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As he [ sc. Johnson] could neither see nor hear at such a distance from the stage, he was wrapped up in grave abstraction | abstraction | /dictionary/abstraction_n?tab=factsheet#3200671 | 1,450 | null | n. | 5 | c1450– | The action of considering something in the abstract, independently of its associations or attributes; the process of isolating properties or… | 1791– | ["Lack of awareness of or concentration on what is happening around one; absence of mind; a state of mental preoccupation. Cf. abstractedness n. 4 ."] | 1,791 | null | 1791 | As he [ sc. Johnson] could neither see nor hear at such a distance from the stage, he was wrapped up in grave abstraction . | J. Boswell , Life of Johnson anno 1775 vol. I. 464 | 1,791 |
Massoretes , the Jewish grammarians who..introduced into the Hebrew text of the OT..a system of vowel points and accents | accent | /dictionary/accent_n?tab=meaning_and_use#177430 | null | null | n. | 5 | Old English– | A way of pronouncing a language that is distinctive to a country, area, social class, or individual. | 1583– | ["I. A mark or sign.", "Any of various cantillation marks placed over and under the consonants in the written text of the Hebrew Bible, serving as signs of tone and of interpunctuation. Also: \u2020 figurative a minute particular (of the Mosaic law) ( obsolete . rare )."] | 1,583 | null | 1957 | Massoretes , the Jewish grammarians who..introduced into the Hebrew text of the OT..a system of vowel points and accents . | F. L. Cross , Oxford Dictionary of Christian Church 872/1 | 1,957 |
The Ceol in this case marked the middle tone or pitch of the voice, (being the same as the Latin Modicus ,) and in our language was seldom denoted by any character, the syllables in this pitch being left without an accent | accent | /dictionary/accent_n?tab=meaning_and_use#177430 | null | null | n. | 5 | Old English– | A way of pronouncing a language that is distinctive to a country, area, social class, or individual. | 1603– | ["I. A mark or sign.", "Music . A mark in an early text indicative of a musical or quasi-musical intonation or a punctuating phrase. Also: any of the wedge-shaped and other marks denoting emphasis in a score."] | 1,603 | null | 1786 | The Ceol in this case marked the middle tone or pitch of the voice, (being the same as the Latin Modicus ,) and in our language was seldom denoted by any character, the syllables in this pitch being left without an accent . | translation of W. Beauford in J. C. Walker, Hist. Mem. Irish Bards vol. I. iii. 264 | 1,786 |
The sharpe demonstracion called emphasis be intended vpon the later, Sum, in an higher sharper and harder accent | accent | /dictionary/accent_n?tab=meaning_and_use#177430 | null | null | n. | 5 | Old English– | A way of pronouncing a language that is distinctive to a country, area, social class, or individual. | a1398– | ["II. An aspect of vocal or musical sound.", "The way in which anything is said or sung; a style of pronunciation, a manner of utterance, a tone or quality of voice; a character of sound; a musical or quasi-musical intonation of the voice; a modulation or modification of the voice expressing feeling."] | 1,398 | null | 1546 | The sharpe demonstracion called emphasis be intended vpon the later, Sum, in an higher sharper and harder accent . | G. Joye , Refut. Byshop Winchesters Derke Declar. f. liiii | 1,546 |
What this poor unfortunate Man spoke..was so indistinct, and in such broken Accents | accent | /dictionary/accent_n?tab=meaning_and_use#177430 | null | null | n. | 5 | Old English– | A way of pronouncing a language that is distinctive to a country, area, social class, or individual. | a1398– | ["II. An aspect of vocal or musical sound.", "The way in which anything is said or sung; a style of pronunciation, a manner of utterance, a tone or quality of voice; a character of sound; a musical or quasi-musical intonation of the voice; a modulation or modification of the voice expressing feeling."] | 1,398 | null | 1716 | What this poor unfortunate Man spoke..was so indistinct, and in such broken Accents . | A. Pope , Full Account E. Curll 5 | 1,716 |
Barbarismus is, when a worde is either naughtely wrytten or pronounced contrary to the ryght law & maner of speakinge. And it is done by addicion, detraccion, chaunging, transposynge, eyther of a letter, a syllable, tyme, accent | accent | /dictionary/accent_n?tab=meaning_and_use#177430 | null | null | n. | 5 | Old English– | A way of pronouncing a language that is distinctive to a country, area, social class, or individual. | 1550– | ["II. An aspect of vocal or musical sound.", "Prosody . Stress laid at more or less fixed intervals on certain syllables of a line or verse, the succession of which constitutes its rhythm or metre; an instance of this."] | 1,550 | null | 1550 | Barbarismus is, when a worde is either naughtely wrytten or pronounced contrary to the ryght law & maner of speakinge. And it is done by addicion, detraccion, chaunging, transposynge, eyther of a letter, a syllable, tyme, accent , or aspiracion. | R. Sherry , Treatise of Schemes & Tropes sig. C.ii v | 1,550 |
‘Man, man, that was endsville,’ the young man moaned in an American accent | accent | /dictionary/accent_n?tab=meaning_and_use#177430 | null | null | n. | 5 | Old English– | A way of pronouncing a language that is distinctive to a country, area, social class, or individual. | 1596– | ["II. An aspect of vocal or musical sound.", "A way of pronouncing a language that is distinctive to a country, area, social class, or individual."] | 1,596 | null | 1960 | ‘Man, man, that was endsville,’ the young man moaned in an American accent . | ‘J. Winton’ , We saw Sea (1963) ii. 29 | 1,960 |
He's not from Bognor nor Dagenham, but from Dundrum. Listen to that broad Dublin accent | accent | /dictionary/accent_n?tab=meaning_and_use#177430 | null | null | n. | 5 | Old English– | A way of pronouncing a language that is distinctive to a country, area, social class, or individual. | 1596– | ["II. An aspect of vocal or musical sound.", "A way of pronouncing a language that is distinctive to a country, area, social class, or individual."] | 1,596 | null | 1993 | He's not from Bognor nor Dagenham, but from Dundrum. Listen to that broad Dublin accent . | A. Higgins , Lions of Grunewald xxviii. 177 | 1,993 |
His blunders in English afforded diversion, but the explanations cheerfully given soon rendered him more skilful in speaking the language, and at length he betrayed only a slight accent | accent | /dictionary/accent_n?tab=meaning_and_use#177430 | null | null | n. | 5 | Old English– | A way of pronouncing a language that is distinctive to a country, area, social class, or individual. | 1808– | ["II. An aspect of vocal or musical sound.", "Without possessive or defining word or words: a regional or foreign accent."] | 1,808 | null | 1835 | His blunders in English afforded diversion, but the explanations cheerfully given soon rendered him more skilful in speaking the language, and at length he betrayed only a slight accent . | Military & Naval Magazine U.S. January 362 | 1,835 |
She has a bad figure, she moves ungracefully, perhaps speaks with an accent | accent | /dictionary/accent_n?tab=meaning_and_use#177430 | null | null | n. | 5 | Old English– | A way of pronouncing a language that is distinctive to a country, area, social class, or individual. | 1808– | ["II. An aspect of vocal or musical sound.", "Without possessive or defining word or words: a regional or foreign accent."] | 1,808 | null | 1865 | She has a bad figure, she moves ungracefully, perhaps speaks with an accent . | J. C. Stretton , Queen of County (ed. 3) 128 | 1,865 |
Can you understand me? Sometimes people cannot, because I speak with an accent | accent | /dictionary/accent_n?tab=meaning_and_use#177430 | null | null | n. | 5 | Old English– | A way of pronouncing a language that is distinctive to a country, area, social class, or individual. | 1808– | ["II. An aspect of vocal or musical sound.", "Without possessive or defining word or words: a regional or foreign accent."] | 1,808 | null | 1892 | Can you understand me? Sometimes people cannot, because I speak with an accent . | Proceedings of Society for Psychical Research vol. 8 102 | 1,892 |
Harry, whose tunefull and well measur'd song First taught our English Music how to span Words with just note and accent | accent | /dictionary/accent_n?tab=meaning_and_use#177430 | null | null | n. | 5 | Old English– | A way of pronouncing a language that is distinctive to a country, area, social class, or individual. | 1603– | ["II. An aspect of vocal or musical sound.", "Music . A prominence given to a note or chord over adjacent ones, by means of stress, duration or pitch. Also: stress recurring at intervals of time which are generally fixed, but may be varied by syncopation and cross-accentuation; an instance of this."] | 1,603 | null | 1648 | Harry, whose tunefull and well measur'd song First taught our English Music how to span Words with just note and accent . | J. Milton , To H. Lawes in H. Lawes, Choice Psalmes sig. a v | 1,648 |
‘Walkin' With Mr. Lee’ spotlights the tenor saxophonist Lee Allen in a swinging instrumental romp that climaxes with tandem rhythmic accents | accent | /dictionary/accent_n?tab=meaning_and_use#177430 | null | null | n. | 5 | Old English– | A way of pronouncing a language that is distinctive to a country, area, social class, or individual. | 1603– | ["II. An aspect of vocal or musical sound.", "Music . A prominence given to a note or chord over adjacent ones, by means of stress, duration or pitch. Also: stress recurring at intervals of time which are generally fixed, but may be varied by syncopation and cross-accentuation; an instance of this."] | 1,603 | null | 1989 | ‘Walkin' With Mr. Lee’ spotlights the tenor saxophonist Lee Allen in a swinging instrumental romp that climaxes with tandem rhythmic accents . | Atlantic April 89/2 | 1,989 |
Others..cite the vast circulation of the Petit Journal of Paris..as a precedent for the belief that a similar paper at one penny should reach in this American country of ours..a circulation of a round million and upwards, with an accent | accent | /dictionary/accent_n?tab=meaning_and_use#177430 | null | null | n. | 5 | Old English– | A way of pronouncing a language that is distinctive to a country, area, social class, or individual. | 1591– | ["III. In contexts not relating to sound.", "Distinction; a distinguishing mark, character, or tone; distinctive force, sharpness, prominence, or intensity; (esp. with on ) emphasis, stress."] | 1,591 | null | 1892 | Others..cite the vast circulation of the Petit Journal of Paris..as a precedent for the belief that a similar paper at one penny should reach in this American country of ours..a circulation of a round million and upwards, with an accent on the upwards. | Munsey's Magazine January 383/2 | 1,892 |
The Greek workman cared for shadow only as a dark field wherefrom his light figure or design might be intelligibly detached: his attention was concentrated on the one aim at readableness, and clearness of accent | accent | /dictionary/accent_n?tab=meaning_and_use#177430 | null | null | n. | 5 | Old English– | A way of pronouncing a language that is distinctive to a country, area, social class, or individual. | 1849– | ["III. In contexts not relating to sound.", "Distinctive visual emphasis; contrast of colour or light; a touch of colour or light which brings the features of a structure into relief or provides a contrast in a composition or colour scheme."] | 1,849 | null | 1849 | The Greek workman cared for shadow only as a dark field wherefrom his light figure or design might be intelligibly detached: his attention was concentrated on the one aim at readableness, and clearness of accent . | J. Ruskin , Seven Lamps of Architecture iii. 79 | 1,849 |
The panels have only slight relief, and the carving is scarcely more than an accent | accent | /dictionary/accent_n?tab=meaning_and_use#177430 | null | null | n. | 5 | Old English– | A way of pronouncing a language that is distinctive to a country, area, social class, or individual. | 1894– | ["III. In contexts not relating to sound.", "A feature other than light or colour which emphasizes or sets off a decorative style or an outfit, esp. by contrast. Chiefly U.S."] | 1,894 | null | 1894 | The panels have only slight relief, and the carving is scarcely more than an accent . | M. G. Humphreys in Woman's Book vol. II. xv. 143/1 | 1,894 |
‘I met the young man—’ ‘Sporting his ostentatious charity—’ ‘Just, my lord; the epithet is perfectly adaptive | adaptive | /dictionary/adaptive_adj?tab=factsheet#16799994 | 1,734 | null | adj. | 5 | 1734– | Of, relating to, or characterized by adaptation. | 1734–96 | ["\u2020\u00a0Fitting, apposite; well-suited to something or someone. Obsolete ."] | 1,734 | 1,796 | 1796 | ‘I met the young man—’ ‘Sporting his ostentatious charity—’ ‘Just, my lord; the epithet is perfectly adaptive .’ | R. Bage , Hermsprong vol. I. xxi. 225 | 1,796 |
In a few cases four or five men were paid a bonus to remain at work during the alert | alert | /dictionary/alert_adj?tab=factsheet#7351086 | 1,595 | null | adj. & n. | 5 | a1595– | Quick to act, respond, or understand; mentally or intellectually active; lively, animated. | 1920– | ["noun", "1. Originally Military . air , gas , ground , red alert , etc.: see the first elements.", "The period during which a warning of danger is in effect."] | 1,920 | null | 1920 | In a few cases four or five men were paid a bonus to remain at work during the alert . | E. L. Naiden , Air Service xi. 112 | 1,920 |
Each one who receives notice [of an escaped prisoner] must give notice, and be on alert | alert | /dictionary/alert_adj?tab=factsheet#7351086 | 1,595 | null | adj. & n. | 5 | a1595– | Quick to act, respond, or understand; mentally or intellectually active; lively, animated. | 1801– | ["noun", "The state of being vigilant and prepared to act as necessary; watchfulness; awareness; frequently in on alert and variants. Cf. on the alert at Phrases ."] | 1,801 | null | 1873 | Each one who receives notice [of an escaped prisoner] must give notice, and be on alert . | Ballou's Monthly Magazine October 335/2 | 1,873 |
We immediately resumed our work under the conditions of alert | alert | /dictionary/alert_adj?tab=factsheet#7351086 | 1,595 | null | adj. & n. | 5 | a1595– | Quick to act, respond, or understand; mentally or intellectually active; lively, animated. | 1801– | ["noun", "The state of being vigilant and prepared to act as necessary; watchfulness; awareness; frequently in on alert and variants. Cf. on the alert at Phrases ."] | 1,801 | null | 1940 | We immediately resumed our work under the conditions of alert . | W. S. Churchill in Hansard Commons 5 September 46 | 1,940 |
Every time a title was found, it was recorded and given to the user (this is known as an ‘ alert | alert | /dictionary/alert_adj?tab=factsheet#7351086 | 1,595 | null | adj. & n. | 5 | a1595– | Quick to act, respond, or understand; mentally or intellectually active; lively, animated. | 1970– | ["noun", "A sound, vibration, or visual cue made by a computer, mobile phone, or other device to inform the user of a particular event, such as the arrival of an email."] | 1,970 | null | 1970 | Every time a title was found, it was recorded and given to the user (this is known as an ‘ alert ’). | Journal of American Soc. Information Science vol. 21 171 | 1,970 |
If the TGV had to be, they chorused, let its tracks be added to historic route or..parallel motorway alignments | alignment | /dictionary/alignment_n?tab=factsheet#7156171 | 1,742 | null | n. | 5 | 1742– | The result of arranging in or along a line, or into appropriate relative positions; the layout or orientation of a thing or things disposed in this… | 1810– | ["The route or course of a road, railway, or canal."] | 1,810 | null | 1991 | If the TGV had to be, they chorused, let its tracks be added to historic route or..parallel motorway alignments . | Modern Railways April 191/1 | 1,991 |
Only the sequence 35–38 matches (inverted) the N -terminal sections of the octapeptides. In the absence of a dominant residue, we place intermediate confidence in this alignment | alignment | /dictionary/alignment_n?tab=factsheet#7156171 | 1,742 | null | n. | 5 | 1742– | The result of arranging in or along a line, or into appropriate relative positions; the layout or orientation of a thing or things disposed in this… | 1960– | ["Biochemistry . The process of matching the residues in two or more protein or nucleic sequences, in order to identify regions of homology; an instance of this; the result of this. Also sequence alignment ."] | 1,960 | null | 1960 | Only the sequence 35–38 matches (inverted) the N -terminal sections of the octapeptides. In the absence of a dominant residue, we place intermediate confidence in this alignment . | Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences U.S.A. vol. 46 1566 | 1,960 |
The excesse wherby the Semidiameter of the Ringe or Cornice of the Head dooth exceed the Cornice of the Coyle [of cannon] I call the Anomalye | anomaly | /dictionary/anomaly_n?tab=factsheet#2634178 | 1,585 | null | n. | 5 | 1585– | gen. An irregular fact, characteristic, or circumstance; an oddity, an outlier; an anomalous person or thing. | 1591 | ["\u2020\u00a0The difference between the semidiameter of a cannon at its base ring and its muzzle; = dispart n. 1 . Obsolete . rare ."] | 1,591 | null | 1591 | The excesse wherby the Semidiameter of the Ringe or Cornice of the Head dooth exceed the Cornice of the Coyle [of cannon] I call the Anomalye . | T. Digges , L. Digges's Geom. Pract. Treatize: Pantometria (revised edition) 178 | 1,591 |
For her one of the secrets of vitality is a language..open to and unembarrassed by anomaly | anomaly | /dictionary/anomaly_n?tab=factsheet#2634178 | 1,585 | null | n. | 5 | 1585– | gen. An irregular fact, characteristic, or circumstance; an oddity, an outlier; an anomalous person or thing. | 1648– | ["4. gen.", "Irregularity; exceptional or atypical character or quality; deviation from what is standard, normal, or expected."] | 1,648 | null | a1986 | For her one of the secrets of vitality is a language..open to and unembarrassed by anomaly . | D. Kalstone , Becoming Poet (1989) i. iii. 73 | 1,986 |
We require..to exhibit the relation of the actual temperature of each place to the mean or normal temperature of its geographical latitude. I call the difference between the actual and normal temperature the ‘thermic anomaly | anomaly | /dictionary/anomaly_n?tab=factsheet#2634178 | 1,585 | null | n. | 5 | 1585– | gen. An irregular fact, characteristic, or circumstance; an oddity, an outlier; an anomalous person or thing. | 1853– | ["Meteorology . More fully temperature anomaly . The degree to which the average temperature at a place differs from the temperature expected for its geographical position, or from a reference value based on past observations."] | 1,853 | null | 1853 | We require..to exhibit the relation of the actual temperature of each place to the mean or normal temperature of its geographical latitude. I call the difference between the actual and normal temperature the ‘thermic anomaly ’. | E. J. Sabine , translation of H. W. Dove, Distribution Heat 20 | 1,853 |
A bill he signed in March..went further, banning abortion in cases where the fetus has a severe genetic anomaly | anomaly | /dictionary/anomaly_n?tab=factsheet#2634178 | 1,585 | null | n. | 5 | 1585– | gen. An irregular fact, characteristic, or circumstance; an oddity, an outlier; an anomalous person or thing. | 1814– | ["Medicine . An abnormality of the structure or function of a part of the body, esp. one of developmental or genetic origin. Frequently with distinguishing word, as congenital anomaly , genetic anomaly , etc."] | 1,814 | null | 2016 | A bill he signed in March..went further, banning abortion in cases where the fetus has a severe genetic anomaly . | Guardian (Nexis) 19 July | 2,016 |
Learning doth minister, to all the diseases of the minde..sometimes helping digestion, sometimes encreasing appetite | appetite | /dictionary/appetite_n?tab=factsheet#309689 | 1,303 | null | n. | 5 | 1303– | esp. The determinate desire to satisfy the natural necessities, or fulfil the natural functions, of the body; one of those instinctive cravings which… | 1605– | ["noun Const. for ; formerly to , of , and infinitive .", "transferred or figurative ."] | 1,605 | null | 1605 | Learning doth minister, to all the diseases of the minde..sometimes helping digestion, sometimes encreasing appetite . | F. Bacon , Of Aduancement of Learning i. sig. L3 v | 1,605 |
To discharge vpon him arrowes, quarrels, stones, bullets, and such like shot, out of brakes, slings, and other engins of artillery | artillery | /dictionary/artillery_n?tab=factsheet#38562700 | 1,405 | null | n. | 5 | c1405– | Machinery used for discharging projectiles in war. With reference to explosive discharge, including ordnance such as mounted guns, cannon, mortars, and anti-aircraft weaponry; large-calibre firearms used both offensively and defensively in… | c1450– | ["2. Machinery used for discharging projectiles in war.", "With reference to discharge by mechanical recoil, including weapons such as bows, slings, catapults, etc. Now historical ."] | 1,450 | null | 1601 | To discharge vpon him arrowes, quarrels, stones, bullets, and such like shot, out of brakes, slings, and other engins of artillery . | P. Holland , translation of Pliny, Historie of World vol. I. 199 | 1,601 |
The form of the carronade, short and very thick at the base, is so well known to students of artillery | artillery | /dictionary/artillery_n?tab=factsheet#38562700 | 1,405 | null | n. | 5 | c1405– | Machinery used for discharging projectiles in war. With reference to explosive discharge, including ordnance such as mounted guns, cannon, mortars, and anti-aircraft weaponry; large-calibre firearms used both offensively and defensively in… | 1728– | ["The science and practice of using cannon, large-calibre firearms, etc.; gunnery."] | 1,728 | null | 1937 | The form of the carronade, short and very thick at the base, is so well known to students of artillery . | C. Ffoulkes , Gun-founders of Eng. 84 | 1,937 |
There is alwayes in the campe certaine companies of pioners, the iurisdiction of whom doth belong vnto the Generall of the artillery | artillery | /dictionary/artillery_n?tab=factsheet#38562700 | 1,405 | null | n. | 5 | c1405– | Machinery used for discharging projectiles in war. With reference to explosive discharge, including ordnance such as mounted guns, cannon, mortars, and anti-aircraft weaponry; large-calibre firearms used both offensively and defensively in… | 1598– | ["A military detachment or branch of the armed forces that uses cannon or large-calibre guns."] | 1,598 | null | 1598 | There is alwayes in the campe certaine companies of pioners, the iurisdiction of whom doth belong vnto the Generall of the artillery . | R. Barret , Theorike & Practike of Moderne Warres iv. 104 | 1,598 |
Some Charlestonians put lightning rods on their houses, though a few objected that this was an impious interference with ‘God's artillery | artillery | /dictionary/artillery_n?tab=factsheet#38562700 | 1,405 | null | n. | 5 | c1405– | Machinery used for discharging projectiles in war. With reference to explosive discharge, including ordnance such as mounted guns, cannon, mortars, and anti-aircraft weaponry; large-calibre firearms used both offensively and defensively in… | a1616– | ["figurative (chiefly poetic ). Thunder and lightning."] | 1,616 | null | 1976 | Some Charlestonians put lightning rods on their houses, though a few objected that this was an impious interference with ‘God's artillery ’. | L. B. Wright , South Carolina vi. 116 | 1,976 |
He brente the boonys of the kyng of Ydume vn to ash | ash | /dictionary/ash_n2?tab=meaning_and_use#38171861 | null | null | n.² | 5 | Old English– | The powdery residue, composed chiefly of earthy or mineral particles, left after the combustion of any substance. plural. | 1250– | ["1. The powdery residue, composed chiefly of earthy or mineral particles, left after the combustion of any substance.", "collective singular ."] | 1,250 | null | (c1384) | He brente the boonys of the kyng of Ydume vn to ash . | Bible (Wycliffite, early version) (Douce MS. 369(2)) (1850) Amos ii. 1 | 1,384 |
Burn my last letter to an irrecollectable ash | ash | /dictionary/ash_n2?tab=meaning_and_use#38171861 | null | null | n.² | 5 | Old English– | The powdery residue, composed chiefly of earthy or mineral particles, left after the combustion of any substance. plural. | c1385– | ["1. The powdery residue, composed chiefly of earthy or mineral particles, left after the combustion of any substance.", "simple singular . (Now chiefly in scientific language.)"] | 1,385 | null | 1799 | Burn my last letter to an irrecollectable ash . | W. Taylor in J. W. Robberds, Memoir William Taylor (1843) vol. I. 287 | 1,799 |
Hircite..after complete combustion leaves an ash | ash | /dictionary/ash_n2?tab=meaning_and_use#38171861 | null | null | n.² | 5 | Old English– | The powdery residue, composed chiefly of earthy or mineral particles, left after the combustion of any substance. plural. | c1385– | ["1. The powdery residue, composed chiefly of earthy or mineral particles, left after the combustion of any substance.", "simple singular . (Now chiefly in scientific language.)"] | 1,385 | null | 1868 | Hircite..after complete combustion leaves an ash . | J. D. Dana , System of Mineralogy (ed. 5) 747 | 1,868 |
He thinks he's going to die, and I'm afraid so, too, for he's obliged to keep his bed, and he do look awful | awful | /dictionary/awful_adj?tab=meaning_and_use#31410421 | 1,175 | null | adj. & adv. | 5 | c1175– | Of very poor quality; very bad; rubbish, terrible. | 1865– | ["adjective", "I. Arousing or inspiring awe. Later also in weaker or more general use: very bad or unpleasant, and related senses.", "Of a person: very unwell or troubled."] | 1,865 | null | 1865 | He thinks he's going to die, and I'm afraid so, too, for he's obliged to keep his bed, and he do look awful . | Merry & Wise December 563 | 1,865 |
As rose the priest With power to bless and right to ban | ban | /dictionary/ban_v?tab=factsheet#28247679 | null | null | v. | 5 | Old English– | To interdict, proscribe, prohibit. A thing. | 1303– | ["II. To curse, anathematize, interdict. [ < Old Norse , ? and medieval Latin bannum .]", "To pronounce an ecclesiastical curse upon, to anathematize. archaic ."] | 1,303 | null | 1874 | As rose the priest With power to bless and right to ban . | J. G. Holland , Mistress of Manse ix. 155 | 1,874 |
Cardiff City manager Frank Burrows wants his team to take a tougher line to help them climb out of the Third Division basement | basement | /dictionary/basement_n?tab=factsheet#26785529 | 1,610 | null | n. | 5 | 1610– | Architecture and Building. spec. The lowest storey of a building, below the first main storey, esp. when sunk partially or wholly below the general… | 1907– | ["I. Senses relating to base n. 1", "Sport (originally Baseball ). The lowest (or a low) position in the rankings of a league or other grouping. Frequently attributive . Cf. cellar n. 1 I.2c ."] | 1,907 | null | 1988 | Cardiff City manager Frank Burrows wants his team to take a tougher line to help them climb out of the Third Division basement . | Western Mail 8 October (Gwent edition) 22/2 | 1,988 |
The Sturgeon..are sold in such quantities in Albany, that they have been called, in derision, ‘Albany beef | beef | /dictionary/beef_n1?tab=meaning_and_use#24607537 | 1,300 | null | n.¹ | 5 | a1300– | The flesh of an ox, bull, or cow, used as food. Often preceded by words indicating the exact part of the animal, e.g. sirloin, ribs of beef, etc… | 1661– | ["2. transferred .", "Applied to other kinds of flesh or food."] | 1,661 | null | 1868 | The Sturgeon..are sold in such quantities in Albany, that they have been called, in derision, ‘Albany beef .’ | B. J. Lossing , Hudson (new edition) 145 | 1,868 |
So little was the faith of those who knew him, he could not be trusted for a beef | beef | /dictionary/beef_n1?tab=meaning_and_use#24607537 | 1,300 | null | n.¹ | 5 | a1300– | The flesh of an ox, bull, or cow, used as food. Often preceded by words indicating the exact part of the animal, e.g. sirloin, ribs of beef, etc… | 1583– | ["3. An ox; any animal of the ox kind; esp. a fattened beast, or its carcass.", "Also in singular . (Now chiefly U.S. )"] | 1,583 | null | 1828 | So little was the faith of those who knew him, he could not be trusted for a beef . | Richmond (Virginia) Enquirer 29 August 4/2 | 1,828 |
A city man—immensely rich, they say. Hang those city fellows, they must bleed | bleed | /dictionary/bleed_v?tab=factsheet#18593893 | null | null | v. | 5 | Old English– | To emit, discharge, or ‘lose’ blood; to drop, or run with, blood. Said of a person or animal, a part of the body, a wound, etc. | 1671– | ["I. intransitive .", "I.5. figurative .", "Of persons: To lose or part with money to an extent that is felt; to have money drawn or extorted; to \u2018pay through the nose\u2019 for . colloquial ."] | 1,671 | null | 1847 | A city man—immensely rich, they say. Hang those city fellows, they must bleed . | W. M. Thackeray , Vanity Fair (1848) xiv. 122 | 1,847 |
It looks brilliant to place a detail from one Cézanne beneath the whole of another and to make the detail ‘ bleed | bleed | /dictionary/bleed_v?tab=factsheet#18593893 | null | null | v. | 5 | Old English– | To emit, discharge, or ‘lose’ blood; to drop, or run with, blood. Said of a person or animal, a part of the body, a wound, etc. | 1835– | ["II. transitive .", "Bookbinding and Printing . To cut into the print of (a book) in trimming the margin; to print (an illustration) so that it reaches beyond the normal margin to the edge of the page. Also intransitive (see quots.). So to bleed off or on ."] | 1,835 | null | 1962 | It looks brilliant to place a detail from one Cézanne beneath the whole of another and to make the detail ‘ bleed ’ off. | Listener 26 July 142/3 | 1,962 |
The gate agent who had been in charge at gate forty-seven when Flight Two left..did not remember Guerrero boarding | board | /dictionary/board_v?tab=factsheet#17449310 | 1,460 | null | v. | 5 | c1460– | transitive. (a) To come close up to or alongside (a ship), usually for the purpose of attacking; to lay on board, or fall on board of. (b) In later… | 1848– | ["I. Related to board = side of a ship, coast.", "I.2. transitive .", "transferred . To enter (a vehicle, railway train, aircraft, etc.). Also absol. originally U.S."] | 1,848 | null | 1968 | The gate agent who had been in charge at gate forty-seven when Flight Two left..did not remember Guerrero boarding . | A. Hailey , Airport iii. viii. 399 | 1,968 |
The owner of a large stable..said that..he had recently had some seventy horses to board | board | /dictionary/board_v?tab=factsheet#17449310 | 1,460 | null | v. | 5 | c1460– | transitive. (a) To come close up to or alongside (a ship), usually for the purpose of attacking; to lay on board, or fall on board of. (b) In later… | 1875– | ["III. Related to board = table, regular meals.", "To put up and feed (an animal). Originally U.S."] | 1,875 | null | 1905 | The owner of a large stable..said that..he had recently had some seventy horses to board . | Evening Post (New York) 24 February 1 | 1,905 |
Several Warts on him [a horse] , one on his Ear, one on his Breast and Bowels | bowel | /dictionary/bowel_n1?tab=factsheet#15962406 | 1,300 | null | n.¹ | 5 | c1300– | One of the divisions of the alimentary canal below the stomach; an intestine, a gut. Now rare in the singular except in medical use. | 1703 | ["II. plural collectively.", "\u2020\u00a0The (external) belly. Obsolete . rare ."] | 1,703 | null | 1703 | Several Warts on him [a horse] , one on his Ear, one on his Breast and Bowels . | London Gazette No. 3932/4 | 1,703 |
The bonds are listed on the stock exchanges, and you can sell them through the stock exchange or through a broker | broker | /dictionary/broker_n?tab=factsheet#13267025 | 1,393 | null | n. | 5 | a1393– | A person employed as an intermediary to transact business or negotiate deals between merchants or individuals, often on a commission basis; (later… | 1696– | ["I. An intermediary.", "spec. A dealer on a stock exchange (esp. the London Stock Exchange) who, for a commission, buys and sells stocks on behalf of clients. Cf. jobber n. 2 1 and later stockbroker n."] | 1,696 | null | 2022 | The bonds are listed on the stock exchanges, and you can sell them through the stock exchange or through a broker . | Times of India (Nexis) 20 December | 2,022 |
The prisoner..had in his possession 3 s . 6 d . in silver and 3 s . 4 d . in bronze | bronze | /dictionary/bronze_n?tab=factsheet#13155145 | 1,718 | null | n. | 5 | 1718– | A brown-coloured alloy of copper and tin, sometimes also containing a little zinc and lead. Formerly included under the term brass, n.; the name… | 1739– | ["A brown-coloured alloy of copper and tin, sometimes also containing a little zinc and lead. Formerly included under the term brass n. ; the name bronze was introduced for the material of ancient works of art, or perhaps rather for the works of art themselves: see sense 2 ."] | 1,739 | null | 1886 | The prisoner..had in his possession 3 s . 6 d . in silver and 3 s . 4 d . in bronze . | Pall Mall Gazette 13 February 10/2 | 1,886 |
Mrs. Croaker . You don't want assurance when you come to solicit for your friends. Lofty . O, there indeed I'm a bronze | bronze | /dictionary/bronze_n?tab=factsheet#13155145 | 1,718 | null | n. | 5 | 1718– | A brown-coloured alloy of copper and tin, sometimes also containing a little zinc and lead. Formerly included under the term brass, n.; the name… | 1729–1823 | ["3. \u2020 figurative .", "Impudence, unblushingness. (Cf. brass n. 4 .)"] | 1,729 | 1,823 | 1768 | Mrs. Croaker . You don't want assurance when you come to solicit for your friends. Lofty . O, there indeed I'm a bronze . | O. Goldsmith , Good Natur'd Man ii. 24 | 1,768 |
Drive them [ sc. bees] gently into their hives with your brush | brush | /dictionary/brush_n2?tab=factsheet#12844951 | 1,377 | null | n.² | 5 | 1377– | A utensil consisting of a piece of wood or other suitable material, set with small tufts or bunches of bristles, hair, or the like, for sweeping or… | 1377– | ["I. An instrument with tufts of hair affixed, used for brushing or sweeping, and related senses.", "A utensil consisting of a piece of wood or other suitable material, set with small tufts or bunches of bristles, hair, or the like, for sweeping or scrubbing dust and dirt from a surface; and generally any utensil for brushing or sweeping."] | 1,377 | null | 1609 | Drive them [ sc. bees] gently into their hives with your brush . | C. Butler , Feminine Monarchie v. sig. E8 | 1,609 |
Thys vayne~glorious proud pecocke is bedeckt with..glittering plumes, wrapt up together in a great brush | brush | /dictionary/brush_n2?tab=factsheet#12844951 | 1,377 | null | n.² | 5 | 1377– | A utensil consisting of a piece of wood or other suitable material, set with small tufts or bunches of bristles, hair, or the like, for sweeping or… | 1581– | ["I. An instrument with tufts of hair affixed, used for brushing or sweeping, and related senses.", "I.3. Any brush-like bunch or tuft.", "Generally."] | 1,581 | null | 1581 | Thys vayne~glorious proud pecocke is bedeckt with..glittering plumes, wrapt up together in a great brush . | J. Bell , translation of W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 258 b | 1,581 |
The legs of the Bee..have the first joint of the tarsus dilated..Its inner surface is provided with several rows of stiff hairs placed transversely, which gives to this part the name of the ‘ brush | brush | /dictionary/brush_n2?tab=factsheet#12844951 | 1,377 | null | n.² | 5 | 1377– | A utensil consisting of a piece of wood or other suitable material, set with small tufts or bunches of bristles, hair, or the like, for sweeping or… | 1828– | ["I. An instrument with tufts of hair affixed, used for brushing or sweeping, and related senses.", "Entomology . A brush-like organ on the legs of bees and other insects."] | 1,828 | null | 1861 | The legs of the Bee..have the first joint of the tarsus dilated..Its inner surface is provided with several rows of stiff hairs placed transversely, which gives to this part the name of the ‘ brush ’. | R. T. Hulme , translation of C. H. Moquin-Tandon, Elements of Medical Zoology ii. iii. 208 | 1,861 |
The ones who had already made up their minds almost always got the brush | brush | /dictionary/brush_n2?tab=factsheet#12844951 | 1,377 | null | n.² | 5 | 1377– | A utensil consisting of a piece of wood or other suitable material, set with small tufts or bunches of bristles, hair, or the like, for sweeping or… | 1941– | ["II. from brush v. 2", "Short for brush-off n. at brush v. 2 5b . So brusheroo [ \u2011eroo suffix ] ."] | 1,941 | null | 1947 | The ones who had already made up their minds almost always got the brush . | B. Schulberg , Harder they Fall i. 27 | 1,947 |
I told Daniele what a crawling punk her boyfriend was, and she gave him the brush | brush | /dictionary/brush_n2?tab=factsheet#12844951 | 1,377 | null | n.² | 5 | 1377– | A utensil consisting of a piece of wood or other suitable material, set with small tufts or bunches of bristles, hair, or the like, for sweeping or… | 1941– | ["II. from brush v. 2", "Short for brush-off n. at brush v. 2 5b . So brusheroo [ \u2011eroo suffix ] ."] | 1,941 | null | 1962 | I told Daniele what a crawling punk her boyfriend was, and she gave him the brush . | ‘E. Lacy’ , Freeloaders viii. 175 | 1,962 |
Spirit of Vinager being try'd after the same manner, exhibited a moderate number of bubbles | bubble | /dictionary/bubble_n?tab=meaning_and_use#12769990 | 1,350 | null | n. & adj. | 5 | ?a1350– | A thin membrane of liquid enclosing a volume of air or another gas; a body of gas present in a liquid. Also: a gas-filled cavity formed in a… | ?a1350– | ["noun", "A thin membrane of liquid enclosing a volume of air or another gas; a body of gas present in a liquid. Also: a gas-filled cavity formed in a substance (such as glass, amber, etc.) as it solidifies."] | 1,350 | null | 1660 | Spirit of Vinager being try'd after the same manner, exhibited a moderate number of bubbles . | R. Boyle , New Experiments Physico-mechanicall 189 | 1,660 |
Here rows of meters guard from crowding troubles, Rolls, Bentleys, Daimlers, Jaguars and Bubbles | bubble | /dictionary/bubble_n?tab=meaning_and_use#12769990 | 1,350 | null | n. & adj. | 5 | ?a1350– | A thin membrane of liquid enclosing a volume of air or another gas; a body of gas present in a liquid. Also: a gas-filled cavity formed in a… | 1958– | ["noun", "British . Short for bubble car n. Now rare ."] | 1,958 | null | 1966 | Here rows of meters guard from crowding troubles, Rolls, Bentleys, Daimlers, Jaguars and Bubbles . | P. Moloney , Plea for Mersey 51 | 1,966 |
David has spent his entire three years in complete isolation in a germ-free plastic bubble | bubble | /dictionary/bubble_n?tab=meaning_and_use#12769990 | 1,350 | null | n. & adj. | 5 | ?a1350– | A thin membrane of liquid enclosing a volume of air or another gas; a body of gas present in a liquid. Also: a gas-filled cavity formed in a… | 1966– | ["noun", "A transparent plastic covering or enclosure that protects a patient from infection by keeping him or her in a sterile environment. Frequently attributive , in bubble baby , bubble boy , etc."] | 1,966 | null | 1973 | David has spent his entire three years in complete isolation in a germ-free plastic bubble . | Washington Post 3 October a 1/2 | 1,973 |
Doctors..will soon attempt to use the technique to treat a child with severe combined immune deficiency—a so-called ‘ bubble | bubble | /dictionary/bubble_n?tab=meaning_and_use#12769990 | 1,350 | null | n. & adj. | 5 | ?a1350– | A thin membrane of liquid enclosing a volume of air or another gas; a body of gas present in a liquid. Also: a gas-filled cavity formed in a… | 1966– | ["noun", "A transparent plastic covering or enclosure that protects a patient from infection by keeping him or her in a sterile environment. Frequently attributive , in bubble baby , bubble boy , etc."] | 1,966 | null | 1993 | Doctors..will soon attempt to use the technique to treat a child with severe combined immune deficiency—a so-called ‘ bubble baby’. | New Scientist 6 February 8/1 | 1,993 |
I'm like to make a very hopeful Bargain this Morning; and grow Rich like a Jacobite, that would part with his Property, for a Speculative Bubble | bubble | /dictionary/bubble_n?tab=meaning_and_use#12769990 | 1,350 | null | n. & adj. | 5 | ?a1350– | A thin membrane of liquid enclosing a volume of air or another gas; a body of gas present in a liquid. Also: a gas-filled cavity formed in a… | 1700– | ["noun", "2. figurative .", "An insubstantial, delusive, or fraudulent project or enterprise, esp. of a commercial or financial nature. Cf. Mississippi Bubble n. , South Sea bubble n."] | 1,700 | null | 1700 | I'm like to make a very hopeful Bargain this Morning; and grow Rich like a Jacobite, that would part with his Property, for a Speculative Bubble . | E. Ward , Labour in Vain Dialogue between Author & Printer sig. A2 | 1,700 |
All this must be taken at rising prices by the clique, for, when they show themselves unable to absorb more, the price breaks with the stoppage of demand and the bubble | bubble | /dictionary/bubble_n?tab=meaning_and_use#12769990 | 1,350 | null | n. & adj. | 5 | ?a1350– | A thin membrane of liquid enclosing a volume of air or another gas; a body of gas present in a liquid. Also: a gas-filled cavity formed in a… | 1837– | ["noun", "2. figurative .", "Economics (originally U.S. ). An unsustainable or exaggerated rise in the price of a stock or commodity which is soon followed by a collapse in prices. Cf. bubble economy n."] | 1,837 | null | 1899 | All this must be taken at rising prices by the clique, for, when they show themselves unable to absorb more, the price breaks with the stoppage of demand and the bubble bursts. | H. C. Emery in Economic Journal vol. 9 55 | 1,899 |
Combine the soup with the milk and water and slowly bring to a bubble | bubble | /dictionary/bubble_n?tab=meaning_and_use#12769990 | 1,350 | null | n. & adj. | 5 | ?a1350– | A thin membrane of liquid enclosing a volume of air or another gas; a body of gas present in a liquid. Also: a gas-filled cavity formed in a… | 1839– | ["noun", "The process, sound, or appearance of bubbling; an agitated or bubbling motion. Originally in nautical phrase a bubble of a sea ; cf. bobble n. 1"] | 1,839 | null | 1978 | Combine the soup with the milk and water and slowly bring to a bubble . | Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 18 January | 1,978 |
We cut a quart into equal parts and oiled up on that... We got into the roller again and..were jogged to a truly rural wetworks... Here we had more bubbles | bubble | /dictionary/bubble_n?tab=meaning_and_use#12769990 | 1,350 | null | n. & adj. | 5 | ?a1350– | A thin membrane of liquid enclosing a volume of air or another gas; a body of gas present in a liquid. Also: a gas-filled cavity formed in a… | ?1920– | ["noun", "Sparkling wine; esp. champagne. Cf. bubbly n. B.2 . Usually in plural ."] | 1,920 | null | [1900 | We cut a quart into equal parts and oiled up on that... We got into the roller again and..were jogged to a truly rural wetworks... Here we had more bubbles. | C. L. Cullen in Sun (New York) 7 October iii. 6/5 | 1,900 |
I had it all figured out that it would be lousy with bohemian boys and girls carousing, singing, and drinking bubble | bubble | /dictionary/bubble_n?tab=meaning_and_use#12769990 | 1,350 | null | n. & adj. | 5 | ?a1350– | A thin membrane of liquid enclosing a volume of air or another gas; a body of gas present in a liquid. Also: a gas-filled cavity formed in a… | ?1920– | ["noun", "Sparkling wine; esp. champagne. Cf. bubbly n. B.2 . Usually in plural ."] | 1,920 | null | a1933 | I had it all figured out that it would be lousy with bohemian boys and girls carousing, singing, and drinking bubble ! | R. W. Chambers , Young Man's Girl (1934) xxx. 327 | 1,933 |
The King and Queen of France, the King of Navarre, and the royal dukes in a bundle | bundle | /dictionary/bundle_n?tab=factsheet#12147214 | 1,382 | null | n. | 5 | a1382– | A collection of things bound or otherwise fastened together; a bunch; a package, parcel. | 1535– | ["figurative . A collection, \u2018lot\u2019 (of things material or immaterial); usually either with contemptuous implication, or with allusion to a figurative \u2018tying together\u2019. \u2020 to be bound in the bundle of life (a Hebraism derived from the Bible): to be foreordained to continued life."] | 1,535 | null | 1864 | The King and Queen of France, the King of Navarre, and the royal dukes in a bundle . | J. H. Burton , Scot Abroad vol. I. i. 25 | 1,864 |
The card's features include a Servo-Web delivery system for automatic collection of the web produced by the two doffers in the drafting unit and can | can | /dictionary/can_n1?tab=meaning_and_use#10265789 | null | null | n.¹ | 5 | Old English– | A container for holding liquids; (originally) one made of any of various materials, and of various shapes and sizes, including drinking vessels; (now… | 1795– | ["I. A container (and related uses).", "Textiles . A metal cylinder open at one end to receive roving ( roving n. 3 2 ) or sliver ( sliver n. 1 2 ) from a carding machine. Also attributive . Cf. coiler n. 1 2 ."] | 1,795 | null | 1999 | The card's features include a Servo-Web delivery system for automatic collection of the web produced by the two doffers in the drafting unit and can coiler. | Textile Month May 14/1 | 1,999 |
Slade unwound the film from the sprockets and put it back in the can | can | /dictionary/can_n1?tab=meaning_and_use#10265789 | null | null | n.¹ | 5 | Old English– | A container for holding liquids; (originally) one made of any of various materials, and of various shapes and sizes, including drinking vessels; (now… | 1913– | ["I. A container (and related uses).", "A circular container made of metal or plastic and used to hold a reel of cinematographic film during transportation or storage. Cf. in (also into) the can at Phrases P.2 ."] | 1,913 | null | 1977 | Slade unwound the film from the sprockets and put it back in the can . | D. MacKenzie , Raven & Kamikaze vi. 77 | 1,977 |
Here's the Down Bed of Beauty which upraises Man, And beneath the Thatch'd-House the miraculous Can | can | /dictionary/can_n1?tab=meaning_and_use#10265789 | null | null | n.¹ | 5 | Old English– | A container for holding liquids; (originally) one made of any of various materials, and of various shapes and sizes, including drinking vessels; (now… | 1772–1837 | ["II. Slang uses.", "\u2020 slang . The female genitals; the vulva or vagina. Obsolete ."] | 1,772 | 1,837 | 1772 | Here's the Down Bed of Beauty which upraises Man, And beneath the Thatch'd-House the miraculous Can . | G. A. Stevens , Songs Comic & Satyrical 125 | 1,772 |
Here's the thatched house, the miraculous can | can | /dictionary/can_n1?tab=meaning_and_use#10265789 | null | null | n.¹ | 5 | Old English– | A container for holding liquids; (originally) one made of any of various materials, and of various shapes and sizes, including drinking vessels; (now… | 1772–1837 | ["II. Slang uses.", "\u2020 slang . The female genitals; the vulva or vagina. Obsolete ."] | 1,772 | 1,837 | ?1837 | Here's the thatched house, the miraculous can ! | Little Icky-wickey Songster 8 | 1,837 |
At last, the landlady threw me out and kept the few rags of luggage that I still owned. I was flat on my can | can | /dictionary/can_n1?tab=meaning_and_use#10265789 | null | null | n.¹ | 5 | Old English– | A container for holding liquids; (originally) one made of any of various materials, and of various shapes and sizes, including drinking vessels; (now… | 1913– | ["II. Slang uses.", "slang (originally and chiefly U.S. ). The buttocks, the bottom."] | 1,913 | null | 1937 | At last, the landlady threw me out and kept the few rags of luggage that I still owned. I was flat on my can . | C. Prior , So I wrote It xxv. 285 | 1,937 |
What kind of bullshit are you throwing around, peeper? You want me to slap you in the can | can | /dictionary/can_n1?tab=meaning_and_use#10265789 | null | null | n.¹ | 5 | Old English– | A container for holding liquids; (originally) one made of any of various materials, and of various shapes and sizes, including drinking vessels; (now… | 1913– | ["II. Slang uses.", "slang (originally and chiefly U.S. ). The buttocks, the bottom."] | 1,913 | null | 1975 | What kind of bullshit are you throwing around, peeper? You want me to slap you in the can ? | R. L. Simon , Wild Turkey xxii. 160 | 1,975 |
Why didn't you just have her come in on a burro, eating tacos and wearing a poncho while shaking her cans | can | /dictionary/can_n1?tab=meaning_and_use#10265789 | null | null | n.¹ | 5 | Old English– | A container for holding liquids; (originally) one made of any of various materials, and of various shapes and sizes, including drinking vessels; (now… | 1946– | ["II. Slang uses.", "slang (originally and chiefly U.S. ). A woman's breast. Usually in plural ."] | 1,946 | null | 2014 | Why didn't you just have her come in on a burro, eating tacos and wearing a poncho while shaking her cans ? | La Prensa San Diego 21 March 1 | 2,014 |
I'll stand by my man Though he's in the can | can | /dictionary/can_n1?tab=meaning_and_use#10265789 | null | null | n.¹ | 5 | Old English– | A container for holding liquids; (originally) one made of any of various materials, and of various shapes and sizes, including drinking vessels; (now… | 1912– | ["II. Slang uses.", "slang (originally and chiefly U.S. ). Chiefly with the : a prison, a jail; a cell in a police station. Also: imprisonment, time spent in prison."] | 1,912 | null | 1961 | I'll stand by my man Though he's in the can . | 20th Century March 236 | 1,961 |
If I was nicked for this I was looking at big heaps of can | can | /dictionary/can_n1?tab=meaning_and_use#10265789 | null | null | n.¹ | 5 | Old English– | A container for holding liquids; (originally) one made of any of various materials, and of various shapes and sizes, including drinking vessels; (now… | 1912– | ["II. Slang uses.", "slang (originally and chiefly U.S. ). Chiefly with the : a prison, a jail; a cell in a police station. Also: imprisonment, time spent in prison."] | 1,912 | null | 1982 | If I was nicked for this I was looking at big heaps of can . | G. Newbold , Big Huey 16 | 1,982 |
My driver's license expired while I was in the can | can | /dictionary/can_n1?tab=meaning_and_use#10265789 | null | null | n.¹ | 5 | Old English– | A container for holding liquids; (originally) one made of any of various materials, and of various shapes and sizes, including drinking vessels; (now… | 1912– | ["II. Slang uses.", "slang (originally and chiefly U.S. ). Chiefly with the : a prison, a jail; a cell in a police station. Also: imprisonment, time spent in prison."] | 1,912 | null | 2004 | My driver's license expired while I was in the can . | S. Grafton , R is for Ricochet (2005) vi. 60 | 2,004 |
The water-retaining capacity..includes the hygroscopic water as well as the much larger quantity that the soil holds besides, commonly called capillary | capillary | /dictionary/capillary_adj?tab=factsheet#10135132 | 1,646 | null | adj. & n. | 5 | 1646– | Of, pertaining to, or taking place in, capillary vessels or capillaries. For capillary attraction n. at attraction, n. phrases, repulsion, n., see… | 1895– | ["adjective", "(See quot. 1962 .)"] | 1,895 | null | 1929 | The water-retaining capacity..includes the hygroscopic water as well as the much larger quantity that the soil holds besides, commonly called capillary water. | J. E. Weaver & F. E. Clements , Plant Ecology ix. 182 | 1,929 |
The book is forwarded—that is sewn, endleaves added, trimmed, rounded and backed, and the spine lined. The book is then ready to be cased | case | /dictionary/case_v1?tab=factsheet#10018910 | 1,525 | null | v.¹ | 5 | a1525– | transitive. To enclose, encase; to put in a case. Also figurative. | 1817– | ["I. To enclose, surround, or cover.", "transitive . Bookbinding . To secure (the gatherings of a book or periodical) in a case ( case n. 2 2c )."] | 1,817 | null | 1988 | The book is forwarded—that is sewn, endleaves added, trimmed, rounded and backed, and the spine lined. The book is then ready to be cased . | J. Greenfield , Care of Fine Books i. 42 | 1,988 |
The Hare is stryped, and (as Trystram sayeth) the Bore also: the Foxe, Badgerd and all other vermine are cased | case | /dictionary/case_v1?tab=factsheet#10018910 | 1,525 | null | v.¹ | 5 | a1525– | transitive. To enclose, encase; to put in a case. Also figurative. | 1575– | ["II. Miscellaneous senses.", "transitive . To remove the skin from (an animal) by making a single slit along the hind legs and removing it whole. Also: to remove (the skin) in this way. Cf. case n. 2 7b . Now rare ."] | 1,575 | null | 1575 | The Hare is stryped, and (as Trystram sayeth) the Bore also: the Foxe, Badgerd and all other vermine are cased . | G. Gascoigne , Noble Arte of Venerie lxxix. 239 | 1,575 |
Take a full grown hare and let it hang four or five days before you case | case | /dictionary/case_v1?tab=factsheet#10018910 | 1,525 | null | v.¹ | 5 | a1525– | transitive. To enclose, encase; to put in a case. Also figurative. | 1575– | ["II. Miscellaneous senses.", "transitive . To remove the skin from (an animal) by making a single slit along the hind legs and removing it whole. Also: to remove (the skin) in this way. Cf. case n. 2 7b . Now rare ."] | 1,575 | null | 1796 | Take a full grown hare and let it hang four or five days before you case it. | Glasse's Art of Cookery (new edition) vi. 126 | 1,796 |
In the intricate chemistry that gives motive-power to the machine he has himself acted as an obscure catalyst | catalyst | /dictionary/catalyst_n?tab=factsheet#10071260 | 1,902 | null | n. | 5 | 1902– | A substance which when present in small amounts increases the rate of a chemical reaction or process but which is chemically unchanged by the… | 1902– | ["A substance which when present in small amounts increases the rate of a chemical reaction or process but which is chemically unchanged by the reaction; a catalytic agent. (A substance which similarly slows down a reaction is occasionally called a negative catalyst .) Also figurative ."] | 1,902 | null | 1954 | In the intricate chemistry that gives motive-power to the machine he has himself acted as an obscure catalyst . | J. I. M. Stewart , Mark Lambert's Supper 139 | 1,954 |
For some time after his degradation the disputations in theology were entirely dispensed with, on the payment of caution | caution | /dictionary/caution_n?tab=factsheet#9884435 | 1,297 | null | n. | 5 | 1297– | The taking of heed; ‘provident care, wariness against evil’ (Johnson), as a kind or quality of conduct; cautiousness, heedfulness, circumspectness… | 1830– | ["= caution money n."] | 1,830 | null | 1830 | For some time after his degradation the disputations in theology were entirely dispensed with, on the payment of caution . | J. H. Monk , Life of Richard Bentley xiv. 419 | 1,830 |
The first fifteen leagues we got over cheerily enough, but the last five were a caution | caution | /dictionary/caution_n?tab=factsheet#9884435 | 1,297 | null | n. | 5 | 1297– | The taking of heed; ‘provident care, wariness against evil’ (Johnson), as a kind or quality of conduct; cautiousness, heedfulness, circumspectness… | 1834– | ["slang . (originally U.S. ). In predicative use: a person who, or thing which, causes alarm, astonishment, or (now esp.) amusement; an extraordinary person or thing."] | 1,834 | null | 1868 | The first fifteen leagues we got over cheerily enough, but the last five were a caution . | H. C. R. Johnson , Long Vacation in Argentine Alps 93 | 1,868 |
However, we don't mind it so much as the dust, which, during the Exhibition week, when the extra traffic stirred it up, was a real ‘ caution | caution | /dictionary/caution_n?tab=factsheet#9884435 | 1,297 | null | n. | 5 | 1297– | The taking of heed; ‘provident care, wariness against evil’ (Johnson), as a kind or quality of conduct; cautiousness, heedfulness, circumspectness… | 1834– | ["slang . (originally U.S. ). In predicative use: a person who, or thing which, causes alarm, astonishment, or (now esp.) amusement; an extraordinary person or thing."] | 1,834 | null | 1877 | However, we don't mind it so much as the dust, which, during the Exhibition week, when the extra traffic stirred it up, was a real ‘ caution ’. | Queensland Times 1 September | 1,877 |
Twice I had the pleasure to hang out & smoke cigarettes with Kathleen Turner (once, after I'd quit, but hey...) and she's a caution | caution | /dictionary/caution_n?tab=factsheet#9884435 | 1,297 | null | n. | 5 | 1297– | The taking of heed; ‘provident care, wariness against evil’ (Johnson), as a kind or quality of conduct; cautiousness, heedfulness, circumspectness… | 1834– | ["slang . (originally U.S. ). In predicative use: a person who, or thing which, causes alarm, astonishment, or (now esp.) amusement; an extraordinary person or thing."] | 1,834 | null | 2019 | Twice I had the pleasure to hang out & smoke cigarettes with Kathleen Turner (once, after I'd quit, but hey...) and she's a caution . | @geminicollision 22 January in twitter.com (accessed 14 Aug. 2023) | 2,019 |
Jake was a dirty Dago lad, an' he gave the skipper chin | chin | /dictionary/chin_n1?tab=factsheet#9498806 | null | null | n.¹ | 5 | Old English– | The part of the face below the under-lip formed by the prominent extremity of the lower jaw. | 1877– | ["slang (originally and chiefly U.S. ). A talk; conversation; spec. insolent talk, \u2018cheek\u2019. Also, reduplicated, chin-chin . Cf. chin v. 3 and chinwag n."] | 1,877 | null | 1902 | Jake was a dirty Dago lad, an' he gave the skipper chin . | J. Masefield , Salt-water Ballads 45 | 1,902 |
The ancient yogis and swamis and priests and rabbis didn't develop yoga, meditation, and prayer just to lower cholesterol | cholesterol | /dictionary/cholesterol_n?tab=factsheet#9555744 | 1,894 | null | n. | 5 | 1894– | Chemistry. A steroid alcohol that is a major constituent of the lipid bilayer of cell membranes in humans and other vertebrates, and which serves… | 1923– | ["The level of cholesterol in the blood."] | 1,923 | null | 1993 | The ancient yogis and swamis and priests and rabbis didn't develop yoga, meditation, and prayer just to lower cholesterol . | B. Moyers , Healing & Mind ii. 105 | 1,993 |
It would be foolish to try to judge ‘Mourning Becomes Electra’ (Carlton) as a piece of cinema | cinema | /dictionary/cinema_n?tab=factsheet#9432307 | 1,908 | null | n. | 5 | 1908– | A theatre designed for the purpose of showing films for entertainment, consisting of an auditorium with a large screen on to which films are… | 1908– | ["Films or movies collectively; films or movies considered as an industry, art form, or type of entertainment. In early use also: exhibitions or shows of films using a cinematograph."] | 1,908 | null | 1952 | It would be foolish to try to judge ‘Mourning Becomes Electra’ (Carlton) as a piece of cinema . | Sunday Times 25 May 7/7 | 1,952 |
I want to write about working with him and what it taught me about cinema | cinema | /dictionary/cinema_n?tab=factsheet#9432307 | 1,908 | null | n. | 5 | 1908– | A theatre designed for the purpose of showing films for entertainment, consisting of an auditorium with a large screen on to which films are… | 1908– | ["Films or movies collectively; films or movies considered as an industry, art form, or type of entertainment. In early use also: exhibitions or shows of films using a cinematograph."] | 1,908 | null | 1970 | I want to write about working with him and what it taught me about cinema . | K. Tynan , Letter 23 November (1994) vii. 479 | 1,970 |
De Sica's Bicycle Thieves ..demonstrates many of the stylistic traits of neorealist cinema | cinema | /dictionary/cinema_n?tab=factsheet#9432307 | 1,908 | null | n. | 5 | 1908– | A theatre designed for the purpose of showing films for entertainment, consisting of an auditorium with a large screen on to which films are… | 1908– | ["Films or movies collectively; films or movies considered as an industry, art form, or type of entertainment. In early use also: exhibitions or shows of films using a cinematograph."] | 1,908 | null | 2018 | De Sica's Bicycle Thieves ..demonstrates many of the stylistic traits of neorealist cinema . | S. Rawle , Transnational Cinema ii. 31 | 2,018 |
Her life is one of teaching, visiting, going to teas, reading novels, knitting, and an occasional cinema | cinema | /dictionary/cinema_n?tab=factsheet#9432307 | 1,908 | null | n. | 5 | 1908– | A theatre designed for the purpose of showing films for entertainment, consisting of an auditorium with a large screen on to which films are… | 1909– | ["A film, a movie. Now rare ."] | 1,909 | null | 1963 | Her life is one of teaching, visiting, going to teas, reading novels, knitting, and an occasional cinema . | Peace Corps Volunteer September 11/2 | 1,963 |
Give no such Advantage, my worthy and true Brothers, to the Adversaries of Liberty, to the Miners and Supplanters of your Civic | civic | /dictionary/civic_adj?tab=meaning_and_use#9262064 | 1,542 | null | adj. | 5 | 1542– | Of, belonging to, or relating to a city, town, borough, or other community of citizens; esp. of or relating to the administration and affairs of such… | 1655– | ["Of, belonging to, or relating to a citizen or citizens; of or relating to citizenship or to the rights, duties, etc., of the citizen; befitting a citizen."] | 1,655 | null | 1749 | Give no such Advantage, my worthy and true Brothers, to the Adversaries of Liberty, to the Miners and Supplanters of your Civic Estate. | Ninth Letter Farmer to Electors Dublin 13 | 1,749 |
I stood, and still do stand, wholly unconnected with..any Set of Men, who have been on this, or that Side of a Question, in your civic | civic | /dictionary/civic_adj?tab=meaning_and_use#9262064 | 1,542 | null | adj. | 5 | 1542– | Of, belonging to, or relating to a city, town, borough, or other community of citizens; esp. of or relating to the administration and affairs of such… | 1656– | ["Of, belonging to, or relating to a city, town, borough, or other community of citizens; esp. of or relating to the administration and affairs of such a community; municipal."] | 1,656 | null | 1766 | I stood, and still do stand, wholly unconnected with..any Set of Men, who have been on this, or that Side of a Question, in your civic Affairs. | Letter to Citizens Dublin 4 | 1,766 |
Meanwhile it was obviously dangerous to take sides. He must play clever | clever | /dictionary/clever_adj?tab=meaning_and_use#9101039 | 1,220 | null | adj. & adv. | 5 | c1220– | Of persons: Possessing skill or talent; able to use hand or brain readily and effectively; dexterous, skilful; adroit. (The current sense.) | 1664– | ["adverb", "a. Neatly, skilfully. See also to box clever at box v. 1 Phrases P.4 . b. Completely, quite, clean ( dialect ; cf. cleverly adv. 5 )."] | 1,664 | null | 1959 | Meanwhile it was obviously dangerous to take sides. He must play clever . | J. Cary , Captive & Free 68 | 1,959 |
Kendal, celebrated for the manufacture of a peculiar description of coarse woollen goods called cottons, being, most probably, a corruption of coatings | coating | /dictionary/coating_n?tab=factsheet#9001229 | 1,771 | null | n. | 5 | 1771– | A layer of any substance spread over or covering a surface; = coat, n. II.9 spec. in Photography and Cinematography. | 1802– | ["[ < coat n. ] technical . Material for coats. (Cf. trousering n. 2 , shirting n. 1 , etc.)"] | 1,802 | null | 1837 | Kendal, celebrated for the manufacture of a peculiar description of coarse woollen goods called cottons, being, most probably, a corruption of coatings . | J. R. McCulloch , Statistical Account of British Empire vol. I. i. i. 178 | 1,837 |
When laid up in a flat helix, without riders, beginning in the middle, and ‘with the sun’ it is said to be a Flemish coil | coil | /dictionary/coil_n3?tab=factsheet#9089796 | 1,627 | null | n.³ | 5 | 1627– | originally. A length of cable, rope, etc., when ‘coiled’ or gathered up into a number of concentric rings, either fake over fake, or in a flat disk… | 1627– | ["originally . A length of cable, rope, etc., when \u2018coiled\u2019 or gathered up into a number of concentric rings, either fake over fake , or in a flat disk with the fakes within each other, the latter being termed a Flemish coil ; hence, the quantity of cable, etc., usually wound up. Originally a nautical term."] | 1,627 | null | 1874 | When laid up in a flat helix, without riders, beginning in the middle, and ‘with the sun’ it is said to be a Flemish coil . | E. H. Knight , American Mechanical Dictionary vol. I. 589/1 | 1,874 |
On came the mighty Snake..What then was human strength, if once involved Within those dreadful coils | coil | /dictionary/coil_n3?tab=factsheet#9089796 | 1,627 | null | n.³ | 5 | 1627– | originally. A length of cable, rope, etc., when ‘coiled’ or gathered up into a number of concentric rings, either fake over fake, or in a flat disk… | 1805– | ["A single complete turn or circumvolution of any coiled body; e.g. such as is formed by a serpent or the tendril of a plant."] | 1,805 | null | 1805 | On came the mighty Snake..What then was human strength, if once involved Within those dreadful coils ? | R. Southey , Madoc ii. vii | 1,805 |
A copper and zinc plate, each fifty feet long and two wide, rolled into a coil | coil | /dictionary/coil_n3?tab=factsheet#9089796 | 1,627 | null | n.³ | 5 | 1627– | originally. A length of cable, rope, etc., when ‘coiled’ or gathered up into a number of concentric rings, either fake over fake, or in a flat disk… | 1823– | ["An arrangement of a wire, piping, sheet metal, etc., in a series of concentric or symmetrical curves or windings."] | 1,823 | null | 1839 | A copper and zinc plate, each fifty feet long and two wide, rolled into a coil . | G. Bird , Elements of Natural Philosophy 222 | 1,839 |
In obtaining a brilliant spark with the aid of an electro-dynamic coil | coil | /dictionary/coil_n3?tab=factsheet#9089796 | 1,627 | null | n.³ | 5 | 1627– | originally. A length of cable, rope, etc., when ‘coiled’ or gathered up into a number of concentric rings, either fake over fake, or in a flat disk… | 1849– | ["A wire wound spirally and serving for the passage of a current of electricity in various kinds of electrical apparatus, as in induction coil , resistance coil , etc."] | 1,849 | null | 1849 | In obtaining a brilliant spark with the aid of an electro-dynamic coil . | M. Somerville , On Connexion of Physical Science (ed. 8) xxxiv. 375 | 1,849 |
Heating a fluid by means of a steam-warmed jacket or coil | coil | /dictionary/coil_n3?tab=factsheet#9089796 | 1,627 | null | n.³ | 5 | 1627– | originally. A length of cable, rope, etc., when ‘coiled’ or gathered up into a number of concentric rings, either fake over fake, or in a flat disk… | 1852– | ["A spiral arrangement of pipes used in a heating apparatus, condenser, etc., for the sake of increased heating or cooling surface. Also attributive ."] | 1,852 | null | 1852 | Heating a fluid by means of a steam-warmed jacket or coil . | W. Brande , Lect. Arts 213 | 1,852 |
The sides of the shell are seen to be composed of from 4 to 8 separate pieces, valves, or, as they are technically called, compartments | compartment | /dictionary/compartment_n?tab=factsheet#8800335 | 1,564 | null | n. | 5 | 1564– | A space or chamber partitioned off. In other applications: e.g. one of the watertight divisions of a large ship. | 1793– | ["I. A division separated by partitions, a part partitioned off.", "A separate division or section of anything, whether plane or solid."] | 1,793 | null | 1872 | The sides of the shell are seen to be composed of from 4 to 8 separate pieces, valves, or, as they are technically called, compartments . | H. A. Nicholson , Manual of Palæontology 150 | 1,872 |
Ray licked the ice cream from out his dripping cone | cone | /dictionary/cone_n1?tab=factsheet#8706486 | 1,486 | null | n.¹ | 5 | 1486– | A solid figure or body, of which the base is a circle, and the summit a point, and every point in the intervening surface is in a straight line… | 1920– | ["I. The geometrical figure.", "= cornet n. 1 II.5d originally U.S."] | 1,920 | null | 1920 | Ray licked the ice cream from out his dripping cone . | Outing July 246/2 | 1,920 |
The crown-glass furnace..is an oblong square, built in the centre of a brick cone | cone | /dictionary/cone_n1?tab=factsheet#8706486 | 1,486 | null | n.¹ | 5 | 1486– | A solid figure or body, of which the base is a circle, and the summit a point, and every point in the intervening surface is in a straight line… | 1791– | ["II. Applied to various cone-shaped objects. Sense II.3 is the original in Greek, whence the geometrical sense was taken; it is, in its English history, quite independent of sense I.1 , and perhaps the source of II.4 ; the later senses of this group are popular or technical applications of I.1 .", "A cone-shaped building enclosing a glass-furnace, tile-kiln, or the like."] | 1,791 | null | 1875 | The crown-glass furnace..is an oblong square, built in the centre of a brick cone . | R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler , Ure's Dictionary of Arts (ed. 7) vol. II. 655 | 1,875 |
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