Reverse Dictionary: AUCTION

NOUNS
1600 ► SUBHASTATION a public sale by auction → obs. exc. hist.
1651 ► CANTING sale by auction → N. Eng. dial.
1680 ► VANDUE an auction → Amer. dial.
1681 ► LYTH-COOP an auction of household goods → obs.
1686 ► VENDUE an auction; a public sale 
1712 ► OUTCRY an auction 
1774 ► SALE an auction → Amer. dial. 
1790 ► CANT a sale by auction → Eng. dial.
1812 ► RIG-SALE a fraudulent auction; a mock auction → obs.
1825 ► RIG a fraudulent auction; one of worthless goods at which genuine bidding is encouraged by spurious bids made by associates of the auctioneer; a mock auction
1860 ► BABES the lowest order of ‘knock-outs,’ who are prevailed upon not to give opposing biddings at auctions, in consideration of their receiving a small sum (from one shilling to half-a-crown) and a certain quantity of beer → sl. (Bk.)
1861 ► VANDOO an auction → Amer. dial.
1896 ► UNCTION an auction → Sc.
20C.. ► KNOCK-EM-DOWN-BUSINESS auctioneering → Aust.
1913 ► CALAMITY old stuff, such as is bought at an auction → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1929 ► VENDOO an auction → Amer. dial.
1934 ► RUN-OUT a fraudulent auction in which worthless goods are sold to genuine bidders → Brit. sl.
1944 ► SALE CRYING a conducting an auction → Amer. dial.
1982 ► SALE BILL a broadsheet advertising an auction → Amer. dial.

NOUNS, PERSON
1556 ► CRIER an agent who advertises or auctions another’s goods → obs.
1695 ► HIGH BIDDER the person who holds the highest bid at any time during an auction; one who wins an auction with the highest final bid 
1699 ► BARKER an auction-room or shop tout; a person who ‘barks’ at a cheap shop or show to entice people inside 
1710 ► VENDUE-MASTER an auctioneer 
1760 ► WHITE BONNET a fictitious bidder at an auction → Sc. obs.
1778 ► VENDUE CRIER an auctioneer 
1780 ► MOCK AUCTIONEER the auctioneer at a mock auction (a fraudulent auction of worthless goods at which genuine bidding is encouraged either by pretend bids made by associates of the auctioneer, or by the offer of free gifts or other incentives) 
1785 ► PUFF a mock bidder at auctions → sl.
19C.. ► ODD-TRICK MAN a hanger-on at auctions → sl.
1830 ► UNCTIONER an auctioneer → Sc. obs.
1842 ► FUNK a perpetrator of any of various ruses to raise prices or otherwise cheat buyers at an auction → obs.
1848 ► BYBIDDER a person at an auction who bids with the object of raising the prices 
1851 ► BUTTON a sham buyer at an auction employed to bid and raise the price of articles → sl.
1851 ► HAND-SELLER an itinerant auctioneer who sells by ‘Dutch auction’ → Brit. obs.
1853 ► CAPPER a dummy bidder whose function is either to start the bidding, or to run up the price of articles for sale → sl.
1859 ► JAW-COVE an auctioneer → Amer. thieves’ sl.
1866 ► BACK-ROUPER the person who bids at a public sale merely to bring up the price → Sc.
1869 ► CLERK OF THE ROUP a person who notes the bids and buyers at an auction; an auctioneer’s clerk → Sc.
1871 ► UNCTIONEER an auctioneer → Sc.
1881 ► SALE-CRIER an auctioneer → Eng. dial.
1887 ► WANTER a person who goes to an auction intending to buy → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1890 ► CANT-MASTER an auctioneer → Eng. dial.
1890 ► CHAUNTER a hired bidder at a sale → sl. (Bk.)
1892 ► CAALER an auctioneer → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1898 ► BLACK-CAP a person who bids at an auction merely to raise the price → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1898 ► CANTING-CALLER an auctioneer → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1910 ► BUTTONER a person who bids at an auction in order to raise the price or to encourage others to bid; a dummy bidder → criminals’ sl.
1911 ► BONNET a person who bids for his own goods at a sale; one who is employed by the owner to bid for him → Sc. (Bk.)
1913 ► COLONEL an auctioneer → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1933 ► UNCTION BODY an auctioneer → Sc.
1944 ► SALE-CALLER an auctioneer → Amer. dial.
1964 ► ANGEL a greenhorn buyer at an auction who can be depended to buy unsound horses → Amer. sl.

PHRASES
1985 ► BY INCH OF CANDLE refers to the fact that the bidding at a public auction was stopped when an inch-long candle, used as a timing device, burned out → US (Bk.)

VERBS
1393 ► CRY to offer for sale by auction or by hawking in the streets 
1701 ► CRY OUT to sell out by auction → obs.
1720 ► CANT to dispose of by auction → chiefly Irish
1723 ► CRY OFF to sell at auction → Amer. dial.
1760 ► KNOCK DOWN to sell something to a bidder at an auction 
1828 ► BRING TO THE HAMMER to sell by auction 
1828 ► GO UNDER THE HAMMER to be sold by auction 
1846 ► PUFF to bid on an item at an auction solely to increase the price that the final bidder must pay 
M19. ► JOLLY to make a sham bid at an auction → sl.
1866 ► BACK-ROUP to bid at a public sale merely to raise the price → Sc.
1898 ► CAD to bid at a public auction → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1944 ► CALL A SALE to preside at an auction → Amer. dial.