DISTANCE
ADJECTIVES
► AIM of distance: near, close → 1790 Eng. dial.
► DISTANTIAL relating to distance → 1721
► FAR-COME that has come from a distance → 1590
ADVERBS
► ADISTANCE to a distance; afar → 1809
► ADREIGH ► A-DRIGH at a distance, away, off → c1325 obs.
► AGATE away, at a distance → 1900 Sc.
► ALANTOM ► ALANTUM at a distance → 1898 Eng. dial. obs. (Bk.)
► AT-OWER at a distance, away → 1891 Sc.
► FAR-ABOUT at a great distance → c1450 obs.
► FAR-FORTH to a great distance or extent; far, far on → c1470 obs.
► FARLY to a great distance → c1460 obs.
► FROM HELL TO BREAKFAST for a considerable distance → 1939 Amer. dial.
► FROM HELL TO HARLEM for a considerable distance → 1939 Amer. dial.
► FURTHERFORTH further on; to a greater distance or extent → 1542 obs.
► LANTORN at a distance → 1790 Eng. dial. obs.
NOUNS
► CAT-LOUP a short distance → 1821 Eng. dial.
► CAT’S JUMP a short distance → 1959 Amer. dial.
► COCK-STRIDE the length of the step of a cock, as the measure of a very short distance → 1626
► CONNECTICUT MILE the distance travelled in one minute → 1962 Amer. dial.
► COUNTRY BLOCK an indefinite distance, relatively long → 1928 Amer. dial.
► COUNTRY MILE a long distance → 1951 US sl.
► CROW-HOP a short distance → 1969 Amer. dial.
► CROW’S FLY a short distance → 1969 Amer. dial.
► DISTANT a distance → c1938 Amer. dial.
► EYELASH a very small distance → 1894
► FAR-BEING a being at a distance → 1580
► FAR-LENGTH distance, furthest length → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► FAR PIECE a long distance → 1932 Amer. dial.
► FEW WAYS a short distance → 1933 Amer. dial.
► FROM JERICHO TO JUNE → 1837 sl.
► FURLONG WAY a short distance; hence, the time taken in walking this; a brief space → c1384 obs.
► GAUGE a limit of distance → 1600 obs.
► GRINCH a bit, a small thing; a short distance → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► HALF A STRETCH the distance of half a city block; usually used with ‘away’ → 1940s African-American sl.
► HAND-STIR a very small distance → 1896 Eng. dial.
► HAUT STRIDE AND LOUP a very short distance, a ‘step’ → 1838 Sc.
► HEN-SCRATCH a short distance → 1898 Amer. dial.
► HEN’S GRASS a short distance → 1950 Amer. dial.
► HEN’S RACE, A a very short distance → 1898 Ireland
► MILES-END-WAYS ► MILES-ENDY-WAYS an undetermined distance → 1876 Eng. dial.
► NEAR-HANDNESS a short distance; nearness → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► OFFSCAPE the distance, the background → 1711 obs.
► OOCH a very short distance → c1960 Amer. dial.
► PIECE a short, indeterminate distance; a distance → 1776 Amer. dial.
► PIECEWAY an indefinite distance → 1886 Amer. dial.
► PIECEWAYS an indefinite distance → 1932 Amer. dial.
► RABBIT JUMP a short distance → 1968 Amer. dial.
► RACE the distance between two points → 1562 obs.
► RATCH ► REACH an intermediate distance between two points → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► RIGHT SMART CHANCE, A a long distance → 1927 Amer. dial.
► ROCK’S THROW a short distance → 1953 Amer. dial.
► SCHLEP ► SHLAP ► SHLEP a long and unappealing distance → 1960s sl.
► SHIRTTAIL DISTANCE a short distance → 1967 Amer. dial.
► SNEEZE a short distance → 1938 Amer. dial.
► SNICKET a short distance → 1888 Eng. dial.
► SNORT a short distance → 1938 Amer. dial.
► SPIT AND A STRIDE, A a very short distance → 1676
► STONE’S THROW a short distance → 1581
► TAD ► TAT a short distance → 1940 Amer. dial.
► THOUGHT a short distance → 1824 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► TOE-BREADTH the smallest possible distance → 1865 Sc.
► TOE’S LENGTH, THE a very short distance → 1824
► UTAH MILE an indeterminate distance → 1941 Amer. dial.
► VARST ► VAST a great distance; a long way → 1833 Eng. dial. obs.
► WAGON GREASE ► WAGON GREASING the distance travelled between two greasings of a wagon’s wheels; used as an indefinite measure of distance → 1944 Amer. dial.
► WHOOP AND A HOLLER, A ► WHOOP AND HOLLER an indeterminate, relatively small distance → 1898 Amer. dial.
PHRASES
► BEYOND THE BEYOND far far away, the absolute distance → 1990 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► BY A TEXAS MILE by a great distance or amount → 1984 Amer. dial.
► BY A WHISKER by a very small distance → 1984 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► FROM HELL TO BREAKFAST for a long distance → L19 US sl.
► GOOD MANY SLEEPS, A a long distance → 1914 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
VERBS
► GO WAY TO HALIFAX to go an unnecessarily long distance → 1903 Amer. dial.
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