| aerator | Something that supplies or introduces air or gas; spec. (a) a device that forces gas into liquids; (b) a tool for aerating turf. | 1852 | Go To Quotation |
| air cure | A method or course of medical treatment where the patient is exposed to the open air. Cf. water-cure n. 1. | 1856 | Go To Quotation |
| balloonical | Connected with balloons; aeronautical. | 1851 | Go To Quotation |
| boughery | A structure of boughs. | 1855 | Go To Quotation |
| brougham | A one-horse closed carriage, with two or four wheels, for two or four persons. | 1851 | Go To Quotation |
| clobber | A black paste used by cobblers to fill up and conceal cracks in the leather of boots and shoes. | 1853 | Go To Quotation |
| divulgence | The action of divulging; disclosure. | 1851 | Go To Quotation |
| gastrosoph | One who is skilled in matters of eating. | 1855 | Go To Quotation |
| heavens | As an intensifier: very, extremely. Originally and chiefly in descriptions of heavy rainfall, esp. in heavens hard. | 1858 | Go To Quotation |
| Liberty | attrib. Designating articles, esp. textiles, sold or produced by the department… | 1882 | Go To Quotation |
| mahajan | In South Asia: a local moneylender, a usurer. | 1852 | Go To Quotation |
| massa-bowl | A pipe bowl made from waste parings of meerschaum compacted together. | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| misogamic | = misogamous adj. | 1852 | Go To Quotation |
| monkey nut | A coconut. Obs. rare. | 1857 | Go To Quotation |
| morceau de salon | A well-known tune elaborated by variations, etc. | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| Munchausen | intr. To tell extravagantly untruthful pseudo-autobiographical stories. Also trans.: to… | 1853 | Go To Quotation |
| music roll | A container for rolled-up sheet music. Now rare. | 1857 | Go To Quotation |
| muttony | Resembling mutton; having the appearance, flavour, etc., of mutton. | 1852 | Go To Quotation |
| nature print | An illustration or impression obtained by nature-printing. | 1855 | Go To Quotation |
| netherlings | Nether garments (see nether adj. 2b). | 1852 | Go To Quotation |
| nieceless | Having no niece; without a niece. | 1853 | Go To Quotation |
| no-nonsense | That does not tolerate foolish or extravagant conduct; brisk, practical, businesslike. | 1853 | Go To Quotation |
| offsetting | The action of offset v. (in various senses); an instance of this. | 1857 | Go To Quotation |
| ozonoscopic | Of or relating to an ozonoscope; involving measurement of the amount of ozone in the air. | 1858 | Go To Quotation |
| panner | A person who pans for gold. | 1853 | Go To Quotation |
| paperchase | A cross-country race in which the runners follow a trail marked by torn-up paper; = hare and hounds… | 1856 | Go To Quotation |
| parly | More fully parly train. A parliamentary train (see parliamentary adj. n. Special uses). | 1855 | Go To Quotation |
| patchwork | trans. To adorn or variegate (a landscape, etc.) with areas of contrasting colour or appearance. Only in pass. | 1853 | Go To Quotation |
| paybox | A counter or office at which a customer pays for a service, entry, etc.; esp. the box office of a theatre. | 1851 | Go To Quotation |
| pebbleless | Without pebbles; containing no pebbles. | 1853 | Go To Quotation |
| pedestrianly | For, or from the point of view of, a pedestrian or pedestrians. In later use, chiefly fig.… | 1859 | Go To Quotation |
| penny-plain | Plain and unpretentious. | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| petful | = pettish adj. | 1852 | Go To Quotation |
| piggism | Piggish behaviour, piggishness. | 1852 | Go To Quotation |
| Pinot | Any of several varieties of grapevine, associated particularly with the Burgundy region… | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| pippy | Full of pips. | 1859 | Go To Quotation |
| ponging | The action or process by an actor of amplifying or expanding text, or of speaking… | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| preoccupatively | In a preoccupied manner. | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| promontorial | Of, relating to, or resembling a promontory. | 1853 | Go To Quotation |
| prop | In extended use: a diamond; a valuable piece of jewellery. | 1850 | Go To Quotation |
| psellismology | The study or treatment of stammering. | 1856 | Go To Quotation |
| puffily | In a puffy manner; so as to have a puffy appearance. | 1851 | Go To Quotation |
| puff-puff | The sound of repeated puffing by a steam engine; (esp. in children's language) a steam locomotive or steam train. | 1856 | Go To Quotation |
| pulpily | (a) In a pulpy or flabby manner. (b) In a manner reminiscent of a pulp novel. | 1856 | Go To Quotation |
| quadrumanal | = quadrumanous adj. | 1857 | Go To Quotation |
| red tapeworm | A person who adheres excessively to official rules and formalities; a red-tapist.… | 1851 | Go To Quotation |
| retroject | trans. With into, to. To project backwards; esp. to apply or attribute (a concept… | 1850 | Go To Quotation |
| reventing | The action of providing a cannon with a new vent. | 1851 | Go To Quotation |
| rhinocerine | Characteristic of a rhinoceros; resembling a rhinoceros, esp. in appearance; rhinoceros-like. | 1852 | Go To Quotation |
| scroop | A harsh, strident, or scraping noise. | 1858 | Go To Quotation |
| siphonia | A light kind of overcoat. | 1853 | Go To Quotation |
| slangism | A slang expression. | 1853 | Go To Quotation |
| splodge | A thick, heavy, or clumsy splotch. | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| Sundayfied | Appropriate for or characteristic of a Sunday; spec. = Sundayed adj. | 1852 | Go To Quotation |
| swatchel | An older form of swazzle n.; also interpreted as the name for Mr. Punch in a Punch and… | 1854 | Go To Quotation |
| trucker | A labourer who uses a truck. | 1853 | Go To Quotation |
| undistinctive | (un- prefix 7 5b.) | 1851 | Go To Quotation |
| Unionic | Of or pertaining to, characteristic of, a Union or University Union Society; frequenting or debating at the Union. | 1855 | Go To Quotation |
| untirability | (un- prefix 12. Cf. untirable adj.) | 1855 | Go To Quotation |
| vollier | (See quot. 1855.) | 1855 | Go To Quotation |
| water-cart | intr. To weep. slang. | 1851 | Go To Quotation |
