• HARIGALDS
n. 1. 1725 Sc. – locks of hair
n. 2. 1737 Sc. – the viscera or pluck of an animal
• HARICOT
n. 1706 – a ragout; orig. of mutton, now sometimes of other meat
• HARICOT BEAN
n. World War I Amer. sl. – a bullet
• HARIOLATE
vb. 1656 obs. – to soothsay; also (17C), to practice ventriloquism
• HARIOLATION
n. 1656 obs. – a foretelling or soothsaying
• HARIOLE
vb. 1833 obs. nonce word – to divine, to guess
• HARIOLIZE
vb. 1592 obs. – to soothsay
• HARISH
adj. 1552 obs. – of the nature of a hare; mad, foolish
• HARK
int. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. – hush! be quiet!; used esp. in silencing noisy children
n. 1814 Sc. – a whisper; a secret wish or desire
vb. 1. ME now arch. & poetic usage – to listen to; to hear with active attention
vb. 2. 1583 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. – to speak in one’s ear; to whisper or mutter
vb. 3. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – to look out; to make inquiries
vb. 4. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – to smell
vb. 5. 1967 Amer. dial. – to cough
• HARK AFTER
vb. 1899 Amer. dial. – to follow
• HARKANY
n. 1895 Eng. dial. – a job
• HARKAUDIENCE
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – an accordion
• HARK BACK
vb. 1. 1834 – to recall
vb. 2. 1868 – to retrace one’s course or steps; to return, to revert; to return to some earlier point in a narrative, discussion, or argument
• HARKEE!
int. 1847 Amer. dial. – listen! be quiet!
• HARKEN
vb. 1. c1000 now poetic usage – to hear with attention, to give ear to a thing; to listen to; to heed; to understand, to learn by hearing
vb. 2. a1000 – to apply the ears to hear; to listen, to give ear
vb. 3. c1230 – to apply the mind to what is said; to attend, to have regard; to listen with sympathy or docility
vb. 4. 1382 obs. – to listen privily; to play the eavesdropper; to eavesdrop
vb. 5. 1523 – to seek or hear tidings; to inquire after, to ask for
vb. 6. 1580 obs. – to lie in wait; to wait
vb. 7. 1612 obs. exc. Sc. – to talk in one’s ear, to whisper
• HARKENER
n. 1. 1340 – one who listens or gives ear; a listener
n. 2. 1549 obs. – an eavesdropper; a scout
• HARKENING
n. 1. c1000 – listening, giving attention
n. 2. a1483 obs. – inquiry; discovery
• HARKEN ON
vb. 1970 Amer. dial. – to urge somebody to do something he shouldn’t
• HARKER
n. 1. 1825 Sc. – a listener
n. 2. 1914 Amer. dial. – a fine, strong person or thing
n. 3. 1914 Amer. dial. – an ear
• HARK FROM THE TOMB
adv. 1851 Amer. dial. – with great severity; at full tilt
n. c1960 Amer. dial. – something severe; a severe scolding or admonition .
• HARKIE
n. 1897 Sc. – a pig; a boar-pig
• HARKING
n. 1897 Sc. – a whispering
• HARKY
int. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – listen! hark!
vb. 1888 Amer. dial. – to hear, to give heed
• HARK YE!
int. 1827 Amer. dial. – listen! be quiet!
• HARK YOUR NOISE!
int. 1946 Amer. dial. – be quiet!
• HARL
n. 1. a1697 Eng dial. – a tangle, a knot; a confusion; mental confusion
n. 2. 1721 Eng. dial. – a mist, a fog or drizzle coming up with the tide from the sea
n. 3. 1808 Sc. – the act of hauling or dragging
n. 4. 1815 Sc. – a haul; a collection; that which is gathered together; money or property obtained by dishonourable means
n. 5. 1821 Sc. – a small quantity of anything; anything obtained with difficulty and on rare occasions
n. 6. 1824 Sc. – a slattern; a big, untidy, coarse, cross-grained person; a rough field-labourer
n. 7. 1824 Eng. dial. – hair, wool
n. 8. 1825 Eng. dial. – a confused, tangled mass; an entanglement; a state of confusion
n. 9. 1827 Eng. dial. – a company of hounds
n. 10. 1833 Eng. dial. – a state of great excitement
vb. 1. c1290 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. – to drag: usually with the notion of friction or scraping of the ground; to pull, to tug; to trail along the ground; to haul
vb. 2. a1300 Eng. dial. – to entangle, to twist, to knot together; to ravel or confuse
vb. 3. 1500-20 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. – to drag or trail oneself; to go with dragging feet
vb. 4. c1730 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. – to troll for fish
vb. 5. 1785 Sc. & Eng. dial. – to scrape or rake together; to peel, to come off in pieces
vb. 6. 1889 Eng. dial. – to be in a state of confusion or perplexity
• HARL ABOUT
vb. 1871 Sc. – to move about feebly; to crawl, to creep
• HARLE
n. 1. 1721 Eng. dial. – a mist, a fog or drizzle coming up with the tide from the sea
n. 2. 1815 Sc. – a haul; a collection; that which is gathered together; money or property obtained by dishonourable means
n. 3. 1821 Sc. – a small quantity of anything; anything obtained with difficulty and on rare occasions
n. 4. 1824 Sc. – a slattern; a big, untidy, coarse, cross-grained person; a rough field-labourer
n. 5. 1840 Sc. – the act of dragging or trailing
vb. 1. 1785 Sc. & Eng. dial. – to scrape or rake together; to peel, to come off in pieces
vb. 2. 1808 Sc. & Eng. dial. – to drag. to pull, to tug; to trail along the ground; to haul
• HARLEM
n. M20 – a strongly swinging jazz style
• HARLEMESE
n. E20 – a regional type of speech characteristic of the inhabitants of Harlem
• HARLEMITE
n. L19 – a person born in or residing in Harlem, New York
• HARLEQUIN
adj. 1779 – having the characteristics of a harlequin or his dress; burlesque, ludicrous; particoloured
n. 1. 1590 – a character in Italian comedy; in English pantomime a mute character supposed to be invisible to the clown and pantaloon; he has many attributes of the clown with the addition of mischievous intrigue; he usually wears particoloured bespangled tights and a visor, and carries a light ‘bat’ of lath as a magic wand
n. 2. 1878 – a buffoon; a fantastic fellow
n. 3. Bk1903 sl. – £1
• HARLEQUINA
n. 1867 – a female harlequin
• HARLEQUINADE
n. 1. 1780 – a kind of pantomime; that part of a pantomime in which the harlequin and clown play the principal parts
n. 2. 1828 – buffoonery; fantastic procedure
vb. 1788 – to play the harlequin; to act fantastically
• HARLEQUINADISH
adj. 1859 nonce word – of the nature of a harlequinade
• HARLEQUINERY
n. 1741 obs. – pantomime; harlequinade
• HARLEQUINESS
n. 1785 – a female harlequin
• HARLEQUINIZE
vb. 1876 – to dress or do up in fantastical colouring
• HARLICAN
n. 1896 Eng. dial. – a term of abuse to a person
• HARLIN
adj. 1807 Eng. dial. – difficult, close; exhausting, severe
n. 1805 Sc. – some degree of affection, an inclination towards
• HARLIN-FAVOUR
n. 1742 Sc. – some degree of affection, an inclination towards
• HARLOT
n. 1. a1225 obs. – a vagabond, a vagrant; a beggar, a rogue, a rascal, a villain, a low fellow, a knave; later (16C-17C), sometimes a man of loose life; a fornicator; a lecher; also, a term or opprobrium or insult
n. 2. a1300 obs. – a male servant or attendant; a menial
n. 3. a1300 obs. – a kind of pointed boot or shoe worn in the 14th century
n. 4. a1340 obs. – an itinerant jester, buffoon, or juggler; one who tells or does something to raise a laugh
n. 5. c1386 obs. – a fellow; playfully, a good fellow
n. 6. 1432 derogatory – a promiscuous woman; an unchaste woman, a prostitute, a strumpet
n. 7. 1483 obs. – a female juggler, dancing-girl, ballet-dancer, or actress
n. 8. c1485 rare – a woman; a general term of contempt
n. 9. 1563 obs. – an unchaste man or woman
vb. 1641 – to behave like a harlot; to prostitute oneself
• HARLOT-HOUSE
n. 1659 – a brothel
• HARLOTIZE
vb. 1589 obs. – to make a harlot of; to call harlot
• HARLOTRY
adj. 1. L16 obs. – base, filthy, worthless, trashy
adj. 2. 1579-80 obs. – base, scurvy, filthy, worthless, trashy
n. 1. c1325 obs. – buffoonery, jesting; ribaldry, scurrility, scurrilous talk; obscene talk or behaviour
n. 2. 1377 – promiscuity; the practice or trade of prostitution
n. 3. 1467 obs. – filth, trash
n. 4. 1584 now rare or obs. – a prostitute; a harlot; a term of opprobrium for a woman
n. 5. 1768 – meretriciousness, showy but false attractiveness
• HARM
adj. 1889 Amer. dial. – harsh; unkind
n. 1. a1000 obs. – grief, sorrow, pain, trouble, distress, affliction
n. 2. c1430 obs. – pity; a pity
n. 3. 1825 Eng. dial. – any contagious or epidemic disease, not distinguished by a specific name; a fever
n. 4. 1875 Eng. dial. – distemper in dogs
vb. 1. 1806 Eng. dial. – to mock or imitate in speaking; to mimic
vb. 2. Bk1902 Sc. – to dwell upon a trifling fault or misfortune, continually upbraiding the defaulter or sufferer
vb. 3. Bk1902 Sc. – to fret, to grumble; to be peevish or ill-tempered
• HARMAN
n. 1725 thieves’ cant obs. – a constable
• HARMAN-BECK
n. 1567 thieves’ cant obs. – a constable; the parish-constable or beadle
• HARMANS
n. 1567 thieves’ cant obs. – the stocks
• HARMING
n. Bk1902 Sc. – fretfulness, peevishness; grumbling
• HARMLESS
adj. 1. c1290 rare – free from harm or injury; unhurt, uninjured, unharmed
adj. 2. 1297 arch. – free from guilt; innocent
adj. 3. 1876 Eng. dial. – fair to both parties, just
adj. 4. 1880 Eng. dial. – having a friendly and winning way
adj. 5. 1960s Amer. sl. – lacklustre, tedious
• HARMLY
adj. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – hurtful, harmful; annoying
• HARMOGE
n. 1601 obs. – a harmony of colours or sounds
• HARMONATE
vb. 1968 Amer. dial. – to get along well with others; to be harmonious
• HARMONIA
n. 1973 Amer. dial. – a harmonica
• HARMONIAC
adj. 1771 obs. nonce word – relating to harmony, or to the cultivation of music
• HARMONIACAL
adj. 1536 obs. – full of harmony, harmonious
• HARMONIAL
adj. 1569 rare – pert. to harmony or agreement; harmonious
• HARMONIAN
n. 1603 obs. rare – one versed in harmony or music; a musician
• HARMONIC
adj. 1815 rare – melodious, tuneful, sweet-sounding
n. 1966 Amer. dial. – a harmonica
• HARMONICAL
adj. 1. a1500 obs. – of musical notes: harmonious, sweet-sounding, tuneful
adj. 2. 1531 rare – marked by harmony or agreement; harmonious, concordant
adj. 3. 1589 obs. – of verse: rhythmical, melodious, sweet-sounding
adj. 4. 1603 obs. – belonging to or relating to music; musical
• HARMONICALLY
adv. 1. 1589 obs. – with harmony or concord of sounds; concordantly, tunefully, harmoniously
adv. 2. 1604 obs. – in the way of harmony or agreement; agreeingly, harmoniously
• HARMONICALNESS
n. 1691-8 obs. – tunefulness, harmoniousness
• HARMONICIAN
n. 1760 obs. – one versed in harmony or musical theory
• HARMONICUM
n. 1916 Amer. dial. – a harmonica
• HARMONISTER
n. 1966 Amer. dial. – a harmonica
• HARMONY
n. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – uproar, noise, disturbance
• HARN
n. a1154 obs. exc. Sc. – brain; brains
• HARNESS
n. 1. a1300 obs. – the baggage or portable equipment of an army, a party of travellers, etc.
n. 2. 1340 obs. – household and personal equipment; furniture; apparel
n. 3. c1386 obs. – ware, gear; affairs, matters
n. 4. 1838 Eng. dial. – temper; humour
n. 5. 1853 Amer. dial. – clothing, dress, garments; esp. a uniform
n. 6. 1941 Amer. dial. – suspenders
vb. 1. a1300 arch. – to equip in armour; to arm, to accoutre
vb. 2. c1380 obs. – to furnish, to equip, to accoutre; esp. to mount or ornament with fittings of some precious material
vb. 3. c1400 obs. or arch. obs. – to dress, to clothe, to apparel, to array
vb. 4. 1611 obs. – to equip a place defensively; to fortify
• HARNESS
n. c1489 – a suit of mail
• HARNESS-BEARER
n. 1563 obs. – an armour-bearer
• HARNESS BULL
n. 1903 US sl. – a uniformed police officer of low rank; often as opposed to a detective
• HARNESS COP
n. 1903 US sl. – a uniformed police officer of low rank; often as opposed to a detective
• HARNESSED
adj. 1. 1426 obs. – furnished, equipped; mounted with silver or other metal
adj. 2. c1460 obs. – armed, in armour
• HARNESSING
n. 1596 – trappings, accoutrement
• HARNLESS
adj. 1892 Sc. & Eng. dial. – brainless
• HARN-PAN
n. a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. – the skull, the brain-pan
• HARNSEY-GUTTED
adj. B1900 Eng. dial. – lank and lean like a harnsey (a heron)
• HAROUNAL ROOSEVELT
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – Theodore Roosevelt, twenty-sixth US President
• HARP
n. 1. 1887 Amer. dial. – a harmonica
n. 2. 1904 Amer. dial., often derogatory – a person of Irish birth or descent
vb. 1. 1896 Eng. dial. – to listen to; to hearken, to pay attention
vb. 2. 1968 Amer. dial. – to cough; to hack
• HARP AGAINST A PERSON
vb. 1781 Eng. dial. – to insinuate to his disadvantage
• HARP AT
vb. 1611 obs. – to guess at
• HARPEN ON
vb. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – to encourage; to cheer on to fight
• HARPER
n. Bk1903 sl. – penny (1d)
• HARPIE
n. 1. M20 sl. – a prostitute
n. 2. M20 US sl. – a shrewish virago
• HARPING
n. 1819 – verses, poetry, ‘song’
• HARPING-GLEE
n. a1300 obs. – harp music
• HARPING-IRON
n. 1596 obs. – a barbed spear or javelin used for spearing whales and large fish; a harpoon
• HARPING-SPEAR
n. 1657-83 obs. – a barbed spear or javelin used for spearing whales and large fish; a harpoon
• HARPOON
n. 1. 1625 obs. – a barbed dart or spear
n. 2. 1960 Amer. dial. – the penis
vb. 1851 Amer. dial. – to pursue and catch a mate
• HARPOON A BOTTLE-NOSE
vb. 1849-50 Ireland – to make a gross mistake
• HARPOONING
n. 1969 Amer. dial. – a very sharp scolding
• HARPRESS
n. 1814 rare – a female harp player
• HARPSICAL
n. 1616 obs. – a corrupt version of ‘harpsichord’
• HARPSICON
n. 1633 obs. – a corrupt version of ‘harpsichord’
• HARP UPON ONE STRING
vb. 1546 colloq. – to repeat incessantly
• HARPY
n. 1589 – a rapacious, plundering, or grasping person; one that preys upon others
• HARR
n. 1. 1662 – sea fog
n. 2. 1873 Sc. & Eng. dial. – the upright part of a gate or door to which the hinges are fastened
n. 3. Bk1902 Sc. – a hinge, joint
vb. 1387 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – to snarl as a dog; to make a rough guttural trill
• HARRASKAP
n. Bk1902 Sc. – character
• HARRAST
n. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – delight
• HARRE
n. 1. c725 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – the hinge of a door or gate
n. 2. c1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – a cardinal point; an important matter
• HARRED UP
adj. 1914 – angry, enraged, upset, vexed, anxious (Amer. dial.)
• HARRIAGE
n. 1. 1830 – confusion, disorder (Eng. dial.)
n. 2. 1867 – a disturbance; a bustle, fuss (Eng. dial.)
n. 3. 1881 – a moving, tumultuous assemblage of rough people; a rabble (Eng. dial.)
• HARRIDAN
n. 1670 – orig., an elderly, haggard-looking woman, esp. one who is considered sexually promiscuous; later, an elderly woman considered to be bad-tempered, aggressive, or disagreeable; now, any woman having these characteristics, regardless of her age
• HARRIDANICAL
adj. 1725 – like a harridan; vixenish (obs.)
• HARRIDGE
n. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – the angular edge of anything; the turned edge of a sharp knife; also, a sharp edge to one’s appetite
• HARRIED
adj. 1. 1844 Sc. – plundered, robbed, pillaged
adj. 2. 1899 Eng. dial. – overdone, wearied, jaded
• HARRIER
n. 1. 1591 obs. – a drover, a driver of cattle
n. 2. 1835 Sc. – a robber; a rifler of birds’ nests
• HARRIET LANE
n. 1896 sl., chiefly Aust. – preserved meat, esp. Aust. tinned meat
• HARRIGOAD
n. 1721 Eng. dial. – a wild, wanton girl or child; a run-about, flighty or good-for-nothing person
vb. 1876 Eng. dial. – to go about in a wild, flighty manner; to ramble, to roam about
• HARRIMAN
n. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – a lizard, a newt
• HARRINGTON
n. Bk1903 sl. – a farthing (1/4d)
• HARRIS
n. 1. L19 rhyming sl./abbreviation for ‘Aristotle’ – a bottle
n. 2. 1979 UK rhyming sl. for Aristotle – Bottle – Bottle and Glass – arse – the backside; the buttocks; the anus
• HARRISH
n. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – distress, worry, annoyance, trouble
vb. 1. 1843 Ireland & Eng. dial. – to harass, to worry, to torment, to trouble; to ravage
vb. 2. 1883 Eng. dial. – to starve with cold
• HARRISHIN’
n. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – a violent invasion; ‘harrying’
• HARRISHING
adj. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – cold and stormy
• HARRO!
int. 1. 1827 Sc. – hurrah! huzza!
int. 2. 1882 Sc. – an exclamation of surprise; an outcry for help
• HARROW
int. a1300 obs. – a cry of distress or alarm
n. 1528 Eng. dial. – the hinge of a door or gate
vb. 1. c1000 – to harry, to rob, to spoil
vb. 2. 1602 – to lacerate or wound the feelings of; to vex, to pain, to distress greatly
vb. 3. 1609 obs. – to vex, to disturb
vb. 4. 1633 – to tear, to lacerate, to wound physically
vb. 5. 1753 obs. – to castrate
vb. 6. 1881 Eng. dial. – to harass, to distress, to fatigue greatly
• HARROWED
adj. 1890 Eng. dial. – beaten, overcome, brought to a standstill; obstructed by an impediment or obstacle
• HARROWING
adj. 1810 – acutely distressing or painful
n. 1599 – plundering, sacking of a country
• HARROW UP
vb. 1791 Sc. – to arouse, to stir up
• HARRUMPH!
int. M20 – exclamation expressing disapproval
• HARRY
int. c1440 obs. – a call to a horse
n. 1. c1330 obs. – the act of harrying; devastation, molestation, vexation
n. 2. 1796 – a country fellow; a young Englishman of a low-class type
n. 3. 1899 Sc. & Eng. dial. – a countryman, a rude boor; an opprobrious term applied to a woman
n. 4. 1899 Eng. dial. – the remainder of the porridge left in the dish after everyone has been supplied
n. 5. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – the male of any species of animal
n. 6. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – the youngest and smallest pig in a litter
n. 7. M20 US drug culture sl. – heroin
vb. 1. c893 – to make predatory raids or incursions; to commit ravages
vb. 2. c1205 – to overrun a place or territory with an army; to ravage by war or invasion; to lay waste, to sack, to pillage
vb. 3. a1300 obs. Eng. dial. – to drag or carry off
vb. 4. a1300 – to harass persons by hostile attacks, forced exactions, or rapacity; to oppress, to despoil
vb. 5. a1400-50 – to worry, to goad, to torment, to harass; to maltreat, to ill-use, to persecute; to worry mentally; to bother
vb. 6. 1579 obs. exc. Sc. – to plunder, to carry off in a marauding raid (cattle, etc.)
vb. 7. 1591 obs. – to ravish, to violate
vb. 8. 1637-50 – to rob birds’ nests
vb. 9. 1860 Eng. dial. – to urge, to impel
• HARRY BEHINT
adj. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – always last or behindhand
• HARRY-CARRY
n. 1493-4 obs. – a low, long narrow cart, first introduced in Henry the Seventh’s time
• HARRY DICK
n. 1. 1950 Amer. dial. – an adolescent boy
n. 2. 1950 Amer. dial. – the devil
• HARRYER
n. 1835 Sc. – a robber; a rifler of birds’ nests
• HARRY FLAKERS
adj. M20 Aust. sl. – intoxicated with alcohol
• HARRY-GAUD
n. 1. 1721 Eng. dial. – a wild, wanton girl or child; a run-about, flighty or good-for-nothing person
n. 2. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – a master of labour, who is continually goading on his workmen to greater exertion
vb. 1876 Eng. dial. – to go about in a wild, flighty manner; to ramble, to roam about
• HARRYING
adj. 1. 1873 Eng. dial. – worrying, harassing, wearying
adj. 2. 1898 Sc. – robbing, plundering
n. c900 – warlike incursion; devastation, laying waste; ravaging, plundering, raiding
• HARRY-LION
n. 1607 obs. – a coarse, masculine woman
• HARRY-LONG-LEGS
n. 1781 – the crane-fly or daddy-long-legs
• HARRY PIG
n. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – the youngest and smallest pig in a litter
• HARRY-PURCAN
n. Bk1902 Sc. – the game of blindman’s buff
• HARRY RACKET
n. 1611 – Blindman’s buff
• HARRY-RUFFIAN
n. 1609-10 obs. – a swaggerer
• HARRYS
n. 1842 – playing cards of the second quality
• HARRY STARKERS
adj. M20 Brit. sl. – naked; nude; a personification of nudity
• HARRY TATE
adj. 1925 Brit. sl. – said of something incompetent or disorderly
n. 1932 Brit. rhyming sl. for ‘state’ – a state of agitation or restlessness
• HARRY WHISTLE
n. B1900 Eng. dial. – the second finger
• HARRY WIBEL
n. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – the thumb
• HARSELL
vb. 1603 obs. rare – to aggravate, to exacerbate
• HARSH
n. 1930 Amer. dial. – a deer
vb. 1. 1583 obs. – to give a harsh sound; to creak
vb. 2. 1889 obs. – to rub or clash roughly against
• HARSHEN
vb. 1824 rare – to render harsh
• HARSHY
adj. 1583 obs. rare – of harsh quality or character
• HARSLEM
n. 1886 Eng. dial. – an asylum
• HARSLET
n. a1300 – a piece of meat to be roasted, esp. part of the entrails of a hog; also, the heart, liver, etc. of other animals, as sheep, calf, etc.
• HARTICHOKE
n. 1688 obs. – an artichoke
• HARTICHOUGH
n. 1688 obs. – an artichoke
• HARTOGS
n. 1893 Eng. dial. – good clothes that are gone to the bad, or are a long way past their best
• HART’S-CREST
n. 1600 obs. – the imaginary horns on the forehead of a cuckold
• HARUM
adj. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – untidy, slovenly
• HARUM-SCARUM
adj. 1. 1751 – reckless, careless, heedless in action; wild, rash
adj. 2. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – disorderly; in confusion
adv. 1674-91 – recklessly, heedlessly, wildly
n. 1784 – a reckless, unregulated person; a flighty person; reckless action or behaviour
• HARUM-SCARUMNESS
n. 1863 – recklessness
• HARUM-STARUM
adv. 1674-91 – recklessly, heedlessly, wildly
• HARUSPEX
n. 1584 – a soothsayer who performed divination by inspection of the entrails of victims
• HARUSPICATION
n. 1871 – divination by inspection of the entrails of animals
• HARUSPICE
n. 1828 – a soothsayer who performed divination by inspection of the entrails of victims
• HARUSPICINAL
adj. 1652 obs. – relating to ‘haruspicy’
• HARUSPICINATE
vb. 1652 obs. – to practice ‘haruspicy’
• HARUSPICINE
n. 1581 obs. – the practice or function of a haruspex; divination by inspection of the entrails of victims
• HARUSPICINY
n. a1693 obs. – divination by inspection of the entrails of victims
• HARUSPICY
n. 1563 – the practice or function of a haruspex; divination by inspection of the entrails of victims
• HARVA
n. 2002 UK sl. – sexual intercourse
• HARVEST
n. 902 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – the third of the four seasons of the year, the autumn
• HARVESTMAN
n. 1968 Amer. dial. – a person who sells vegetables or other articles from a wagon or truck, going from house to house
• HARVEY SMITH
vb. 1973 Brit. sl. – a V-sign or other gesture of contempt
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