• EEAN
n. Bk1900 Sc. – a one-year-old horse or mare
• EE-AW
n. 1938 Amer. dial. – a donkey or mule
• THE EEBIE-JEEBIES
n. 1923 Amer. dial. – feelings of uneasiness, apprehension, or nervousness; general feelings of discomfort
• EEBLE
adj. 1880 Sc. – able
• EECHIE NOR OCHIE
phr. 1768 Sc. – neither one thing nor another; not the smallest word or sound; hence, absolutely nothing
• EECHIE OR OCHIE
phr. 1768 Sc. – either one thing or another; the smallest word or sound; hence, absolutely nothing
• EECHY NOR OOCHY
phr. 1768 Sc. – neither one thing nor another; not the smallest word or sound; hence, absolutely nothing
• E-ED
adj. 2001 UK sl. – intoxicated with MDMA, the recreational drug best known as ecstasy
• EEDLE-DEEDLE
adj. a1880 – easygoing, lacking initiative, negligent, muddle-headed
• EEDLE-DODDLE
adj. a1880 – easygoing, lacking initiative, negligent, muddle-headed
n. 1911 Sc. – a person who shows no initiative in a crisis; a puddling person who concerns himself with little trifles
• EEDLE-ODDLE
n. 1911 Sc. – a person who shows no initiative in a crisis; a puddling person who concerns himself with little trifles
• E-ED UP
adj. 2001 UK sl. – intoxicated with MDMA, the recreational drug best known as ecstasy
• EEFE
adj. 1578 obs. – easy
• EEK
n. 1966 UK back slang (Ecaf) – the face
• EEKFOW
adj. 1. 1808 Sc. obs. – equal, just
adj. 2. 1825 – equable in temper; blithe, having an affable demeanour
n. 1768 Sc. obs. – an equal, match in marriage
• EEKFULL
n. 1768 Sc. obs. – an equal, match in marriage
• EEKIE
n. 1875 Sc. – an eye
• EEKIE PEEKER
n. 1899 Sc. – an eyelid
• EEKSIE-PEEKSIE
adj. 1824 Sc. – equal, on an equality; with nothing to choose between
• EEKSIE PICKSIE
adj. 1824 Sc. – on an equality, much alike
• EEL
n. 1. 17C sl. – the penis
n. 2. 1838 Amer. dial. – a resident of New England
n. 3. 1848 Amer. dial. – a resident of New York
n. 4. 1908 Sc. – a stripe, esp. a stripe along the back of a horse
n. 5. 1933 Amer. dial., usually derogatory – an elusive, shrewd, sly, or deceptive person; a treacherous person
• EELATOR
n. 1891 Eng. dial. – a small eel
• EEL-BACKED
adj. 1741 Sc. – of a horse of a light colour: having a black line on the back from the mane to the tail
• EELDINS
n. 1722 Sc. & Ireland – equals in age, contemporaries, persons born in the same year
• EEL-DROWNER
n. 1825 Sc. – one who can perform the impossible; hence, an exceedingly clever fellow; used ironically and generally with negative
• EEL-FLY
n. 1889 Eng. dial. – a mayfly
• EELIE
vb. 1818 Sc. – to disappear, to vanish from sight gradually
• EELIE-ALLIE
n. 1913 Sc. – the young of the eel
• EELIE-DOLLY
n. 1881 Sc. obs. – oil of any kind
• EELIST
n. 1. 1768 Sc. obs. – a flaw, deformity, defect
n. 2. 1825 Sc. obs. – envy; a desire to have possession of something that cannot easily be obtained
n. 3. 1825 Sc. obs. – a cause of regret
n. 4. 1914 Sc. obs. – a secret dislike for someone
• EELO
n. 1880 Sc. – an eel
• EEL OUT
vb. 1968 Amer. dial. – to evade a situation or responsibility; to worm out of a situation
• EELPOT
n. 1968 Amer. dial., derogatory – a Methodist
• EEL RUT
n. 1908 Amer. dial. – a small inlet partially drained at low tide
• EEL’S FALLEN ARCHES
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – something excellent
• EEL’S HIPS
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – something excellent
• EEL-SKIN
n. E20 US sl. – a condom
• EELSKIN-DRESS
n. 1881 – a tight-fitting dress
• EEL-SKINNER
n. 19C Brit. sl. – the female genitals
• EELSKIN-QUEUE
n. 1809 – ? a pig-tail
• EEL-SKINS
n. E19 Brit. sl. – trousers; very tight trousers; any tight-fitting article of clothing
• EELY
adj. 1871 – resembling an eel in movement; wriggling, writhing
vb. 1832 Sc. – to disappear, to vanish; to disappear one by one as a company does that disperses imperceptibly
• EELY-EELY-ATOR
n. 1891 Eng. dial. – a small eel
• EEM
n. 1. 1721 Sc. obs. – uncle; orig. used to refer to a mother’s brother only, later applied also to a father’s brother, and hence to a gossip or familiar friend
n. 2. 1846 Eng. dial. obs. – leisure
n. 3. 1929 Sc. – a hot fetid smell, such as that from a stuffy atmosphere
vb. 1. 1674 Eng. dial. – to spare time, to find an opportunity; to have leisure; to succeed in doing a thing
vb. 2. 1908 Sc. – to be infested with vermin; to be alive with small creatures
vb. 3. 1940 Sc. – of frost: to spread
• EEMERSOME
adj. 1949 Sc. – moody, changeable; generally applied to a person of jolly disposition
• EEMIN
n. 1703 Eng. dial. – evening
• EEMIR
n. 1910 Sc. – mood, humour
• EEMOCK
n. 1. 1773 Sc. – the ant
n. 2. 1914 Sc. – a person of diminutive stature; a fairy
• EEMOST
adj. 1773 Sc. – highest, uppermost
• EENABIE
adj. Bk1900 Sc. – small, diminutive for one’s age
• EENAMOST
adv. 1781 Amer. dial. – almost, nearly
• EEND
adj. Bk1900 Sc. – even, straight
• EENIE
n. 1875 Sc. – an eye
• EENIL
vb. 1825 Sc. obs. – to be jealous, suspicious of; to defame, to slander
• EENKIN
n. 1825 Sc. obs. – kindred in all its extent
• EENLINS
n. 1825 Sc. obs. – persons of equal age
• EENOO
adv. 1773 Sc. – just now, at the present time, a moment ago
• E’ENSHANKS
n. 1824 Sc. obs. – an afternoon or early evening meal
• EENSY-WEENSY
adj. 1950 Amer. dial. – tiny, very small
• EENTSY
adj. 1967 Amer. dial. – tiny, very small
• EENTSY-TEENSY
adj. 1967 Amer. dial. – tiny, very small
• EENTSY-TEENTSY
adj. 1967 Amer. dial. – tiny, very small
• EENTSY-WEENTSY
adj. 1967 Amer. dial. – tiny, very small
• EENY MOST
adv. 1946 Amer. dial. – almost, nearly
• EENY-TEENY
adj. 1967 Amer. dial. – tiny, very small
• EENY-WEENY
adj. 1967 Amer. dial. – tiny, very small
• EER
n. 1. 1866 Sc. – a piercing scream uttered in terror
n. 2. 1911 Sc. – colour
vb. 1825 Sc. – to squeak as a pig; to scream, to shriek, to bawl out
• EEREPI
n. 1905 Sc. – a jocular name for a very small person or child; a diminutive person
• EERIE
adj. 1. 1773 Sc. – dismal, sad, melancholy, gloomy, dull, mournful
adj. 2. 1796 Sc. & Eng. dial. – apprehensive, frightened, in dread of spirits
• EERIEFUL
adj. 1880 Sc. – weird, uncanny, foreboding evil, portentous
• EERIELY
adv. 1819 Sc. – dismally, drearily, in a foreboding way
• EERIES AND ORRIES
n. 1911 Sc. – particulars, details; ins and outs
• EERISOME
adj. 1. 1818 Sc. – uncanny, gloomy
adj. 2. 1856 Sc. – ghostly, weird, awe-inspiring
adj. 3. 1869 Sc. – dismal, dull, sad, melancholy
• EERISOMENESS
n. 1897 Sc. – uncanniness, the state of being uncanny, weird, or strange
• EERIORUMS
n. 1880 Sc. – particulars, details; fancy work, ornamentation
• EERISOME
adj. 1818 – weird, gloomy
• EER-QUAY
adj. 20C US Pig Latin for ‘queer’ – pert. to a homosexual
• EERTH
n. M19 back-slang – three
• EERVAR
n. 1890 Ireland – the last pig of a litter
• EESELESS
adj. 1917 Sc. – useless
• EESERAL
adj. 1911 Sc. – worthless, of small account
• EESHAN
n. 1866 Sc. – a child, a tiny tot; someone small and puny of any age; often used in a derogatory or playful sense
• EESK
n. Bk1900 Sc. – a slight rain or drizzle
vb. 1. 1845 Sc. – to rain slightly, to drizzle; to sleet
vb. 2. 1866 Sc. – to leak
vb. 3. 1866 Sc. – to make a squeaking noise, as of a mouse, new boots, etc.
• EESKYIE
n. 1929 Sc. – goodness, sense, decency
• EESOME
adj. 1823 – attractive or gratifying to the eye
• EES-WORM
n. 1896 Amer. dial. – an earthworm
• EET
int. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – a call to a horse to turn to the right
n. Bk1900 Sc. – habit, custom
• EETEMTATION
n. 1918 Sc. – the smallest particle of anything, particularly of food
• EETIM
n. 1911 Sc. – a small, puny person
• EETION
n. Bk1900 Sc. – a living creature; a person of small stature
• EETLE-OTTLE
vb. 1947 Sc. – to choose by counting out
• EEVENOO
adj. 1825 Sc. obs. – very hungry
• EEVER
adj. Bk1900 Sc. – of places: upper, higher
• EEYAW
adj. & adv. 1975 Amer. dial. – lopsided, askew, aslant, awry
• EEZIMER
n. 1954 Amer. dial. – eczema
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