• UMCAST
vb. to bind, to wrap round …1887 Sc.
• UMCLEAD
vb. to clothe about …a1340 obs.
• UMCLIP
vb. to surround …a1300 obs.
• UMER
n. an ember …1886 Eng. dial.
• UMERELLER
n. an umbrella …1867 Amer. dial.
• UMERT
n. a place shaded by trees …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UMEST
adj. 1. of clothes: uppermost, outermost …c1400 Sc. obs.
adj. 2. of things of places: lying uppermost or highest …c1425 Sc. rare
adj. 3. most important or prominent …1513 Sc.
• UMFOLD
vb. to enclose, to surround …a1400-50 obs.
• UMGANG
n. 1. the act of going round; the distance covered in this way; circuit, circumference …a1300 obs.
n. 2. a turn or spell of work …1538 obs. rare
• UMGANGING
n. going round …a1340 obs.
• UMGIVE
vb. to enclose, to surround, to environ …a1300 obs.
• UMGO
vb. to go around; to encompass …a1300 obs.
• UMGRIPE
vb. to embrace, to enfold …a1300 obs.
• UMHEED
vb. to look about …a1400-50
• UMHILL
vb. to cover …a1340 obs.
• UMIK
n. 1. a very small quantity of something; a handful …a1838 Sc.
n. 2. a small, weak person or creature …1897 Sc.
n. 3. a taboo name for a mouse …1962 Sc.
• UMLAP
vb. to encompass, to surround …a1300 obs.
• UMLAUT
n. 1970s US sl. – half of a bottle of Lowenbrau™ beer
• UMLAY
vb. to surround …a1300 obs.
• UMLE-JUMALD
adj. mixed or jumbled together …1861 Eng. dial.
• UMLIBUSH
n. an omnibus …1873 Eng. dial.
• UMLOUK
vb. to surround, to enclose …a1300 obs.
• UMMERAGE
n. umbrage …1930 Sc.
• UMMIT
n. a large piece …1892 Eng. dial.
• UMP
n. an umpire …20C US sl.
• UMPCHAY
n. a fool, a dolt, an oaf, a ‘sucker’ …1931 US Pig Latin for ‘chump’
• UMPERLODGE
vb. to contradict, to bicker, to dispute …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UMPH!
int. expressive of hesitation, doubt, or dissatisfaction …a1568
• UMPHFF
n. the name of any railway station as called out by a conductor …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• UMPIE
n. an umpire …Bk1996 Aust. sl.
• UMPIRE
n. 1. one who decides between disputants or contending parties and whose decision is usually accepted as final; an arbitrator …c1400
n. 2. something which stands between others either by way of connection or separation …1598 obs.
n. 3. in games or contests: one to whose decision all doubtful points are referred, and who sees that the rules of the game or sport are not broken …1714
• UMPIRER
n. an umpire …1650 obs. rare
• UMPIRESS
n. a female umpire …1602
• UMPKE
n. a Polish person …2005 Amer. dial.
• UMPLIST
n. a sudden outburst of wind and rain …1892 Sc.
• UMPRESS
n. a female umpire …1602
• UMPSTRIDDEN
adv. astride, strideways …1828 Eng. dial.
• UMPTEEN
n. an unspecified large number or amount …1918 sl.
• UMPTEENHUNDRED
n. a point in the yet-to-be-determined indefinite future …1988 sl.
• UMPTEEN MILLION TIMES
adv. very many times, repeatedly …Bk1996 Aust. sl.
• UMPTEENTH
adj. used of a great but unspecific number or amount …1918 UK sl.
• UMPTUOUS
adj. presumptuous …1864 Eng. dial.
• UMPTY
adj. 1. of an indefinite number, usually a large one …1910s sl., orig. military
adj. 2. unpleasant, deplorable, difficult …1910s sl., orig. military
adv. completely, entirely …1930s African-American sl.
• UMPTY-DOO
adj. drunk …1910s Aust. sl.
• UMPTY-UMPH
adj. 1. unpleasant, difficult …1910s sl., orig. military usage
adj. 2. of an indefinite number, usually a large one …1910s sl., orig. military usage
• UMPTY-UMPTH
phr. World War I usage – of a large and unspecified ordinal number
• UMPY
n. an umpire …1958 Aust. sl.
• UMQUHILE
adj. former, late; of persons: now deceased …1431 obs.
adv. 1. at times, sometimes …1154 obs.
adv. 2. at one time, at some previous time; formerly …c1375 arch.
• UMRAGE
n. umbrage …1930 Sc.
• U.M.S.
n. a sudden unpredictable change (Ugly Mood Swing) …1980s US college sl.
• UMSEE
vb. to take heed …a1400-50 obs.
• UMSEEK
vb. to search for …c1460 obs.
• UMSET
vb. to surround, to invest …a1300 obs.
• UMSHADE
vb. to shade about, to protect …c1460 obs.
• UMSHINE
vb. to shine about …a1400 obs.
• UMSHY
n. a bruise or other injury …1867 Sc.
• UMSIEGE
vb. to besiege …a1325 obs.
• UMSKET
adj. dusky, dirty-grey or brownish in colour …1866 Sc.
• UMSTAND
vb. to stand round, to guard …a1300 obs.
• UMSTOUND
adv. sometimes …a1300 obs.
• UMSTRID
adv. astride, strideways …1674 Eng. dial.
• UMSTRIDE
vb. to bestride …a1352 obs. rare
• UMSTROKE
n. edge, circumference …1650 obs. rare
• UMTHINK
vb. to bethink, to consider, to reflect …a1300 obs.
• UMTIFF
vb. to deck out, to adorn …a1300 obs.
• UMTION
n. an aim, an object …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UMWHILE
adj. former, late; of persons: now deceased …1431 obs.
adv. 1. at times, sometimes …1154 obs.
adv. 2. at one time, at some previous time; formerly …c1375 arch.
• UMWRITHE
vb. to wind round, to entwine …a1340 obs.
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