• ENAMEL
n. 1940s African-American sl. – skin
• ENAMMOUS
conj. 1680 Eng. dial. – lest
• ENANTEEN
n. 1881 Sc. – an ant
• ENCHILADA
n. 1970s US sl. – the penis
• ENCHILADA-EATER
n. M20 US sl., derogatory – a nickname for a Mexican
• ENCORE
n. 20C sl. – sexual intercourse for the second time, usually soon after one has just had the initial bout
• END
adj. c1953 US jazz sl. – excellent
n. 1. L16 sl. – the penis
n. 2. 17C sl. – the vagina; the female genitals
n. 3. L18 sl. – the buttocks, the posterior
n. 4. 1814 Sc. & Eng. dial. – a room in a cottage, esp. the parlour or sitting-room
n. 5. L19 sl. – a share, usually of criminal profits or responsibility
n. 6. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – a beginning, origin, original source
n. 7. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – a part, division; proportion
n. 8. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – place, position, situation
n. 9. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – pleasure, delight
n. 10. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – price, rate
n. 11. 1940s sl. – that proportion of one’s illicit gains that is used to bribe the police
n. 12. 1990s African-American & teen sl. – an area of a city
n. 13. 20C sl. – that area of a football stadium, behind the respective goals, traditionally reserved for the hardcore supporters of home and away teams and the scene of most fighting
• THE END
n. 1. 1910s sl. – the absolute limit that the speaker will tolerate, ‘the last straw
n. 2. 1948 US sl., chiefly jazz usage – the best; perfection, absolute excellence
• END-ALL
n. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – an act of completion; a finishing stroke
• ENDARCHY
n. 1893 – central government
• ENDBOARD
n. 1959 Amer. dial. – the heel or last slice on each end of a loaf of bread
• END-DAY
n. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – a termination, end
• ENDE
n. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – a blue colour
• ENDEAVOUR FOR
vb. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – to work, to labour
• ENDEAVOURING
adj. 1868 Eng. dial. – industrious, hard-working
• ENDEW
vb. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – to give, to bestow
• END-FARE
n. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – success
• END FOR ABOUT
adv. 1957 Amer. dial. – in inverted or reversed position; inside out
• END FOR END
adv. 1871 Amer. dial. – in inverted or reversed position; inside out
• ENDGATE
n. 1. 1956 Amer. logging usage – cheese
n. 2. 1968 Amer. dial. – the last piece of food left on a plate
• ENDIE
adj. Bk1900 Sc. – attached to one’s own interest, selfish; full of schemes, fertile in expedients
• ENDILOPE
n. 1847 Eng. dial. – an envelope
• ENDING-STROKE
n. 1898 Sc. – a death-blow; a finishing stroke
• ENDLANG
adv. 1815 Sc. & Eng. dial. – consecutively, continuously, without intermission or interruption
• ENDLESS
adj. 1822 Sc. – pertinacious, long-winded, talkative
• ENDLESS BELT
n. E19 Aust. sl. – a prostitute
• END MAN
n. 1. 1932 Amer. dial. – on the railroad: the rear brakeman on a freight train
n. 2. 1967 Amer. dial. euphemism – a bull
• ENDO
vb. 1938 Amer. dial. – to heave or pull an object
• END OF COMEBACK
n. 1966 Amer. dial. – an out-of-the-way place, or a very unimportant place
• END OF CREATION
n. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. – a person or thing of extremely little consequence
• END OFF
vb. 1934 Amer. dial. – to come to an end, to terminate
• END OF NOWHERE
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – an out-of-the-way place, or a very unimportant place
• THE END OF THE BEAN ROW
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – the limit of one’s patience or endurance
• THE END OF THE ROW
n. 1904 Amer. dial. – the limit of one’s patience or endurance
• END-ON
adv. 1899 Amer. dial. – in a great hurry
• END ONE’S DAYS
vb. a1533 – to die
• ENDOPHAGY
n. 1883 – cannibalism within the same group or tribe
• END OVER APPETITE
adv. 1927 Amer. dial. – head over heels
• END-OVER-END
n. 1970 Amer. dial. – a tumble, a somersault
• END-PICKLE
n. 1856 Eng. dial. – a head of corn
• END-PUDDING
n. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – the rectum
• ENDRIFT
n. 1801 Sc. – snow driven by the wind
• ENDS
n. 20C teen & high school sl. – money
• ENDS AND AWLS
n. 1767 Sc. & Eng. dial. – belongings; odds and ends
• ENDSVILLE
n. 1. 1957 US jazz sl. – the best
n. 2. a1962 US sl. – someone or something unpleasant or unendurable
• ENDUE
adv. 1892 N. Ireland – due, owing
• ENDURABLE
adj. 1887 Eng. & Amer. dial. – durable, long-lasting, dependable
• ENDVILLE
n. 1957 US jazz sl. – the best
• ENDWARDS
adv. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – onward, forwards
• ENDWAY
adv. 1. 1795 Eng. dial. – to the end or finish; at the end
adv. 2. 1874 Eng. dial. – continuously, successively; without end or interruption
• ENDWAYS
adv. 1740 Sc. & Eng. dial. – forward, onward, straight ahead; at once, henceforth
• ENDY
adj. Bk1900 Sc. & Eng. dial. – attached to one’s own interest, selfish; full of schemes, fertile in expedients
► ENECATE vb. to kill outright, to destroy, to cause death → 1657 obs.
• ENEMIOUS
adj. 1529 obs. – hostile, unfriendly
• ENEMMIS
conj. 1680 Eng. dial. – lest
• ENEMY
n. 1. 1814 Sc. – the devil; a person of evil disposition
n. 2. 19C Brit. sl. – the penis
n. 3. Bk1900 Sc. & Eng. dial. – an insect; an ant
• ENERGY
n. 1966 Amer. dial. – boldness, assertiveness, forwardness; bravery
• ENFELON
vb. 1475 obs. or arch. – to make furious, to infuriate, to make fierce or cruel
• ENFORCER
n. 1929 sl., orig. US – a strong-arm man, esp. in an underworld gang
• ENGAGE
vb. 1714 Sc. & Eng. dial. – to attract
• ENGAGEMENT BABY
n. 1949 Amer. dial. – an illegitimate child
• ENGAGEMENT CHILD
n. 1949 Amer. dial. – an illegitimate child
• ENGASTRIMYTH
n. 1598 obs. – one who appears to speak in the belly; a ventriloquist
• ENGINE
n. 1. 1631 Sc. – intellect, genius, mental capacity; disposition, character
n. 2. Bk1900 N. Ireland – an ingenious invention or thing
n. 3. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – a hinge
n. 4. 1967 Amer. dial. – a stooge; one who is used to another’s advantage
n. 5. E20 US criminals’ sl. – the equipment used by an opium smoker
• ENGINEER
vb. Bk1905 Amer. dial. – to manage – Who’s engineering this affair?
• ENGINE TAMER
n. 1977 Amer. dial. – on the railroad: an engineer who breaks in a new locomotive
• ENGINOUS
adj. 1. c1325 obs. – clever, ingenious, crafty, cunning; deceitful
adj. 2. 1606 obs. – belonging to an engine, of the nature of an engine
• ENGLIFY
vb. 1829 Sc. – to make English; to cause to resemble English persons or manners
• ENGLISH
adj. 1986 Amer. dial. – among the Amish: said of a non-Amish neighbour
n. 1. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – coloured snail-shells or butterflies, as distinguished from those that are white
n. 2. 1921 Amer. dial. – a nonexistent object used as the basis of a practical joke
n. 3. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – tea
n. 4. 1957 Amer. dial. – a style of men’s haircut: the hair rides back from the temples, rests comfortably on top of the ears, and keeps moving to the rear, like Laurence Olivier’s
n. 5. 1967 Amer. dial. – a flourish in handwriting; a curlicue
vb. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. – to puzzle
• ENGLISH AS SHE IS SPOKE
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – colloquial speech
• ENGLISHER
n. 1823 Sc. – an Englishman
• ENGLISH MAN
n. 1893 Eng. dial. – the partridge, Perdix cinerea
• ENGLISH NOSE
n. 1967 Amer. dial. – one with a high bridge
• ENGLISH PALE
n. 1670 obs. – the confines or dominion of England, the pale of English law
• ENGLISH PARROT
n. 1887 Eng. dial. – the green woodpecker, Picus viridis
• ENGLISH WINTER
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – iced tea
• ENGRAGE
vb. Bk1900 Sc. – to irritate, esp. by satire
• ENJOY
vb. 1. 16C – to coit a woman
vb. 2. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – of plants: to thrive, to grow freely
• ENJOY A WOMAN
vb. 19C euphemism – to copulate with a woman
• ENJOY BAD HEALTH
vb. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – to endure or experience bad health
• ENJOYOUS
adj. 1968 Amer. dial. – enjoyable
• ENJOY POOR HEALTH
vb. 1. 1848 Amer. dial. – to be ill
vb. 2. 1966 Amer. dial. – to malinger
• ENLANGWYSE
adv. Bk1900 Sc. – lengthwise
• ENLARGER
n. 1812 Sc. – one who explains or enlarges on anything
• ENLIGHTEN
vb. 1806 Sc. obs. – to fill with light
• ENMUD
vb. 1611 obs. – to enclose or bury in mud
• ENNA
phr. 1947 Amer. dial. – ? Isn’t that so? Don’t you agree?
• ENNER
adj. Bk1900 Sc. – nether, having an inferior place
• ENNOMINATE
vb. 1923 Amer. dial. – to nominate
• ENNOYOUS
adj. c1420 obs. rare – annoying, vexatious, troublesome; harmful
• ENNY
adv. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – only
• ENOB
n. 20C US back-slang for ‘bone’ – the erect penis
• ENORMITAN
n. 1654 obs. rare – one who deviates from normal standards of behaviour; one who behaves extravagantly
• ENORMOUS
adv. 1817 Amer. dial. – very, exceedingly
• ENOUGH
adj. 1854 Eng. dial. – of food: cooked sufficiently
adv. 1856 Amer. dial. – sufficiently, considerably
• ENOUGH TO GAG A MAGGOT
phr. 1. 1966 Amer. sl. – something that is thoroughly repulsive
phr. 2. 1968 Amer. sl. – a great deal of something
• ENOUGH TO GAG A MAGGOT AND KNOCK A FLOCK OF BUZZARDS OFF A GUTWAGON
phr. a1990 Amer. sl. – something that is thoroughly repulsive
• ENOUGH TO MAKE A CAT SPEAK
phr. 1719 – said of something very extraordinary or astonishing; frequently said of very good drink
• ENOW
adj. 1787 Sc. & Eng. dial. – enough, sufficient in quantity
adv. 1. 1773 Sc. – just now, just this minute; a moment ago
adv. 2. 1790 Sc. & Eng. dial. – shortly, very soon, in a moment, presently, by and by
adv. 3. 1863 Eng. dial. – enough, in a sufficient degree
• ENSIGN-BEARER
n. E19 Brit. sl. – a drunkard
• ENSPEER
vb. c1440 obs. rare – to ask or inquire
• ENT
vb. 1. Bk1900 Sc. – to answer
vb. 2. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – to empty; to pour out
vb. 3. Bk1900 Sc. – to regard, to notice; to obey
• ENTANGLEMENT
n. 20C US euphemism – an illicit love affair
• ENTANY
n. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – an ‘entry,’ main doorway of a house; a narrow passage or by-street
• ENT DOWN
vb. 1895 Eng. dial. – to rain heavily, to pour in torrents
• ENTEETE
n. Bk1900 Eng. dial. obs. – a siesta or sleep at noon
• ENTERCOMMON
adj. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – common to everybody
• ENTERTAINING THE GENERAL
phr. 1948 Amer. dial. euphemism – menstruating
• ENTERTAINMENT
n. 1621 N. Ireland – lodging and food
• ENTHRALLED
adj. 1903 Amer. dial. – involved; indebted
• ENTHUSIASM
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – a loved one; a sweetheart
• ENTHUSIASTIC AMATEUR
n. 1910s sl. – a promiscuous young woman
• ENTI
adv. 1895 Eng. dial. – indeed; always used with negative
• ENTICING AS A JAYBIRD
adj. 1847 Amer. dial. – extremely enticing
• ENTIES
n. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – empty bottles; ’empties’
• ENTIRE
adj. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – independent; retired from business
n. 1930 Amer. dial. – a stallion
• ENTITLE
n. 1901 Amer. dial. – a name
• ENTITLED
adj. 1914 Amer. dial. – obligated
• ENTITLEMENT
n. 1883 Amer. dial. – a name
• ENTRAMELLS
n. Bk1900 Sc. – bondage, the chains of slavery; prisoners of war
• ENTREAT
vb. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – to treat, to use
• ENTRY
n. 1. 1850 Sc. & Eng. dial. – an alley or narrow passage between two houses or walls
n. 2. 1968 Amer. dial. – a sloping outside cellar door
• ENTRY-MOUTH
n. 1856 N. Ireland – the end or entrance of a narrow lane or passage
• ENTS
n. 1796 Eng. dial. obs. – the ends of lands
• ENTWITE
vb. 1542 obs. – to twit, rebuke, reproach or blame a person
• ENTY!
int. 1883 Amer. dial. – an exclamation of surprise or affirmation
• ENUNTY
adv. 1777 Eng. dial. – directly opposite
• ENVELOPE
n. 1. 19C Brit. sl. – a condom
n. 2. 1967 Amer. dial. – a matchbook
• ENVIOUS
adj. 1965 Amer. dial. – hostile
• ENVOMISH
vb. 1480 obs. – to vomit
• ENVY
vb. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – to wish for, to desire
• ENVYFOW
adj. Bk1900 Sc. – invidious, full of malice
• ENVY-STRIPE
n. 1927 Amer. dial. – spite
• ENYMOST
adv. 1834 Amer. dial. – almost, nearly
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