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Manchester Examiner

The Manchester Examiner (1846–1894).
The 308th most frequently quoted source in the OED, with a total of 1377 quotations (about 0.04% of all OED quotations).

Total number of quotations1377Find quotations
Quotations providing first evidence of a word21Find quotations
Quotations providing first evidence of a particular meaning100Find quotations
LemmaDefinitionDate
averagerAn average adjuster.1884Go To Quotation
bellicosityWarlike inclination.1884Go To Quotation
capablyIn a capable manner; in a way that shows capacity; with ability, ably.1885Go To Quotation
clericalizetrans. To make clerical.1886Go To Quotation
confrontalThe action of confronting.1884Go To Quotation
conjectory= conjectural adj.1884Go To Quotation
co-tellerOne who tells along with another; the second teller or counter of votes in the House of Commons.1884Go To Quotation
defrayableLiable to be defrayed, payable.1886Go To Quotation
delimitate= delimit v.1884Go To Quotation
disentanglerOne who disentangles.1885Go To Quotation
dislicensetrans. To deprive of a license.1885Go To Quotation
ensiletrans. To put (forage) into a silo for preservation; to convert into ensilage.1883Go To Quotation
indentorOne who indents or writes an order for goods.1883Go To Quotation
inopportunismThe practice or habit of acting inopportunely.1886Go To Quotation
inpourA pouring in; inflow, inrush.1885Go To Quotation
jerkishCharacterized by jerks; jerky.1885Go To Quotation
paraphrasistA paraphrast, paraphraser.1884Go To Quotation
reafforestationThe action or process of replanting with trees or of covering again with forest; reforesting.1884Go To Quotation
TadpoleIn Tadpole and Taper, names of two political schemers in Disraeli's Coningsby; hence…1885Go To Quotation
unfructuosity(un- prefix 12 5b; cf. unfructuous adj.)1884Go To Quotation
unpopulated(un- prefix 8.)1885Go To Quotation

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