AIM, AIMED, AIMING
ADJECTIVES
1330 — BENT aimed or levelled as a weapon; braced or wound up for action; crouched for a spring → obs.
1860 — SINGLE-MINDED having but one aim or purpose
ADVERBS
1596 — AFFECTEDLY with aim or desire; with true intent; intentionally, sincerely, earnestly → obs.
NOUNS
1325 — CAST aim, purpose, design → obs.
1340 — SINGULARITY singleness of aim or purpose → obs.
1456 — PRETENSION an intention; an aim or aspiration → obs.
1549 — AFFECTATION an aiming at, striving after; a desire to obtain, earnest pursuit → obs.
1579 — BENT aim, purpose, intention; that towards which an action, etc. is directed → obs.
1581 — OFFER an aiming at something, an aim → obs.
1592 — LEVEL aim, purpose, design → obs.
1660 — MINT an aim, attempt at, effort, endeavour → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1720 — VIZZY an aim with a weapon → Sc.
1839 — ETTLE an aim, an intent; an attempt, an effort, an endeavour → Sc.
1887 — DART an aim, a plan, a scheme, an idea → Aust. sl.
1890 — BOSS-SHOT a bad aim or shot → sl.
1898 — ARCH an aim → Sc. (Bk.)
1905 — UMTION an aim, an object → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
PHRASES
1999 — COULDN’T HIT THE SIDE OF A BARN said of someone with poor aim → Aust. sl. (Bk.)
2006 — CAN’T HIT THE BROAD SIDE OF A BARN cannot aim something accurately → US sl. (Bk.)
VERBS
1374 — ADDRESS to aim (a missile); to make straight the course or aim of anything; to direct → obs.
1393 — HACK AFTER to aim at, to strive for → obs.
1400 — MARK to aim, to intend to do something → Sc. obs.
1483 — AFFECT to aim at, to aspire to, to make for; to seek to obtain or attain → obs.
1530 — BEND to aim a blow, weapon, etc. → obs.
1535 — HEAVE AT to aim at, to strive after → obs.
1559 — SUIT to aim at; to seek to obtain → Sc. obs.
1721 — ECCLE → ECKLE to aim or intend → Eng. dial.
1737 — ETTLE to aim, to take aim at → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1790 — WALD to aim; to manage, handle, manipulate a weapon → Sc.
1801 — TAKE A VIZZY to aim with a weapon → Sc.
1817 — VIZZY to take aim with a gun, bow, or other weapon → Sc.
1825 — LELL to take aim → Sc. obs.
1827 — POP to aim or impel an object → Sc.
1841 — DRAW A BEAD UPON to take aim at
1847 — OFFER AT to aim at; to make an attempt at → Sc.
1898 — ART to aim at; to tend towards → Sc. & N. Eng. dial. (Bk.)
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