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n. tolerance of other people's views, particularly in religious context.
n. pharmacognosis
n. (plural of hypercorrection English)
adv. In a succinct manner, concisely.
n. (plural of vaejovid English)
n. (alternative form of paper cut English)
n. (context biology English) The process leading to the formation of synapses
n. The presentation of numerical data on any of many types of display
a. Without a pulpit.
n. (context mathematics English) A function of a discrete random variable yielding the probability that the variable will have a given value
n. (plural of nimiety English)
a. Pertaining to septorhinoplasty.
n. 1 (context uncountable English) A type of sauce made from milk and eggs (and usually sugar, and sometimes vanilla or other flavourings) and thickened by heat, served hot poured over desserts, as a filling for some pies and cakes, or cold and solidified; also used as a base for some savoury dishes, such as quiches. 2 (context countable English) Any particular variety of custard.
n. (alternative form of pincushion English)
n. theophylline
n. (plural of webtoon English)
a. Insufficiently scrupulous.
Etymology 1 n. 1 (cx dialect colloquial English) A blow; a whack. 2 (cx Britain Scotland dialect colloquial English) A large piece or slice; a chunk. 3 (cx US dialect dated English) A house-cleaning party. vb. 1 (context chiefly of an object English) To make a noise such as something moving quickly through the air. 2 (context informal transitive English) To throw with a rapid slamming motion. 3 (context US Scotland Britain dialect slang English) To whack or beat. 4 (cx Scotland English) To slice, especially into large pieces; to chop. Etymology 2
alt. 1 (context UK US dialect informal dated English) A leather thong. 2 (context slang English) A penis. n. 1 (context UK US dialect informal dated English) A leather thong. 2 (context slang English) A penis.
vb. (context archaic English) (en-archaic second-person singular of: wallow)
n. (context astronomy English) A phenomenon occurring when many meteors are seen on Earth during a short period of time.
Etymology 1 n. 1 (context chiefly British informal English) information 2 (context fandom English) fanfiction that does not specifically focus on romance or sex. Etymology 2
n. (alternative case form of Gen English)
vb. (en-third-person singular of: emblematize)
n. (plural of absolute pin English)
n. (plural of rheostat English)
vb. (context transitive English) To keep at a distance
n. 1 a pin, in the form of a clasp, that has a guard to cover the sharp point; used to join two pieces of fabric etc together temporarily 2 the pin of a hand grenade that prevents accidental detonation
n. 1 An open-topped box that can be slid in and out of the cabinet that contains it, used for storing clothing or other articles. 2 (non-gloss definition agent noun Agent noun of draw); one who draws. 3 An artist who primarily makes drawings. 4 (context banking English) One who writes a bank draft, check/cheque, or promissory note. 5 A barman; a man who draws the beer from the taps. 6 Someone who taps palm sap for making toddy.(w Palm wine W)
n. A plant in the taxonomic genus ''Equisetum'' (horsetails); (taxlink Equisetum variegatum species noshow=1).
vb. (en-past of: letheonize)
alt. metallic armour made of large pieces or plates. n. metallic armour made of large pieces or plates.
adv. (context obsolete English) smugly; finically
(context of pain English) sharp, intense n. An incident in which a person is stabbed. v
(present participle of stab English)
n. (context neuroanatomy English) In vertebrates, that part of the nervous system comprising the brain, brainstem and spinal cord.
n. The amygdaloid
vb. (en-third-person singular of: theologize)
n. A personality disorder indicated by a pattern of lying, exploitation, heedlessness, arrogance, sexual promiscuity, low self-control, and lack of empathy and remorse. Violent and criminal offenses may be indicative of this disorder.
n. (context musici English) A woodwind musical instrument that has a distinctive liquid tone whose characteristics vary among its three registers: chalumeau (low), clarion (medium), and altissimo (high).
n. (context obsolete English) (plural of bastle English)
a. Possessing two spirals or helix.
n. (plural of hemicrania English)
n. An act of jostling; a push or shove. vb. (present participle of jostle English)
alt. Person who performs a belly dance. n. Person who performs a belly dance.
a. Serving to point out, as a remedy; indicating. n. That which indicates or points out.
Etymology 1 n. 1 A mesh of string, cord or rope. 2 A device made from such mesh, used for catching fish, butterflies, etc. vb. 1 (context transitive English) To catch by means of a net. 2 (context transitive figuratively English) To catch in a trap, or by stratagem. 3 To enclose or cover with a net. 4 (context transitive football English) To score (a goal). 5 (context tennis English) To hit the ball into the net. Etymology 2
1 (context obsolete English) good, desirable; clean, decent, clear. 2 Free from extraneous substances; pure; unadulterated; neat. 3 Remaining after expenses or deductions. 4 final; end. adv. after expenses or deductions alt. 1 (context obsolete English) good, desirable; clean, decent, clear. 2 Free from extraneous substances; pure; unadulterated; neat. 3 Remaining after expenses or deductions. 4 final; end. n. The amount remaining after expenses are deducted; profit. v
1 (context transitive English) To receive as profit. 2 (context transitive English) To yield as profit for. 3 To fully hedge a position.
a. Refreshing; restoring. n. That which refreshes.
vb. 1 (context poker English) To raise the stakes of a hand of poker 2 (context idiomatic English) to increase in significance or risk
1 Of or relating to words. 2 Concerned with the words, rather than the substance of a text. 3 Consisting of words only. 4 Expressly spoken rather than written. 5 (context grammar English) Derived from, or having the nature of a ver
6 (context grammar English) Used to form a verb. 7 Capable of speech. 8 Word for word; literal; verbatim. 9 (context obsolete English) Abounding with words; verbose. n. (context grammar English) A verb form which does not function as a predicate, or a word derived from a verb. In English, infinitives, participles and gerunds are verbals. vb. (context transitive British Australia English) To induce into fabricate a confession.
vb. (en-archaic second-person singular of: trample)
Usage examples of "tramplest".
With his gaff, the gaffman hooks on to a sheet of blubber, and strives to hold it from slipping, as the ship pitches and lurches about.
I shouted, as I got a gloved hand on the steel trace and drew the fish gently towards where Chubby waited with the stainless-steel hook at the gaff held ready.
One of those Benton boys was at the wheel, and before I knew what he was doing, the other was out on the gaff with the end of the new downhaul, trying to reeve it through its block.
Dr Eschel Rhoodie, the Information Secretary, took refuge in Switzerland, and appeared on television threatening to blow the gaff.
As she had opened the town of Porto Ferrajo several minutes before she was herself seen from the Feu Follet, an ensign was hanging from the end of her gaff, though there was not sufficient air to open its folds, in a way to let the national character of the stranger be known.
He could contact Moyle before the meeting and blow the gaff tell him everything he knew, being a good company man and all that jazz.
Thonolan had poked his head in the tent earlier, showing him a couple of gaffs, but Jondalar had waved him off, wrapped his arm around Noria, and gone back to sleep.
Birrell seems tae chill oot in the gaff, even before wi git the radge aw pilled up.
Quiplid ducked for the low slash that would cripple him, Ryne swung the gaff hard.
Clem gaffed it, pulled it close, grabbed ahold of the pot-warp with both hands, gave a good yank, and fell over backward.
Gaff or paddle in hand, the Aleut leaps from rock to rock, or dashes among the tumbling beds of tossed kelp.
Only the binger guy was sore because his gaff worker blew and made him look worse than the suckers.
Mansfield Sothern collapses in his dressing room a few minutes before the curtain is to rise, and, as the gaff is all sold out, it is naturally a terrible predicament for James Burdekin, as he may have to refund the money, and thinking of this has James on the verge of a collapse himself.
A raft some quarter mile away let the brown sail down from the crosstree by ropes and slowly worked its way, gaffing and poling off the other rafts between, till it came alongside the one Arren was on.
How it could crack through the door at any minute and drag me out, like a dead fish on a gaff, drop me on the floor like a gutshot squirrel.