Browse dictionary
Showing 1-20 of 228 results in 228 entries
1. again, adv., prep., and conj. View full entry eOE
...In the opposite direction; back. Obs....
2. all, adj., pron., and n., adv., and conj. View full entry eOE
...With singular noun. The whole amount, quantity, extent, or compass of; the whole of....
3. ant, n.1 View full entry eOE
...Any of various small insects constituting the family Formicidae of the order Hymenoptera, which typically live in complex social colonies, are usually wingless except for fertile adults in...
4. baby, n. and adj. View full entry c1400
...A very young child, esp. one not yet able to walk and dependent on the care of others; an infant. Also applied to an unborn child. Formerly also: †a child...
5. ˈbald-head, n. View full entry 1535
...One who has a bald head; also attrib.; transf. a kind of pigeon....
6. bastard, n. and adj. View full entry 1297
...One begotten and born out of wedlock; an illegitimate or natural child....
7. batty, n.2 View full entry 1935
...A person's buttocks; the backside. Also: the posterior of a bird or other animal (rare)....
8. bayberry, n. View full entry 1578
...The fruit of the bay-tree....
9. big, adj. and adv. View full entry c1300
...Of a person or animal: strong, sturdy, mighty; stout-hearted, courageous. Cf. rich1. Obs....
10. big-eye, adj. and n. View full entry 1818
...attrib. Designating various kinds of fish with large eyes. See also bigeye tuna....
11. black, adj. and n. View full entry eOE
...Designating the darkest colour possible, that of soot, coal, the sky on a moonless night in open country, and a small hole in a hollow object; of or having this colour; (also)...
12. boatswain, n. View full entry OE
...A ship's officer in charge of equipment (in a sailing ship, esp. the sails, rigging, cables, etc.) and the work of the crew on deck. Cf. bosun...
13. boiler, n. View full entry c1540
...One who boils (anything)....
14. cassique, n. View full entry a1618
...In the West Indies and adjacent regions of South America: a chief; = cacique1. Obs....
15. cock's-comb | cockscomb, n. View full entry c1400
...The comb or crest of a cock....
16. cock's-head | cockshead, n. View full entry 14..
...Applied to some kinds of Trefoil and allied plants, including:...
17. conch, n. View full entry ?1527
...A shell-fish: originally a bivalve such as the mussel or oyster; in later times more frequently a large gastropod, esp. Strombus gigas....
18. crop, n. View full entry a700
...A pouch-like enlargement of the œsophagus or gullet in many birds, in which the food undergoes a partial preparation for digestion before passing on to the true stomach; the craw....
19. duck, n.1 View full entry 967
...A swimming bird of the genus Anas and kindred genera of the family Anatidæ, of which species are found all over the world....
20. Dutch, adj., n., and adv. View full entry c1380
...Of or relating to the people of Germany; German. Obs. exc. as a historical archaism, and in some parts of U.S.: see B. 1 and Dutchman...
