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Scribner's Monthly

Scribner's Monthly (1870–1881).
The 723rd most frequently quoted source in the OED, with a total of 667 quotations (about 0.02% of all OED quotations).

Total number of quotations667Find quotations
Quotations providing first evidence of a word48Find quotations
Quotations providing first evidence of a particular meaning177Find quotations
LemmaDefinitionDate
aerobatA flying machine.1879Go To Quotation
aerobaticsWith sing. concord: aviation. Cf. aerobat n.1879Go To Quotation
audiphoneAn instrument which, pressed against the upper teeth, enables the deaf to hear more distinctly.1880Go To Quotation
bed-groundGround on which cattle are bedded for the night.1880Go To Quotation
birotateTwo-wheeled.1880Go To Quotation
bosman= bowsman n. Obs.1876Go To Quotation
bossismThe system in which political parties are controlled by ‘bosses’ or ‘wire-pullers’.1881Go To Quotation
bulbyCharacterized by bulbs.1880Go To Quotation
bywaterA diamond of inferior water, yellowish in colour; also attrib.1878Go To Quotation
carbon copyA copy of a document made by using carbon paper or carbon tissue. Abbreviated c.c.1876Go To Quotation
crevetteCookery. A shrimp; a prawn, esp. one sold or served in its shell. Freq. in pl.1878Go To Quotation
disheritmentThe act of disinheriting; = disheritance n.1881Go To Quotation
faggoteerOne who makes faggots.1878Go To Quotation
GilbertianOf, pertaining to, or characteristic of W. S. Gilbert or his work; spec. resembling…1879Go To Quotation
lobsteringCatching lobsters.1881Go To Quotation
mine-huntingU.S. The action of prospecting for mineral deposits. Obs.1874Go To Quotation
momieMore fully momie cloth. A commercial name for: any of various fabrics more or less…1880Go To Quotation
MorrisianOf, relating to, or resembling the work (esp. the decorative fabrics and wallpapers)…1879Go To Quotation
moth-wingThe wing of a moth. Originally allusively with reference to something fragile or evanescent…1871Go To Quotation
nature morteA still-life painting; still life as a genre. Also fig. and in extended use: a person…1874Go To Quotation
neoteristA proponent or adherent of new ideas, beliefs, or practices; (also) a coiner or user of…1872Go To Quotation
NewfoundlandicOf or relating to Newfoundland.1871Go To Quotation
nickel-platetrans. To coat with a thin layer of nickel.1872Go To Quotation
Nile greenA pale bluish green colour supposedly resembling that of the Nile. Also as adj. Cf. eau-de-nil n. at eau n. d.1871Go To Quotation
non-contemporaneousNot occurring at the same time; not of the same date or period.1875Go To Quotation
obstructionaryTending to obstruct; deliberately causing obstruction.1881Go To Quotation
old-worldlyCharacteristic or reminiscent of the old world (in either sense): (a)…1878Go To Quotation
overclothedWearing too many clothes. Also: clothed too ostentatiously or elaborately.1874Go To Quotation
overcoverA thing which covers the outside of something; esp. the outermost cover of a book.1876Go To Quotation
panlogistAn adherent or advocate of panlogism.1872Go To Quotation
parvenudomParvenus collectively; the realm of parvenus.1872Go To Quotation
pentadicOf the nature of a pentad; relating to or consisting of five people or things.1873Go To Quotation
pinkishnessA pink colour or tinge; = pinkiness n.1874Go To Quotation
pommes fritesPotato chips (see potato chip n. (a) at potato n. 2). Cf. French fries n. at French adj. n. 2.1879Go To Quotation
prelingualExisting, occurring, or originating before the acquisition of speech or the development of language.1872Go To Quotation
profilographOriginally: an instrument which automatically records the contour line of the ground over…1880Go To Quotation
protonymThe first person or thing of a certain name; something from which another person or thing takes its name.1880Go To Quotation
pseudoscientistA proponent or practitioner of pseudoscience; a person who mistakenly or falsely claims to be a scientist.1872Go To Quotation
San FranciscanA native or inhabitant of San Francisco in California, U.S.A.1875Go To Quotation
shellactrans. To coat or varnish with shellac.1876Go To Quotation
sonnetaryRelating to, expressed in, sonnets.1877Go To Quotation
spacewardTowards or in the direction of space (space n. 9).1872Go To Quotation
stichometric= stichometrical adj.1881Go To Quotation
tunketEuphem. for hell; chiefly who (what, why, etc.) in tunket.1871Go To Quotation
tuqueA knitted stocking-cap tapered and closed at both ends, one end being tucked into the…1871Go To Quotation
uplyingSituated or lying on elevated ground; upland.1877Go To Quotation
urbanistAn expert in urban life or urban areas; a town planner. Formerly also: †a person who prefers city life (obs.).1877Go To Quotation
vocaliseA vocal passage consisting of a melody without words.1872Go To Quotation

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