nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: sha'n't Part of Speech: contraction Etymology: Contraction of shall + not. Pronunciation: /ˈʃɑːnt/, /ˈʃænt/ 1. Dated spelling of shan't. Labels: contraction Example: Bel[linda] […] Nay you ſha'n't go one ſtep out of the room. / […] Lady B[rute] Pray give me leave. / Lady Fanc[yfull] You know I won't. / Lady B. Indeed I muſt. / Lady Fanc. Indeed you ſha'n't. / Lady B. Indeed I will. / Lady Fanc. Indeed you ſha'n't. / Lady B. Indeed I will. / Lady Fanc. Indeed you ſha'n't. Indeed Indeed Indeed you ſha'n't. (Exit Lady Fanc. running. They follow. Example: [Alice:] I'm sure I sha'n't be able!
Word: wo'n't Part of Speech: verb 1. Archaic spelling of won't. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: 1865, Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland We indeed!” cried the Mouse, who was trembling down to the end of his tail. “As if I would talk on such a subject! Our family always hated cats: nasty, low, vulgar things! Don’t let me hear the name again!” “I wo’n’t indeed!” said Alice, in a great hurry to change the subject of conversation. “Are you—are you fond—of—of dogs?”
Word: wo'n't Part of Speech: contraction 1. Alternative spelling of wouldn't Labels: alt-of, alternative, archaic, contraction
Word: cant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin cantō, probably via Old Northern French canter (“sing, tell”). Doublet of chant. Pronunciation: /kænt/ 1. An argot, the jargon of a particular class or subgroup. Labels: countable, usually Example: He had the look of a prince, but the cant of a fishmonger. Example: I am aware that the phrase free inquiry has become too much a cant phrase soiled by the handling of the ignorant and the reckless by those who fall into the mistake of supposing that religion has its root in the understanding and by those who can see just far enough to doubt and no further. 2. A private or secret language used by a religious sect, gang, or other group. Labels: countable, uncountable, usually 3. A language spoken by some Irish Travellers; Shelta. Labels: uncountable, usually 4. Empty, hypocritical talk. Labels: derogatory, uncountable, usually Example: He is too well grounded for all your philoſophical Cant to hurt. Example: Of all the cants which are canted in this canting world,—though the cant of hypocrites may be the worſt,—the cant of criticiſm is the moſt tormenting! 5. Whining speech, such as that used by beggars. Labels: uncountable, usually 6. A blazon of a coat of arms that makes a pun upon the name (or, less often, some attribute or function) of the bearer, canting arms. Labels: countable, usually 7. A call for bidders at a public fair; an auction. Labels: obsolete, uncountable, usually Example: […]but numbers of these tenants or their descendants are now offering to sell their leases by cant,
Word: cant Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin cantō, probably via Old Northern French canter (“sing, tell”). Doublet of chant. Pronunciation: /kænt/ 1. To speak with the jargon of a class or subgroup. Labels: intransitive Example: The Doctor here, I will proceed with the learned. / VVhen he diſcourſeth of diſſection, / Or any point of Anatomy: that hee tells you, / Of Vena caua, and of vena porta, / The Meſeraicks, and the Meſenterium. / VVhat does he elſe but cant? […] / Does he not cant? VVho here does vnderſtand him? Example: […]that uncouth affected garb of speech, or canting language rather, if I may so call it 2. To speak in set phrases. Labels: intransitive 3. To talk, beg, or preach in a singsong or whining fashion, especially in a false or empty manner. Labels: intransitive Example: [I]f he proue not yet / The cunningſt, ranckeſt Rogue that euer Canted, / Ile neuer ſee man againe, […] Example: [S]he was one of your ſoft ſpoken, canting, whining hypocrites, who with a truly jeſuitical art, could wreſt evil out of the moſt inoffenſive thought, word, look or action; […] 4. Of a blazon, to make a pun that references the bearer of a coat of arms. Labels: intransitive 5. To sell by auction, or bid at an auction. Labels: obsolete Example: […]labouring with all their might for preventing the bishops from letting their revenues at a moderate half value[…] at the very instant, when they were every where canting their own land upon short leases, and sacrificing their oldest tenants for a penny an acre advance.
Word: cant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English cant (“edge, brink”), from Middle Dutch cant (“point, side, edge”) (Modern Dutch kant (“side, edge”)), ultimately of Celtic or Latin origin. Related to Medieval Latin cantus (“corner, side”), from Latin canthus. Pronunciation: /kænt/ 1. Side, edge, corner, niche. Labels: obsolete Example: under the cant of a hill Example: The firſt and principall perſon in the temple, vvas IRENE, or Peace; ſhe vvas placed aloft in a Cant, […] 2. Slope, the angle at which something is set. Example: Owing to the cant of the vessel, the masts hung far out over the water, and from my perch on the cross-trees I had nothing below me but the surface of the bay. 3. A corner (of a building). 4. An outer or external angle. 5. An inclination from a horizontal or vertical line; a slope or bevel; a tilt. 6. A movement or throw that overturns something. Example: It is not only of great service in keeping the boat in her due position on the sea, but also in creating a tendency immediately to recover from any sudden cant, or lurch, from a heavy wave; and it is besides beneficial in diminishing the violence of beating against the sides of the vessel which she may go to relieve. 7. A sudden thrust, push, kick, or other impulse, producing a bias or change of direction; also, the bias or turn so given. Example: to give a ball a cant 8. A segment forming a side piece in the head of a cask. 9. A segment of the rim of a wooden cogwheel. 10. A piece of wood laid upon the deck of a vessel to support the bulkheads. 11. An unfinished log after preliminary cutting.
Word: cant Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English cant (“edge, brink”), from Middle Dutch cant (“point, side, edge”) (Modern Dutch kant (“side, edge”)), ultimately of Celtic or Latin origin. Related to Medieval Latin cantus (“corner, side”), from Latin canthus. Pronunciation: /kænt/ 1. To set (something) at an angle; to tilt. Labels: transitive Example: to cant a cask Example: to cant a ship 2. To give a sudden turn or new direction to. Labels: transitive Example: to cant round a stick of timber Example: to cant a football 3. To bevel an edge or corner. Labels: transitive 4. To overturn so that the contents are emptied. Labels: transitive
Word: cant Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Unknown, but compare Provençal cantel (“corner, piece”) or Old Northern French cantel (“piece broken off”). The verb is attested from the 15th century, and the noun from the 16th. See cantle, from which cant is possibly back-formed as if it contained the suffix -le. Pronunciation: /kænt/ 1. To divide or parcel out. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: cant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown, but compare Provençal cantel (“corner, piece”) or Old Northern French cantel (“piece broken off”). The verb is attested from the 15th century, and the noun from the 16th. See cantle, from which cant is possibly back-formed as if it contained the suffix -le. Pronunciation: /kænt/ 1. A parcel, a division. Labels: dialectal
Word: cant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English cant, kaunt, presumably from Middle Low German *kant, perhaps a slang word related to kant (“edge, rim”), from Medieval Latin canthus. Attested from the 13th or 14th century. Pronunciation: /kænt/ 1. Lively, lusty. Labels: UK, dialectal, not-comparable
Word: wont Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English wont, from Old English ġewunod, past participle of ġewunian (“to be accustomed to, dwell”), the noun sense possibly arising via conflation of wone (“custom, habit, practice”) and the adjective wont. Compare German Low German Gewohnte (“custom, habit”), Dutch gewoonte, Swedish van. Likely related to wone, wonder, wean, and win. Pronunciation: /wʌnt/, /wəʊnt/, /wɒnt/, /wɑnt/, /wɔnt/ 1. One's habitual way of doing things; custom, habit, practice. Labels: archaic, humorous, uncountable, usually Example: He awoke at the crack of dawn, as was his wont. Example: [T]hey [Spartan youth] are by a ſudden alarum or watch-word, to be called out to their military motions, under ſky or covert, according to the ſeaſon, as was the Roman wont; […]
Word: wont Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English wont, iwoned, from Old English ġewunod, past participle of ġewunian. Cognate with German gewohnt and Dutch gewend. Pronunciation: /wʌnt/, /wəʊnt/, /wɒnt/, /wɑnt/, /wɔnt/ 1. Accustomed or used (to or with a thing), accustomed or apt (to do something). Labels: not-comparable Example: He is wont to complain loudly about his job. Example: This is the ſuteltie of Satan, who vnder the shew of godly matters, deceaueth the vnaduyſed, as we are wont to ſay, that in the honye lyeth hidden the poiſon.
Word: wont Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English wonten (“to accustom”), from wont (adjective). See above. Pronunciation: /wʌnt/, /wəʊnt/, /wɒnt/, /wɑnt/, /wɔnt/ 1. To make (someone) used to; to accustom. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: I have heard it remarked by the old farmers, that when beasts are first transferred from one place to another, that if they keep them without food for two or three days, it will go far towards wonting them to their new situation. 2. To be accustomed (to something), to be in the habit (of doing something). Labels: archaic, intransitive Example: What be the ſweet delights of learning a treaſure, / That wont with Comick ſock to beautify / The painted Theaters, and fill with pleaſure / The liſtners eyes, and eares with melodie; […] Example: But by record of antique times I finde / That wemen wont in warres to beare most ſway, / And to all great exploites them ſelues inclind: […]
Word: petrol Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French (essence de) pétrole, from Medieval Latin petroleum, from Ancient Greek πετρέλαιον (petrélaion, “oil of the rock”), from πέτρα (pétra, “stone, rock”)+ ἔλαιον (élaion, “olive oil, any oily substance”). Doublet of petroleum. Pronunciation: /ˈpɛt.ɹəl/ 1. A fluid consisting of a mixture of refined petroleum hydrocarbons, primarily consisting of octane, commonly used as a motor fuel. Labels: Commonwealth, uncountable, usually Example: 1987 October 29, Advertisement, New Scientist, page 31, We were the first company to introduce unleaded petrol in Britain, opening our first pump in June 1986. Example: 2000 September 27, Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the 106th Congress, Second Session, Volume 146, Part 14, page 19605, European oil firms are beginning to follow the example of their American counterparts by adding convenience stores to their pumps: the typical American petrol station now makes some 40 percent of its profits from the sale of non-oil products, such as cigarettes and beer. 2. A motor vehicle powered by petrol (as opposed to diesel). Labels: informal, uncountable, usually Example: However, I do feel entitled to criticise the car. There are lots of different versions: manuals and automatics; petrols and diesels; two-wheel drives and four-wheel drives, and it's possible to spend thirty grand on one.
Word: petrol Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from French (essence de) pétrole, from Medieval Latin petroleum, from Ancient Greek πετρέλαιον (petrélaion, “oil of the rock”), from πέτρα (pétra, “stone, rock”)+ ἔλαιον (élaion, “olive oil, any oily substance”). Doublet of petroleum. Pronunciation: /ˈpɛt.ɹəl/ 1. To fill or supply (a vehicle, etc.) with petrol. Labels: dated, transitive
Word: petrel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From earlier pitteral. Perhaps a diminutive of Peter, with reference to St. Peter's walking on the water (Matthew 14:29). A derivation from patter or pitter-patter has been suggested, for instance by ornithologist Elliott Ladd Coues. Pronunciation: /ˈpɛt.ɹəl/ 1. Any of various species of black, grey, or white seabirds in the order Procellariiformes. Example: The seventh of May following, we first saw many Birds in bignesse of Cliffe Pidgeons, and after divers other as Pettrels, Cootes, Hagbuts, Pengwins, Murres, Gannets, Cormorants, Guls, with many else in our English Tongue of no name. Example: In a storm they will hover close under the ship's stern in the wake of the ship (as it is called) or the smoothness which the ship's passing has made on the sea; and there as they fly (gently then) they pat the water alternately with their feet as if they walked upon it; though still upon the wing. And from hence the seamen give them the name of petrels in allusion to St. Peter's walking upon the Lake of Gennesareth.
Word: heir Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English heir, from Anglo-Norman eir, heir, from Latin hērēs. Pronunciation: /ˈɛə̯/, [ˈɛə̯], /ˈɜː/, [ˈɜː], /ˈeː/ 1. Someone who inherits, or is designated to inherit, the property of another. Example: My brother is the heir to our childhood house and yet has no interest in it. Example: I am my father's heir and only son. 2. One who inherits, or has been designated to inherit, a hereditary title or office. Example: As the heir to the British throne, the Prince of Wales is a very public figure. Example: Now, after the death of Queen Elizabeth II, William, 40, is the Prince of Wales and the heir to the British throne. 3. A successor in a role, representing continuity with the predecessor. Example: And I his heir in misery alone. Example: "I wish we were back in Tenth Street. But so many children came[…]and the Tenth Street house wasn't half big enough; and a dreadful speculative builder built this house and persuaded Austin to buy it. Oh, dear, and here we are among the rich and great; and the steel kings and copper kings and oil kings and their heirs and dauphins.[…]"
Word: heir Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English heir, from Anglo-Norman eir, heir, from Latin hērēs. Pronunciation: /ˈɛə̯/, [ˈɛə̯], /ˈɜː/, [ˈɜː], /ˈeː/ 1. To inherit. Labels: ambitransitive Example: […] Leonard Houtz & John Myer to be executors to this my last will & testament & lastly my children shall heir equally, one as much as the other.
Word: yore Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English yore, yoare, yare, ȝore, ȝare, ȝeare, from Old English ġeāra (“long ago”), of unclear origin but probably from Proto-Germanic *jērǫ̂ (literally “of years”), the genitive plural of Proto-Germanic *jērą (“year”). More at year. Pronunciation: /jɔː/, /joɹ/, /jo(ː)ɹ/, /joə/ 1. A time long past. Labels: poetic, uncountable Example: This word comes from the days of yore. Example: It appeared strange to me that the “little dipper” should be still diving quietly in the river, as of yore; and it suggested that this bird might continue to dive here when Concord should be no more.
Word: yore Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English yore, yoare, yare, ȝore, ȝare, ȝeare, from Old English ġeāra (“long ago”), of unclear origin but probably from Proto-Germanic *jērǫ̂ (literally “of years”), the genitive plural of Proto-Germanic *jērą (“year”). More at year. Pronunciation: /jɔː/, /joɹ/, /jo(ː)ɹ/, /joə/ 1. In time long past; long ago. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: Which though he hath polluted oft and yore, / Yet I to them for iudgement iust do fly
Word: yaw Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown, first attested in the mid-16th century. Perhaps related to yar (“quick, agile”), or alternatively from Old Norse jaga (“to chase, drive, move back and forth”), from Middle Low German jagen (“to hunt, chase, pursue”), from Old Saxon *jagōn, from Proto-West Germanic *jagōn, from Proto-Germanic *jakkōną (“to hunt”). Pronunciation: /jɔː/, /jɑː/, /jɒː/ 1. The rotation of an aircraft, ship, or missile about its vertical axis so as to cause the longitudinal axis of the aircraft, ship, or missile to deviate from the flight line or heading in its horizontal plane. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The angle between the longitudinal axis of a projectile at any moment and the tangent to the trajectory in the corresponding point of flight of the projectile. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A vessel's motion rotating about the vertical axis, so the bow yaws from side to side; a characteristic of unsteadiness. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The extent of yawing; the rotation angle about the vertical axis. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the yaw of an aircraft
Word: yaw Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Unknown, first attested in the mid-16th century. Perhaps related to yar (“quick, agile”), or alternatively from Old Norse jaga (“to chase, drive, move back and forth”), from Middle Low German jagen (“to hunt, chase, pursue”), from Old Saxon *jagōn, from Proto-West Germanic *jagōn, from Proto-Germanic *jakkōną (“to hunt”). Pronunciation: /jɔː/, /jɑː/, /jɒː/ 1. To turn about the vertical axis while maintaining course. Labels: intransitive 2. To swerve off course to port or starboard. Labels: intransitive 3. To steer badly, zigzagging back and forth across the intended course of a boat; to go out of the line of course. Labels: intransitive Example: Just as he would lay the ship's course, all yawing being out of the question. 4. To rise in blisters, breaking in white froth, as cane juice in the clarifiers in sugar works. Labels: intransitive
Word: yaw Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /jɔː/, /jɑː/, /jɒː/ 1. A single tumor in the disease called yaws. Example: Sometimes there remains one large Yaw, high and knobbed, red and moist; this is called the master Yaw; […]
Word: yawn Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Partly from Middle English yanen, yonen, yenen (“to yawn”), from Old English ġeonian, ġinian (“to yawn, gape”), from Proto-West Germanic *ginōn, from Proto-Germanic *ginōną (“to yawn”); and partly from Middle English gonen (“to gape, yawn”), from Old English gānian (“to yawn, gape”), from Proto-West Germanic *gainōn, from Proto-Germanic *gainōną (“to yawn, gape”); both from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰi-, *ǵʰeyh₁- (“to yawn, gape”). Cognate with North Frisian jåne (“to yawn”), Saterland Frisian jaanje, joanje (“to yawn”), Middle Dutch genen, ghenen (“to yawn”), German Low German jahnen (“to yawn”), German gähnen (“to yawn, gape”), dialectal Swedish gana (“to gape, gawk”), dialectal Norwegian gina (“to gape”). Compare also Old Church Slavonic зѣѭ (zějǫ) (Russian зи́нуть (zínutʹ), зия́ть (zijátʹ)), Greek χαίνω (khaínō)), Latin hiō, Tocharian A śew, Tocharian B kāyā, Lithuanian žioti, Sanskrit जेह् (jeh) Pronunciation: /jɔːn/, /jɔn/, /jɑn/, /joːn/ 1. To open the mouth widely and take a long, rather deep breath, often because one is tired or bored, and sometimes accompanied by pandiculation. Labels: intransitive Example: I could see my students yawning, so I knew the lesson was boring them. Example: […] I found my self towards Evening, first empty and sickish at my Stomach, and nearer Night mightily enclin’d to yawning and sleepy […] 2. To say while yawning. Example: “I haven’t the least idea what I want to do,” he yawned. Example: “Oh,” Sutherland yawned, “I’m too old for this.” 3. To present a wide opening; gape. Example: The canyon yawns as it has done for millions of years, and we stand looking, dumbstruck. Example: Death yawned before us, and I hit the brakes. 4. To open the mouth, or to gape, through surprise or bewilderment. Labels: obsolete Example: […] O heavy hour! Methinks it should be now a huge eclipse Of sun and moon, and that the affrighted globe Should yawn at alteration. Example: […] Hell being vnder euerie one of their Stages, the Players (if they had owed him a spight) might with a false Trappe doore haue slipt him downe, and there kept him, as a laughing stocke to al their yawning Spectators. 5. To be eager; to desire to swallow anything; to express desire by yawning. Labels: obsolete Example: to yawn for fat livings Example: Fly not, as thou wert wont, to his embrace, Lest, after one long yawning gaze, he swear Thou art the best good fellow in the world, But he had quite forgotten thee, by Jove!
Word: yawn Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Partly from Middle English yanen, yonen, yenen (“to yawn”), from Old English ġeonian, ġinian (“to yawn, gape”), from Proto-West Germanic *ginōn, from Proto-Germanic *ginōną (“to yawn”); and partly from Middle English gonen (“to gape, yawn”), from Old English gānian (“to yawn, gape”), from Proto-West Germanic *gainōn, from Proto-Germanic *gainōną (“to yawn, gape”); both from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰi-, *ǵʰeyh₁- (“to yawn, gape”). Cognate with North Frisian jåne (“to yawn”), Saterland Frisian jaanje, joanje (“to yawn”), Middle Dutch genen, ghenen (“to yawn”), German Low German jahnen (“to yawn”), German gähnen (“to yawn, gape”), dialectal Swedish gana (“to gape, gawk”), dialectal Norwegian gina (“to gape”). Compare also Old Church Slavonic зѣѭ (zějǫ) (Russian зи́нуть (zínutʹ), зия́ть (zijátʹ)), Greek χαίνω (khaínō)), Latin hiō, Tocharian A śew, Tocharian B kāyā, Lithuanian žioti, Sanskrit जेह् (jeh) Pronunciation: /jɔːn/, /jɔn/, /jɑn/, /joːn/ 1. The action of yawning; opening the mouth widely and taking a long, rather deep breath, often because one is tired or bored. Example: At length, quite exhausted by the attempt to be amused with her own book, which she had only chosen because it was the second volume of his, she gave a great yawn and said, “How pleasant it is to spend an evening in this way! […]” Example: But Mrs. MacWhirr, in the drawing-room […], stifled a yawn—perhaps out of self-respect—for she was alone. 2. A particularly boring event. Labels: colloquial Example: The slideshow we sat through was such a yawn. I was glad when it finished.
Word: jaw Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English jawe/jowe (“jaw; sides of the lower face”, 14th century), the further origin of which is disputed. Either: * From Anglo-Norman jowe, from Old French joe (“cheek; jaw”), from Vulgar Latin *ga(v)ota (“cheek”), of uncertain further origin. ** It has been objected that the rhyming of jowe (“jaw”) with clowe (“claw”) in Middle English demonstrates that it did not have the vowel /uː/. This would be a concern if /uː/ were the vowel to expect from a borrowing of the Old French word, which it is not. Compare English paw < Middle English pawe/powe < Anglo-Norman powe < Old French poe. * From Middle English *chowe, from Old English *ċēowe. The main difficulties with this theory are the notable lack of evidence and the late attestation of chaw (early 16th century). If it is correct, then the further origin would be Proto-West Germanic *keuwā (“jaw”), whence Saterland Frisian Kiuwe, Dutch kieuw, German Keu, Käu. For the initial consonant, compare jowl as a variant of chavel/chawl. It is also conceivable that the word is a merger of two coincidentally similar sources. Gradually displaced Middle English chavel (from Old English ċeafl). Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɔː/, /d͡ʒɔ/, /d͡ʒɑ/ 1. One of the bones, usually bearing teeth, which form the framework of the mouth. 2. The part of the face below the mouth. Example: His jaw dropped in amazement. Example: I'm up and jaws are on the floor Lovers in the bathroom and a line outside the door 3. Anything resembling the jaw (sense 1) of an animal in form or action; the mouth or way of entrance. Labels: especially, figuratively, in-plural Example: the jaws of a pass; the jaws of darkness; the jaws of death. 4. A notch or opening. 5. A notched or forked part, adapted for holding an object in place. Example: the jaw of a railway-car pedestal. 6. One of a pair of opposing parts which are movable towards or from each other, for grasping or crushing anything between them. Example: the jaws of a vise; the jaws of a stone-crushing machine. 7. The inner end of a boom or gaff, hollowed in a half circle so as to move freely on a mast. 8. Impudent, abusive, or worthless talk. Labels: dated, slang Example: Give me the boy, now, and no more of your jaw. I am going to take the boy home with me. Example: "A lot you care," said Digory fiercely. "But I'm sick of this jaw. What have I got to do?" 9. An axle guard. Labels: slang 10. The curved part of the cushion marking the entry to the pocket.
Word: jaw Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English jawe/jowe (“jaw; sides of the lower face”, 14th century), the further origin of which is disputed. Either: * From Anglo-Norman jowe, from Old French joe (“cheek; jaw”), from Vulgar Latin *ga(v)ota (“cheek”), of uncertain further origin. ** It has been objected that the rhyming of jowe (“jaw”) with clowe (“claw”) in Middle English demonstrates that it did not have the vowel /uː/. This would be a concern if /uː/ were the vowel to expect from a borrowing of the Old French word, which it is not. Compare English paw < Middle English pawe/powe < Anglo-Norman powe < Old French poe. * From Middle English *chowe, from Old English *ċēowe. The main difficulties with this theory are the notable lack of evidence and the late attestation of chaw (early 16th century). If it is correct, then the further origin would be Proto-West Germanic *keuwā (“jaw”), whence Saterland Frisian Kiuwe, Dutch kieuw, German Keu, Käu. For the initial consonant, compare jowl as a variant of chavel/chawl. It is also conceivable that the word is a merger of two coincidentally similar sources. Gradually displaced Middle English chavel (from Old English ċeafl). Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɔː/, /d͡ʒɔ/, /d͡ʒɑ/ 1. To assail or abuse by scolding. Labels: transitive Example: 1933, Ethel Lina White, The Spiral Staircase (Some Must Watch), Chapter 4, http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks03/0300931.txt He built the Summit, so as to have no neighbours. And Lady Warren couldn't abide It. She was always jawing him about it, and they had one awful quarrel, in his study. 2. To scold; to clamor. Labels: intransitive Example: […] he waked him, which put him in a main high passion, and he swore woundily at the lieutenant, and called him lousy Scotch son of a whore […], and swab, and lubber, whereby the lieutenant returned the salute, and they jawed together fore and aft a good spell, till at last the captain turned out, and, laying hold of a rattan, came athwart Mr. Bowling's quarter: whereby he told the captain that, if he was not his commander, he would heave him overboard […] 3. To talk; to converse. Labels: informal, intransitive Example: Today the beastly boat is level at last and the sun’s out and we have all been jawing about what to do. 4. (of a ball) To stick in the jaws of a pocket. Labels: intransitive, transitive
Word: jaw Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Uncertain. Attested since 1513 (as a verb and noun) in Scots. The DSL speculates that it might be related to Scots (and Northern English dialectal) jall, joll "knock, bump; toll (a bell)" via the notion of knocking "one thing against another, as waves on a rock". The EDD compares Old Norse jaga (“move to and fro”). 1. To pour or throw out. Labels: Scotland, transitive Example: Bletherum bore her to the vestry, Jaw'd some water in her face; […] Example: Nae need to jaw watter on a droun'd moose. 2. To splash; to surge. Labels: Scotland, transitive Example: 'Twas freezin', thowin', rainin', snawin', In souple turns; While sheughs an' deep fur-drains were jawin' To spate the burns. Example: ... a burn "whiles jawin' like a sea."
Word: jaw Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain. Attested since 1513 (as a verb and noun) in Scots. The DSL speculates that it might be related to Scots (and Northern English dialectal) jall, joll "knock, bump; toll (a bell)" via the notion of knocking "one thing against another, as waves on a rock". The EDD compares Old Norse jaga (“move to and fro”). 1. A wave, a billow, a breaker. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland Example: Upo' the briny Borean jaws to float, Example: ... a craft […] That, like the white sea-mew, jinket the jaws On the briny breist o' the main. 2. A dash or spurt of water; any large quantity of water or other liquid. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland Example: But sweetly bends the reamin' bicker, To drown dull care in jaws o' liquor. Example: The nauseous mixture fell, When full in play; Wi' jaws upon the sprawling hash, […]
Word: paw Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English pawe, from Old French poue, poe, from Vulgar Latin *pauta. Further origin unknown, perhaps from Frankish *pōta, from Frankish *pōtōn (“to put, stick, plant”), from Proto-Germanic *putōną, whence also Old English potian (“to push”), pȳtan (“to put out, poke out”). See more at put. Doublet of pote, put, and putt. Cognate with Dutch poot, poten (“to plant”), Low German Pote, German Pfote, Icelandic pota (“to stick”). Pronunciation: /pɔː(ɹ)/, /pɔ/, /pɑ/, /poː(ɹ)/ 1. The soft foot of a mammal or other animal, generally a quadruped, that has claws or nails; comparable to a human hand or foot. 2. A hand. Labels: also, humorous, slang Example: Get your grubby paws off my things! Example: Mrs. Hauksbee laid her hand lightly upon the ungloved paw that rested on the turned-backed ’rickshaw hood, and, looking the man full in the face, said tenderly, almost too tenderly, “I believe in you if you mistrust yourself.”
Word: paw Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English pawe, from Old French poue, poe, from Vulgar Latin *pauta. Further origin unknown, perhaps from Frankish *pōta, from Frankish *pōtōn (“to put, stick, plant”), from Proto-Germanic *putōną, whence also Old English potian (“to push”), pȳtan (“to put out, poke out”). See more at put. Doublet of pote, put, and putt. Cognate with Dutch poot, poten (“to plant”), Low German Pote, German Pfote, Icelandic pota (“to stick”). Pronunciation: /pɔː(ɹ)/, /pɔ/, /pɑ/, /poː(ɹ)/ 1. Of an animal, to touch (something) with a paw. Labels: transitive 2. Of an animal, to touch (something) with a paw. Labels: transitive Example: He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men. 3. To touch (someone) in a sexual way. Labels: broadly, transitive Example: IronMan used to be good in this way, back in the '80s. […] They wouldn't subscribe to the old, "Let's put a male bodybuilder with silicone babes pawing him" cover that's mainstay now. Example: So, Katherine was out with Luke and they were both quite dolled up and swoon-worthy. Katherine fawned all over Luke and pawed him, but to what end? Was Stefan supposed to believe that Luke and Katherine have some sort of a thing going? What was the point of this display from Katherine's perspective? 4. To clumsily dig (through something). Labels: broadly, transitive 5. To flatter. Labels: dated, transitive
Word: paw Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The word probably has an origin in baby talk. See pa. Pronunciation: /pɔː(ɹ)/, /pɔ/, /pɑ/, /poː(ɹ)/ 1. Alternative form of pa (“father”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: pause Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle French pause, from Latin pausa, from Ancient Greek παῦσις (paûsis), from Ancient Greek παύω (paúō, “stop”), of uncertain origin. Doublet of pausa. Pronunciation: /pɔːz/, /poːz/, /pɔz/, /pɑz/, [pɔːz] 1. To take a temporary rest, take a break for a short period after an effort. Labels: intransitive 2. To stop (an activity) for a while. Labels: transitive Example: The general public could therefore have been forgiven for thinking that work on the new station had stopped. But pausing work on an active construction site of this size is not straightforward. 3. To interrupt an activity and wait. Labels: intransitive Example: When telling the scary story, he paused for effect. Example: Tarry, pause a day or two. 4. To hesitate; to hold back; to delay. Labels: intransitive Example: Why doth the Jew pause? Take thy forfeiture. 5. To halt the play or playback of, temporarily, so that it can be resumed from the same point. Labels: transitive Example: to pause a song, a video, or a computer game Example: Press Start at any time to pause the game. 6. To consider; to reflect. Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: Take time to pause.
Word: pause Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French pause, from Latin pausa, from Ancient Greek παῦσις (paûsis), from Ancient Greek παύω (paúō, “stop”), of uncertain origin. Doublet of pausa. Pronunciation: /pɔːz/, /poːz/, /pɔz/, /pɑz/, [pɔːz] 1. A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action; interruption; suspension; cessation. Example: If the afternoon was fine they strolled together in the park, very slowly, and with pauses to draw breath wherever the ground sloped upward. The slightest effort made the patient cough. 2. A short time for relaxing and doing something else. 3. Hesitation; suspense; doubt. Labels: figuratively Example: to take pause Example: to give pause 4. In writing and printing, a mark indicating the place and nature of an arrest of voice in reading; a punctuation mark. Example: Teach the pupil to mind the pauses. 5. A break or paragraph in writing. Example: He [Paul] is full of the Matter he treats and writes with Warmth, which uſually neglects Method, and thoſe Partitions and Pauſes which Men educated in the Schools of Rhetoricians uſually obſerve. 6. A sign indicating continuance of a note or rest. 7. Alternative letter-case form of Pause (“a button that pauses or resumes something”). Labels: alt-of
Word: pause Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Middle French pause, from Latin pausa, from Ancient Greek παῦσις (paûsis), from Ancient Greek παύω (paúō, “stop”), of uncertain origin. Doublet of pausa. Pronunciation: /pɔːz/, /poːz/, /pɔz/, /pɑz/, [pɔːz] 1. Used immediately after a statement to indicate that there was no innuendo or homosexual meaning intended, especially when such a meaning is a reasonable interpretation. Labels: slang
Word: gauze Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French gaze, from Arabic قَزّ (qazz, “silk”). Pronunciation: /ɡɔːz/, /ɡɑz/ 1. A thin fabric with a loose, open weave. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A similar bleached cotton fabric used as a surgical dressing. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: “I can’t wrap up any dog’s foot now. There’s some gauze in the bathroom, go get it and do it yourself.” 3. A thin woven metal or plastic mesh. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Ellipsis of wire gauze Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable 5. Mist or haze Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: gauze Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from French gaze, from Arabic قَزّ (qazz, “silk”). Pronunciation: /ɡɔːz/, /ɡɑz/ 1. To apply a dressing of gauze; to cover with gauze. Labels: transitive Example: The lid [of the feeder] has a circular gauzed area that allows the syrup to permeate slowly. Example: I gauzed the deep cuts and gashes. 2. To mist; to make or become gauze-like. Labels: ambitransitive, literary Example: The wide plain gauzed into a sea on which the hut floated lonely. Example: It had come to be six o’clock; midges gauzed the air.
Word: haunt Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English haunten (“to reside, inhabit, use, employ”), from Old French hanter (“to inhabit, frequent, resort to”), from Old Northern French hanter (“to go back home, frequent”), from Old Norse heimta (“to bring home, fetch”) or/and from Old English hāmettan (“to bring home; house; cohabit with”); both from Proto-Germanic *haimatjaną (“to house, bring home”), from Proto-Germanic *haimaz (“village, home”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos (“village”). Cognate with Old English hǣman (“to cohabit, lie with, marry”); related to Old English hām (“home, village”), Old French hantin (“a stay, a place frequented by”) from the same Germanic source. Another descendant from the French is Dutch hanteren, whence German hantieren, Swedish hantera, Danish håndtere. More at home. Pronunciation: /hɔːnt/, /hɔnt/, /hɑnt/ 1. To inhabit or to visit frequently (most often used in reference to ghosts). Labels: transitive Example: A couple of ghosts haunt the old, burnt-down house. Example: You wrong me Sir,thus ſtill to haunt my houſe. 2. To make uneasy, restless. Labels: transitive Example: The memory of his past failures haunted him. Example: The murder of Déagol haunted Gollum, and he had made up a defence. 3. To stalk; to follow. Labels: transitive Example: The policeman haunted him, following him everywhere. Example: Ex's and the oh-oh-oh's, they haunt me / Like ghosts, they want me / To make 'em a-a-all / They won't let go / Ex's and oh's 4. To live habitually; to stay, to remain. Labels: archaic, intransitive Example: Ieſus therfore walked no more openly amõge the iewes : butt went his waye thence vnto a countre ny to a wildernes into a cite called effraym / and there haunted with his diſciples. Example: […]That yonder in that faithfull wilderneſſe / Huge monſters haunt,and many dangers dwell;[…] 5. To accustom; habituate; make accustomed to. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive Example: […]haunte thi silf to pite [or pitee]. 6. To practise; to devote oneself to. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive Example: Leave honest pleasure, and haunt no good pastime. 7. To persist in staying or visiting. Labels: intransitive Example: I haue charg’d thee not to haunt about my doores:[…]
Word: haunt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English haunten (“to reside, inhabit, use, employ”), from Old French hanter (“to inhabit, frequent, resort to”), from Old Northern French hanter (“to go back home, frequent”), from Old Norse heimta (“to bring home, fetch”) or/and from Old English hāmettan (“to bring home; house; cohabit with”); both from Proto-Germanic *haimatjaną (“to house, bring home”), from Proto-Germanic *haimaz (“village, home”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos (“village”). Cognate with Old English hǣman (“to cohabit, lie with, marry”); related to Old English hām (“home, village”), Old French hantin (“a stay, a place frequented by”) from the same Germanic source. Another descendant from the French is Dutch hanteren, whence German hantieren, Swedish hantera, Danish håndtere. More at home. Pronunciation: /hɔːnt/, /hɔnt/, /hɑnt/ 1. A place at which one is regularly found; a habitation or hangout. Example: The shopping mall is a popular haunt of the local teenagers in this town. Example: I went back the town I used to live and visited all my old haunts. 2. A ghost. Labels: dialectal 3. A lair or feeding place of animals. Example: The lofty mountains roſe faint to the ſight and loſt their foreheads in the diſtant ſkies: the little hills, cloathed in darker green and ſkirted with embroidered vales, diſcovered the ſecret haunts of kids and bounding roes.
Word: main Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English mayn, main, maine, mæin, meyn, from main (noun) (see further at etymology 2); compare Old English mæġen (“strong, main, principal”) (used in combination) and Old Norse megn, megenn (“strong, main”). The word is cognate with Old High German megīn (“strong, mighty”) (modern German Möge, Vermögen (“power, wealth”)), and also akin to Old English magan (“to be able to”). See also may. Pronunciation: /meɪn/ 1. Of chief or leading importance; prime, principal. Labels: not-comparable Example: The main office is actually one of the smaller rooms. Example: Religion direct us rather to ſecure inward peace than outward eaſe, to be more careful to avoid everlaſting and intolerable torment than ſhort and light afflictions which are but for a moment; […] In a word, our main intereſt is to be as happy as we can, and as long as is poſſible; and if we be caſt into ſuch circumſtances, that we muſt be either in part and for a time or elſe wholly and always miſerable, the beſt wiſdom is to chuſe the greateſt and moſt laſting happiness, but the leaſt and ſhorteſt miſery. 2. Chief, most important, or principal in extent, size, or strength; consisting of the largest part. Labels: not-comparable Example: main timbers Example: main branch of a river 3. Full, sheer, undivided. Labels: archaic, not-comparable, usually Example: […] I shall never forget the diabolical sneer which writhed Rashleigh's wayward features, as I was forced from the apartment by the main strength of two of these youthful Titans. Example: Wounded and overthrown, the Britons continued their resistance, clung round the legs of the Norman steeds, and cumbered their advance; while their brethren, thrusting with pikes, proved every joint and crevice of the plate and mail, or grappling with the men-at-arms, strove to pull them from their horses by main force, or beat them down with their bills and Welch hooks. 4. Big; angry. Labels: dialectal, not-comparable 5. Belonging to or connected with the principal mast in a vessel. Labels: not-comparable 6. Great in size or degree; important, powerful, strong, vast. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: And now that Current with main Fury ran / (The Stop remov'd that did the Courſe defend) / Unto the full of Miſchief, that began / T' an univerſal Ruin to extend; […]
Word: main Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English mayn, main, maine, mæin, meyn, from main (noun) (see further at etymology 2); compare Old English mæġen (“strong, main, principal”) (used in combination) and Old Norse megn, megenn (“strong, main”). The word is cognate with Old High German megīn (“strong, mighty”) (modern German Möge, Vermögen (“power, wealth”)), and also akin to Old English magan (“to be able to”). See also may. Pronunciation: /meɪn/ 1. Exceedingly, extremely, greatly, mightily, very, very much. Labels: UK, dialectal Example: Suck[y]. A Draught of Ale, Friend, for I'm main dry. / Pen[elope]. Fie! fie! Niece! Is that Liquor for a young Lady? Don't disparage your Family and Breeding! Example: Why, it's main jolly to be sure, and all that so fair.
Word: main Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English mayn, main, maine, mæin, meyn, from main (noun) (see further at etymology 2); compare Old English mæġen (“strong, main, principal”) (used in combination) and Old Norse megn, megenn (“strong, main”). The word is cognate with Old High German megīn (“strong, mighty”) (modern German Möge, Vermögen (“power, wealth”)), and also akin to Old English magan (“to be able to”). See also may. Pronunciation: /meɪn/ 1. Ellipsis of mainline (“to inject (a drug) directly into a vein”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, slang, transitive 2. To mainly play a specific character or side, or with specific equipment, during a game. Labels: transitive Example: He mains the same character as me in that game. Example: What race do you main and what is your favourite race to beat? 3. To convert (a road) into a main or primary road. Labels: obsolete Example: When a rural district council considers that a highway in its district ought to become a main road by reason of its being a medium of communication between great towns, or a thoroughfare to a railway station, or otherwise, it may apply to the county council for an order "maining" the road under s. 15 of the Highways and Locomotives (Amendment) Act, 1878 (41 & 42 Vict. c. 77), as amended by s. 3 (viii.) of the Local Government Act, 1888 (51 & 52 Vict. c. 41), and the county council may make an order accordingly. Example: The borough did not have an opportunity of conferring with the County Council, but the County Council requested particulars of district roads in the borough which the Council suggested should be mained.
Word: main Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain; probably from the adjective main. Evidence is lacking for a derivation from French main (“hand”). Pronunciation: /meɪn/ 1. A hand or match in a game of dice. Labels: obsolete Example: That writing is but juſt like dice, / And lucky mains make people wiſe: / That jumbled words, if fortune throw 'em, / Shall, well as Dryden, form a poem; […] Example: 1876, Charles Dickens, All the Year Round That no minute might be wasted, the gay gallants of the time generally had a dice-box and a cast of dice in their pockets. This was convenient in the extreme, as, in the intervals of racing, a main could be thrown […] 2. The largest throw in a match at dice; in the game of hazard, a number from one to nine called out by a person before the dice are thrown. Labels: obsolete Example: Euery man hath not beene brought vp in the knowledge of toungs. And it chanceth often to the reader, as it doth to diceplayers, that gaine more by the bye then by the maine. Example: I had such a run of luck last night, with five for the main, and seven to five all night, until those ruffians wanted to pay me with Altamont’s bill upon me. The luck turned from that minute. Never held the box again for three mains, and came away cleared out, leaving that infernal cheque behind me. 3. A stake played for at dice. Labels: obsolete Example: [W]ere it good / To ſet the exact wealth of al our ſtates / Al at one caſt? to ſet ſo rich a maine / On the nice hazard of one doubtfull houre? 4. A sporting contest or match, especially a cockfighting match. Labels: obsolete Example: My lord was hunting all day when the ſeaſon admitted; he frequented all the cockfights and fairs in the country, and would ride twenty miles to ſee a main fought, or two clowns break their heads at a cudgelling match; […] 5. A banker's shovel for coins.
Word: main Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain, possibly from French main (“hand”). Pronunciation: /meɪn/ 1. A basket for gathering grapes. Labels: obsolete, rare Example: A main [hamper] Corbis vindemiatorius
Word: mane Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English mane, mayne, from Old English manu (“mane”), from Proto-West Germanic *manu, from Proto-Germanic *manō (“mane”), from Proto-Indo-European *mony-, *mon- (“neck”). Cognate with Dutch maan, manen (“mane”), German Mähne (“mane”), Danish man (“horse's mane”), Swedish man (“horse's mane”), Icelandic mön (“mane”). Pronunciation: /meɪn/ 1. Longer hair growth on back of neck of an animal, especially a horse or lion. Example: Before they went to see Glinda, however, they were taken to a room of the Castle, where Dorothy washed her face and combed her hair, and the Lion shook the dust out of his mane, and the Scarecrow patted himself into his best shape, and the Woodman polished his tin and oiled his joints. 2. Long or thick hair of a person's head. 3. Part of a naval sword between the tang button and the quillon.
Word: mane Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Dialectal rendering of man, as used in African-American Vernacular English. Pronunciation: /meɪn/ 1. Eye dialect spelling of man. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling, slang Example: Ayy, make this right, mane, stop at the light, mane
Word: hymn Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English ymne, from Old English ymen (reinforced by Old French ymne), from Latin hymnus, borrowed from Ancient Greek ὕμνος (húmnos). Pronunciation: /hɪm/ 1. A song of praise or worship, especially a religious one. Example: But when the moon rose and the breeze awakened, and the sedges stirred, and the cat’s-paws raced across the moonlit ponds, and the far surf off Wonder Head intoned the hymn of the four winds, the trinity, earth and sky and water, became one thunderous symphony—a harmony of sound and colour silvered to a monochrome by the moon. Example: An interesting feature of the church is the invisible clock, which you can hear thumping away as you enter. Constructed in 1525, it is one of the oldest timepieces in England. It chimes the hours and the quarters, and every three hours it plays a hymn. But it has no faces.
Word: hymn Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English ymne, from Old English ymen (reinforced by Old French ymne), from Latin hymnus, borrowed from Ancient Greek ὕμνος (húmnos). Pronunciation: /hɪm/ 1. To sing a hymn. Labels: ambitransitive Example: An unknown cast, including Diane Keaton, hymned the Age of Aquarius, stripped off at the end of the first act and let the sunshine in at the end of the second. 2. To praise or extol in hymns. Labels: transitive Example: To hymn the birth-night of the Lord. Example: Their praise is hymned by loftier harps than mine.