BREAD
ADJECTIVES
1550 ► IMPANATE contained or embodied in bread
1782 ► OLD stale; said of bread → Sc.
1808 ► CRUMPY brittle, easily breaking under the teeth; crisp, said of bread → Eng. dial.
1816 ► ARTOPHAGOUS bread-eating
1818 ► PANARY pert. to bread
1830 ► PANIVOROUS eating bread, living on bread
1849 ► PANIFIABLE capable of being made into bread
1884 ► DAFF doughy, damp, clammy; said of bread → Eng. dial.
1912 ► ALIVE retaining freshness; said of bread or fruit → Amer. dial.
1933 ► BAREFOOT plain, without anything added; said of bread → Amer. dial.
NOUNS
1250 ► SHIVE a slice of bread → chiefly Eng. dial.
1362 ► PAIN bread → obs.
1386 ► PAIN-DEMAINE white bread, of the finest quality; a loaf or cake of this bread → obs.
1420 ► MANCHET the finest kind of wheaten bread → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1430 ► YEOMAN BREAD second-quality bread → obs.
1450 ► HEEL the crust of a loaf, the rind of a cheese, etc.
1470 ► CAST the quantity of bread or ale made at one time → obs.
1480 ► SHEAVE a slice of bread, a shive
1513 ► BAP a small loaf or ‘roll’ of bakers’ bread, made of various sizes and shapes → Sc.
1530 ► SIPPET a small piece of toasted or fried bread, usually served in soup or broth, or with meat, or used for dipping into gravy, etc.
1535 ► SIPPING a small piece of toasted or fried bread, usually served in soup or broth, or with meat, or used for dipping into gravy, etc. → obs.
.M16 ► PANEM → PANNAM → PANNUM → PENNAM → PINUM bread → UK criminals’ sl.
1603 ► CUE a small quantity of bread → University usage, obs.
1609 ► FADGE a large flat loaf or bannock → Sc.
1611 ► PANARY a storehouse for bread, a pantry → obs.
1629 ► MUNITION BREAD bread supplied to soldiers as rations
1648 ► BATCH bread → obs.
1652 ► CRIB food, provisions; a light meal, a snack; a piece of bread, cake, etc. → Eng. dial., Aust. & NZ
1657 ► OPSONY anything eaten along with bread to give it relish → obs.
1687 ► PANEITY the quality or condition of being bread
1718 ► JUNT a lump or large piece of bread; a chunk → Sc.
1781 ► MANCHET a small loaf of white bread; a hot cake; a muffin → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1788 ► NACKIE a loaf of bread; a small cake → Sc.
1796 ► NEGRO-HEAD a brown loaf → nautical sl.
1796 ► SOFT TOMMY bread → nautical usage
..L18 ► CLOD a small loaf of (esp. coarse) bread → Sc.
..L18 ► TAILOR’S RAGOUT bread soaked in the dressing in which cucumbers have stood → sl.
1805 ► BUTTER-SHAG a slice of bread and butter → Eng. dial.
1825 ► DAMPER a simple, unleavened, savoury bread traditionally cooked in the ashes of a campfire → Aust.
1825 ► DERL → DERRIL a broken piece of bread, cake, etc. → Sc.
1825 ► TOMMY a loaf of bread → Eng. dial.
1827 ► BUTTY a slice of bread spread with butter; later, a filled sandwich; also, an open sandwich → Eng. dial.
1829 ► BOXTY bread made of raw potatoes → Irish sl.
1835 ► BUSTER a loaf of bread
1843 ► TOKE bread; a slice of bread → sl.
1845 ► MUNCHET a small piece of bread → obs.
1848 ► JUNK a piece or chunk of bread → Amer. dial.
.M19 ► SADDLE a loaf → sl.
1859 ► DA-ERB bread Ï back-slang
1859 ► NEEDLE-AND-THREAD bread → rhyming sl.
1861 ► HABBEN → HABEN bread; hence, corn or food → Sc. cant, gypsy usage
1870 ► SINES bread → Brit. sl.
1877 ► CRUMPY the crisp crust of a loaf → Eng. dial.
1880 ► PUNK bread; light bread → Amer. sl.
1882 ► SLINGER bread soaked in tea; usually used in the plural → sl., chiefly services’ usage
1883 ► ROOTY bread → military sl.
1885 ► DOORSTEP a thick slice of bread → Brit. sl.
1890 ► BURSTER a small loaf → sl. (Bk.)
1890 ► SMALLS small kinds of bread; fancy bread, rolls, etc.
1892 ► CAFFRE’S TIGHTENER bread or food of any kind, as distinguished from drink → S. Afr. sl. (Bk.)
1893 ► DANNOCK a small loaf of bread; a piece of dough baked in the frying-pan and eaten hot → Eng. dial.
1897 ► DODGER bread → Aust. & services’ sl.
1898 ► CANCH a large piece of bread, cheese, etc. → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
..L19 ► BAKED DINNER bread → criminals’ sl.
..L19 ► BUP bread and butter → sl., usually juvenile usage
..L19 ► BUPPER bread and butter → sl., usually juvenile usage
..L19 ► BUPPIE bread and butter → sl., usually juvenile usage
..L19 ► BUPS bread and butter → sl., usually juvenile usage
..L19 ► BUPSIE bread and butter → sl., usually juvenile usage
..L19 ► DEAD ‘UN a half-quartern loaf → sl.
..L19 ► FAMINE lack of bread at meals → Brit. school sl.
..L19 ► RASHER AND A DOORSTEP a thick slice of bread and a rasher of bacon → sl.
..20C ► GUY bread → S. Afr. sl.
..20C ► MISSOURI-BAKE bread that is burnt on the outside but undercooked inside → US sl.
..20C ► THE FLY-WALK the ridge on a loaf of bread → sl.
..20C ► VANTAGE LOAF the thirteenth loaf in a ‘baker’s dozen’ → Aust. sl.
1902 ► JAMBREADS slices of bread and jam → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1902 ► JAMMY-MARSE bread spread with jam → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► CURLY KATE the rounded top crust of a loaf of bread → Sc.
1905 ► MAMLOCK a small fragment of bread, a bread crust → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► MAW a piece of bread and butter → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► THUMB-BIT → THUMB-BITE a piece of bread and meat eaten out of doors → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► THUMB-BUCKA a thin piece of bread on which butter is spread with the thumb instead of a knife → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► THUMB-PIECE a piece of bread with cheese or meat, held between the thumb and finger → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► THUMB-SHAG a thin piece of bread on which butter is spread with the thumb instead of a knife → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1911 ► BIRLIE a loaf of bread → Sc. (Bk.)
1911 ► BREED bread → Sc. (Bk.)
1915 ► GROUT bread → World War I usage
1923 ► WADGE a thick slice of bread, cheese, etc. → Sc.
1930 ► KILL-ME-DEAD bread → rhyming sl.
1932 ► HABBEN → HABEN stale bread → Amer. dial.
1932 ► UNCLE FRED bread → UK rhyming sl., generally childish usage
1935 ► JOTS bread → Amer. sl.
1936 ► CLARRY → CLARY dressings for bread, as butter, jam, honey, jelly, etc. → Amer. dial.
1942 ► DRY bread and water → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► GUN-WADDING bread, esp. that with insubstantial texture → Amer. dial.
1942 ► LORD’S SUPPER bread and water → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► PISS AND PUNK bread and water → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► PUNK AND WHITE WINE bread and water → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1954 ► LASSIE’S CRUST the rounded or top crust of a loaf → Sc.
1959 ► ENDBOARD the heel or last slice on each end of a loaf of bread → Amer. dial.
1961 ► MOONSHINE baker’s light bread → Amer. dial., derogatory
1965 ► BASTARD BREAD bread made with half meal and half flour → Amer. dial.
1967 ► READY BREAD baker’s bread; bread not made at home → Amer. dial.
1967 ► TAILGATE the heel of a loaf of bread → Amer. dial.
1968 ► ALLIGATOR BREAD a big round loaf with a rough surface on top → Amer. dial.
1977 ► SOLDIER a finger of bread or toast → UK sl.
1980 ► LIGHT BREAD homemade bread → Amer. dial.
1980 ► LOAFER’S BREAD store-bought bread → Amer. dial.
1985 ► TONY the crust or end slice of a loaf of bread → students’ sl.
1988 ► NIBBY bread crust → Amer. dial.
1989 ► RIM the end pieces of a loaf of bread → Amer. dial.
1989 ► TIPPY the end piece of a loaf of bread → Amer. dial.
1991 ► KINK the heel of a loaf of bread → Amer. dial.
1991 ► RIBBLY the end slice of a loaf of bread → Amer. dial.
1991 ► TIMP the end slice of a loaf of bread → Amer. dial.
1992 ► NAT (KING COLE) a bread roll → UK rhyming sl.
1999 ► POPE’S NOSE the heel of a loaf of bread → Amer. dial.
2000 ► CAKE bread
NOUNS, PERSON
1250 ► BREAD-WRIGHT a bread maker; a baker → obs.
1297 ► PANTER a word originally meaning ‘baker’, but usually applied to the officer of a household who supplied the bread and had charge of the pantry; the controller of the bread in a large establishment → obs.
1330 ► PANTLER the officer of a household who supplied the bread and had charge of the pantry; the controller of the bread in a large establishment → obs.
1400 ► PANTERER a word originally meaning ‘baker’, but usually applied to the officer of a household who supplied the bread and had charge of the pantry; the controller of the bread in a large establishment → obs.
VERBS
1547 ► IMPANE to embody in bread → obs.
1840 ► MING to knead or mix the ingredients of bread → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1847 ► IMPANATE to embody in bread
1854 ► THRIMBLE to crumble bread between the fingers → Eng. dial.
1875 ► WALLOP to sop bread in a liquid → Amer. dial.
1923 ► YANK to cut bread in large slices → Sc.
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