Reverse Dictionary: ASSAIL

NOUNS
► OPPUGNING an assailing, attacking → 1535 

NOUNS, PERSON
► BARKER a noisy assailant → 1483 
► BATTERER a vigorous assailant; a bruiser → 1611 
► OFFENDANT an assailant → 1644 obs.
► ONSETTER an assailant; one who makes an onset → 1596 arch.
► OPPUGNATOR an assailant, opposer, opponent → 1611 obs.
► OPPUGNER an assailant, opposer, opponent → 1535 

VERBS
► BATTERFANG to assail violently; to beat continuously and violently so as to bruise and shatter → 1630 obs. exc. Eng. & Amer. dial.
► BEGIN UPON A PERSON to assail or attack a person → 1825 
► BESAIL to assail, to attack → 1460 obs.
► BETONGUE to assail with the tongue; to abuse → 1639 
► BULL-DOG to assail or treat roughly; to attack like a bull-dog → 1842 
► BUM-RUSH to assail, to assault; to attack with a sudden, violent rush, esp. as a group or gang → 1988 orig. African-American
► DUN to assail constantly; to pester or plague a person with something unpleasant, esp. repeated arguments or unwanted comments → 1659 
► FALL A-BONES OF ANYONE to assail, to attack → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GAB to assail or answer with impertinent language; to jeer at → 1725 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► LASH to assail, to attack → 1330 obs.
► LOPE to assail → 1902 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► OFFEND to assail, to attack, to assault; also, to act on the offensive → 1374 obs.
► OPPUGN to assail or oppose actively by speech, writing, action, or influence of any kind; to call in question, to disprove a statement, belief, etc. → 1529 
► OPPUGNATE to assail or oppose actively by speech, writing, action, or influence of any kind; to call in question, to disprove a statement, belief, etc. → 1749 obs.
► PALT to assail with missiles; to strike with repeated blows of missiles → 1579 obs.
► RABBLE to assail or attack a person on his property by means of a rabble; to mob → 1644 
► RAG to assail or annoy in a rough or noisy fashion; to create a disturbance or wild disorder in a room → 1897 Brit. university usage
► RANSACK to assail, to shake, etc. roughly; to visit with harshness or violence → 1375 obs.
► SAILYIE  ► SAILZIE to assail, to assault, to attack → 1827 Sc. arch.
► SALUTE to assail → 1607 
► TUILYIE ► TULIE ► TULYIE to harass; to quarrel with, to assail contentiously; to assault → 1487 Sc. obs.
► VAMPIRE to assail or prey upon after the manner of a vampire → 1831 
► VAMPIRIZE to assail or prey upon after the manner of a vampire → 1888