cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
vag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /væd͡ʒ/
rhymes: -ædʒ
ipa: /væɡ/
rhymes: -æɡ
rhymes: -æɡ
ipa: /væd͡ʒ/
rhymes: -ædʒ
ipa: /væɡ/
rhymes: -æɡ
Forms: form: vags
Senses: examples: text: Localities where vags were cut are sometimes so named: e.g. Vag(s) Hill (Row Brook, Double Dart); Vag Hill (Glaze Brook, Avon).
ref: 1983, Eric Hemery, High Dartmoor, Land and People, →ISBN, page 91:
text: They had not driven their ponies over the Unit Land; she had probably cut a vag from the Unit Land but this was done only in the presence of witnesses to determine whether those objecting were vigilant to stop any exercise of this right, and only on one occasion.
ref: 1984 October 5, A. A. (Commons Commissioner) Baden Fuller, “Course of proceedings”, in In the Matter of Gidleigh Common, Gidleigh, West Devon District, Devon, page 5:
text: I first grazed ponies on Padley in 1932 and my ponies are grazing there still. I take bracken for the garden, rushes to cover my potato clam, bean sticks for the garden and I expect I am one of the few who still cut vags (peat) on common land for fuel.
ref: 1985 January 21, A. A. (Commons Commissioner) Baden Fuller, quoting Thomas Hutchings, “4 Nattadon Road/28 Meldon Road”, in In the Matter of Chagford Common, Meldon Common, Nattadon Common, Padley Common, Weekbrook Down, Week Down, Steniel Down, and Jurston Green all in Chagford, West Devon District, Devon^(http://www.acraew.org.uk/sites/default/files/uploads/Devon/CHAGFORD%20COMMON%20MELDON%20COMMON%20NATTADON%20COMMON%20PADLEY%20COMMON%20WEEKBROOK%20DOWN%20WEEK%20DOWN%20STENIEL%20DOWN%20AND%20JURSTON%20GREEN%20-%20CHAGFORD%20-%20WEST%20DEVON%20DISTRICT%20NO.CL.173(2).pdf), page 14:
glosses: Turf used as fuel.
vag
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /væd͡ʒ/
rhymes: -ædʒ
ipa: /væɡ/
rhymes: -æɡ
rhymes: -æɡ
ipa: /væd͡ʒ/
rhymes: -ædʒ
ipa: /væɡ/
rhymes: -æɡ
Forms: form: vags
form: vagging
form: vagged
form: vagged
Senses: examples: text: Düee 'old up yer frock, an' not let 'n vag along like that; tha bottom aw'n 'll be tiffled out, and covered wi' mucks.
ref: 1892, Sarah Hewett, The Peasant Speech of Devon, page 140:
glosses: To drag; to trail on the ground.
glosses: To bend; to give; to yield.
examples: text: Smoke immediately vagged about in the parlour chimney.
ref: 1967, Henry Williamson, A Solitary War:
glosses: To flap; to blow in the wind.
malva
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmæl.və/
Forms: form: malvas
Etymology: From the genus name, or in some Spanish or Portuguese contexts, from the Spanish or Portuguese word.
Senses: examples: text: Another malva to note is M. moschata Alba, the white form of our native musk mallow.
ref: 1989, Country Life, page 235:
text: How to prepare: Cook the malvas the same way as amaranth and most other greens in Mexico are prepared[,] that is, briefly cooked with tomatoes or tomatillos and onions ...
ref: 2000, Rosalind Creasy, Edible Mexican Garden, Tuttle Publishing, →ISBN, page 59:
text: If your hollyhocks are attacked by rust, and if hibiscus flowers are too tropical looking and gaudy for your taste, investigate another branch of the mallow family — the malvas. [...] This spring I started seeds of another malva named M. sylvestris 'Mauritiana', and every seed came up.
ref: 2004, Frances Manos, Midwest Cottage Gardening, Big Earth Publishing, →ISBN, page 79:
glosses: Any plant of the genus Malva, a mallow.
Related terms: malva rose
malva pudding
antihydrogen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antihydrogens
Etymology: From anti- + hydrogen.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The antimatter equivalent of hydrogen, consisting of an antiproton and a positron (antielectron).
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: An atom of the antimatter equivalent of hydrogen.
antielectron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antielectrons
form: anti-electron
Etymology: From anti- + electron. Coined by English physicist Paul Dirac in 1928 using the spelling anti-electron.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Synonym of positron.
synonyms: word: positron
Derived terms: antielectron neutrino
Aurum
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A sweet Italian liqueur, having a golden-yellow colour, manufactured from brandy, oranges and saffron.
antimoniuretted hydrogen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: stibine.
stibine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstɪbaɪn/
Forms: form: stibines
Etymology: From stibium + -ine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: stibnite.
topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: antimony hydride, SbH₃; a poisonous gas, sometimes used as a fumigant; any organic derivative of this compound.
Derived terms: alkylstibine
distibine
organostibine
triethylstibine
trimethylstibine
triphenylstibine
arseniuretted hydrogen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The compound arsine.
carburetted hydrogen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
coordinate_terms: phosphureted hydrogen
sulphuretted hydrogen
glosses: methane
ethnomusicology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ethnomusicologies
Etymology: From ethno- + musicology.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: The study of music and culture; the study of music as it relates to its cultural context.
Related terms: ethnomusicologic
ethnomusicological
ethnomusicologically
ethnomusicologist
dihydrogen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From di- + hydrogen.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The divalent radical formed from two separate hydrogen atoms or ions.
examples: text: The Invisible Killer Dihydrogen monoxide is colorless, odorless, tasteless, and kills uncounted thousands of people every year. Most of these deaths are caused by accidental inhalation of DHMO, but the dangers of dihydrogen monoxide do not end there.
ref: 1995, John December, quoting Craig Jackson, The World Wide Web Unleashed, 2nd edition, Indianapolis, Ind.: Sams.net, →ISBN, page 450:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Describing a dihydrogen bond.
raw_tags: modifying a noun
topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The diatomic hydrogen molecule H₂.
Derived terms: calcium dihydrogen phosphate
dihydrogen arsenate
dihydrogen monoxide
dihydrogen oxide
dihydrogen phosphate
Related terms: word: dihydride
english: and its derivatives
translation: and its derivatives
word: dihydro-
word: dihydroxide
dihydrogen monoxide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /daɪˈhaɪdɹədʒ(ə)n məˈnɒksaɪd/
ipa: /daɪˈhaɪdɹədʒən məˈnɑkˌsaɪd/
Senses: examples: text: Thus ice contracts when melting, ice being a regular and rather open structure of hydrogen and oxygen atoms, while water is a collection of dihydrogen-monoxide (H₂O), tetra-hydrogen dioxide (2H₂O), and more complex molecules.
ref: 1928, Herbert Chatley, Studies in Molecular Force, 3rd edition, Charles Griffin & Co., Limited, page 4:
text: The Invisible Killer Dihydrogen monoxide is colorless, odorless, tasteless, and kills uncounted thousands of people every year. Most of these deaths are caused by accidental inhalation of DHMO, but the dangers of dihydrogen monoxide do not end there.
ref: 1995, John December, quoting Craig Jackson, The World Wide Web Unleashed, 2nd edition, Indianapolis, Ind.: Sams.net, →ISBN, page 450:
text: There was no point in buying bottled water, he said, dihydrogen monoxide would be in there too, although you could get rid of it by boiling your water for long enough.
ref: 1997, Chemistry and Industry, London: Society of Chemical Industry, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 741, column 2:
text: One-by-one the warning fliers turned up in mailboxes around Wylie Heights in North Sewickley, Beaver County: It advised, there is a chemical in your water supply called dihydrogen monoxide. Tasteless and colorless, dihydrogen monoxide was blamed for a trio of ills: severe hydration, frequent urination and possible death. In fact, the flier said, dihydrogen monoxide kills thousands every year. […] Dihydrogen monoxide is the chemical name for water, and a quartet of Riverside High School students are up to their necks in the hot kind after their Internet-inspired prank made dozens of homeowners not readily acquainted with chemical terms hyper over hydro.
ref: 1997 April 19, Dennis B[rian Patrick] Roddy, “Internet-inspired prank lands 4 teens in hot water”, in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, volume 70, number 262, Pittsburgh, Pa.: Block Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1:
text: Many people have joined the cause to ban this substance without realizing that dihydrogen monoxide is simply water (H₂O). Their eagerness to protect the environment or their fear of seeming uninformed may be part of the problem.
ref: 2007, Michael Sullivan, III, Statistics: Informed Decisions Using Data, 2nd edition, Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson Prentice Hall, →ISBN, page 39, column 2:
topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
related: word: DHMO
word: dihydrogenmonoxide
word: dihydrogen-monoxide
synonyms: word: diprotium monoxide
word: water
word: aqua
word: dihydrogen monoxide (abbr. DHMO)
word: H₂O
word: hydric acid
word: hydrogen hydroxide
word: hydrogen oxide
word: hydrohydroxic acid
word: hydroxic acid
word: hydroxilic acid
word: hydroxylic acid
word: oxidane
word: μ-oxido dihydrogen
word: universal solvent
glosses: H₂O, water.
hydrogen oxide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The simple systematic name for water, H₂O.
Synonyms: water
Related terms: hydrogen peroxide
hydrogen acetate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: acetic acid
hydrogen acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hydrogen acids
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any acid that contains at least one atom of hydrogen.
qualifier: industrial
glosses: hydrofluoric acid.
Related terms: Lewis acid
French window
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: French windows
form: french window
Senses: topics: architecture
synonyms: French door
glosses: An outside door with glass panes, serving as a window and a door
Related terms: patio door
hydrogen air
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A mixture of hydrogen and air used as fuel to a fuel cell.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An early term for hydrogen; hydrogen gas.
hydrogen arsenide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The compound arsine, H₃As or AsH₃.
Synonyms: arsenic hydride
hydrogenate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /haɪˈdɹɒdʒəneɪt/
ipa: /ˈhaɪdɹədʒəneɪt/
ipa: /haɪˈdɹɑd͡ʒəneɪt/
ipa: /ˈhaɪdɹəd͡ʒəneɪt/
Forms: form: hydrogenates
form: hydrogenating
form: hydrogenated
form: hydrogenated
Etymology: From hydrogen + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To treat something, or react something, with hydrogen; especially to react an unsaturated fat with hydrogen, in the presence of a nickel catalyst, to produce a harder saturated fat.
Derived terms: biohydrogenate
dehydrogenate
hydrogenator
rehydrogenate
Related terms: hydrogenated
hydrogenation
hydrogenated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hydrogenate
hydrogenated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hydrogenated
form: most hydrogenated
Senses: antonyms: dehydrogenated
nonhydrogenated
unhydrogenated
glosses: That has been treated, or reacted with hydrogen; especially describing a saturated fat so obtained from an unsaturated fat.
Derived terms: dihydrogenated
nonhydrogenated
polyhydrogenated
tetrahydrogenated
unhydrogenated
Related terms: hydrogenation
hydrogen-bonded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: linked by a hydrogen bond
hydrogen-bonding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: the process of forming a hydrogen bond
doubloonie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: doubloonies
Etymology: Blend of double + loonie, punning on doubloon.
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
numismatics
glosses: A Canadian two-dollar coin; a toonie.
hydrogen car
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hydrogen cars
Senses: glosses: Any motor car that uses hydrogen as its principal fuel.
Related terms: hydrogen vehicle
hydrogen vehicle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hydrogen vehicles
Senses: glosses: Any vehicle that uses hydrogen as its principal fuel, normally via the electricity produced by a fuel cell.
hydrogen carbonate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hydrogen carbonates
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Synonym of bicarbonate.
synonyms: word: bicarbonate
topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: carbonic acid
Hypernyms: topics: inorganic-chemistry
chemistry
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: carbonate
sense: inorganic compound
word: acid
hydrogen chlorate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: chloric acid
hydrogen chloride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An inorganic compound with the formula HCl, which forms hydrochloric acid when dissolved in water.
hydrogen chlorite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: chlorous acid
chlorous acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: an unstable acid, HClO₂, known only in solution or as its salts, the chlorites; it is a strong oxidizing agent
hydrogen nitrate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: nitric acid
hydrogen sulfate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: sulfuric acid
topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The anion HSO₄⁻ or any salt containing this anion
hydrogen sulphate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: sulphuric acid
stoniness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stoninesses
Etymology: From Middle English stonines, stonynez, equivalent to stony + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: the stoniness of this soil
glosses: The state or quality of being stony.
The state or quality of being full of stones.
synonyms: rockiness
examples: Near-synonyms: coldness, iciness, stoicism
glosses: The state or quality of being stony.
The state or quality of being like stone: immovable, unpersuadable, emotionally cold, or stoic.
Related terms: stonelike
hydrogen sulfite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hydrogen sulfites
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: sulfurous acid
rockiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rockinesses
Etymology: From rocky + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: rockiness of soil
glosses: The state or quality of being rocky.
Being full of rocks.
synonyms: stoniness
coordinate_terms: clayeyness
earthiness
loaminess
examples: text: rockiness of an airline flight through a thunderstorm
glosses: The state or quality of being rocky.
Turbulence physically.
synonyms: choppiness
antonyms: smoothness
stability
examples: text: Near-synonyms: drama, dramaticness
text: rockiness of a relationship or the economy
glosses: The state or quality of being rocky.
Turbulence emotionally or societally.
antonyms: stability
examples: text: Near-synonyms: fragility, shakiness, unsteadiness
text: rockiness of one's state of health
glosses: The state or quality of being rocky.
Uncertainty and changeability of trends or outlooks.
antonyms: stability
examples: text: rockiness of some types of jazz
glosses: The state or quality of being rocky.
The degree of rock-and-roll sound that a piece or subgenre of music has.
coordinate_terms: jazziness
folkiness
classicality
hydrogen sulphite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hydrogen sulphites
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: sulphurous acid
stonish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstəʊnɪʃ/
ipa: /ˈstoʊnɪʃ/
Forms: form: more stonish
form: most stonish
Etymology: From Middle English stonish, equivalent to stone + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Characteristically like stone; stony.
stonish
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstəʊnɪʃ/
ipa: /ˈstoʊnɪʃ/
ipa: /ˈstɒnɪʃ/
ipa: /ˈstɑnɪʃ/
rhymes: (UK) -ɒnɪʃ
rhymes: (US) -ɑnɪʃ
ipa: /ˈstəʊnɪʃ/
ipa: /ˈstoʊnɪʃ/
Forms: form: stonishes
form: stonishing
form: stonished
form: stonished
Senses: examples: text: One day as I vnvvarily did gaze / on thoſe fayre eyes my loues immortall light: / the vvhiles my ſtoniſht hart ſtood in amaze, / through ſvveet illuſion of her lookes delight.
ref: 1595, Edmunde Spenser [i.e., Edmund Spenser], “[Amoretti.] Sonnet XVI”, in Amoretti and Epithalamion. […], London: […] [Peter Short] for William Ponsonby, →OCLC, signature B, verso:
glosses: Alternative form of astonish.
straight line
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: straight lines
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
synonyms: line
glosses: A line with no curvature; a line with constant direction. The path of shortest length between two points.
gor
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: A minced oath or dialectal variant of God.
Senses: examples: text: By gor, den, we must needs now sing. Ding, ding, ading, Dinga, dinga, ding. For me am now at pleasures spring.
ref: 1878 [1616], John Marston, “IACKE DRVMS Entertainement, or the Comedie of Pasqvil and Katherine”, in Richard Simpson, BA, editor, The School of Shakspere, page 190:
text: Well, the last bishkit was sarved out, and by gor, the wather itself was all gone at last, and we passed the night mighty cowld.
ref: c. 1832-1836, Samuel Lover, The Gridiron: Or, Paddy Mullowney's travels in France, page 9223:
text: […]"by Gor! You must stop dat dam racket![…]And, by Gor, none of you has de right to dat whale;[…].
ref: 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, page 418:
text: Oh Gor Almighty you be one good Gor Almighty, and dis nigga tankee you, and dis nigga promise to be one good nigga, and neber to cuss no more. Oh good Gor Almighty!
ref: 1858, George Lippard, The Quaker Soldier, Or, The British in Philadelphia: An Historical Novel, page 371:
text: Gor Lumme! Now I've done it! That's too much, Blount."
ref: 1947, Cecil Day-Lewis (as Nicholas Blake), Minute for Murder:
text: "Gor, Blimey," Burns curses, looking over his shoulder at his boss, "Here's what they've been hiding, Sir."
ref: 2015, Eddie Robbert, Heads Win, Tail Lose, page 96:
glosses: God.
Alcyone
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ælˈsaɪ.əˌni/
Etymology: Latin Alcyonē, from Ancient Greek Ἀλκυόνη (Alkuónē), from Ancient Greek ἀλκυών (alkuṓn), which is considered to be of Pre-Greek origin.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: One of the Pleiades, daughters of Atlas and Pleione.
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Daughter of Aeolus and wife of Ceyx.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: One of the stars of the Pleiades star cluster, named after the mythical character.
Related terms: english: kingfisher
translation: kingfisher
word: halcyon
word: halcyon days
alcyon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alcyons
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of halcyon.
solid sol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: solid sols
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A type of colloid, of the form of one solid dispersed in another continuous solid.
ICBMs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ICBM
indoor baseball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A form of baseball, played in a gymnasium or similar venue, using a soft ball.
fettered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɛtəd/
ipa: /ˈfɛtɚd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of fetter
fettered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɛtəd/
ipa: /ˈfɛtɚd/
Forms: form: more fettered
form: most fettered
Senses: glosses: Bound by chains or shackles.
glosses: Restricted.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Of the feet: bent backward and apparently unfit for walking.
Synonyms: sense: bound by chains
word: bound
sense: bound by chains
word: chained
sense: bound by chains
word: shackled
sense: restricted
word: restricted
telematics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɛləˈmætɪks/
rhymes: -ætɪks
Etymology: Calque of French télématique
Senses: glosses: The science of sending, receiving and storing information via telecommunication devices.
examples: text: Telematics is often used in road vehicles.
glosses: The use of Global Positioning System technology integrated with computers and mobile communications technology.
Related terms: telematic
slyly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: enpr: slīʹ-li
ipa: /ˈslaɪli/
rhymes: -aɪli
Forms: form: more slyly
form: most slyly
form: slily
Etymology: From Middle English sleighly; equivalent to sly + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: VVhen ſhe vvas dreſt, therefore, dovvn ſhe vvent, reſolved to encounter all the Horrours of the Day, and a moſt diſagreeable one it proved; for Lady Bellaſton took every opportunity very civilly and slily to inſult her; […]
ref: 1749, Henry Fielding, “In which Mrs. Miller Pays a Visit to Sophia”, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume VI, London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book XVII, page 134:
text: So when they were working that evening at the pumps, there was on this head no small gamesomeness slily going on among them, as they stood with their feet continually overflowed by the rippling clear water; […]
ref: 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “The Town-Ho’s Story (As Told at the Golden Inn.)”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 274:
text: I lie there on the stretcher-bed and laugh slily, but say nothing; give vent to no opinion one way or the other.
ref: 1899, Knut Hamsun, “Part II”, in George Egerton [pseudonym; Mary Chavelita Dunne Bright], transl., Hunger […], London: Leonard Smithers and Co […], →OCLC, page 103:
glosses: In a sly manner, cunningly.
cunningly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more cunningly
form: most cunningly
Etymology: From cunning + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: She was cunningly dressed in a black, sheer gown with gold ornaments showing her figure to perfection.
ref: 1966, James Workman, The Mad Emperor, Melbourne, Sydney: Scripts, page 53:
glosses: With cunning, cleverly.
cleverly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈklɛvəli/
ipa: /ˈklɛvɚli/
homophone: Cleverley
Forms: form: more cleverly
form: most cleverly
Etymology: From clever + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: He joked cleverly with each guest.
glosses: Wittily; in a tricky manner.
examples: text: Cleverly, he found ways of ingratiating himself with all the important guests.
text: The double world champion quickly closed on to the rear of the Williams, but Maldonado drove cleverly to ensure he was always far enough ahead at the start of the pit straight to ensure Alonso could not pass him.
ref: 2012 May 13, Andrew Benson, “Williams's Pastor Maldonado takes landmark Spanish Grand Prix win”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: Intelligently directed to a purpose.
examples: text: “I ain't a-goin' ter let leetle Mose be kep' up hyar till midnight a-waitin' for you-uns ter milk the cow. It's cleverly dark now.”
ref: 1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country, Nebraska, published 2005, page 6:
glosses: Completely, fully.
smarting
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more smarting
form: most smarting
Etymology: From Middle English smertyng, smertinge, from Old English smeortung, smertung (“smarting, itching”), equivalent to smart + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: My arm is still smarting from where the ball hit it.
synonyms: word: aching
word: smartful
word: achesome
word: aching
word: achy
word: raw
word: hurt
word: hurty
word: griefful
word: pained
word: painfilled
word: painful
word: smartful
word: smarting
word: sore
word: suffering
word: tender
word: tormented
glosses: Painful, sore.
synonyms: ashamed
pained
glosses: Experiencing emotional pain or embarrassment.
smarting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From Middle English smertyng, smertinge, from Old English smeortung, smertung (“smarting, itching”), equivalent to smart + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of smart
smarting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: smartings
Etymology: From Middle English smertyng, smertinge, from Old English smeortung, smertung (“smarting, itching”), equivalent to smart + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: Strong they are; for they trample upon our light, the penalties of laws divine and human; yea, and the smartings of our own conscience.
ref: 1714, Thomas Halyburton, Natural Religion Insufficient, and Revealed Religion Necessary, to Man's Happiness in his Present State:
glosses: A sensation that smarts or stings.
snugly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsnʌɡli/
rhymes: -ʌɡli
homophone: snuggly stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
Forms: form: more snugly
form: most snugly
Etymology: From snug + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The peg fit so snugly in the hole that it couldn't be pulled out by hand.
text: He’s wrapped up snugly in a cozy bubble of self-regard, talking for his own sake more than anyone else’s.
ref: 2012 June 3, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Mr. Plow” (season 4, episode 9; originally aired 11/19/1992)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):
glosses: Tightly, with limited space to move, in a snug manner.
Related terms: snug
snuggly
schoolmaster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: schoolmasters
form: scholemaster
Etymology: From Middle English skolemayster, scolemaister, scol-meister, equivalent to school + master.
Senses: glosses: A male teacher.
glosses: A male teacher.
A male teacher in charge of a school, usually a small one.
examples: text: The war was a tough schoolmaster for the Athenians.
glosses: Anything that teaches.
Derived terms: schoolmasterish
schoolmasterly
the schoolmaster is abroad
Related terms: schoolmistress
headmaster
headmistress
schoolmaster
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: schoolmasters
form: schoolmastering
form: schoolmastered
form: schoolmastered
form: scholemaster
Etymology: From Middle English skolemayster, scolemaister, scol-meister, equivalent to school + master.
Senses: glosses: To teach in the capacity of schoolmaster.
schoolmistress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: schoolmistresses
Etymology: From school + mistress.
Senses: glosses: A woman in charge of a school.
Synonyms: word: pedagoguette
Related terms: schoolmaster
hydrogen cycle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: the transmission of hydrogen from water to carbohydrates etc and back to water by living organisms
glosses: the electrolysis or solar photolysis of water to give hydrogen and oxygen which are then recombined in a fuel cell to produce electricity
hydrogen dioxide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: hydrogen peroxide
poids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of poid
hydrogen disulfide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hydrogen disulphide
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: the sulfur analogue of hydrogen peroxide, H₂S₂
qualifier: erroneously
glosses: hydrogen sulfide
hydrogen disulphide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of hydrogen disulfide.
hydrogen electrode
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hydrogen electrodes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: An electrode in which hydrogen gas is adsorbed on platinum.
Derived terms: standard hydrogen electrode
hydrogen gas electrode
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hydrogen gas electrodes
Senses: glosses: a hydrogen electrode
harmonicon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: harmonicons
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: The harmonica.
synonyms: hydrogen harmonicon
glosses: An acoustic apparatus that produces a musical note when a long dry tube, open at both ends, is held over a jet of burning hydrogen.
hydrogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hydrogen + -ic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: hydrogen-like
hydrogen-like
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hydrogen + -like.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
qualifier: quantum mechanics
glosses: Having a single electron.
raw_tags: of an atom or molecule
Synonyms: hydrogenic
Matthew principle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈmæθjuː ˌpɹɪnsɪpəl/
Senses: examples: text: By including all citizens within the same insurance programs and by providing the economically active with clearly earnings-related benefits, the redistributive strategy of the encompassing model can be said to follow the Matthew principle of giving more to those who already have much.
ref: 2002, Martin Kohll, Mojca Novak, editors, Will Europe Work?, Routledge, page 64:
glosses: Synonym of Matthew effect.
synonyms: word: Matthew effect
hydrogenium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Hydrogen, especially when formerly considered as a metal.
hydrogen lamp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hydrogen lamps
Senses: glosses: a glass apparatus in which hydrogen, generated from zinc and sulfuric acid, is burnt; used primarily as a demonstration (invented by Alessandro Volta)
hydrogen line
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hydrogen lines
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: a spectral line of atomic hydrogen having a wavelength of about 21cm; used extensively in radio astronomy
hydrogenise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hydrogenises
form: hydrogenising
form: hydrogenised
form: hydrogenised
Etymology: From hydrogen + -ise.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of hydrogenize.
hydrogenize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hydrogenizes
form: hydrogenizing
form: hydrogenized
form: hydrogenized
form: hydrogenise
Etymology: From hydrogen + -ize.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: to hydrogenate
Derived terms: dehydrogenize
hydrogen monoxide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: dihydrogen monoxide (water (H₂O), but not hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂) or the hydroxyl radical (-OH))
hydrogenous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /haɪˈdɹɑd͡ʒənəs/
ipa: /haɪˈdɹɒdʒənəs/
rhymes: -ɒdʒɪnəs
Etymology: From hydrogen + -ous.
Senses: glosses: of, related to, or containing hydrogen
Derived terms: hydrogenously
nonhydrogenous
hydrogen potassium carbonate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: potassium bicarbonate
guttate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more guttate
form: most guttate
Etymology: Partly borrowed from Latin guttātus, partly from gutta + -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Senses: glosses: Shaped like or resembling drops.
glosses: Spotted.
Derived terms: biguttate
guttate psoriasis
uniguttate
guttate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: guttates
form: guttating
form: guttated
form: guttated
Etymology: Partly borrowed from Latin guttātus, partly from gutta + -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Senses: examples: text: Recovery from this extreme wilt began only in the early evening, but by dawn all plants were fully turgid and guttating.
ref: 1999, Australian Journal of Plant Physiology:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: To exude drops of xylem sap on the edges of leaves.
Derived terms: guttation
snuggly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: snugglier
form: more snuggly
form: snuggliest
form: most snuggly
Etymology: From snuggle + -y.
Senses: examples: text: My blanket is very snuggly.
glosses: Cuddly; pleasant to snuggle with.
examples: text: Nicole was a very snuggly girl after she broke up with her boyfriend.
glosses: Fond of snuggling.
snuggly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snugglies
Etymology: From snuggle + -y.
Senses: examples: text: My snuggly fell off the bed.
text: I lined up the snugglies for a family photo!
glosses: Plush, stuffed animal, doll, or children's toy, chiefly embraced at bedtime.
examples: text: At first, you throw a couple of comfortable snugglies into the suitcase. Then you think to add some cute outfits so she'll be looking her baby best for the millions of photographs you'll take.
ref: 1997, Elizabeth Wright, The New Mother's Survival Guide:
text: Carly surveyed the pile of fuzzy puppies and was overwhelmed by the cuteness. "Look at those cuddly snugglies! I just want to hug all that clean puppy fur."
ref: 2018, Susan C. Daffron, The Last Train to Barksville:
text: "Once I got home and into my snugglies, I couldn't take them off."
ref: 2008, Janice Hunter, The Dream Girls, page 1:
glosses: Anything cosy or cuddly, such as soft clothing or animals.
snuggly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more snuggly
form: most snuggly
Etymology: From snuggle + -y.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of snugly.
Related terms: snugly
soundly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsaʊnd.lɪ/
Forms: form: more soundly
form: most soundly
Etymology: From Middle English soundly, soundely, from Old English ġesundlīċe (“safely, prosperously, gladly”), equivalent to sound + -ly. Originally meaning "safely", the present sense came in the 16ᵗʰ century.
Senses: examples: text: He was soundly thrashed by the semi-professional boxer.
text: Pro. Let them be hunted ſoundly : At this houre / Lies at my mercy all mine enemies :[…]
ref: 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i], page 16:
text: Mrs. Reed soon rallied her spirits: she shook me most soundly, she boxed both my ears, and then left me without a word.
ref: 1847 October 16, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], chapter IV, in Jane Eyre. An Autobiography. […], volume I, London: Smith, Elder, and Co., […], →OCLC, pages 42–43:
text: The wedding company, fatigued with their enjoyment of the previous night, slept soundly late into the next morning.
ref: 1899, William George Aston, A History of Japanese Literature, page 272:
text: My gold carried little weight with him, he was sincerely fond of me and consequently rated me soundly for all indiscretions, declaring I would regret wasting the best years of my life and deadening my vast talents […]
ref: 1911, L. D. Biagi, The Centaurians, Ch. I:
glosses: In a thorough manner; in manner free of defect or deficiency.
Synonyms: completely
deeply
firmly
fully
perfectly
roundly
thoroughly
totally
schemer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskimɚ/
rhymes: -iːmə(ɹ)
Forms: form: schemers
Etymology: From scheme + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who plots or schemes, who formulates devious plans.
schoolmastering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of schoolmaster
schoolmastering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: A spell of schoolmastering there did not endear him to the life of a pedagogue […].
ref: 2016, Peter Ackroyd, Revolution, Pan Macmillan, page 189:
glosses: The fact or activity of being a schoolmaster; teaching.
sculptor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskʌlptɚ/
Forms: form: sculptors
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin sculptor, equivalent to sculpt + -or.
Senses: examples: text: The feisty wife of a world-renowned Russian sculptor emasculated an armed thug outside her Soho home — saying he “didn’t have the cojones to shoot her,” police sources said yesterday.
ref: 2013 July 10, Daniel Prendergast, “‘You don’t have the cojones’: 54-year-old woman fronts up to would-be muggers who pointed gun at her chest”, in New York Post, archived from the original on 02 Aug 2016:
glosses: A person who sculpts; an artist who produces sculpture.
sealer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsiːlə/
enpr: sēlʹər
ipa: /ˈsiːlɚ/
rhymes: -iːlə(ɹ)
Forms: form: sealers
Etymology: From seal + -er.
Senses: glosses: A tool used to seal something.
glosses: A person who is employed to seal things.
glosses: A person who is employed to seal things.
An officer responsible for sealing writs or instruments, stamping weights and measures, etc.
glosses: A coating designed to prevent excessive absorption of finish coats into porous surfaces; a coating designed to prevent bleeding.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A goal, shot, point, etc., scored close to fulltime so that it becomes impossible for the losing side to score enough to win.
Derived terms: endodontic sealer
root canal sealer
sealer jar
vacuum sealer
sealer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsiːlə/
enpr: sēlʹər
ipa: /ˈsiːlɚ/
rhymes: -iːlə(ɹ)
Forms: form: sealers
Etymology: From seal + -er.
Senses: examples: text: "We must club the seals," I announced, when convinced of my poor marksmanship. "I have heard the sealers talk about clubbing them."
ref: 1904, Jack London, chapter 30, in The Sea-Wolf (Macmillan’s Standard Library), New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, →OCLC:
synonyms: seal-hunter
glosses: A person who hunts seals.
glosses: A vessel engaged in the business of capturing seals.
hydrogen selenide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: seleniuretted hydrogen
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: the hydride of selenium, H₂Se; it is a toxic, flammable gas, having properties similar to those of hydrogen sulfide
februate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: februates
form: februating
form: februated
form: februated
Senses: glosses: To purify; to rejuvenate; to renew.
glosses: To experience purification or rejuvenation.
Related terms: February
februation
searcher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɝt͡ʃɚ/
ipa: /ˈsɜː(ɹ)t͡ʃə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)tʃə(ɹ)
Forms: form: searchers
Etymology: From Middle English serchour, sercher, from Old French cercheor; equivalent to search + -er.
Senses: examples: text: When he had repoſed four years and four months in the boſom of care, rocked in the cradle of proſperity, he was brought forth, according to the cuſtom of true believers, and committed to the charge of moralifts of high fame, poliſhers of noble manners, and ſearchers of true knowledge, that they might cultivate his heaven-born genius, and teach him with dignity to rule that world which he was born to command[.]
ref: 1769, Firishta, translated by Alexander Dow, Tales translated from the Persian of Inatulla of Delhi, volume I, Dublin: P. and W. Wilson et al., page 4:
glosses: One who searches.
examples: text: The Searchers hereupon (who are ancient Matrons, sworn to their Office) repair to the place where the dead Corps lies
ref: 1662-1663, John Graunt, Natural and Political Observations Made Upon the Bills of Mortality:
glosses: An officer in London appointed to examine the bodies of the dead, and report the cause of death.
glosses: An officer who apprehended idlers on the street during church hours in Scotland.
glosses: A customs officer responsible for searching ships, merchandise, luggage, etc.
examples: text: 62. Leather Searcher and Sealer, functions of. The offices of Leather Searcher and Sealer are united in one person. He examines and seals all hides and leather, receiving some small fees of the parties for so doing, but has no salary or perquisites from the corporation.
ref: 1835 March 30, Commissioners on Municipal Corporations in England and Wales, “Report on the Borough of Scarborough, (Yorkshire.)”, in Municipal Corporations, (England and Wales.): Appendix to the First Report of the Commissioners., Part III. Northern and North-Midland Circuits., London: House of Commons, page 1719:
text: Means adopted by tanners to evade the searcher's and sealer's inspection
ref: 1837, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, Parliamentary Papers: 1780-1849 (volume 52, part 2, page 136)
text: THE OATH OF SEARCHERS AND SEALERS OF LETHER ^([sic]). You & eu'y of you shall well & truly view & search all & eu'y tanned hide skinne or Leather which shall be brought to any faire or m'kett within the p'cincts of the towne of Louth […]
ref: 1891, Louth: Old Corporation Records, page 52:
text: In 1362 William Drydale was the elected ale-taster, a manorial office like that of the leather searcher or pinder.
ref: 2011, George Redmonds, Turi King, David Hey, Surnames, DNA, and Family History, page 31:
glosses: An inspector of leather.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: An instrument for examining the bore of a cannon, to detect cavities in its surface.
glosses: An implement for sampling butter.
glosses: A sieve or strainer.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: An instrument for feeling after calculi in the bladder, etc.
Derived terms: caterpillar searcher
fiery searcher
soul-searcher
spring searcher
Related terms: searcheress
hydrogen sodium arsenate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The compound sodium hydrogen arsenate.
seasonable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsiːzənəbəl/
ipa: /ˈsiːznəbəl/
Forms: form: more seasonable
form: most seasonable
Etymology: From season + -able.
Senses: examples: text: Nor is it seasonable to have to do with Hercules, whil'st he is enraged, and amongst the Furies, but when he is telling merry tales amongst the Meonion Damosels.
ref: 1661, Thomas, transl. Salusbury, “Galilaeus Galilaeus Lyncaeus, His Systeme of the World”, in Mathematical Collections and Translations, The Second Dialogue, London: William Leybourn, translation of Dialogo sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo by Galileo Galilei, page 95:
glosses: Opportune; occurring at an appropriate or suitable time.
examples: text: The temperature outside was quite seasonable, neither warmer nor colder than I had expected.
text: It was a wild, cold, seasonable night of March, with a pale moon, lying on her back as though the wind had tilted her, and flying wrack of the most diaphanous and lawny texture.
ref: 1886, Robert Louis Stevenson, Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde:
glosses: Appropriate to the current season of the year.
glosses: Ephemeral; lasting for just one season.
glosses: In season (said of game when it is legal to be hunted and killed).
glosses: Well-seasoned; matured (e.g. timber).
Synonyms: sense: occurring at an appropriate or suitable time
word: well-timed
word: timesome
word: timely
sense: lasting for just one season
word: passing
word: transitory
word: ephemeral
Derived terms: seasonableness
februation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /fɛbɹʊˈeɪʃən/
Forms: form: februations
Etymology: From Latin februatio, from februare (“purify”).
Senses: examples: text: Romantics hoped the war would bring a februation by fire.
glosses: Purification, rejuvenation, or renewal, especially ritual or ceremonial.
glosses: The object of such purification; a sacrifice.
Related terms: February
februate
suspire
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /səˈspaɪə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ)
Forms: form: suspires
form: suspiring
form: suspired
form: suspired
Etymology: Late Middle English, from Latin suspīrāre. Cognate with Old French sospirer (modern soupirer) and Spanish suspirar.
Senses: examples: text: Fireflies that suspire / In short, soft lapses of transported flame.
ref: 1856, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, “Seventh Book”, in Aurora Leigh, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1857, →OCLC:
text: To him that yesterday did suspire.
ref: c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iv]:
glosses: To breathe, especially to exhale
examples: text: Now the New Year reviving old Desires,
The thoughtful Soul to Solitude retires,
Where the White Hand of Moses on the Bough
Puts out, and Jesus from the Ground suspires.
ref: 1859, Edward Fitzgerald, The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám: The Astronomer-Poet of Persia, page 2:
glosses: To sigh.
Synonyms: sense: to breathe
word: breathe
Related terms: suspiral
suspiration
suspirious
suspire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /səˈspaɪə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ)
Forms: form: suspires
Etymology: Late Middle English, from Latin suspīrāre. Cognate with Old French sospirer (modern soupirer) and Spanish suspirar.
Senses: glosses: A long, deep breath; a sigh.
sententiously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more sententiously
form: most sententiously
form: sentenciously
Etymology: From sententious + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: "We shall see to-morrow," said the doctor. "We shall," replied Lady Anne, very sententiously.
ref: 1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter LXI, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 155:
text: "It 's an ill wind dat blows nowhar, — dat ar a fact," said Sam, sententiously, giving an additional hoist to his pantaloons, and adroitly substituting a long nail in place of a missing suspender-button, with which effort of mechanical genius he seemed highly delighted.
ref: 1851 June – 1852 April, Harriet Beecher Stowe, chapter 6, in Uncle Tom’s Cabin; or, Life among the Lowly, volume I, Boston, Mass.: John P[unchard] Jewett & Company; Cleveland, Oh.: Jewett, Proctor & Worthington, published 20 March 1852, →OCLC, page 70:
text: He became very cool and collected all at once. ‘I am not such a fool as I look, quoth Plato to his disciples,’ he said sententiously, emptied his glass with great resolution, and we rose.
ref: 1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 201:
glosses: In a sententious manner, concisely, pithily.