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1. abduct, v. View full entry 1765
...trans.Anat. and Zool. To draw (a part of the body) away from the median plane or midline, or away from another part. Contrasted with adduct. Cf....
2. abnormous, adj. View full entry 1710
...Originally: irregular; exaggerated; misshapen. In later use also (humorous, chiefly U.S.): enormous....
3. ahoy, int. and v. View full entry 1748
...A shout or exclamation used to hail, greet, or attract attention to someone or something, esp. from a distance (originally at sea). Also ahoy there! Cf. hoy...
4. † airgonation, n. View full entry 1784
...Travel through the air by means of a hot-air balloon. Cf. airgonaut...
5. † airgonaut, n. View full entry 1784
...A person who travels through the air by means of a hot-air balloon. Cf. airgonation...
6. all fives, n. View full entry 1793
...humorous. on all fives: on hands, knees (or feet), and another part of the body (later esp. the buttocks). Cf. on (also upon) all foursall fours1...
7. antship, n. View full entry 1771
...humorously as title for: An ant....
8. beastie, n. View full entry 1786
...A little animal; an endearing form of beast Also applied jocularly to insects. (orig. Sc.)...
9. beer, v. View full entry 1786
...intr. To drink or indulge in beer. (colloq. and humorous.)...
10. bemuse, v. View full entry 1705
...trans. To make utterly confused or muddled, as with intoxicating liquor; to put into a stupid stare, to stupefy....
11. bigwig, n. View full entry 1703
...A person of high official standing; a noteworthy or important person....
12. birkie, n. and adj. View full entry 1724
...A familiar or jocular term for a man, often connoting self-assertion, crustiness, or the ‘having a mind of his own’; sometimes slightly depreciatory = ‘strutting fellow,’ but often, like ‘fellow,’ ‘carle,’ ‘chield,’...
13. boarship, n. View full entry 1797
...The personality of a boar....
14. Bucephalus, n. View full entry 1799
...The name of Alexander the Great's celebrated charger; applied humorously as a name for any riding-horse....
15. cantrip, n. View full entry 1719
...A spell or charm of necromancy or witchcraft; a witch's trick or mischievous device. Also jocosely, any playfully mischievous trick; any whimsically mad, eccentric, or extravagant piece of conduct; in...
16. carboniferous, adj. and n. View full entry 1799
...Containing or yielding coal; containing carbon....
17. catless, adj. View full entry 1758
...Having no cat. (playful.)...
18. cerˈvisial, adj. View full entry 1791
...Of or pertaining to beer....
19. Chelsea, n. View full entry 1711
...a kind of rolled currant-bun originally made in Chelsea....
20. † circumfloribus, adj. View full entry 1738-9
...Flowery and long-winded....
