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1. avast, phr. View full entry 1681
...Hold! stop! stay! cease!...
2. cock-and-bull, phr. View full entry 1624
...lit....
3. de son tort, phr. View full entry 1670
...By his own wrongdoing, without authorization; spec. in phrases, e.g. executor de son tort (see executor3b), de son tort demesne (see quot. ...
4. ex pede Herculem, phr. View full entry 1665
...Inferring the whole of something from some small or insignificant part of it, as Pythagoras is said to have calculated the height of Hercules from an estimate of the size of his...
5. † God-a-thank, phr. View full entry 1657
6. ˈhob-nob, phr. and adv. View full entry a1616
...Phrase hob, nob: have or have not; used by Shakespeare app. in the sense ‘give or take’....
7. how-do-you-do | how-d'ye-do, phr. and n. View full entry 1632
...A phrase inquiring after the health or welfare of the person addressed: see do13b....
8. jig-a-jig | jig-a-jog, phr. View full entry 1602
...as = with a jigging or jogging motion....
9. mene mene tekel upharsin, n. and phr. View full entry 1694
...An instance of the writing of ‘mene mene tekel upharsin’; (allusively) a sign or warning of impending disaster, an obscure omen. Cf. the writing on the wallwriting6...
10. menetekel, n. and phr. View full entry 1649
...A sign or warning of impending disaster, an obscure omen; = mene mene tekel upharsin...
11. mutato nomine, phr. View full entry a1661
...With the name or names being changed (used with reference to an observation that remains applicable in a different context if the name of the person, place, etc., concerned is altered accordingly)....
12. nemo dat quod non habet, phr. View full entry a1674
...‘No one can give what he or she does not have’; used to express the general principle that a person who does not own property or goods cannot sell them or confer...
13. † non inventus, phr. and adj. View full entry 1637
...Law. = non est inventus...
14. non liquet, n., phr., and adj. View full entry 1605
...Chiefly Law. A verdict of non liquet (see sense B.), given in cases of doubt. Also (in extended use): a condition of doubt or uncertainty....
15. † O. Ni., phr. (and n.1) View full entry 1644
...Formerly used to mark the account of certain types of revenue in the Exchequer, recording the Exchequer's decision that the sheriff is to be held responsible to the King for the sums...
16. † pace tanti viri dixerim, phr. View full entry 1661
...With due respect to so eminent a man....
17. post hoc ergo propter hoc, phr. View full entry 1685
...‘After this, therefore because of this’; denoting or alluding to the logical fallacy that a thing which follows another is therefore caused by it....
18. pour passer le temps, phr. View full entry 1681
...In order to pass the time; in order to amuse oneself....
19. rectus in curia, phr. View full entry 1611
...Innocent, acquitted; right from a legal standpoint; having full legal rights (cf. legal1b). Also in extended use....
20. reculer pour mieux sauter, phr. View full entry 1616
...Withdrawing in order to improve one's chances of subsequent progress or success; making use of a withdrawal or setback in such a way as to advance further....
