cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
bureau plat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bureaux plats
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French bureau plat.
Senses: examples: text: Small feminized versions of the bureau plat reinforce rather than call into question the masculinity of the form. The reduced size, rounded corners, and porcelain plaques mounted on the bureau plat shown in figure 6.28 make it for a man’s office furniture while bringing it into stylistic conformity with the other small porcelain-mounted furniture that decorated the bedroom of its owner: the Russian grand duchess Maria Feodorovna.
ref: 2009, Dena Goodman, Becoming a Woman in the Age of Letters, Ithaca, N.Y.; London: Cornell University Press, →ISBN, page 230:
text: Ten cautious steps and five feet later, April spied a Louis XVI gilt-metal bureau plat, a pair of George III mahogany armchairs, a Charles X Savonnerie carpet, and one unbelievable mid-eighteenth-century gold girandole.
ref: 2014, Michelle Gable, A Paris Apartment, New York, N.Y.: Thomas Dunne Books, →ISBN, page 10:
text: A Victorian kingwood and rosewood bureau plat, in Louis XV style, with ormolu mounts, the top with a suede writing surface, above three frieze drawers with false fronts to the reverse, on cabriole legs.
ref: 2022, Judith Miller, Miller’s Antiques Handbook & Price Guide 2022–2023, London: Miller’s, Mitchell Beazley, →ISBN, page 266:
text: The 19th century tulipwood bureau-plat table is in a similar style of renowned cabinetmaker Jacques-Laurent Cosson.
ref: 2022 October 19, Adam Dutton, “Hoard of 17th century treasure found in castle once owned by James Bond publisher”, in Mirror, archived from the original on 07 Nov 2021:
glosses: A flat writing desk.
collaborationist regimes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of collaborationist regime
collaborationist states
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of collaborationist state
sede vacante
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin sēde vacante.
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: During the vacancy of an episcopal see.
sede vacante
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin sēde vacante.
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: The vacancy of an episcopal see.
Derived terms: sedevacantism
Related terms: sedes vacans
sedevacantist
black hole star
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: black hole stars
Etymology: From black hole + star. From being a radiant spherical celestial object containing a black hole.
Senses: topics: astronomy
cosmology
natural-sciences
glosses: A theoretical early universe object, with the outer layers of a star and a black hole for a stellar core. Theorized to be born of an ultramassive pre-stellar nebula collapse to an ultramassive protostar, and later birthing an intermediate mass black hole when the star's life ends.
Synonyms: quasi-star
quasistar
Coordinate terms: exotic star
microquasar
Population III
Thorne-Zytkow object
Related terms: black hole
black star
dark star
intermediate-mass black hole
Population III star
star
stellar black hole
stellar-mass black hole
Zytkow
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Zytkows
Etymology: From Polish Żytkow, from Russian Житков (Žitkov).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Polish
Derived terms: Thorne-Zytkow object
TZO
TZO
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: TZOs
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
synonyms: TŻO
glosses: Abbreviation of Thorne-Zytkow object.
TŻO
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: TŻOs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of TZO; Abbreviation of Thorne-Żytkow object.
quasi-star
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quasi-stars
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of quasistar.
Population III
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: population III
Etymology: Proposed as a category of stars of even poorer metallicity than Population II.
Senses: examples: text: In other words, we have not yet discovered a true Population III star; revealing these elusive, early stars is one of the main science goals of the soon-to-be-launched James Webb Space Telescope.
ref: 2019 October 26, Ethan Siegel, “Ask Ethan: How Many Generations Of Stars Formed Before Our Sun?”, in Forbes, archived from the original on 12 Nov 2020:
text: Thus, the earliest stars – known as Population III – were likely composed of just hydrogen and helium.
ref: 2022 November 9, Brandon Vigliarolo, “This ancient quasar may be the remains of the first-gen star that started us all”, in The Register, archived from the original on 13 Dec 2022:
text: Emerging from the primordial hydrogen and helium gas that pervaded the early universe, Population III stars would lack heavier elements, allowing them to reach humongous sizes—hundreds of times bulkier than our sun.
ref: 2022 December 6, Jonathan O'Callaghan, “Astronomers Grapple with JWST’s Discovery of Early Galaxies”, in Scientific American, archived from the original on 09 Dec 2022:
topics: astronomy
astrophysics
cosmology
natural-sciences
glosses: A hypothetical population or group of stars which may have existed in the early history of the Universe, characterized by being extremely massive and hot and having an extremely low metallicity.
Derived terms: word: Pop III
Related terms: black hole star
myns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of myn (“mean”)
piece of poop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pieces of poop
Senses: examples: text: And I know why you don't like beaches – because you're afraid cats will bury you in the sand, you piece of poop!!
ref: 2008, D. C. Green, Erasmus James, King of Kid's Paradise, page 91:
text: "We're all just pieces of poop," observed Dylan in an almost philosophical manner.
ref: 2012, Randel McGirr, Black Turtle: Tale of the Turtle, page 78:
text: He wrote her, “I wanna give you a quick run-down on all these wire-wearing pieces of poop. I had [the] dope fiend, Andrea Morrow, coming to visit sometimes and she was doing the same shit, wired.”
ref: 2014, Robert Scott, Dangerous Attraction:
text: “You piece of poop. Open all the way,” I grumbled and glared down at it. Great, my first day and I couldn't even open a drawer.
ref: 2018, Lila Rose, Making Sense, page 73:
glosses: Someone or something that is disgusting or worthless.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see piece, poop.
coshine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coshines
Etymology: Blend of translingual cosh + cosine.
Senses: examples: text: Should a shine or coshine be wanted which is not in the table, advantage may be taken of the differential of cosh x being sinh x, and vice versa. Thus, sinh x and cosh x being known, the shine or coshine of x + y, y being small compared to x, may be calculated from these relationships—[…]
ref: 1931, Charles George Watson, Sags and Tensions in Overhead Lines, London: Isaac Pitman & Sons, →OCLC, page 135:
text: Considering equation (8) in which ϵ = −1 we have a similar situation to our previous analysis in which the hyperbolic functions replace the trigonometric ones. However, this leads to significant changes in the results, e.g., if in equation (18) the cosines are replaced by coshines the equation has no solutions since coshines are always greater than or equal to one.
ref: 1984, D. E. Hodgkinson, “Empty space-times of embedding class two”, in General Relativity and Gravitation, volume 16, number 6, Springer, →ISSN, page 574:
text: In (4) the function cos{h} denotes that either cosine or coshine functions are used depending upon whether the third charateristic^([sic]) root is real or imaginary.
ref: 1996, L. N. McCartney, “Stress transfer mechanics for angle-ply laminates”, in ECCM-7: Seventh European Conference on Composite Materials, volume 2, pages 236–237:
glosses: Synonym of hyperbolic cosine.
synonyms: word: hyperbolic cosine
first impressions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of first impression
Orcel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Orcels
Etymology: Borrowed from French Orcel.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
cothangent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cothangents
Etymology: Blend of translingual coth + cotangent.
Senses: examples: text: To see this let us expand the cothangent on the right-hand side of equation (26) in a power series to obtain […]
ref: 1971, J. Hubbard, “Spin-correlation functions in the paramagnetic phase of a Heisenberg ferromagnet”, in Journal of Physics C, volume 4, number 1, IOP Publishing, →ISSN, page 58:
text: While in the non-drifted case a generic h-slope not covering the origin behaves in proximity of its extremes as a 3D Bessel process, in the drifted case it behaves as a process with a cothangent drift, satisfying the SDE […]
ref: 2009, Alessandra Faggionato, “The alternating marked point process of h-slopes of drifted Brownian motion”, in Stochastic Processes and Their Applications, volume 119, number 6, Elsevier, →ISSN, page 1766:
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Synonym of hyperbolic cotangent.
synonyms: word: hyperbolic cotangent
herzogs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of herzog
undebuted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + debuted.
Senses: glosses: Not debuted; not formally introduced or released.
algophile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: algophiles
Etymology: From algo- + -phile.
Senses: examples: text: If there are only a few algophiles (lovers of pain) among transvestites, then, on the other hand, it appears one does find among the truly extensive community of masochistic men that the drive to clothe oneself as a woman is present only very, very rarely.
ref: 1991, Magnus Hirschfeld, Transvestites: The Erotic Drive to Cross-dress, page 179:
glosses: Synonym of algophilist.
synonyms: word: algophilist
algophiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of algophile
deamplifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of deamplify
deamplifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of deamplify
deamplification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deamplifications
Senses: glosses: The process of deamplifying.
deamplifications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deamplification
Randal's man
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: randlesman
Senses: coordinate_terms: king's man
glosses: A green neckerchief with white spots, worn in support of the 19th-century boxer Jack Randal.
bit-faker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bit-fakers
Senses: glosses: A coiner of counterfeit money.
bit-fakers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bit-faker
landgrafs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of landgraf
swaggered it
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of swagger it
swaggering it
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of swagger it
swaggers it
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of swagger it
coroner's clots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coroner's clot
genteel lady
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: […] and finally, laughing and all tired out, they stopped to rest and to think of some other game. They played “Buz” till they were rested, and then “Genteel Lady,” where every time a little girl made a mistake she had to have a lamplighter stuck in her hair.
ref: 1876, Ballou's Monthly Magazine, volume 44, page 590:
text: GENTEEL LADY. This game is played by girls, and she who makes a mistake in it is decorated with a paper horn, a number of which must be prepared previously. All being seated in a circle, one of them turns to her neighbour, and begins the game by saying,— "Good morning, genteel lady, always genteel. […]
ref: 1893, Riddles and Rhymes, page 113:
glosses: A traditional memory game in which players must accurately repeat an increasingly long sentence, with forfeits and additional rules imposed for making mistakes.
Assouline
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Assoulines
Etymology: Borrowed from French Assouline.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
joy divisions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of joy division
canisterization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The process of canisterizing.
cagging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cag
cagged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cag
Rakon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Rakons
Senses: glosses: A surname.
carry corn
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: carries corn
form: carrying corn
form: carried corn
form: carried corn
Senses: examples: text: 'A bad workman blames his tools' is widely taken as an accepted classic truth […] Perhaps French also contains its exasperated partner: 'If you want a thing done well, do it yourself'. One of my relatives had a favourite image for men who failed such tests: 'He can't carry corn'. He wasn't literally expected to, either, not in those parts, but the image fitted well enough. In fact, it seemed to carry a great charge of rejection.
ref: 2003, Richard Hoggart, Everyday Language and Everyday Life, page 95:
text: That man can't carry corn. He evidently gets a heap too loose tongue if you offer him just a little civility.
ref: 2019, Charles John Cutcliffe Wright Hyne, Kate Meredith, Financier:
glosses: To (be able to) handle success or prosperity in an equable manner.
chalk down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: chalks down
form: chalking down
form: chalked down
form: chalked down
Senses: examples: text: We were all seeking a place anyway and so agreed to live together.
“Alright then buddies, let's chalk down the details tomorrow,” I said.
ref: 2010, Rushikesh Samudra, The God who Failed:
glosses: Synonym of chalk out (“make plans; sketch”).
synonyms: word: chalk out
extra: make plans; sketch
examples: text: So let's chalk down at least a partial victory for scientific research methods . They are new in politics, but in marketing they have been tested for many years and are invaluable to many of our leading corporations […]
ref: 1936, Sales Management, volume 39, page 787:
glosses: To acknowledge or admit (a successful outcome, etc.).
Derived terms: chalk it down
Related terms: chalk up
platitudinarianism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From platitudinarian + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The tendency to use many platitudes in speaking or writing.
platitudinizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: platitudinizers
Etymology: From platitudinize + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who platitudinizes.
platitudinizers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of platitudinizer
whippety
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more whippety
form: most whippety
Etymology: From whippet + -y.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a whippet (type of dog).
hallite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hallites
Etymology: From hall + -ite.
Senses: examples: text: Sir Culling was an extreme Low Churchman, an Exeter Hallite to the backbone, and the head and front of the Platitudinarian Party.
ref: 1894, Richard William Murray, South African Reminiscences, page 138:
text: 1914?, Jessie Graham Flower, Grace Harlowe's Fourth Year at Overton College
“When you are at Wayne Hall do as the Wayne Hallites do,” quoted Miriam, who had followed Elfreda into the room.
glosses: One who resides in the specified hall, as in a college.
hallites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hallite
stick to one's post
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sticks to one's post
form: sticking to one's post
form: stuck to one's post
form: stuck to one's post
Senses: examples: text: "You are old, William Ewart," the young man cried,
 "And life must be fleeting away,
 Yet you stick to your post, and refuse to take rest;
 Now, what is your reason I pray?"
ref: 1886, Parodies of the Works of English & American Authors, page 162:
text: The driver and fireman jumped clear, but the guard, who stuck to his post, was badly shaken.
ref: 1944 November and December, “Notes and News: Bufferstop Collisions in Northern Ireland”, in Railway Magazine, page 370:
glosses: To remain in a position, especially in a critical situation.
white choker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: white chokers
Etymology: From the article of clothing.
Senses: examples: text: We go in more for tradesmen, shopboys, commercial travellers, and that sort, and men who are a little screwy, and although we musn't mention it, we hooks a white choker now and then, coming from Exeter Hall.
ref: 1862, Henry Mayhew, The London Underworld In The Victorian Period:
qualifier: thieves' cant
glosses: A clergyman.
white chokers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of white choker
Pustilnik
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Pustilniks
Etymology: Borrowed from Russian Пустильник (Pustilʹnik).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Russian.
Pustelnik
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Pustelniks
Etymology: Borrowed from Polish Pustelnik.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Polish.
Pustilniks
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Pustilnik
sniffed out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sniff out
sniffs out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sniff out
sniffing out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sniff out
fight cocum
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: fights cocum
form: fighting cocum
form: fought cocum
form: fought cocum
Etymology: Hotten (see References) suggests that cocum might be related to the Scottish keek (“peep or pry”).
Senses: examples: text: So Tim didn't fight cocum enough, and was grabbed.
ref: 1848, George William MacArthur Reynolds, Esther de Medina: Or, The Crimes of London, page 79:
text: I have got the Yacks, so do not come it. Fight cocum.
ref: 1859, Snowden's magistrates assistant, page 498:
qualifier: thieves' cant
glosses: To be wily and cautious.
lexicomania
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From lexico- + -mania.
Senses: synonyms: lexiconophilia
glosses: A great enthusiasm for words or dictionaries.
Related terms: lexicomane
lexicophonological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From lexico- + phonological.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to lexicophonology.
lexicophonology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From lexico- + phonology.
Senses: examples: text: Although regional variation in Negro-dialect lexicophonology should not be severe enough to require extensive modification of standard-English word spellings in Negro-dialect reading materials, there may be a few cases in which dialect pronunciations will be too deviant […]
ref: 1969, Joan C. Baratz-Snowden, Roger W. Shuy, Teaching Black Children to Read, page 217:
text: I would like to think that it is in these areas—lexicosemantics, lexicophonology, the study of anomias, the developmental characteristics of the lexicon, and the biological characterizations of the association cortex—that a neurobiology of language and artificial intelligence models will emerge to fill the existing gap between language and the brain.
ref: 2012, Michael Arbib, Neural Models of Language Processes, page 66:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The adaptation of word forms to reflect pronunciation.
Related terms: lexicophonological
color of someone's money
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: the color of someone's money
form: colour of someone's money
Senses: examples: text: Marry come up with such gentlemen! though he hath lived here this many years, I don't believe there is arrow a servant in the house ever saw the colour of his money.
ref: 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society, published 1973, page 153:
text: Sometimes the contractor would lot the work out to some sub-contractor, and he, after the men had worked for a month, would run away, and we should never see the colour of his money.
ref: 1851, Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor, published 1861:
text: "Then supposin' you show me the color o' your money?" he growled, "come, money fust; I aren't takin' no more risks." For answer I laid the coins before him.
ref: 2022, Jeffery Farnol, The Broad Highway:
glosses: Someone's ability or willingness to pay; money paid and not merely promised.
Vadukul
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Vadukuls
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Jewishes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Jewish
vase breath
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vase breaths
Senses: glosses: The practice of holding one's breath deep in the abdomen for extended periods, used in Eastern meditation.
vase breaths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vase breath
teledoctors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of teledoctor
teledoctoring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tele- + doctoring.
Senses: glosses: The work of a teledoctor, providing medical services by means of a telecommunication system.
teleducation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tele- + education.
Senses: glosses: The provision of education by means of a telecommunication network.
colour of someone's money
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: the colour of someone's money
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of color of someone's money.
soft flimsy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɒft ˈflɪmzi/
ipa: /sɔft ˈflɪmzi/
ipa: /sɑft-/
rhymes: -ɪmzi
Forms: form: soft flimsies
Etymology: From soft + flimsy (noun).
Senses: glosses: A counterfeit banknote.
soft flimsies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of soft flimsy
Gruppenflexion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from German Gruppenflexion (“group inflection”).
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The practice, for example in Tibetan and Tocharian, of inflecting noun phrases with case by only inflecting the last word of the noun phrase with said case.
fingers were made before forks
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: A lighthearted excuse for using one's hands to pick up food while eating.
frisk someone's cly
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: frisks someone's cly
form: frisking someone's cly
form: frisked someone's cly
form: frisked someone's cly
Senses: examples: text: To steal a housewife's purse might mean that her children would have to go hungry; but what of that, if the flash young “dip” could gain admiration from his mates by boasting that he had “frisked a judy's cly and lifted a skinful of bunce”?
ref: 1959, Frank Clune, Murders on Maunga-tapu, page 10:
qualifier: thieves' cant
glosses: To steal from someone's pocket.
galley news
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Gossip and rumors circulated on shipboard.
by gar
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of by God.
garreter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: garreters
Etymology: From garret + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Not that the existence of Grub street is to be doubted: it was, indeed, a grim actuality, and many a garreter realised by experience
How unhappy's the fate
To live by one's pate
And to be forced to write hackney for bread.
ref: 1972, Pat Rogers, Grub Street: Studies in a Subculture, page 384:
glosses: Alternative form of garreteer (“poor writer; literary hack”).
examples: text: [A]bout 40 were burglars, "dancers," "garreters," and other adepts with the skeleton keys.
ref: 1889, Charles Tempest Clarkson, J. Hall Richardson, Police!, page 260:
synonyms: word: dancer
glosses: A thief who used housetops to enter by garret windows.
garreters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of garreter
draconicide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: […] creatures that would have cared little for Bevis's sword "Morglaye," nor that of the Rhodian Draconicide, nor St. George's "Askalon" […]
ref: 1843, “Recreations in Natural History”, in Thomas Hood, editor, New Monthly Magazine, volume 68, London: Henry Colburn, page 449:
text: Any way, let the Garter still honour nobility; the modern noble being handsomely received as the champion of the weak and lowly, even as was the ancient draconicide.
ref: 1851, “The Order of the Bee: with something of Orders in general”, in The Illustated London News, volume 19, London: William Little, page 717:
text: The Tactics of Draconicide
ref: 1980, Jacqueline Simpson, chapter 4, in British Dragons, London: B.T. Batsford Ltd, page 65:
glosses: The killing of a dragon.
Related terms: draconian
Mai Tai
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mai Tais
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of mai tai.
grease one's gills
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: greases one's gills
form: greasing one's gills
form: greased one's gills
form: greased one's gills
Senses: examples: text: He'll give a guinea at the least,
 To grease his gills at city feast:
 But tho' to belly he's so kind,
 Yet not one souse to treat his mind.
ref: 1763, Robert Lloyd, The St. James's Magazine, volume 2, page 188:
text: I know how to grease my gills, I do. And I've got me a good recipe for kidney pie.
ref: 2022, M. Laszlo, The Phantom Glare of Day:
glosses: To eat a hearty meal.
go it, you cripples
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of go it, ye cripples.
go it, ye cripples
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: go it, you cripples
Etymology: Said to have been a facetious rendering of the last line of Virgil's Eclogues: "Ite domum saturæ, venit Hesperus, ite capellæ"; or, "Go it, ye cripples, crutches are cheap."
Senses: glosses: Synonym of go it (“keep it up; term of encouragement”).
synonyms: word: go it
extra: keep it up; term of encouragement
Bonnington
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish (served by Aldington and Bonnington Parish Council) in Ashford borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR0535).
glosses: A northern suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland (OS grid ref NT2676).
glosses: A hamlet in Edinburgh council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT1269).
throw the hatchet
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: throws the hatchet
form: throwing the hatchet
form: threw the hatchet
form: thrown the hatchet
Senses: glosses: Synonym of draw the long bow (“to exaggerate; to tell tall tales”).
synonyms: word: draw the long bow
extra: to exaggerate; to tell tall tales
missionaries and cannibals problem
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: missionaries and cannibals problems
Senses: glosses: A logic puzzle in which a number of missionaries and cannibals must cross a river using a boat which can carry only a limited number of people, under the constraint that missionaries must never be outnumbered by cannibals on either bank (since they would otherwise be eaten).
Related terms: jealous husbands problem
missionaries and cannibals problems
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of missionaries and cannibals problem
jealous husbands problem
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jealous husbands problems
Senses: glosses: A logic puzzle, a variant of the missionaries and cannibals problem, involving married couples, where no woman can be left in the presence of another man without her husband also present.
jealous husbands problems
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jealous husbands problem
jump up behind
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: jumps up behind
form: jumping up behind
form: jumped up behind
form: jumped up behind
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: To endorse an accommodation bill.
North Leith
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A commercial neighbourhood of Leith, City of Edinburgh council area, Scotland, which includes Leith Docks (OS grd ref NT2676).
Related terms: South Leith
posted up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of post up
posts up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of post up
posting up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of post up
quarter-munchers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quarter-muncher
blood-red fancy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blood-red fancies
Senses: examples: text: Roll of snow, six snooze cases, three narps, and a blood-red fancy.
ref: 1845, George William M. Reynolds, The Mysteries of London, volumes 3-4, page 85:
text: But the witness persisted, and pulled out handkerchief after handkerchief, offering Birds'-eye Wipes and Blood-red Fancies with all the fervour of the good salesman loth to miss an opportunity; […]
ref: 1930, Helen Simpson, Desires and Devices, page 263:
glosses: A red neckerchief worn at prizefights to show support for a contender.
Related terms: Randal's man
narp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: narps
Senses: examples: text: Roll of snow, six snooze cases, three narps, and a blood-red fancy.
ref: 1845, George William M. Reynolds, The Mysteries of London, volumes 3-4, page 85:
qualifier: thieves' cant
glosses: A shirt.
narps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of narp
roll of snow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rolls of snow
Senses: examples: text: Roll of snow, six snooze cases, three narps, and a blood-red fancy.
ref: 1845, George William M. Reynolds, The Mysteries of London, volumes 3-4, page 85:
qualifier: thieves' cant
glosses: A stolen piece of Irish linen.
rolls of snow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of roll of snow
Irish linen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Irish linens
Senses: glosses: A kind of cloth traditionally spun in Ireland from flax fibre.
Related terms: roll of snow
Irish linens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Irish linen
adagrasib
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An anticancer medication used to treat NSCLC.
coaley
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coaleys
Senses: examples: text: But when I strove my flame to tell, / Says she, 'Come, stow that patter, / If you're a cove wot likes a gal, / Vy don't you stand some gatter?' / In course I instantly complied— / Two brimming quarts of porter, / With sev'ral goes of gin beside, / Drain'd Bet the Coaley's daughter.
ref: Bet the Coaley's Daughter (traditional song)
glosses: A coalman.
coaleys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coaley
seerpaw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈsɪə(ɹ)pɔː/
Forms: form: seerpaws
form: serpaw
Etymology: From Hindi [Term?], from Persian.
Senses: glosses: A complete suit, presented as a khalat or dress of honour, by the sovereign or his representative.
seerpaws
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of seerpaw
serpaw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: serpaws
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of seerpaw.
serpaws
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of serpaw
Shevaroy Hills
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Tamil [Term?], from the name of a local deity, Servarayan.
Senses: synonyms: Servarayan Hills
glosses: A mountain range, the site of a major hill station, near the city of Salem in Tamil Nadu state, southern India.
Servarayan Hills
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Shevaroy Hills.
synonyms: word: Shevaroy Hills
mucaddam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mucaddams
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of muqaddam.
mucaddams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mucaddam
shibbar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shibbars
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of shibar.
shibbars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shibbar
shibar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shibars
form: shibbar
Etymology: Perhaps from Persian [Term?] (literally “royal-carrier”).
Senses: glosses: A kind of coasting vessel, sometimes described as a great patamar.
shibars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shibar
shecarry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shecarries
Senses: glosses: Dated form of shikari.
shecarries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shecarry
schechinah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: schechinahs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of shechinah.
shechina
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shechinas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of shechinah.
schechinahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of schechinah
shechinas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shechina
shoe-goose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Corrupted form influenced by the familiar but irrelevant English words shoe and goose.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of syagush.
syah-gush
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: syah-gushes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of syagush.
syah-gushes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of syah-gush
Canfora
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Canforas
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Canfora.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
tiki culture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tiki cultures
Senses: examples: text: This year’s Hukilau was staged partially at the Mai-Kai Restaurant, which is the Angkor Wat of tiki culture. […] The restaurant opened in 1956 and has remained essentially unchanged ever since, an oasis of shrunken heads, tiki totems, and tiny waterfalls.
ref: 2011 October 3, Wayne Curtis, “From Tiki to Tacky—and Back”, in The Atlantic:
text: In reality, it is tiki culture that describes a phenomenon that seems to be stronger and more prolific today than it has ever been. A surprising number of tiki websites and thousands of other tiki-oriented pages are scattered over the internet.
ref: 2018, Geoff Alexander, America Goes Hawaiian: The Influence of Pacific Island Culture on the Mainland, McFarland, →ISBN, page 121:
text: Starting in the 1940s, thanks to returning World War II veterans, the country began a decades-long obsession with the aquamarine hues and tropical vibes of Polynesia, or at least a vague idea what Polynesia might be. It manifested as what we know as tiki culture.
ref: 2020, Dan Nosowitz, “What the Heck is Crab Rangoon Anyway?”, in J. Kenji López-Alt, editor, The Best American Food Writing 2020, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN, page 227:
synonyms: Polynesian pop
glosses: A form of American popular culture inspired by Hawaiian, Polynesian, Melanesian and Micronesian cultures, and characterized by "exotic" ornamentation and alcoholic drinks.
Seikh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Seikhs
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of Sikh.
Seikhs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Seikh
Seik
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Seiks
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of Sikh.
Sicque
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sicques
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of Sikh.
Seiks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Seik
Sicques
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Sicque
milkglass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The animals crawled on the rough side of a plate of milkglass.
ref: 1980, C.R. Gallistel, The Organization of Action: A New Synthesis, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., →ISBN, page 155:
text: Six buttons found in the kitchen/cellar and main room portions of the site were classified as milkglass although they may actually be porcelain. Porcelain can be distinguished from milkglass by examining cross sections of the material (Stewart-Abernathy 19806:37) […]
ref: 1985, Lawrence Gene Santeford, William A. Martin, E. Thomas Hemmings, Excavations at Four Sites in the Cypress Creek Basin, Conway County, Arkansas, Arkansas Archeological Survey, page 160:
text: These are ten milkglass pieces, seven fragments of emerald colored glass, and one piece that is olive green. The majority of the milkglass appears to be from fruit jar liners, and one piece is marked "BOYD's".
ref: 1986 May, Lynn A. Rusch, John T. Penman, Transportation Archaeology in Wisconsin: The 1985 Field Season (Archaeological Report 12), Madison, Wis.: Wisconsin Department of Transportation, page 49:
text: Since the associated color for abscesses and the sixth Gate is white, the corresponding solarized-water glass color is milkglass. Place distilled water in a milkglass container and leave it in the sunlight for twenty-four hours over the course of two to three days.
ref: 1990, Mary Summer Rain, Earthway: A Native American Visionary’s Path to Total Mind, Body, and Spirit Health, Pocket Books, →ISBN, page 220:
text: These works range from the 1850s to 1989 and include rare color stereoviews and Woodburytypes, glass-plate positives, Type-C color photographs, milkglass pieces and color glass transparencies.
ref: 2002, Gallery Guide, page 20:
text: The stores that had once sold clothing and hardware now sold antiques—milkglass dishes and farming implements, posters like the one on my wall.
ref: 2021 December 14, Lee Cole, “My Family's Hometown Was Destroyed by a Tornado But For Many It Had Already Been Lost”, in Time, archived from the original on 14 Dec 2021:
text: “It’s only milkglass,” Lisa told her. “A cheap thing. I picked it up at a rummage sale.” It was the old Lisa, back in force. But somehow Ann found that she was not upset. “Milkglass goes with anything,” Ann responded, wrapping her arms around the full brown paper bag.
ref: 2022, Marilyn Shapiro Leys, Stories, AuthorHouse, →ISBN:
text: They chose cabinets with reflective acrylic doors and stainless steel accents to accomplish that. The backsplash is milkglass acrylic and the countertops are quartz.
ref: 2022 March 23, Dennis Rodkin, “A rooftop pool with a view of Willis Tower”, in Crain’s Chicago Business, archived from the original on 23 Mar 2022:
glosses: Alternative form of milk glass.
VSRG
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: VSRGs
Senses: examples: text: Spotco and Sputlil invented RoBeats, which is also known as VSRG.
ref: 2022 June 9, Benny Sagayarajan, “Funky Friday codes in Roblox: Free Emote and Points (June 2022)”, in Sportskeeda, archived from the original on 18 Jun 2022:
topics: video-games
glosses: Initialism of vertical-scrolling rhythm game.
VSRGs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of VSRG
White Hall
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Lowndes County, Alabama.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in Washington Township, Jefferson County, Arkansas.
examples: Former names: Whitehall, Randall
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in El Dorado County, California.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A township and city therein, in Greene County, Illinois.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Baltimore County and Harford County, Maryland.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Cecil County, Maryland.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Prince George's County, Maryland.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Albemarle County, Virginia.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Frederick County, Virginia.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Marion County, West Virginia.
synonyms: Gortamaddy
glosses: A townland in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
glosses: A small settlement in Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica.
nondom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nondoms
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of non-dom.
New Tecumseth
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: There was a township of Tecumseth until reorganisation in 1991; it was decided to add "New" to the name to avoid confusion with Tecumseh, also in Ontario.
Senses: glosses: A town in Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.
Thorne-Żytkow object
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Thorne-Żytkow objects
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Thorne-Zytkow object.
pieces of poop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of piece of poop
Wilhelmstrasse
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌvɪl.hɛlmˈstɹɑ.sə/
note: US, unlearned
ipa: /ˌwɪl.hɛlmˈstɹɑ.sə/
note: US, unlearned
ipa: /ˌwɪl.hɛlmˈstɹɑs/
Etymology: Borrowed from German Wilhelmstraße, from the name of Prussian King Frederick William I (Friedrich Wilhelm I.) + Straße (“street”).
Senses: glosses: A thoroughfare in central Berlin, formerly the location of the German Chancellery and Foreign Office.
examples: text: The immediate effect, however, was that all the ingenious calculations of the Wilhelmstrasse came clattering to the ground like a house of cards.
ref: 1911, The Fortnightly Review, volume 96, page 638:
text: As von Neurath once told an Austrian diplomat: “It was the view of the Wilhelmstrasse that as soon as the Reich held Austria, Hungary would eat out of its hand.”
ref: 1956, Carlile Aylmer Macartney, October Fifteenth: A History of Modern Hungary, 1929–1945, volume 1, page 139:
text: The Wilhelmstrasse was faced with a serious dilemma over the Greek question, for no easy solution could be found that would satisfy both Athens and Germany’s allies.
ref: 1974, George B. Leon, Greece and the Great Powers, 1914–1917, page 334:
glosses: The German government or Foreign Office.
raw_tags: after 1945
K-popper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: K-poppers
Etymology: From K-pop + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Chloë Grace Moretz is also quite the Celeb K-Popper success story.
ref: May 24, 2019, Koreaboo, https://www.koreaboo.com/stories/top-10-hollywood-stars-also-kpop-stans/:
glosses: A person who performs, dances to, or enjoys K-pop music.
K-poppers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of K-popper
Rüppell's fox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A fox species (Vulpes rueppellii) living in desert and semi-desert regions of North Africa, the Middle East, and southwestern Asia.
Blanford's fox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Blanford's foxes
Etymology: Named after the English naturalist William Thomas Blanford, who described it in 1877.
Senses: glosses: A small fox (Vulpes cana) native to the Middle East and Central Asia.
Synonyms: Afghan fox
black fox
hoary fox
king fox
royal fox
Gregory's wolf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A subspecies of the red wolf (Canis lupus gregoryi). It was declared extinct in 1980.
Bernard's wolf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bernard's wolves
Etymology: Formally discovered, classified, and named after Peter Bernard and Joseph F. Bernard, his nephew, after an adult male skin and skull was collected by them and brought to the National Museum of Canada.
Senses: examples: text: Until very recently, humans never really cared much about whether species disappeared. History is littered with our indifference—dodo birds, great auks, 24-rayed sunstars, dusky seaside sparrows, Bernard’s wolves.
ref: 2015, M. R. O’Connor, “Introduction”, in Resurrection Science: Conservation, De-Extinction and the Precarious Future of Wild Things, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin’s Press, →ISBN, page 3:
glosses: An extinct subspecies of the gray wolf (Canis lupus bernardi) that was limited to Banks and Victoria Island of the Arctic Archipelago.
Alexander Archipelago wolf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A subspecies of the gray wolf (Canis lupus ligoni).
Manitoba wolf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An extinct subspecies of gray wolf, Canis lupus griseoalbus, that roamed in the southern Northwest Territories, northern Alberta, Saskatchewan, and south-central Manitoba.
Miryang dog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: In 1996, the first factory was set up by a worker, and he sold Miryang dogs for 100 won (about 9 US cents) for ten years.
ref: 2017, “Korean Potato Corn Dog”, in Pet Advices:
glosses: A type of South Korean street food, made of a mixture of potato, corn, minced meat, onion, bean sprouts, cheese, garlic, soy sauce, and salt, served in a flour sack.
wikipedia: Miryang
cokcs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cokc
Warmfield cum Heath
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish in the City of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England.
le$bians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of le$bian
Warmfield
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Warmfield cum Heath parish, City of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3721).
Abdon and Heath
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish in Shropshire, England.
Tyacke
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
spoiler alerts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spoiler alert
progressive web applications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of progressive web application
progressive web apps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of progressive web app
El Clasico
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: El Clasicos
Senses: examples: text: The child didn’t begin training with the Spanish giants until September, which means he’s unlikely to feature in any of this season’s El Clasicos.
ref: 2011 December 29, Martin Swain, “Big Sam gets thumbs up for silencing Brady bunch”, in Dudley Chronicle, Midland News Association, page 35:
text: Fernando Gago, in the white uniform of Real Madrid, and Lionel Messi, in the red and blue stripes of Barcelona, clash in an El Clasico match in La Liga.
ref: 2010, Michael Hurley, World of Soccer, Chicago: Heinemann Library, →ISBN, page 10:
text: His assistant with the B-team and then the first team was Tito Vilanova, the man Mourinho poked in the eye on the touchline during an El Clasico.
ref: 2013, Adrian Durham, Is He All That? Great Footballing Myths Shattered, London: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 259:
glosses: Alternative form of El Clásico.
besty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: besties
Senses: glosses: Uncommon spelling of bestie.
zeybek
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A Turkish folk dance in 9/4 time.
firemaker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: firemakers
Etymology: From fire + maker.
Senses: glosses: One who produces fire, especially as a ceremonial role.
swing at anchor
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: swings at anchor
form: swinging at anchor
form: swung at anchor
form: swung at anchor
Senses: examples: text: Aaand any idea of asking for reinforcements was put off by the likely candidates: even-more-obsolete ironclad vessels and coastal-defense units which were swinging at anchor across the bay.
ref: 2019 March 13, Drachinifel, 9:20 from the start, in The Russian 2nd Pacific Squadron - Voyage of the Damned, archived from the original on 16 Dec 2022:
topics: nautical
transport
qualifier: boat; or other vessel; boat; or other vessel
glosses: To remain in port for a prolonged period of time without sailing.
raw_tags: of a ship