• EICASTIC
adj. 1669 obs. rare – imitative
• EICKEL UP
vb. 1924 Sc. – to stir up, to incite
• EIDENCE
n. 1897 Sc. – industry, diligence
• EIDENCY
n. 1834 Sc. – diligence, hard work, assiduity
• EIDENT
adj. 1. 1529 – diligent, industrious, busy, attentive to; hard-working → Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
adj. 2. 1786 – of rain, snow, etc.: continuous, persistent → Sc.
• EIDENTLY
adv. 1838 Sc. – diligently, industriously, attentively
• EIDICATION
n. 1838 Sc. – education
• EIDOLOCLAST
n. 1824 – one who demolishes idols
• EIDOLON
n. 828 – an unsubstantial image, spectre, phantom
• EIGH!
int. 1750 Eng. dial. – an exclamation expressing wonder or asseveration
• EIGHT-BALL
n. 1. E20 US sl., derogatory – a Black person
n. 2. World War II Amer. sl. – a soldier who got into trouble so much that he was a liability to his unit
n. 3. M20 African-American sl. – an unsophisticated Black person; a square
• EIGHT-DOLLAR BILL
n. 1970 Amer. dial. – a non-existent item used as the basis of a practical joke
• EIGHTEEN CARAT
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – excellent; first-rate
• EIGHTEEN PENCE
n. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – conceit, show of importance
• EIGHTEEN-POUNDER
n. Amer. World War I sl. – an underage recruit (under eighteen years old)
• EIGHTER FROM DECATUR
n. 1910s US gambling usage – the point of 8 in craps dice
• EIGHTIN
adj. c1200 obs. – eighth
• EIGHT-O’CLOCK FEVER
n. 1967 Amer. dial. – an imaginary disease
• EIGHT PENCE DRINK
n. 1813 Sc. – strong ale
• EIGHT-ROCK
n. M20 US sl., derogatory – a very dark Black person
• EIGHT-SQUARE
adj. 1538 obs. exc. nautical usage – having eight equal sides; octagonal
n. 1794 – an octagonal figure
vb. 1794 – to fashion into octagonal shape
• EIGHTY-SIX
n. 1. 1936 US sl. – in a restaurant and bars: a customer to be refused service
n. 2. 1936 US sl. – in a restaurant and bars: used to denote that the supply of an item has run out, or that a customer is not to be served
vb. 1958 US sl. – to eject or bar from a premises; generally, to reject or abandon
• EIKSUPICKSY
vb. 1915 Sc. – to argue, to bandy words
• EIKSUPICKY
adj. 1824 Sc. – on an equality, much alike
• EILD-ENCUMBERED
adj. 1827 Sc. – burdened or overcome with age
• EILDINS
n. 1728 Sc. – equals in age, contemporaries, persons born in the same year
• EILDRON
adj. 1838 Sc. – unearthly, ghostly, weird, uncanny
• EILDS
n. 1812 Sc. – elderly persons
• EILLAND
n. a1300 obs. rare – a foreign land
• EIN
vb. 1. 1887 Sc. obs. – to breathe, to whisper, to devise, to imagine
vb. 2. 1894 Sc. – to make a tryst with, to appoint a meeting-place with
• EINATTER
n. 1851 Eng. dial. – a serpent
• EINDLE
vb. 1825 Sc. obs. – to be jealous, suspicious of; to defame, to slander
• EIR
n. 1808 Sc. obs. – fear, dread
• EIRACK
n. 1791 Sc. – a hen of the first year
• EIREN
n. Bk1900 Eng. dial. obs. – eggs
• EIRENIC
adj. 1878 rare – tending to or productive of peace
• EIRENICON
n. 1865 – a proposal tending to make peace; an attempt to reconcile differences
• EIRMONGER
n. c1305 obs. – a dealer in eggs
• EISELL
n. c1160 obs. – vinegar
• EISFUL
adj. a1000 obs. – fearful, terrible
• EISIE
vb. c1175 obs. – to frighten
• EISIN
vb. Bk1900 Sc. – to desire strongly
• EISLICH
adj. c888 obs. – fearful, terrible
• EISLICHE
adv. c1175 obs. – fearfully; timidly
• EISNING
n. 1773 Sc. – a strong desire or longing of any kind
• EISSEL
adj. 1818 Sc. – easterly
adv. 1815 Sc. – eastwards, towards the east
• EISTACK
n. 1. 1773 Sc. obs. – something rare, singular, or surprising; that which arrests the eye
n. 2. 1773 Sc. obs. – a dainty
• EITH
adj. 1. c1200 obs. – of an action: easy, not difficult
adj. 2. c1205 obs. – comfortable, at ease, free from pain
adj. 3. a1225 obs. – making slight resistance; presenting few difficulties; easy
adj. 4. c1250 obs. – of a person: easy to be entreated, gentle; also, ready, susceptible
adv. a1000 obs. – easily, without difficulty
• EITHER
vb. 1929 Sc. – to rain slightly, to drizzle
• EITHERENS
conj. 1844 Sc. – either; rather
• EITHERMORE
adv. 1889 Eng. dial. – either, in any case
• EITHER OF BOTH
n. a1575 obs. – either of the two
• EITHER OTHER
adj. 1532 obs. – one or other of the two
n. a1000 obs. – each other
n. 1526 obs. – each of the two, both
• EJACULATE
vb. 1613 obs. – to throw out suddenly and swiftly, to eject
• EJACULATION
n. 1610 obs. – the act of hurling missiles; the spouting out of water
• EJACULATORY
adj. 1644 obs. – given to abrupt, impulsive expression
• EJECTAMENTA
n. 1863 – substances ejected by eruptive forces
• EJECTATION
n. 1736 obs. – a casting or throwing out
• EJECTION
n. 1. 1655 obs. – an outgoing of emotion
n. 2. 1655-60 obs. rare – the state of being banished, exile
• EJECTITIOUS
adj. 1736 obs. – cast out
• EJECTMENTS
n. 1658 obs. rare – things cast up or out
• EJULATION
n. a1619 obs. – wailing, lamentation
• EJURATE
vb. 1622 – to abjure, to renounce → obs.
• EJURATION
n. 1656 – a renouncing or resignation → obs.
• EJURE
vb. 1642 – to abjure, to renounce → obs.
• EK
n. 1929 – a nauseating whiff of some ill-smelling thing → Sc.
• EKE
adv. 700 – also, too, moreover, in addition → arch.
n. 1. ..894 – an addition, increase; a piece added on; a supplement → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
n. 2. 1887 – a male salmon → Eng. dial.
n. 3. 1905 – the itch → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. 4. 1966 – the face → UK back slang (Ecaf)
vb. 1. 1200 – to add → obs.
vb. 2. 1535 – to increase, to grow → obs.
vb. 3. 1703 – to itch → Eng. dial.
• EKEMENT
n. 1603 – an increase, extension, enlargement → obs.
• EKEN
adj. 1908 – lean, thin, meagre → Sc.
• EKENAME
n. 1303 – an additional name; a nickname → obs. exc. Sc.
• EKER
n. 1483 – one who increases → obs.
• EKES AND ENS
n. 1900 – odds and ends; fragments → N. Ireland (Bk.)
• EKKER
n. L19 – physical exercise → sl.
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