EQUAL, EQUALITY, EQUALLING, EQUALLY
ADJECTIVES
1225 ► MAKELESS without an equal; matchless, peerless → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1374 ► EGALL equal → obs.
1542 ► OF A RATE on a par, equal → obs.
1572 ► MATCHABLE comparable; equal; similar, analogous → obs.
1610 ► PARALLEL equal in amount or worth
1628 ► ADEQUATE equal in magnitude or extent; neither more nor less → obs.
1630 ► EQUIPARANT of equal value or importance; equivalent → obs.
1660 ► MARROWLESS matchless, incomparable, without an equal → 1660 Sc. & Eng. dial.
1728 ► EGAL equal → Sc. obs.
1808 ► EEKFOW equal, just → Sc. obs.
1824 ► ECKSIE-PECKSIE → EEKSIE-PEEKSIE → EEKSIE PICKSIE on an equality, much alike → Sc.
1824 ► EIKSUPICKY on an equality, much alike → Sc.
1825 ► HACKUM-PLACKUM → HAUKUM-PLAUKUM equal in every way → Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
1838 ► EQUAL-AQUAL equally balanced; alike, similar → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1861 ► NECK AND NECK close; almost equal → colloq.
1864 ► PANISIC relating to a social state in which all are equal
1881 ► MARROW TO BRAN much alike, equal, similar; a match for → Eng. dial.
1885 ► EGALITARIAN that asserts the equality of mankind
1890 ► WHITTLETY-WHET even, neck and neck, just about equal → Amer. dial.
1892 ► ALL-SAME like, equal → Chinese Pidgin (Bk.)
1892 ► MARROW similar, corresponding, like, equal → Eng. dial.
1894 ► IXEY-PIXEY equally matched → Sc.
1894 ► LEVEL equal in quantity or position → sl.
1897 ► MARROW TO MACK much alike, equal, similar; a match for → Eng. dial.
1898 ► AIZAM-JAZAM equal in size, weight, or value → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1898 ► TIT FOR TAT of a competition or competitors: close, even, equal, neck and neck → Amer. dial.
1901 ► NIPPITY-TUCK equal → Amer. dial.
1904 ► IN THE SAME STREET equal with → sl. (Bk.)
1905 ► MARROW FOR BRAN alike, similar, equal → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► MARROW THE BRAIN alike, similar, equal → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► MATLEY equal; alike → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1917 ► NICKETY-TUCK equal → Amer. dial.
1953 ► NIPPITY-NIP equal, fifty-fifty → Amer. dial.
1954 ► WHITTLEDY-WHET even, neck and neck, just about equal → Amer. dial.
1965 ► EVEN-AND-EVEN just about equal → Amer. dial.
1965 ► EVEN-EVEN just about equal → Amer. dial.
1965 ► NICK AND TUCK → NICK OR TUCK just about equal, very close → Amer. dial.
1966 ► HEAD AND HEAD → HEAD TO HEAD just about equal, very close → Amer. dial.
1966 ► NICK AND NICK just about equal, very close → Amer. dial.
1968 ► ICKITY-ICK just about equal; very close → Amer. dial.
1968 ► ICKY-ICKY just about equal; very close → Amer. dial.
1969 ► ONE-TWO of equal ability; on par with → Amer. dial.
ADVERBS
1374 ► EGALLY equally, evenly; with even judgement or temper → obs.
1509 ► AFTER ONE RATE equally, to an equal extent; in the same manner → obs.
1656 ► ADEQUATELY with complete equality; with perfect correspondence; exactly → obs.
1789 ► HALFLIN half-way; mid-way; in equals shares → Sc.
1789 ► HALLENS half-way; mid-way; in equals shares → Sc.
1825 ► HACKIM-PLACKIM → HACKUM-PLACKUM of payment, reward, etc.: equally, in equal shares → Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
1866 ► EVEN STEPHEN → EVEN STEVEN on an equal basis, fifty-fifty → Amer. dial.
1900 ► EQUAL equally, quite as → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1901 ► NIPPITY-TUCK evenly, equally, very close → Amer. dial.
1905 ► A-MARROWS alike, equal, corresponding → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1917 ► NICKETY-TUCK evenly, equally, very close → Amer. dial.
1953 ► NIPPITY-NIP equally → Amer. dial.
1968 ► NIP AND FRIZZLE just about equal; very close → Amer. dial.
1968 ► NIP AND GO just about equal; very close → Amer. dial.
NOUNS
1374 ► EGALITY equality → obs.
1513 ► PARAGE equality of birth or station, as in members of the same family → obs.
1526 ► EGALNESS equality → obs.
1589 ► ADEQUATION the act or fact of equalling → obs.
1599 ► PARALLEL a thing or person agreeing with another in essential particulars; something precisely analogous, comparable, or of equal worth or force; a counterpart, equal, or match
1635 ► OMNIPARITY the state of being all equal; universal equality
1641 ► MARROW a match, an equal; an exact counterpart or likeness → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1664 ► ADEQUATENESS equality; exact correspondence in extent or scope → obs.
1711 ► PAR something that is equal or a match to another → obs.
1794 ► PANTISOCRACY a form of social organization in which all are equal in rank and social position; a Utopian community in which all are equal and all rule
1841 ► MATTLER the match to anything; the fellow, the equal → Eng. dial.
1883 ► FAIR FIELD AND NO FAVOUR equal conditions in a contest, not unduly favouring or hindering either side
1884 ► PANPOLISM equality of civil rights
1887 ► NEIGHBOUR a match, an equal; the corresponding one of a pair → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1905 ► PAIRAGE equality; similarity → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► PARRYMYAK a match, equal → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1967 ► HAIRLASH a close contest; something just about equal → Amer. dial.
1969 ► MEET an equal or match → Amer. dial.
1975 ► EQUINOMIKER an equal basis → Amer. dial.
2001 ► SAME ODDS an equal effect; no difference worth consideration → UK sl.
NOUNS, PERSON
..950 ► HEADLING an equal, a fellow, a mate → obs.
..975 ► MATCH one’s equal in age, rank, station, etc.; one’s fellow, companion → obs.
1000 ► MAKE an or one’s equal, peer, or match → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1460 ► SAUNCE-PEER a person who has no equal → obs.
1548 ► MARROW one’s equal or like; one’s match in a contest → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1768 ► EEKFOW → EEKFULL an equal, match in marriage → Sc. obs.
1825 ► TIP an equal; a match → Sc.
PHRASES
1546 ► A CAT MAY LOOK AT A KING all people are equal, regardless of class, and even the lowliest have their rights; there are some things an inferior may do in the presence of a superior
20C.. ► AS BROAD AS IT IS LONG it is impossible to decide between two options because they’re equal
1942 ► HORSE TO HORSE everything being equal → US sl.
VERBS
1412 ► HOLD TACK WITH to hold one’s own with; to keep up with; to be even with or equal to; to match → obs.
1580 ► MATCH to regard, treat, or speak of as equal → obs.
1586 ► MARROW to resemble; to be equal to; also, to produce something equal to; to match → Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
1591 ► EGALL to equal, to be equal to → obs.
1599 ► ADEQUATE to equal, to be equal to, or sufficient for → obs.
1603 ► PAIR to be a match for; to match, to equal → obs.
1603 ► SIDE to rival, equal, match
1606 ► PARAGONIZE to match, to equal → obs.
1622 ► ADEQUATE to make equal or sufficient → obs.
1638 ► TAIL to tally or agree with; to equal → obs.
1639 ► SIZE to be on an equality with; to match with
1659 ► TANTAMOUNT to amount or come up to something; to equal → obs.
1714 ► EQUALIZE to equal, to make equal or even → Sc. obs.
1818 ► EQUAL-AQUAL to balance accounts, to make all equal → Sc.
1825 ► TIP to match, to equal → Sc.
1878 ► MELL to match, to equal → Sc.
1900 ► EVEN to match, to equal → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► MATE to match, to equal → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1968 ► MEET UP WITH to be the equal of or match for → Amer. dial.