► NECATION n. the act of killing, a killing → 1721 obs.
• NECESS
adj. 1456 obs. rare – necessary
n. a1460 obs. rare – necessity
vb. c1374 obs. rare – to compel, to necessitate
• NECESSAIRE
adj. c1374 obs. rare – necessary
• NECESSAR
adj. c1375 Sc. – necessary
• NECESSARIES
n. 1. c1449 obs. rare – necessary expenses
n. 2. 17C sl. – the lavatory
n. 3. 1940s sl. – the genitals
n. 4. 1990s euphemism – a condom
n. 5. E20 Brit. sl. – the testicles
• NECESSARILY
adv. 1488-9 obs. – by force of necessity; unavoidably
• NECESSARINESS
n. 1551 rare – the fact of being necessary; indispensability, necessity
• NECESSARIOUS
adj. c1386 obs. rare – necessary
• NECESSARIUM
n. 20C sl. – a privy
• NECESSARLY
adv. 1566 Sc. – necessarily
• NECESSARS
n. 1596 Sc. rare or obs. – necessary things
• NECESSARY
adj. 1. 1382 obs. rare – closely related or connected; intimate
adj. 2. 1540-1 obs. rare – commodious, convenient
adj. 3. 1897 Eng. dial. – suitable
n. 1. 1382 obs. rare – a near friend or kinsman
n. 2. 1756 – a privy
n. 3. 19C Brit. sl. – a prostitute; a female companion to be used sexually
n. 4. Bk1902 sl. – a bedfellow
• NECESSARY CHAMBER
n. 17C Brit. – a privy
• NECESSARY HOUSE
n. 1611 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – a privy
• NECESSARY STOOL
n. 1761 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – a privy
• NECESSARY VAULT
n. 1609 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – a privy
• NECESSARY WOMAN
n. 1679-88 arch. – a servant woman
• NECESSITABLE
adj. 1673 obs. rare – subject to necessity
• NECESSITAT
adj. 1631 Sc. obs. – necessitated, compelled
• NECESSITATED
adj. 1646 obs. – of persons or their condition: reduced to necessity or want
• NECESSITE
vb. 1600 obs. – to necessitate
• NECESSITIED
adj. 1601 obs. rare – brought into necessity
• NECESSITIVELY
adv. 1647 obs. rare – by necessity
• NECESSITOUS
adj. 1. 1631 obs. rare – enforced, obligatory
adj. 2. 1650 obs. rare – in need of a thing
adj. 3. 1742 obs. – necessary, requisite
• NECESSITUDE
n. 1. 1612 obs. – a relation or connection between persons
n. 2. 1677 obs. rare – a necessity of something
n. 3. 1839 rare – need, necessity
• NECESSITUDINARY
adj. 1721 obs. rare – belonging to friendship, relation etc.
• NECESSITY
n. 1. c1374 obs. – the fact of being inevitably fixed or determined
n. 2. c1460 obs. – want of a thing
n. 3. 1595 obs. rare – a bond or tie between persons
n. 4. 1796 – bad, illicit liquor
vb. 1817 rare – to necessitate
• NECESSITY KNOWS NO LAW
phr. a1555 – one may have to do illegal things when one is desperate
• NECIAL
adj. 1606 obs. – pert. to funeral
• NECK
n. 1. Shakespeare usage – a woman’s bosom
n. 2. a1547 obs. – in chess: a move to cover check
n. 3. 1707 – a pass between hills or mountains; the narrow part of a mountain pass
n. 4. 1893 sl. – audacity, effrontery
n. 5. Bk1905 Eng. & Amer. dial. – the throat
n. 6. 1966 Amer. dial. – a rustic or countrified person; a redneck; one regarded as socially unacceptable
n. 7. 1968 Amer. dial. – a back road
vb. 1. c1450 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – to strike on the neck, esp. so as to stun or kill; to behead
vb. 2. 1514 sl. – to drink
vb. 3. a1585 obs. rare – to cover check in chess
vb. 4. 18C cant – to hang
vb. 5. 1824 Sc. & Eng. dial. – to break in any way
vb. 6. 1825 sl. – to kiss and caress
vb. 7. 1863 Sc. – to catch; to steal
vb. 8. 1888 N. Ireland & Eng. dial. – to catch and shake a person
vb. 9. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – to beat or tick as a watch or clock
• NECK-ABOUT
n. 1691 Eng. dial. – a woman’s neckerchief; a collar
• NECK AND CROP
adv. 1. 1816 – completely, altogether
adv. 2. 1890 Eng. dial. – headlong; with force
• NECK AND HEELS
adv. 1. a1734 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – completely, altogether
adv. 2. 1895 Eng. dial. – headlong; with force
• NECK AND NECK
adj. 1861-2 colloq. – close; almost equal
n. 1858 – (usually as ‘neck-and-neck’) an exact coincidence
• NECK AND SCRAG
adv. Bk1904 Eng. dial. – completely, wholly, altogether
• NECKATEE
n. 1758 obs. rare – a lady’s neckerchief
• NECK-BEEF
n. 1. 1687 – anything inferior or cheap
n. 2. Bk1902 sl. – coarseness
• NECK-BREAK
adv. 1631 – in a break-neck or headlong manner; impetuously
n. a1665 Sc. obs. – ruin, destruction
• NECK-CLOTH
n. c1816 sl. – a hangman’s rope
• NECK-CLOUT
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – a kerchief
• NECK-CUTTER
n. 1883 Sc. – an executioner
• NECKED
adj. 20C Amer. dial. – naked
• NECKERCHER
n. 1. 1467 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – a kerchief worn about the neck
n. 2. 1872 Eng. dial. – a necktie
• NECKERCHIEF
n. 1382 – a kerchief worn about the neck
• NECKERS’ HEAVEN
n. 1967 Amer. dial. – the upper balcony in a theatre
• NECK-HANKERCHER
n. 1865 Eng. dial. – a kerchief
• NECK-HEADLAND
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – headlong
• NECK-HERRING
n. c1470 obs. – a blow on the neck
• NECKING
n. 1. 1816 Eng. dial. – a kerchief; a necktie
n. 2. 1973 Amer. dial. – a pillow or equivalent, as used by a cowboy when sleeping outdoors
• NECKINGER
n. 1. 1598 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – a kerchief worn about the neck
n. 2. 1886 sl. – a hangman’s rope
n. 3. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – a collar
• NECKLACE
n. 1. a1616 – a noose or halter; a hangman’s rope
n. 2. 1697 obs. – a lace or ribbon for the neck
• NECKLACED
adj. 1970s African-American sl. – extremely sophisticated; worldly
• NECKLAND
n. 1598 obs. – a neck or narrow strip of land
• NECKLATH
n. 1874 Eng. dial. – a neckcloth; a pocket-handkerchief
• NECKLE
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – a house; a dwelling
vb. 1. 1819 Eng. dial. – to clatter
vb. 2. 1897 Sc. – ? to entangle
• NECKLET
n. 1865 – an ornament for wearing round the neck
• NECK OF THE FOOT
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – the instep
• NECK-OIL
n. 1860 jocular usage – alcohol; often applied specifically to beer
• NECK-OR-NOTHING
adj. 1814 – headlong, reckless
adv. 1708-10 colloq. – at every risk; desperately
• NECK OR NOUGHT
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – risky, venturesome
adv. 1. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – entirely, altogether; without sting
adv. 2. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – impetuously; at headlong speed
• NECK OVER HEAD
adv. 1579 obs. rare – headlong
• NECK-PIECE
n. 1605 obs. rare – the neck
• NECK-QUESTION
n. 1655 obs. – a test question, one endangering one’s neck
• NECK-SQUEEZER
n. Bk1902 sl. – a hangman’s rope
• NECK-STAMPER
n. c1696 sl. – the boy who collects the pots belonging to an ale-house, sent out with beer to private houses
• NECKTIE
n. Bk1902 sl. – a hangman’s rope
vb. 1967 Amer. dial. – to hang someone
• NECKTIE FROLIC
n. 1876 Amer. dial. – a lynching or hanging
• ֽNECKTIE PARTY
n. 1882 sl., orig. & chiefly US – a lynching or hanging
vb. 1967 Amer. dial. – to hang someone
• NECKTIE SOCIABLE
n. 1871 Amer. dial. – a lynching or hanging
• NECK-VERSE
n. 1578 sl. – a Latin verse recited as a means of escaping the gallows
• NECK-WEED
n. 1578 sl. – hemp, the basic constituent of the rope used for the gallows
• NECRODIALOGISTICAL
adj. 1715 nonce word – consisting of dialogues of the dead
• NECROGENIC
adj. 1899 – arising from or produced by contact with dead bodies
• NECROGRAPHER
n. 1862 – one who writes an obituary notice
• NECROLATRY
n. 1826 – worship of or excessive reverence displayed towards the dead
• NECROLOGIC
adj. 1796 obs. – belonging to necrology; obituary
• NECROLOGICAL
adj. 1828-32 – belonging to necrology; obituary
• NECROLOGIST
n. 1803 – one who writes an obituary notice
• NECROLOGUE
n. 1884 – an obituary notice
• NECROLOGY
n. 1. 1799 – an obituary notice
n. 2. 1830 – the history of the dead
n. 3. 1854 – a list of persons who have died within a certain time; a death-roll
• NECROMANCE
n. a1300 arch. – the pretended art of revealing future events, etc., by means of communication with the dead
• NECROMANCER
n. a1300 – one who claims to carry on a communication with the dead; generally, a wizard, a magician, a wonder-worker, a conjurer
• NECROMANCIEN
n. 1303 obs. – one who claims to carry on a communication with the dead; generally, a wizard, a magician, a wonder-worker, a conjurer
• NECROMANCY
n. a1300 – the pretended art of revealing future events, etc., by means of communication with the dead; generally, magic, enchantment, conjuration
• NECROMANEOUS
adj. 1801 rare – give to the practice of necromancy
• NECROMANT
n. 1598 obs. – one who claims to carry on a communication with the dead; generally, a wizard, a magician, a wonder-worker, a conjurer
• NECROMANTIC
adj. 1. 1574 – given to the practice of necromancy
adj. 2. c1590 – used in necromancy or magic; performed by necromancy
adj. 3. 1630 – magical, wonderful
n. 1574 obs. – one who claims to carry on a communication with the dead; generally, a wizard, a magician, a wonder-worker, a conjurer
• NECROMANTICAL
adj. 1590 obs. – given to the practice of necromancy
• NECROMANTICS
n. 1742 rare – conjuring tricks
• NECROMANTIST
n. a1607 obs. rare – one who claims to carry on a communication with the dead; generally, a wizard, a magician, a wonder-worker, a conjurer
• NECROMANTY
n. 1560 obs. rare – the pretended art of revealing future events, etc., by means of communication with the dead; generally, magic, enchantment, conjuration
• NECROPHILE
n. 1895 – one having a morbid fancy for the dead
• NECROPHILISM
n. 1864 – a morbid fancy for the dead, or for contact with dead bodies
• NECROPHOBIA
n. 1849 – a horror of death or dead bodies
• NECROPHOBIC
adj. 1856 – afraid of death or dead bodies
• NECROPHOBY
n. 1849 – a horror of death or dead bodies
• NECROPOLIS
n. 1819 – a cemetery
• NECROPSY
n. 1856 – a post-mortem examination, an autopsy
• NECTAR
n. 1. 1583 – any delicious wine or other drink
n. 2. 1592 – moisture on the lips
• NECTAREAL
adj. 1652 rare – of the nature of or resembling nectar
• NECTAREAN
adj. 1624 rare – of the nature of or resembling nectar
• NECTARED
adj. c1595 – delicious, sweet or fragrant
• NECTAREL
adj. 1648 obs. rare – like nectar; fragrant
• NECTAREOUS
adj. 1708 – consisting of or resembling nectar
• NECTARIAN
adj. 1658 rare – of the nature of or resembling nectar
• NECTARIOUS
adj. 1841 rare – consisting of or resembling nectar
• NECTARIZE
vb. 1592 rare – to sweeten
• NECTAROUS
adj. 1667 – resembling nectar
• NECYOMANCY
n. 1656 obs. rare – divination by calling up dead spirits
• NECYOMANTY
n. 1623 obs. rare – divination by calling up dead spirits
• NED
n. 1. 1658 colloq. – an ass
n. 2. 1754 sl. – a guinea
n. 3. 1850 Amer. dial. – bacon, salt pork
n. 4. Bk1902 Amer. sl. – a $10 piece
n. 5. Bk1903 sl. – £1
n. 6. 1959 Sc. sl. – a violent person; a thug; a ruffian
n. 7. c1960 Amer. dial. – the devil
n. 8. 1964 Amer. dial. – a Black person who is subservient toward Whites
• NEDASH
adj. 1823 sl. – of no use
• NEDDARCAP
n. Bk1905 Sc. – an ill-natured, cross person, esp. a child
• NEDDERCAP
n. B1900 Sc. – an ill-natured, cross-grained person, especially a child
• NEDDHERMER
adj. 1. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – lower
adj. 2. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – nearer
• NEDDY
n. 1. 1658 colloq. – an ass
n. 2. 1754 sl. – a guinea
n. 3. 1793 Sc. & Eng. dial. – a donkey
n. 4. 1793 Sc. & Eng. dial. – a fool, a simpleton
n. 5. 1864 sl. – a life-preserver (a short club with a heavy weighted end used as a weapon)
n. 6. 1887 sl. – a horse, esp. a racehorse
n. 7. M19 Irish sl. – a good deal, a considerable amount; a large quantity; plenty
n. 8. L19 Aust. sl. – the tucker-bag carried by an itinerant tramp
n. 9. Bk1902 Amer. sl. – a $10 piece
n. 10. Bk1903 sl. – £1
vb. M19 sl. – to hit with a blackjack or bludgeon
• NEDDY-ASS
n. 1793 Sc. & Eng. dial. – a donkey
• NEDDY-BEECHAM
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – a silly fellow
• NEDDY-HOMMER
n. 1868 Eng. dial. – a silly fellow
• NEDDYISH
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – silly, foolish
• NEDDY-RACK
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – egg and bacon pie
• NEDEUM
n. 1824 Sc. – a gnawing pain
vb. 1. Bk1905 Sc. – of pain: to gnaw
vb. 2. Bk1905 Sc. – to mutter curses to oneself
• NED-FOOL
n. 1600 sl. – a noisy idiot
• NED KELLY
n. 1945 Aust. rhyming sl. – the belly
• NED STOKES
n. 1791 Eng. dial. – the four of spades
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