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These deviations..occur only when the aeroplane is turning... When the angle of tilt..exceeds the complement [of the magnetic dip] , the compass will be completely reversed on an easterly heading | heading | /dictionary/heading_n?tab=factsheet#1851670 | 1,390 | null | n. | 5 | 1390– | The title at the top of a page, chapter, paragraph, or other section or division of a text; (sometimes) spec. a headline. Cf. head, n.¹ III.32. | 1841– | ["I. The action of head v.", "Originally Nautical . The direction in which something (as a ship, aeroplane, compass, etc.) is pointing or moving, typically expressed relative to a compass point; a bearing. Frequently with on . Also figurative ."] | 1,841 | null | 1917 | These deviations..occur only when the aeroplane is turning... When the angle of tilt..exceeds the complement [of the magnetic dip] , the compass will be completely reversed on an easterly heading . | Terrestr. Magnetism & Atmospheric Electr. March 52 | 1,917 |
Ooze is then poured on, to fill up interstices; and the whole crowned with a sprinkling of bark, which the tanners call a heading | heading | /dictionary/heading_n?tab=factsheet#1851670 | 1,390 | null | n. | 5 | 1390– | The title at the top of a page, chapter, paragraph, or other section or division of a text; (sometimes) spec. a headline. Cf. head, n.¹ III.32. | 1779– | ["II. Concrete senses.", "An overlying or top layer, esp. one applied or laid as part of an industrial process. Now rare ."] | 1,779 | null | 1779 | Ooze is then poured on, to fill up interstices; and the whole crowned with a sprinkling of bark, which the tanners call a heading . | Philosophical Transactions 1778 (Royal Society) vol. 68 115 | 1,779 |
A bed was prepared..being formed simply by laying down a succession of blankets and counterpanes, with anything and everything stuck under the end for ‘ heading | heading | /dictionary/heading_n?tab=factsheet#1851670 | 1,390 | null | n. | 5 | 1390– | The title at the top of a page, chapter, paragraph, or other section or division of a text; (sometimes) spec. a headline. Cf. head, n.¹ III.32. | 1847– | ["II. Concrete senses.", "U.S. regional ( southern and south Midland ). A pillow; something used as a pillow. Now rare ."] | 1,847 | null | 1853 | A bed was prepared..being formed simply by laying down a succession of blankets and counterpanes, with anything and everything stuck under the end for ‘ heading ’. | ‘P. Paxton’ , Stray Yankee in Texas ix. 92 | 1,853 |
Take fresh Urine of young Boys, fill one Pot with it, and evaporate it away, next Morning put on fresh, and evaporate; do thus three or four days, then evaporate to a Honey | honey | /dictionary/honey_n?tab=factsheet#1522017 | null | null | n. & adj. | 5 | Old English– | A sweet sticky fluid or semi-solid substance from whitish to dark brown in colour, produced by honeybees, other social bees, and certain other… | 1558– | ["noun", "I. A sweet sticky fluid made by insects, and related uses.", "Any of various other substances resembling honey, esp. in being sweet and sticky; spec. juice expressed from dates or other fruit of palm trees."] | 1,558 | null | 1682 | Take fresh Urine of young Boys, fill one Pot with it, and evaporate it away, next Morning put on fresh, and evaporate; do thus three or four days, then evaporate to a Honey . | G. Hartman , Digby's Choice Collection of Rare Secrets ii. 153 | 1,682 |
The better sort of them [ sc. palm trees] , when they are pressed, yield an excellent kind of honey | honey | /dictionary/honey_n?tab=factsheet#1522017 | null | null | n. & adj. | 5 | Old English– | A sweet sticky fluid or semi-solid substance from whitish to dark brown in colour, produced by honeybees, other social bees, and certain other… | 1558– | ["noun", "I. A sweet sticky fluid made by insects, and related uses.", "Any of various other substances resembling honey, esp. in being sweet and sticky; spec. juice expressed from dates or other fruit of palm trees."] | 1,558 | null | 1737 | The better sort of them [ sc. palm trees] , when they are pressed, yield an excellent kind of honey . | W. Whiston , translation of Josephus, Jewish War iv. viii, in translation of Josephus, Genuine Works 868 | 1,737 |
Her finished works follow the natural curves of the native wood and highlight its myriad colors—espresso, caramel, honey | honey | /dictionary/honey_n?tab=factsheet#1522017 | null | null | n. & adj. | 5 | Old English– | A sweet sticky fluid or semi-solid substance from whitish to dark brown in colour, produced by honeybees, other social bees, and certain other… | 1888– | ["noun", "I. A sweet sticky fluid made by insects, and related uses.", "A colour resembling that of honey; a yellowish brown or golden colour."] | 1,888 | null | 2008 | Her finished works follow the natural curves of the native wood and highlight its myriad colors—espresso, caramel, honey . | New Mexico Magazine February 70/1 | 2,008 |
My children..she always addressed by their Christian names, excepting when she substituted the word ‘ honey | honey | /dictionary/honey_n?tab=factsheet#1522017 | null | null | n. & adj. | 5 | Old English– | A sweet sticky fluid or semi-solid substance from whitish to dark brown in colour, produced by honeybees, other social bees, and certain other… | a1375– | ["noun", "II. Figurative and extended uses.", "II.5. Now chiefly colloquial .", "As a term of endearment or affectionate form of address: sweetheart, darling. In later use chiefly North American , esp. as a colloquial form of address (sometimes without affectionate connotations). See also hinny n. 2"] | 1,375 | null | 1832 | My children..she always addressed by their Christian names, excepting when she substituted the word ‘ honey ’. | F. Trollope , Domestic Manners of Americans (ed. 2) vol. I. x. 140 | 1,832 |
Jenny Wooes Johnny To tye her Kirtle, and shee'l be his Honey | honey | /dictionary/honey_n?tab=factsheet#1522017 | null | null | n. & adj. | 5 | Old English– | A sweet sticky fluid or semi-solid substance from whitish to dark brown in colour, produced by honeybees, other social bees, and certain other… | c1405– | ["noun", "II. Figurative and extended uses.", "II.5. Now chiefly colloquial .", "A person who is beloved of another; a lover, a sweetheart; esp. a girlfriend, a wife."] | 1,405 | null | ?a1677 | Jenny Wooes Johnny To tye her Kirtle, and shee'l be his Honey . | Second Part New Scotch-jigg (single sheet) | 1,677 |
Resolving to solace with Crony, She took the Shepherd for her Honey | honey | /dictionary/honey_n?tab=factsheet#1522017 | null | null | n. & adj. | 5 | Old English– | A sweet sticky fluid or semi-solid substance from whitish to dark brown in colour, produced by honeybees, other social bees, and certain other… | c1405– | ["noun", "II. Figurative and extended uses.", "II.5. Now chiefly colloquial .", "A person who is beloved of another; a lover, a sweetheart; esp. a girlfriend, a wife."] | 1,405 | null | 1713 | Resolving to solace with Crony, She took the Shepherd for her Honey . | J. Smith , Poems upon Several Occasions 295 | 1,713 |
It's a great day for Dave... He has driven a long spike in his political opponent's coffin, whoever he may be. Dave is a honey | honey | /dictionary/honey_n?tab=factsheet#1522017 | null | null | n. & adj. | 5 | Old English– | A sweet sticky fluid or semi-solid substance from whitish to dark brown in colour, produced by honeybees, other social bees, and certain other… | 1848– | ["noun", "II. Figurative and extended uses.", "II.6. slang .", "Originally U.S. A person who or thing which is an excellent or delightful example of its kind; a very good or commendable person or thing. Frequently in a honey of a \u2014\u2014 ."] | 1,848 | null | 1888 | It's a great day for Dave... He has driven a long spike in his political opponent's coffin, whoever he may be. Dave is a honey . | Missouri Republican 24 February 1/7 | 1,888 |
Douglas planted fully a dozen kisses under her chin... ‘To pay you, Missy, for scaring your honey | honey | /dictionary/honey_n?tab=factsheet#1522017 | null | null | n. & adj. | 5 | Old English– | A sweet sticky fluid or semi-solid substance from whitish to dark brown in colour, produced by honeybees, other social bees, and certain other… | a1556– | ["adjective ( attributive ).", "Chiefly in forms of address: beloved, dear. Cf. honey baby n. , honey child n. , etc."] | 1,556 | null | 1911 | Douglas planted fully a dozen kisses under her chin... ‘To pay you, Missy, for scaring your honey boy.’ | M. J. Garvin , Balance of Destiny vi. 119 | 1,911 |
Male co-workers can also be a problem for the female employees at the mill... The talkers..will tell you all about what they want to do to you and can sometimes get ignorant | ignorant | /dictionary/ignorant_adj?tab=factsheet#934808 | 1,400 | null | adj. & n. | 5 | ?c1400– | Of a person: lacking knowledge or awareness, either generally or about a particular thing; uninformed, uneducated. Also later as a more general term… | 1886– | ["adjective", "British regional and colloquial . Of a person: lacking manners or refinement; rude; uncouth."] | 1,886 | null | 1987 | Male co-workers can also be a problem for the female employees at the mill... The talkers..will tell you all about what they want to do to you and can sometimes get ignorant . | C. Cumpston in L. Evans, Overtime (1990) 172 | 1,987 |
One evening when a girl was there the bell ring and Moses went and open the door. From the moment he see Cap he start to get on ignorant | ignorant | /dictionary/ignorant_adj?tab=factsheet#934808 | 1,400 | null | adj. & n. | 5 | ?c1400– | Of a person: lacking knowledge or awareness, either generally or about a particular thing; uninformed, uneducated. Also later as a more general term… | 1913– | ["adjective", "Caribbean . Angry, quick-tempered. Chiefly in to get on ignorant (also to get ignorant ): to become angry."] | 1,913 | null | 1956 | One evening when a girl was there the bell ring and Moses went and open the door. From the moment he see Cap he start to get on ignorant . | S. Selvon , Lonely Londoners (1995) 60 | 1,956 |
And in that portion that belonged to Geometry and Astronomy, were about the walles great cartes and tables, contayning sundry..reuolutions of planettes, spheres and imaginary | imaginary | /dictionary/imaginary_adj?tab=factsheet#979422 | 1,425 | null | adj. & n. | 5 | a1425– | Existing only in imagination or fancy; having no real existence; not real or actual. Formerly also: existing only as spirit, not corporeal… | 1541– | ["adjective", "Of a line, circle, etc.: that is assumed or inferred as passing through or between certain points, but which otherwise has no real existence."] | 1,541 | null | 1541 | And in that portion that belonged to Geometry and Astronomy, were about the walles great cartes and tables, contayning sundry..reuolutions of planettes, spheres and imaginary cerkles. | T. Elyot , Image of Gouernance xxii. f. 41 | 1,541 |
The Original Components or Roots of all Equations, may be either Affirmative, Negative, Mix'd, or Imaginary | imaginary | /dictionary/imaginary_adj?tab=factsheet#979422 | 1,425 | null | adj. & n. | 5 | a1425– | Existing only in imagination or fancy; having no real existence; not real or actual. Formerly also: existing only as spirit, not corporeal… | 1670– | ["adjective", "Mathematics . Designating a quantity that can be expressed in terms of the square root of a negative quantity, usually \u221a\u22121 (represented by i or j ); of or relating to such quantities or numbers. Cf. complex adj. 2d ."] | 1,670 | null | 1706 | The Original Components or Roots of all Equations, may be either Affirmative, Negative, Mix'd, or Imaginary . | W. Jones , Synopsis Palmariorum Matheseos 127 | 1,706 |
A place pickt out by choyce of best alyue, That natures worke by art can imitate | imitate | /dictionary/imitate_v?tab=factsheet#993082 | 1,534 | null | v. | 5 | 1534– | transitive. To do or try to do after the manner of; to follow the example of; to copy in action. | 1590– | ["To make or produce a copy or representation of; to copy, reproduce."] | 1,590 | null | 1590 | A place pickt out by choyce of best alyue, That natures worke by art can imitate . | E. Spenser , Faerie Queene ii. xii. sig. Aa4 v | 1,590 |
Mock leno , a fabric in which openwork effect is produced by a grouping of threads, which, however, do not cross, as they do in leno and gauze fabrics. Also called imitation | imitation | /dictionary/imitation_n?tab=factsheet#993449 | 1,504 | null | n. | 5 | ?1504– | The action or practice of imitating or copying. †arts of imitation = imitative arts. | 1840– | ["attributive . Made (of less costly material) in imitation of a real or genuine article or substance."] | 1,840 | null | 1940 | Mock leno , a fabric in which openwork effect is produced by a grouping of threads, which, however, do not cross, as they do in leno and gauze fabrics. Also called imitation gauze. | Chambers's Technical Dictionary 552/1 | 1,940 |
Only the practitioner knows what he does and why he is doing it, recording the bare essentials for lack of time or inclination | inclination | /dictionary/inclination_n?tab=factsheet#791696 | 1,398 | null | n. | 5 | a1398– | A tendency or disposition to behave, think, feel, etc., in a particular way; a readiness or willingness… Without following prepositional phrase or… | ?a1439– | ["I. Senses relating to tendency, disposition, or preference.", "I.1.b. A tendency or disposition to behave, think, feel, etc., in a particular way; a readiness or willingness to do something. Also: a preference for a person, party, proposal, etc.; a leaning, a bias. Also as a mass noun; see also by inclination at Phrases .", "Without following prepositional phrase or infinitive, indicating an action, mode of behaviour, etc., towards which a person is inclined."] | 1,439 | null | 1967 | Only the practitioner knows what he does and why he is doing it, recording the bare essentials for lack of time or inclination . | Canadian Medical Association Journal 23 September 818/2 | 1,967 |
The elevation of the stile of an inclining dial at any place, is equal to the sum or difference of the latitude and inclination | inclination | /dictionary/inclination_n?tab=factsheet#791696 | 1,398 | null | n. | 5 | a1398– | A tendency or disposition to behave, think, feel, etc., in a particular way; a readiness or willingness… Without following prepositional phrase or… | 1585– | ["II. Senses relating to physically bending, sloping, or tilting.", "The degree to which the plane of an inclining dial ( inclining dial n. ) is inclined to the horizon. Now rare ."] | 1,585 | null | 1842 | The elevation of the stile of an inclining dial at any place, is equal to the sum or difference of the latitude and inclination . | A. Bell , Treat. Pract. Mathematics vol. II. 341 | 1,842 |
As to the Comet of 1680/1 I was only desirous to trie the method I used in that of 1683, in this also, taking your limitation for an Hypothesis and I found I could not stirr the Nodes or Inclination | inclination | /dictionary/inclination_n?tab=factsheet#791696 | 1,398 | null | n. | 5 | a1398– | A tendency or disposition to behave, think, feel, etc., in a particular way; a readiness or willingness… Without following prepositional phrase or… | 1619– | ["II. Senses relating to physically bending, sloping, or tilting.", "Astronomy . The angle between the orbital plane of a celestial object and a given reference plane (esp. the ecliptic). More fully orbital inclination ."] | 1,619 | null | 1695 | As to the Comet of 1680/1 I was only desirous to trie the method I used in that of 1683, in this also, taking your limitation for an Hypothesis and I found I could not stirr the Nodes or Inclination . | E. Halley , Letter 7 October in I. Newton, Correspondence (1967) vol. IV. 173 | 1,695 |
Where the neck rises from the chest of the horse, the shoulder-blades form the resting place for his collar or harness into a slope or inclination | inclination | /dictionary/inclination_n?tab=factsheet#791696 | 1,398 | null | n. | 5 | a1398– | A tendency or disposition to behave, think, feel, etc., in a particular way; a readiness or willingness… Without following prepositional phrase or… | 1809– | ["II. Senses relating to physically bending, sloping, or tilting.", "A sloping line, plane, or surface; a slope, a declivity, esp. on a road or railway. Now rare . Cf. incline n. 2a ."] | 1,809 | null | 1809 | Where the neck rises from the chest of the horse, the shoulder-blades form the resting place for his collar or harness into a slope or inclination . | Lit. Panorama December 422 | 1,809 |
It was the ‘extras’ that did the mischief—the ruches , the bouffantes , the lace, the innumerable yards of ‘ insertion | insertion | /dictionary/insertion_n?tab=factsheet#339930 | 1,578 | null | n. | 5 | 1578– | The action of inserting, setting or putting in; introduction into or between: see insert, v. | c1840– | ["Needlework . Embroidery or ornamental needlework, made to be inserted or sewed into plain material, for decorative purposes; a piece or detached portion of such work."] | 1,840 | null | 1864 | It was the ‘extras’ that did the mischief—the ruches , the bouffantes , the lace, the innumerable yards of ‘ insertion ’. | G. A. Sala in Daily Telegraph 18 June | 1,864 |
To keep You in almost an universal Ignorance of our Studies, which it is Your inherent Birth-right to inspect | inspect | /dictionary/inspect_v?tab=factsheet#362613 | 1,623 | null | v. | 5 | 1623– | transitive. To look carefully into; to view closely and critically; to examine (something) with a view to find out its character or condition; now… | 1623– | ["transitive . To look carefully into; to view closely and critically; to examine (something) with a view to find out its character or condition; now spec. to investigate or oversee officially: see inspector n. 1 ."] | 1,623 | null | 1704 | To keep You in almost an universal Ignorance of our Studies, which it is Your inherent Birth-right to inspect . | J. Swift , Tale of Tub Epistle Ded. 2 | 1,704 |
The faculty by which it [the mind] operates singly, and without participation of the body, I call intellect | intellect | /dictionary/intellect_n?tab=factsheet#211226 | 1,398 | null | n. | 5 | a1398– | That faculty, or sum of faculties, of the mind or soul by which a person knows and reasons; power of thought; understanding; analytic intelligence… | a1398– | ["That faculty, or sum of faculties, of the mind or soul by which a person knows and reasons; power of thought; understanding; analytic intelligence; (also) an instance of this. Occasionally used of an animal."] | 1,398 | null | 1773 | The faculty by which it [the mind] operates singly, and without participation of the body, I call intellect . | Lord Monboddo , Origin & Progress of Language (1774) vol. I. i. iv. 45 | 1,773 |
I had to pull over to the side of a road and wait until the weed wore off. I could not tell how far away anything was or when to turn or put on the brakes for an intersection | intersection | /dictionary/intersection_n?tab=factsheet#113309 | 1,559 | null | n. | 5 | 1559– | The place where two things intersect or cross, spec. (chiefly North American) = cross-road, n. 2; Geometry, the point (or line) of intersection; the… | 1559– | ["The place where two things intersect or cross, spec. (chiefly North American ) = cross-road n. 2 ; Geometry , the point (or line) of intersection; the point common to two lines or a line and a surface (or the line common to two surfaces) which intersect."] | 1,559 | null | 1953 | I had to pull over to the side of a road and wait until the weed wore off. I could not tell how far away anything was or when to turn or put on the brakes for an intersection . | W. S. Burroughs , Junkie ii. 34 | 1,953 |
Their [ i.e. Angels'] thoughts are communicated to one another by what the schoolmen call intuition | intuition | /dictionary/intuition_n?tab=factsheet#167187 | 1,497 | null | n. | 5 | 1497– | Modern Philosophy. The immediate apprehension of an object by the mind without the intervention of any reasoning process; a particular act of such… | 1652– | ["Scholastic Philosophy . The spiritual perception or immediate knowledge, ascribed to angelic and spiritual beings, with whom vision and knowledge are identical."] | 1,652 | null | a1720 | Their [ i.e. Angels'] thoughts are communicated to one another by what the schoolmen call intuition . | J. Sheffield , Works (1753) vol. I. 122 | 1,720 |
Your quip..that you were ashamed to write to mee for your rude stile. Very good, I finde the Irony | irony | /dictionary/irony_n?tab=meaning_and_use#64966 | 1,502 | null | n. | 5 | 1502– | Originally Rhetoric. As a mass noun. The expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous… | 1502– | ["1. Originally Rhetoric .", "As a mass noun. The expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect; esp. (in earlier use) the use of approbatory language to imply condemnation or contempt (cf. sarcasm n. ). In later use also more generally: a manner, style, or attitude suggestive of the use of this kind of expression. Cf. ironia n."] | 1,502 | null | 1617 | Your quip..that you were ashamed to write to mee for your rude stile. Very good, I finde the Irony . | F. Moryson , Itinerary i. 160 | 1,617 |
Verhoeven and choreographer Marguerite Pomerhn-Derricks stage these peculiar routines with grim determination and a stunning absence of irony | irony | /dictionary/irony_n?tab=meaning_and_use#64966 | 1,502 | null | n. | 5 | 1502– | Originally Rhetoric. As a mass noun. The expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous… | 1502– | ["1. Originally Rhetoric .", "As a mass noun. The expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect; esp. (in earlier use) the use of approbatory language to imply condemnation or contempt (cf. sarcasm n. ). In later use also more generally: a manner, style, or attitude suggestive of the use of this kind of expression. Cf. ironia n."] | 1,502 | null | 1995 | Verhoeven and choreographer Marguerite Pomerhn-Derricks stage these peculiar routines with grim determination and a stunning absence of irony . | New York Magazine 9 October 79 | 1,995 |
Forsoth this is an excedyng stronge argumente and a wonderfull defence. [ margin ] An irony | irony | /dictionary/irony_n?tab=meaning_and_use#64966 | 1,502 | null | n. | 5 | 1502– | Originally Rhetoric. As a mass noun. The expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous… | 1534– | ["1. Originally Rhetoric .", "As a count noun. An instance of this; an ironic utterance or expression."] | 1,534 | null | 1534 | Forsoth this is an excedyng stronge argumente and a wonderfull defence. [ margin ] An irony . | translation of L. Valla, Treat. Donation vnto Syluester sig. L | 1,534 |
The Method of disputing by Interrogation..gave birth to the famous Attic Irony | irony | /dictionary/irony_n?tab=meaning_and_use#64966 | 1,502 | null | n. | 5 | 1502– | Originally Rhetoric. As a mass noun. The expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous… | 1502– | ["Dissimulation, pretence; esp. (and in later use only) feigned ignorance and disingenuousness of the kind employed by Socrates during philosophical discussions (see Socratic irony n. ); an instance of this. Cf. eiron n."] | 1,502 | null | 1738 | The Method of disputing by Interrogation..gave birth to the famous Attic Irony . | W. Warburton , Divine Legation of Moses vol. I. iii. iii. 330 | 1,738 |
Tom the Porter, Companion of the Pot, Who stands in the Street with his Rope and Knot | knot | /dictionary/knot_n1?tab=factsheet#40019763 | null | null | n.¹ | 5 | Old English– | An intertwining or complication of the parts of one or more ropes, cords, or strips of anything flexible enough, made for the purpose of fastening… | 1719– | ["I. Senses relating to knotting and ties.", "More fully porter's knot : \u2018A kind of double shoulder-pad, with a loop passing round the forehead, the whole roughly resembling a horse-collar, used by London market-porters for carrying their burdens\u2019 ( Encycl. Dict. )."] | 1,719 | null | 1719 | Tom the Porter, Companion of the Pot, Who stands in the Street with his Rope and Knot . | in T. D'Urfey, Wit & Mirth vol. V. 75 | 1,719 |
Mr. Wilcox..eyed his robust frame attentively, and with a significant look, said, ‘You had better buy a porter's knot | knot | /dictionary/knot_n1?tab=factsheet#40019763 | null | null | n.¹ | 5 | Old English– | An intertwining or complication of the parts of one or more ropes, cords, or strips of anything flexible enough, made for the purpose of fastening… | 1719– | ["I. Senses relating to knotting and ties.", "More fully porter's knot : \u2018A kind of double shoulder-pad, with a loop passing round the forehead, the whole roughly resembling a horse-collar, used by London market-porters for carrying their burdens\u2019 ( Encycl. Dict. )."] | 1,719 | null | 1793 | Mr. Wilcox..eyed his robust frame attentively, and with a significant look, said, ‘You had better buy a porter's knot .’ | J. Boswell , Principal Corrections Life Johnson 1/2 | 1,793 |
Fyue poynteȝ, & vche lyne vmbe-lappeȝ & loukeȝ in oþer, & ay-quere hit is endeleȝ, & Englych hit callen Ouer-al, as I here, þe endeles knot | knot | /dictionary/knot_n1?tab=factsheet#40019763 | null | null | n.¹ | 5 | Old English– | An intertwining or complication of the parts of one or more ropes, cords, or strips of anything flexible enough, made for the purpose of fastening… | c1400– | ["I. Senses relating to knotting and ties.", "A design or figure formed of crossing lines; an intricate flourish of the pen. \u2020 endless knot , the five-pointed figure consisting of a continuous self-crossing line, otherwise called pentacle , pentagram , or pentangle ."] | 1,400 | null | c1400 | Fyue poynteȝ, & vche lyne vmbe-lappeȝ & loukeȝ in oþer, & ay-quere hit is endeleȝ, & Englych hit callen Ouer-al, as I here, þe endeles knot . | Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 630 | 1,400 |
Þen brek þay þe bale, þe boueleȝ out token, Lystily for laucyng þe lere of þe knot | knot | /dictionary/knot_n1?tab=factsheet#40019763 | null | null | n.¹ | 5 | Old English– | An intertwining or complication of the parts of one or more ropes, cords, or strips of anything flexible enough, made for the purpose of fastening… | ?c1225– | ["III. transferred . A hard or firm mass such as is formed by a knot tied in a string, etc.", "A hard lump in an animal body, either in a softer tissue, or on a smooth surface; a swelling or protuberance in a muscle, nerve, gland, etc.; a knob or enlargement in a bone; a tumour, ganglion, wart, pimple, or the like; the lump that seems to gather in the throat in strong emotion."] | 1,225 | null | c1400 | Þen brek þay þe bale, þe boueleȝ out token, Lystily for laucyng þe lere of þe knot . | Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 1334 | 1,400 |
Couch and some other weeds vegetate at every joint or knot | knot | /dictionary/knot_n1?tab=factsheet#40019763 | null | null | n.¹ | 5 | Old English– | An intertwining or complication of the parts of one or more ropes, cords, or strips of anything flexible enough, made for the purpose of fastening… | 1398– | ["III. transferred . A hard or firm mass such as is formed by a knot tied in a string, etc.", "A thickened part or protuberance in the tissue of a plant; an excrescence on a stem, branch, or root; a node on a stem, esp. when of swollen form, as the joints in grasses; the hard mass formed in a trunk at the insertion of a branch or round the place of insertion of an abortive or dead branch, causing a rounded cross-grained piece in a board, which is apt to fall out, and leave a knot-hole . Also, a bud; in (the) knot , in bud, budding. plural , a disease which attacks plum and cherry trees (see quot. 1845 )."] | 1,398 | null | 1787 | Couch and some other weeds vegetate at every joint or knot . | G. Winter , New System of Husbandry 51 | 1,787 |
All do conclude Mr. Coventry and Pett and me to be of a knot | knot | /dictionary/knot_n1?tab=factsheet#40019763 | null | null | n.¹ | 5 | Old English– | An intertwining or complication of the parts of one or more ropes, cords, or strips of anything flexible enough, made for the purpose of fastening… | c1400– | ["III. transferred . A hard or firm mass such as is formed by a knot tied in a string, etc.", "III.18. A small group, cluster, band or company of persons or things (gathered together in one place, or associated in any way). of a knot , in union or combination, associated together.", "Of persons."] | 1,400 | null | 1662 | All do conclude Mr. Coventry and Pett and me to be of a knot . | S. Pepys , Diary 16 December (1970) vol. III. 284 | 1,662 |
We were close under St. Iago, another Island of the same Knot | knot | /dictionary/knot_n1?tab=factsheet#40019763 | null | null | n.¹ | 5 | Old English– | An intertwining or complication of the parts of one or more ropes, cords, or strips of anything flexible enough, made for the purpose of fastening… | 1612– | ["III. transferred . A hard or firm mass such as is formed by a knot tied in a string, etc.", "III.18. A small group, cluster, band or company of persons or things (gathered together in one place, or associated in any way). of a knot , in union or combination, associated together.", "Of things."] | 1,612 | null | 1698 | We were close under St. Iago, another Island of the same Knot . | J. Fryer , New Account of East-India & Persia 6 | 1,698 |
[Iuoryn] commaundyd a .xxx. men to lede hym to y e galows &..they causyd the mynstrell to mount vp on y e ladder | ladder | /dictionary/ladder_n?tab=factsheet#39873282 | null | null | n. | 5 | Old English– | An appliance made of wood, metal, or rope, usually portable, consisting of a series of bars (‘rungs’) or steps fixed between two supports, by means… | c1515–1658 | ["\u2020 esp. The steps to a gallows. Chiefly in to bring to the ladder . groom of the ladder (jocular): a hangman. Obsolete ."] | 1,515 | 1,658 | c1515 | [Iuoryn] commaundyd a .xxx. men to lede hym to y e galows &..they causyd the mynstrell to mount vp on y e ladder . | Lord Berners , translation of Boke of Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) lix. 204 | 1,515 |
A fidler cannot turne his pin so soone, as he [ sc. the executioner] would turn a man of the ladder | ladder | /dictionary/ladder_n?tab=factsheet#39873282 | null | null | n. | 5 | Old English– | An appliance made of wood, metal, or rope, usually portable, consisting of a series of bars (‘rungs’) or steps fixed between two supports, by means… | c1515–1658 | ["\u2020 esp. The steps to a gallows. Chiefly in to bring to the ladder . groom of the ladder (jocular): a hangman. Obsolete ."] | 1,515 | 1,658 | 1594 | A fidler cannot turne his pin so soone, as he [ sc. the executioner] would turn a man of the ladder . | T. Nashe , Vnfortunate Traveller sig. O3 v | 1,594 |
The offer of a pardon comes too late, to him that hath turn'd himself off the Ladder | ladder | /dictionary/ladder_n?tab=factsheet#39873282 | null | null | n. | 5 | Old English– | An appliance made of wood, metal, or rope, usually portable, consisting of a series of bars (‘rungs’) or steps fixed between two supports, by means… | c1515–1658 | ["\u2020 esp. The steps to a gallows. Chiefly in to bring to the ladder . groom of the ladder (jocular): a hangman. Obsolete ."] | 1,515 | 1,658 | 1658 | The offer of a pardon comes too late, to him that hath turn'd himself off the Ladder . | W. Gurnall , Christian in Armour: 2nd Part 647 | 1,658 |
Special attention was..given to such important matters as the breadth of the educational ladder | ladder | /dictionary/ladder_n?tab=factsheet#39873282 | null | null | n. | 5 | Old English– | An appliance made of wood, metal, or rope, usually portable, consisting of a series of bars (‘rungs’) or steps fixed between two supports, by means… | c1175– | ["figurative . Also in \u2020 to draw up the ladder after itself [compare French apr\u00e8s lui il faut tirer l'\u00e9chelle ] : to be unapproachable. to see through a ladder : to see what is obvious. to kick down the ladder : said of persons who repudiate or ignore the friendships or associations by means of which they have risen in the world."] | 1,175 | null | 1951 | Special attention was..given to such important matters as the breadth of the educational ladder. | R. Firth , Elements of Social Organization i. 29 | 1,951 |
[An automatic weather information station] was moored in the middle of the Gulf Stream, off the Florida Coast, in a hurricane lane | lane | /dictionary/lane_n1?tab=factsheet#39688389 | null | null | n.¹ | 5 | Old English– | A narrow way between hedges or banks; a narrow road or street between houses or walls; a bye-way. | c1420– | ["II. Transferred senses.", "A narrow or comparatively narrow passage or way, or something resembling this; esp. a channel of water in an ice-field (also called a vein ); the course prescribed for ocean steamers; a route prescribed for aircraft."] | 1,420 | null | 1971 | [An automatic weather information station] was moored in the middle of the Gulf Stream, off the Florida Coast, in a hurricane lane . | Scientific American July 1/1 | 1,971 |
O! butter'd egg!.. I bid your yelk glide down my throat's red lane | lane | /dictionary/lane_n1?tab=factsheet#39688389 | null | null | n.¹ | 5 | Old English– | A narrow way between hedges or banks; a narrow road or street between houses or walls; a bye-way. | 1542– | ["II. Transferred senses.", "slang . The throat; chiefly in the lane , the narrow, red lane , etc."] | 1,542 | null | 1812 | O! butter'd egg!.. I bid your yelk glide down my throat's red lane . | G. Colman , Poetical Vagaries 70 | 1,812 |
I eat the macaroon. You see it's all gone down Red Lion Lane | lane | /dictionary/lane_n1?tab=factsheet#39688389 | null | null | n.¹ | 5 | Old English– | A narrow way between hedges or banks; a narrow road or street between houses or walls; a bye-way. | 1542– | ["II. Transferred senses.", "slang . The throat; chiefly in the lane , the narrow, red lane , etc."] | 1,542 | null | 1865 | I eat the macaroon. You see it's all gone down Red Lion Lane . | London Society January 13 | 1,865 |
The still, black pools of the lazy, sluggish, peaty ‘ lane | lane | /dictionary/lane_n1?tab=factsheet#39688389 | null | null | n.¹ | 5 | Old English– | A narrow way between hedges or banks; a narrow road or street between houses or walls; a bye-way. | 1825– | ["II. Transferred senses.", "Scottish . A sluggish stream of water; also the smooth part of a stream. (Perhaps a different word.)"] | 1,825 | null | 1897 | The still, black pools of the lazy, sluggish, peaty ‘ lane ’. | S. R. Crockett , Lads' Love xxv. 253 | 1,897 |
This is identified with NGC 1579 which is a small, irregular, diffuse nebulosity..with a prominent dark lane | lane | /dictionary/lane_n1?tab=factsheet#39688389 | null | null | n.¹ | 5 | Old English– | A narrow way between hedges or banks; a narrow road or street between houses or walls; a bye-way. | 1899– | ["II. Transferred senses.", "Astronomy . A narrow band or strip in the sky that differs markedly from its immediate surroundings (e.g. in containing no observable stars or in emitting strong radio signals)."] | 1,899 | null | 1970 | This is identified with NGC 1579 which is a small, irregular, diffuse nebulosity..with a prominent dark lane . | Nature 12 December 1077/1 | 1,970 |
Whenever a Ship sails to or from the Equinoctial on either side, her way thus gain'd is call'd her Difference of Latitude | latitude | /dictionary/latitude_n?tab=meaning_and_use#39787240 | 1,398 | null | n. | 5 | 1398– | Geography. (a) Angular distance on a meridian: only in degree, minute, etc. of latitude. (b) The angular distance on its meridian (of any place on… | c1400– | ["II. In Geography and Astronomy.", "II.4. Geography .", "(a) Angular distance on a meridian: only in degree, minute, etc. of latitude . (b) The angular distance on its meridian (of any place on the earth's surface) north or south from the equator; quantitatively identical with the elevation of the pole above the horizon, and with the declination of the zenith."] | 1,400 | null | 1706 | Whenever a Ship sails to or from the Equinoctial on either side, her way thus gain'd is call'd her Difference of Latitude . | Phillips's New World of Words (new edition) (at cited word) | 1,706 |
The diamond shape of the glass of old casements was suggested by the ancient lattice | lattice | /dictionary/lattice_n?tab=factsheet#39793357 | 1,382 | null | n. | 5 | a1382– | A structure made of laths, or of wood or metal crossed and fastened together, with open spaces left between; used as a screen, e.g. in window… | a1382– | ["A structure made of laths, or of wood or metal crossed and fastened together, with open spaces left between; used as a screen, e.g. in window openings and the like; a window, gate, screen, etc. so constructed."] | 1,382 | null | 1866 | The diamond shape of the glass of old casements was suggested by the ancient lattice . | J. E. T. Rogers , History of Agriculture & Prices vol. I. xx. 488 | 1,866 |
Lesches..was a native of Pyrrha, in the island of Lesbos, and in the neighbourhood of Mytilene. Hence he is called a Mytilenean or Lesbian | lesbian | /dictionary/lesbian_n?tab=meaning_and_use#39331667 | 1,550 | null | n. & adj. | 5 | 1550– | With capital initial. A native or inhabitant of the Greek island of Lesbos. | 1550– | ["noun", "1. With capital initial.", "A native or inhabitant of the Greek island of Lesbos."] | 1,550 | null | 1853 | Lesches..was a native of Pyrrha, in the island of Lesbos, and in the neighbourhood of Mytilene. Hence he is called a Mytilenean or Lesbian . | C. Anthon , Manual Greek Literature 59 | 1,853 |
I will reckon to you the names of Greek Wines much esteemed by the Ancients. One sort they call'd Pramnian,..another Thasian and Lesbian | lesbian | /dictionary/lesbian_n?tab=meaning_and_use#39331667 | 1,550 | null | n. & adj. | 5 | 1550– | With capital initial. A native or inhabitant of the Greek island of Lesbos. | 1597– | ["noun", "1. With capital initial.", "Ancient History . Wine from the Greek island of Lesbos; Lesbian wine. Now rare ."] | 1,597 | null | 1665 | I will reckon to you the names of Greek Wines much esteemed by the Ancients. One sort they call'd Pramnian,..another Thasian and Lesbian . | T. Stanley , translation of Ælian, Various History xii. xxxi. 236 | 1,665 |
Athenaeus quotes Alexis..as saying that there was ‘not another wine pleasanter to drink’ than Lesbian | lesbian | /dictionary/lesbian_n?tab=meaning_and_use#39331667 | 1,550 | null | n. & adj. | 5 | 1550– | With capital initial. A native or inhabitant of the Greek island of Lesbos. | 1597– | ["noun", "1. With capital initial.", "Ancient History . Wine from the Greek island of Lesbos; Lesbian wine. Now rare ."] | 1,597 | null | 1982 | Athenaeus quotes Alexis..as saying that there was ‘not another wine pleasanter to drink’ than Lesbian . | Hesperia vol. 55 255 | 1,982 |
Mr. Gray..has addressed himself to the Æolian lyre, in the same manner that the author just quoted talks of the Lesbian | lesbian | /dictionary/lesbian_n?tab=meaning_and_use#39331667 | 1,550 | null | n. & adj. | 5 | 1550– | With capital initial. A native or inhabitant of the Greek island of Lesbos. | 1559– | ["adjective", "With capital initial. Of, relating to, or characteristic of the Greek island of Lesbos."] | 1,559 | null | 1757 | Mr. Gray..has addressed himself to the Æolian lyre, in the same manner that the author just quoted talks of the Lesbian lyre. | Literary Magazine September 423/2 | 1,757 |
I suppose no corner of the world need be searched in vain for an Englishman; but of all unlikely places one would look for him last in a remote Lesbian | lesbian | /dictionary/lesbian_n?tab=meaning_and_use#39331667 | 1,550 | null | n. & adj. | 5 | 1550– | With capital initial. A native or inhabitant of the Greek island of Lesbos. | 1559– | ["adjective", "With capital initial. Of, relating to, or characteristic of the Greek island of Lesbos."] | 1,559 | null | 1913 | I suppose no corner of the world need be searched in vain for an Englishman; but of all unlikely places one would look for him last in a remote Lesbian village. | J. I. Manatt , Aegean Days (1914) xxxv. 301 | 1,913 |
For South Asian lesbians and gay men, as with other silenced groups, self-representation alone cannot liberate | liberate | /dictionary/liberate_v?tab=factsheet#39403814 | 1,623 | null | v. | 5 | 1623– | transitive. To set free (someone or something confined or in servitude); to release. Frequently with from. | 1806– | ["transitive . To free (esp. women) from restrictive or discriminatory social conventions and attitudes."] | 1,806 | null | 1998 | For South Asian lesbians and gay men, as with other silenced groups, self-representation alone cannot liberate us. | N. Shah in D. L. Eng & A. Y. Hom, Q & A ix. 154 | 1,998 |
The Prophets predicting things of them in reference to the first Completion which is Literal | literal | /dictionary/literal_adj?tab=meaning_and_use#38959634 | 1,398 | null | adj. & n. | 5 | a1398– | Of, relating to, or designating the primary, original, or etymological sense of a word, or the exact sense expressed by the actual wording of a… | c1443– | ["adjective", "II. Free from metaphor, allegory, etc.", "Originally Theology . Originally in the context of a traditional distinction between the literal sense and various spiritual senses of a sacred text: designating or relating to the sense intended by the author of a text, normally discovered by taking the words in their natural or customary meaning, in the context of the text as a whole, without regard to any ulterior spiritual or symbolic meaning. Opposed to allegorical adj. , anagogical adj. 1 , moral adj. 2d , mystical adj. 1b , tropological adj. 1 . In later use also often: designating or relating to the sense derived by taking the words in their primary concrete meaning (opposed to figurative, metaphorical, etc.)."] | 1,443 | null | 1664 | The Prophets predicting things of them in reference to the first Completion which is Literal . | H. More , Modest Enquiry into Mystery of Iniquity 433 | 1,664 |
‘I should not have let the Queen come in, to disturb you.’‘The Queen..would never want to come,’ said Mrs. John, who was very literal | literal | /dictionary/literal_adj?tab=meaning_and_use#38959634 | 1,398 | null | adj. & n. | 5 | a1398– | Of, relating to, or designating the primary, original, or etymological sense of a word, or the exact sense expressed by the actual wording of a… | 1633– | ["adjective", "II. Free from metaphor, allegory, etc.", "Of a person, the mind, etc.: apt to take words literally; characterized by an inability to recognize metaphor or understand humorous exaggeration, irony, or the like; lacking imagination; prosaic, literal-minded."] | 1,633 | null | 1883 | ‘I should not have let the Queen come in, to disturb you.’‘The Queen..would never want to come,’ said Mrs. John, who was very literal . | M. Oliphant , Hester vol. I. v. 66 | 1,883 |
Some men..say they [ sc. the Prophets] are to be understood in a figurate and allegorical sence... To avoid all shuffling..let us appeal to S. Peter, who uses a plain literal | literal | /dictionary/literal_adj?tab=meaning_and_use#38959634 | 1,398 | null | adj. & n. | 5 | a1398– | Of, relating to, or designating the primary, original, or etymological sense of a word, or the exact sense expressed by the actual wording of a… | 1690– | ["adjective", "II. Free from metaphor, allegory, etc.", "Of compositional style or method: free from figures of speech, exaggeration, or allusion. Now rare ."] | 1,690 | null | 1690 | Some men..say they [ sc. the Prophets] are to be understood in a figurate and allegorical sence... To avoid all shuffling..let us appeal to S. Peter, who uses a plain literal style. | T. Burnet , Theory of Earth iv. i. 131 | 1,690 |
We hurried on to Baden Baden. Let no American send his son thither if he have any penchant for the card-table or the roulette. It is a literal | literal | /dictionary/literal_adj?tab=meaning_and_use#38959634 | 1,398 | null | adj. & n. | 5 | a1398– | Of, relating to, or designating the primary, original, or etymological sense of a word, or the exact sense expressed by the actual wording of a… | 1857– | ["adjective", "II. Free from metaphor, allegory, etc.", "colloquial . Used in figurative or hyperbolic expressions to add emphasis or as an intensifier: veritable, real; complete, absolute, utter. Cf. literally adv. I.1c ."] | 1,857 | null | 1857 | We hurried on to Baden Baden. Let no American send his son thither if he have any penchant for the card-table or the roulette. It is a literal hell. | Young Men's Magazine November 332/1 | 1,857 |
I do not say it is necessary, that all Greek Authors should be attended with versions so literal | literal | /dictionary/literal_adj?tab=meaning_and_use#38959634 | 1,398 | null | adj. & n. | 5 | a1398– | Of, relating to, or designating the primary, original, or etymological sense of a word, or the exact sense expressed by the actual wording of a… | a1627– | ["adjective", "II. Free from metaphor, allegory, etc.", "Of a translation, version, or transcript: representing the very words of the original; verbally exact. \u2020Also: (of the words of a passage) exact ( obsolete )."] | 1,627 | null | a1753 | I do not say it is necessary, that all Greek Authors should be attended with versions so literal . | R. Newton in translation of Theophrastus, Characters (1754) p. viii | 1,753 |
This painting is a characteristic representation of the scenery of Colorado, without being in all respects a literal | literal | /dictionary/literal_adj?tab=meaning_and_use#38959634 | 1,398 | null | adj. & n. | 5 | a1398– | Of, relating to, or designating the primary, original, or etymological sense of a word, or the exact sense expressed by the actual wording of a… | 1805– | ["adjective", "II. Free from metaphor, allegory, etc.", "Of a visual representation: exactly or faithfully copied; true to life; realistic."] | 1,805 | null | 1873 | This painting is a characteristic representation of the scenery of Colorado, without being in all respects a literal view. | Inter-state Expos. Souvenir 54 | 1,873 |
I never heard of any that stood out a suit against this payment..but was alwayes overthrown in the litigation | litigation | /dictionary/litigation_n?tab=factsheet#38977847 | 1,567 | null | n. | 5 | 1567– | The action or process of carrying on a suit in law or equity; legal proceedings; †in plural, kinds of litigation. in litigation: in process of… | 1661– | ["The action or process of carrying on a suit in law or equity; legal proceedings; \u2020in plural , kinds of litigation. in litigation : in process of investigation before a court of law."] | 1,661 | null | 1661 | I never heard of any that stood out a suit against this payment..but was alwayes overthrown in the litigation . | J. Stephens , Historical Discourse Procurations 139 | 1,661 |
The external [ear] is..divided into two Parts, of which the upper is called Pinna , or the Wing, the lower Fibra , or Lobe | lobe | /dictionary/lobe_n?tab=factsheet#39043035 | 1,541 | null | n. | 5 | ?1541– | A roundish projecting part, usually one of two or more similar portions into which an object is divided… One of the divisions of the liver or lungs… | 1719– | ["A roundish projecting part, usually one of two or more similar portions into which an object is divided by a fissure.", "The lower soft pendulous part of the external ear."] | 1,719 | null | 1719 | The external [ear] is..divided into two Parts, of which the upper is called Pinna , or the Wing, the lower Fibra , or Lobe . | J. Quincy , Lexicon Physico-medicum (1722) 124/1 | 1,719 |
Her ear..was of a very pretty shape, with a soft unpierced lobe | lobe | /dictionary/lobe_n?tab=factsheet#39043035 | 1,541 | null | n. | 5 | ?1541– | A roundish projecting part, usually one of two or more similar portions into which an object is divided… One of the divisions of the liver or lungs… | 1719– | ["A roundish projecting part, usually one of two or more similar portions into which an object is divided by a fissure.", "The lower soft pendulous part of the external ear."] | 1,719 | null | 1871 | Her ear..was of a very pretty shape, with a soft unpierced lobe . | G. Meredith , Harry Richmond vol. II. xx. 288 | 1,871 |
All antennas radiate small amounts of power in directions other than the main lobe | lobe | /dictionary/lobe_n?tab=factsheet#39043035 | 1,541 | null | n. | 5 | ?1541– | A roundish projecting part, usually one of two or more similar portions into which an object is divided… One of the divisions of the liver or lungs… | 1926– | ["A roundish projecting part, usually one of two or more similar portions into which an object is divided by a fissure.", "A portion of the radiation pattern of an aerial which represents a group of directions of stronger radiation and is bounded on each side by directions in which there is minimum radiation."] | 1,926 | null | 1947 | All antennas radiate small amounts of power in directions other than the main lobe . | J. S. Hall , Radar Aids to Navigation i. 13 | 1,947 |
In minuscule of the eighth and ninth centuries a is a pointed letter, the back of which projects above the place at which it is joined by the lobe | lobe | /dictionary/lobe_n?tab=factsheet#39043035 | 1,541 | null | n. | 5 | ?1541– | A roundish projecting part, usually one of two or more similar portions into which an object is divided… One of the divisions of the liver or lungs… | 1957– | ["A roundish projecting part, usually one of two or more similar portions into which an object is divided by a fissure.", "Calligraphy . A curved projecting part of a letter."] | 1,957 | null | 1957 | In minuscule of the eighth and ninth centuries a is a pointed letter, the back of which projects above the place at which it is joined by the lobe . | N. R. Ker , Catalogue MSS containing Anglo-Saxon p. xxvii | 1,957 |
In some societies it is girls for whom parents must collect a dowry or make husband-catching magic | magic | /dictionary/magic_n?tab=factsheet#38547716 | 1,387 | null | n. | 5 | c1387– | The use of ritual activities or observances which are intended to influence the course of events or to manipulate the natural world, usually… | c1387– | ["The use of ritual activities or observances which are intended to influence the course of events or to manipulate the natural world, usually involving the use of an occult or secret body of knowledge; sorcery, witchcraft. Also: this practice as a subject of study."] | 1,387 | null | 1949 | In some societies it is girls for whom parents must collect a dowry or make husband-catching magic . | M. Mead , Male & Female i. 7 | 1,949 |
In order to make the menstrual blood effective, two words..are spoken, in which no difference is made between Christ and a Demon. It is merely a question of forces, which can be employed in magic | magic | /dictionary/magic_n?tab=factsheet#38547716 | 1,387 | null | n. | 5 | c1387– | The use of ritual activities or observances which are intended to influence the course of events or to manipulate the natural world, usually… | c1387– | ["The use of ritual activities or observances which are intended to influence the course of events or to manipulate the natural world, usually involving the use of an occult or secret body of knowledge; sorcery, witchcraft. Also: this practice as a subject of study."] | 1,387 | null | 1968 | In order to make the menstrual blood effective, two words..are spoken, in which no difference is made between Christ and a Demon. It is merely a question of forces, which can be employed in magic . | British Journal of Psychiatry vol. 114 967/2 | 1,968 |
Broiled chicken and oysters..disappeared from before us like magic | magic | /dictionary/magic_n?tab=factsheet#38547716 | 1,387 | null | n. | 5 | c1387– | The use of ritual activities or observances which are intended to influence the course of events or to manipulate the natural world, usually… | 1783– | ["like magic : without any apparent explanation; with incredible rapidity; with great ease. Cf. like adv. B.1c ."] | 1,783 | null | 1857 | Broiled chicken and oysters..disappeared from before us like magic . | Knickerbocker January 98 | 1,857 |
Manatee or sea-cow is a large (10–12 ft.), timid, ungainly aquatic mammal | mammal | /dictionary/mammal_n?tab=factsheet#38333053 | 1,813 | null | n. & adj.² | 5 | 1813– | An animal of the vertebrate class Mammalia, the members of which are characterized by having mammary glands that secrete milk to feed the young. | 1813– | ["noun", "An animal of the vertebrate class Mammalia, the members of which are characterized by having mammary glands that secrete milk to feed the young."] | 1,813 | null | 1960 | Manatee or sea-cow is a large (10–12 ft.), timid, ungainly aquatic mammal . | H. S. Zim , Guide to Everglades 24 | 1,960 |
People in the area seem willing to barbecue just about any extant mammal | mammal | /dictionary/mammal_n?tab=factsheet#38333053 | 1,813 | null | n. & adj.² | 5 | 1813– | An animal of the vertebrate class Mammalia, the members of which are characterized by having mammary glands that secrete milk to feed the young. | 1813– | ["noun", "An animal of the vertebrate class Mammalia, the members of which are characterized by having mammary glands that secrete milk to feed the young."] | 1,813 | null | 1978 | People in the area seem willing to barbecue just about any extant mammal . | C. Trillin , Alice, let's Eat 37 | 1,978 |
The neighbouring marsupials, with their pouches and tiny joeys, had already compromised the noble name of mammal | mammal | /dictionary/mammal_n?tab=factsheet#38333053 | 1,813 | null | n. & adj.² | 5 | 1813– | An animal of the vertebrate class Mammalia, the members of which are characterized by having mammary glands that secrete milk to feed the young. | 1813– | ["noun", "An animal of the vertebrate class Mammalia, the members of which are characterized by having mammary glands that secrete milk to feed the young."] | 1,813 | null | 1991 | The neighbouring marsupials, with their pouches and tiny joeys, had already compromised the noble name of mammal . | S. J. Gould , Bully for Brontosaurus xviii. 272 | 1,991 |
In a lush primeval forest of Vietnam..scientists have identified an entirely new species of mammal | mammal | /dictionary/mammal_n?tab=factsheet#38333053 | 1,813 | null | n. & adj.² | 5 | 1813– | An animal of the vertebrate class Mammalia, the members of which are characterized by having mammary glands that secrete milk to feed the young. | 1813– | ["noun", "An animal of the vertebrate class Mammalia, the members of which are characterized by having mammary glands that secrete milk to feed the young."] | 1,813 | null | 1993 | In a lush primeval forest of Vietnam..scientists have identified an entirely new species of mammal . | New York Times 8 June c 1/1 | 1,993 |
Surveying consists of three parts or members;..the second we call plotting, or protracting, or mapping | mapping | /dictionary/mapping_n?tab=factsheet#38019252 | 1,727 | null | n. | 5 | 1727– | Mathematics. A correspondence by which each element of a given set has associated with it one element (occasionally, one or more elements) of a… | 1727– | ["The drawing, making, or provision of a map or maps; charting, recording, or setting out on or as on a map; planning; an instance of this. Also with out , down ."] | 1,727 | null | 1727–52 | Surveying consists of three parts or members;..the second we call plotting, or protracting, or mapping . | E. Chambers , Cyclopædia at Surveying | 1,727 |
Three years ago, James Ryan made legal history as the first man to be convicted by a revolutionary new forensic technique called ‘facial mapping | mapping | /dictionary/mapping_n?tab=factsheet#38019252 | 1,727 | null | n. | 5 | 1727– | Mathematics. A correspondence by which each element of a given set has associated with it one element (occasionally, one or more elements) of a… | 1727– | ["The drawing, making, or provision of a map or maps; charting, recording, or setting out on or as on a map; planning; an instance of this. Also with out , down ."] | 1,727 | null | 1992 | Three years ago, James Ryan made legal history as the first man to be convicted by a revolutionary new forensic technique called ‘facial mapping ’. | Independent 16 April 5/1 | 1,992 |
The former close, because it terminates in a thesis, and is on that account, less forcible, is called feminine, the latter, masculine | masculine | /dictionary/masculine_adj?tab=factsheet#37685835 | 1,390 | null | adj. & n. | 5 | c1390– | Of a personal attribute, an action, etc.: having a character befitting or regarded as appropriate to the male sex; vigorous, powerful. Of a man… | a1586– | ["adjective", "I. In language.", "Prosody . Of a rhyme: occurring between lines ending in a stressed syllable; esp. in masculine rhyme . Cf. male adj. A.II.5 , feminine rhyme n."] | 1,586 | null | 1844 | The former close, because it terminates in a thesis, and is on that account, less forcible, is called feminine, the latter, masculine . | C. Beck & C. C. Felton , translation of E. Munk, Metres of Greeks & Romans 27 | 1,844 |
In Both [the shell and membranes of eggs] , the Parts of the Embryo are designed and drawn out, before the Eg [ sic ] has been at all affected by the Masculine | masculine | /dictionary/masculine_adj?tab=factsheet#37685835 | 1,390 | null | adj. & n. | 5 | c1390– | Of a personal attribute, an action, etc.: having a character befitting or regarded as appropriate to the male sex; vigorous, powerful. Of a man… | a1550–1699 | ["adjective", "II. General uses relating to physical gender.", "\u2020\u00a0Designating the male gametes of a plant or animal; = male adj. A.I.2d . Obsolete . rare ."] | 1,550 | 1,699 | 1683 | In Both [the shell and membranes of eggs] , the Parts of the Embryo are designed and drawn out, before the Eg [ sic ] has been at all affected by the Masculine -Seed. | Philosophical Transactions (Royal Society) vol. 13 187 | 1,683 |
The one [ sc. the triangle] imperfect, mortall, fœminine, Th'other [ sc. the circle] immortall, perfect, masculine | masculine | /dictionary/masculine_adj?tab=factsheet#37685835 | 1,390 | null | adj. & n. | 5 | c1390– | Of a personal attribute, an action, etc.: having a character befitting or regarded as appropriate to the male sex; vigorous, powerful. Of a man… | c1425– | ["adjective", "II. General uses relating to physical gender.", "Designating an object deemed to be of the male sex on the basis of some quality, such as strength or activity, esp. as contrasted with a corresponding object deemed female."] | 1,425 | null | 1590 | The one [ sc. the triangle] imperfect, mortall, fœminine, Th'other [ sc. the circle] immortall, perfect, masculine . | E. Spenser , Faerie Queene ii. ix. sig. V6 | 1,590 |
The genders [in Russian] number three,..with a different declensional pattern for each (though the neuter is similar to the masculine | masculine | /dictionary/masculine_adj?tab=factsheet#37685835 | 1,390 | null | adj. & n. | 5 | c1390– | Of a personal attribute, an action, etc.: having a character befitting or regarded as appropriate to the male sex; vigorous, powerful. Of a man… | c1450– | ["noun", "Grammar . The masculine gender; a word, form, etc., of the masculine gender."] | 1,450 | null | 1975 | The genders [in Russian] number three,..with a different declensional pattern for each (though the neuter is similar to the masculine ). | K. Katzner , Languages of World ii. 113 | 1,975 |
I doe not take my selfe to bee so perfect in the customes..and priuileges of that Kingdome of Bohemia, as to be fit to handle that part; and I will not offer at that I cannot master | master | /dictionary/master_v?tab=meaning_and_use#37754199 | 1,225 | null | v. | 5 | c1225– | transitive. To make oneself master of, attain expertise in (an art, science, skill, etc.); to acquire complete knowledge or understanding of (a fact… | 1624–1755 | ["I. To get the better of, to rule, and related senses.", "\u2020 transitive . To perform or carry out (an action) skilfully or successfully. Obsolete ."] | 1,624 | 1,755 | 1624 | I doe not take my selfe to bee so perfect in the customes..and priuileges of that Kingdome of Bohemia, as to be fit to handle that part; and I will not offer at that I cannot master . | F. Bacon , Considerations War with Spain (1629) 3 | 1,624 |
Belinda's maids are soon preferred To teach him now and then a word, As Poll can master | master | /dictionary/master_v?tab=meaning_and_use#37754199 | 1,225 | null | v. | 5 | c1225– | transitive. To make oneself master of, attain expertise in (an art, science, skill, etc.); to acquire complete knowledge or understanding of (a fact… | 1690– | ["I. To get the better of, to rule, and related senses.", "transitive . To make oneself master of, attain expertise in (an art, science, skill, etc.); to acquire complete knowledge or understanding of (a fact, subject, etc.); to attain complete facility in using (an instrument, etc.)."] | 1,690 | null | 1781 | Belinda's maids are soon preferred To teach him now and then a word, As Poll can master it. | W. Cowper , Parrot 9 | 1,781 |
It [ sc. the court of peculiars] has a jurisdiction over all those parishes dispersed through the province of Canterbury in the midst of other dioceses, which are exempt from the ordinary's jurisdiction, and subject to the metropolitan | metropolitan | /dictionary/metropolitan_n?tab=factsheet#37126302 | 1,410 | null | n. & adj. | 5 | c1410– | Of, belonging to, or constituting a metropolis (in early use spec. London). Also: designating a political association of individual cities within an… | c1410– | ["noun", "1. Christian Church .", "Also with capital initial. A bishop having the oversight of the bishops of a province; spec. an archbishop."] | 1,410 | null | 1768 | It [ sc. the court of peculiars] has a jurisdiction over all those parishes dispersed through the province of Canterbury in the midst of other dioceses, which are exempt from the ordinary's jurisdiction, and subject to the metropolitan only. | W. Blackstone , Commentaries on Laws of England vol. III. v. 65 | 1,768 |
The District owned the south side of the Inner Circle from Mansion House to South Kensington... District trains reached Uxbridge over the Metropolitan | metropolitan | /dictionary/metropolitan_n?tab=factsheet#37126302 | 1,410 | null | n. & adj. | 5 | c1410– | Of, belonging to, or constituting a metropolis (in early use spec. London). Also: designating a political association of individual cities within an… | 1934– | ["noun", "Also with capital initial. [Short for Metropolitan line , railway , etc.: see sense B.2c .] A metropolitan railway system, service, or train; spec. the Metropolitan line of the London Underground."] | 1,934 | null | 1959 | The District owned the south side of the Inner Circle from Mansion House to South Kensington... District trains reached Uxbridge over the Metropolitan . | Chambers's Encyclopedia vol. XI. 500/1 | 1,959 |
Ethnographers have used the term transculturation to describe processes whereby members of subordinated or marginal groups select and invent from materials transmitted by a dominant or metropolitan | metropolitan | /dictionary/metropolitan_n?tab=factsheet#37126302 | 1,410 | null | n. & adj. | 5 | c1410– | Of, belonging to, or constituting a metropolis (in early use spec. London). Also: designating a political association of individual cities within an… | 1806– | ["adjective", "Of, relating to, or designating a mother country or parent state in relation to its colonies."] | 1,806 | null | 1991 | Ethnographers have used the term transculturation to describe processes whereby members of subordinated or marginal groups select and invent from materials transmitted by a dominant or metropolitan culture. | Profession (Modern Lang. Association Amer.) 36/2 | 1,991 |
Perhaps it was understating it to say it's the 11th hour—for the industry it is very nearly midnight | midnight | /dictionary/midnight_n?tab=factsheet#36780574 | null | null | n. & adj. | 5 | Old English– | The middle of the night; spec. (now the usual sense) 12 o'clock at night. | 1976– | ["noun", "figurative . The crucial hour, the moment when something reaches a crisis or comes to an end. Cf. eleventh hour at eleventh adj. A.1a , zero hour n. 1 and 2 ."] | 1,976 | null | 1976 | Perhaps it was understating it to say it's the 11th hour—for the industry it is very nearly midnight . | West Lancashire Evening Gazette 13 December 1/4 | 1,976 |
These facts are laid before the public..as a hint to masters to watch the conduct of their servants, who may, in these nocturnal excursions, commit a greater outrage upon their property than the midnight | midnight | /dictionary/midnight_n?tab=factsheet#36780574 | null | null | n. & adj. | 5 | Old English– | The middle of the night; spec. (now the usual sense) 12 o'clock at night. | a1393– | ["adjective", "Occurring, done, etc., at midnight; of or relating to midnight."] | 1,393 | null | 1787 | These facts are laid before the public..as a hint to masters to watch the conduct of their servants, who may, in these nocturnal excursions, commit a greater outrage upon their property than the midnight robber. | Pennsylvania Gazette 8 August 3/3 | 1,787 |
If I grew much better I should not be willing, if much worse,..not able, to migrate | migrate | /dictionary/migrate_v?tab=factsheet#36814414 | 1,623 | null | v. | 5 | 1623– | Biology. intransitive. Of an animal: to move from one region, location, or habitat to another in order to breed, grow, or find food; esp. (of a bird… | 1623– | ["I. General senses.", "intransitive . Of a person or a people: \u2020to move about, to move frequently ( obsolete ); to move, either temporarily or permanently, from one place, area, or country of residence to another; to move to another place of residence or study, field of employment, etc."] | 1,623 | null | 1784 | If I grew much better I should not be willing, if much worse,..not able, to migrate . | S. Johnson , Letter 9 September (1994) vol. IV. 400 | 1,784 |
The Meter is divided into smaller parts according to the following plan:—Meter; M. Decimeter; Dm. Centimeter; Cm. Millimeter; Mm | mm | /dictionary/mm_n-a?tab=factsheet#38446615100 | 1,851 | null | n. | 5 | 1851– | Millimetre(s). | 1851– | ["Millimetre(s)."] | 1,851 | null | 1851 | The Meter is divided into smaller parts according to the following plan:—Meter; M. Decimeter; Dm. Centimeter; Cm. Millimeter; Mm . | H. Medlock , translation of F. Schoedler, Book of Nature i. 34 | 1,851 |
This is your conscience... Our maker has given us all, this faithful internal Monitor | monitor | /dictionary/monitor_n?tab=factsheet#36263466 | 1,515 | null | n. | 5 | 1515– | Something which monitors or displays performance, output, etc., esp. of a system. Computing. A visual display unit connected to a computer to display… | 1651– | ["I. Something that advises or monitors, and extended uses.", "Something which provides guidance as to conduct, esp. a person's conscience."] | 1,651 | null | 1783 | This is your conscience... Our maker has given us all, this faithful internal Monitor . | T. Jefferson , Letter 11 December in Papers (1952) vol. VI. 380 | 1,783 |
A powerful apparatus of cast iron, provided with a universal joint to which the outlet or ‘nozzle’ is attached... This apparatus is sometimes called a ‘ monitor | monitor | /dictionary/monitor_n?tab=factsheet#36263466 | 1,515 | null | n. | 5 | 1515– | Something which monitors or displays performance, output, etc., esp. of a system. Computing. A visual display unit connected to a computer to display… | 1873– | ["I. Something that advises or monitors, and extended uses.", "Mining . A jointed nozzle used in hydraulic mining, which may be turned in any direction."] | 1,873 | null | 1873 | A powerful apparatus of cast iron, provided with a universal joint to which the outlet or ‘nozzle’ is attached... This apparatus is sometimes called a ‘ monitor ’. | G. A. Lawrence , Silverland x. 166 | 1,873 |
Even the most carelesse boyes will be affraid to offend in the face of the monitor | monitor | /dictionary/monitor_n?tab=factsheet#36263466 | 1,515 | null | n. | 5 | 1515– | Something which monitors or displays performance, output, etc., esp. of a system. Computing. A visual display unit connected to a computer to display… | 1530– | ["II. A person who advises or monitors, and extended uses.", "A school pupil or (esp. U.S. ) college student assigned disciplinary or other responsibilities (formerly in some cases including teaching of junior pupils)."] | 1,530 | null | a1656 | Even the most carelesse boyes will be affraid to offend in the face of the monitor . | Bishop J. Hall , Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) ii. 248 | 1,656 |
‘Hank’ Kravis was a popular student: vice president of the student council, scrappy captain of the wrestling team, dorm monitor | monitor | /dictionary/monitor_n?tab=factsheet#36263466 | 1,515 | null | n. | 5 | 1515– | Something which monitors or displays performance, output, etc., esp. of a system. Computing. A visual display unit connected to a computer to display… | 1530– | ["II. A person who advises or monitors, and extended uses.", "A school pupil or (esp. U.S. ) college student assigned disciplinary or other responsibilities (formerly in some cases including teaching of junior pupils)."] | 1,530 | null | 1990 | ‘Hank’ Kravis was a popular student: vice president of the student council, scrappy captain of the wrestling team, dorm monitor . | B. Burrough & J. Helyar , Barbarians at Gate v. 130 | 1,990 |
In the Australian outback the traveling lizard watcher can catch a glimpse of the seven-foot Perentie monitor | monitor | /dictionary/monitor_n?tab=factsheet#36263466 | 1,515 | null | n. | 5 | 1515– | Something which monitors or displays performance, output, etc., esp. of a system. Computing. A visual display unit connected to a computer to display… | 1802– | ["II. A person who advises or monitors, and extended uses.", "Any of various large to very large tropical Old World lizards constituting the genus Varanus and the family Varanidae, having a long neck, narrow head, short body, and forked tongue; a varanid. Also called goanna in Australia."] | 1,802 | null | 1986 | In the Australian outback the traveling lizard watcher can catch a glimpse of the seven-foot Perentie monitor . | R. Bakker , Dinosaur Heresies (1988) iii. 63 | 1,986 |
Tom Coryates Shooes hang by the Bels At Odcomb, where that Bel-Dam dwels who first produc't that monster | monster | /dictionary/monster_n?tab=meaning_and_use#35945948 | 1,375 | null | n., adv., & adj. | 5 | c1375– | Originally: a mythical creature which is part animal and part human, or combines elements of two or more animal forms, and is frequently of great… | 1616– | ["noun", "In extended and figurative use."] | 1,616 | null | 1616 | Tom Coryates Shooes hang by the Bels At Odcomb, where that Bel-Dam dwels who first produc't that monster . | R. R. in T. Coryate, Traveller for Eng. Wits 53 | 1,616 |
It was his first year in power in Uganda when he was already a tyrant but not yet a known monster | monster | /dictionary/monster_n?tab=meaning_and_use#35945948 | 1,375 | null | n., adv., & adj. | 5 | c1375– | Originally: a mythical creature which is part animal and part human, or combines elements of two or more animal forms, and is frequently of great… | ?a1505– | ["noun", "A person of repulsively unnatural character, or exhibiting such extreme cruelty or wickedness as to appear inhuman; a monstrous example of evil, a vice, etc."] | 1,505 | null | 2000 | It was his first year in power in Uganda when he was already a tyrant but not yet a known monster . | Saga Magazine 6 February 9/3 | 2,000 |
And pray, Master, what am I? I think my Person is not so despisable that you need run after other Folks. I'm no Monster | monster | /dictionary/monster_n?tab=meaning_and_use#35945948 | 1,375 | null | n., adv., & adj. | 5 | c1375– | Originally: a mythical creature which is part animal and part human, or combines elements of two or more animal forms, and is frequently of great… | 1715– | ["noun", "gen. An ugly or deformed person, animal, or thing."] | 1,715 | null | 1715 | And pray, Master, what am I? I think my Person is not so despisable that you need run after other Folks. I'm no Monster . | C. Molloy , Perplex'd Couple iv. i. 53 | 1,715 |
He had never considered himself a handsome man, at the zenith of his attractions, but neither had he thought himself a monster | monster | /dictionary/monster_n?tab=meaning_and_use#35945948 | 1,375 | null | n., adv., & adj. | 5 | c1375– | Originally: a mythical creature which is part animal and part human, or combines elements of two or more animal forms, and is frequently of great… | 1715– | ["noun", "gen. An ugly or deformed person, animal, or thing."] | 1,715 | null | 1930 | He had never considered himself a handsome man, at the zenith of his attractions, but neither had he thought himself a monster . | I. Low , His Master's Voice xxi. 277 | 1,930 |
The attractive Donna Murphy is costumed and made up to look homely but hardly hideous—she is no monster | monster | /dictionary/monster_n?tab=meaning_and_use#35945948 | 1,375 | null | n., adv., & adj. | 5 | c1375– | Originally: a mythical creature which is part animal and part human, or combines elements of two or more animal forms, and is frequently of great… | 1715– | ["noun", "gen. An ugly or deformed person, animal, or thing."] | 1,715 | null | 1994 | The attractive Donna Murphy is costumed and made up to look homely but hardly hideous—she is no monster . | Rolling Stone 2 June 76/1 | 1,994 |
Ur—the debut full-length from Vancouver act Salvador Dream—is just fuckin' monster | monster | /dictionary/monster_n?tab=meaning_and_use#35945948 | 1,375 | null | n., adv., & adj. | 5 | c1375– | Originally: a mythical creature which is part animal and part human, or combines elements of two or more animal forms, and is frequently of great… | 1904– | ["adjective (Developed from the attributive and appositive use of the noun.)", "colloquial . Remarkably successful, hugely profitable; (also) outstanding, extraordinarily good."] | 1,904 | null | 1994 | Ur—the debut full-length from Vancouver act Salvador Dream—is just fuckin' monster ! | M.E.A.T. September 9/2 | 1,994 |
Giue me the Merchants of the Indian mynes, That trade in mettall of the purest mould | mould | /dictionary/mould_n3?tab=factsheet#35712937 | 1,225 | null | n.³ | 5 | a1225– | A hollow form or matrix into which fluid material is poured or plastic material is pressed and allowed to cool or harden so as to form an object of a… | a1225– | ["I. The result of moulding; an imparted form.", "The distinctive nature of a person or thing, esp. as indicative of origin; constitution, character."] | 1,225 | null | a1593 | Giue me the Merchants of the Indian mynes, That trade in mettall of the purest mould . | C. Marlowe , Jew of Malta (1633) 1, ad init. | 1,593 |
Holding him tightly Rebecca knows he's himself again—himself in a softer mould | mould | /dictionary/mould_n3?tab=factsheet#35712937 | 1,225 | null | n.³ | 5 | a1225– | A hollow form or matrix into which fluid material is poured or plastic material is pressed and allowed to cool or harden so as to form an object of a… | a1225– | ["I. The result of moulding; an imparted form.", "The distinctive nature of a person or thing, esp. as indicative of origin; constitution, character."] | 1,225 | null | 1998 | Holding him tightly Rebecca knows he's himself again—himself in a softer mould . | M. Schneider , Panic Bird 72 | 1,998 |
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