• ELABE
vb. 1837 rare – to slip away
• ELABORATE
adj. 1592 obs. or arch. – produced or accomplished by labour
• ELABORATORY
n. 1652 obs. exc. Hist. – a place where chemical operations are performed, or where medicines are compounded
• ELABOUR
vb. 1606 obs. – to struggle or make one’s way
• ELACRYMATE
vb. 1657 obs. rare – to shed in the form of tears
• ELACT
vb. a1521 obs. rare – to suckle
• ELAGAZAM
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – excellent; first-rate
• ELAMP
vb. 1610 obs. rare – to shine forth
• ELANCE
vb. 1. 1718 obs. or arch. – to launch; to cast or throw a lance or dart
vb. 2. 1729 obs. or arch. – to shoot, to dart, to glance
• ELAPIDATE
vb. 1623 obs. – to rid or clear a place of stones
• ELAPSE
n. 1793 obs. – expiration, lapse, passing away of time
vb. 1742 obs. – to lapse, to sink insensibly into; to slip away from memory
• ELAPSED
adj. 1. 1649 obs. – suffered to slip by, neglected
adj. 2. 1665 obs. – of angels: fallen
• ELAPSIVE
adj. 1652 obs. rare – apt to let slip, forgetting, forgetful
• ELAQUEATE
vb. 1656 rare – to set free from a noose; to disentangle
• ELARGEMENT
n. 1680 obs. rare – enlargement
• ELARGITION
n. 1730 obs. – free or liberal impartation or bestowal
• ELASTICAL
adj. 1660 obs. – elastic
• ELASTICITY
n. 1. 1678 – energy, vigour, buoyancy of mind or character; capacity for resisting or overcoming depression
n. 2. 1858 – capacity for being ‘stretched’; expansiveness, flexibility, accommodatingness
• ELATE
adj. a1730 obs. rare – lifted, raised
vb. 1578 obs. – to lift on high, to raise, to elevate
• ELATEMENT
n. 1746-7 obs. – elation, elatedness
• ELATION
n. 1. c1420 obs. rare – growth
n. 2. 1578 obs. – lifting, elevation
n. 3. c1630 obs. – a proud or vainglorious action
n. 4. 1697 obs. – carrying out, e.g. of a dead body
n. 5. 1870 rare – an outburst of high spirits
• ELATIVE
adj. 1. 1595 obs. – that raises, elevates
adj. 2. 1838 rare – that elates, causes elation
• ELATRATE
vb. 1623 – to bluster, to rant, to roar; to speak loudly or violently → obs.
• ELAVATE
vb. 1599 obs. rare – to wash clean
• ELAXATE
vb. 1656 obs. – to loosen; to widen
• ELAY
vb. 1573 obs. rare – ? to mix, to dilute
• ELBEDRITSCH
n. 1889 Amer. dial. – an imaginary creature which, as a practical joke, a greenhorn is sent to hunt or capture
• ELBOW
n. 1. 1591 – a sharp bend in the course of a river, stream, road, etc.
n. 2. 1611 obs. – an arm of a chair, made to support the elbow
n. 3. 1626 – a forward or outward projection; a corner
n. 4. 1877 Eng. dial. – the conical hollow in the bottom of a wine bottle
• THE ELBOW
n. 1971 Brit. sl. – dismissal
• ELBOW-BENDER
n. 1. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – a violinist
n. 2. 1958 Amer. dial. – a habitual drinker; a drunkard
• ELBOW BENDING
n. 1934 Amer. dial. – the act of drinking alcoholic beverages
• ELBOW-CHAIR
n. 1804 Sc. – an armchair
• ELBOW COUSIN
n. 1959 Amer. dial. – a distant cousin
• ELBOW-CROOKER
n. 19C Brit. sl. – a drunkard
• ELBOW-CROOKING
n. 1880 Eng. dial. – tippling, constant drinking
• ELBOW GREASE
n. 1. 1808 Sc. obs. – snuff
n. 2. 1966 Amer. dial. – a non-existent item used as the basis of a practical joke
• ELBOW-POLISH
n. Bk1897 – energetic labour of any kind, elbow-grease
• ELBOW-SHAKER
n. 1725 – a gamester or sharper
• ELBOW-WIND
n. a1722 – a wind blowing sideways
• ELBUCK
n. 1728 Sc. – the elbow
• EL CABBAGIO
n. 1968 Amer. dial. – a low-quality cigar
• EL CHEAPO
adj. 1967 sl., orig. US – cheap and of low quality
n. 1977 sl., orig. US – something cheap and of low quality
• ELCHUR
adv. c890 obs. – elsewhere, otherwise, besides
• ELD
adj. 1619 poetic and arch. – old, aged, advanced in years
n. 1. c1000 obs. – people of advanced age; old men
n. 2. a1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – the age, period of life, at which a person has arrived
n. 3. a1000 obs. – an age of the world, a secular period
n. 4. c1200 obs. rare – fire
n. 5. a1300 obs. – conventional or legal age; full age; majority
n. 6. c1374 obs. – antiquity, duration of existence; time considered as a destroying or wearing agency
n. 7. 1725 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. – old age
n. 8. 1796 poetic usage – an old man
vb. 1. c897 obs. – to put off to a later time, to defer, to delay
vb. 2. c1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – to grow old
vb. 3. c1400 obs. – to make old
vb. 4. 1560 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – to ail
• ELDED
adj. 1. a1300 obs. – that has grown old, inveterate
adj. 2. 1896 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. – advanced in years, aged, old
• ELDELDERN
adj. 1765 Sc. – elderly, advanced in years
• ELDER
adj. 1. 1593 obs. – pert. to a more advanced period of life; later
adj. 2. 1642 obs. – of officials, etc.: that ranks before others by virtue of longer service; senior
n. 1. 971 obs. – a parent; an ancestor, a forefather; hence, a predecessor, one who lived in former days; usually in plural
n. 2. 1671 Sc. & Eng. dial. – the udder of a cow, horse, or other domestic animal
n. 3. L17 – a breast; a human breast; usually derogatory when referring to the human breast
• ELDER HAND
n. 1589 – in card playing: the first player
• ELDER IT
vb. 1855 nonce word – to play the elder brother or sister
• ELDERLING
n. 1863 rare – an elderly person
• ELDERLY MAN
n. Bk1900 Eng. dial. obs. – a chief, principal man
• ELDERMER
adj. 19C Eng. dial. – aged, growing old
• ELDERMERLY
adj. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – aged, growing old
• ELDERN
adj. 1. c1200 obs. exc. Sc. – elderly
adj. 2. a1300 – old, belonging to earlier times
adj. 3. 1862 Sc. – ancient, of long ago
• ELDERNLY
adv. a1400 obs. – of old time
• ELDERSHIP
n. 1549 – the position of being elder or senior; seniority, precedence of birth, primogeniture
• ELDEST
adj. 1. c897 arch. – earliest, first produced; first, most ancient
adj. 2. c1000 obs. – most aged, farthest advanced in age; oldest
adj. 3. 1721 military usage obs. – senior in rank or standing
• ELDFATHER
n. 1. c1000 obs. – a grandfather; a forefather in general, an ancestor
n. 2. c1200 obs. – a father-in-law
• ELD-GROWN
adj. 1896 Eng. dial. – grown old
• ELDIN
n. 1724 Sc. – any kind of fuel, esp. inflammable material such as peat, sticks, brushwood, etc.; firewood
• ELDING
n. a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – fuel of any kind, esp. pear, turfs, sticks, brushwood, etc.
• ELD-LIKE
adj. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – beginning to grow old
• ELDMOTHER
n. 1. c1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – a grandmother
n. 2. c1440 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – a mother-in-law; a stepmother
• ELDNESS
n. 1. c1000 obs. – oldness, old age
n. 2. 1387 obs. – a former state of things, antiquity
• ELDNYNG
n. 1500-20 obs. rare – ? jealousy, suspicion
• EL DORADO
n. 1. 1596 – an ideal place
n. 2. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – California
• EL DORADO STATE
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – California
• ELDRICK
adj. 1785 Eng. dial. – unearthly, ghostly, weird, uncanny; dreadful, ghastly, frightful
• ELDRINGS
n. c1300 obs. – elders, parents, ancestors
• ELDRISH
adj. 1785 Eng. dial. – unearthly, ghostly, weird, uncanny; dreadful, ghastly, frightful
• ELDRITCH
adj. 1. 1508 Sc. – weird, ghostly, unnatural; frightful, hideous, ghastly, fearful, terrible
adj. 2. 1808 Sc. obs. – of a sore or wound: painful
adj. 3. 1825 Sc. obs. – surly, severe in temper and manner; of weather: chill, keen
• ELDRITCHERY
n. 1950 Sc. – eeriness
• ELDSHIP
n. 1647 obs. rare – old age
• ELE
n. c950 obs. – oil
• ELEANOR
n. 1973 Amer. dial. – an outdoor toilet for women
• ELECT
n. 1. 1398 obs. – election
n. 2. c1425 obs. – one that has been chosen for an office or function
vb. 1513 obs. – to pick out, to choose
• ELECTANCY
n. 1768 obs. rare – the power of choosing
• ELECTANT
n. 1768 obs. rare – one who has power of choosing
• ELECTED
adj. 1893 Amer. dial. – provided with, having a sufficient supply of
• ELECTION
n. 1. 1531 obs. – judicious selection; the faculty of choosing with taste or nice discrimination
n. 2. 1543-4 obs. rare – a vote
n. 3. 1612 obs. – the choosing of things for special purposes
n. 4. 1790 Eng. dial. – a chance, likelihood, prospect
• ELECTIONARY
adj. 1837 rare – pert. to election, electoral
• ELECTION-DUST
n. 1815 – the commotion of an election
• ELECTIONEER
vb. 1789 – to busy oneself in elections
• ELECTIONEERER
n. 1809-12 – one who manages elections, who uses arts or influence to secure the return of a candidate; one skilled in such arts
• ELECTITIOUS
adj. 1631 obs. rare – arbitrarily chosen
• ELECTIVE
adj. 1. 1643 obs. – pert. to the act of choosing; of actions: proceeding from free choice, optional, voluntary
adj. 2. 1643 obs. – preferentially selected according to circumstances
n. 1701 obs. rare – an elected representative
• ELECTO
n. 1609 obs. – a leader or commander chosen by mutineers
• ELECTORAL
n. 1692 obs. – one who has the right to vote in election to any office or dignity
• ELECTORY
adj. 1660 obs. rare – capable of being filled by election, elective
• ELECTRAL
adj. a1763 obs. – charged with electricity, live
• ELECTRESS
n. 1869 – a female elector; a woman having a vote
• ELECTRICAL
adj. 1757 obs. rare – skilled in the science of electricity
• ELECTRICALNESS
n. 1736 obs. – the state of being electrical
• ELECTRIC CLOUD
n. 1969 Amer. dial. – a thunder cloud; an electrical storm
• ELECTRIC CURE
n. E20 US criminals’ sl. – electrocution in the electric chair
• ELECTRICITY BONE
n. 1966 Amer. dial. – the funny bone
• ELECTRICIZE
vb. 1872 rare – to charge with electricity, to electrify
• ELECTRIC LIGHT OIL
n. 1921 Amer. dial. – a nonexistent item used as the basis of a practical joke
• ELECTRIC LIGHT TRIMMER
n. 1969 Amer. dial. – a nonexistent item used as the basis of a practical joke
• ELECTRIC MACHINE
n. 1940s sl. – the penis
• ELECTRICOLOGY
n. 1746 rare – a discourse upon electricity
• ELECTRIC OWL
n. 1943 Amer. dial. – on the railroad: a telegraph operator who works at night
• ELECTRIC SOUP
n. 1992 sl. – alcohol
• ELECTRIFIED
adj. 19C Brit. sl. – intoxicated with alcohol; stunned with alcohol
• ELECTRIFY
vb. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – to intoxicate; to make dead drunk
• ELECTUARIOUS
adj. 1562 obs. rare – of the nature of an electuary; wholesome, beneficial
• ELEELE
adj. 1938 Hawaii – dark; black
• ELEEMOSYNAR
n. a1639 obs. exc. Hist. – an almoner, one that gives alms
• ELEEMOSYNARILY
adv. Bk1897 – charitably, by way of charity
• ELEEMOSYNARY
adj. 1. a1620 – given or done as an act of charity; gratuitous
adj. 2. c1630 – pert. to alms or almsgiving; charitable
adj. 3. 1654 – dependent on or supported by alms
n. 1. 1643 obs. – one who lives upon alms; a beggar
n. 2. 1656 rare – an almoner, one that gives alms
• ELEEMOSYNATE
vb. 1656 obs. – to give alms
• ELEEMOSYNOUS
adj. c1590 obs. rare – compassionate, merciful
• ELEET
n. 1863 Eng. dial. – the point at which four roads meet
• ELEGANCE
n. 1660 obs. – correctness of taste
• ELEGANCY
n. 1552 rare – elegance
• ELEGANT
adj. 1. 1513 obs. – tall
adj. 2. 1848 – of food and drink: excellent, first-rate
adj. 3. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – excellent; first-rate
• ELEGANTE
n. 1806 – a fashionable lady
• ELEGANTIZE
vb. 1798 – to make elegant
• ELEGAZAM
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – resplendently beautiful; gorgeous
• ELEGIAST
n. 1766 rare – a writer of elegies
• ELEGIOGRAPHER
n. 1623 rare – a writer of elegies
• ELEGIOUS
adj. 1632 obs. rare – resembling an elegy; hence, lugubrious, melancholy, mournful
• ELEGIST
n. 1774 – the writer of an elegy
• ELELENDISH
adj. a1000 obs. – of another land, foreign
• ELELEU!
int. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – a joyous exclamation when unexpectedly meeting a companion
• ELEMENT
n. 1. a1300 obs. rare – one of the heavenly bodies
n. 2. c1485 obs. – the sky
n. 3. 1785 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial. – atmosphere, air; weather
• ELEMENTAL
adj. 1527 obs. – pert. to the sky; also, governed by celestial influences
• ELEMENTARIAN
n. 1. 1710 Sc. obs. – in Aberdeen Grammar School: a pupil in the beginners’ class
n. 2. 1876 rare – one who has not advanced beyond the rudiments of his studies
• ELEMENTS
n. 1382 obs. – the letters of the alphabet; hence, the rudiments of learning
• ELENCH
n. 1. 1563-87 obs. – an index, analytical table of contents
n. 2. 1565 obs. – a sophistical argument, a fallacy
• ELENCHIC
adj. 1850 – pert. to refutation; that occupies himself with cross-examination
• ELENCHICAL
adj. 1641 rare – pert. to refutation; that occupies himself with cross-examination
• ELENCHIZE
vb. 1631 – to make use of the elenchus (a logical refutation); to dispute, argue, refute → obs.
• ELENCHUS
n. 1721 – an index, analytical table of contents → obs.
• ELENCTIC
adj. 1833 – pert. to refutation; that occupies himself with cross-examination
• ELENCTICAL
adj. 1615 – concerned with logical refutation → obs.
• ELENDE
n. 1697 – an elk → obs.
• ELENGE
adj. 1. ..897 – very long, tedious, weary, irksome → obs.
adj. 2. 1205 – remote, lonely, solitary; dreary, miserable → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
adj. 3. 1678 – strange, foreign → obs. exc. Sc.
adj. 4. 1691 – dreary, weird, uncanny → Eng. dial.
• ELENGELY
adj. 1305 – solitary, cheerless, miserable, dejected → obs.
adv. 1377 – drearily, miserably, dejectedly, gloomily → obs.
• ELENGENESSE
n. 1320 – loneliness, dreariness, misery, gloom → obs.
• ELEPHANT
n. 1. 1300 – ivory; a horn or trumpet of ivory → obs.
n. 2. 1616 – a name originally given by the Portuguese to violent storms occurring at the termination of the Monsoon → obs.
n. 3. 1917 – a dug-out with a semi-circular corrugated-iron lining → Brit. sl.
n. 4. 1942 – a fat, awkward, or clumsy person → Amer. sl.
n. 5. .M20 – the drug PCP → US drug culture sl.
n. 6. 1966 – an excessive task or burden → Amer. dial.
• THE ELEPHANT
n. 1860 – combat → US Civil War usage
• ELEPHANT AND CASTLE
n. 1. 19C – the anus → Brit. rhyming sl. for ‘ass-hole’
n. 2. 19C – an oaf, a stupid person → Brit. rhyming sl. for ‘ass-hole’
• ELEPHANT DANDRUFF
n. 1942 – cornflakes → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
• ELEPHANT DUG-OUT
n. 1917 Brit. sl. – a dug-out with a semi-circular corrugated-iron lining
• ELEPHANT EARS
n. 1. 1968 Amer. dial. – pickles
n. 2. 1968 Amer. dial. – rhubarb
• ELEPHANTER
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – a heavy rain
• ELEPHANTIC
adj. 1598 rare – pert. to or resembling an elephant; huge, ponderous
• ELEPHANTICIDE
n. 1855 nonce word – the killing of an elephant
• ELEPHANTINE
adj. 1. 1630 – resembling an elephant in size or strength, huge
adj. 2. 1675 – pert. to elephants
adj. 3. 1845 – resembling an elephant in action or manner; clumsy, unwieldy
• ELEPHANTITIS
n. 1967 Amer. dial. – unusually big or clumsy feet
• ELEPHANTRY
n. 1747 – troops mounted on elephants
• ELEPHANTS
adj. 1859 Brit. rhyming sl. (Elephant Trunk) – drunk
• ELEPHANT’S BREATH
n. 1884 – a shade of colour, light steel grey
• ELEPHANT’S EYEBROWS
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – something excellent
• ELEPHANTS’ FALLEN ARCHES
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – something excellent
• ELEPHANTSHIP
n. 1882 humorous usage – the personality of an elephant
• ELEPHANT’S TRUNK
adj. 1859 Brit. rhyming sl. – drunk
• ELEPHANT’S TEETH
n. 1. 1398 – ivory
n. 2. 1969 Amer. dial. – buck teeth
• ELEPHANT TRANQUILIZER
n. M20 US drug culture sl. – the drug PCP
• ELEPHANT TRUNK
adj. 1859 Brit. rhyming sl. – drunk
• ELEPHANT YEAR
n. 1958 Amer. dial., chiefly African-American – a bad luck year
• ELESAEW
n. c1200 obs. – oil
• ELET
n. c1200 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – fuel
• ELEUTHEROMANIAC
adj. 1837 – having a mania or frantic zeal for freedom
n. 1837 – a person having a mad zeal for freedom
• ELEVATE
vb. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – to intoxicate; to make dead drunk
• ELEVATED
adj. 19C sl. – mildly intoxicated with alcohol
• ELEVATION
n. 1. 19C Brit. sl. – drunkenness
n. 2. 19C Brit. sl. – a nickname for opium
• ELEVATOR APARTMENT
n. 1912 Amer. dial. – a dwelling in a building with an elevator
• ELEVATOR TICKET
n. 1968 Amer. dial. – a nonexistent item used as the basis of a practical joke
• ELEVENSES
n. 1887 sl. – light refreshment taken at about 11 am
• ELEVENTEEN
n. 1. 1622 obs. nonce word – twenty-one
n. 2. 1942 Amer. sl. – an indefinitely great number; many
• ELEVENTY-ELEVEN
n. 1893 Amer. dial. – an indefinitely great number; many
• ELF
n. 1811 Sc. – a term of contempt or opprobrium
• ELF-BORE
n. 1814 Sc. – a knot-hole in wood, thought to have been caused by the fairies
• ELFIN
n. 1. 1778 Sc. – the country of the elves
n. 2. 1909 Sc. euphemism – hell
• ELFIN FOREST
n. 1955 Amer. dial. – a thicket, a scrub forest
• ELF-LOCKED
adj. 1647 – having tangled hair
• ELF-LOCKS
n. 1838 Eng. dial.- tangled masses of hair
• ELF-RING
n. 1824 Sc. – a fairy ring
• ELF-SHOOT
vb. 1806 Eng. dial. – to bewitch, to enchant
• ELF-SKIN
n. 1596 obs. – a term of contempt for a thin, slight man; a man of shrivelled and shrunken form
• ELF-SWITCHES
n. 1838 Eng. dial. – tangled masses of hair
• ELF-TOE
n. 1969 Amer. dial. – a man’s sharp-toed shoe
• ELIDE
vb. 1818 Sc. obs. – to annul, to quash, to rebut
• ELIGIBLE
adj. 1966 Amer. dial. – eager for marriage
• ELIMINATED
adj. 1. E20 US criminals’ sl. – killed, murdered
adj. 2. M20 US sl. – intoxicated with alcohol
• ELIQUIDATE
vb. 1596 obs. rare – to make clear, to explain
• ELITE
n. 1863 Eng. dial. – the point at which four roads meet
• ELL
n. 1. 1941 Amer. dial. – a kitchen
n. 2. 1942 Amer. sl. – hell
n. 3. 1966 Amer. dial. – an L-shaped tear in cloth
n. 4. 1979 Amer. dial. – an alcove
• ELLAN
n. Bk1900 Sc. – a very small island in a river
• ELL AND YARD • ELLENYARD
n. 1891 Amer. dial. – the belt in the constellation Orion
• ELLEED
adv. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – all together
• ELLER
adj. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – sour, bitter
• ELLEREE
n. c1830 Sc. obs. – a person of preternatural insight; a seer
• ELLIE
vb. 1818 Sc. – to disappear, to vanish from sight gradually
• ELLINGE
adj. 1691 Eng. dial. – solitary, lonely; dreary, weird, uncanny
• ELLIS BELL
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – Emily Jane Bronté, novelist
• ELLMOTHER
n. 1691 Eng. dial. obs. – a stepmother
• ELLUM
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – the elm tree
• ELLWAND
n. 1. 1660 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. – a measuring rod, an ell measure; a yard measure
n. 2. 1868 Sc. – (as ‘ell-wand’) a tailor
• ELL-WOMAN
n. c1890 Sc. – a wise woman; a witch
• ELLY-BAY
n. E20 US Pig Latin for ‘belly’ – the stomach
• ELMEN
adj. 1825 Eng. dial. – pert. to or made of the elm tree
• ELMOTHER
n. 1691 Eng. dial. obs. – a stepmother
• ELM PEELER
n. 1. 1872 Amer. dial. – a razorback hog, a swine of a lean, long-legged variety; any inferior swine
n. 2. 1923 Amer. dial. – a poor White who peels elm trees for slippery elm, which he sells
• ELOQUIOUS
adj. 1599 – eloquent; endowed with eloquence → obs.
• ELOZABLE
adj. 1537 obs. rare – readily influenced by flattery; able to be wheedled or coaxed
• EL ROPO
n. c1960 Amer. dial. – a cigar, esp. a cheap or strong one
• EL ROPO STINKADORO
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – a cigar, esp. a cheap or strong one
• EL SEGUNDO
n. 1967 Amer. dial. – a foreman, an underboss
• ELSEHOW
adv. 1889 Eng. dial. – anyhow else
conj. 1922 Amer. dial. – or else, unless
• ELSEHOWS
adv. 1889 Eng. dial. – anyhow else
• ELSESO
conj. 1922 Amer. dial. – or else, unless
• ELSE-WAYS
adv. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – otherwise
• ELSE-WHITHER
adv. Bk1900 N. Eng. dial. – elsewhere
• ELSH
adj. 1. 1829 Eng. dial. – raw, uncouth
adj. 2. 1867 Eng. dial. – new, fresh
• ELSK
vb. 1866 Sc. obs. – to love
• EL STINKO
n. 1. 1968 Amer. dial. – a cigar
n. 2. 1968 Amer. dial. – bad liquor
• ELT
n. 1. 1790 Eng. dial. – a young pig or spayed sow
n. 2. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – a handle
n. 3. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – dough
n. 4. 1907 Sc. – a heavy, laborious job
n. 5. 1907 Sc. – a stout, awkwardly-built woman; a slovenly female
n. 6. 1928 Sc. – mud, mire
vb. 1. 1703 Sc. & Eng. dial. – to knead dough
vb. 2. 1866 Sc. – to handle roughly, to injure anything, such as an animal, the nap of cloth, etc., by too much rough handling; to pull about
vb. 3. 1877 Sc. – to work persistently or laboriously; to be occupied in working in the earth, to rake among dirt
vb. 4. 1891 Sc. – to begrime, to soil with mud, etc.
vb. 5. 1897 Sc. – to meddle with, to interfere
• ELTED UP
adj. 1856 Eng. dial. – bedaubed, covered with dirt
• ELT-PIG
n. 1790 Eng. dial. – a young pig or spayed sow
• ELUCTATE
vb. a1670 obs. rare – to struggle out; to escape by struggling
• ELVER
n. 1755 Eng. dial. – a young eel
vb. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – to grow soft
• ELVISH
adj. 1813 Eng. dial. – irritable, spiteful, mischievous
• ELVITCH
adv. 1900 Sc. – very, extremely
• ELY
vb. 1818 Sc. – to disappear, to vanish; to disappear one by one as a company does that disperses imperceptibly
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