoken woman as a rule, and it was terrible to have to sit still and waste all the good things she could have said to her […]
ref: 1902, Country Life, volume 11, page 636:
glosses: A talkative, gossiping woman.
poll parrot
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: poll parrots
form: poll parroting
form: poll parroted
form: poll parroted
Senses: glosses: To speak, repeat, or imitate something like a parrot.
examples: text: 'What are you Poll Parroting at now? Ain't you got nothing to do but fold your arms and stand a Poll Parroting all night?'
ref: 1864 May – 1865 November, Charles Dickens, chapter XII, in Our Mutual Friend. […], volume II, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1865, →OCLC:
glosses: To chatter like a parrot.
kitty-corner
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɪtikɔːnə/
ipa: /ˈkɪɾiˌkwoɹnəɹ/
Etymology: A variant of cater-corner influenced by cat and kitty.
Senses: examples: text: Unit #5, kittycorner across the little street from Ennet House, is for catatonics and various vegetablish, fetal-positioned mental patients […].
ref: 1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest […], Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 196:
glosses: Cater-corner: located diagonally in relation to something, especially across an intersection.
Synonyms: catty-corner
pollucite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pollucites
Etymology: From Pollux + -ite, named after Pollux, the twin of Castor, as it is often found associated with castorite (now petalite).
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A colorless transparent mineral of the zeolite family consisting of hydrous cesium aluminum silicate and occurring massive or crystallizing in cubes.
basil balm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A perennial herb, Monarda clinopodia, found in eastern North America, which has aromatic foliage and white- or yellowish- pink flowers.
glosses: A fragrant European mint, Clinopodium acinos (syn. Satureja acinos), which has also been naturalised in eastern North America.
Synonyms: polly mountain
polocrosse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of polo + lacrosse
Senses: glosses: A team sport that is a combination of polo and lacrosse.
poloist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: poloists
Etymology: From polo + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A polo player.
polt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polts
Etymology: Possibly a variant of palt or pelt (verb).
Senses: examples: 1782: Frances Burney, Cecilia, or memoirs of an heiress - If he know'd I'd got you the knife, he'd go nigh to give me a good polt of the head.
glosses: A hard knock.
examples: text: Their corne they rost in the eare greene, and bruising it in a morter of wood with a Polt, lappe it in rowles in the leaves of their corne, and so boyle it for a daintie.
ref: 1612, John Smith, Map of Virginia, Kupperman, published 1988, page 138:
glosses: A pestle.
Derived terms: polt-foot
polt foot
katydid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkeɪtiˌdɪd/
Forms: form: katydids
Etymology: Onomatopoeic, from the sound a common true katydid (Pterophylla camellifolia) makes by stridulating.
*
 katydid song: (file)
Senses: examples: text: I have noticed all these, and some at a much earlier date than the first faint lisping of a timid katydid; and all such sights and sounds are similarly suggestive—the summer is drawing to its close.
ref: 1889, Charles Conrad Abbott, Days Out of Doors, New York: D. Appleton and Company, page 194:
text: In the night the katydids and crickets screeched in waves, soft then loud, back and forth.
ref: 2019, Colson Whitehead, The Nickel Boys, Fleet, page 52:
synonyms: word: bush-cricket
glosses: A cricket of the superfamily Tettigonioidea
Derived terms: word: angular-winged katydid
taxonomic: Phaneropterinae spp.
word: false katydid
word: fork-tailed bush katydid
word: juniper bush katydid
taxonomic: Phaneropterinae spp.
word: leaf katydid
taxonomic: Phaneropterinae spp.
word: round-headed katydid
poltfoot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: poltfeet
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of polt foot.
poltinnik
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: poltinniks
Etymology: Borrowed from Russian полтинник (poltinnik).
Senses: glosses: A Russian silver half-ruble or 50-kopeck piece.
Polwarth
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A county of Victoria, Australia.
Polwarth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Polwarths
Senses: glosses: A sheep of a rather large medium-wooled Australian breed, developed from crosses of Merino and Lincoln sheep and noted for ability to withstand damp and cold.
Poltava
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /pɔ(ː)lˈtavə/
/pɒlˈtavə/
Etymology: Borrowed from Ukrainian Полта́ва (Poltáva).
Senses: synonyms: Ltava
Poltawa
glosses: A city, the administrative centre of Poltava Raion, Poltava Oblast, Ukraine.
glosses: An urban hromada of Poltava Raion, Poltava Oblast, Ukraine.
glosses: A raion of Poltava Oblast, Ukraine.
glosses: An oblast in east-central Ukraine.
xanthate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈzænθeɪt/
Forms: form: xanthates
Etymology: From xantho- + -ate (“salt or ester”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt or ester of xanthic acid.
Coordinate terms: english: coordinate as an acid versus a base, but synonymous in the practical sense that the conjugate base and conjugate acid coexist in solution
translation: coordinate as an acid versus a base, but synonymous in the practical sense that the conjugate base and conjugate acid coexist in solution
word: xanthic acid
Derived terms: xanthation
crème de menthe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkɹɛmdəˈmɑnt/
ipa: /ˌkɹɛmdəˈmɛnt/
ipa: /ˌkɹɛmdəˈmɑnθ/
Forms: form: creme de menthe
Etymology: Borrowed from French crème de menthe.
Senses: examples: text: The famous husky Baxter contralto, those creme de menthe vowels, her great, luminous eyes
ref: 1974 February 9, Jonathan Cross, “The Fag in the Fifth Row”, in Gay Community News, volume 1, number 33, page 3:
glosses: A peppermint-flavoured liqueur.
stoplight
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stoplights
form: stop light
Etymology: From stop + light.
Senses: glosses: A traffic control signal, traditionally consisting of three lights, colored green, yellow/amber, and red, meaning proceed, prepare to stop, and stop, respectively.
examples: text: The rear lamps are combined with the service stoplights and are contained in stoplight part and blackout marker light assemblies at the rear of the vehicle.
ref: 1973, United States. Department of the Army, Organizational Maintenance Manual (TM-9-2320-211-20), page 2-52:
glosses: A light on the rear of a vehicle that is activated when braking; a brake light.
Synonyms: word: traffic light
word: traffic signal
word: robot
hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌhɪ.pəˌpɒ.tə(ʊ)ˈmɒn.stɹə(ʊ)ˌsɛs.kwɪ.pɪˌdɑːl.ɪ.ə(ʊ)ˈfəʊ.bɪ.ə/
rhymes: -əʊbiə
Forms: form: hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia
Etymology: From hippopotomonstrosesquipedalian, in turn an extension of sesquipedalian with ad hoc combining forms of Latin monstrum (“monster”) and hippopotamus (intended to exaggerate the length of the word itself and the idea of the size of the words being feared), + -phobia.
Senses: examples: text: Ben suffers from hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia, so he seldom uses words of more than three syllables.
text: However, we assume that despite the best endeavours of science, some phobias will always remain. These include paraskavedekatriaphobia, or fear of Friday the 13th. And hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia, which is fear of long words.
ref: 2002 April 19, anonymous author, The Scotsman, page 13:
text: Those who find this column troubling are suffering from hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia—the fear of long words. Or, more likely, rupophobia—a fear of rubbish.
ref: 2002 December 14, Chris Lloyd, The Northern Echo, page 10:
text: Coincidentally there is a masochistic PCP with hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia (fear of long words) curled up in an alleyway across the street. He has been whispering “Antidisestablishmentarianism” to himself over and over for two days now, experiencing up to one orgasm every three hours as a result of The Pain […]
ref: 2005 September 30, D. Harlan Wilson, Pseudo-City, Raw Dog Screaming Press, →ISBN, page 183:
glosses: The fear of long words.
Synonyms: sesquipedalophobia
Related terms: hippopotomonstrosesquipedalian
sesquipedalian
rain tree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rain trees
form: rain-tree
form: raintree
Etymology: So called from the belief that it exudes water from its leaflets.
Senses: glosses: A tropical American tree (Albizia saman) having bipinnate leaves, globose clusters of flowers with crimson stamens, and sweet-pulp pods eaten by cattle, also used as an ornamental.
glosses: Philenoptera violacea (apple-leaf), native to Africa.
synonyms: yesterday-today-tomorrow
lady of the night
glosses: Brunfelsia spp.
glosses: Golden rain tree (Koelreuteria paniculata)
Synonyms: sense: Albizia saman
word: acacia
sense: Albizia saman
word: algarrobo
sense: Albizia saman
word: cow bean tree
sense: Albizia saman
word: cow tamarind
sense: Albizia saman
word: giant thibet
sense: Albizia saman
word: monkey pod
sense: Albizia saman
word: saman tree
sense: Albizia saman
word: guango
sense: Philenoptera violacea
word: Kalahari apple-leaf
sense: Philenoptera violacea
word: apple-leaf
Zamzummim
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈzam.zʌmˌmɪm/
Senses: topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: A biblical race of giants.
glosses: A people that speak in buzzing, mumbling, or rumbling noises (related to the Hebrew word זמזם (“buzzer”)).
copal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkoʊpəl/
ipa: /ˈkəʊp(ə)l/
rhymes: (US) -oʊpəl
rhymes: (UK) -əʊpəl
Forms: form: copals
Etymology: From Spanish copal, from Classical Nahuatl copalli (“incense”).
Senses: glosses: A resinous exudation from various tropical trees, especially Hymenaea courbaril and Schinus terebinthifolia, used chiefly in making varnishes and printing ink.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Daniellia ogea
word: Accra copal
taxonomic: Hymenaea courbaril
word: Brazilian copal
taxonomic: Guibourtia demeusei
word: Cameroons gum copal
taxonomic: Guibourtia demeusei
word: Congo copal
word: copaliferous
word: copalite
taxonomic: Hymenaea verrucosa
word: East African copal
taxonomic: Canarium bengalense
word: East Indian copal
taxonomic: Guibourtia copallifera
word: gum-copal
taxonomic: Daniellia ogea
word: gum copal
word: jackass copal
taxonomic: Agathis spp.
word: kauri copal
taxonomic: Hymenaea verrucosa
word: Madagascar copal
taxonomic: Agathis spp.
word: Manilla copal
taxonomic: Daniellia thurifera
word: Niger copal
taxonomic: Guibourtia copallifera
word: Sierra Leone copal
taxonomic: Daniellia thurifera
word: Sudan copal
taxonomic: Daniellia oliveri
word: West African copal
taxonomic: Daniellia oliveri
word: West African gum copal
taxonomic: Hymenaea verrucosa
word: Zanzibar copal
Related terms: amber
zapodid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the family Zapodidae
zapodid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zapodids
Senses: glosses: A zapodid rodent; a jumping mouse
zarzuela
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zarzuelas
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish zarzuela, probably from the Palace of Zarzuela, royal residence near Madrid where it was first performed.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A form of Spanish opera having spoken dialogue and usually a comic subject.
examples: text: Only in Catalonia can you eat a proper zarzuela, a gargantuan fish soup; […].
ref: 1964, Jan Morris, “Plural Spain”, in Spain, Faber and Faber, published 2008, →ISBN:
topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
coordinate_terms: bouillabaisse
glosses: A Catalan fish soup or stew.
zareba
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zarebas
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of zeriba.
zareba
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: zarebas
form: zarebaing
form: zarebaed
form: zarebaed
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of zeriba.
zaratite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zaratites
Etymology: Spanish zaratita, from Señor Zarate, 19th century Spaniard + Spanish -ita -ite
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: a hydrous basic nickel carbonate occurring in emerald-green incrustations or compact masses
ZD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ZDs
Senses: examples: text: --California Institute of Technology
ref: z_t is now ZD (true zenith distance)
text: limit in zenith distance ZD: ZD < 70°
--European Southern Observatory
glosses: Initialism of zenith distance.
glosses: Initialism of zero defects.
zeaxanthin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ziː.əˈzænθɪn/
Forms: form: zeaxanthins
Etymology: From New Latin Zea (genus name of Indian corn) + xanthin.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A yellow crystalline carotenoid alcohol that occurs widely with lutein, with which it is isomeric, and is the chief pigment of maize
Synonyms: E161h when used as a food colouring
Derived terms: isozeaxanthin
meso-zeaxanthin
arariba
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: araribas
Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese araribá, from Old Tupi.
Senses: glosses: Any of the trees of three species in the genus Centrolobium (family Fabaceae), especially, a Brazilian tree (Centrolobium robustum) -- called also zebrawood.
glosses: Any of several trees of the genus Simira (syn. Sickingia), usually with heavy dark red wood.
glosses: Wood of an arariba tree.
aplasia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aplasias
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A condition marked by the incomplete development, or entire absence, of an organ or tissue.
Derived terms: aplastic
hemiaplasia
Related terms: hypoplasia
ultralight
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌʌltɹəˈlaɪt/
Etymology: From ultra- + light.
Senses: glosses: Extremely light; weighing very little.
Derived terms: ultra light rail
ultralight
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌʌltɹəˈlaɪt/
Forms: form: ultralights
Etymology: From ultra- + light.
Senses: examples: text: The last time I was at Victoria Falls, ultralights and hang gliders, small planes and helicopters, hot-air balloons and bungee jumpers, gorge swingers and rappelers and cable sliders were jostling for air space above the falls and the canyons that slice through the black basalt below them.
ref: 2006, Peter Godwin, When a Crocodile Eats the Sun: A Memoir of Africa:
glosses: An aircraft that weighs very little.
ultimata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌʌltɪˈmeɪtə/
Senses: glosses: plural of ultimatum
umbilici
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌʌmˈbɪlɪki/
/ˌʌmˈbɪlɪˌsaɪ/
Senses: glosses: plural of umbilicus
aplastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -æstɪk
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Relating to aplasia.
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Relating to the inability of the body to create new cells, such that tissue cannot grow or regenerate.
Derived terms: aplastic anaemia
aplastic anemia
aplastic anæmia
skene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskiːni/
rhymes: -iːni
Etymology: From Ancient Greek σκηνή (skēnḗ, “tent”). Doublet of scene and scena.
Senses: glosses: An element of ancient Greek theater: the structure at the back of the stage.
skene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskiːni/
rhymes: -iːni
Forms: form: skenes
Senses: examples: text: But in the dead of njight, who should come in but James Desmond, sword in hand, with a dozen of his ruffians at his heels, each with his glib over his ugly face, and his skene in his hand.
ref: 1855, Charles Kingsley, “Clovelly Court in the Olden Time”, in Westward Ho!: Or, The Voyages and Adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, […], volume I, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Macmillan & Co., →OCLC, page 163:
glosses: Alternative form of skean (“a kind of dagger”).
Derived terms: skene-dhu
skene dhu