nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: frithstool Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From frith + stool. Compare Old English friþstōl (“place of safety; refuge”). 1. An Anglo-Saxon stone seat, placed near the altar of a church, which afforded protection to those seeking sanctuary. Labels: historical
Word: forpet Part of Speech: noun 1. A quarter (fourth part) used especially as a unit of mass or capacity. Labels: Scotland, dated Example: Now, as I learned afterwards[…]that straw is used each day, which carried six bolls, one firlot, and three forpets of grain; that each bunch of straw yielded something less than one peck and three forpets; and that the extent of ground which produced the straw for one day's consumption, was seventy hundredth parts of an acre, Scotch measure. Example: The forpet, or one-fourth part of a peck, contains 3 Scotch standard pints and one choppin, is 7¾ inches diameter at the bottom, 6¾ inches at the mouth, and 9⅛ inches deep.
Word: fogou Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Cornish fogo (“cave”); compare vug. Pronunciation: /ˈfuː.ɡuː/, /ˈfəʊ.ɡuː/ 1. A Cornish souterrain, an underground, dry-stone-walled chamber open on two ends. Example: Cornish fogous typically consist of a long passage with walls built up in horizontal courses of rough granite stones, typically some 40 to 50 feet long, 6 feet in height, and 5 to 6 feet in width, constructed in a deliberate curve. Example: All known fogous are associated with settlements, and their creation would have taken considerable effort, so they obviously had some function for these communities. The fogou at Carn Euny dates from the early part of the Iron Age; here it is thought that the large, stone-lined chamber, which is circular and 5 metres in diameter, was constructed first.
Word: flix Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare flax. Pronunciation: /flɪks/ 1. The soft fur of some animals, especially the beaver. Labels: uncountable Example: sleek of flix, and brown like deer, Fearful and shepherdless, they bound along The sands[…]
Word: flix Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Phonetic respelling. Pronunciation: /flɪks/ 1. Alternative spelling of flicks (motion pictures) Labels: alt-of, alternative, plural, plural-only, slang
Word: firlot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Reduced form of Middle English firthelote (attested 1264), equivalent to ferthe (“fouth”) + lot (“portion, share”). 1. A measure of capacity, once used for corn etc, equal to four pecks. Labels: Scotland Example: [T]he valuation of lands, tenor of leaſes, the rents, the entails, rent charges, life rents, and payments for or out of land revenue, are all reckoned in Scotland by the chalder, boll, firlot, and lippy, and cannot be altered; [...] Example: A fairy came one day from one of the turrets of Craig-ail-naic to the wife of one of the tenants in Delnabo, and asked her to lend her a firlot of oatmeal for food for her family, promising to repay it soon, as she was every moment expecting an ample supply.
Word: epanodos Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐπάνοδος (epánodos), from ἐπ- (ep-) + ἀνα- (ana-) + ὁδός (hodós). By surface analysis, ep- + an- + -ode + Ancient Greek -ος (-os). 1. The repetition of a sequence of words or phrases in reverse order. Labels: countable, rhetoric, uncountable Example: By Epanodos the same word moves its place, Takes first and last and also middle space. 2. Recapitulation of the main points in a discourse. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: brain stem Part of Speech: noun 1. The part of the brain that connects the spinal cord to the cerebrum and the rest of the forebrain.
Word: exciseman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English excise Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man Middle English -man English -man English exciseman From excise + -man. 1. An officer employed to collect excise duty (excise tax), and to enforce excise laws.
Word: erotogenic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From eroto- + -genic. 1. That causes sexual excitement
Word: erotical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἐρωτῐκός (erōtĭkós)der. Latin erōticuslbor. French érotiqueder. English erotic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English erotical From erotic + -al. 1. Erotic. Labels: obsolete
Word: entranceway Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From entrance + way. 1. Something that provides access to an entrance; an entryway. Example: The second platform surrounds the base of the prang proper, whose closed entranceways are guarded by four statues of the Hindu god Indra on his three-headed elephant Erawan.
Word: G-spot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviation of Gräfenberg spot, popularized in The G Spot and Other Recent Discoveries About Human Sexuality, a pop-sci book published in 1982. Pronunciation: /ˈdʒiː.spɒt/, /ˈdʒi.spɑt/ 1. A proposed sensitive, erogenous zone on the anterior wall of the vagina. Example: Yeah, because if your fuckin' is anything like your police work then you couldn't hit the G-spot on a twelve pound pussy. Example: Two types of evidence have been used to argue for the existence of the G-spot and will be reviewed in turn. The first is behavioral, the second is based on claims of female ejaculation. 2. A focal point; a place (real or metaphorical) where activity should be directed for the best result. Labels: broadly, humorous Example: The very notion of a G-spot aroused so much interest, however, that this phrase not only stuck around but became metaphorical, as when Newsweek's Jonathan Alter wrote, “Smart politicians have always known that the G Spot of the American body politic is in the middle." Example: By manipulating this note you have your finger on the G-spot of the blues; handle it with care!
Word: G-spot Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Abbreviation of Gräfenberg spot, popularized in The G Spot and Other Recent Discoveries About Human Sexuality, a pop-sci book published in 1982. Pronunciation: /ˈdʒiː.spɒt/, /ˈdʒi.spɑt/ 1. To stimulate the G-spot of. Labels: informal, rare, transitive
Word: ealdorman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Old English ealdormann. See alderman (from Old English aldormann). 1. The chief magistrate of a shire in Anglo-Saxon England. Labels: historical
Word: dyking Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of diking. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: diking Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dike + -ing. 1. The process of building a dike. Labels: uncountable
Word: diking Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. 1. present participle and gerund of dike Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: drypoint Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dry + point. 1. A technique of intaglio printmaking similar to engraving in which an image is incised into a plate by scratching the surface with a hard, sharp metal (or diamond) point. Labels: uncountable 2. The needle used in this technique. Labels: countable 3. A print made using this technique. Labels: countable
Word: dowery Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of dowry. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: dandiprat Part of Speech: noun 1. An English coin worth three half-pence Labels: obsolete 2. An insignificant or contemptible person Labels: dated Example: It seems but proper, every way, therefore, for us to know, that this king of poets and philosophers was also among the best of men ; that, in his character, modesty and humility kept pace with greatness ; and that he was as much better than the beau-ideals of our intellectual popinjays and dandiprats, as those beau-ideals were prouder than he.
Word: goo-goo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested circa 1899, in US military slang, probably from American soldiers during the Philippine-American War hearing Tagalog gago (“idiot; fool; simpleton”) and Tagalog gaga (“female idiot; female fool”) and considering it to sound like babbling (goo goo ga ga). Possibly influenced by goo-goo eyes, which "was in vogue c. 1900 and may have contributed to this somehow" since early uses of goo-goo and gook refer specifically to prostitutes who followed army camps. See also gook. 1. A Filipino person. Labels: derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slur, vulgar
Word: goo-goo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From good government. Attested from the 1890s. 1. A government reformer. Labels: US, derogatory Example: Stinging Rebuke Administered to Bald Attempt to Grab City; Goo-Goo Clique Swept Off Their Feet by Landslide Against Municipal Freak Example: Some goo-goos are so relentless in their pursuit of goo-gooism that they become a public menace.
Word: goo-goo Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Uncertain; perhaps from goggle. Attested from 1900. 1. Amorous, affectionate. Labels: slang, usually Example: I wants to ask one question now, please let me call you dear, It cost a lot to gain a rep. But I’ll blow the road right here, if you’ll be mine, if you’ll be mine, Just because you makes them goo-goo eyes Example: I have to admit he is really easy on the eyes, but I don’t go all goo-goo over him every time he’s near like most of the girls in class.
Word: goo-goo Part of Speech: intj 1. The noise of a baby trying to imitate speech. Labels: onomatopoeic
Word: rodente Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of rodent. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: cheval de frise Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French cheval de frise (“Frisian horse”), so named because it was employed by the Dutch (who lacked cavalry) against the Spanish cavalry in their war for independence. Pronunciation: /ʃəˈvɑːl də ˈfɹiːz/, /ʃəˈvɑːl də ˈfɹiːs/ 1. An obstacle made of wood with spikes, for use against attacking cavalry. Example: The mountains of Colorado were, till a comparatively recent date, richly clothed with forest; but owing partly to natural causes, and still more to the lavish consumption and reckless destruction of the early settlers, the quantity of growing timber in the State is exceedingly small, and before long, if restorative measures are not adopted, the Colorado demand for wood will require to be supplied from without. Whole mountain sides often present the appearance of monstrous cheavaux-de-frise, the dead trunks of the wind-thrown pines being tossed about in all directions. Example: Round the crucified animal long, sharp bamboo stakes are placed, which form chevaux de frise round about it. These commemorate the days when such defences surrounded the villages on all sides to keep off human enemies. 2. Protective row of spikes or broken glass set into the top of a wall and used to prevent intrusion. 3. The jagged edge of 18th-century women's clothing. Labels: archaic
Word: soakage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English soak Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -agebor. Middle English -age English -age English soakage From soak + -age. 1. The act of soaking. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The amount of liquid soaked in. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A source of water in Australian deserts, where water has seeped into the sand. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. food or nonalcoholic beverages consumed before or during a bout of drinking to slow down the onset of drunkenness Labels: Ireland, countable, informal, uncountable Example: It's a place that does carvery as well during the day time if you want some soakage in between your mid-day or evening pints. Example: Any experienced drinker knows the importance of soakage. You never embark on a session with an empty stomach
Word: loadsamoney Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From loadsa + money. Originally the name and catchphrase of a vulgar character who flourished wads of banknotes, invented by British comedian Harry Enfield in the 1980s. 1. Referring to the free flowing of money, to large amounts spent or earned, or to the perceived acquisitiveness and materialism engendered in society by a booming economy. Labels: UK, humorous, informal Example: My hon. Friend entered the House in 1987, and I am sure that my hon. Friend will recall the right hon. Gentleman the Leader of the Opposition talking about the "loadsamoney society" and the bad effect that that has had on crime rates. Example: Questioned on BBC Radio 4's Today programme on whether he would be adopting a pre-election "loadsamoney" stance, Mr Blunkett said that there would be "substantial investment" but "loadsamoney will not be a term I'll be using".
Word: loadsamoney Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From loadsa + money. Originally the name and catchphrase of a vulgar character who flourished wads of banknotes, invented by British comedian Harry Enfield in the 1980s. 1. A vulgar person who has gained a large amount of wealth and flaunts it whenever possible. Labels: UK, humorous, informal
Word: cream cake Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of many varieties of cake that are either filled, layered or topped with any of several forms of cream or custard.
Word: cream cakes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cream cake Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cousin sister Part of Speech: noun 1. A female first cousin. Labels: South-Asia Example: Late in 1997 the entire family returned to India to arrange the marriages of Nimrat's brothers and cousin-sister. Example: Welfare Ministry Secretary Upali Dahanayake, his elderly father, daughter, and a cousin sister died on the spot in a tragic accident in Mahiyangana yesterday.
Word: cousin brother Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A semantic loan from respective Indo-Aryan languages' terms for cousin brothers. Compare Punjabi ਚਾਚੇਰਾ ਭਰਾ / چاچیرا بھرا (cācerā bhrā) and Hindi चाचेरा भाई / Urdu چاچیرا بھائی (cācerā bhāī). 1. A male first cousin. Labels: South-Asia Example: I got one cousin-brother. He dam rich. I speak him for the ten thousand rupees. Example: In Punjabi joint families, first cousins are considered siblings (cousin-sisters and cousin-brothers).
Word: nursery school Part of Speech: noun 1. An educational institution for small children (normally around 3 to 5 years old, who not yet have begun primary school). Labels: Canada, UK, countable, uncountable
Word: sonicate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂- Proto-Indo-European *swónh₂os Latin sonus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English sonic Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English sonicate From sonic + -ate (verb-forming suffix). 1. To disrupt with ultrasonic sound waves. Labels: transitive
Word: pre-school Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of preschool. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: sonicates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of sonicate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: sonicating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of sonicate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: sonicated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of sonicate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: sales assistant Part of Speech: noun 1. A shop assistant
Word: sonication Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂- Proto-Indo-European *swónh₂os Latin sonus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English sonic Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English sonication From sonic + -ation. 1. The process of disrupting or homogenizing something, usually a chemical solution or biological medium, with sound waves. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: swaddled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of swaddle Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: vote buying Part of Speech: noun 1. The distribution of a material benefit to an individual voter in exchange for support in a ballot. Labels: uncountable Example: a vote buying scheme Example: Because of vote buying, the election process in Nan-t'ou County underwent a drastic change overnight.
Word: cousin-brother Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of cousin brother. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: cupping Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English cupping, equivalent to cup + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈkʌpɪŋ/ 1. The operation of drawing blood to or from the surface of the person by forming a partial vacuum over the spot. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable 2. A similar operation for drawing pus from an abscess. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable 3. Fire cupping, a traditional therapeutic treatment called in which heated cupping glasses are applied to the skin, supposedly to draw blood towards the surface. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The taking of a small amount of a beverage such as tea or coffee into the mouth in order to taste it; a session where this is done. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. The act of forming something into a cup shape. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the cupping of one's hands
Word: cupping Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /ˈkʌpɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of cup Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: cowshed Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cow + shed. 1. A shed for keeping cows. Example: K-K-K-Katy, beautiful Katy, / You're the only g-g-g-girl that I adore; / When the m-m-m-moon shines, / Over the cowshed, / I'll be waiting at the k-k-k-kitchen door.
Word: acrylics Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /əˈkɹɪlɪks/ 1. plural of acrylic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: broadleaved Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of broad-leaved. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: On February 11, HS2 Ltd did confirm that some 9.8 hectares of ancient woodland will be lost as a result of HS2 Phase 2a. However, 78 hectares of native broadleaved woodland will be planted during the construction.
Word: broad-leaved Part of Speech: adj 1. Having relatively broad leaves. Labels: not-comparable
Word: spirit of salt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Due to a method of obtaining HCl through reaction of salt and sulphuric acid. 1. Synonym of hydrochloric acid. Labels: uncountable
Word: weight gain Part of Speech: noun 1. An increase in weight, usually of a person or animal. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: brank Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare Scottish Gaelic brangus, brangas (“a sort of pillory”), Irish brancas (“halter”), or Dutch pranger (“fetter”). Pronunciation: /ˈbɹæŋk/, [ˈbɹʷæŋk], /ˈbɹeɪ̯ŋk/, [ˈbɹʷeɪ̯ŋk], /ˈbɹɛ̃ŋk/ 1. A metal bridle formerly used as a torture device to hold the head of a scold and restrain the tongue. Labels: plural-normally 2. A sort of bridle with wooden side pieces. Labels: Scotland, UK, dialectal, obsolete, plural-normally Example: Your armour gude ye mauna shaw, / Nor yet appear like men o' weir; / As country lads be a' array'd, / Wi' branks and brecham on each mare.
Word: brank Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Compare Scottish Gaelic brangus, brangas (“a sort of pillory”), Irish brancas (“halter”), or Dutch pranger (“fetter”). Pronunciation: /ˈbɹæŋk/, [ˈbɹʷæŋk], /ˈbɹeɪ̯ŋk/, [ˈbɹʷeɪ̯ŋk], /ˈbɹɛ̃ŋk/ 1. To put someone in the branks. 2. To hold up and toss the head; applied to horses as spurning the bit. Labels: Scotland, UK, dialectal 3. To prance; to caper. Labels: Scotland Example: Donald came branking down the brae Wi' twenty thousand men.
Word: brank Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably of Celtic origin; compare Latin brance, brace, the Gallic name of a particularly white kind of corn. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹæŋk/, [ˈbɹʷæŋk], /ˈbɹeɪ̯ŋk/, [ˈbɹʷeɪ̯ŋk], /ˈbɹɛ̃ŋk/ 1. Buckwheat. Labels: UK, dialectal, uncountable Example: One - third of brank-ground , or mixed with any other kind of grain or roots, is as large a proportion as can be given with safety
Word: methacrylates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of methacrylate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: 2-methyl-2-propenoic acid Part of Speech: noun 1. The IUPAC name for methacrylic acid. Labels: uncountable
Word: acrylic resins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of acrylic resin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: barmkin Part of Speech: noun 1. The battlement on the exterior fortification of a castle in northern England and parts of Scotland; a barbican. Labels: obsolete
Word: baillie Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbeɪli/ 1. The jurisdiction of a bailie or bailiff; a bailiwick. Labels: obsolete 2. The equivalent of alderman in some Scottish cities. Example: To ease street traffic congestion, improve transport facilities, and reduce unemployment, one Glasgow baillie has suggested establishing a Regional Passenger Transport Board.
Word: evolutionary biologist Part of Speech: noun 1. A scientist working in the field of evolutionary biology.
Word: bailie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French bailli (“land steward; officer of justice”). 1. A bailiff. Labels: Scotland 2. The chief magistrate of a Scottish barony or part of a county, with functions like a sheriff's. Labels: Scotland 3. A municipal officer in Scotland corresponding to an English alderman. Labels: Scotland
Word: adulterated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The adjectival sense's relation to adultery is the common theme that corruption or pollution has occurred; more at adulterate. By surface analysis, adulterate + -ed. 1. Intentionally tainted with impurities (usually as motivated by cheapening the production of a food product or enhancing the psychotropic effects of a street drug). Labels: not-comparable Example: Near-synonyms: laced, tainted, contaminated; see also Thesaurus:contaminated Example: The problem of adulterated milk has periodically reemerged as a public health menace, from New York in the 1850s to China in 2008.
Word: adulterated Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The adjectival sense's relation to adultery is the common theme that corruption or pollution has occurred; more at adulterate. By surface analysis, adulterate + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of adulterate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: wedsetter Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of wadsetter. Labels: Scotland, alt-of, alternative
Word: wadsetter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wadset + -er. 1. A person who holds tenure by wadset. Labels: Scotland Example: “[…] he had land and living, kept himself close from wadsetters and money-lenders, paid each man his due, and lived on his own.” Example: The wadsetter was frequently a younger brother or near relative of the chief of the clan, who had made money abroad, or in some calling at home. He lent money to the chief, and in return he was secured by deed in the annual rents of certain specified lands.
Word: wadset Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English wedsetten, equivalent to wed (“pledge”) + set. Wad is a Scottish form of wed. 1. The conveyance of land in pledge for a debt; a mortgage. Labels: Scotland, countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: It was at this time that Rob Roy acquired an interest by purchase, wadset, or otherwise, to the property of Craig Royston already mentioned.
Word: wadset Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English wedsetten, equivalent to wed (“pledge”) + set. Wad is a Scottish form of wed. 1. To mortgage land. Labels: Scotland, obsolete Example: I thought I heard the footstep of the young portioner of Glaiketha; he'll be come to borrow gold and to wadset land.
Word: wattshode Part of Speech: noun 1. watchet Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: watchet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English wachet, waget; compare French vaciet (“whortleberry”), Latin vaccīnium (“blueberry”). Pronunciation: /ˈwæt͡ʃɪt/ 1. A light blue colour. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: I was going by his Highneſs's order to my Lady Iſabellas chamber: She lies in the watchet'-coloured chamber, on the right-hand, one pair of ſtairs. Example: On the islet appeared a beautiful woman, clad in a watchet-coloured silken mantle, bound with a broad girdle, inscribed with characters like the phylacteries of the Hebrews. 2. Cloth or clothes of this colour. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: They him disarm'd, and spredding on the ground / Their watchet mantles frindgd with siluer round, / They softly wipt away the gelly blood […]
Word: watchet Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English wachet, waget; compare French vaciet (“whortleberry”), Latin vaccīnium (“blueberry”). Pronunciation: /ˈwæt͡ʃɪt/ 1. Of the color watchet. Labels: obsolete Example: Firſt, the hethermoſt, in the changeable blew, and greene robe, is the commendably-faſhioned gallant, Evcosmos; […] The fourth, in watchet tinſell, is the kind, and truly benefique, Evcolos. Example: Shee, in a watchet weed, with manie a curious wave / Which as a princelie gift great Amphitrite gave
Word: voussoir Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French voussoir, from Old French vosoir, from Vulgar Latin *volsorium, from *volsus, from Latin volvō (“to roll”). Pronunciation: /vuˈswɑːr/ 1. One of a series of wedge-shaped bricks or stones forming an arch or vault. Example: It is the voussoir depth in a real arch which enables the arch to carry wider ranges of loading; a large number of different idealized centre-line arches can be contained within a given practical profile. ...[T]his must be so, or no mediaeval bridge would have survived its decentering. Example: Other areas have mortar joints missing, including between the voussoir blocks forming the edge of the arches on either side of the pier.
Word: trowse Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of trouse. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: jack up Part of Speech: verb Etymology: * Sense of “hoist with a jack” is from 1885; then, “increase prices, etc.” (1904, American English); both ultimately from noun jack (“mechanical device used to raise heavy objects”) * “Screw up, mess up” sense derived from, or influenced by fuck up, as a bowdlerization; also possibly influenced by jacked up (“high, intoxicated”) * First dialectal idiomatic meaning: “abandon, give up” (1873), possibly a corruption of chuck up, as chuck up the sponge (“give up, concede, give token of submission”) 1. To raise, hoist, or lift a thing using a jack, or similar means. Example: He jacked the car up to change the tire Example: The oil rig can be jacked up higher when the hydraulic legs touch the sea floor. 2. To raise, increase, or accelerate; often said of prices, fees, or rates. Labels: informal Example: I can't believe they're going to jack up the price of gasoline again — and after they already raised it twenty cents a gallon! Example: Although 4.1 million tickets were sold for the 2023 shows—including over 2 million on the first day, a new record—scalpers jacked up prices on the secondary market to more than $22,000. 3. To ruin; wreck; mess up; screw up; sometimes as a bowdlerized substitution for fuck up. Labels: colloquial Example: I'm not letting him use my computer again; he always jacks it up. 4. To give up; to abandon (something, e.g. a job, contract) Labels: Australia, West-Country, dialectal, intransitive, obsolete, transitive Example: 1881?, Garnet Walch, A Little Tin Plate, Google Books Says I, “Let's jack up, man alive, / An' try further down on the Creek!” / “All right!” says my mate, “but we'll drive / Right an' left to the end of this week.” Example: 1888, Rolf Boldrewood, Robbery Under Arms, chapter 19, Google Books Not but what I'd had a lot to bear, and took a deal of punishment before he jacked up. 5. To organise something. Labels: New-Zealand 6. To shoot, especially in the context of a poor shot opportunity. Labels: colloquial 7. To improve or embellish on (something). Labels: slang, transitive Example: I jacked up the recipes with some fresh ingredients. 8. To refuse to follow an order. Labels: informal 9. To criticize, discipline or reprimand. Labels: informal 10. To inject a drug into (oneself) intravenously. Labels: ambitransitive, slang Example: And I've had scag, I've had speed / I've jacked up until I bleed / So what, so what? Example: There is no good, objective, medical word for what I did next: I didn't depress the needle or plunge it down. I banged it in. I jacked up. I shot up.
Word: trouse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English trouse. 1. brushwood Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: trouse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Apparently partly a variant of trews, and perhaps partly from Irish triús. 1. trousers (or similar garments) Labels: Scotland
Word: gentlelady Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of address for a woman. Also a reference to a female member of a legislature. Labels: US
Word: tentering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of tenter Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: tentering Part of Speech: noun 1. The stretching of cloth on tenters Labels: uncountable
Word: tailrace Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tail + race. 1. The part of a millrace that carries water away from a water wheel. Labels: archaic 2. The part of a hydropower facility that carries water away from a turbine.
Word: millrace Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of mill race. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: tacksmen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tacksman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tacksman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tack (“a lease”) + -s- + -man. Pronunciation: /ˈtaksmən/ 1. A person who holds a tack from another; a tenant. Labels: Scotland Example: An old dry-looking fellow then reminded them of the miserly, as he styled him, tacksman of Auchriachan, and how he cheated them out of their lawful share of his property, by using some charms taught him by his old grandmother. Example: ... a numerous class of occupiers who cultivated what would now be considered fair-sized crofts, have entirely disappeared, as well as the tenants and tacksmen who were still higher in the scale.
Word: tacksman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See taxman. 1. Obsolete spelling of taxman. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: stockman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- Proto-Germanic *stikanąder. Proto-Germanic *stukkaz Proto-West Germanic *stokk Old English stocc Middle English stok English stock Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man Middle English -man English -man English stockman From stock + -man. 1. A man who raises or looks after livestock. Example: Near-synonyms: stockkeeper, stockraiser, herder, rancher, cowboy Example: A Jew who purchases [such] veal might say: "The stockman is the culprit; I am not doing anything wrong. We would reply with the well-known halakhic principle: "Ein mahzikin b'yedei ovrei averah" — one may not aid and abet a transgressor. 2. A man who works in a stockroom.
Word: souter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English soutere, from Old English sūtere, from Latin sūtor (“shoemaker, cobbler”). Pronunciation: /ˈsu.tɚ/, /ˈsuːtə/ 1. A shoemaker or cobbler. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland Example: There is no work better than another to please God : to pour water , to wash dishes , to be a souter (cobbler) , or an apostle Example: He was a shoemaker, the creature, and called himself the Sutor, an old-fashioned name that folk laughed at.
Word: solander Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From D. C. Solander, Swedish botanist. 1. A box, in the form of a book, used for keeping botanical specimens etc; drop-spine or clamshell box Example: Among the many unmatted drawings in the solander box was a large, colorful chalk and pastel Christ Child on greenish-blue laid paper ...
Word: cousin-sister Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of cousin sister. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: disbars Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of disbar Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Islāmic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Islām Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English Islāmic From Islām + -ic. 1. Alternative spelling of Islamic. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: For many Muslim scholars and mystics, however, the Ṣūfism of al-Ḥallāj clearly steps out of the bounds of Islāmic orthodoxy, entering the abode of heterodoxy and even heresy.
Word: headpin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From head + pin. 1. The kingpin. 2. A straight metal wire with a flat end, used for beads in jewelry making.
Word: headstall Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From head + stall. Pronunciation: /ˈhɛdstɔːl/ 1. The part of a bridle that fits over a horse's head and supports other elements. Example: Why, Petruchio is coming […] his horse hipp’d […] with a half-cheek’d bit, and a head-stall of sheep’s leather which, being restrained to keep him from stumbling, hath been often burst, and now repaired with knots […] Example: Another, that would seeme to have more wit, / Him by the bright embrodered hed-stall tooke […]. 2. A phorbeia. Labels: obsolete
Word: helpmate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A folk-etymological alteration of helpmeet, by reanalysis as help + mate. 1. A person who supplies help or companionship. 2. A wife or spouse. Example: The host himself was one of those very quiet men whom we usually see linked to the most active helpmates. 3. A recreational problem in chess in which both sides cooperate to achieve a specific goal.
Word: hockshop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hock + shop. 1. A pawnshop. Labels: US, rare
Word: Homburg Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the town of Bad Homburg, Germany, where it was first worn. Pronunciation: /ˈhɒmbəɡ/, /ˈhɑmbɚɡ/ 1. A type of men's felt fedora; a stiff felt hat similar to a trilby. Example: The man was about thirty-five, very handsome, extremely well-dressed, with striped trousers, a black Homburg and a Burberry raincoat. Example: He was a tall lean man with a voice like a rasping crow. Impeccably dressed and hatted with a dark Homburg.
Word: Homburg Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the town of Bad Homburg, Germany, where it was first worn. Pronunciation: /ˈhɒmbəɡ/, /ˈhɑmbɚɡ/ 1. A town, the administrative seat of Saarpfalz-Kreis district, Saarland, Germany.
Word: homeopath Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From homeo- + -path, related to German Homöopath. 1. A person who practices homeopathy.
Word: branches of government Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of branch of government Labels: form-of, plural
Word: incunabula Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of incunabulum Labels: form-of, plural 2. Early printed books. 3. Collectively, the early works of a writer; juvenilia.
Word: Bloody Sunday Part of Speech: name 1. A 1905 event in St Petersburg in which as many as 4,000 unarmed citizens were killed by state forces. Labels: historical 2. A 1965 event in Selma, Alabama, where peaceful civil rights protesters were brutally beaten by police. Labels: US, historical Example: Mr. Nelson covered the Selma-to-Montgomery freedom marches, including Bloody Sunday, on March 7, 1965, when 600 marchers were attacked with billy clubs and tear gas. Example: So when King – who had been in Atlanta for “Bloody Sunday” – telegrammed Parks about returning to Alabama to take part in a third mass march from Selma to Montgomery, her immediate answer was “Why, of course.” 3. A 1972 event in Northern Ireland in which 14 civil rights protesters were shot and killed by a British Army regiment. Labels: Ireland, UK, historical Example: We eat and drink while tomorrow they die / Sunday, Bloody Sunday / The real battle just begun / Sunday, Bloody Sunday 4. Any of many similar events; see Bloody Sunday on Wikipedia for a complete list. Labels: historical
Word: industrialism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English industrial Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English industrialism From industrial + -ism. 1. The socioeconomic system based upon the industrial production of manufactured goods, rather than on agriculture. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: branch of government Part of Speech: noun 1. A part of a whole governing body which is assigned specific powers; examples include the legislature, the judiciary, the executive, the military, and, in non-secular states, the church.
Word: non-scientific Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English non- Proto-Indo-European *sek-? Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *skey-der. Latin sciō Latin sciēns Latin -ia Latin scientia Proto-Italic *-fakos Latin -ficus Medieval Latin scientificusder. Middle French scientifiquebor. English scientific English non-scientific From non- + scientific. 1. Alternative form of nonscientific Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: The longest non-scientific English words which can form anagrams are the 17-letter transpositions "misrepresentation" and "representationism".
Word: jack in Part of Speech: verb 1. To stop doing a regular activity, such as a job or studying. Labels: UK, idiomatic, transitive Example: I've had enough of working nights, so I'm going to jack in my job. Example: I'm going to jack my job in. 2. To insert an electronic coupling into a receptacle; to connect to something, whether involving a physical medium or not. 3. To connect a brain directly to a computer. Labels: ambitransitive Example: Watchman replaced him in the linkup seat. He jacked himself into the computer. Example: Seven days and he'd jack in. If he closed his eyes now, he'd see the matrix.
Word: beauty mark Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From beauty (noun) + mark (mark). 1. Synonym of beauty spot (“a natural mark on a person's skin, especially a freckle or mole on a woman's face; a patch or spot drawn or placed on the face in order to heighten beauty”).
Word: beauty marks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of beauty mark Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sensory overload Part of Speech: noun 1. Receipt of too much information or stimulation at once, leading to an inability to process it. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: sensory overloads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sensory overload Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Einstellung Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German Einstellung, from the Einstellung effect. 1. Development of a mechanized state of mind (for problem solving). Labels: uncountable
Word: hair styling Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of hairstyling. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: pedestrianise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From pedestrian + -ise. 1. Alternative form of pedestrianize. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: disadvantaged Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˌdɪs.ədˈvɑːn.tɪd͡ʒd/, /ˌdɪs.ədˈvæn.tɪd͡ʒd/ 1. simple past and past participle of disadvantage Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: disadvantaged Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˌdɪs.ədˈvɑːn.tɪd͡ʒd/, /ˌdɪs.ədˈvæn.tɪd͡ʒd/ 1. Lacking an advantage relative to another. Example: Devon's economy may be more broadly based, but like Cornwall it is still disadvantaged compared with other counties of southern England. 2. Poor; in financial difficulties. Labels: euphemistic Example: And it gets better. If 10% of those 17,000 new jobs employ people from a disadvantaged background, the value rises to £8.3bn.
Word: disadvantaging Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of disadvantage Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: boys' toys Part of Speech: noun 1. Products such as mechanical and electronic gadgets and gizmos, games, fast cars, motorbikes etc., targeting adult male consumers. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: The property is littered with giant flat-screen TVs and expensive boys' toys, with lacquered sliding panels hiding any mess. 2. Non-consumer products involving high-tech engineering, such as rockets, submarines, helicopters etc., that are likely to interest men. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: Huge excitement in the world of boys’ toys! Britain has launched a nuclear submarine called HMS Astute.
Word: coruscates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of coruscate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: coruscating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of coruscate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: coruscating Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of coruscation. Example: There were tremblings, flashings, coruscatings of sparks which were dying as they were born.
Word: coruscating Part of Speech: adj 1. Characterised by intellectual and rhetorical brilliance; blazing or glittering with rhetorical force. 2. Scathingly critical; blistering.
Word: coruscated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of coruscate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: cenobites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cenobite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: eremetic Part of Speech: adj 1. Misspelling of eremitic. Labels: alt-of, misspelling Example: It was in the cenobitic rather than the eremetic form that monachism was first introduced into the west, at Rome and in northern Italy by Athanasius, in Africa by St. Augustine, and afterwards in Gaul by St. Martin of Tours. Example: After the fifth century the most noticeable feature of all Oriental monasticism is that the eremetic and cenobitic forms exist side by side.
Word: horndog Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the sexual sense of horn (late 18c. slang expression to have the horn, from which came horny) + dog (“sexually aggressive man”). 1. A person (particularly a man) who is fixated on sex. Labels: US, slang Example: In addition, lest we forget, Clinton’s reputation as the world’s biggest horndog was by this time well known to all of us. Example: She jumped in his face and shouted, “Fuck off, horndog!” with such viciousness that he screamed and leaped back into the doorway, then meekly called “Sorry” after her as she passed.
Word: horn-dog Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of horndog. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The right wing insisted President Clinton was the anti-Christ because he broke the commandment “Thou shall not commit adultery.” And it’s true that Clinton was a cheating, lying horn-dog. Example: “There’s nothing wrong with me or my abilities other than the fact that I’m not a horn-dog. I would rather get to know a woman first before I take my clothes off in front of her.”
Word: horn dogs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of horn dog Labels: form-of, plural
Word: horndogs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of horndog Labels: form-of, plural
Word: horn-dogs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of horn-dog Labels: form-of, plural
Word: young bucks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of young buck Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sedilia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin, plural of sedile (“seat, bench”). 1. A series of seats, typically three, often recessed into the wall, on the south side of the chancel or choir, reserved for the use of officiating clergy. Labels: historical, obsolete Example: "I'm sure. And you'll remember your promise? I'm dying to see the celebrated twelfth century canopied sedilia." "You have heard of our unique Norman feature? Oh, really!" It would have been impossible to strike a better claim on the vicar's favour.
Word: sedilia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin, plural of sedile (“seat, bench”). 1. plural of sedile Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of sedilium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: disconnectedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English disconnected Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English disconnectedness From disconnected + -ness. 1. The characteristic of being disconnected. Labels: uncountable
Word: scrog Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare scrag, or Scottish Gaelic sgrogag (“anything shriveled”), from sgrag (“to compress, shrivel”). Pronunciation: /skɹɒɡ/, /skɹɑɡ/ 1. A stunted or shrivelled bush. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Brushwood. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The branch of a tree, especially one used as a charge in Scottish heraldry. Labels: countable Example: Argent, a Palm-tree growing out of a Mount in base proper, surmounted of S. Andrews-cross Gules, on a chiet azur [...]. Azur, a Cheveron Or, betwixt two Scrogs or starved branches in chief, and a mans heart in base argent. 4. The crab-apple tree. Labels: Scotland, countable 5. A blackthorn. Labels: countable, dialectal, uncountable
Word: scroag Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of scrog. Labels: Scotland, alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: scrag Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Perhaps related to Norwegian skragg (a lean person), dialectal Swedish skragge (old and torn thing), Danish skrog (hull, carcass); perhaps related to shrink. Pronunciation: /ˈskɹæɡ/, [ˈskɹʷæɡ], /ˈskɹeɪ̯ɡ/, [ˈskɹʷeɪ̯ɡ] 1. A thin or scrawny person or animal. Labels: archaic Example: In any event he might have wakened the long scrag by so doing. 2. The lean end of a neck of mutton; the scrag end. Labels: archaic Example: The butcher and the porkman painted up only the leanest scrags of meat; the baker, the coarsest of meagre loaves. 3. The neck, especially of a sheep. Labels: archaic 4. A scrog. Labels: Scotland Example: As they entered the foothills they came upon a dusty old diligence with six horses in the traces grazing the dry grass in a fold among the barren scrag. 5. A chav or ned; a stereotypically loud and aggressive person of lower social class. Labels: UK, derogatory, slang 6. A rough or unkempt woman. Labels: Australia, derogatory, slang Example: The large guy said that he couldnt sit down the front because of an eye condition, and she said, out loud, "too bad, go down the front". This was all heard by most of the crowd, 1 guy called her a bitch, i spoke out loud "what a scrag" which her boyfriend heard, he turned around agro like to defend her, when another guy yelled out "if you get agro about that son, ill be over there to show your girlfriend some manners", to which he promplty sat down :-), but after that she put her feet up on the seat in front of her !! Example: Post scrag fight, Buffy is sweetness and light in her cardy and teeny tiny handbag (plus blonde hair) contrasting with Faith who is lying in bed with her kill-me-thrill-me cutoff shorts (plus brunette hair). 7. A ragged, stunted tree or branch.
Word: scrag Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Perhaps related to Norwegian skragg (a lean person), dialectal Swedish skragge (old and torn thing), Danish skrog (hull, carcass); perhaps related to shrink. Pronunciation: /ˈskɹæɡ/, [ˈskɹʷæɡ], /ˈskɹeɪ̯ɡ/, [ˈskɹʷeɪ̯ɡ] 1. To hang on a gallows, or to choke, garotte, or strangle. Labels: colloquial, obsolete Example: An enthusiastic mob will scrag me to a certainty the day war breaks out. 2. To harass; to manhandle. Example: '...I urged him ... to ... try the Ickenham System ... a little thing I knocked together in my bachelor days ... it has a good many points in common with all-in wrestling and osteopathy. I generally recommend it to diffident wooers and it always works like magic...' Johnny stared. 'You mean you told McMurdo to … scrag her?' 3. To destroy or kill. Example: [...] I went out lookin' for a line of retreat for my men. A man found me. I abolished him—privatim—scragged him. Example: But they'll scrag you for it, you know, if you do. They scrag anyone who speaks to me.
Word: salvator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English salvatour, from Latin salvātor. 1. A savior. Labels: obsolete
Word: abortuary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of abort + mortuary. Pronunciation: /əˈbɔɹt͡ʃəˌwɛɹi/, /əˈbɔːt͡ʃʊəɹi/, /əˈbɔːt͡ʃwəɹi/ 1. A place where abortions are performed. Labels: derogatory, slang