EMERGENCY
NOUNS
1559 — SUDDEN a sudden need, danger, or the like; an emergency → obs.
1805 — BIRST difficulty, emergency; an attack, a battle, a fight
1896 — PUSHENCY urgent necessity, urgency, emergency
1898 — BACK-WATCH a reserve fund put by against an emergency → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1911 — BEET-MASTER a thing helpful in emergency → Sc. (Bk.)
1942 — DUEPUSHENCY urgent necessity, urgency, emergency
1950 — PANIC BUTTON any form of switch or button that summons emergency aid, shuts down malfunctioning machinery, etc.
NOUNS – PERSON
1622 — JACK-AT-A-PINCH a person employed in an emergency, esp. a temporary clergyman when the regular incumbent is absent; a person always ready to act at any call, however sudden or unexpected → colloq.
1790 — BEET-NEED a person who helps in an emergency → 1790 Eng. dial.
1816 — BEET-MASTER — BEET-MISTER a person that helps in an emergency; a last resource → Sc.
1872 — INTERLOPER a man called in on an emergency → UK thieves’ sl. obs.
PHRASES
..L19 — THERE’S A BLUE SHIRT AT THE MASTHEAD there is a call for assistance in an emergency
1984 — THE OX IS IN THE DITCH an emergency has arisen, requiring top priority → Amer. dial.
VERBS
1400 — GRIPE to enclose in a tight embrace, to encircle tightly → obs.
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