nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: placer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From place + -er (suffix apparently denoting association). 1. A lamb whose mother has died and which has transferred its attachment to an object, such as a bush or rock, in the locality. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand Example: This is a “placer” sheep, as it is called. The prerequisites to this condition are that the young sheep must be still nursing, but must have begun to nibble grass. It must be the young of a mother that has been somewhat isolated, away from the corral and away from the herd, by herself out on the prairie. Now, when the mother dies, the lamb remains close to the mother′s body[…]. Example: 1971, American Society of Animal Science. Journal of Animal Science, Volume 32, Pages 601-1298, page 1281, In Australia “placer” lambs are also destroyed, for these too are of little use; they will return constantly to one place, not staying with the flock.
Word: placer Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From American Spanish placer, from earlier placel, apparently from obsolete Portuguese placel. Pronunciation: /ˈplæsə(ɹ)/, /ˈpleɪsə(ɹ)/ 1. alluvial; occurring in a deposit of sand or earth on a river-bed or bank, particularly with reference to precious metals such as gold or silver Labels: not-comparable Example: Placer gold comes from the weathering of the primary veins releasing the gold to be transported by water action and concentrated in gravel or sand beds. Example: Since time immemorial, people found that they could extract the gold from placer deposits by sifting the fine-grained material through a mesh: the technique of panning.
Word: placer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From American Spanish placer, from earlier placel, apparently from obsolete Portuguese placel. Pronunciation: /ˈplæsə(ɹ)/, /ˈpleɪsə(ɹ)/ 1. A place where the superficial detritus is washed for gold, etc. 2. Any place holding treasures. Labels: broadly
Word: gangue Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French gangue. Doublet of gang. Pronunciation: /ɡæŋ/ 1. The earthy waste substances occurring in metallic ore. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Thus the percentage recovery of metal from the ore was much higher than in the primitive process where the semi-vitrified gangue and half-smelted ore are typically rich in prills of copper and copper minerals.
Word: magic mud Part of Speech: noun 1. A mixture of refractory materials used in casting metal. Labels: uncountable 2. A semi-liquid substance made of cornstarch and water, used in children's experiments. Labels: uncountable 3. A substance used to treat baseballs before they are put into professional play, to provide a firmer grip and better control. Labels: uncountable
Word: white cap Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of whitecap (“type of wave”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: bever Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of bevor. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: And, passing forward with furious affret, / Pierst through his bever and quite into his brow. Example: He who lookes you in the face, ſaith he ſees you, though the reſt of your bodie be within your cloathes, and if you, being an ὁωλομάχος a cataphract in your proteſtantiſh πανοπλία [panoplía, suit of armour] should for fear pull downe your beuer before you come into the liſt, your Aduerſarie for all that might light vpon your ( ) vnleſſe you bring with you Giges his ring, ſo to make your ſelf inuiſible; [...]
Word: bever Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English bever, from Anglo-Norman bever (modern French boire), from Latin bibō. Pronunciation: /ˈbiːvə/, /ˈbivɚ/ 1. A drink. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: Bid my subsiser carry my hackney to the buttery, and give him his bever; it is a civil and sober beast, and will drink moderately. 2. A snack or light refreshment between meals. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: It seemeth that wee daily shorten the use of this, and that in our houses (as I have seene in mine infancie) breakfasts, nunchions, and beavers [translating collations] should be more frequent and often used than now adayes they are. Example: Thirty meals a day and ten bevers. 3. A time for drinking. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable 4. A mixture of cider and water. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: bever Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English bever, from Anglo-Norman bever (modern French boire), from Latin bibō. Pronunciation: /ˈbiːvə/, /ˈbivɚ/ 1. To take a light repast between meals. Labels: obsolete
Word: bever Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of beaver (“semiaquatic rodent”). Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: close helmet Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkləʊs ˈhɛlmət/, /ˈkləʊz-/, /ˈkloʊs ˈhɛlmət/, /ˈkloʊz-/ 1. A helmet that entirely covers the head, including the face. Labels: historical Example: A close helmet entirely covers the head, face, and neck, having on the front perforations for the admission of air, and slits through which the wearer may see objects around him, this part which is stiled the visor lifts up by means of a pivot over each ear.
Word: visor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English viser, from Anglo-Norman viser and Old French visiere. Pronunciation: /ˈvaɪzɚ/ 1. A part of a helmet, arranged so as to lift or open, and so show the face. The openings for seeing and breathing are generally in it. Example: A close helmet entirely covers the head, face, and neck, having on the front perforations for the admission of air, and slits through which the wearer may see objects around him, this part which is stiled the visor lifts up by means of a pivot over each ear. 2. A mask for the face. Example: No visor does become black villainy So well as soft and tender flattery. 3. The fore piece of a cap, projecting over, and protecting the eyes. 4. A rigid adjustable flap on an automobile windshield that can shield the eyes of a driver from direct sunlight or glare.
Word: visor Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English viser, from Anglo-Norman viser and Old French visiere. Pronunciation: /ˈvaɪzɚ/ 1. To cover with, or as if with, a visor. Labels: transitive
Word: bacinet Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of bascinet. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Bacinets were light helmets, so called from their resemblance to a bason, and were generally without vizors, though from diverse quotations cited by Du Cange, they appear occasionally to have had them.
Word: bascinet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Via Middle English basynet (attested since the early 1300s), from Anglo-Norman bacynet, bacinet (“little basin”), diminutive of bacin, bassin (“basin, helmet”), but compare bassinet. Pronunciation: /ˌbæsɪˈnɛt/, /ˈbæsɪˌnɛt/ 1. A light helmet, typically with a high, pointed skull, either open-faced (in early models) or made with a visor (later models).
Word: bassinet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French bassinet (“small basin”), equivalent to basin + -et. Ernest Klein, however, suggests derivation from French bercelonnette (“cradle”), with influence from bassin(et), to account for the English sense's semantic specialization. Pronunciation: /ˌbæsɪˈnɛt/, /ˈbæsɪˌnɛt/ 1. A newborn baby's bed, traditionally woven with reeds or straw; a (wicker) cradle. Example: The next day, the baby sleeps in a bassinet near my bed.
Word: bassinet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See bascinet. 1. Alternative form of bascinet. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Bassinets were worn in the reigns of Edward II. and III. and Richard II. by most of the English Infantry, as may be repeatedly seen in the Rolls of Parliament, and other public records. Example: Alleyne stood by the tiller, looking backwards, the fresh wind full in his teeth, the crisp winter air tingling on his face and blowing his yellow curls from under his bassinet.
Word: salet Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of sallet (“helmet”). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: 1786: Father Daniel defines a Salet to be a sort of light casque, without a crest, sometimes having a visor, and sometimes without one. — Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 11.
Word: sallet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French salade, from Spanish celada, thought to be from Latin caelāta (“ornamentally engraved (helmet)”) (although the Latin word is not attested in this sense). Pronunciation: /ˈsælɪt/ 1. A type of light spherical combat helmet used in the 15th century. Labels: historical Example: At Hampton Court, sallets for archers on horseback, sallets with grates, and old sallets with vizards: At Windsor, salettes and skulls: At Calais, saletts with vysars and bevers, and salets with bevers. Example: Ursula wore that day a hauberk under her gown, and was helmed with a sallet; and because of her armour she rode upon a little horse.
Word: sallet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Alternative forms. Pronunciation: /ˈsælɪt/ 1. Archaic form of salad. Labels: alt-of, archaic, countable, uncountable Example: One ſaid there was no ſallets in the lines to make thẽ ſauory, / But called it an honeſt methode, as wholeſome as ſweete. Example: To make Sallet of Lemon pill, or green Citron. You must have your Lemon Pill preserved very green, Rasp it into a Dish, and raise it up lightly with a Fork […]
Word: NCG Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of new college graduate. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: impulse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French impulser, from Latin impulsus. Pronunciation: /ˈɪmpʌls/ 1. A thrust; a push; a sudden force that impels. Example: c. 1715-1716, Samuel Clarke, letter to Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz All spontaneous animal motion is performed by mechanical impulse. 2. A wish or urge, particularly a sudden one prompting action. Example: The impulse to learn drove me to study night and day. Example: When I saw the new book, I couldn't resist the impulse to browse through it. 3. The integral of force over time. Example: The total impulse from the impact will depend on the kinetic energy of the projectile.
Word: impulse Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French impulser, from Latin impulsus. Pronunciation: /ˈɪmpʌls/ 1. To impel; to incite. Labels: transitive Example: With that force so impulsed and prest they are carried under the deepe Ocean.
Word: vysar Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of visor. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: At Hampton Court, sallets for archers on horseback, sallets with grates, and old sallets with vizards: At Windsor, salettes and skulls: At Calais, saletts with vysars and bevers, and salets with bevers.
Word: morion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French morion, from, Spanish morrión, from morra (“upper part of the head”), from morro (“muzzle, snout”), from Vulgar Latin *murrum (“muzzle, snout”). Related to moraine (“an amassment of rocks on a glacier”). Pronunciation: /ˈmɒɹɪən/ 1. A kind of open brimmed helmet used by footsoldiers in the 16th and 17th centuries, having no visor or bevor. Labels: historical Example: The Roman footmen caried not their morions, sword and target only, as for other armes (saith Cicero) they were so accustomed to weare them continually, that they hindered them no more than their limbs[…]. Example: This unlucky defect, however, his industry supplied by a vizor, which he made of paste-board, and fixed so artificially to the morrion, that it looked like an intire helmet.
Word: morion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French morion, from Late Latin mōrion, a misreading in some manuscripts for Latin mormoriōn. Pronunciation: /ˈmɒɹɪən/ 1. A brown or black variety of quartz.
Word: late Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English late, lat, from Old English læt (“slow; slack, lax, negligent; late”), from Proto-West Germanic *lat, from Proto-Germanic *lataz (“slow, lazy”). By surface analysis, deverbal from let. Cognates Cognate with Yola laate (“late”), North Frisian leed, leet, lääs (“late”), Saterland Frisian leet (“late”), Dutch, German Low German laat (“late, tardy”), Danish lad (“languid, lazy, indolent”), Faroese, Icelandic latur (“lazy”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish lat (“lazy”), Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐍄𐍃 (lats, “lazy, slothful”). Pronunciation: /leɪt/, /læɪt/, /let/, /leːt/ 1. Near the end of a period of time. Example: The seedlings appeared to be coming along nicely until a late frost killed them. Example: The meeting is convened for late morning. 2. Specifically, near the end of the day. Example: It was getting late and I was tired. 3. Associated with the end of a period. Labels: not-comparable, usually Example: Late Latin is less fully inflected than Classical Latin. 4. Not arriving or occurring until after an expected time. Example: The flowers were late in blooming because of the prolonged cold weather. Example: Panos was so late that he arrived at the meeting after Antonio, who had the excuse of being in hospital for most of the night. 5. Levied as a surcharge on a payment which has not arrived by a specified deadline. Example: The power company suspended late fees during the pandemic. 6. Not having had an expected menstrual period. Example: I'm late, honey. Could you buy a test? Example: I am very worried. I am never late. 7. Recently deceased, dead: used particularly when speaking of the dead person's actions while alive. (Generally must be preceded by a possessive or an article, commonly "the"; see usage notes. Can itself only precede the person's name, never follow it.) Labels: euphemistic, not-comparable Example: Her late husband had left her well provided for. Example: Mary was entitled to the crown by her late father’s testament. 8. Existing or holding some position not long ago, but not now; departed, or gone out of office. Labels: dated Example: the late bishop of London Example: the late administration 9. Recent — relative to the noun it modifies. Example: the late war Example: OLd Iohn of Gaunt, time-honoured Lancaſter, Haſt thou according to thy oath and band Brought hither Henry Herford thy bold ſon: Heere to make good yͤ boiſtrous late appeale, Which then our leyſure would not let vs heare, Againſt the Duke of Norfolke, Thomas Mowbray? 10. Of a star or class of stars, cooler than the sun.
Word: late Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English late, lat, from Old English læt (“slow; slack, lax, negligent; late”), from Proto-West Germanic *lat, from Proto-Germanic *lataz (“slow, lazy”). By surface analysis, deverbal from let. Cognates Cognate with Yola laate (“late”), North Frisian leed, leet, lääs (“late”), Saterland Frisian leet (“late”), Dutch, German Low German laat (“late, tardy”), Danish lad (“languid, lazy, indolent”), Faroese, Icelandic latur (“lazy”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish lat (“lazy”), Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐍄𐍃 (lats, “lazy, slothful”). Pronunciation: /leɪt/, /læɪt/, /let/, /leːt/ 1. A shift (scheduled work period) that takes place late in the day or at night. Labels: informal Example: At about 11 pm one night in Corporation Street my watch were on van patrol and Yellow Watch were on late as usual.
Word: late Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English late, lat, from Old English læt (“slow; slack, lax, negligent; late”), from Proto-West Germanic *lat, from Proto-Germanic *lataz (“slow, lazy”). By surface analysis, deverbal from let. Cognates Cognate with Yola laate (“late”), North Frisian leed, leet, lääs (“late”), Saterland Frisian leet (“late”), Dutch, German Low German laat (“late, tardy”), Danish lad (“languid, lazy, indolent”), Faroese, Icelandic latur (“lazy”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish lat (“lazy”), Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐍄𐍃 (lats, “lazy, slothful”). Pronunciation: /leɪt/, /læɪt/, /let/, /leːt/ 1. After a deadline has passed, past a designated time. Example: We drove as fast as we could, but we still arrived late. 2. Formerly, especially in the context of service in a military unit. Example: Colonel Easterwood, late of the 34th Carbines, was a guest at the dinner party. Example: The Hendersons will all be there / Late of Pablo Fanque's Fair / What a scene! 3. Not long ago; just now, recently. Example: He ſhall doe this, or elſe I doe recant / The pardon that I late pronounced heere. Example: Tears of the widower, when he sees ⁠A late-lost form that sleep reveals, ⁠And moves his doubtful arms, and feels Her place is empty, fall like these; […]
Word: chain mail Part of Speech: noun Etymology: chain + mail; attested since the 1780s. 1. A flexible defensive armor, made of a mesh of interlinked metal rings. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Chain mail is formed by a number of iron rings, each ring having four others inserted into it, the whole exhibiting a kind of net work, with circular meshes, every ring separately rivetted; this kind of mail answers to that worn on the ancient breast plates, whence they were denominated loricæ hammatæ, from the rings being hooked together. Example: A few broken broadswords, a helmet and a couple of chain mails preserved in museums are all the relics of those far-off times.
Word: chain mail Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mail. 1. A chain letter. Labels: collective, countable, sometimes, uncountable
Word: hauberk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English hauberk, from Old French hauberc, from Frankish *halsaberg (“neck-cover”). Pronunciation: /ˈhɔːbɜː(ɹ)k/ 1. A coat of mail; especially, the long coat of mail of the European Middle Ages, as contrasted with the habergeon, which is shorter and sometimes sleeveless. Example: The hauberk was a complete covering of mail from head to foot. It consisted of a hood, joined to a jacket with sleeves, breeches, stockings and shoes of double chain mail, to which were added gauntlets of the same construction. Example: Ursula wore that day a hauberk under her gown, and was helmed with a sallet; and because of her armour she rode upon a little horse. 2. A similar shirt of scale armour, plate, leather, or other armor material. Labels: uncommon Example: The habergeon is the mail in this case, and the hauberk is of plate or splint armour, while the cote-armoure is the surcoat, possibly thickly padded, as in the still-existing surcoat of the Black Prince. Example: One, which was destined later to usurp the field completely, consisted of a sleeved mail or scale hauberk, probably of eastern, Iranian, origin, descending to the knees.
Word: later Part of Speech: adv Etymology: * Adverb: From Middle English later, latere, from Old English lator, equivalent to late + -er. * Adjective: From Middle English later, latere, from Old English lætra, equivalent to late + -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian leeter (“later”), West Frisian letter (“later”), Dutch later (“later”), German Low German later (“later”). Pronunciation: /ˈleɪ.tə/, /ˈleɪ.tɚ/, [ˈleɪ̯.ɾɚ] 1. comparative form of late: more late Labels: comparative, form-of Example: You came in late yesterday and today you came in even later. 2. Afterward in time (used with than when comparing with another time). Example: My roommate arrived first. I arrived later. Example: I arrived later than my roommate. 3. At some unspecified time in the future. Example: I wanted to do it now, but I’ll have to do it later. 4. What if (something problematic or unanticipated happens); if not (something undesirable will happen). Labels: Manglish, Singlish Example: Compare Malay nanti (“later; if not”) Example: Later you fall asleep how?
Word: later Part of Speech: adj Etymology: * Adverb: From Middle English later, latere, from Old English lator, equivalent to late + -er. * Adjective: From Middle English later, latere, from Old English lætra, equivalent to late + -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian leeter (“later”), West Frisian letter (“later”), Dutch later (“later”), German Low German later (“later”). Pronunciation: /ˈleɪ.tə/, /ˈleɪ.tɚ/, [ˈleɪ̯.ɾɚ] 1. comparative form of late: more late Labels: comparative, form-of Example: Jim was later than John. 2. Coming afterward in time (used with than when comparing with another time). Example: The Victorian era is a later period of English history than the Elizabethan era. Example: The eldest son was usually given the name of his paternal grandfather, later children those of other relatives. 3. Coming afterward in distance (following an antecedent distance as embedded within an adverbial phrase) Example: I felt some leg pain during the first mile of my run and I strained my calf two miles later. 4. At some time in the future. Example: The meeting was adjourned to a later date.
Word: later Part of Speech: intj Etymology: * Adverb: From Middle English later, latere, from Old English lator, equivalent to late + -er. * Adjective: From Middle English later, latere, from Old English lætra, equivalent to late + -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian leeter (“later”), West Frisian letter (“later”), Dutch later (“later”), German Low German later (“later”). Pronunciation: /ˈleɪ.tə/, /ˈleɪ.tɚ/, [ˈleɪ̯.ɾɚ] 1. See you later; goodbye. Labels: slang Example: Later, dude.
Word: haubergeon Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of habergeon. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The haubergeon, was a coat composed either of plate or chain mail without sleeves: the shirt of mail was much in the form of the shirts now worn, except that it had no sleeves, it was always of chain mail.
Word: medical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *med-der. Proto-Italic *medēōrder. Latin medeor Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin medicus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Medieval Latin medicālisbor. French médicalbor. English medical Borrowed from French médical, from Medieval Latin medicālis, from Latin medicus. Replaced Old English lǣċe (“doctor (physician)”), which is cognate with Icelandic læknir (“doctor”). Pronunciation: /ˈmɛdɪkl̩/ 1. Of or pertaining to the practice of medicine. Labels: not-comparable, usually Example: medical doctor; medical student Example: Do you have any medical experience? 2. Intended to have a therapeutic effect; medicinal. Labels: not-comparable, usually Example: medical marijuana; medical cannabis; medical treatment 3. Requiring medical treatment. Labels: not-comparable, usually Example: A costly medical condition can bankrupt you if it doesn't kill you first. 4. Pertaining to the state of one's health. Labels: not-comparable, usually Example: medical examination; medical exemption; medical history; medical record; medical diagnosis 5. Pertaining to or requiring treatment by other than surgical means. Labels: not-comparable, usually Example: medical ward 6. Pertaining to medication specifically (that is, pharmacotherapy), rather than to other aspects of medicine and surgery. Labels: not-comparable, usually Example: medical oncology, radiation oncology, and surgical oncology Example: surgical therapy only when medical therapy fails
Word: medical Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *med-der. Proto-Italic *medēōrder. Latin medeor Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin medicus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Medieval Latin medicālisbor. French médicalbor. English medical Borrowed from French médical, from Medieval Latin medicālis, from Latin medicus. Replaced Old English lǣċe (“doctor (physician)”), which is cognate with Icelandic læknir (“doctor”). Pronunciation: /ˈmɛdɪkl̩/ 1. A medical examination. Labels: informal Example: You'll have to get a medical before you apply for that job. Example: After completing a medical and the requisite paperwork on Tuesday to seal the deal, Di María said: “I am absolutely delighted to be joining Manchester United. I have thoroughly enjoyed my time in Spain and there were a lot of clubs interested in me, but United is the only club that I would have left Real Madrid for. 2. A medical practitioner. Labels: archaic Example: We medicals have a better way than that. When we dislike a friend of ours, we dissect him. Example: There was the school of simplicity, socialism, and universal love, the head of which was a Quixotic Diogenes called Mêh-tsz or Meccius (fifth century b.c.); the school of denominationalists, or pedantic adherents to the letter of absolutely defined principles; the legists, or partisans of a system of repression and punishment (on the Plehve-Pobyedonóschtschoff basis); the astrologists, or believers in occult influences; the medicals or elixirists; the sensualists; and many others, recalling to our minds the various divisions of Greek philosophy at the same period.
Word: jazerant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English jessera(u)nt, gessera(u)nt(e), from Old French jazerant, from Old Occitan jazerenc, from Arabic جَزَائِرِيّ (jazāʔiriyy, “Algerian, of Algiers”), derived from الجَزَائِر (al-jazāʔir, “Algiers; Algeria”). Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒæzəɹənt/ 1. A coat of defense of Arab origin, made of small plates of metal sewn upon linen or similar, like a brigandine. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable Example: The jazerant, is according to Du Cange, a sort of military vestment. […] But what was the specific distinction of a jazerant seems at present uncertain. 2. This kind of armor taken generally. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: a coat of jazerant
Word: probable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English probable, from Old French probable, from Latin probābilis (“that may be proved, credible”), from probāre (“to test, examine”); see probe, probity, prove. Compare recent doublet provable. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɒbəbl̩/, /ˈpɹɑbəbl̩/ 1. Likely or most likely to be true. Example: It's probable that it will rain tomorrow. Example: The probable source of the failure was the mass of feathers in the intake manifold. 2. Likely to happen. Example: With all the support we have, success is looking probable. 3. Supporting, or giving ground for, belief, but not demonstrating. Example: probable evidence Example: From an examination of the Teutonic words for "temple" Grimm has made it probable that amongst the Germans the oldest sanctuaries were natural woods. 4. Capable of being proved. Labels: obsolete
Word: probable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English probable, from Old French probable, from Latin probābilis (“that may be proved, credible”), from probāre (“to test, examine”); see probe, probity, prove. Compare recent doublet provable. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɒbəbl̩/, /ˈpɹɑbəbl̩/ 1. Something that is likely. Example: Four of the 32 251 Ku aircraft turned back, but the other 28 fought for 20 minutes against a reported 100 enemy aircraft, claiming 18 destroyed and five probables. 2. A person who is likely to appear or do a certain thing.
Word: aketon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English aketoun, aketon, from Old French aqueton, auqueton, alqueton, from Old Spanish alcoton (modern algodón), from Arabic الْقُطْن (al-quṭn), definite of قُطْن (quṭn, “cotton”). Doublet of cotton. Pronunciation: /ˈæk.(ə.)tən/ 1. A stuffed jacket worn under the mail, or (later) a jacket plated with mail. Labels: historical Example: The aketon, gambeson, vambasium, and jack were military vestments, calculated for the defence of the body, differing little from each other, except in their names, their materials and construction were nearly the same, the authorities quoted in the notes, shew they were all composed of many folds of linen, stuffed with cotton, wool or hair, quilted, and commonly covered with leather, made of buck or doe skin.
Word: gambeson Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English gambison, from Old French gambeson, gambaison, from gambais, wambais (“quilted jerkin”), from Medieval Latin wambāsium (“doublet, waistcoat”), from Frankish *wamba (“abdomen, belly”), from Proto-Germanic *wambō (“belly, womb”): compare Middle High German wambeis, German Wams (“waistcoat, doublet”), from Old High German wamba (“stomach”). More at womb. Pronunciation: /ˈɡæm.bɪ.sən/ 1. A defensive garment formerly in use for the body, made of cloth stuffed and quilted, often worn as padding under armor. Labels: historical Example: Although the gambeson was chiefly worn under the coat of mail, to protect the body from being bruised by the strokes of the sword or lance, a circumstance that might happen without a division of the mail, the verses quoted in the Siege of Karleverok, shew that it was sometimes worn as a fur coat, and ornamented with rich decorations.
Word: vambasium Part of Speech: noun 1. A defensive garment formerly in use for the body, made of cloth stuffed and quilted. Labels: historical Example: The aketon, gambeson, vambasium, and jack were military vestments, calculated for the defence of the body, differing little from each other, except in their names, their materials and construction were nearly the same, the authorities quoted in the notes, shew they were all composed of many folds of linen, stuffed with cotton, wool or hair, quilted, and commonly covered with leather, made of buck or doe skin.
Word: structure Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French structure, from Latin structūra (“a fitting together, adjustment, building, erection, a building, edifice, structure”), from struere, past participle structus (“pile up, arrange, assemble, build”). Compare construct, instruct, destroy, etc. Pronunciation: /ˈstɹʌk(t)ʃə/, /ˈstɹʌkt͡ʃɚ/, [ˈstʃɹɐktʃə], /ˈstɹʊkt͡ʃə/, /ˈstɾʌkt͡ʃəɾ/ 1. A cohesive whole built up of distinct parts. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The birds had built an amazing structure out of sticks and various discarded items. Example: The original family who had begun to build a palace to rival Nonesuch had died out before they had put up little more than the gateway, so that the actual structure which had come down to posterity retained the secret magic of a promise rather than the overpowering splendour of a great architectural achievement. 2. The underlying shape of a solid. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He studied the structure of her face. 3. The overall form or organization of something. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The structure of a sentence. Example: The structure of the society was still a mystery. 4. A set of rules defining behaviour. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: For some, the structure of school life was oppressive. 5. Several pieces of data treated as a unit. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: This structure contains both date and timezone information. 6. Underwater terrain or objects (such as a dead tree or a submerged car) that tend to attract fish Labels: uncountable Example: There's lots of structure to be fished along the west shore of the lake; the impoundment submerged a town there when it was built. 7. A body, such as a political party, with a cohesive purpose or outlook. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The South African leader went off to consult with the structures. 8. A set along with a collection of finitary functions and relations. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: structure Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle French structure, from Latin structūra (“a fitting together, adjustment, building, erection, a building, edifice, structure”), from struere, past participle structus (“pile up, arrange, assemble, build”). Compare construct, instruct, destroy, etc. Pronunciation: /ˈstɹʌk(t)ʃə/, /ˈstɹʌkt͡ʃɚ/, [ˈstʃɹɐktʃə], /ˈstɹʊkt͡ʃə/, /ˈstɾʌkt͡ʃəɾ/ 1. To give structure to; to arrange. Labels: transitive Example: I'm trying to structure my time better so I'm not always late. Example: I've structured the deal to limit the amount of money we can lose.
Word: throat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English throte, from Old English þrote, þrota, þrotu (“throat”), from Proto-West Germanic *þrotu, from Proto-Germanic *þrutō (“throat”), from Proto-Indo-European *trud- (“to swell, become stiff”). Cognate with Dutch strot (“throat”), German Drossel (“throttle, gorge of game (wild animals)”), Faroese troti (“swelling”), Icelandic þroti (“swelling”), Norwegian trut (“mouth”), Swedish trut. Pronunciation: /ˈθɹəʊt/, /ˈθɹoʊt/ 1. The front part of the neck. Example: The wild pitch bounced and hit the catcher in the throat. Example: Serene, smiling, enigmatic, she faced him with no fear whatever showing in her dark eyes.[…]She put back a truant curl from her forehead where it had sought egress to the world, and looked him full in the face now, drawing a deep breath which caused the round of her bosom to lift the lace at her throat. 2. The gullet or windpipe. Example: As I swallowed I felt something strange in my throat. 3. A narrow opening in a vessel. Example: The water leaked out from the throat of the bottle. 4. Short for station throat Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 5. The part of a chimney between the gathering, or portion of the funnel which contracts in ascending, and the flue. Example: By the throat of a Chimney, I mean the lower extremity of its canal, where it unites with the upper part of its open Fire-place. Example: This course of bricks will be upon a level for instance, higher than this part, otherwise the with the top of the door-way left for the chimney throat of the chimney will not be properly form. 6. The upper fore corner of a boom-and-gaff sail, or of a staysail. 7. That end of a gaff which is next to the mast. 8. The angle where the arm of an anchor is joined to the shank. Example: The shoe iron must then become a mere loose piece of iron, and be found, on the heaving up of the anchor, to have lain on the surface of the soil between it and immediately under the throat of the anchor 9. The inside of a timber knee. 10. The orifice of a tubular organ; the outer end of the tube of a monopetalous corolla; the faux, or fauces.
Word: throat Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English throte, from Old English þrote, þrota, þrotu (“throat”), from Proto-West Germanic *þrotu, from Proto-Germanic *þrutō (“throat”), from Proto-Indo-European *trud- (“to swell, become stiff”). Cognate with Dutch strot (“throat”), German Drossel (“throttle, gorge of game (wild animals)”), Faroese troti (“swelling”), Icelandic þroti (“swelling”), Norwegian trut (“mouth”), Swedish trut. Pronunciation: /ˈθɹəʊt/, /ˈθɹoʊt/ 1. To utter in or with the throat. Labels: uncommon Example: He beat about and pecked the net until his mate was liberated, and, throating a song of gratitude, the bird he freed flew to the sky. Example: As you know, I have gone in for the more manly athletics here with my visual enthusiasm, throating a nasty tenor on the Glee Club and shaking a vicious hoof on our dancing team. Well, last night the Intercollegiate Shimmy Contest with Goofy ... 2. To take into the throat. (Compare deepthroat.) Labels: informal Example: The Roman began to throat his rigid flagpole of a mancock, making groaning noises. Example: His head leaned back, water splashing his face as I throated his solid pipe. Those giant hands found the back of my head as he worked his hips back and forth to pump further and further into my mouth. 3. To mow (beans, etc.) in a direction against their bending. Labels: UK, dialectal, obsolete
Word: cuirass Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First use appears c. 1464. From Middle English curasse, curesse, from Old French cuirace, spelling influenced by modern French cuirasse. Pronunciation: /kwɪˈɹæs/, /ˈkjʊəɹæs/ 1. A piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle. Example: The cuirass covered the body before and behind, it consisted of two parts, a breast and back piece of iron, fastened together by means of straps and buckles, or other contrivances. They were originally as the name imports, made of leather, but afterwards of metal, both brass and iron. 2. The breastplate taken by itself. Example: Lady Orkney's history, to whose house we are going, is a curious one. As Miss Elizabeth Villiers, by her charms she pierced the cuirass that enveloped the well-disciplined heart of William III.
Word: cuirass Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First use appears c. 1464. From Middle English curasse, curesse, from Old French cuirace, spelling influenced by modern French cuirasse. Pronunciation: /kwɪˈɹæs/, /ˈkjʊəɹæs/ 1. To cover with defensive armor; to armor-plate. Labels: transitive
Word: halecret Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in English in 1536 as halkrig and 1540 as halkrik, taken to be from Middle French halecret, itself first attested in 1488 as aldecrez (plural) and 1489 as hallecretz (plural), of uncertain origin. Compare Breton halacred. Perhaps from Middle Dutch halscleet (“gorget”) (see hals (“neck, throat”), cleet (“piece of clothing”)), or related to German Halskragen. Pronunciation: /ˈhæl.ɪˌkɹɛt/ 1. A kind of light armour protecting the bust, used in the 16th century, usually thought to have been a corselet or light cuirass. Labels: historical Example: The halecret was a kind of corcelet of tvvo pieces, one before and one behind, it was lighter than the cuiraſs.
Word: brigandine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English brigandyn, brigantien, attested by 1456 (eventually displacing the slightly earlier synonym brigander), from Old French brigandine, from brigand + -ine. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹɪɡ.ənˌdiːn/, /ˈbɹɪɡ.ənˌdin/, /ˈbɹɪɡ.ənˌdaɪn/ 1. A coat of armor for the body, consisting of scales or plates, sometimes overlapping each other, generally of metal, sewn or riveted under or onto canvas or linen or other material. Labels: historical Example: Harness the horses; and get up, ye horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets; furbish the spears, and put on the brigandines. Example: The brigandine takes its name from the troops, by which it was first worn, who were called brigans, they were a kind of light armed irregular foot, much addicted to plunder, whence it is probable the appellation of brigands was given to other freebooters.
Word: ryvett Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of rivet (“a kind of plate armor, attributed to the Germans”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, usually Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:ryvett.
Word: chauvinism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French chauvinisme (“idealistic devotion to Napoleon”), named for Nicolas Chauvin, a legendary and excessively patriotic soldier of the French First Republic. The figure of Chauvin became especially famous as a character in the play La Cocarde Tricolore by the Cogniard brothers. Pronunciation: /ˈʃəʊ.vɪ.nɪ.zəm/, /ˈʃoʊ.vɪˌnɪzəm/, /ˈʃəʊ.və.nɪ.zəm/ 1. Excessive patriotism, eagerness for national superiority; jingoism. Labels: countable, derogatory, uncountable Example: (C. S.) Lewis occasionally expressed a somewhat tongue-in-cheek chauvinism towards the English. Describing an encounter with a fellow Irishman, he wrote: "Like all Irish people who meet in England, we ended by criticisms on the invincible flippancy and dullness of the Anglo-Saxon race. 2. Unwarranted bias, favoritism, or devotion to one's own particular group, cause, or idea. Labels: countable, derogatory, uncountable Example: Feminists say that male chauvinism is still prevalent in cultures worldwide. Example: “This is an outrageous example of unconscious racial chauvinism!” Jack said.
Word: corselet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French corselet, from cors, an archaic spelling of corps (“body”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɔːslət/ 1. Armor for the body, for example a breastplate and backpiece taken together. 2. An entire suit of armor, made up chiefly of the breastplate and backpiece worn with a headpiece and with a gorget, pauldrons, vambraces, gauntlets, and tassets attached. Example: Strictly speaking, the word corcelet meant only that part which covered the body, but was generally used to express the whole suit, under the terms of a corselet furnished, or complete. 3. A tight-fitting item of clothing which covers the body and not the limbs. 4. A type of women's underwear, combining a bra and a girdle in one garment; a corselette. 5. The thorax of an insect. Example: With the added suggestion of her goggles it reminded her pupil of the polished shell or corslet of a horrid beetle.
Word: corcelet Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of corselet (armor) Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: corslet Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of corselet. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: tasset Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Either inherited from Middle English *tassette, from Old French tassette, or borrowed in the 1800s from French tassette, see tasse for more. Equivalent to tasse + -et. Pronunciation: /ˈtæsɪt/ 1. A tasse. Example: This included the head-piece and gorgett, the back and breast, with skirts of iron called tasses or tassets covering the thighs, as may be seen in the figures, representing the exercise of the pike, published anno 1622, by the title of the Military Art of Training; the same kind of armour was worn by the harquebusiers.
Word: tasse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English tasse (“armor plate protecting the hip”), derived from Old French tasse, tasche (“purse; pouch”), derived from Frankish *taskā (“pouch”), derived from Proto-Germanic *taskǭ. Cognate with Old High German tasca (“pouch”), German Tasche (“pocket; pouch; bag”), Dutch tas (“bag”). Pronunciation: /tæs/ 1. A piece of armor for the hips and thighs: one of a set of plates (each being of one piece or segmented) hanging from the bottom of the breastplate or from faulds. Labels: in-plural Example: This included the head-piece and gorgett, the back and breast, with skirts of iron called tasses or tassets covering the thighs, as may be seen in the figures, representing the exercise of the pike, published anno 1622, by the title of the Military Art of Training; the same kind of armour was worn by the harquebusiers. Example: The tasse, meant only to cover the hips, was so long that its edges scraped against the floor.
Word: codpiece Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cod (“bag, pouch, scrotum”) + piece. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒdˌpiːs/ 1. A part of male dress in the 15th and 16th centuries, worn in front of the breeches to cover the male genitals. Labels: historical Example: , Act III, Scene III, line 130. Borachio: Seest thou not, I say, what a deformed thief this fashion is, how giddily ’a turns about all the hot-bloods between fourteen and five-and-thirty, sometimes fashioning them like Pharaoh’s soldiers in the reechy painting, sometime like god Bel’s priests in the old church-window, sometime like the shaven Hercules in the smirch’d worm-eaten tapestry, where his codpiece seems as massy as his club? Example: Once Francis lifts her hand. She pulls back, half-resisting, and for one moment it seems he intends to lay her little fingers upon his unspeakable codpiece. 2. A conspicuous protection for the male genitals in a suit of plate armor. Example: On some suits were screwed large iron cod-pieces; these, according to tradition, were intended to prevent the ill consequences of those violent shocks received in charging, either in battle, or at a tournament. Same say, they were meant to contain sponges for receiving the water of knights, who in the heat of an engagement might not have any more convenient method of discharging it. But most probably, they were rather constructed in conformity to a reigning fashion in the make of the breeches of those times.
Word: rickshaw Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Middle Chinese 人 (nyin) Middle Chinese 力 (lik) Middle Chinese 人力 Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos Proto-Tocharian *kuk(ä)lebor.? Middle Chinese 車 Japanese 人力車clip. Japanese 力車bor. English rickshaw Borrowed from Japanese 力(りき)車(しゃ) (rikisha), a clipping of 人(じん)力(りき)車(しゃ) (jinrikisha), from Middle Chinese 人力 (nyin lik, “human power”) + 車 (t͡ʃʰæ, “cart”) (compare Mandarin 人力車 /人力车 (rénlìchē)). Pronunciation: /ˈɹɪkˌʃɔː/ 1. A two-wheeled carriage pulled along by a person.
Word: rickshaw Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Middle Chinese 人 (nyin) Middle Chinese 力 (lik) Middle Chinese 人力 Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos Proto-Tocharian *kuk(ä)lebor.? Middle Chinese 車 Japanese 人力車clip. Japanese 力車bor. English rickshaw Borrowed from Japanese 力(りき)車(しゃ) (rikisha), a clipping of 人(じん)力(りき)車(しゃ) (jinrikisha), from Middle Chinese 人力 (nyin lik, “human power”) + 車 (t͡ʃʰæ, “cart”) (compare Mandarin 人力車 /人力车 (rénlìchē)). Pronunciation: /ˈɹɪkˌʃɔː/ 1. To move someone by means of a rickshaw.
Word: jinriksha Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 人力車(じんりきしゃ) (jinrikisha). Pronunciation: /ˌd͡ʒɪnˈɹɪk.ʃə/ 1. Synonym of rickshaw. Example: There are no roads outside the villages in northern Yezo, no jinriksha,—those most fascinating man-power carriages,—no kago, or swinging cars, and no side-saddles... Example: In the Transportation Buildin' is a map one hundred feet long, showing the transportation facilities of the Empire, a perfect network of railways and telegraphand telephone wires, showin' they have other ways of gettin' 'round there besides man-carts and jinrikshas, yes, indeed!
Word: what a lovely day Part of Speech: phrase 1. The day is lovely.
Word: is it going to rain Part of Speech: phrase 1. Is it going to rain?
Word: I think so Part of Speech: phrase 1. I believe that is the case, but am not certain.
Word: I don't think so Part of Speech: phrase Pronunciation: /ˌaɪ ˌdəʊnt ˈθɪŋk(ˌ)səʊ/, /ˌaɪ ˌdoʊnt ˈθɪŋk(ˌ)soʊ/ 1. I think what has been said is untrue. Example: Bob: Is this the right place to catch the bus? Suzy: I don't think so. 2. No, absolutely not (used to refuse or decline something proposed). Labels: sarcastic Example: Go out with you? Huh, I don't think so, sweetheart!
Word: kamikaze Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 神風(かみかぜ) (kamikaze, “divine wind”), from 神(かみ) (kami, “divine”) + 風(かぜ) (kaze, “wind”); which originally referred to the typhoon that destroyed the Mongol navy attacking Japan in 1281. Pronunciation: /ˌkɑː.mɪˈkɑː.ziː/, /ˌkɑ.mɪˈkɑ.zi/, /ˌkɐː.mɪˈkɐː.ziː/, /ˌkɐː.məˈkɐː.ziː/, /ˌka.mɪˈka.zi/ 1. An attack requiring the suicide of the one carrying it out, especially when done with an aircraft. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. One who carries out a suicide attack, especially with an aircraft. Labels: countable 3. A vehicle used for a suicide attack, especially an aircraft. Labels: countable Example: Coupled with this were issues involving actually getting enough torpedoes out there to the fleet in the first place! Whilst they were a munition, a torpedo is far more complex and took far longer to build than a shell for a naval gun, even a battleship shell. Torpedoes, remember, are effectively small self-guiding kamikaze submarines, and, so, unless you have a large factory and an extensive production line going, you're only gonna see handfuls produced each year. Example: The Ukrainians themselves have been using kamikaze drones to strike against Russian targets – and asked their allies to supply them with more of these deadly weapons. 4. One who takes excessive risks, as for example in a sporting event. Labels: colloquial, countable 5. A cocktail made of equal parts vodka, triple sec and lime juice. Labels: countable Example: Only top-shelf liquor is served, though Sasha refuses to serve drinks he deems fratlike. These include woo woos, kamikazes and shots of any kind. 6. A deliberate wipeout. Labels: countable
Word: kamikaze Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 神風(かみかぜ) (kamikaze, “divine wind”), from 神(かみ) (kami, “divine”) + 風(かぜ) (kaze, “wind”); which originally referred to the typhoon that destroyed the Mongol navy attacking Japan in 1281. Pronunciation: /ˌkɑː.mɪˈkɑː.ziː/, /ˌkɑ.mɪˈkɑ.zi/, /ˌkɐː.mɪˈkɐː.ziː/, /ˌkɐː.məˈkɐː.ziː/, /ˌka.mɪˈka.zi/ 1. To destroy (a ship, etc.) in a suicide attack, especially by crashing an aircraft. Labels: transitive 2. To carry out a suicide attack, especially by crashing an aircraft. Labels: intransitive 3. To fail disastrously. Labels: intransitive, slang
Word: kamikaze Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 神風(かみかぜ) (kamikaze, “divine wind”), from 神(かみ) (kami, “divine”) + 風(かぜ) (kaze, “wind”); which originally referred to the typhoon that destroyed the Mongol navy attacking Japan in 1281. Pronunciation: /ˌkɑː.mɪˈkɑː.ziː/, /ˌkɑ.mɪˈkɑ.zi/, /ˌkɐː.mɪˈkɐː.ziː/, /ˌkɐː.məˈkɐː.ziː/, /ˌka.mɪˈka.zi/ 1. Suicidal, risking one's own life. Labels: not-comparable Example: Sheathed in helmets, gloves, and jackets, they look more like manic video game figures than humans. They weave through traffic and around double-decker buses at kamikaze velocity. 2. Having or showing reckless disregard for safety or personal welfare. Labels: not-comparable