SELECT, SELECTED, SELECTION
ADJECTIVES
► ELECTIVE preferentially selected according to circumstances → 1643 obs.
► EXIMIOUS select, choice; hence, extraordinary, excellent, rare, distinguished, eminent, famous, renowned → 1547 rare or obs.
► HAND-WAILED ► HAND-WALED chosen or selected by hand; individually or carefully selected or picked → 1671 Sc.
► WALE chosen; choice, select; excellent, noble, goodly → c1250 obs.
► WALED chosen, selected, picked → c1400 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
VERBS
► ACHOOSE to choose out; to select → c1150 obs.
► FEMMEL to select the best, at the same time throwing out the inferior articles → 1825 Sc.
► GET THE GUERNSEY to be chosen or selected for something; to receive recognition → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► GET THE WRONG PIG BY THE TAIL to make a mistake in selecting a person for any purpose → 1905 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► PICK A SALAD to make a selection → 1520 obs.
► TAP to select, to ‘line up’ → 1940s sl.
► WALE ► WYLE to choose, to select, to pick out, to sort → a1310 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
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