cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Lawson
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɒsən/
ipa: /ˈlɔsən/
ipa: /ˈlɑsən/
rhymes: -ɒsən
Forms: form: Lawsons
Etymology: * As a Scottish and northern English surname meaning "son of Lawrence," from Lawrence + -son. Compare Law, Laws.
* As a Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, and north German surname, Americanized from Larsen, Larsson.
Senses: glosses: An English and Scottish surname originating as a patronymic.
glosses: A placename
A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
glosses: A placename
A town in the Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia.
glosses: A placename
A hamlet in the Rural Municipality of Maple Bush No. 224, Saskatchewan, Canada.
glosses: A placename
An unincorporated community in Union County, Arkansas, United States.
glosses: A placename
An unincorporated community in Clear Creek County, Colorado, United States.
glosses: A placename
A city in Clay County, Clinton County and Ray County, Missouri, United States.
glosses: A placename
An area of Mesquite, Texas, United States.
Derived terms: Lawson cypress
Lawsonia
Lawsonize
Yorke
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Yorkes
Etymology: Variant of York.
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of York: a city in North Yorkshire, England.
glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Yorke Peninsula
sailfish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈseɪlˌfɪʃ/
Forms: form: sailfishes
form: sailfish
Etymology: From sail + fish.
Senses: synonyms: boohoo
glosses: A fish of the genus Istiophorus, having a characteristic sail-like fin on its back.
glosses: The basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus).
glosses: The quillback (Carpiodes cyprinus).
Derived terms: taxonomic: Istiophorus albicans
word: Atlantic sailfish
taxonomic: Istiophorus platypterus
word: Indo-Pacific sailfish
sacrilegiously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more sacrilegiously
form: most sacrilegiously
Etymology: From sacrilegious + -ly.
Senses: examples: 1970, Stendhal, Translated by Richard N. Coe, New York: Orion Press, Chapter XXII, p. 286,
Every Friday, in fact, the priests send out spies into the back-gardens of all the palazzi to hunt for chicken-bones on the rubbish-heaps; the chamber-maid cannot receive absolution at her Easter confession unless she denounces secret carcass-hoards of sacrilegiously-consumed fowls […]
glosses: In a sacrilegious manner; done without proper respect.
salivation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsælɪˈveɪʃən/
ipa: /ˌsæləˈveɪʃən/
Forms: form: salivations
Etymology: From Latin salīvātiō.
Senses: synonyms: drooling
glosses: The process of producing saliva.
Related terms: salivate
satanically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more satanically
form: most satanically
Etymology: From satanic + -ally.
Senses: examples: text: But on the occasions that he did do something actively nasty, he was satanically good at insinuating himself so sneakily into your most sensitive spots that if you did not know him well you could end up thinking you were being unfair to him when he annoyed you.
ref: 1988, Tsitsi Dangarembga, Nervous Conditions, Faber & Faber Limited (2021), page 76:
glosses: In a satanic manner.
Sherwood
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃɝwʊd/
ipa: /ˈʃɜːwʊd/
Etymology: From Old English scīr + wudu (“forest”). The first element is either the ancestor of the modern noun shire, or an adjective meaning "bright" (ancestor to the modern word sheer), depending on the specific placename (listed below).
Senses: glosses: An English habitational surname from Old English derived from Sherwood Forest.
glosses: A northern suburb of Preston, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD5432)
glosses: A northern suburb of Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK5643).
glosses: A suburb of Bonnyrigg, Midlothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT3164)
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in Pulaski County, Arkansas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Calhoun County, Iowa.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Talbot County, Maryland.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A township and village therein, in Branch County, Michigan.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A hamlet in Cayuga County, New York.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A minor city in Renville County, North Dakota.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A village in Defiance County, Ohio.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Hamilton County, Ohio.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in Washington County, Oregon.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Franklin County, Tennessee.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Irion County, Texas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Doddridge County, West Virginia.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A village in Calumet County, Wisconsin.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town and unincorporated community therein, in Clark County, Wisconsin.
glosses: A number of places in Canada:
A neighbourhood in north-west Calgary, Alberta.
glosses: A number of places in Canada:
A neighbourhood in west Edmonton, Alberta.
glosses: A number of places in Canada:
A community in Huron Shores, Algoma District, Ontario.
glosses: A number of places in Canada:
A community in Maple, Vaughan, Ontario.
glosses: A number of places in Canada:
A community in the Municipality of the District of Chester, Nova Scotia.
glosses: A number of places in Canada:
A neighbourhood of Charlottetown, Queens County, Prince Edward Island.
glosses: A number of places in Canada:
A rural municipality, Rural Municipality of Sherwood No. 159, around Regina, Saskatchewan.
glosses: A suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
glosses: A locality south-east of Adelaide, South Australia.
Derived terms: Newark and Sherwood
Sherwood Forest
Sherwoodian
sherwoodite
Sherwood Park
Sherwood Rise
satiny
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more satiny
form: most satiny
Etymology: From satin + -y.
Senses: glosses: Like satin, smooth and shiny, glossy.
savageness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: savagenesses
Etymology: From savage + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The property of being savage or behaving savagely.
López
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in San Jerónimo department, Santa Fe, Argentina.
glosses: A municipality of Chihuahua, Mexico.
glosses: A patrilineal surname from Spanish.
Derived terms: Gomez and López-Hernández syndrome
Gómez-López-Hernández syndrome
lopezite
Vicente López
ferociously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more ferociously
form: most ferociously
Etymology: From ferocious + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Challenger snorted ferociously as he looked at it, and his thick black hair seemed to bristle up in his wrath.
ref: 1913, Arthur Conan Doyle, “(please specify the page)”, in The Poison Belt […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
glosses: In a ferocious manner, particularly violent and aggressive.
examples: text: To get a Times review, a gay book generally must be by a well-known writer preferably not performing at his best, or be so ferociously learned, like John Boswell's Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality, that the Times would lose intellectual credibility by not noticing it.
ref: 1987 February 1, T. R. Witomski, “Zeitgeist or Poltergeist? Why Gay Books Are So Bad”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 28, page 9:
text: a ferociously fast pace
glosses: Intensely or extremely.
Germain
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: A patronymic from a medieval given name, identical with the French one; or from an ethnic term for a German.
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the given name.
glosses: A male given name from French.
Derived terms: Saint-Germain-au-Mont-d'Or
Saint-Germain-des-Fossés
Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Related terms: Germaine
Germaine
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /d͡ʒə(ɹ)ˈmeɪn/
rhymes: -eɪn
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the given name, a variant of Germain.
glosses: A male given name from Latin, in modern use transferred back from the surname.
glosses: A female given name from Latin transferred from the surname or borrowed from modern French.
Sinclair
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɪŋˈklɛə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)
Forms: form: Sinclaire
form: Sinclare
form: Sinclar
form: Saint Clair
form: Saint-Clair
form: St Clair
form: St. Clair
form: St-Clair
form: Saint Claire
form: Saint-Claire
form: St Claire
form: St. Claire
form: St-Claire
form: Saint Clare
form: Saint-Clare
form: St Clare
form: St. Clare
form: St-Clare
form: Saint Clar
form: Saint-Clar
form: St Clar
form: St. Clar
form: St-Clar
Etymology: Derived from Saint Clare, to whom the clan's churches were dedicated.
Senses: examples: text: In molecular biologist David Sinclair’s lab at Harvard Medical School, old mice are growing young again.
Using proteins that can turn an adult cell into a stem cell, Sinclair and his team have reset aging cells in mice to earlier versions of themselves.
ref: 2022 June 2, Sandee LaMotte, “The ‘Benjamin Button’ effect: Scientists can reverse aging in mice. The goal is to do the same for humans”, in CNN:
glosses: A Scottish surname transferred from the given name, that of a clan.
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname.
glosses: A placename.
A community in the Rural Municipality of Pipestone, Manitoba, Canada.
glosses: A placename.
An unincorporated community in Grundy County, Iowa, United States.
glosses: A placename.
A township in Clearwater County, Minnesota, United States.
glosses: A placename.
An unincorporated community in Preston County, West Virginia, United States, named after Sinclair Oil Corporation.
glosses: A placename.
A town in Carbon County, Wyoming, United States.
Derived terms: Sinclairian
Omar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈəʊmɑː/
ipa: /ˈoʊmɑɹ/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)
Etymology: From Arabic عُمَر (ʕumar). Doublet of Umar.
Senses: topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: Omar bin al-Khattab, second Sunni Islamic caliph and a companion of Muhammad
glosses: A male given name from Arabic.
Related terms: Umar
Amr
Abu Bakr
Uthman
Ali
Hortense
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɔː(ɹ)tɛns/
ipa: /hɔː(ɹ)ˈtɛns/
note: French-style
ipa: /(h)ɔː(ɹ)tɑ̃s/
Etymology: From the French form of the Latin Hortēnsia, feminine form of Hortēnsius (“name of a Roman gens”), probably derived from hortēnsis (“having to do with gardens”) on the basis that the first to bear the name was a gardener.
Senses: examples: text: Her name was Mabel Hortense, and the children were very proud of having a cousin who lived in the city and was named Mabel Hortense. At Damsonfield Four Corners, where they lived, all the little girls were name Mary Jane or Sarah Ann or Lucy Maria, or, at the best, Hattie and Carrie; they had scarcely even heard so fine a name as Mabel Hortense.
ref: 1883, Sophie Swett, “All the Plums”, in St. Nicholas Magazine, Vol.10, Part 1, page 34:
glosses: A female given name from French.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Brantley County, Georgia, United States.
Cunningham
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkʌnɪŋəm/
Forms: form: Cunninghams
Etymology: From Scottish Gaelic Coineagan, a district of Ayrshire, either from Old English cyning (“king”) or Scottish Gaelic coineanach (“rabbit”) + Old English hām (“home, estate; hamlet, village”).
Senses: glosses: A Scottish habitational surname and clan.
glosses: An electoral division in New South Wales, Australia
glosses: A rural locality in Southern Downs Region, southern Queensland, Australia.
glosses: A locality in Yorke Peninsula council area, South Australia.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Floyd County, Georgia.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A township in Champaign County, Illinois.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A minor city in Kingman County, Kansas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Carlisle County, Kentucky.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Chariton County, Missouri.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Pemiscot County, Missouri.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Fayette County, Ohio.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Tennessee.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Obion County, Tennessee.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Lamar County, Texas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Fluvanna County, Virginia.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Adams County, Washington.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Hardy County, West Virginia.
Derived terms: Chuck Cunningham syndrome
Conway
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈkɒnweɪ/
Forms: form: Conways
Etymology: Anglicization of Welsh Conwy
Senses: glosses: A placename:
The River Conway, the former English name of the River Conwy in North Wales.
glosses: A placename:
The former English spelling of Conwy, a town in North Wales.
glosses: A placename:
A number of places in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Faulkner County, Arkansas.
glosses: A placename:
A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Orange County, Florida.
glosses: A placename:
A number of places in the United States:
A minor city in Taylor County, Iowa.
glosses: A placename:
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Jackson Township, McPherson County, Kansas.
glosses: A placename:
A number of places in the United States:
A village in Union Parish, Louisiana.
glosses: A placename:
A number of places in the United States:
A town in Franklin County, Massachusetts.
glosses: A placename:
A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Little Traverse Township, Emmet County, Michigan.
glosses: A placename:
A number of places in the United States:
A township in Livingston County, Michigan.
glosses: A placename:
A number of places in the United States:
A minor city in Laclede County, Missouri.
glosses: A placename:
A number of places in the United States:
A town and census-designated place therein, in Carroll County, New Hampshire.
glosses: A placename:
A number of places in the United States:
A minor city in Walsh County, North Dakota.
glosses: A placename:
A number of places in the United States:
A town in Northampton County, North Carolina.
glosses: A placename:
A number of places in the United States:
A borough in Beaver County, Pennsylvania.
glosses: A placename:
A number of places in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Horry County, South Carolina.
glosses: A placename:
A number of places in the United States:
A short river in Virginia.
glosses: A placename:
A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Skagit County, Washington.
glosses: A placename:
A locality in Whitsunday Region, Queensland, Australia.
glosses: A placename:
A river in north Canterbury, New Zealand, which flows into the Pacific Ocean.
examples: text: The two main figures in a high-stakes clash of wits inspired by this number series were Dr. John Conway, a professor of mathematics at Princeton University in New Jersey and Dr. Colin L. Mallows, a mathematician at A.T.&T. Bell Laboratories in Murray Hill, N.J.
ref: 1988 August 30, Malcolm W. Browne, “Intellectual Duel: Brash Challenge, Swift Response”, in The New York Times:
glosses: A habitational surname from Welsh derived from Conwy, the town or river in North Wales.
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname.
Derived terms: Conway County
Conway criterion
Conway's law
Conwy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈkɒnwi/
Etymology: From Welsh Conwy.
Senses: glosses: A town and community in Conwy borough county borough, North Wales; formerly Conway (OS grid ref SH7777).
glosses: A river in Conwy borough county borough, Wales; in full, River Conwy; formerly, River Conway.
glosses: A county borough in Wales; in full, Conwy County Borough.
Derived terms: Conwy Bay
Llansanffraid Glan Conwy
River Conwy
Conwy County Borough
Annette
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈnɛt/
rhymes: -ɛt
Forms: form: Annettes
Etymology: From French Annette, diminutive of Anne, from Ἄννα (Ánna), the Ancient Greek New Testament form of the Hebrew female name חַנָּה (ḥannâ, “grace, gracious”) with the French suffix ette meaning cute, adorable or little. So, Annette could mean "Little favor of God", "cute grace" or "little Anne".
Senses: glosses: A female given name from French.
Saunders
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An English, Scottish, and occasionally Jewish patronymic surname derived from an old form of Alexander.
glosses: A ghost town in Rush County, Kansas, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Stanton County, Kansas.
glosses: An unincorporated community in the town of Superior, Douglas County, Wisconsin, United States.
Derived terms: Saunders County
Jethro
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɛθɹəʊ/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɛθɹoʊ/
rhymes: -ɛθɹəʊ
Etymology: Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew יִתְרוֹ (yitró).
Senses: topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: The father-in-law of Moses.
glosses: A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
Wilfrid
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Old English - Wilfriþ, a less common form of Wilfred.
Wentworth
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Wentworths
Etymology: From either the Old English byname Wintra, or Old English winter (“winter”) + worþ (“enclosure”).
Senses: glosses: Any of several placenames in England and elsewhere.
A number of places in the United States:
A village in Newton County, Missouri.
glosses: Any of several placenames in England and elsewhere.
A number of places in the United States:
A town in Grafton County, New Hampshire.
glosses: Any of several placenames in England and elsewhere.
A number of places in the United States:
A town, the county seat of Rockingham County, North Carolina.
glosses: Any of several placenames in England and elsewhere.
A number of places in the United States:
A village in Lake County, South Dakota.
glosses: Any of several placenames in England and elsewhere.
Places in Canada:
A community in south-west Calgary, Alberta.
glosses: Any of several placenames in England and elsewhere.
Places in Canada:
A rural community of Cumberland County, Nova Scotia.
glosses: Any of several placenames in England and elsewhere.
Places in Canada:
A township municipality in the Laurentides, Quebec.
glosses: Any of several placenames in England and elsewhere.
A small village and civil parish in East Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL4878).
glosses: Any of several placenames in England and elsewhere.
A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK3898).
glosses: Any of several placenames in England and elsewhere.
A suburb of Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
glosses: Any of several placenames in England and elsewhere.
A town in Wentworth Shire, south-west New South Wales, Australia, on the border with Victoria.
glosses: Any of several placenames in England and elsewhere.
An electoral division in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
glosses: The Wentworth Golf Club in Surrey, England.
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
Dion
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdiːɒn/
ipa: /ˈdiːɑn/
rhymes: -iːɒn
Forms: form: Dions
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek Δίων (Díōn). Also a medieval English and French diminutive of Dionysius (Dennis).
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Ancient Greek.
glosses: A surname from French.
Related terms: Deeon
Deion
Deon
Deyon
Dione
Dionne
Dyon
Hawkins
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɔːkɪnz/
ipa: /ˈhɔkɪnz/
ipa: /ˈhɑkɪnz/
Forms: form: Hawkinses
Etymology: From the Middle English personal name Hawkin, diminutive of Hal (Henry), or from a byname "hawk" (Hawk), with -s.
Senses: glosses: An English surname originating as a patronymic.
glosses: A placename:
An unincorporated community in Bannock County, Idaho, United States.
glosses: A placename:
A city in Wood County, Texas, United States.
glosses: A placename:
A town and village therein, in Rusk County, Wisconsin, United States.
glosses: A placename:
A locality in Alberta, Canada.
glosses: A placename:
A rural locality in Selwyn district, Canterbury, New Zealand.
glosses: A placename:
Ellipsis of Hawkins County.
Derived terms: Hawkins County
Hawkinson
Hawkinsville
Sadie Hawkins Day
Hawkins
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɔːkɪnz/
ipa: /ˈhɔkɪnz/
ipa: /ˈhɑkɪnz/
Etymology: From the Middle English personal name Hawkin, diminutive of Hal (Henry), or from a byname "hawk" (Hawk), with -s.
Senses: glosses: plural of Hawkin
Related terms: Hawkings
Carleton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɑɹ(ə)ltən/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ltən
Senses: glosses: An English surname, alternative spelling of Carlton.
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname.
glosses: A number of places in England:
A hamlet in St Cuthbert Without parish, Cumberland, Cumbria, previously in Carlisle district (OS grid ref NY4252).
glosses: A number of places in England:
A scattered locality in Drigg and Carleton parish, Cumberland, Cumbria, which includes Carleton Hall, and the hamlets of Carleton Head and Hall Carleton.
glosses: A number of places in England:
A hamlet in Haile parish, Cumberland, Cumbria (OS grid ref NY0109).
glosses: A number of places in England:
A suburb of Penrith, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY5329).
glosses: A number of places in England:
A village near Poulton-le-Fylde, Wyre borough, Lancashire (OS grid ref SD3339).
glosses: A number of places in England:
The civil parish for Carleton-in-Craven, North Yorkshire, previously in Craven district.
glosses: A number of places in England:
A village south of Pontefract, Wakefield borough, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE4620).
glosses: A parish in Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada, named after Thomas Carleton.
glosses: A village in Ash Township, Monroe County, Michigan, United States.
glosses: A village in Thayer County, Nebraska, United States.
glosses: A rural locality in Waimakariri District, Canterbury, New Zealand.
Derived terms: Carleton County
Carleton-in-Craven
Drigg and Carleton
East Carleton
drug dealers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of drug dealer
dealers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dealer
drug tests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of drug test
drug tests
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of drug test
auto-forwarding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From auto- + forwarding.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The capability of forwarding incoming messages from one user account to another user account or from one domain to another.
Melville
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Melvilles
Senses: glosses: A Scottish habitational surname from Old French of Norman origin, from Malleville in Normandy.
glosses: A suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa.
glosses: A suburb of Perth, Western Australia, in the City of Melville.
glosses: A local government area in Perth, Western Australia; in full, the City of Melville.
glosses: A southern suburb of Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A township in Renville County, Minnesota.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Sweet Grass County, Montana.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A hamlet and census-designated place in the town of Huntington, Suffolk County, New York.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Foster County, North Dakota.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Clatsop County, Oregon.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Middletown and Portsmouth, Rhode Island, named after Admiral George W. Melville.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia.
Derived terms: Melvillean
Melvillian
Melville Island
Melville Peninsula
Mount Melville
Related terms: Herman Melville (1819-1891)
American novelist
essayist
and poet
Ptolemy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɒləmi/
enpr: tälʹəm-ē
ipa: /ˈtɑləmi/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Πτολεμαῖος (Ptolemaîos).
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Ancient Greek of Greek origin, borne by historical persons in ancient Egypt.
Claudius Ptolemaeus (c. 90 – c. 168 AD), a Greek-speaking mathematician, geographer, astronomer, and astrologer who lived in the Hellenistic culture of Alexandria in Roman Egypt. His most important works were the Almagest and the Geography
glosses: A male given name from Ancient Greek of Greek origin, borne by historical persons in ancient Egypt.
Ptolemy I Soter ("Ptolemy the Savior", 367 BC—283 BC), a Macedonian general under Alexander the Great who was the ruler of Egypt (323 B.C.E—283 B.C.E) and founder of the Ptolemaic Empire. In 305 BC he took the role of King.
glosses: A male given name from Ancient Greek of Greek origin, borne by historical persons in ancient Egypt.
The Egyptian ruling dynasty of peoples who held the given name Ptolemy.
Derived terms: Ptolemaic
Ptolemaic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: tŏl'ə-māʹĭk
ipa: /ˌtɒl.əˈmeɪ.ɪk/
ipa: /ˌtɑl.əˈmeɪ.ɪk/
Etymology: Via Latin Ptolemāicus from Koine Greek Πτολεμᾱϊκός (Ptolemāïkós) from Πτολεμαῖος (Ptolemaîos), a proper name derived from Epic Greek πτόλεμος (ptólemos), variant of Ancient Greek πόλεμος (pólemos, “battle, war”); equivalent to Ptolemy + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the Ptolemy dynasty of pharaohs, the Ptolemies, rulers of Hellenistic Egypt.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to the astronomer Claudius Ptolemy.
Synonyms: Ptolemaean
Ptolemaian
Derived terms: Ptolemaic system
kratom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: [ˈkɹeɪ̯təm]
rhymes: -eɪtəm
Forms: form: kratoms
Etymology: Borrowed from Thai กระท่อม (grà-tɔ̂m).
Senses: examples: text: When the US Drug Enforcement Administration announced plans to criminalise the sale and possession of the psychoactive plant kratom, people across the country became interested in a leaf used medicinally for centuries in parts of Asia.
ref: 2016 October 22, Marc T. Swogger, A ban too far, New Scientist, Issue 3096, page 20
glosses: A tree, Mitragyna speciosa, endemic to Southeast Asia.
synonyms: gas station weed
gas station heroin
coordinate_terms: gas station heroin
glosses: The dried leaves of this tree, used in traditional medicine or recreationally for their stimulant and analgesic effects.
uniformitarianism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /juːnɪfɔːmɪˈtɛːɹɪənɪzm/
Etymology: From uniformitarian + -ism, coined by English polymath William Whewell in 1837.
Senses: examples: text: There has been much puffy stuff written about whether Lyell's uniformitarianism permitted variations in intensity of causes, or whether he applied his logic in a consistent way, and whether he assumed indefinite stretches of geological time.
ref: 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 20:
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
antonyms: catastrophism
convulsionism
glosses: The scientific principle that natural laws and processes operated in the past in the same way and at the same rates that they operate today, and sometimes in the same way everywhere in the universe as well.
Hibernian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Hibernian
form: most Hibernian
Etymology: From Hibernia + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Ireland; Irish.
Hibernian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Hibernians
Etymology: From Hibernia + -an.
Senses: glosses: An Irish person.
glosses: A member of the Irish-ethnic Catholic fraternal Ancient Order of Hibernians
Related terms: Hibernia
Hibernian Republic
man'yōgana
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: măn'yōgăʹnă
rhymes: -ɑːnə
Forms: form: manyogana
Etymology: From Japanese 万(まん)葉(よう)仮(が)名(な) (man'yōgana).
Senses: glosses: The early Japanese syllabary using Chinese characters to represent Japanese sounds: the predecessor of hiragana and katakana.
Related terms: hentaigana
hiragana
katakana
man'yōgana
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: măn'yōgăʹnă
rhymes: -ɑːnə
Forms: form: man'yōgana
form: manyogana
Etymology: From Japanese 万(まん)葉(よう)仮(が)名(な) (man'yōgana).
Senses: glosses: A man'yōgana character.
X-SAMPA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɛksˈsæm.pə/
Etymology: Acronym of Extended Speech Assessment Methods Phonetic Alphabet.
Senses: glosses: A SAMPA-inspired transcription of the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) into ASCII.
memorabilia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmɛm(ə)ɹəˈbɪlɪə/
ipa: /ˌmɛm(ə)ɹəˈbiːlɪə/
ipa: /ˌmɛm(ə)ɹəˈbɪlɪə/
ipa: /ˌmɛm(ə)ɹəˈbilɪə/
ipa: /ˌmem(ə)ɹəˈbɪlɪə/
ipa: /ˌmem(ə)ɹəˈbiːlɪə/
Forms: form: memorabile
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin memorābilia (“things to be remembered”); its use as noun is after Ancient Greek ἀπομνημονεύματα (apomnēmoneúmata) of the neuter plural of memorābilis (“memorable”). Its English use is perhaps after the Latin title Memorabilia of Xenophon’s collection of Socratic dialogues.
Senses: examples: text: George has a collection of World War II memorabilia.
text: I can't remember / Give me a reminder / I collect, I reject / Memorabilia / Memorabilia
ref: 1981, “Memorabilia”, in Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret, performed by Soft Cell:
text: Have you seen the memorabilia / The rusty old memorabilia / The souvenirs of perfect doom / In the back of Louis Dakine's backroom
ref: 2012, Donald Fagen, “Memorabilia”, in Sunken Condos:
synonyms: mementos
souvenirs
keepsakes
glosses: Objects that are connected to or remind their owner of past events.
examples: text: On the other hand, how uſeful is ſuch a faculty, if well exerciſed! To it we owe all thoſe intereſting apothegms and memorabilia of the ancients, which Plutarch, Xenophon, and Valerius Maximus, have tranſmitted to us.
ref: 1785, James Boswell, “To James Boswell, Esq.”, in The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson, LL.D. […], London: […] Henry Baldwin, for Charles Dilly, […], →OCLC, page 522:
glosses: Things worth remembering: noteworthy points.
Derived terms: commemorabilia
Negrobilia
at that
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: He went to a famous school, and a good one at that.
text: One would have expected something more perfected from a don—and a lecturer at McGill at that.
ref: 1964 September, “New Books: A History of Russian Railways. By J. N. Westwood. Allen & Unwin. 45s.”, in Modern Railways, page 222:
glosses: In addition to what has been said; furthermore; moreover.
examples: text: "Someone needs to get these naive kids up to speed on what goes on in the real world." I spoon-fed him some more sugar. "And it sounds like you're just the man to do it."
"Maybe I am. Maybe I am at that."
ref: 2004, Susan Volland, Love and Meatballs, page 62:
glosses: Now that it has been mentioned.
examples: text: […] he heard the birds sing, and at that he felt comforted.
ref: 2012, Andrew Lang, King Arthur: Tales from the Round Table:
glosses: Thereupon; directly after, and as a result of, that.
figgy-dowdy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: figgy-dowdie
Senses: glosses: A sort of sweet pudding, containing a large proportion of suet or pork fat, with raisins, currants and liquor.
peening
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: peenings
Senses: examples: text: Postmechanical operations include: (1) removal of excess weld metal, slag, and weld spatter, (2) rough or finish machining to dimensional requirements of the weldment, and (3) metal conditioning processes such as peening or roll planishing to reduce cracking tendencies physically and to increase weld bead strength.
ref: 1989, William Winchell, Realistic Cost Estimating for Manufacturing, page 121:
glosses: The hardening of a metal surface by hammering, or by blasting with shot
peening
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of peen
salivary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsælɪˌvɛɹi/
ipa: /səˈlaɪvəɹi/
ipa: /ˈsælɪvəɹi/
Etymology: From saliva + -ary.
Senses: glosses: Relating to saliva.
Derived terms: salivary gland
salivary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsælɪˌvɛɹi/
ipa: /səˈlaɪvəɹi/
ipa: /ˈsælɪvəɹi/
Forms: form: salivaries
Etymology: From saliva + -ary.
Senses: examples: text: The most striking peculiarity, however, is the presence of a pair of glands (possibly aborted salivaries) apparently issuing from the posterior of the pharynx, and looking like the two ends of a clergyman's bands or cravat.
ref: 1914, Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society, page 130:
glosses: A salivary gland.
salmonellae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of salmonella
salvageable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more salvageable
form: most salvageable
form: salvagable
Etymology: From salvage + -able.
Senses: examples: text: The car wasn't salvageable after the engine fire. The insurance company totalled it and I bought a new one.
text: Considerable work had to be done by way of repairs and replacement of bricks and woodwork (doors, floors, skirtings and panelling) where these were too far gone to be salvageable, including reprofiling to match originals.
ref: 2023 December 13, Robin Leleux, “Restored... and a richly deserved award: Cullybackey”, in RAIL, number 998, page 39:
antonyms: unsalvageable
unrescuable
unsavable
glosses: Capable of being salvaged, saved or repaired. Worth rescuing and keeping rather discarding or replacing.
Derived terms: unsalvageable
sandhog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsændhɒɡ/
ipa: /ˈsændhɔɡ/
Forms: form: sandhogs
form: sand hog
form: sand-hog
Etymology: From sand + hog, perhaps alluding to a hog (“animal of the Suidae family, especially a boar, pig, or warthog”) digging in sand.
Senses: examples: text: Sandhogs working behind a hydraulic shield excavated the riverbed silt inch by inch and installed linking sections of cast-iron tubes as they went. The digging chamber was filled with compressed air pumped in from the surface. The work was dangerous. The men who did the work, the sandhogs, were considered heroes.
ref: 1975, E.L. Doctorow, chapter XIII, in Ragtime, page 77:
synonyms: sandhogger
glosses: A person employed to dig tunnels, or (more generally) to work underground or under water.
sandhog
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsændhɒɡ/
ipa: /ˈsændhɔɡ/
Forms: form: sandhogs
form: sandhogging
form: sandhogged
form: sandhogged
Etymology: From sand + hog, perhaps alluding to a hog (“animal of the Suidae family, especially a boar, pig, or warthog”) digging in sand.
Senses: glosses: To work at digging tunnels, or (more generally) underground or under water.
Derived terms: word: sandhogging
sapwood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsapwʊd/
Forms: form: sapwoods
form: sap-wood
Etymology: From sap + wood.
Senses: examples: text: A popular myth is that sapwood is not as strong as heartwood.
glosses: The wood just under the bark of a stem or branch; it differs from the heartwood in color and in physiologic activity (flow of sap).
Synonyms: alburnum
heartwood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɑɹtˌwʊd/
Forms: form: heartwoods
Etymology: From heart + wood.
Senses: examples: A popular myth is that heartwood is stronger than sapwood.
The staves are split from the heartwood. The heartwood is composed of dead cells; it supports the tree, but no longer has any physiological purpose. The staves must follow the grain of the wood to achieve a watertight cask, so they are split rather than sawn. — L'encyclopédie du Cognac: From log to stave
coordinate_terms: sapwood
glosses: The wood nearer the heart of a stem or branch, different in color from the sapwood.
sarcophagi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɑːˈkɒfəɡaɪ/
ipa: /-d͡ʒaɪ/
ipa: /sɑɹˈkɑfəɡaɪ/
ipa: /-d͡ʒaɪ/
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin sarcophagī, from sarcophagus + -ī (suffix denoting the nominative or vocative plural form of a word ending in -us).
Senses: examples: text: On closer inspection the coffins seemed to be more like sarcophagi. They stood about waist high and were constructed of what appeared to be white marble, […]
ref: 1980 October, Douglas Adams, chapter 23, in The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, London: Pan Books, →ISBN, page 132:
glosses: plural of sarcophagus
gas guzzler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gas guzzlers
Senses: glosses: A vehicle that consumes a large amount of fuel.
Related terms: guzzler
power-hungry
sarcophaguses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sarcophagus
sarcophaguses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: That person sarcophaguses bodies for a living.
glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sarcophagus
worn't
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Etymology: Variant of weren't.
Senses: examples: text: It worn't long befoor he coom // To see ha matters stood;
ref: c. 1872, John Hartley, Yorkshire Ditties, Second Series:
text: Which on 'em was Oxford? The inside one. No, it worn't—they was outside.
ref: 1892 April 9, Punch, or the London Charivari, volume 102:
text: There worn't nothin' in it but a spinnin' wheel and a stool.
ref: 1904, Folk Tales Every Child Should Know:
qualifier: largely obsolete; still found in some dialects; particularly in UK; largely obsolete; still found in some dialects; particularly in UK
glosses: Alternative spelling of weren't.
pony in the barn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ponies in the barn
Senses: topics: business
glosses: An exciting and real prospect, something to be legitimately excited about.
scalding
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more scalding
form: most scalding
Etymology: From scald + -ing.
Senses: glosses: Hot enough to burn.
raw_tags: of a liquid
examples: text: a scalding attack on his critics
glosses: Scorching; scathing.
Derived terms: scalding hot
scalding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From scald + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of scald
scalding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scaldings
Etymology: From scald + -ing.
Senses: glosses: An instance of scalding: a burn.
scalding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scaldings
form: stalling
Etymology: From Old French escalin, from Middle Dutch schelling (“shilling”). Doublet of shilling.
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
numismatics
synonyms: word: steeping#English: coin
word: escaline
extra: (particularly) the form circulated by Stephen de Fulbourn in Ireland as a debased form of the sterling silver penny, outlawed under Edward I of England
glosses: Synonym of escaline, (particularly) the form circulated by Stephen de Fulbourn in Ireland as a debased form of the sterling silver penny, outlawed under Edward I of England.
swampy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: swampier
form: swampiest
Etymology: From swamp + -y. Compare Saterland Frisian sumpich (“swampy”), Dutch sompig, zompig (“swampy, soggy”), German sumpfig (“swampy”), Swedish sumpig (“swampy”).
Senses: examples: swampy land
swampy armpits
glosses: Soggy and marshy; wet like a swamp.
examples: text: Fogerty’s voice is raw but focused, they can stretch out on Born on the Bayou and Suzie Q, but can be succinct, punchy and still just as evocatively swampy on Green River. They have punch – this is easily the best set so far.
ref: 2019 August 15, Bob Stanley, “'Groovy, groovy, groovy': listening to Woodstock 50 years on – all 38 discs”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Flowing smoothly with no harsh tones but possibly including muddy tones.
Related terms: marshy
swinish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈswaɪnɪʃ/
Forms: form: more swinish
form: most swinish
Etymology: From Middle English swinisse, swynys, swynyse; equivalent to swine + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: […]They clip vs drunkards, and with Swiniſh phraſe / Soyle our addition, and indeede it takes / From our atchieuements, though perform’d at height / The pith and marrow of our attribute[…]
ref: c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke: […] (Second Quarto), London: […] I[ames] R[oberts] for N[icholas] L[ing] […], published 1604, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iv]:
text: Epicurus, though his ethic seemed to others swinish and lacking in moral exultation, was very much in earnest.
ref: 1946, Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, I.27:
glosses: Like a pig, resembling a swine; gluttonous, coarse, debased.
swallow-tailed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of swallowtailed.
protegé
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: protegés
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of protégé.
bitching
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɪt͡ʃɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɪtʃɪŋ
Forms: form: bitchingest
form: bitchin'
form: bitchin
form: bitchen
Senses: examples: text: Encino is, like, so bitchin’
ref: 1982, Frank Zappa, Moon Zappa, “Valley Girl”, in Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch:
text: The car is an older model Chevy that we think is either a dark blue or black four-door sedan. Apparently, it runs rough but has a sweet set of rims and a bitching stereo system with huge speakers mounted in the trunk.
ref: 2010, Bill Sambito, Justice Delivered, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 83:
text: Were there points for who could play the most bitching guitar riff?
ref: 2012, Joanne Rock, Full Surrender, Harlequin, →ISBN, page 156:
text: Besides, now Nina had a family. She had friends. She had money. She had a bitching car. She'd survived a terrifying drive in that bitching car, and there was nothing she couldn't do, or at least try to do.
ref: 2019, Abbi Waxman, The Bookish Life of Nina Hill, Penguin, →ISBN, page 316:
glosses: Excellent; outstanding.
examples: text: Just my bitching luck.
glosses: Awful, terrible.
bitching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɪt͡ʃɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɪtʃɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bitch
Derived terms: Bitching Betty
bitching
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɪt͡ʃɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɪtʃɪŋ
Forms: form: bitchings
Senses: examples: text: Grierson's innocence – although Townsend would say it was naivety – was rather sweet and attractive amid the sour and petty bitchings of the other women.
ref: 1997, Gary Russell, Deadfall:
glosses: A spiteful criticism or complaint.
sandmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sandman
socius
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: socii
Etymology: From Latin socius.
Senses: glosses: Any of the autonomous tribes and city states of the Italian Peninsula in permanent military alliance with the Roman Republic until the Social War of 91–88 BC.
glosses: An associate; a fellow of an academy, etc.
topics: human-sciences
sciences
social-science
sociology
glosses: According to Gilles Deleuze, a social body that takes credit for production.
gammon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: gă'mən
ipa: /ˈɡæmən/
rhymes: -æmən
Forms: form: gammons
Etymology: From Middle English *gammon, gambon, from Old French gambon (compare modern French jambon (“ham”)), from gambe (“leg”), from Late Latin gamba, from Ancient Greek καμπή (kampḗ). Doublet of jambon and jamon.
Senses: examples: text: [T]he cooks were laying a refection before him of sack and anchovies and garlic sausage and gammons of bacon and - this was the important item - a great pudding dish out of which rose the noble dome of a crisp brown pie-crust.
ref: 1936, Norman Lindsay, The Flyaway Highway, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 40:
text: I bake a piece of gammon that will be served both hot and, later, as cold cuts.
ref: 2022 October 17, Nigel Slater, “Smoked haddock, baked gammon: Nigel Slater’s winter recipes that make the most of your oven”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: A cut of quick-cured pork leg.
Derived terms: back gammon player
gammon and spinach
gammon iron
gammon
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: gă'mən
ipa: /ˈɡæmən/
rhymes: -æmən
Forms: form: gammons
form: gammoning
form: gammoned
form: gammoned
Etymology: From Middle English *gammon, gambon, from Old French gambon (compare modern French jambon (“ham”)), from gambe (“leg”), from Late Latin gamba, from Ancient Greek καμπή (kampḗ). Doublet of jambon and jamon.
Senses: glosses: To cure bacon by salting.
gammon
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: gă'mən
ipa: /ˈɡæmən/
rhymes: -æmən
Forms: form: gammons
form: gammoning
form: gammoned
form: gammoned
form: gamen
form: gammen
form: gammin
form: gamon
Etymology: From Middle English gamnen, gomnen, gamenen, gomenen, from Old English gamnian, gæmnian, gamenian (“to joke, play”), from Proto-West Germanic *gamanōn, from Proto-Germanic *gamanōną (“to play, have fun, joke”). Cognate with Middle High German gamenen (“to mock, make fun of”), Icelandic gamna (“to have fun”). More at game.
Senses: glosses: To joke, kid around, play.
topics: backgammon
games
glosses: To beat by a gammon (without the opponent bearing off a stone).
Derived terms: gammoner
gammon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: gă'mən
ipa: /ˈɡæmən/
rhymes: -æmən
Forms: form: gammons
form: gamen
form: gammen
form: gammin
form: gamon
Etymology: From Middle English gamnen, gomnen, gamenen, gomenen, from Old English gamnian, gæmnian, gamenian (“to joke, play”), from Proto-West Germanic *gamanōn, from Proto-Germanic *gamanōną (“to play, have fun, joke”). Cognate with Middle High German gamenen (“to mock, make fun of”), Icelandic gamna (“to have fun”). More at game.
Senses: glosses: A joke, trick; play, sport, merriment.
examples: text: Toward the end of the game Roger had not borne off a single stone belonging to Roseanna, and she scored a gammon. She could not hide the triumph in her eyes. “Perhaps you will play a better game if we play for something closer to your heart,” she suggested.
ref: 2009 July 29, Virginia Henley, The Raven and the Rose, Island Books, →ISBN, page 210:
topics: backgammon
games
glosses: A victory in backgammon achieved when the opponent has not borne off a single stone.
examples: text: We started about 7:00 drinking beers and playing gammon. Then after getting a little “loose” we went to a girls dorm.
ref: 2008 03, Zanzibar McFate, I Battled a Giant Otter: My Gut Bustin', Mutha Lovin' Life of Manly Adventure, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 131:
glosses: Backgammon (the game itself).
Related terms: backgammon
gammon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: gă'mən
ipa: /ˈɡæmən/
rhymes: -æmən
Forms: form: gammons
Etymology: Perhaps related to the first etymology, with reference to tying up a ham.
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A rope fastening a bowsprit to the stem of a ship (usually called a gammoning).