TRUCE
NOUNS
► ABSTINENCE a truce, cessation of hostilities → 1655 Sc. obs.
► BARLA-FUMBLE a call for a truce by one who has fallen in wrestling or play; also used improperly for a fall or tumble → a1550 Sc. obs.
► BARS peace, truce → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
INTERJECTIONS
► BARLEY! a cry for truce in a game, used by children when a short rest or break is wanted → 1814 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
► BARLEY-FUMMEL! the call for a truce by one who has fallen in wrestling or fighting → 1827 Sc. obs.
► DIVVY! said when boys are fighting and the one who is losing wants to stop → 1967 Amer. dial.
► EX! an exclamation used to demand a pause, exemption, or truce during a fight or game → 1968 Amer. dial.
► FAIN I! ► FAIN IT! ► FAINITES! ► FAINITS! ► FAINS! ► FAINS I! a call for a playground truce; a statement of opposition → c1810 Brit. schoolboys’ sl.
► FAINLIGHTS! a call for a truce during a game, or a statement that one is ineligible for a given duty or command → M19 juvenile usage
► FAIX! a call for a truce during a game, or a statement that one is ineligible for a given duty or command → M19 juvenile usage
► FAYNIGHTS! used to call a playground truce → 1870 UK schoolchildren’s usage
► FENSIES! used to demand a pause, exemption, or truce during a fight or game → 1977 Amer. dial.
► KING’S EX! used to demand a pause, exemption, or truce during a fight or game → 1856 Amer. dial.
► LOBS! a call for truce during a game → 1910s UK juvenile sl.
► QUITS! used to request a truce or respite in a fight or active game → 1950 Amer. dial.
► SAUTIES! a cry for a truce in a game → 1967 Sc.
VERBS
► FAIN to forbid, to refuse; to claim a truce → 1870 Eng. dial.
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