• DEG
n. 1. 1823 Sc. – a stroke or sharp blow
n. 2. 1897 Eng. dial. – damp, moisture; a drop of water
vb. 1. 1781 Eng. dial. – to sprinkle water upon anything; to bedew, to moisten, to soak
vb. 2. 1825 Sc. – to strike with a sharp-pointed weapon
vb. 3. 1859 Eng. dial. – of a sore: to run, to ooze; to fester
vb. 4. B1900 Eng. dial. – to drizzle with rain
• DEGER
adj. 1996 UK polari sl. – ten
n. M19 sl. – the number 10
• DEGESS
n. B1900 Eng. dial. – digestion
• DEGG
n. 1897 Eng. dial. – damp, moisture; a drop of water
vb. 1. 1781 Eng. dial. – to sprinkle water upon anything; to bedew, to moisten, to soak
vb. 2. 1859 Eng. dial. – of a sore: to run, to ooze; to fester
vb. 3. B1900 Eng. dial. – to drizzle with rain
• DEGGER
n. 1895 Eng. dial. – a man watering with a can
• DEGGING-CAN
n. 1892 Eng. dial. – a watering-can
• DEGGY
adj. B1900 Eng. dial. – drizzly, foggy
• DEGO
n. 1832 US sl., derogatory – orig. a Spaniard, Portuguese, or other Caucasian of southern Europe or Latin America; broadly, a foreigner
• DEGORE
adj. 1965 Amer. dial. – plentiful, abundant
• DEGRANDINATE
vb. 1623 obs. rare – to hail much
• DEGREE
n. 1962 Amer. dial. – an type or breed, as of a dog
• DEHONESTATE
vb. 1663 obs. rare – to dishonour, to disgrace, to disparage, to slander, to calumniate
• DEHORN
n. 1. 1926 Amer. dial. – a hard drinker, a drunkard; one inclined to fight when drunk
n. 2. 1926 Amer. dial. – bootleg alcohol; any kind of liquor
vb. 1. 1958 Amer. dial. – to water down alcohol, particularly if it is bad
vb. 2. 20C Amer. dial. – to castrate
vb. 3. M20 US sl. – to copulate
• DEHORNED
adj. 1945 Amer. dial. – denied or deprived of position or authority; demoted or discharged
• DEHORNER
n. 1958 Amer. dial. – a hard drinker, a drunkard; one inclined to fight when drunk
• DEHYDRATED WATER
n. 1970 Amer. dial. – a nonexistent substance used as the basis of a practical joke
• DEIGHLE
n. 1890 Sc. – a simpleton
• DEIGNOUS
adj. c1330 obs. – disdainful, proud, haughty, scornful
• DEIPNOSOPHIST
n. 1656 – a master of the art of dining
• DEJEUNE
n. 1833 Sc. – breakfast
• DEKE
n. 1742 Amer. sl. – a deacon
• DEKH
n. 1853 sl., orig. Anglo-Indian – a look, a glance
• DEKI!
int. 1970 Amer. dial. – a call to sheep; come!
• DEKK
n. M19 sl. – a look, a glance
vb. 20C sl. – to see, to look at
• DEKKO
n. 1894 Brit. sl., orig. army sl. – a look, a glance
• DEKNACKERED
adj. 20C – castrated; emasculated
• DELABRATE
vb. 1813 obs. rare – to dilapidate, to ruin
• DELACRIMATE
vb. 1623 obs. – to weep
• DELATION
n. 1792 Sc. – an accusation
• DELATOR
n. 1616 Sc. – an informer, an accuser
• DELAVERLY
adv. 1865 Sc. – continuously
• DELAYOUS
adj. 1469 obs. rare – given to delay; dilatory; procrastinating
• DELEER
vb. 1821 Sc. – to intoxicate, to make drunk, to render ‘delirious’
• DELEERIT
adj. 1. 1824 Sc. – gone mad, out of one’s senses
adj. 2. 20C US colloq. – intoxicated with alcohol
• DELENIFICAL
adj. 1656 obs. rare – soothing, pacifying, mitigating; making gentle; assuaging pain
• DELF
n. 1. 1790 Sc. & Eng. dial. – earthenware, crockery
n. 2. 1841 Eng. dial. – a pond
• DELFIN
adj. 1897 Sc. – made of earthenware
• DELFWARE
n. 1874 Sc. & Eng. dial.- earthenware, crockery
• DELHI BELLY
n. 1944 sl. – diarrhoea suffered by visitors to India
• DELI
n. c1954 sl., orig. & chiefly US – a delicatessen
• DELIBATE
vb. 1. 1623 obs. – to take a little of; to taste, to sip
vb. 2. 1655-60 obs. – to take away as a small part; to pluck, to cull
• DELIBLE
adj. E17 – able to be deleted or effaced
• DELICATE CONDITION
n. 20C US euphemism – pregnancy
• DELICATE TAINT
n. E19 Brit. euphemism – venereal disease, esp. gonorrhea
• DELICATUDE
n. 1727 obs. rare – delicateness; deliciousness
• DELICIATE
vb. 1. 1633 obs. rare – to take one’s pleasure; to enjoy oneself; to indulge in delicacies; to feast; to revel; to luxuriate
vb. 2. 1658 obs. rare – to fill with delight; to render delightful; to delight
• DELICIOUS
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – excellent; first-rate
• DELICIOUS JAM
n. 20C sl.- semen
• DELICUN SQUINTON
n. 1946 Amer. dial. – whisky; “…makes you speak the truth and gives you everlasting remembrance”
• DELIGHTABLE
adj. ME rare – causing delight; delightful
• DELIGHTSOME
adj. E16 now literary – delightful
• DELILAH
n. L16 – a temptress; a seductive and treacherous woman
• DELIRIOUS TREMORS
n. 1968 Amer. dial. – delirium tremens
• DELIRITNESS
n. 1823 Sc. – madness
• DELIRIUM TREMBLES
n. 1968 Amer. dial. – delirium tremens
• DELIRIUM TREMORS
n. 1968 Amer. dial. – delirium tremens
• DELISH
adj. 1. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – excellent; first-rate
adj. 2. E20 colloq. – delicious
• DELITABLE
adj. c1290 obs. – affording delight; delightful, pleasant, delectable
• DELITESCENT
adj. 1684 – lying hid, concealed, or obscured
• DELITIGATE
vb. 1623 obs. rare – to scold or chide vehemently
• DELITOUS
adj. c1400 obs. – delightful
• DELIVERLY
adv. 1825 Sc. – freely, continuously
• DELK
n. c1325 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – a hole, hollow, depression
• DELLFIN
n. 1790 Eng. dial. – a low place, overgrown with underwood
• DELLIT
n. 1. 1819 Eng. dial. – twilight, evening, dusk
n. 2. 1895 Eng. dial. – daylight, daybreak
• DELOG
n. Bk1903 back-slang – money
• DELO-DIAM
n. L19 Brit. & US back-slang – an old maid
• DELO NAMMOW
n. M19 back-slang – an old woman
• DELORE
adj. 1965 Amer. dial. – plentiful, abundant
• DELOUSY
adj. World War II Amer. sl. – unpleasant
• DELOVE
vb. 1959 Amer. dial. – to love someone
• DELP!
int. B1900 Eng. dial. – an exclamation used to express pity; God help!
• DELPH
n. 1790 Eng. dial. – earthenware, crockery
• DELSEED
n. 1810 Eng. dial. – a fir cone
• DELT
vb. 1890 Sc. – to treat with great care and attention; to caress, to fondle
• DEL-TAKING
n. a1300 obs. – participation
• DELTING
adj. 1804 Sc. – spoiling with kindness
• DELTIT
adj. B1900 Sc. – spoiled with kindness
• DELUGE
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – a heavy rain
• DELVE
vb. 1888 Eng. dial. – to work hard, to slave, to drudge
• DEM
int. 1. 1746 Eng. dial. obs. – an insulting expression used to a woman without any definite meaning
int. 2. M18 Brit. – damn!
n. 1876 Eng. dial. – a dam, a weir
• DEMAND
vb. 1885 Eng. dial. – to command a view, to overlook, to watch
• DEMANDS
n. B1900 Ireland – commands, commissions
• DEMBLE
n. B1900 Sc. – a plunge, as in liquid
vb. B1900 Sc. – to dip or plunge in liquid; to splash
• DEMEANOUR
n. 1880 Eng. dial. – eccentricity
• DEMELLIT
adj. B1900 Sc. – hurt, injured, disordered
• DEMELLITIE
n. B1900 Sc. – a hurt, injury of kind; the effects of a dispute or broil
• DEMESNES
n. 17C – a woman’s genital area, her ‘domain’
• DEM-FOW
adj. B1900 Sc. – quite full
• DEMI-BEAU
n. Bk1904 sl. – a would-be dandy
• DEMIC
n. 1897 Eng. dial. – an epidemic
• DEMICKY
adj. 1879 Eng. dial. – suppurating; discharging pus
• DEMIMONDAINE
n. M19 – a courtesan
• DEM IN
vb. B1900 Eng. dial. – of clouds: to collect, to be obstructed
• DEMIREP
n. E18 – a flighty woman; a woman of doubtful character
• DEMIS
n. M20 US drug culture sl. – Demerol™ tablets or capsules
• DEMISE
n. E18 euphemism – death
• DEMISSION
n. 1. 1554 obs. – ? order for release
n. 2. 1577-87 – the act of putting away or letting go from oneself, giving up, or laying down, especially a dignity or office; resignation, relinquishment, abdication
n. 3. a1638 rare – abasement, lowering, degradation
n. 4. 1656 obs. – dejection, depression, lowering of spirits or vitality
n. 5. a1664 obs. – a letting down
n. 6. 1708 obs. – a lowering, putting or bending down
n. 7. 1735 obs. – relinquishment of life; death
n. 8. 1811 rare – a sending away, dismissal
• DEMISSIVE
adj. 1630 obs. – downcast, humble, submissive
• DEMME!
int. M18 Brit. – damn!
• DEMNITION BOW-WOWS
n. M19 euphemism – hell
• DEMO
n. 1936 sl. – a demonstration
• DEMOCRAT HOUND
n. 1975 Amer. dial. – an otherwise intelligent dog who takes up the wrong scent, as when a rabbit hound chases a fox
• DEMOISELLE
n. 1. 1520 – a young lady, a maid, a girl
n. 2. 1687 – the Numidian Crane, Anthropoides virgo
n. 3. 1844 – a dragonfly
n. 4. 19C – the damsel-fish
• DEMON
n. 1. 1889 Aust. sl. – a police officer
n. 2. 1900 Aust. sl. – a detective
• THE DEMON RUM
n. E20 US sl. – alcohol or liquor, esp. rum
• DEMONS
n. Bk1892 Aust. prison sl. – police
• DEMOTO
n. 20C teen & high school sl. – someone who is unmotivated and not doing well in school
• DEMPS
n. 1867 Eng. dial. – twilight, dusk
• DEMPSE
n. 1867 Eng. dial. – twilight, dusk
• DEMPTION
n. 1887 Sc. – a great quantity
• DEMRY
n. 1950 Amer. dial. – a baked sweet potato
• DEMULCE
vb. 1530 obs. – to soothe, mollify, pacify, appease
• DEMULCEATE
vb. 1837 obs. nonce word – to soothe or mollify a person
• DEMUR
n. 1790 Sc. – plight
• DEMURMURATE
vb. 1641 obs. – to murmur, to mutter
• DEMY REP
n. E18 – a flighty woman; a woman of doubtful character
• DEN
n. 1. 16C – the female genitals
n. 2. 1785 Sc. & Eng. dial. – a small wooded valley; a dell, glen, a deep hollow between hills
• DENA • DENAR
n. M19 sl. – a shilling (5p)
• DENATURE
vb. 1968 Amer. dial. – to castrate an animal
• DENCH
adj. 1828 Eng. dial. – dainty, fastidious, squeamish
• DENCHED
adj. 1684 Eng. dial. – squeamish as to food
• DENDROPHIL
adj. 19C – tree-loving
n. 1888 – a lover of trees
• DENE
n. 1691 Eng. dial. – a din, noise; a sound
vb. B1900 Eng. dial. – to din, to make a noise
• DENER
n. 1839 chiefly Aust. & NZ usage – a shilling
• DENG
n. Bk1900 Sc. & Eng. dial. – a hard blow
vb. 1887 Sc. & Eng. dial. – to throw violently; to knock, to bang
• DENGLE
vb. B1900 Sc. – to swing, to vibrate, to quiver, to throb, to tingle; to shoot or quiver with pain
• DENIAL
n. 1895 Eng. dial. – a disadvantage, detriment, hindrance; loss, injury; a disappointment
• DENK
adj. 1721 Sc. – neat, nice, finely dressed
• DENSH
adj. 1. 1828 Eng. dial. – dainty, fastidious, squeamish
adj. 2. 1860 Eng. dial. – excellent
• DENSH-GOBBED
adj. B1900 Eng. dial. – of a dainty fastidious taste or appetite; affected in speaking
• DENSH-STOMACHED
adj. B1900 Eng. dial. – of a dainty fastidious taste or appetite
• DENT
n. 1. 1866 Eng. dial. – a ‘stroke’ or clap of thunder
n. 2. 1866 Eng. dial. – the time of greatest danger
• DENTAL BOX
n. 1966 Amer. dial. – the mouth
• DENTALS
n. 1. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – teeth
n. 2. 1966 Amer. dial. – false teeth
• DENTICAL
adj. 1894 Eng. dial. – dainty, fastidious
• DENTICE
n. 1825 Sc. – a delicacy, a rarity; a luxury
• DENTLY
adv. Bk1900 Eng, dial. – well, properly, suitably
• DENTS
n. 1950s Amer. sl. – teeth
• DENTY
adj. 1. a1698 Sc. – pleasant, agreeable; worthy, excellent; fine, handsome; plump and thriving, as regarding a child
adj. 2. 1862 Sc. – large, fair-sized; of time: considerable
• DENTY-BONNY
adj. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – beautiful
• DENTY-CUM-PRETTY
adj. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – handsome and conceited
• DENTY-CURIOUS
adj. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – of superlative quality or manufacture
• DENTY-LION
n. 1826 Sc. – the dandelion, Leontodon Taraxacum
• DENUMB YE!
int. 1852 Sc. – confound you!
• DEN UP
vb. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. – to retire; to hibernate
• DE-NUT
vb. 1950 Amer. dial. – to castrate
• DEOSCULATE
vb. 1623 obs. rare – to kiss eagerly or affectionately
• DEPAHTER
n. 1927 Amer. dial. – departure
• DEPANTSING
n. 20C US sl. – in a group of adolescent males: the removal of the trousers of one of their number, esp. in the presence of adolescent females
• DEPARCH
vb. 1891 Amer. dial. – to depart
• DEPART
vb. E16 sl. – to die
• DEPART TO GOD
vb. E16 – to die
• DEPONE
vb. 1. 1726 Sc. – to testify, to asseverate, to affirm; to give evidence as a witness
vb. 2. 1825 Sc. – to deposit
• DEPONENT
n. 1880 Sc. – a witness
• DEPOSIT
n. 20C US sl. – an act of defecation; dung; faeces
vb. 20C sl. – to ejaculate semen
• DEPRAVED
adj. B1900 Eng. dial. – weakly, ill
• DEPRESSION EGGS
n. 1987 Amer. dial. – pullets’ eggs, because of their smaller size
• DEPRESSION MEAT
n. 1967 Amer. dial. – deer shot illegally
• DEPTH BOMB
n. Bk2004 Amer. World War I sl. – an egg
• DEQUANTITATE
vb. 1646 obs. rare – to diminish the quantity or amount of; to lessen
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