► SAKE n. ─ a reason, a cause → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SAKE vb. ─ to forsake → 1896 Eng. dial.
► SAKEBERE n. ─ one that has been robbed of his goods → 1775 obs. (Bk.)
► SAKELESS adj. 1. ─ innocent, not guilty of sin or wrongdoing → 1725 Sc.
► SAKELESS adj. 2. ─ of persons, animals, or things: inoffensive, harmless, guileless → 1768 Sc.
► SAKELESS adj. 3. ─ without sense or gumption; silly, foolish, lacking drive or energy, sloppy, careless → 1820 Sc.
► SAKELESS adj. 4. ─ lacking, destitute of → 1821 Sc.
► SAKELESSLY adv. ─ innocently → 1845 Eng. dial. obs.
► SAKES! int. ─ an exclamation of astonishment or anger → 1881 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
► SAKES ALIVE! int. ─ exclamation expressing surprise → 1846 Eng. dial. & US
► SAKES ALIVE n. ─ the number five → 1990 rhyming sl.
► SAKES AND PATIENCE! int. ─ an exclamation → 1892 Ireland
► SAKES ME! int. ─ dear me! goodness gracious! → 1884 Sc.
► SAKES PRESERVE US! int. ─ dear me! goodness gracious! → 1920 Sc.
► SAL! int. ─ an emphatic expletive → 1893 Sc.
► SAL n. 1. ─ salt → 1386 obs.
► SAL n. 2. ─ a form of treatment for syphilis → M18
► SAL n. 3. ─ a subservient Black woman, happy to curry favour with Whites at the price of her autonomy → E19 African-American sl.
► SAL n. 4. ─ the Salvation Army; a Salvation Army hostel → 1910 colloq.
► SAL n. 5. ─ the vagina → 1950 W. Indies Rasta
► SAL n. 6. ─ a friend or pal → 1965 Barbados
► SALA n. ─ an idiot → 2003 US sl.
► SALACIOUS adj. ─ lustful, lecherous; sexually wanton → 1661
► SALACITY n. ─ lustfulness, lecherousness, sexual wantonness → 1605
► SALAD n. 1. ─ lettuce → 1741 Eng. & Amer. dial.
► SALAD n. 2. ─ celery → 1901 Amer. dial. obs.
► SALAD n. 3. ─ any green vegetables → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SALAD n. 4. ─ pickles → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SALAD n. 5. ─ a mixture of two or more drugs → 1970 US sl.
► SALAD n. 6. ─ a mixture of different varieties of cannabis → 1980 US drug culture sl.
► SALAD n. 7. ─ marijuana → 1997 US sl.
► SALAD BASKET n. ─ a police van → 1950 sl.
► SALAD BIRD n. ─ a goldfinch → 1808 Amer. dial.
► SALAD BOWL n. ─ a serendipitous mixture of inferior and, hence, uncommercial bud and leaf remains of varying marijuana varieties → 2003 UK sl.
► SALADA CRACKERS n. ─ the testicles → 1980 Aust. prison rhyming sl. for ‘knackers’
► SALAD DAYS n. ─ a period of youthful inexperience and innocence → 1606 UK
► SALAD DODGER n. ─ a person who is overweight; a fat person → 1999 UK sl.
► THE SALAD DUDE n. ─ Julius Caesar → 20C teen & high school sl.
► SALADING n. ─ herbs and vegetables for a salad → 1664
► SALAD OIL n. ─ hair oil → 1910 sl.
► SALAD PARADE n. ─ a group of ballet dancers → 1952 UK sl.
► SALAD TOSS n. ─ any of several sexual practices involving oral-anal stimulation → 2002 Can. sl.
► SALAD WAGON n. ─ a garbage truck; a dustcart → 1962 US sl.
► SALAMANCA WEDDING n. ─ the marriage of an old man to a (rich) young woman → L19 sl.
► SALAMANDER n. 1. ─ a soldier who exposes himself to fire in battle → 1705
► SALAMANDER n. 2. ─ a woman who lives chastely in the midst of temptations → 1711 obs.
► SALAMANDER n. 3. ─ a fire-eating juggler → 1859 sl.
► SALAMANDER n. 4. ─ a gopher → 1859 Amer. dial.
► SALAMANDER n. 5. ─ a slap, a box on the ear → 1948 Sc.
► SALAMANDER vb. ─ to live amidst fire like the salamander; to submit to great heat → 1857
► SALAMANDER(‘S) WOOL n. ─ asbestos → 1626 obs.
► SALAMANDROUS adj. ─ living as it were in fire; fiery, hot, passionate → 1711
► SALAMI n. ─ the penis → 2000 US sl.
► SALAMI SLAPPER n. 1. ─ a masturbator → 1990 sl.
► SALAMI SLAPPER n. 2. ─ a term of abuse → 1990 sl.
► SALARIAN adj. ─ pert. to salt → 1656 obs.
► SALARIATE vb. ─ to pay a salary to; to supply the salary of → 1656 obs.
► SALARIATED adj. ─ salaried → 1656 obs.
► SALARY adj. 1. ─ open to sale, venal → 1593 obs.
► SALARY adj. 2. ─ saline → 1646 obs.
► SALARY n. 1. ─ reward or remuneration for services rendered; fee → 1440 obs.
► SALARY n. 2. ─ the plant celery → 1866 Eng. dial.
► SALARY n. 3. ─ a sum of money pledged to a church; a tithe → 1970 Amer. dial.
► SALAUD n. ─ an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male; a contemptible person; chiefly applied to a French person → 1962 sl.
► SALD vb. ─ to balance an account, etc. → 1588 obs.
► SALE n. 1. ─ a hall or spacious chamber; a king’s or noble’s lodging, palace, castle; occasionally, a tent → 1000 obs.
► SALE n. 2. ─ an auction → 1774 Amer. dial.
► SALE vb. ─ to sell → 1809
► SALE BILL n. ─ a broadsheet advertising an auction → 1982 Amer. dial.
► SALE BOCHE n. ─ a French term of abuse for a German (sale = dirty) → 1919 sl.
► SALEBRITY n. ─ ruggedness, unevenness → 1656
► SALEBROSITY n. 1. ─ ruggedness, unevenness → 1638
► SALEBROSITY n. 2. ─ a rough or uneven place → 1775 Sc. obs.
► SALEBROUS adj. ─ rough, rugged → 1633
► SALEBROUSNESS n. ─ ruggedness, roughness → 1727 obs.
► SALE-CALLER n. ─ an auctioneer → 1944 Amer. dial.
► SALE-CRIER n. ─ an auctioneer → 1881 Eng. dial.
► SALE CRYING n. ─ conducting an auction → 1944 Amer. dial.
► SALE DAY n. ─ a day fixed for the buying, selling, or bartering of goods; a market day → 1840 Amer. dial.
► SALEET vb. ─ to salute → 1832 Sc. obs.
► SALEMAN n. ─ a salesman → 1642 obs.
► SALERATUS n. ─ baking soda (potassium or sodium bicarbonate), esp. when used as a leavening agent → 1837 Amer. dial.
► SALE-RIFE adj. ─ saleable, easy to sell → 1781 Sc. obs.
► SALERNITAN n. ─ a native or inhabitant of Salerno, an Italian maritime town near Naples; a physician of the Salernitan medical school which formerly flourished there → 1608
► SALES LADY n. ─ a prostitute; a confident, experienced whore → 1918 US criminals’ sl.
► SALESMAN n. 1. ─ a con man who is a member of a gang of swindlers; a confidence trickster → 1925 US criminals’ sl.
► SALESMAN n. 2. ─ a pimp → 1940 US criminals’ sl.
► SALESMAN n. 3. ─ in gin: a card discarded to lure a desired card from an opponent → 1965 US sl.
► SALESMAN n. 4. ─ a professional wrestler who does a good job of feigning pain, anger, or fear → 1999 US sl.
► SALESMAN’S DOG n. ─ a tout, a barker; a person soliciting custom or business, usually boldly or aggressively → 1700 obs.
► SALETTING n. ─ vegetables for a salad → 1848 Ireland & Eng. dial.
► SALE-WORTH adj. ─ saleable; capable of being sold; fit for sale → 1481 obs.
► SALE-WORTHY adj. ─ saleable; capable of being sold; fit for sale → 1440 obs.
► SALFAY n. ─ the reward paid to the finder and restorer of lost goods → 1440 obs.
► SAL HATCH n. ─ an umbrella → L19 sl.
► SALIAUNCE n. ─ an assault, or sally → 1590 obs.
► SALICOLOGIST n. ─ a student of or on authority on willows → 1925
► SALIE n. ─ a hired mourner, who walks in procession before a funeral → 1739 Sc.
► SALIENCE n. ─ the quality of leaping or springing up → 1836
► SALIENCY n. ─ leaping or jumping → 1664 obs.
► SALIENT adj. 1. ─ leaping, jumping → 1646
► SALIENT adj. 2. ─ of water: jetting forth; leaping upwards → 1669
► SALIENT adj. 3. ─ of the pulse: beating strongly → 1791 poetic usage
► SALIENT adj. 4. ─ standing out from the rest; prominent, conspicuous → 1840
► SALINATION n. ─ a salting → 1705
► SALINER n. ─ a salt-maker → 1543 obs.
► SALINGE vb. ─ to investigate, to inquire → 1887 Eng. dial.
► SALINOUS adj. ─ saline, salty → 1646 obs.
► SALISBURY n. ─ a polite evasion; a ‘white lie’ → L19 sl.
► SALISBURY CRAG n. ─ heroin → 1990 drug culture sl.
► SALIST vb. ─ to desist, to hold → 1904 Sc. (Bk.)
► SALITION n. ─ a leaping → 1682 obs.
► SALITURE n. ─ a salting, a pickling → 1657 obs.
► SALIVAN adj. ─ consisting of saliva → 1882
► SALIVARIOUS adj. ─ clammy and thick like spittle → 1656 obs.
► SALIVATE vb. 1. ─ to shoot full of holes; to kill with violence → 1932 Amer. dial.
► SALIVATE vb. 2. ─ to hang → 1936 Amer. dial.
► SALIVATE vb. 3. ─ to mangle, to tear apart → 1936 Amer. dial.
► SALIVATE vb. 4. ─ to make severely or fatally ill → 1984 Amer. dial.
► SALIVOUS adj. ─ of the nature of saliva → 1567 obs.
► SALL! int. ─ an emphatic expletive → 1893 Sc.
► SALL n. ─ anything great in size or number → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SALLACKING adj. ─ walking clumsily; walking in shoes that are too large or are worn down at the heels → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SALLADING n. ─ vegetables for a salad → 1848 Ireland & Eng. dial.
► SALLEE-MAN n. ─ a Moorish pirate ship → 1637 obs.
► SALLEE ROVER n. ─ a Moorish pirate ship → 1686 obs.
► SALLET n. 1. ─ a measure for wine → 1600 jocular usage
► SALLET n. 2. ─ the head; a headpiece → 1652 obs.
► SALLET n. 3. ─ salad → 1703 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► SALLET n. 4. ─ a blow, esp. a blow on the head → 1836 Eng. dial.
► SALLET vb. ─ to give a severe thrashing → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SALLETIN n. ─ vegetables for a salad → 1848 Ireland & Eng. dial.
► SALLETINE n. ─ herbs and vegetables for salad → 1664 obs.
► SALLIABLE adj. ─ suitable for making a sally → 1598 obs.
► SALLIE n. 1. ─ the Salvation Army; a Salvation Army hostel → 1910 colloq.
► SALLIE n. 2. ─ a nickname for the cook → 1945 US Western sl. (Bk.)
► SALLIER n. 1. ─ a dancer → 1440 obs.
► SALLIER n. 2. ─ one who takes part in a sally → 1685
► SALLIES n. ─ members of the Salvation Army → 1915 sl.
► SALLIT n. ─ a blow, esp. a blow on the head → 1836 Eng. dial.
► SALLIT vb. 1. ─ to beautify, to lay out for display → 1876 Eng. dial.
► SALLIT vb. 2. ─ to give a severe thrashing → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SALLIT vb. 3. ─ to indulge luxuriously → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SALLIVOCUS n. ─ a punch made of an equal proportion of wine and spirits → 1757 Sc. obs.
► SALLOP n. ─ a blow → 1890 Eng. dial.
► SALLOW adj. ─ of the skin or complexion: having a sickly yellow or brownish yellow colour → 1000
► SALLUP n. ─ a blow → 1890 Eng. dial.
► SALLY adj. ─ pert. to the Salvation Army → 1950 US
► SALLY n. 1. ─ a generic name for the willow; a willow bough → 1750 Ireland & Eng. dial.
► SALLY n. 2. ─ a subservient Black woman, happy to curry favour with Whites at the price of her autonomy → E19 African-American sl.
► SALLY n. 3. ─ the lower fully portion of a bell-rope → E19 African-American sl.
► SALLY n. 4. ─ a hare → 1879 Eng. dial.
► SALLY n. 5. ─ a Salvation Army female → 1883
► SALLY n. 6. ─ the wren, Troglodytes parvulus → 1885 Ireland
► SALLY n. 7. ─ a run from side to side; a rush, a dash; a swaying, swinging motion; a tottering situation → 1887 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► SALLY n. 8. ─ a swing for children → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SALLY n. 9. ─ a homosexual prostitute → 1912 US prison sl.
► SALLY n. 10. ─ a Salvation Army hostel → 1915 sl.
► SALLY n. 11. ─ a sorority → 1970 US sl. (Bk.
► SALLY n. 12. ─ another homosexual → 1972 homosexual sl. (Bk.)
► SALLY n. 13. ─ a person who is meticulous to an absurd, near-certifiable degree → 1980 US students’ sl.
► SALLY n. 14. ─ a likeable person → 1980 US students’ sl.
► SALLY n. 15. ─ a tunnel, esp. the Blackwall Tunnel → 1998 UK rhyming sl. (Sally Gunnell)
► SALLY n. 16. ─ a chilled, twelve ounce can of beer → 2002 US sl.
► SALLY vb. 1. ─ to leap, to bound, to dance → 1440 obs.
► SALLY vb. 2. ─ of a horse: to leap a mare → 1693 obs.
► SALLY vb. 3. ─ of a bird: to glide through the air on motionless wings → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SALLY vb. 4. ─ to move or run from side to side; to sway a boat → 1904 Sc. & Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SALLY ANN n. 1. ─ the Salvation Army; a Salvation Army hostel → 1915 US sl.
► SALLY ANN n. 2. ─ a Salvation Army female → 1920s Aust. sl.
► SALLY ARMY n. ─ the Salvation Army; a Salvation Army hostel → 1915 US sl.
► SALLY B n. ─ a tall, very thin woman in evening dress → c1880 sl.
► SALLY BASH n. ─ the Salvation Army → 1970 sl.
► SALLY-BED n. ─ a plantation of willows → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SALLY COME O’ER US n. ─ the cholera → 1901 Eng. dial.
► SALLY FAIRY ANN phr. ─ it doesn’t matter, forget it (French: ca ne fait rien) → 1915 sl., orig. military usage
► SALLYGODLIN adj./adv. ─ lopsided, askew, aslant, out of line → 1950 Amer. dial.
► SALLY GUNNELL n. ─ a tunnel, esp. the Blackwall Tunnel → 1998 UK rhyming sl.
► SALLY HATCH n. ─ an overdressed woman → 1892 Eng. dial.
► SALLYING n. ─ a dancing → 1440 obs.
► SALLY-OOT n. ─ an idle, aimless walk → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SALLY OUT vb. 1. ─ to make a digression in speech → 1660 obs.
► SALLY OUT vb. 2. ─ to walk with an idle, trailing gait → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SALLY-PORT n. 1. ─ the female genitals → M17 Brit. euphemism
► SALLY-PORT n. 2. ─ the mouth → 1923 nautical sl.
► SALLY SORORITY n. ─ a stereotypical college sorority member who looks, dresses, talks, and lives the part → 1963 US sl.
► SALLY THOMPSON n. ─ a shearer’s cook → 1910 Aust. rural sl.
► SALLY-WITHY n. ─ the willow, Salix Caprea → 1876 Eng. dial.
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