Dictionary: SAK – SALL

► SAKE n. a reason, a cause → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
vb. to forsake → 1896 Eng. dial.
► SAKELESS adj. 1. innocent, not guilty of sin or wrongdoing → 1725 Sc.
adj. 2. of persons, animals, or things: inoffensive, harmless, guileless → 1768 Sc.
adj. 3. without sense or gumption; silly, foolish, lacking drive or energy, sloppy, careless → 1820 Sc.
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
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.
n. 1. salt → 1386 obs.
n. 2. a form of treatment for syphilis → M18
n. 3. a subservient Black woman, happy to curry favour with Whites at the price of her autonomy → E19 African-American sl.
n. 4. the Salvation Army; a Salvation Army hostel → 1910 colloq.
n. 5. the vagina → 1950 W. Indies Rasta
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.
n. 2. celery → 1901 Amer. dial. obs.
n. 3. any green vegetables → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. 4. pickles → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. 5. a mixture of two or more drugs → 1970 US sl.
n. 6. a mixture of different varieties of cannabis → 1980 US drug culture sl.
n. 7. marijuana → 1997 US sl.
► 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 BASKET n. a police van → 1950 sl.
► SALAD BIRD n. a goldfinch → 1808 Amer. dial.
► SALAD DAYS n. a period of youthful inexperience and innocence → 1606 UK
► SALAD DODGER n. 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
n. 2. a woman who lives chastely in the midst of temptations → 1711 obs. 
n. 3. a fire-eating juggler → 1859 sl.
n. 4. a gopher → 1859 Amer. dial.
n. 5. a slap, a box on the ear → 1948 Sc. 
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.
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.
adj. 2. saline → 1646 obs.
n. 1. reward or remuneration for services rendered; fee → 1440 obs.
n. 2. the plant celery → 1866 Eng. dial.
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.
n. 2. an auction → 1774 Amer. dial.
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
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.
► 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.
► SALES LADY n. a prostitute → 1920 US criminals’ sl.
► SALESMAN n. 1. a confidence trickster → 1920 US criminals’ sl.
n. 2. a pimp → 1940 US criminals’ sl.
n. 3. in gin: a card discarded to lure a desired card from an opponent → 1965 US sl.
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.
► SALIENCE n. the quality of leaping or springing up → 1836
► SALIENCY n. leaping or jumping → 1664 obs.
► SALIENT adj. 1. leaping, jumping → 1646
adj. 2. of water: jetting forth; leaping upwards → 1669
adj. 3. of the pulse: beating strongly → 1791 poetic usage
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.
vb. 2. to hang → 1936 Amer. dial.
vb. 3. to mangle, to tear apart → 1936 Amer. dial.
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.
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
n. 2. the head; a headpiece → 1652 obs.
n. 3. salad → 1703 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 4. a blow, esp. a blow on the head → 1836 Eng. dial.
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.
n. 2. a nickname for the cook → 1945 US Western sl. (Bk.)
► SALLIER n. 1. a dancer → 1440 obs.
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.
vb. 1. to beautify, to lay out for display → 1876 Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to give a severe thrashing → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
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 ► SALLUP n. a blow → 1890 Eng. dial.
► SALLOW adj. of the skin or complexion: having a sickly yellow or brownish yellow colour → 1000
► SALLY adj. pert. to the Salvation Army → 1950 US 
n. 1. a generic name for the willow; a willow bough → 1750 Ireland & Eng. dial.
n. 2. a subservient Black woman, happy to curry favour with Whites at the price of her autonomy → E19 African-American sl.
n. 3. the lower fully portion of a bell-rope → E19 African-American sl.
n. 4. a hare → 1879 Eng. dial.
n. 5. the wren, Troglodytes parvulus  → 1885 Ireland
n. 6. a run from side to side; a rush, a dash; a swaying, swinging motion; a tottering situation → 1887 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 7. a swing for children → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. 8. a Salvation Army hostel → 1915 sl.
n. 9. a Salvation Army female → 1920 Aust. sl.
n. 10. a sorority → 1970 US sl. (Bk.)
n. 11. a person who is meticulous to an absurd, near-certifiable degree → 1980 US students’ sl.
n. 12. a likeable person → 1980 US students’ sl.
n. 13. a tunnel, esp. the Blackwall Tunnel → 1998 UK rhyming sl. (Sally Gunnell)
n. 14. a chilled, twelve ounce can of beer → 2002 US sl.
vb. 1. to leap, to bound, to dance → 1440 obs.
vb. 2. of a horse: to leap a mare → 1693 obs.
vb. 3. of a bird: to glide through the air on motionless wings → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
vb. 4. to move or run from side to side; to sway a boat → 1904 Sc. & Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SALLY ANN n. the Salvation Army; a Salvation Army hostel → 1915 US sl.
► SALLY ARMY n. the Salvation Army; a Salvation Army hostel → 1915 US sl.
► SALLY B. n. a tall, thin woman → L19 US 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.
vb. 2. to walk with an idle, trailing gait  → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SALLY-PORT n. 1. the female genitals → M17 Brit. euphemism
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.