| Adam | attrib. Designating architecture, furniture, etc., in the neoclassical style of Robert and James Adam. | 1846 | Go To Quotation |
| carburize | trans. To cause to combine with or incorporate carbon or a carbon compound; esp. to add… | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| carburizing | That brings about carburization. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| curf | A cherty limestone found in one of the strata of the Portland beds of stone. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| engineered | That has been engineered (in various senses of the verb). Freq. with adverb. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| fenestration | The arrangement of windows in a building. | 1846 | Go To Quotation |
| home-schooling | The action of teaching children at home; the state or fact of being taught at home; education of a child by his or her parents. | 1848 | Go To Quotation |
| hydraulicity | The property or quality of being hydraulic (sense 3). | 1843 | Go To Quotation |
| isograph | A drawing instrument (see quots.). | 1838 | Go To Quotation |
| lewis | trans. To fasten by means of, or after the manner of, a lewis. | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| lithochromy | Painting on stone. | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| Londonish | Pertaining to or characteristic of London; exhibiting features or aspects of London. | 1838 | Go To Quotation |
| lorry | A long flat wagon without sides running on four low wheels. Also, a truck or wagon used on railways or tramways. | 1838 | Go To Quotation |
| mid-eval | = medieval adj. | 1840 | Go To Quotation |
| miser | A boring tool used in sinking wells, consisting of a hollow iron cylinder having an opening… | 1842 | Go To Quotation |
| misering | Boring with a miser. | 1842 | Go To Quotation |
| mnemotechnic | = mnemonic adj. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| monochromic | = monochrome adj. 1. Also in extended use. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| monostylar | Having or consisting of a single pillar or column. | 1844 | Go To Quotation |
| niche-like | That resembles a niche. | 1841 | Go To Quotation |
| octofoil | Eight-lobed, eight-leaved. | 1844 | Go To Quotation |
| palaeozoology | The branch of zoology that deals with extinct and fossil animals. | 1843 | Go To Quotation |
| Palladianism | The Palladian style or school of architecture; (occas.) an instance of this. | 1838 | Go To Quotation |
| peacocking | The action of strutting or posing ostentatiously, in the manner of a… | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| Pecksniff | An unctuous hypocrite, a person who affects benevolence or pretends to have high… | 1844 | Go To Quotation |
| Pecksniffian | Resembling a Pecksniff; hypocritical. | 1844 | Go To Quotation |
| peperite | A brecciated volcanic material in marine sedimentary rock, regarded by some as being formed… | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| peristylar | = peristyle adj. | 1841 | Go To Quotation |
| peulvan | An upright megalithic stone of a type found in Brittany. | 1841 | Go To Quotation |
| photolithograph | A print or picture produced by photolithography. | 1855 | Go To Quotation |
| plesiosaur | Any of various extinct marine reptiles of the genus Plesiosaurus, the family Plesiosauridae… | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| pugged | Of clay or similar materials: prepared for brick-making, pottery, etc., by kneading… | 1843 | Go To Quotation |
| pulling power | The capacity of something to exert a physical pull; the extent of this capacity. | 1857 | Go To Quotation |
| rag-bolt | trans. To fasten or attach by means of rag bolts. | 1836 | Go To Quotation |
| retabulum | = retable n. | 1860 | Go To Quotation |
| retool | To rework or shape (esp. stone) again with a tool. More generally: to modify the physical form of. | 1861 | Go To Quotation |
| Ruskinite | = Ruskinian n. | 1853 | Go To Quotation |
| Russo-Byzantine | That has Byzantine characteristics modified by Russian influence; esp. of or… | 1845 | Go To Quotation |
| scrap-heap | A heap of scrap iron n.; an accumulation of disused and broken-up ironwork for… | 1838 | Go To Quotation |
| second-class | Of or belonging to the class (in any sense of the word) next to the first. Also absol. a… | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| seraphine | A musical instrument of the reed kind, invented by John Green in 1833. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| set-up | An object set up or upright, an upright. Also spec. a stand or display at a carnival, etc. | 1841 | Go To Quotation |
| shuff | An inferior class of brick. | 1843 | Go To Quotation |
| slip-way | A sloping way leading down into the water; a slip. Also fig. | 1840 | Go To Quotation |
| slough | (See quots.) | 1838 | Go To Quotation |
| snaked | Polished with snakestone. | 1841 | Go To Quotation |
| spalter | (See quots.) | 1844 | Go To Quotation |
| spiling | The action of driving in spiles; also, spiles collectively. | 1841 | Go To Quotation |
| spurring | A railway side-track. | 1842 | Go To Quotation |
| stoveful | A quantity that fills a stove; as much as a stove can contain. | 1838 | Go To Quotation |
| subway | trans. To provide (a street, city, etc.) with a subway (originally in sense 1, later usually in sense 2). Now rare. | 1866 | Go To Quotation |
| switchman | A man who works a switch or set of switches on a railway; a pointsman. | 1843 | Go To Quotation |
| tahona | See quots. | 1840 | Go To Quotation |
| terro-cement | Probably: a cement containing chalk or clay. Cf. Roman cement n. | 1838 | Go To Quotation |
| tier | erron. spelling of teer v. | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| tip- | the top of the slope over which material or rubbish is tipped. | 1842 | Go To Quotation |
| trabeated | Constructed with beams; having beams or long squared stones as lintels and… | 1843 | Go To Quotation |
| traceried | Ornamented with or characterized by tracery. | 1843 | Go To Quotation |
| trunking | in sense 2; also attrib. | 1838 | Go To Quotation |
| underburn | trans. To burn insufficiently. | 1841 | Go To Quotation |
| undervaulted | (under- prefix 2a(a).) | 1843 | Go To Quotation |
| unfluted | (un- prefix 8.) | 1843 | Go To Quotation |
| uniplane | Forming or lying in one plane. | 1843 | Go To Quotation |
| universitary | Of or relating to a university or universities; of the nature or character of a university. | 1839 | Go To Quotation |
| velocimeter | An instrument or apparatus (variously constructed) for measuring the speed or velocity of engines, vessels, projectiles, etc. | 1842 | Go To Quotation |
| waling | The wales or horizontal timbers with which piles are braced; also, one of such timbers, a… | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| wrappering | Coarse fabric or material used or designed for wrapping or covering. | 1844 | Go To Quotation |
