REVERSE DICTIONARY B
BROT - BULKZ
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BROTH
adj. 1656 obs. rare - full of broth or soup; stewed in broth JUSSULENT
n. c1470 Sc. - broth made without meat or fat WATER-KALE
n. a1480 Sc. - broth or soup made with various kinds of vegetables KALE
n. 1765 Sc. - one who is fond of broth; a nickname given to the people of Fife KAIL-SIPPER; KAIL-SUPPER
n. 1787 Sc. - broth made with butter and vegetables, without any meat BAREFOOT-KAIL
n. 1805 Sc. - broth made without meat LENTEN-KAIL
n. 1820 Sc. - broth made from beef BEEF-BREWIS
n. 1824 Sc. - broth made from colewort or other greens, vegetable soup KALE-BROSE
n. 1886 sl. - any broth, soup, or stew SHACKLES
n. 1891 Sc. - broth made from colewort or other greens, vegetable soup KALE-BROTH
n. 1895 Eng. dial. - weak beer, broth, tea, etc. WACK-ROWDY-DOW
n. 19C - thin, un-nourishing broth, gruel (prison/workhouse usage) SKILLAGALEE; SKILLIGOLEE: SKILLOGALEEL; SKILLYGOLEE
n. 19C Aust. sl. - any broth or stew SKILLAGALEE; SKILLIGOLEE: SKILLOGALEEL; SKILLYGOLEE
n. M19 UK - gruel, broth (prison/workhouse usage) SKILEY; SKILLY
n. Bk1887 Sc. - large shreds of greens or cabbage put into broth BLIBBANS
n. Bk1898 Sc. - broth made with butter and vegetables, without any meat BAREFOOT-BROTH
n. Bk1902 Sc. - broth made from colewort or vegetables KAILLY-BROSE
n. Bk1911 Sc. & Amer. dial. - water in which any article of food is boiled; broth, soup, gravy, sauce, juice BREE
n. 1930s UK sl. - broth (tramps' rhyming sl.) CAMPHOR AND MOTH
vb. 1790 Eng. dial. obs. - of broth, etc.: to skim; to put in thickening SAM
n. c1470 Sc. - broth made without meat or fat WATER-KALE
n. a1480 Sc. - broth or soup made with various kinds of vegetables KALE
n. 1765 Sc. - one who is fond of broth; a nickname given to the people of Fife KAIL-SIPPER; KAIL-SUPPER
n. 1787 Sc. - broth made with butter and vegetables, without any meat BAREFOOT-KAIL
n. 1805 Sc. - broth made without meat LENTEN-KAIL
n. 1820 Sc. - broth made from beef BEEF-BREWIS
n. 1824 Sc. - broth made from colewort or other greens, vegetable soup KALE-BROSE
n. 1886 sl. - any broth, soup, or stew SHACKLES
n. 1891 Sc. - broth made from colewort or other greens, vegetable soup KALE-BROTH
n. 1895 Eng. dial. - weak beer, broth, tea, etc. WACK-ROWDY-DOW
n. 19C - thin, un-nourishing broth, gruel (prison/workhouse usage) SKILLAGALEE; SKILLIGOLEE: SKILLOGALEEL; SKILLYGOLEE
n. 19C Aust. sl. - any broth or stew SKILLAGALEE; SKILLIGOLEE: SKILLOGALEEL; SKILLYGOLEE
n. M19 UK - gruel, broth (prison/workhouse usage) SKILEY; SKILLY
n. Bk1887 Sc. - large shreds of greens or cabbage put into broth BLIBBANS
n. Bk1898 Sc. - broth made with butter and vegetables, without any meat BAREFOOT-BROTH
n. Bk1902 Sc. - broth made from colewort or vegetables KAILLY-BROSE
n. Bk1911 Sc. & Amer. dial. - water in which any article of food is boiled; broth, soup, gravy, sauce, juice BREE
n. 1930s UK sl. - broth (tramps' rhyming sl.) CAMPHOR AND MOTH
vb. 1790 Eng. dial. obs. - of broth, etc.: to skim; to put in thickening SAM
BROTHEL, BROTHEL BULLY, BROTHEL KEEPER
also see BAWD
adj. 1593 obs. rare - placed in a brothel IMBROTHELED
n. 1362 - a procurer or procuress; a brothel-keeper; a harlot BAUD
n. 1362 obs. - a bawd, male or female; a pander; a procuress BALDYSTROT; BAUDSTROT; BAWSTROP; BAWDSTROT
n. a1400 obs. exc. Sc. - a person worthy of scorn; a disgraceful or lewd person; a pander or bawd BISMER
n. 1426 obs. - one who ministers to sexual debauchery; a bawd; a pimp; a procurer or procuress MACKAREL; MACKEREL; MACRELL; MAQUERELL
n. a1500 Sc. - a bawd, a procurer BALESTROD
n. a1500 Sc. - a bawd, a procuress BALDSTROD
n. 1513 obs. - a bawd VENUS' HEN-WIFE
n. 1541 - brothels BAINS
n. 1552 - a brothel BAWDY-HOUSE
n. 1552 - a woman who runs a brothel; a madam; now chiefly used as a title MOTHER
n. 1556 rare - a brothel HOT-HOUSE
n. 1569 obs. - a woman bawd BAWDRESS
n. 1583 sl. - a brothel SUBURB-GARDEN
n. 1591 sl. - a brothel-keeper's husband or lover; a bawd's man; a ponce ABBOT
n. 1592 obs. - a whoremonger, a womanizer, a pimp BELLSWAGGER
n. 1594 - a woman in charge of a brothel; a madam; a bawd; a procuress ABBESS
n. 1594 obs. - a pander, a pimp BED-BROKER
n. 1596 obs. - a brothel LEAPING HOUSE; VAULTING HOUSE
n. 1596 obs. - the door of a 'vaulting-house' (brothel) VAULTING-DOOR
n. L16 sl. - a brothel OCCUPYING-HOUSE; VICTUALLING-HOUSE
n. 1603 sl. - a brothel NAUGHTY-HOUSE
n. 1606 obs. - a brothel VAULTING-SCHOOL
n. 1606 UK sl. - the manager of a brothel; a bawd; a prostitute AUNT
n. 1607 obs. - a house kept for immoral purposes; a brothel GARDEN-HOUSE
n. 1607 sl. - a bawd; a procuress, a madame WAFER-WOMAN
n. c1616 obs. rare - a woman who obtains a prostitute for a client; a procuress HACKNEY WOMAN
n. c1622 sl. - a tavern or brothel, or both combined RED-GRATE
n. 1623 obs. rare - a house of prostitution, a brothel PROSTIBULE
n. 1624 - a brothel; a house of prostitution BAGNIO
n. a1625 obs. - 'a mistress of the male stews' (brothel) MAN-HUCKSTER
n. a1627 obs. rare - one who ministers to sexual debauchery; a bawd; a pimp; a procurer or procuress MACRIO
n. 1629 UK sl. - a brothel-keeper, a bawd, a madam MOTHER OF THE MAIDS
n. 1631 - a swaggering fellow; a swashbuckler; a braggart, a blusterer, a bully, a thug; a bouncer, esp. of a brothel HECTOR
n. 1659 - a brothel HARLOT-HOUSE
n. 1659 sl. - a pimp; a bawdy-house bully SUBURBAN-ROARER
n. 1690 Eng. sl. - a brothel ACADEMY
n. c1696 sl. - a brothel NANNY-SHOP
n. 1698 sl. - a bawd; also, a match-maker BUTTOCK BROKER
n. 17C Brit. cant - a brothel VROW-CASE
n. 17C sl. - a brothel madam; a bawd; an old prostitute AUNTIE; AUNTY
n. 17C sl. - a brothel OCCUPANT
n. 17C sl. - a procurer; a pimp; the male keeper of a brothel FLESH-MONGER
n. 17C sl. - those streets occupied by brothels SMOCK ALLEY
n. E17 Brit. sl. - a madam or a pimp SMOCKSTER
n. M17 sl. - a brothel DANCING ACADEMY; DANCING SCHOOL; HOLE IN THE WALL
n. L17 sl. - a brothel HUMMUM
n. L17 sl. - a bawd; a procuress FLESH-BROKER
n. L17 sl. - a brothel-keeper; a madame LADY ABBESS
n. a1700 rare - a bawdy-house, a brothel NANNY-HOUSE
n. 1730 - a prostitute; a bawd HACK
n. 1731 sl. - a gaming or bawdy house bully CAPTAIN
n. 1741 UK sl. - an old brothel-keeper who has been whipped 'at the cart's tail' (the victim would be tied to the back of a cart and forced to walk along behind the cart as he was whipped; whether male or female, the victim would be stripped to the waist before the whipping began; the number of lashes (times whipped) and the distance travelled varied from crime to crime) (criminals' usage) HEYDERDAN
n. 1744 - the mistress of a household; a woman who keeps a hotel, inn, or brothel (chiefly in Italian-speaking communities) PADRONA
n. 1748 UK sl. - a brothel-keeper, a bawd, a madam MOTHER ABBESS
n. 1749 - a house of ill fame ILL HOUSE
n. 1766 sl. - a brothel KIP; KIP-HOUSE; KIP-SHOP
n. c1766 cant obs. - an agent of a brothel-keeper who for base purposes visited the inns at which the stage-wagons stopped
WAGON-HUNTER
n. 1775 obs. - a swaggering gallant or bully; a whoremonger, a lecher, a pimp BELLY-SWAGGER
n. 1785 sl. - a procuress, esp. the madam of a brothel or bawdy-house MINE AUNT
n. 1785 sl. obs. - a brothel CUNNY-WARREN
n. Bk1796 sl. - a pimp or whoremaster; one who runs a brothel; a whoremonger GAP-STOPPER
n. 18C sl. - a brothel ACCOMMODATION HOUSE; LADIES' COLLEGE; SMUGGLING-KEN
n. M18 cant - a brothel NUGGING-HOUSE; NUGGING-KEN
n. M18 sl. - a brothel-keeper; a madame KIP-KEEPER
n. 1811 sl. - a brothel BUTTOCKING SHOP; CAB
n. 1811 sl. - a brothel; a haunt of loose women FLASH-PANNY
n. 1825 Sc. - a lewd woman; a bawd BISMARE
n. 1855 sl. - a brothel SPORTING HOUSE
n. c1857 sl. - a brothel (chiefly US) CRIB; CRIB-HOUSE; CRIB-JOINT
n. 1859 sl. - a brothel (chiefly US) DRUM
n. 1860 - a brothel in which the walls have sliding panels for the purpose of robbery PANEL CRIB; PANEL-DEN; PANEL-HOUSE; PANEL JOINT; PANEL STORE
n. 1860 sl. - a brothel KNOCKING-SHOP
n. 1864 sl. - a brothel FANCY-HOUSE
n. 1865 Amer. sl. - a brothel HOUSE
n. 1866 Amer. sl. - a brothel MOLL CRIB
n. 1869 Amer. sl. - a brothel FAST HOUSE
n. 1872 sl. - a high-class brothel, situated in what appears to be a fashionably furnished middle-class house, and run by a complaisant 'aunt' whose bevy of attractive 'nieces' gather in the front parlour to meet, and make themselves available to visitors; cheaper brothels had little more than bedrooms in which one had sex (chiefly US) PARLOR HOUSE; PARLOUR HOUSE
n. 1872 US sl. - a brothel; a striptease; a sex show of any kind NAUTCH
n. Bk1874 Sc. - a keeper of a brothel; a bawd BISMAR
n. 1879 - a bawd; the proprietor of a male or female brothel MADAM; MADAME
n. 1879 US sl. - a brothel THE LANDLADY'S
n. c1880 - the regimental brothel (Indian Army (non-officers') usage) THE RAG
n. 1889 sl. - a brothel HOOK-SHOP
n. 1889 UK sl. - a male whorehouse manager (criminals' usage) BADGER
n. Bk1890 sl. - a bawd MACKAWL
n. Bk1893 sl. - a brothel; a haunt of loose women FLASH-CASE; FLASH-CRIB
n. Bk1893 sl. - a swell brothel FLASH-DISPENSARY
n. 1896 sl. - a brothel MEAT-HOUSE
n. 19C - a brothel (euphemism) ASSIGNATION HOUSE
n. 19C Brit. & US sl. - a brothel GAY HOUSE
n. 19C Brit. sl. - a male who is a brothel keeper MEAT-MONGER
n. 19C Brit. sl. - a pimp or brothel owner who runs a brothel for the purpose of robbery or extortion more than for prostitution ABBOT ON THE CROSS
n. 19C Brit. sl. - the bully of a brothel; one employed by a brothel as a bodyguard for prostitutes; a brothel 'bouncer' ABBOT ON THE CROSS
n. 19C sl. - a bawd MEAT-MERCHANT
n. 19C sl. - a brothel (spec. Ranelagh Gardens) BREAD-AND-BUTTER-WAREHOUSE
n. 19C sl. - a brothel BADGER-CRIB; BUM-SHOP; BUTTOCKING KEN; BUTTON-HOLE FACTORY; CASE; CAVAULTING SCHOOL; CORINTH; COUPLING-HOUSE; COVENT GARDEN NUNNERY; CUNT-SHOP; DISORDERLY-HOUSE; FINISHING-ACADEMY; FISH-POUND; FLESH-MARKET; FLESH-POT; FUCKERY; GIRLERY; GOAL; GREEN-GROCERY; GRINDING-HOUSE; HOCK-HOUSE; HOOK-HOUSE; HOUSE OF ACCOMMODATION; HOUSE OF CIVIL RECEPTION; MEAT-FANCIER'S HOUSE; MEAT-FANCIER'S MARKET; MOLLY-SHOP; NUMBER 9; NUNNERY; PUSHING-SCHOOL; STEWS; TOUCH-CRIB; TRUGGING-KEN; WARREN; WHORE-HOUSE; WHORE-SHOP
n. 19C Brit. sl. - a brothel KNOCKING-HOUSE; KNOCKING-JOINT
n. 19C sl. - a brothel; a haunt of loose women FLASH-DRUM; FLASH-HOUSE; FLASH-KEN
n. 19C sl. - the bully of a brothel CROZIERED ABBOT
n. E19 sl. - a brothel BAWDY KEN; BODIKIN
n. M19 Brit. sl. - a brothel; a low brothel with bad-smelling whores FISH-MARKET
n. M19 sl. - a brothel LADIES' BOARDING HOUSE; MOT-CASE
n. M19 sl. - that member of a confidence trick team who locates a potential victim, lures him deeper into the hoax, and helps to fleece him; the 'steerer' for a brothel (orig. US) OUTSIDE MAN
n. L19 sl. - a British woman sold into a foreign brothel PARCEL
n. L19 sl. - a brothel to which men can come without making any prior appointment CALL HOUSE
n. L19 sl. - a pimp, esp. a bawd DAB
n. L19 US sl. - a brothel DIVE
n. L19 US sl. - a brothel or cheap saloon BARREL-HOUSE
n. L19 US sl. - a male brothel for homosexuals (homosexual usage) FAIRY HOUSE; FAIRY JOINT
n. Bk1904 sl. - a brothel HOUSE IN THE SUBURBS
n. Bk1904 sl. - a pander; a male bawd WAFERER
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - a brothel QUEAN-HOUSE
n. 1910 US sl. - a cab driver who steers customers to a whorehouse; he usually receives payment from the house and the customer (criminals' usage) TAXI STEERER
n. 1910s US sl. - a brothel CALL APARTMENT
n. Bk1911 Sc. - a brothel BORDEL; BORDEL-HOUSE
n. 1912 Amer. dial. - a house of ill repute CATS' NEST
n. 1913 Amer. sl. - a brothel; a house of assignation where appointments with prostitutes can be made, as by telephone CALL HOUSE
n. 1913 US sl. - a brothel or other place where prostitutes rob their clients CREEP-HOUSE
n. 1916 Amer. dial. - a travelling brothel; a wagon that carried women of easy virtue who plied their trade along the cattle trials or on the range CAT WAGON
n. 1916 Amer. sl. - a brothel, or a place where appointments with prostitutes can be made, as by telephone CALL FLAT; CALL JOINT
n. 1920s Aust. sl. - a brothel DOOR
n. 1920s US sl. - a brothel (African-American usage) BED-HOUSE
n. 1920s US sl. - a high-class saloon or brothel (criminals' usage) ICE PALACE
n. 1921 US sl. - a brothel or other place where prostitutes rob their clients CREEP JOINT
n. 1924 Amer. sl. - a brothel CHIPPIE JOINT; CHIPPYJOINT
n. 1927 Amer. sl. - a brothel JAZZ HOUSE
n. 1927 US sl. - a whoremaster; one who conducts a brothel; a pimp BEARD-JAMMER
n. 1928 Amer. dial. - a brothel FANDANGO HOUSE
n. 1928 sl. - a cheap brothel SLAUGHTER-HOUSE
n. 1929 Amer. sl. - a brothel CHIPPY HOUSE; NAUTCH HOUSE
n. 1930 sl. - a brothel whose customers are spotted and transported by taxi drivers (orig. US) CAB JOINT
n. 1930s sl. - a brothel whose workers come from 'all nations' ZOO
n. 1931 sl. - a brothel CAT-HOUSE; NOTCH-HOUSE
n. 1931 US sl. - a brothel where decorum and the proprieties must be observed OLD LADIES' HOME
n. 1931 US sl. - a brothel; also, a meeting-place for male homosexuals PEG-HOUSE
n. 1933 Amer. dial. - a brothel LONG-HOUSE
n. 1933 sl. - a male who manages a whorehouse (criminals' usage) HE-MADAME
n. 1935 Amer. sl. - a brothel NAUTCH JOINT
n. 1935 sl. - a brothel (orig. US) JOOK; JUKE; JUKE-HOUSE; JUKE-JOINT
n. 1939 US sl. - the proprietress of a brothel; a madam LANDLADY
n. 1940 sl. - a brothel JOY-HOUSE
n. 1942-49 Amer. sl. - a brothel NAUTCHERY
n. 1943 US sl. - a brothel RIB-JOINT
n. 1946 Amer. sl. - an elderly or middle-aged East Asian woman; often applied to one who manages a brothel MAMA-SAN
n. 1948 US sl. - a brothel HOUSE OF JOY
n. 1949 US sl. - a brothel MONKEY HOUSE
n. 1950s Aust. sl. - a brothel CAKE SHOP
n. 1960s sl. - a brothel CHICKEN-HOUSE; CHICKEN RANCH
n. 1963 US sl. - a homosexual brothel MALEHOUSE
n. 1970 US sl. - a brothel or place where the entertainment is of a sexual nature SKIN-HOUSE
n. 1983 US sl. - a brothel LOVE FACTORY
n. 1984 Amer. sl. - a brothel BANG HOUSE
n. 1987 US sl. - collectively, the prostitutes in a brothel who are available for sex at a given moment LINE
n. 20C Amer. sl. - a flophouse; a cheap brothel; a dirty, dilapidated saloon CHEAP JOHN
n. 20C Aust. sl. - a brothel BAT HOUSE; JACKSIE
n. 20C Brit. sl. - a brothel (navy usage) BAG-SHANTY
n. 20C Brit. sl. - a brothel BAND-BOX; BAND-HOUSE
n. 20C Jamaican - a brothel SPORTER
n. 20C sl. - a brothel MOLL SHOP
n. 20C US - a brothel (criminals' usage) WINDOW TAPPERY
n. 20C US - a brothel CAMP; CAN HOUSE; HOUSE OF LEWDNESS; LOOSE-LOVE CENTER; ONERY-HOUSE; WALK-UP
n. 20C W. Indies - a brothel SPORT-HOUSE
n. E20 Aust. sl. - a brothel BANG
n. E20 US sl. - a brothel FLESH-FACTORY
n. E20 US sl. - a brothel NOTCHERIE; NOTCHERY; NOTCH-JOINT
n. M20 Aust. sl. - a brothel BAND
n. M20 US sl. - a brothel offering male prostitutes for males JAG-HOUSE
n. 2002 UK sl. - a brothel CARSEY; KARSEY
n. Bk2002 US sl. - a girl who works in a brothel where drinks are sold (criminals' usage) B-GIRL
n. - a brothel (Shakespeare usage) HOUSE OF PROFESSION; HOUSE OF RESORT; HOUSE OF SALE
n. Aust. sl. - a brothel CRACKER
n. US sl. - a brothel (World War I usage) SMOONGY
adj. 1593 obs. rare - placed in a brothel IMBROTHELED
n. 1362 - a procurer or procuress; a brothel-keeper; a harlot BAUD
n. 1362 obs. - a bawd, male or female; a pander; a procuress BALDYSTROT; BAUDSTROT; BAWSTROP; BAWDSTROT
n. a1400 obs. exc. Sc. - a person worthy of scorn; a disgraceful or lewd person; a pander or bawd BISMER
n. 1426 obs. - one who ministers to sexual debauchery; a bawd; a pimp; a procurer or procuress MACKAREL; MACKEREL; MACRELL; MAQUERELL
n. a1500 Sc. - a bawd, a procurer BALESTROD
n. a1500 Sc. - a bawd, a procuress BALDSTROD
n. 1513 obs. - a bawd VENUS' HEN-WIFE
n. 1541 - brothels BAINS
n. 1552 - a brothel BAWDY-HOUSE
n. 1552 - a woman who runs a brothel; a madam; now chiefly used as a title MOTHER
n. 1556 rare - a brothel HOT-HOUSE
n. 1569 obs. - a woman bawd BAWDRESS
n. 1583 sl. - a brothel SUBURB-GARDEN
n. 1591 sl. - a brothel-keeper's husband or lover; a bawd's man; a ponce ABBOT
n. 1592 obs. - a whoremonger, a womanizer, a pimp BELLSWAGGER
n. 1594 - a woman in charge of a brothel; a madam; a bawd; a procuress ABBESS
n. 1594 obs. - a pander, a pimp BED-BROKER
n. 1596 obs. - a brothel LEAPING HOUSE; VAULTING HOUSE
n. 1596 obs. - the door of a 'vaulting-house' (brothel) VAULTING-DOOR
n. L16 sl. - a brothel OCCUPYING-HOUSE; VICTUALLING-HOUSE
n. 1603 sl. - a brothel NAUGHTY-HOUSE
n. 1606 obs. - a brothel VAULTING-SCHOOL
n. 1606 UK sl. - the manager of a brothel; a bawd; a prostitute AUNT
n. 1607 obs. - a house kept for immoral purposes; a brothel GARDEN-HOUSE
n. 1607 sl. - a bawd; a procuress, a madame WAFER-WOMAN
n. c1616 obs. rare - a woman who obtains a prostitute for a client; a procuress HACKNEY WOMAN
n. c1622 sl. - a tavern or brothel, or both combined RED-GRATE
n. 1623 obs. rare - a house of prostitution, a brothel PROSTIBULE
n. 1624 - a brothel; a house of prostitution BAGNIO
n. a1625 obs. - 'a mistress of the male stews' (brothel) MAN-HUCKSTER
n. a1627 obs. rare - one who ministers to sexual debauchery; a bawd; a pimp; a procurer or procuress MACRIO
n. 1629 UK sl. - a brothel-keeper, a bawd, a madam MOTHER OF THE MAIDS
n. 1631 - a swaggering fellow; a swashbuckler; a braggart, a blusterer, a bully, a thug; a bouncer, esp. of a brothel HECTOR
n. 1659 - a brothel HARLOT-HOUSE
n. 1659 sl. - a pimp; a bawdy-house bully SUBURBAN-ROARER
n. 1690 Eng. sl. - a brothel ACADEMY
n. c1696 sl. - a brothel NANNY-SHOP
n. 1698 sl. - a bawd; also, a match-maker BUTTOCK BROKER
n. 17C Brit. cant - a brothel VROW-CASE
n. 17C sl. - a brothel madam; a bawd; an old prostitute AUNTIE; AUNTY
n. 17C sl. - a brothel OCCUPANT
n. 17C sl. - a procurer; a pimp; the male keeper of a brothel FLESH-MONGER
n. 17C sl. - those streets occupied by brothels SMOCK ALLEY
n. E17 Brit. sl. - a madam or a pimp SMOCKSTER
n. M17 sl. - a brothel DANCING ACADEMY; DANCING SCHOOL; HOLE IN THE WALL
n. L17 sl. - a brothel HUMMUM
n. L17 sl. - a bawd; a procuress FLESH-BROKER
n. L17 sl. - a brothel-keeper; a madame LADY ABBESS
n. a1700 rare - a bawdy-house, a brothel NANNY-HOUSE
n. 1730 - a prostitute; a bawd HACK
n. 1731 sl. - a gaming or bawdy house bully CAPTAIN
n. 1741 UK sl. - an old brothel-keeper who has been whipped 'at the cart's tail' (the victim would be tied to the back of a cart and forced to walk along behind the cart as he was whipped; whether male or female, the victim would be stripped to the waist before the whipping began; the number of lashes (times whipped) and the distance travelled varied from crime to crime) (criminals' usage) HEYDERDAN
n. 1744 - the mistress of a household; a woman who keeps a hotel, inn, or brothel (chiefly in Italian-speaking communities) PADRONA
n. 1748 UK sl. - a brothel-keeper, a bawd, a madam MOTHER ABBESS
n. 1749 - a house of ill fame ILL HOUSE
n. 1766 sl. - a brothel KIP; KIP-HOUSE; KIP-SHOP
n. c1766 cant obs. - an agent of a brothel-keeper who for base purposes visited the inns at which the stage-wagons stopped
WAGON-HUNTER
n. 1775 obs. - a swaggering gallant or bully; a whoremonger, a lecher, a pimp BELLY-SWAGGER
n. 1785 sl. - a procuress, esp. the madam of a brothel or bawdy-house MINE AUNT
n. 1785 sl. obs. - a brothel CUNNY-WARREN
n. Bk1796 sl. - a pimp or whoremaster; one who runs a brothel; a whoremonger GAP-STOPPER
n. 18C sl. - a brothel ACCOMMODATION HOUSE; LADIES' COLLEGE; SMUGGLING-KEN
n. M18 cant - a brothel NUGGING-HOUSE; NUGGING-KEN
n. M18 sl. - a brothel-keeper; a madame KIP-KEEPER
n. 1811 sl. - a brothel BUTTOCKING SHOP; CAB
n. 1811 sl. - a brothel; a haunt of loose women FLASH-PANNY
n. 1825 Sc. - a lewd woman; a bawd BISMARE
n. 1855 sl. - a brothel SPORTING HOUSE
n. c1857 sl. - a brothel (chiefly US) CRIB; CRIB-HOUSE; CRIB-JOINT
n. 1859 sl. - a brothel (chiefly US) DRUM
n. 1860 - a brothel in which the walls have sliding panels for the purpose of robbery PANEL CRIB; PANEL-DEN; PANEL-HOUSE; PANEL JOINT; PANEL STORE
n. 1860 sl. - a brothel KNOCKING-SHOP
n. 1864 sl. - a brothel FANCY-HOUSE
n. 1865 Amer. sl. - a brothel HOUSE
n. 1866 Amer. sl. - a brothel MOLL CRIB
n. 1869 Amer. sl. - a brothel FAST HOUSE
n. 1872 sl. - a high-class brothel, situated in what appears to be a fashionably furnished middle-class house, and run by a complaisant 'aunt' whose bevy of attractive 'nieces' gather in the front parlour to meet, and make themselves available to visitors; cheaper brothels had little more than bedrooms in which one had sex (chiefly US) PARLOR HOUSE; PARLOUR HOUSE
n. 1872 US sl. - a brothel; a striptease; a sex show of any kind NAUTCH
n. Bk1874 Sc. - a keeper of a brothel; a bawd BISMAR
n. 1879 - a bawd; the proprietor of a male or female brothel MADAM; MADAME
n. 1879 US sl. - a brothel THE LANDLADY'S
n. c1880 - the regimental brothel (Indian Army (non-officers') usage) THE RAG
n. 1889 sl. - a brothel HOOK-SHOP
n. 1889 UK sl. - a male whorehouse manager (criminals' usage) BADGER
n. Bk1890 sl. - a bawd MACKAWL
n. Bk1893 sl. - a brothel; a haunt of loose women FLASH-CASE; FLASH-CRIB
n. Bk1893 sl. - a swell brothel FLASH-DISPENSARY
n. 1896 sl. - a brothel MEAT-HOUSE
n. 19C - a brothel (euphemism) ASSIGNATION HOUSE
n. 19C Brit. & US sl. - a brothel GAY HOUSE
n. 19C Brit. sl. - a male who is a brothel keeper MEAT-MONGER
n. 19C Brit. sl. - a pimp or brothel owner who runs a brothel for the purpose of robbery or extortion more than for prostitution ABBOT ON THE CROSS
n. 19C Brit. sl. - the bully of a brothel; one employed by a brothel as a bodyguard for prostitutes; a brothel 'bouncer' ABBOT ON THE CROSS
n. 19C sl. - a bawd MEAT-MERCHANT
n. 19C sl. - a brothel (spec. Ranelagh Gardens) BREAD-AND-BUTTER-WAREHOUSE
n. 19C sl. - a brothel BADGER-CRIB; BUM-SHOP; BUTTOCKING KEN; BUTTON-HOLE FACTORY; CASE; CAVAULTING SCHOOL; CORINTH; COUPLING-HOUSE; COVENT GARDEN NUNNERY; CUNT-SHOP; DISORDERLY-HOUSE; FINISHING-ACADEMY; FISH-POUND; FLESH-MARKET; FLESH-POT; FUCKERY; GIRLERY; GOAL; GREEN-GROCERY; GRINDING-HOUSE; HOCK-HOUSE; HOOK-HOUSE; HOUSE OF ACCOMMODATION; HOUSE OF CIVIL RECEPTION; MEAT-FANCIER'S HOUSE; MEAT-FANCIER'S MARKET; MOLLY-SHOP; NUMBER 9; NUNNERY; PUSHING-SCHOOL; STEWS; TOUCH-CRIB; TRUGGING-KEN; WARREN; WHORE-HOUSE; WHORE-SHOP
n. 19C Brit. sl. - a brothel KNOCKING-HOUSE; KNOCKING-JOINT
n. 19C sl. - a brothel; a haunt of loose women FLASH-DRUM; FLASH-HOUSE; FLASH-KEN
n. 19C sl. - the bully of a brothel CROZIERED ABBOT
n. E19 sl. - a brothel BAWDY KEN; BODIKIN
n. M19 Brit. sl. - a brothel; a low brothel with bad-smelling whores FISH-MARKET
n. M19 sl. - a brothel LADIES' BOARDING HOUSE; MOT-CASE
n. M19 sl. - that member of a confidence trick team who locates a potential victim, lures him deeper into the hoax, and helps to fleece him; the 'steerer' for a brothel (orig. US) OUTSIDE MAN
n. L19 sl. - a British woman sold into a foreign brothel PARCEL
n. L19 sl. - a brothel to which men can come without making any prior appointment CALL HOUSE
n. L19 sl. - a pimp, esp. a bawd DAB
n. L19 US sl. - a brothel DIVE
n. L19 US sl. - a brothel or cheap saloon BARREL-HOUSE
n. L19 US sl. - a male brothel for homosexuals (homosexual usage) FAIRY HOUSE; FAIRY JOINT
n. Bk1904 sl. - a brothel HOUSE IN THE SUBURBS
n. Bk1904 sl. - a pander; a male bawd WAFERER
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - a brothel QUEAN-HOUSE
n. 1910 US sl. - a cab driver who steers customers to a whorehouse; he usually receives payment from the house and the customer (criminals' usage) TAXI STEERER
n. 1910s US sl. - a brothel CALL APARTMENT
n. Bk1911 Sc. - a brothel BORDEL; BORDEL-HOUSE
n. 1912 Amer. dial. - a house of ill repute CATS' NEST
n. 1913 Amer. sl. - a brothel; a house of assignation where appointments with prostitutes can be made, as by telephone CALL HOUSE
n. 1913 US sl. - a brothel or other place where prostitutes rob their clients CREEP-HOUSE
n. 1916 Amer. dial. - a travelling brothel; a wagon that carried women of easy virtue who plied their trade along the cattle trials or on the range CAT WAGON
n. 1916 Amer. sl. - a brothel, or a place where appointments with prostitutes can be made, as by telephone CALL FLAT; CALL JOINT
n. 1920s Aust. sl. - a brothel DOOR
n. 1920s US sl. - a brothel (African-American usage) BED-HOUSE
n. 1920s US sl. - a high-class saloon or brothel (criminals' usage) ICE PALACE
n. 1921 US sl. - a brothel or other place where prostitutes rob their clients CREEP JOINT
n. 1924 Amer. sl. - a brothel CHIPPIE JOINT; CHIPPYJOINT
n. 1927 Amer. sl. - a brothel JAZZ HOUSE
n. 1927 US sl. - a whoremaster; one who conducts a brothel; a pimp BEARD-JAMMER
n. 1928 Amer. dial. - a brothel FANDANGO HOUSE
n. 1928 sl. - a cheap brothel SLAUGHTER-HOUSE
n. 1929 Amer. sl. - a brothel CHIPPY HOUSE; NAUTCH HOUSE
n. 1930 sl. - a brothel whose customers are spotted and transported by taxi drivers (orig. US) CAB JOINT
n. 1930s sl. - a brothel whose workers come from 'all nations' ZOO
n. 1931 sl. - a brothel CAT-HOUSE; NOTCH-HOUSE
n. 1931 US sl. - a brothel where decorum and the proprieties must be observed OLD LADIES' HOME
n. 1931 US sl. - a brothel; also, a meeting-place for male homosexuals PEG-HOUSE
n. 1933 Amer. dial. - a brothel LONG-HOUSE
n. 1933 sl. - a male who manages a whorehouse (criminals' usage) HE-MADAME
n. 1935 Amer. sl. - a brothel NAUTCH JOINT
n. 1935 sl. - a brothel (orig. US) JOOK; JUKE; JUKE-HOUSE; JUKE-JOINT
n. 1939 US sl. - the proprietress of a brothel; a madam LANDLADY
n. 1940 sl. - a brothel JOY-HOUSE
n. 1942-49 Amer. sl. - a brothel NAUTCHERY
n. 1943 US sl. - a brothel RIB-JOINT
n. 1946 Amer. sl. - an elderly or middle-aged East Asian woman; often applied to one who manages a brothel MAMA-SAN
n. 1948 US sl. - a brothel HOUSE OF JOY
n. 1949 US sl. - a brothel MONKEY HOUSE
n. 1950s Aust. sl. - a brothel CAKE SHOP
n. 1960s sl. - a brothel CHICKEN-HOUSE; CHICKEN RANCH
n. 1963 US sl. - a homosexual brothel MALEHOUSE
n. 1970 US sl. - a brothel or place where the entertainment is of a sexual nature SKIN-HOUSE
n. 1983 US sl. - a brothel LOVE FACTORY
n. 1984 Amer. sl. - a brothel BANG HOUSE
n. 1987 US sl. - collectively, the prostitutes in a brothel who are available for sex at a given moment LINE
n. 20C Amer. sl. - a flophouse; a cheap brothel; a dirty, dilapidated saloon CHEAP JOHN
n. 20C Aust. sl. - a brothel BAT HOUSE; JACKSIE
n. 20C Brit. sl. - a brothel (navy usage) BAG-SHANTY
n. 20C Brit. sl. - a brothel BAND-BOX; BAND-HOUSE
n. 20C Jamaican - a brothel SPORTER
n. 20C sl. - a brothel MOLL SHOP
n. 20C US - a brothel (criminals' usage) WINDOW TAPPERY
n. 20C US - a brothel CAMP; CAN HOUSE; HOUSE OF LEWDNESS; LOOSE-LOVE CENTER; ONERY-HOUSE; WALK-UP
n. 20C W. Indies - a brothel SPORT-HOUSE
n. E20 Aust. sl. - a brothel BANG
n. E20 US sl. - a brothel FLESH-FACTORY
n. E20 US sl. - a brothel NOTCHERIE; NOTCHERY; NOTCH-JOINT
n. M20 Aust. sl. - a brothel BAND
n. M20 US sl. - a brothel offering male prostitutes for males JAG-HOUSE
n. 2002 UK sl. - a brothel CARSEY; KARSEY
n. Bk2002 US sl. - a girl who works in a brothel where drinks are sold (criminals' usage) B-GIRL
n. - a brothel (Shakespeare usage) HOUSE OF PROFESSION; HOUSE OF RESORT; HOUSE OF SALE
n. Aust. sl. - a brothel CRACKER
n. US sl. - a brothel (World War I usage) SMOONGY
BROTHER
n. c1330 - a brother by one parent only HALF-BROTHER
n. a1449 - a man or boy having the same biological parents as another; a full brother GERMANE BROTHER
n. 1491 obs. - one sprung from the same stock; a brother, a near relative; one approaching a brother in nearness of blood; generally applied to the children of brothers and sisters, who are called cousins german GERMAN
n. 1502 rare - a close relative, a full brother or sister GERMANE
n. 1563 Sc. obs. - a maternal half-brother or half-sister MOTHER BAIRN
n. 1610 - a younger son or brother CADET
n. 1686 Sc. & Eng. dial. - a brother BILLY
n. 1724 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. - brother BILLIE
n. 18C Sc. - sister and brother TITTIE AND BILLIE
n. 1825 Eng. dial. - brother, companion, 'mate' BULLY
n. 1831 sl. - a younger brother of the heir of an estate; an ineligible suitor (society usage) DETRIMENTAL
n. 1851 Amer. dial. - a nickname or term of address for a brother or eldest son BUD
n. 1858 Amer. dial. - a nickname or term of address for a brother or eldest son BUDDIE; BUDDY
n. 1859 Amer. dial. - a brother; a nickname or a term of address for a brother BUB; BUBBY
n. Bk1860 - a brother (gypsy usage) PAL
n. Bk1881 - a brother on the mother's side, but by a different father WOMB-BROTHER
n. L19 sl. - a brother (rhyming sl.) ONE ANOTHER
n. 1906 Amer. dial. - a boy; a brother BOYSIE
n. 1910s sl. - a brother (rhyming sl.) ONE AND T'OTHER
n. 1922 Amer. dial. - a brother; a term of address BUBBUH
n. 1927 Amer. dial. - a brother; a term of address BUBBER
n. 1930 Amer. dial. - a cunning, lovable little brother CHIN CHOPPER
n. 1933 Sc. - brother BIDDA
n. 1937 - an elder brother; also used as a respectful title or form of address for an older man (Philippine English) KUYA
n. 1937 sl. - a brother BRO
n. 1950 Amer. dial. - a nickname for a brother BUZZ; BUZZY
n. 1965 Amer. dial. - a brother BUBS
n. 1965 Amer. dial. - a brother; a term of address BUBBA
n. 1967 Amer. dial. - a nickname for a brother BUZZER
n. 1967 Amer. dial. - brother BOO; BOOBIE; BOO BOO; BUNNER
n. 1972 Hawaii - a brother; a friend; a pal BLA; BLALA
n. 1980s US sl. - a nickname for someone seen as acting like a big brother or sister (college usage) WALLY
n. 1995 US sl. - a buddy; a brother; used as an address B
n. 2000s Irish sl. - a brother (rhyming sl.) ONE AND OTHER
n. 2003 UK sl. - a younger brother or sister ANCHOR
n. 2005 S. Afr. sl. - a blood brother (prison usage) BIZA
vb. 1855 - to play the elder brother or sister (nonce word) ELDER IT
n. a1449 - a man or boy having the same biological parents as another; a full brother GERMANE BROTHER
n. 1491 obs. - one sprung from the same stock; a brother, a near relative; one approaching a brother in nearness of blood; generally applied to the children of brothers and sisters, who are called cousins german GERMAN
n. 1502 rare - a close relative, a full brother or sister GERMANE
n. 1563 Sc. obs. - a maternal half-brother or half-sister MOTHER BAIRN
n. 1610 - a younger son or brother CADET
n. 1686 Sc. & Eng. dial. - a brother BILLY
n. 1724 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. - brother BILLIE
n. 18C Sc. - sister and brother TITTIE AND BILLIE
n. 1825 Eng. dial. - brother, companion, 'mate' BULLY
n. 1831 sl. - a younger brother of the heir of an estate; an ineligible suitor (society usage) DETRIMENTAL
n. 1851 Amer. dial. - a nickname or term of address for a brother or eldest son BUD
n. 1858 Amer. dial. - a nickname or term of address for a brother or eldest son BUDDIE; BUDDY
n. 1859 Amer. dial. - a brother; a nickname or a term of address for a brother BUB; BUBBY
n. Bk1860 - a brother (gypsy usage) PAL
n. Bk1881 - a brother on the mother's side, but by a different father WOMB-BROTHER
n. L19 sl. - a brother (rhyming sl.) ONE ANOTHER
n. 1906 Amer. dial. - a boy; a brother BOYSIE
n. 1910s sl. - a brother (rhyming sl.) ONE AND T'OTHER
n. 1922 Amer. dial. - a brother; a term of address BUBBUH
n. 1927 Amer. dial. - a brother; a term of address BUBBER
n. 1930 Amer. dial. - a cunning, lovable little brother CHIN CHOPPER
n. 1933 Sc. - brother BIDDA
n. 1937 - an elder brother; also used as a respectful title or form of address for an older man (Philippine English) KUYA
n. 1937 sl. - a brother BRO
n. 1950 Amer. dial. - a nickname for a brother BUZZ; BUZZY
n. 1965 Amer. dial. - a brother BUBS
n. 1965 Amer. dial. - a brother; a term of address BUBBA
n. 1967 Amer. dial. - a nickname for a brother BUZZER
n. 1967 Amer. dial. - brother BOO; BOOBIE; BOO BOO; BUNNER
n. 1972 Hawaii - a brother; a friend; a pal BLA; BLALA
n. 1980s US sl. - a nickname for someone seen as acting like a big brother or sister (college usage) WALLY
n. 1995 US sl. - a buddy; a brother; used as an address B
n. 2000s Irish sl. - a brother (rhyming sl.) ONE AND OTHER
n. 2003 UK sl. - a younger brother or sister ANCHOR
n. 2005 S. Afr. sl. - a blood brother (prison usage) BIZA
vb. 1855 - to play the elder brother or sister (nonce word) ELDER IT
BROTHERHOOD
n. 1818 Sc. - brotherhood BILLYHOOD
BROTHER-IN-LAW
n. 1684 Eng. dial. obs. - a brother-in-law; a near connection MAUGH
n. 1967 Amer. dial. - an in-law; a relation you get in marriage BEDSTEAD RELATION
n. 1972 Amer. dial. - a brother-in-law or sister-in-law BAYAO; BAYAW
n. 1967 Amer. dial. - an in-law; a relation you get in marriage BEDSTEAD RELATION
n. 1972 Amer. dial. - a brother-in-law or sister-in-law BAYAO; BAYAW
BROUGHT
adj. c893 obs. - brought, carried, fetched; acquired YFET
BROW
adj. 1721 Sc. - of the brow: knitted THRAWN
adj. 1923 Sc. - of the brow: scowling, frowning SCOOLY
n. Bk1911 Sc. - the brow; the eyebrow REE
adj. 1923 Sc. - of the brow: scowling, frowning SCOOLY
n. Bk1911 Sc. - the brow; the eyebrow REE
BROWBEAT, BROWBEATING
n. 1523 obs. - the act of boasting, swaggering, or browbeating; a defiance FACING
vb. 1825 Sc. obs. - to browbeat BABBIS
vb. 1871 Sc. & Eng. dial. - to beat down in a bargain or argument; to browbeat, to talk down; to haggle over a bargain THREAP
vb. 1889 Eng. dial. - to browbeat, to bully; to beat, to strike BAM
vb. Bk1892 Anglo-Indian - to browbeat; to cow DUMB-COW
vb. 1950 Amer. dial. - to harass, to browbeat MOMMICK; MUMMOCK
vb. 1825 Sc. obs. - to browbeat BABBIS
vb. 1871 Sc. & Eng. dial. - to beat down in a bargain or argument; to browbeat, to talk down; to haggle over a bargain THREAP
vb. 1889 Eng. dial. - to browbeat, to bully; to beat, to strike BAM
vb. Bk1892 Anglo-Indian - to browbeat; to cow DUMB-COW
vb. 1950 Amer. dial. - to harass, to browbeat MOMMICK; MUMMOCK
BROWN, BROWNISH
adj. a1000 obs. - of a pale brownish or reddish yellow colour, as withered grass or leaves FALLOW
adj. c1200 obs. - of a dark brown colour BURNET
adj. 1550 obs. - of colour: brown, as if scorched by fire, or by the sun; sunburnt ADUSTED
adj. 1596 - of colour: brown, as if scorched by fire, or by the sun; sunburnt ADUST
adj. 1599 rare - dark brown, dusky FUSK
adj. L18 sl. - dirty brown in colour DANDY GREY RUSSET
adj. 1818 Eng. dial. - of a drab nondescript colour, esp. a dull brown resembling the colour of mud DUNDUCKETY
adj. 1859 Brit. sl. - brown BANGY
adj. 1866 Sc. - dusky, dirty-grey or brownish in colour OOMSKIT
adj. 1881 rare - passing into a dark or dusky hue; approaching to brown in colour FUSCESCENT
adj. Bk1900 N. Ireland - dull brown, mouse-coloured DIMPSY BROWN
adj. 1916 Amer. dial. - of a muddy grey or brown colour; of a nondescript colour MUCKLE-DUN
adj. 1942 Amer. dial. - muddy brown SHIT-BRINDLE
adj. 1966 Amer. dial. - muddy brown TURD-BRINDLE
n. M18 colloq. - a dirty brown DANDY GREY RUSSET
n. 1835 - a colour resembling that of soot (dingy shade of brown approaching nearly to black) RAMONEUR
n. 1875 - the shade of brown which is the colour of havana cigars HAVANA-BROWN
n. 1921 - a light brown colour or tint BISQUE
n. 1984 UK - a yellowish-brown colour CACKY
adj. c1200 obs. - of a dark brown colour BURNET
adj. 1550 obs. - of colour: brown, as if scorched by fire, or by the sun; sunburnt ADUSTED
adj. 1596 - of colour: brown, as if scorched by fire, or by the sun; sunburnt ADUST
adj. 1599 rare - dark brown, dusky FUSK
adj. L18 sl. - dirty brown in colour DANDY GREY RUSSET
adj. 1818 Eng. dial. - of a drab nondescript colour, esp. a dull brown resembling the colour of mud DUNDUCKETY
adj. 1859 Brit. sl. - brown BANGY
adj. 1866 Sc. - dusky, dirty-grey or brownish in colour OOMSKIT
adj. 1881 rare - passing into a dark or dusky hue; approaching to brown in colour FUSCESCENT
adj. Bk1900 N. Ireland - dull brown, mouse-coloured DIMPSY BROWN
adj. 1916 Amer. dial. - of a muddy grey or brown colour; of a nondescript colour MUCKLE-DUN
adj. 1942 Amer. dial. - muddy brown SHIT-BRINDLE
adj. 1966 Amer. dial. - muddy brown TURD-BRINDLE
n. M18 colloq. - a dirty brown DANDY GREY RUSSET
n. 1835 - a colour resembling that of soot (dingy shade of brown approaching nearly to black) RAMONEUR
n. 1875 - the shade of brown which is the colour of havana cigars HAVANA-BROWN
n. 1921 - a light brown colour or tint BISQUE
n. 1984 UK - a yellowish-brown colour CACKY
BROWNIE
n. 1921 - a name (no longer in official use) for an assistant Brownie Guider TAWNY OWL
BRUISE, BRUISED, BRUISING
adj. 1611 - that can be battered or bruised by beating BATTERABLE
adj. 1656 obs. rare - worn, bruised; trodden under foot OBTRITE
adj. 1844 Eng. dial. - bruised with walking or hard work BEAT
adj. 1856 Eng. dial. - bruised, crushed by a blow BIRSED
adj. 1856 Eng. dial. - bruised, dinted BASHED
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - beaten, bruised BET
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - bruised, beaten, scratched BATTERFANGED
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - in a mess; in a heap; also used of a bad bruise ALL OF A QUOB
adj. 1949 Amer. dial. - bruised WHELTED
n. 1533 Sc. obs. - a dark or livid mark produced by a blow; a bruise WAN
n. 1592 obs. - a mark of beating; a wound or bruise BATTERY
n. 1623 obs. - a beating black and blue; a bruise SUGGILLATION; SUGILLATION
n. 1638 obs. - a bruising or wearing away against anything OBTRITION
n. 1768 Sc. - a sore; a wound, a bruise SAIR
n. 18C Eng. dial. - a bruise BRUZZ
n. 1811 sl. - a discoloured bruise (boxing usage) RAINBOW
n. 1842 US sl. - a bruise MOUSE
n. 1848 Amer. dial. - a pustule, a pimple; a welt, a bruise, a bump on the skin WHELK
n. 1854 Sc. & Eng. dial. - to indent, to bruise, to knock in DINGE
n. 1883 Ireland & Amer. dial. - small discoloured marks on the skin; black and blue spots on one's skin that one cannot account for DEAD MAN'S PINCHES
n. 1889 Eng. dial. - a discolouration of the skin caused by a blow YETHER
n. 1895 Amer. dial. - a bump on the skin, as from a mosquito bite; a bruise; a welt WHELP
n. 1895 Eng. dial. - a small black spot caused by a pinch or bruise GWIDGY-GWEE
n. Bk1911 Sc. - a bruise, contusion; pressure, a squeeze BIRSE
n. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. - any bruise on the sole of the foot STONE BRUISE
n. 1921 N. Amer. colloq. - a sore or bruise, esp. one caused by friction with the ground STRAWBERRY
n. 1940s sl. - a bruise; the result of a blow FAT LIP
n. 1954 Amer. dial. - a bruise near the eye BAT-EYE
n. 1967 Amer. dial. - a hurt, pain; a bruise or minor injury OWIE
n. 1982 - a bruise on the skin caused by sucking (Hawaiian youth usage) MUFFLER BURN
n. 1982 Hawaii - a bruise on the skin caused by sucking (youth usage) BATTLE SCAR
vb. c1000 obs. - to crush to pieces, to smash; to bruise severely TO-BRUISE
vb. a1300 obs. - to press together, to squeeze, to compress; to crush, to bruise THRING
vb. c1325 - to strike with repeated blows of an instrument or weapon; to beat continuously and violently so as to bruise and shatter BATTER
vb. c1450 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial. - to bruise with blows; to batter the edge or face of, to erode HATTER
vb. 1623 rare or obs. - to beat black and blue; to bruise SUGGILLATE; SUGILLATE
vb. 1630 obs. exc. Eng. & Amer. dial. - to strike with repeated blows of an instrument or weapon; to beat continuously and violently so as to bruise and shatter; to assail violently BATTERFANG
vb. 1654 - to bruise by beating, to pound or thrash CONTUND
vb. 1663 obs. rare - to beat black and blue; to bruise SUGGILL; SUGILL
vb. 1750 Eng. dial. - to bruise, to batter, to break the skin BRUZZ
vb. 1785 Sc. - to make a person or animal sink suddenly under a blow to the side; to knock, to bruise MELT
vb. 1787 Sc. & Eng. dial. - to hammer; to strike with a 'mell' or with the fist; to beat severely; to pound; to bruise MELL
vb. 1790 Sc. & Eng. dial. - to break in pieces; to bruise, to crush; to overpower MANG
vb. 1827 Sc. - to bruise, to ill-treat HASH
vb. 1895 Eng. dial. - to mince; to mash, to bruise, to crush to a pulp; to beat up MANCH
vb. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - to maul; to bruise or soil by fighting or rough play BEMAUL
vb. 19C Eng. dial. - to knock about, bruise DUMMOCK
vb. 19C Sc. - to bruise the surface of by a knock, as with an apple, etc. DAMMISH
vb. 1910s sl. - to bruise; to leave scars after a fight MARK UP
vb. Bk1911 Sc. - to assault, to bruise; to break bones BRASH
vb. Bk1911 Sc. - to bruise, to crush, to squeeze, force, to press BIRSE
vb. 1967 Amer. dial. - to turn blue when bruised; to bruise BLUE
adj. 1656 obs. rare - worn, bruised; trodden under foot OBTRITE
adj. 1844 Eng. dial. - bruised with walking or hard work BEAT
adj. 1856 Eng. dial. - bruised, crushed by a blow BIRSED
adj. 1856 Eng. dial. - bruised, dinted BASHED
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - beaten, bruised BET
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - bruised, beaten, scratched BATTERFANGED
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - in a mess; in a heap; also used of a bad bruise ALL OF A QUOB
adj. 1949 Amer. dial. - bruised WHELTED
n. 1533 Sc. obs. - a dark or livid mark produced by a blow; a bruise WAN
n. 1592 obs. - a mark of beating; a wound or bruise BATTERY
n. 1623 obs. - a beating black and blue; a bruise SUGGILLATION; SUGILLATION
n. 1638 obs. - a bruising or wearing away against anything OBTRITION
n. 1768 Sc. - a sore; a wound, a bruise SAIR
n. 18C Eng. dial. - a bruise BRUZZ
n. 1811 sl. - a discoloured bruise (boxing usage) RAINBOW
n. 1842 US sl. - a bruise MOUSE
n. 1848 Amer. dial. - a pustule, a pimple; a welt, a bruise, a bump on the skin WHELK
n. 1854 Sc. & Eng. dial. - to indent, to bruise, to knock in DINGE
n. 1883 Ireland & Amer. dial. - small discoloured marks on the skin; black and blue spots on one's skin that one cannot account for DEAD MAN'S PINCHES
n. 1889 Eng. dial. - a discolouration of the skin caused by a blow YETHER
n. 1895 Amer. dial. - a bump on the skin, as from a mosquito bite; a bruise; a welt WHELP
n. 1895 Eng. dial. - a small black spot caused by a pinch or bruise GWIDGY-GWEE
n. Bk1911 Sc. - a bruise, contusion; pressure, a squeeze BIRSE
n. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. - any bruise on the sole of the foot STONE BRUISE
n. 1921 N. Amer. colloq. - a sore or bruise, esp. one caused by friction with the ground STRAWBERRY
n. 1940s sl. - a bruise; the result of a blow FAT LIP
n. 1954 Amer. dial. - a bruise near the eye BAT-EYE
n. 1967 Amer. dial. - a hurt, pain; a bruise or minor injury OWIE
n. 1982 - a bruise on the skin caused by sucking (Hawaiian youth usage) MUFFLER BURN
n. 1982 Hawaii - a bruise on the skin caused by sucking (youth usage) BATTLE SCAR
vb. c1000 obs. - to crush to pieces, to smash; to bruise severely TO-BRUISE
vb. a1300 obs. - to press together, to squeeze, to compress; to crush, to bruise THRING
vb. c1325 - to strike with repeated blows of an instrument or weapon; to beat continuously and violently so as to bruise and shatter BATTER
vb. c1450 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial. - to bruise with blows; to batter the edge or face of, to erode HATTER
vb. 1623 rare or obs. - to beat black and blue; to bruise SUGGILLATE; SUGILLATE
vb. 1630 obs. exc. Eng. & Amer. dial. - to strike with repeated blows of an instrument or weapon; to beat continuously and violently so as to bruise and shatter; to assail violently BATTERFANG
vb. 1654 - to bruise by beating, to pound or thrash CONTUND
vb. 1663 obs. rare - to beat black and blue; to bruise SUGGILL; SUGILL
vb. 1750 Eng. dial. - to bruise, to batter, to break the skin BRUZZ
vb. 1785 Sc. - to make a person or animal sink suddenly under a blow to the side; to knock, to bruise MELT
vb. 1787 Sc. & Eng. dial. - to hammer; to strike with a 'mell' or with the fist; to beat severely; to pound; to bruise MELL
vb. 1790 Sc. & Eng. dial. - to break in pieces; to bruise, to crush; to overpower MANG
vb. 1827 Sc. - to bruise, to ill-treat HASH
vb. 1895 Eng. dial. - to mince; to mash, to bruise, to crush to a pulp; to beat up MANCH
vb. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - to maul; to bruise or soil by fighting or rough play BEMAUL
vb. 19C Eng. dial. - to knock about, bruise DUMMOCK
vb. 19C Sc. - to bruise the surface of by a knock, as with an apple, etc. DAMMISH
vb. 1910s sl. - to bruise; to leave scars after a fight MARK UP
vb. Bk1911 Sc. - to assault, to bruise; to break bones BRASH
vb. Bk1911 Sc. - to bruise, to crush, to squeeze, force, to press BIRSE
vb. 1967 Amer. dial. - to turn blue when bruised; to bruise BLUE
BRUNETTE
n. 1582 obs. - a brunette BROWNETTA
n. 1870 - a dark-complexioned girl or woman; a brunette BRUNE
n. 1925 US sl. - a (very dark) brune or brunette INK
n. 1870 - a dark-complexioned girl or woman; a brunette BRUNE
n. 1925 US sl. - a (very dark) brune or brunette INK
BRUSH
n. 1980s sl. - a brush (rhyming sl.) IAN RUSH
BRUSHWOOD
n. 1373 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. obs. - brushwood, underwood, small trees or bushes RAMMEL
n. c1400 obs. - brushwood, underwood BUSHAILE
n. 1528 - a bundle of brushwood or light underwood, such as was used in baker's ovens, differing from a fagot in being bound with only one withe or band instead of two BAVIN
n. 1577 - brushwood, firewood BAVIN
n. 1620 Eng. dial. obs. - brushwood, underwood TINSEL
n. 1820 Sc. - brushwood, branches of felled trees used for fuel or firewood HAG
n. 1873 Eng. dial. - brushwood; underwood when cut WALLET
n. 1898 Eng. dial. - brushwood, underwood SCRILE
n. Bk1904 Sc. - brushwood, firewood SCOWS
n. c1400 obs. - brushwood, underwood BUSHAILE
n. 1528 - a bundle of brushwood or light underwood, such as was used in baker's ovens, differing from a fagot in being bound with only one withe or band instead of two BAVIN
n. 1577 - brushwood, firewood BAVIN
n. 1620 Eng. dial. obs. - brushwood, underwood TINSEL
n. 1820 Sc. - brushwood, branches of felled trees used for fuel or firewood HAG
n. 1873 Eng. dial. - brushwood; underwood when cut WALLET
n. 1898 Eng. dial. - brushwood, underwood SCRILE
n. Bk1904 Sc. - brushwood, firewood SCOWS
BRUSQUE
adj. 1860 Sc. - sharp in manner, brusque, tart NEBBIE
adj. 1866 Sc. - ill-natured, brusque, very positive and decided in one's manner and opinions NIP-SICKER
adj. 1871 Sc. - brusque, testy RAMSH
adj. 1883 Eng. dial. - stiff, haughty; brusque OFF-HANDED
adj. Bk1904 Eng. dial. - peremptory, brusque, high-handed REPITERRY
vb. 1869 - to make a snap decision; to act or react impulsively, intuitively, or spontaneously; to speak hastily, frankly, or without concern for the consequences SHOOT FROM THE HIP
adj. 1866 Sc. - ill-natured, brusque, very positive and decided in one's manner and opinions NIP-SICKER
adj. 1871 Sc. - brusque, testy RAMSH
adj. 1883 Eng. dial. - stiff, haughty; brusque OFF-HANDED
adj. Bk1904 Eng. dial. - peremptory, brusque, high-handed REPITERRY
vb. 1869 - to make a snap decision; to act or react impulsively, intuitively, or spontaneously; to speak hastily, frankly, or without concern for the consequences SHOOT FROM THE HIP
BRUSSELS SPROUTS
n. 19C Eng. dial. BUFFLE-GREENS Brussels sprouts
n. 19C Eng. dial. FEATHER-LEGS Brussels sprouts
n. B1900 Eng. dial. MUFFLE-GREENS Brussels sprouts
n. 19C Eng. dial. FEATHER-LEGS Brussels sprouts
n. B1900 Eng. dial. MUFFLE-GREENS Brussels sprouts
BRUTAL, BRUTALITY, BRUTALIZE, BRUTALLY, BRUTE, BRUTISH
adj. 1398 obs. BEASTISH beastly, brutish
adj. c1400 BESTIAL brutish, savage, cruel, rude, barbarous, uncivilized
adj. 1555 obs. RUFFIANOUS like a ruffian; bold in crimes; violent, brutal
adj. 1594 DOGGISH brutish, bestial; lecherous; sensual
adj. 1599 rare IMMANE inhumanly cruel or savage; brutal, wild
adj. 1618 obs. BELLUINE pertaining to or characteristic of beasts; beast-like, brutal, savage
adj. 1626 obs. BUTCHERY brutal; barbarous; bloody
adv. 1560 obs. BUTCHERLY in a violent and bloody manner; brutally, barbarously
n. c1210 BEAST a brutal, savage man; a man acting in any manner unworthy of a reasonable creature
n. c1374 BESTIALITY want of intelligence; irrationality, stupidity, brutality
n. 1530 obs. BEASTISHNESS brutishness
n. c1534 FERITY the quality of being wild or savage; brutishness; wildness; fierceness; ferocity; barbarous or savage cruelty; of plants: wildness, uncultivated condition
n. 1539 obs. IMMANITY inhuman cruelty; savagery, brutality; also, a cruel or savage act
n. 1575 obs. CLUB-FIST a rough, brutal fellow; a thug
n. 1604 BARBARIAN a rude, wild, uncivilized person; a brutal monster
n. 1606 SAVAGE a savage, cruel, or fierce person; an unfeeling or brutal person; also, one who is destitute of culture, or who is ignorant or neglectful of the rules of good behaviour; a coarse, uncouth person
n. 1751 BEAR a brutal, coarse, or morose person
n. 1785 SHAG roughness, brutality of manner
n. 1818 US sl. HARD HORSE a brutal, tyrannical person; a pugnacious or unyielding fellow
n. 1834 US sl. HARD COLT a tough young man; a brutal, tyrannical person
n. 1851 Amer. sl. obs. BAGGAGE SMASHER a coarse, rough, brutal person
n. Bk1886 Eng dial. BLADDER-HEAD a coarse, brutal bully
n. 1890 BRUTEDOM brutish nature
n. 1892 Amer. sl. ANIMAL a vulgar, brutal, aggressive, or violent person; a term of contempt
n. 1904 BRUTALITARIAN one who practices or advocates the practice of brutality
n. 1916 US sl. HARD GUY a serious, violent criminal; a tough or brutal man
n. 1955 US sl. MOMSER an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male; a disliked person; a brute; a detestable man
n. 1966 US sl., esp. African-American DOG a treacherous or brutal person
n. 1974 Mexican-American usage CABRON a guy, especially a brutish or dim-witted one
vb. 1628 BESTIATE to brutalize
vb. 1639 obs. rare IMBRUTISH to degrade to the level of a brute; to make bestial; to brutalize
vb. 1640 EMBRUTE to degrade to the level of a brute; to make bestial; to brutalize
vb. 1640 IMBRUTE (as above)
vb. 1684 BESTIALIZE to brutalize, to debase in character
vb. 1795 rare ABRUTALIZE to brutalize
vb. 1990s African-American sl. PULL A RODNEY KING to initiate police brutality
adj. c1400 BESTIAL brutish, savage, cruel, rude, barbarous, uncivilized
adj. 1555 obs. RUFFIANOUS like a ruffian; bold in crimes; violent, brutal
adj. 1594 DOGGISH brutish, bestial; lecherous; sensual
adj. 1599 rare IMMANE inhumanly cruel or savage; brutal, wild
adj. 1618 obs. BELLUINE pertaining to or characteristic of beasts; beast-like, brutal, savage
adj. 1626 obs. BUTCHERY brutal; barbarous; bloody
adv. 1560 obs. BUTCHERLY in a violent and bloody manner; brutally, barbarously
n. c1210 BEAST a brutal, savage man; a man acting in any manner unworthy of a reasonable creature
n. c1374 BESTIALITY want of intelligence; irrationality, stupidity, brutality
n. 1530 obs. BEASTISHNESS brutishness
n. c1534 FERITY the quality of being wild or savage; brutishness; wildness; fierceness; ferocity; barbarous or savage cruelty; of plants: wildness, uncultivated condition
n. 1539 obs. IMMANITY inhuman cruelty; savagery, brutality; also, a cruel or savage act
n. 1575 obs. CLUB-FIST a rough, brutal fellow; a thug
n. 1604 BARBARIAN a rude, wild, uncivilized person; a brutal monster
n. 1606 SAVAGE a savage, cruel, or fierce person; an unfeeling or brutal person; also, one who is destitute of culture, or who is ignorant or neglectful of the rules of good behaviour; a coarse, uncouth person
n. 1751 BEAR a brutal, coarse, or morose person
n. 1785 SHAG roughness, brutality of manner
n. 1818 US sl. HARD HORSE a brutal, tyrannical person; a pugnacious or unyielding fellow
n. 1834 US sl. HARD COLT a tough young man; a brutal, tyrannical person
n. 1851 Amer. sl. obs. BAGGAGE SMASHER a coarse, rough, brutal person
n. Bk1886 Eng dial. BLADDER-HEAD a coarse, brutal bully
n. 1890 BRUTEDOM brutish nature
n. 1892 Amer. sl. ANIMAL a vulgar, brutal, aggressive, or violent person; a term of contempt
n. 1904 BRUTALITARIAN one who practices or advocates the practice of brutality
n. 1916 US sl. HARD GUY a serious, violent criminal; a tough or brutal man
n. 1955 US sl. MOMSER an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male; a disliked person; a brute; a detestable man
n. 1966 US sl., esp. African-American DOG a treacherous or brutal person
n. 1974 Mexican-American usage CABRON a guy, especially a brutish or dim-witted one
vb. 1628 BESTIATE to brutalize
vb. 1639 obs. rare IMBRUTISH to degrade to the level of a brute; to make bestial; to brutalize
vb. 1640 EMBRUTE to degrade to the level of a brute; to make bestial; to brutalize
vb. 1640 IMBRUTE (as above)
vb. 1684 BESTIALIZE to brutalize, to debase in character
vb. 1795 rare ABRUTALIZE to brutalize
vb. 1990s African-American sl. PULL A RODNEY KING to initiate police brutality
BUBBLE, BUBBLING
adj. 1582 obs. rare BOLLY covered with bubbles
adj. 1669 obs. rare BULLIENT boiling, bubbling
adj. 1872 AFIZZ bubbling, effervescent, fizzing
adj. 1881 BEADY full of bubbles, frothy
adj. Bk1911 Sc. BLOBBY containing or causing bubbles
n. a1000 obs. WALM the bubbling and heaving of water, etc. in a process of boiling
n. 1483 BELL a bubble formed in a liquid
n. 1534 EBULLITION a sudden outburst or boiling of bubbling over
n. 1565 obs. WALLOP the series of noisy bubbling motions made by water, etc. rapidly boiling, or approaching boiling point
n. 1620 obs. WAMBLE an act of seething or bubbling up when brought to boiling-point
n. 1646 EBULLITION rapid formation of bubbles; effervescence
n. 1720 Sc. SAIP-BELLS soap bubbles
n. 1727 obs. DEBULLITION a bubbling or boiling over
n. 1825 Sc. BLIBE a blister; a bubble
n. 1865 Eng. dial. BLOB a bubble, a blister
n. 1887 Sc. SAPPLE soap suds, foam-bubbles
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. BLOBBER a bubble
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. BLUBBER (as above)
n. 1899 Amer. dial. MONEY a mass of bubbles floating on a hot drink, such as cocoa, sometimes on cold drinks, such as root beer; a lot of bubbles in your cup or glass meant you would soon come into some money
n. Bk1911 Sc. BLEB a bubble; a small blister or pustule
n. 1939 Amer. dial. RABBIT-EYES bubbles that form on liquid, as when a bottle is shaken
vb. c893 obs. WALL of liquids: to bubble up; to well up, to flow abundantly; of the sea, waves: to boil up, to rage
vb. c1440 obs. BURL to bubble, as a spring or fountain out of which water flows gently
vb. 1579 WALLOP to boil violently and with a noisy bubbling
vb. 1598 obs. exc. Eng. dial. BELL to bubble
vb. 1599 rare EBULLIATE to boil, to bubble out
vb. 1610 obs. WALM to bubble as in boiling; to boil
vb. 1656 obs. DEBULLIATE to bubble or boil over
vb. 1773 Sc. & Eng. dial. REAM to foam, to froth; to bubble; to overflow
vb. 1806 Amer. & Eng. dial. BLUBBER to bubble
vb. 1821 Sc. TROTTLE to bubble; to make a bubbling noise
vb. 1821 Sc. & Eng. dial. BLEB to bubble, to cover with drops of liquid; to rise in blisters
vb. 1827 Sc. obs. BELLER to bubble up
vb. 1892 Eng. dial. QUADDLE to boil and bubble, as water or broth
vb. Bk1898 Eng. dial. BLOBBER to bubble
vb. B1900 Sc. PRINKLE of a boiling pot: to send up small bubbles
vb. Bk1911 Sc. BLOB to bubble
adj. 1669 obs. rare BULLIENT boiling, bubbling
adj. 1872 AFIZZ bubbling, effervescent, fizzing
adj. 1881 BEADY full of bubbles, frothy
adj. Bk1911 Sc. BLOBBY containing or causing bubbles
n. a1000 obs. WALM the bubbling and heaving of water, etc. in a process of boiling
n. 1483 BELL a bubble formed in a liquid
n. 1534 EBULLITION a sudden outburst or boiling of bubbling over
n. 1565 obs. WALLOP the series of noisy bubbling motions made by water, etc. rapidly boiling, or approaching boiling point
n. 1620 obs. WAMBLE an act of seething or bubbling up when brought to boiling-point
n. 1646 EBULLITION rapid formation of bubbles; effervescence
n. 1720 Sc. SAIP-BELLS soap bubbles
n. 1727 obs. DEBULLITION a bubbling or boiling over
n. 1825 Sc. BLIBE a blister; a bubble
n. 1865 Eng. dial. BLOB a bubble, a blister
n. 1887 Sc. SAPPLE soap suds, foam-bubbles
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. BLOBBER a bubble
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. BLUBBER (as above)
n. 1899 Amer. dial. MONEY a mass of bubbles floating on a hot drink, such as cocoa, sometimes on cold drinks, such as root beer; a lot of bubbles in your cup or glass meant you would soon come into some money
n. Bk1911 Sc. BLEB a bubble; a small blister or pustule
n. 1939 Amer. dial. RABBIT-EYES bubbles that form on liquid, as when a bottle is shaken
vb. c893 obs. WALL of liquids: to bubble up; to well up, to flow abundantly; of the sea, waves: to boil up, to rage
vb. c1440 obs. BURL to bubble, as a spring or fountain out of which water flows gently
vb. 1579 WALLOP to boil violently and with a noisy bubbling
vb. 1598 obs. exc. Eng. dial. BELL to bubble
vb. 1599 rare EBULLIATE to boil, to bubble out
vb. 1610 obs. WALM to bubble as in boiling; to boil
vb. 1656 obs. DEBULLIATE to bubble or boil over
vb. 1773 Sc. & Eng. dial. REAM to foam, to froth; to bubble; to overflow
vb. 1806 Amer. & Eng. dial. BLUBBER to bubble
vb. 1821 Sc. TROTTLE to bubble; to make a bubbling noise
vb. 1821 Sc. & Eng. dial. BLEB to bubble, to cover with drops of liquid; to rise in blisters
vb. 1827 Sc. obs. BELLER to bubble up
vb. 1892 Eng. dial. QUADDLE to boil and bubble, as water or broth
vb. Bk1898 Eng. dial. BLOBBER to bubble
vb. B1900 Sc. PRINKLE of a boiling pot: to send up small bubbles
vb. Bk1911 Sc. BLOB to bubble
BUCHANAN, JAMES
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. BACHELOR PRESIDENT James Buchanan, 15th US president
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. OLD BUCK (as above)
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. OLD PUBLIC FUNCTIONARY (as above)
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. SAGE OF WHEATLAND (as above)
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. TEN-CENT JIMMY (as above)
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. OLD BUCK (as above)
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. OLD PUBLIC FUNCTIONARY (as above)
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. SAGE OF WHEATLAND (as above)
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. TEN-CENT JIMMY (as above)
BUCKET
n. 1859 Amer. dial. BLICKEY a pail or bucket
n. 1859 Amer. dial. BLICKIE (as above)
n. 1859 Amer. dial. BLICKY (as above)
n. 1879 Sc. VATICK a water pail, a bucket
n. Bk1911 Sc. BOWIE a small barrel or cask open at one end; a tub; a milk pail; a water bucket or pail with a 'bow-handle'
n. 1859 Amer. dial. BLICKIE (as above)
n. 1859 Amer. dial. BLICKY (as above)
n. 1879 Sc. VATICK a water pail, a bucket
n. Bk1911 Sc. BOWIE a small barrel or cask open at one end; a tub; a milk pail; a water bucket or pail with a 'bow-handle'
BUCKLE
n. c1000 obs. DALK a pin, brooch, clasp, buckle
n. a1300 obs. TACK that which fastens one thing to another, or things together; a clasp, a buckle, a hook, a nail, etc.
n. 1688 Eng. dial. TANG a sharp point or spike; the pin of a buckle; one of the prongs of a fork; a prong or tine of a stag's horn
n. 1788 Eng. dial. ANCHOR the chape of a buckle, the part by which it is attached to the belt, strap, etc.
n. L18 sl. QUEER WEDGE a large belt or shoe buckle
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. AITCH-PIECE the catch or tongue of a buckle
n. a1300 obs. TACK that which fastens one thing to another, or things together; a clasp, a buckle, a hook, a nail, etc.
n. 1688 Eng. dial. TANG a sharp point or spike; the pin of a buckle; one of the prongs of a fork; a prong or tine of a stag's horn
n. 1788 Eng. dial. ANCHOR the chape of a buckle, the part by which it is attached to the belt, strap, etc.
n. L18 sl. QUEER WEDGE a large belt or shoe buckle
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. AITCH-PIECE the catch or tongue of a buckle
BUD
adj. c1420 obs. GEMMED covered with buds
n. 1382 obs. GEM a bud, esp. a leaf-bud
n. 1775 obs. GEMMOSITY exuberance of buds
vb. c1150 obs. GEM to put forth buds; to bud; to put forth a blossom or a fruit
n. 1382 obs. GEM a bud, esp. a leaf-bud
n. 1775 obs. GEMMOSITY exuberance of buds
vb. c1150 obs. GEM to put forth buds; to bud; to put forth a blossom or a fruit
BUDDHISM, BUDDHIST
n. 1586 TALAPOIN a Buddhist monk or priest
n. 1775 GELUG a member of a school of Tibetan Buddhism, led by the Dalai Lama
n. 1848 GELUGPA a member of a school of Tibetan Buddhism, led by the Dalai Lama
n. 1775 GELUG a member of a school of Tibetan Buddhism, led by the Dalai Lama
n. 1848 GELUGPA a member of a school of Tibetan Buddhism, led by the Dalai Lama
BUDGE
vb. 1887 Sc. VIKE to move, to budge
BUDGET
n. 20C BUDGET CRUNCH a situation where there is not enough money in the budget
n. 20C BUDGET SQUEEZE (as above)
n. Bk2006 US sl. BUDGET DUST a minor amount of money considering the size of the entire budget; money left over at the end of the budget year
n. 20C BUDGET SQUEEZE (as above)
n. Bk2006 US sl. BUDGET DUST a minor amount of money considering the size of the entire budget; money left over at the end of the budget year
BUFFALO
n. 1824 Amer. dial. BAND a herd of buffalo
n. 1848 Amer. dial. BUFFLER a buffalo
n. Bk1942 Amer. Western usage HUMPBACK COW a buffalo
n. Bk1942 Amer. circus sl. HUMPBACKED COW a buffalo
n. 1848 Amer. dial. BUFFLER a buffalo
n. Bk1942 Amer. Western usage HUMPBACK COW a buffalo
n. Bk1942 Amer. circus sl. HUMPBACKED COW a buffalo
BUFFALO BILL
n. L19 sl. YANKEERIES Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, which arrived in London in 1887
BUFFET, BUFFETING
n. c1385 obs. BOX a blow, a buffet
n. 1768 Sc. BEFF a stroke, a blow, a buffet
n. 1777 Eng. dial. SCAT a blow, a buffet; the stroke given by a mass of water
n. 1787 Sc. & Eng. dial. THUD a heavy, sounding blow; a buffet, a thump; a blow with the fist
n. 1790 Sc. YANK a sudden severe blow, esp. with the hand; a buffet; a stroke with the end of a whip-lash
n. 1808 Sc. TAISLE a buffeting or knocking about, rough handling, a severe brush or tussle
n. 1808 Sc. TASSLE (as above)
n. 1808 Sc. TEAZLE (as above)
n. 1827 Sc. BAFF a blow, a buffet; a shot; a thud; a jog with the elbow; a blow with anything flat or soft, as the palm of the hand, a soft ball, etc.
n. 1861 Sc. YELP a blow; a buffet
n. 1882 Eng. dial. BILLIZING a thrashing, a buffeting
n. Bk1911 Sc. BLIFFART a blow, a stroke, a buffet
n. Bk1911 Sc. BLUFFERT (as above)
vb. a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial. BEFT to beat, to buffet, to slap
vb. c1440 Eng. dial. SUFFET to buffet, to beat
vb. 1519 BOX to beat, to thrash; later, to strike with the fist, to cuff, to buffet; to strike with the hand
vb. a1572 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. NEVEL to beat or strike with the fists; to pound, buffet, or pommel
vb. a1572 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. NEVILL (as above)
vb. 1573 obs. CANVAS to knock about, to shake and shatter thoroughly; to buffet; to beat, to drub
vb. 1573 obs. CANVASS (as above)
vb. Bk1911 Sc. BOUFF to strike, to buffet
n. 1768 Sc. BEFF a stroke, a blow, a buffet
n. 1777 Eng. dial. SCAT a blow, a buffet; the stroke given by a mass of water
n. 1787 Sc. & Eng. dial. THUD a heavy, sounding blow; a buffet, a thump; a blow with the fist
n. 1790 Sc. YANK a sudden severe blow, esp. with the hand; a buffet; a stroke with the end of a whip-lash
n. 1808 Sc. TAISLE a buffeting or knocking about, rough handling, a severe brush or tussle
n. 1808 Sc. TASSLE (as above)
n. 1808 Sc. TEAZLE (as above)
n. 1827 Sc. BAFF a blow, a buffet; a shot; a thud; a jog with the elbow; a blow with anything flat or soft, as the palm of the hand, a soft ball, etc.
n. 1861 Sc. YELP a blow; a buffet
n. 1882 Eng. dial. BILLIZING a thrashing, a buffeting
n. Bk1911 Sc. BLIFFART a blow, a stroke, a buffet
n. Bk1911 Sc. BLUFFERT (as above)
vb. a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial. BEFT to beat, to buffet, to slap
vb. c1440 Eng. dial. SUFFET to buffet, to beat
vb. 1519 BOX to beat, to thrash; later, to strike with the fist, to cuff, to buffet; to strike with the hand
vb. a1572 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. NEVEL to beat or strike with the fists; to pound, buffet, or pommel
vb. a1572 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. NEVILL (as above)
vb. 1573 obs. CANVAS to knock about, to shake and shatter thoroughly; to buffet; to beat, to drub
vb. 1573 obs. CANVASS (as above)
vb. Bk1911 Sc. BOUFF to strike, to buffet
BUFFOON, BUFFOONERY
adj. 1859 nonce word HARLEQUINADISH of the nature of a harlequinade
n. c1325 obs. HARLOTRY buffoonery, jesting; ribaldry, scurrility, scurrilous talk; obscene talk or behaviour
n. a1340 obs. HARLOT an itinerant jester, buffoon, or juggler; one who tells or does something to raise a laugh
n. 1584 WAG a buffoon; a jester; a habitual joker; a merry droll; anyone ludicrously mischievous
n. 1596 arch. ZANY a comic performer attending on a clown, acrobat, or mountebank, who imitates his master's acts in a ludicrously awkward way; a clown's or mountebank's assistant; a merry-andrew; sometimes a professional jester or buffoon in general
n. 1599 obs. BALADINE a theatrical dancer; a mountebank; a buffoon
n. 1599 obs. BALLADINE (as above)
n. 16C Brit. colloq. LERICOMPOOP a buffoon; an oaf
n. 1623 obs. rare BALATRON a babbling, prating fellow; a vain talking fellow; a jester; a buffoon; a rascally base knave; a thief; a contemptible fellow
n. 1623 obs. rare BALATROON (as above)
n. 1623 obs. rare BALLATRON (as above)
n. a1631 obs. MACAROON a buffoon; a stupid or foolish person; an affected blockhead; a ridiculous or doltish person
n. 1648 arch. JACK-PUDDING a buffoon; a clown; a merry-andrew; esp. one attending on a mountebank
n. 1650 TOM FOOL a buffoon; also, a butt or a laughingstock
n. 1672 MAMAMOUCHI a pompous-sounding title; one who assumes such a title; a ridiculous pretender to elevated dignity; a buffoon
n. 1689 TOM TRAM a buffoon; a jester
n. 1785 HARLEQUINESS a female harlequin
n. 1790 Eng. dial. obs. BALLITRAUNT a foolish person; a buffoon; used as a term of contempt
n. 1825 Sc. GAWMP a buffoon
n. 1825 Sc. GAMF a buffoon; an empty-headed fellow who makes a great deal of noisy mirth; a fool, or one who wishes to seem so
n. 1825 Sc. GAMPH (as above)
n. 1825 Sc. GOMF (as above)
n. 1828 HARLEQUINADE buffoonery; fantastic procedure
n. 1835 Sc. & Eng. dial. MERRY-MAN a clown; a buffoon; a merry-andrew
n. Bk1855 Eng. dial. MOLL-ANDREW a merry-andrew; a buffoon; a clown; one who entertains people with antics and buffoonery
n. 1867 HARLEQUINA a female harlequin
n. 1883 HARLEQUIN a buffoon; a fantastic fellow
n. 1884 sl. JERRY-GO-NIMBLE an antic; a buffoon
n. Bk1894 TABARIN a merry-Andrew, a buffoon, a jester
n. 1895 Amer. dial ANTIC a clown; a buffoon
n. Bk1900 Sc. GAMP a buffoon; an empty-headed, noisy fellow
n. Bk1914 Sc. SPAE a wag; a mimic; a buffoon
n. Bk1982 YUKEL a buffoon (Jewish)
n. 20C sl. GAMFRAL a fool; a buffoon
n. 20C sl. GAMFRIL (as above)
n. 20C sl. GAMFUL (as above)
vb. 1788 HARLEQUINADE to play the harlequin; to act fantastically
n. c1325 obs. HARLOTRY buffoonery, jesting; ribaldry, scurrility, scurrilous talk; obscene talk or behaviour
n. a1340 obs. HARLOT an itinerant jester, buffoon, or juggler; one who tells or does something to raise a laugh
n. 1584 WAG a buffoon; a jester; a habitual joker; a merry droll; anyone ludicrously mischievous
n. 1596 arch. ZANY a comic performer attending on a clown, acrobat, or mountebank, who imitates his master's acts in a ludicrously awkward way; a clown's or mountebank's assistant; a merry-andrew; sometimes a professional jester or buffoon in general
n. 1599 obs. BALADINE a theatrical dancer; a mountebank; a buffoon
n. 1599 obs. BALLADINE (as above)
n. 16C Brit. colloq. LERICOMPOOP a buffoon; an oaf
n. 1623 obs. rare BALATRON a babbling, prating fellow; a vain talking fellow; a jester; a buffoon; a rascally base knave; a thief; a contemptible fellow
n. 1623 obs. rare BALATROON (as above)
n. 1623 obs. rare BALLATRON (as above)
n. a1631 obs. MACAROON a buffoon; a stupid or foolish person; an affected blockhead; a ridiculous or doltish person
n. 1648 arch. JACK-PUDDING a buffoon; a clown; a merry-andrew; esp. one attending on a mountebank
n. 1650 TOM FOOL a buffoon; also, a butt or a laughingstock
n. 1672 MAMAMOUCHI a pompous-sounding title; one who assumes such a title; a ridiculous pretender to elevated dignity; a buffoon
n. 1689 TOM TRAM a buffoon; a jester
n. 1785 HARLEQUINESS a female harlequin
n. 1790 Eng. dial. obs. BALLITRAUNT a foolish person; a buffoon; used as a term of contempt
n. 1825 Sc. GAWMP a buffoon
n. 1825 Sc. GAMF a buffoon; an empty-headed fellow who makes a great deal of noisy mirth; a fool, or one who wishes to seem so
n. 1825 Sc. GAMPH (as above)
n. 1825 Sc. GOMF (as above)
n. 1828 HARLEQUINADE buffoonery; fantastic procedure
n. 1835 Sc. & Eng. dial. MERRY-MAN a clown; a buffoon; a merry-andrew
n. Bk1855 Eng. dial. MOLL-ANDREW a merry-andrew; a buffoon; a clown; one who entertains people with antics and buffoonery
n. 1867 HARLEQUINA a female harlequin
n. 1883 HARLEQUIN a buffoon; a fantastic fellow
n. 1884 sl. JERRY-GO-NIMBLE an antic; a buffoon
n. Bk1894 TABARIN a merry-Andrew, a buffoon, a jester
n. 1895 Amer. dial ANTIC a clown; a buffoon
n. Bk1900 Sc. GAMP a buffoon; an empty-headed, noisy fellow
n. Bk1914 Sc. SPAE a wag; a mimic; a buffoon
n. Bk1982 YUKEL a buffoon (Jewish)
n. 20C sl. GAMFRAL a fool; a buffoon
n. 20C sl. GAMFRIL (as above)
n. 20C sl. GAMFUL (as above)
vb. 1788 HARLEQUINADE to play the harlequin; to act fantastically
BUG - see INSECT
BUGBEAR
n. c1000 obs. PUCKLE a kind of bugbear
n. 1483 obs. GAY HORSE a bugbear or hobgoblin, carried about at plays and public shows, with wide jaws and great teeth
n. 1548 obs. TERRICULAMENT a source or object of dread or terror, especially of needless dread; a bugbear
n. 1637 Eng. & Amer. dial. RAWHEAD AND BLOODY BONES a spectre, a hobgoblin; a nursery bugbear; a bogey used to frighten children
n. 1744 obs. TOM PO a nursery bugbear, a bogy
n. 1790 Eng. dial. obs. CADDY a ghost; a bugbear
n. a1825 TOM POKER a nursery bugbear, a bogy
n. 1899 Eng. dial. SCARE-BOGGART a bogey; a bugbear
n. Bk1911 Sc. BOCKIE a bogie, a hobgoblin, a bugbear
n. Bk1911 Sc. BO-COW (as above)
n. Bk1911 Sc. BOGGART (as above)
n. Bk1911 Sc. BOKIE (as above)
n. Bk1911 Sc. BOO a bugbear; an object of dread
n. Bk1911 Sc. BOODIE-BO (as above)
n. Bk1911 Sc. BLACK-BOO a nursery bogey
n. Bk1911 Sc. BLACKMAN (as above)
n. 1934 Amer. dial. OLD RAWHEAD AND BLOODY BONES a spectre, a hobgoblin; a nursery bugbear
n. 1939 Amer. dial. BUGGERY BOO the bogie-man, a hobgoblin, a bugbear
n. 1954 Amer. dial. DICKETY-BOO a ghost; a bugbear
n. 1966 Amer. dial. RED MAN a hobgoblin that is used to threaten children and make them behave; a nursery bugbear
n. 1966 Amer. dial. RAW-HEELS AND BLOODYBONES a spectre, a hobgoblin; a nursery bugbear
n. 1966 Amer. dial. REDHEAD-BLOODYBONES (as above)
n. c1966 Amer. dial. REDEYE a hobgoblin used to threaten children and make them behave; a nursery bugbear
n. c1966 Amer. dial. REDEYE AND BLOODYBONES (as above)
n. 20C W. Indies sl. BABU an imaginary figure, ugly and old, conjured up to frighten children
n. 1483 obs. GAY HORSE a bugbear or hobgoblin, carried about at plays and public shows, with wide jaws and great teeth
n. 1548 obs. TERRICULAMENT a source or object of dread or terror, especially of needless dread; a bugbear
n. 1637 Eng. & Amer. dial. RAWHEAD AND BLOODY BONES a spectre, a hobgoblin; a nursery bugbear; a bogey used to frighten children
n. 1744 obs. TOM PO a nursery bugbear, a bogy
n. 1790 Eng. dial. obs. CADDY a ghost; a bugbear
n. a1825 TOM POKER a nursery bugbear, a bogy
n. 1899 Eng. dial. SCARE-BOGGART a bogey; a bugbear
n. Bk1911 Sc. BOCKIE a bogie, a hobgoblin, a bugbear
n. Bk1911 Sc. BO-COW (as above)
n. Bk1911 Sc. BOGGART (as above)
n. Bk1911 Sc. BOKIE (as above)
n. Bk1911 Sc. BOO a bugbear; an object of dread
n. Bk1911 Sc. BOODIE-BO (as above)
n. Bk1911 Sc. BLACK-BOO a nursery bogey
n. Bk1911 Sc. BLACKMAN (as above)
n. 1934 Amer. dial. OLD RAWHEAD AND BLOODY BONES a spectre, a hobgoblin; a nursery bugbear
n. 1939 Amer. dial. BUGGERY BOO the bogie-man, a hobgoblin, a bugbear
n. 1954 Amer. dial. DICKETY-BOO a ghost; a bugbear
n. 1966 Amer. dial. RED MAN a hobgoblin that is used to threaten children and make them behave; a nursery bugbear
n. 1966 Amer. dial. RAW-HEELS AND BLOODYBONES a spectre, a hobgoblin; a nursery bugbear
n. 1966 Amer. dial. REDHEAD-BLOODYBONES (as above)
n. c1966 Amer. dial. REDEYE a hobgoblin used to threaten children and make them behave; a nursery bugbear
n. c1966 Amer. dial. REDEYE AND BLOODYBONES (as above)
n. 20C W. Indies sl. BABU an imaginary figure, ugly and old, conjured up to frighten children
BUGGY - see COACH
BUGLE, BUGLER
n. 1553 TARATANTARA a word imitating, and hence denoting, the sound of a trumpet or bugle
n. 1847 TIRALEE a representation of a bugle note or cadence
n. 1873 TARANTARRATARA a word imitating, and hence denoting, the sound of a trumpet or bugle
n. M19 US sl. GUGAG a bugle or trumpet
n. M19 US sl. HEWGAG (as above)
n. M19 US sl. HUGAG (as above)
n. 1940s US Women's Army Corp sl. GABRIEL the bugler
n. 1847 TIRALEE a representation of a bugle note or cadence
n. 1873 TARANTARRATARA a word imitating, and hence denoting, the sound of a trumpet or bugle
n. M19 US sl. GUGAG a bugle or trumpet
n. M19 US sl. HEWGAG (as above)
n. M19 US sl. HUGAG (as above)
n. 1940s US Women's Army Corp sl. GABRIEL the bugler
BUILD, BUILDER, BUILDING, BUILT
adj. c1380 obs. YBULD built
adj. c1470 obs. EDIFICATE built up, constructed, formed, instituted, arranged
adj. 1658 rare EDIFICIAL pert. to building, architectural
adj. 1662 obs. EDIFYING that builds
adj. 1678 obs. rare OECODOMICAL relating to the building of houses; architectural
adj. 1790 Eng. dial. GABBARD of buildings: large and old, out of repair
adj. L18 PUKKA of a building: solidly built
adj. 1813 Sc. BIGGIT built
adj. 1824 Sc. RICKLED loosely built, piled loosely together
adj. 1824 Sc. obs. TAPERED of a building: high and frail
adj. 1883 sl. JERRY-BUILT run up in the worst materials
adj. Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial. VOID of a building: empty, untenanted
n. a750 obs. TIMBER a building, structure, edifice, or house
n. c1000 obs. TIMBER the process of building
n. 1265 obs. GINOUR a stonemason; a builder; also, a person who operates siege engines
n. 1307 rare, in later use chiefly Sc. BIGGAR a builder
n. 1307 rare, in later use chiefly Sc. BIGGARE (as above)
n. 1307 rare, in later use chiefly Sc. BIGGER (as above)
n. c1350 obs. BIGGAND a builder
n. 1382 FALLING a fragment of a building, a ruin
n. 1432-50 obs. EDIFICATION a building
n. 1432-50 obs. EDIFYING the act or process of building; also, a building
n. 1460 rare EDIFIER a builder
n. 1483 FABRIC an edifice, a building
n. 1541 BASILICA orig. a royal place; thence, a large oblong building or hall, with double colonnades and a semicircular apse at the end, used for a court of justice and place of public assembly
n. 1544-5 obs. MORTAR-MAN a person who makes or uses mortar; a builder
n. 1549 rare HOUSEWRIGHT a builder of houses, especially of timber
n. 1549 rare EDIFICATION building
n. 1580 obs. EDIFICE the act or process of building or construction
n. 1581 obs. HOUSE OF WAR a fortified building or place
n. 1597 obs. JAMB a projecting 'wing' of a building
n. 1607 RAISER a builder
n. 1667 BABEL a high building, a lofty structure
n. 1677 CASE the outer part of a house or building; the shell or carcass
n. 1679 obs. BASTIMENT a building, a wall
n. a1687 COB-CASTLE a satirical name for any building which overtops those around it; more usually applied to a prison
n. 1705 Sc. LARACH the site of a building or habitation
n. 1727-51 arch. BASILIC orig. a royal place; thence, a large oblong building or hall, with double colonnades and a semicircular apse at the end, used for a court of justice and place of public assembly
n. Bk1795 obs. BILDER a builder
n. Bk1795 obs. BILDIR (as above)
n. 1811 Sc. & Eng. dial. BIGGIN a building, a house, a cottage; a hut covered with mud or turf
n. 1816 Sc. & Eng. dial. BIGGING the act of building
n. 1822 Sc. BACKSIDE back premises of a house or building, including the garden or fields adjoining
n. 1824 Sc. RICKLER a bad architect or builder
n. 1827 Sc. BIKE a habitation, a building
n. 1835 CAD an assistant or confederate of a lower grade, as a bricklayer's labourer, or a builder's assistant
n. 1839 Amer. dial. CABOOSE any small cramped building or place within a building
n. 1856 PADDY a bricklayer’s labourer who brings him stones or bricks and mortar; a builder's labourer
n. 1862 Amer. dial. SHEBANG a hut, a shanty, a rude shelter; a disreputable tavern or other place of resort; broadly, any building or establishment
n. 1866 Sc. & Eng. dial. RABBLE a carelessly erected building, wall, etc; a confused or ruinous mass; anything ruinous or dilapidated; any kind of building falling into decay
n. Bk1873 Eng. dial. BEILDER a builder
n. 1879 SKY-BLOTCH the dark outline of a building against the evening sky
n. 1880 Sc. UP-PUTTER a builder; an erector
n. 1883 sl. JERRY-BUILDER a rascally speculating builder
n. 1886 CASTLE a large building
n. 1887 BACKAGE the back part of a building or row of buildings; the line or outlook of buildings or plots of land on the rear side
n. 1889 Amer. sl. BUZZARD ROOST a disreputable gathering place or ramshackle building; a dilapidated building
n. 1889 Amer. sl. BUZZARD'S ROOST (as above)
n. Bk1898 Sc. BIGD a building, a house
n. 1899 colloq. DUMP a place, building, house, etc.; usually as a pejorative or contemptuous term
n. 19C Eng. dial. COB-CASTLE a flimsy building; a child's toy house; a thing easily pushed over
n. Bk1904 Eng. dial. TIMPERON any timer or wooden building
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. RAMBLE a rambling building full of strange passages and stairs
n. 1930s sl. KIP any form of place, building
n. 1930s African-American sl. MIGHTY DOME the US Congress building, or any similar large, institutional edifice
n. 1932 UK sl. GAFF a place of residence; a home, a shop or other place of business; any sort of building
n. 1934 Hawaii HALE a building, esp. a house
n. 1939 Amer. dial. HALLWAY a space between two buildings
n. 1940s African-American sl. ROCKPILE any tall building
n. 1968 sl. DERRY a derelict building
n. 20C sl., chiefly Cockneys' usage MONKEY-CAGE the steel structure of a modern building
vb. a750 obs. or arch. TIMBER to build, construct, or make, as a house, ship, etc.; later, to build or construct of wood
vb. a1000 obs. BETIMBER to build
vb. a1340 rare EDIFY to build; to construct (a dwelling, edifice) of the usual building materials
vb. a1400-50 obs. exc. Eng. dial. TIRE to plaster or decorate a building
vb. 1607 UNBUILD to destroy or demolish a building or structure
vb. 1623 obs. rare EDIFICATE to build
vb. 1737 Sc. & Eng. dial. BIG to build; to build a nest
vb. 1737 Sc. & Eng. dial. BIGG (as above)
vb. 1860 Eng. dial. BIGGER to build
vb. 1949 US sl. SNEAK to break into a building
adj. c1470 obs. EDIFICATE built up, constructed, formed, instituted, arranged
adj. 1658 rare EDIFICIAL pert. to building, architectural
adj. 1662 obs. EDIFYING that builds
adj. 1678 obs. rare OECODOMICAL relating to the building of houses; architectural
adj. 1790 Eng. dial. GABBARD of buildings: large and old, out of repair
adj. L18 PUKKA of a building: solidly built
adj. 1813 Sc. BIGGIT built
adj. 1824 Sc. RICKLED loosely built, piled loosely together
adj. 1824 Sc. obs. TAPERED of a building: high and frail
adj. 1883 sl. JERRY-BUILT run up in the worst materials
adj. Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial. VOID of a building: empty, untenanted
n. a750 obs. TIMBER a building, structure, edifice, or house
n. c1000 obs. TIMBER the process of building
n. 1265 obs. GINOUR a stonemason; a builder; also, a person who operates siege engines
n. 1307 rare, in later use chiefly Sc. BIGGAR a builder
n. 1307 rare, in later use chiefly Sc. BIGGARE (as above)
n. 1307 rare, in later use chiefly Sc. BIGGER (as above)
n. c1350 obs. BIGGAND a builder
n. 1382 FALLING a fragment of a building, a ruin
n. 1432-50 obs. EDIFICATION a building
n. 1432-50 obs. EDIFYING the act or process of building; also, a building
n. 1460 rare EDIFIER a builder
n. 1483 FABRIC an edifice, a building
n. 1541 BASILICA orig. a royal place; thence, a large oblong building or hall, with double colonnades and a semicircular apse at the end, used for a court of justice and place of public assembly
n. 1544-5 obs. MORTAR-MAN a person who makes or uses mortar; a builder
n. 1549 rare HOUSEWRIGHT a builder of houses, especially of timber
n. 1549 rare EDIFICATION building
n. 1580 obs. EDIFICE the act or process of building or construction
n. 1581 obs. HOUSE OF WAR a fortified building or place
n. 1597 obs. JAMB a projecting 'wing' of a building
n. 1607 RAISER a builder
n. 1667 BABEL a high building, a lofty structure
n. 1677 CASE the outer part of a house or building; the shell or carcass
n. 1679 obs. BASTIMENT a building, a wall
n. a1687 COB-CASTLE a satirical name for any building which overtops those around it; more usually applied to a prison
n. 1705 Sc. LARACH the site of a building or habitation
n. 1727-51 arch. BASILIC orig. a royal place; thence, a large oblong building or hall, with double colonnades and a semicircular apse at the end, used for a court of justice and place of public assembly
n. Bk1795 obs. BILDER a builder
n. Bk1795 obs. BILDIR (as above)
n. 1811 Sc. & Eng. dial. BIGGIN a building, a house, a cottage; a hut covered with mud or turf
n. 1816 Sc. & Eng. dial. BIGGING the act of building
n. 1822 Sc. BACKSIDE back premises of a house or building, including the garden or fields adjoining
n. 1824 Sc. RICKLER a bad architect or builder
n. 1827 Sc. BIKE a habitation, a building
n. 1835 CAD an assistant or confederate of a lower grade, as a bricklayer's labourer, or a builder's assistant
n. 1839 Amer. dial. CABOOSE any small cramped building or place within a building
n. 1856 PADDY a bricklayer’s labourer who brings him stones or bricks and mortar; a builder's labourer
n. 1862 Amer. dial. SHEBANG a hut, a shanty, a rude shelter; a disreputable tavern or other place of resort; broadly, any building or establishment
n. 1866 Sc. & Eng. dial. RABBLE a carelessly erected building, wall, etc; a confused or ruinous mass; anything ruinous or dilapidated; any kind of building falling into decay
n. Bk1873 Eng. dial. BEILDER a builder
n. 1879 SKY-BLOTCH the dark outline of a building against the evening sky
n. 1880 Sc. UP-PUTTER a builder; an erector
n. 1883 sl. JERRY-BUILDER a rascally speculating builder
n. 1886 CASTLE a large building
n. 1887 BACKAGE the back part of a building or row of buildings; the line or outlook of buildings or plots of land on the rear side
n. 1889 Amer. sl. BUZZARD ROOST a disreputable gathering place or ramshackle building; a dilapidated building
n. 1889 Amer. sl. BUZZARD'S ROOST (as above)
n. Bk1898 Sc. BIGD a building, a house
n. 1899 colloq. DUMP a place, building, house, etc.; usually as a pejorative or contemptuous term
n. 19C Eng. dial. COB-CASTLE a flimsy building; a child's toy house; a thing easily pushed over
n. Bk1904 Eng. dial. TIMPERON any timer or wooden building
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. RAMBLE a rambling building full of strange passages and stairs
n. 1930s sl. KIP any form of place, building
n. 1930s African-American sl. MIGHTY DOME the US Congress building, or any similar large, institutional edifice
n. 1932 UK sl. GAFF a place of residence; a home, a shop or other place of business; any sort of building
n. 1934 Hawaii HALE a building, esp. a house
n. 1939 Amer. dial. HALLWAY a space between two buildings
n. 1940s African-American sl. ROCKPILE any tall building
n. 1968 sl. DERRY a derelict building
n. 20C sl., chiefly Cockneys' usage MONKEY-CAGE the steel structure of a modern building
vb. a750 obs. or arch. TIMBER to build, construct, or make, as a house, ship, etc.; later, to build or construct of wood
vb. a1000 obs. BETIMBER to build
vb. a1340 rare EDIFY to build; to construct (a dwelling, edifice) of the usual building materials
vb. a1400-50 obs. exc. Eng. dial. TIRE to plaster or decorate a building
vb. 1607 UNBUILD to destroy or demolish a building or structure
vb. 1623 obs. rare EDIFICATE to build
vb. 1737 Sc. & Eng. dial. BIG to build; to build a nest
vb. 1737 Sc. & Eng. dial. BIGG (as above)
vb. 1860 Eng. dial. BIGGER to build
vb. 1949 US sl. SNEAK to break into a building
BULGARIA
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. BURGLARIA Bulgaria
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. VULGARIA Bulgaria
n. E20 US derogatory VULGARIAN a nickname for a Bulgarian
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. VULGARIA Bulgaria
n. E20 US derogatory VULGARIAN a nickname for a Bulgarian
BULGE, BULGING
adj. a1593 BELLIED made large and full, rounded; bulging; blown or puffed out
adj. a1700 BELLYING swelling, bulging out
adj. 1843 Sc. BAGGIT bulging, swelled out
n. 1662 BELLYING a swelling or bulging out
vb. c1590 obs. PAGGLE to bulge, to swell out as a bag; to hang loosely, to dangle
vb. 1624 BELLY to bulge out, to swell out
vb. 1870 BELL to cause to swell or bulge out
vb. 1884 US BUG to bulge out
adj. a1700 BELLYING swelling, bulging out
adj. 1843 Sc. BAGGIT bulging, swelled out
n. 1662 BELLYING a swelling or bulging out
vb. c1590 obs. PAGGLE to bulge, to swell out as a bag; to hang loosely, to dangle
vb. 1624 BELLY to bulge out, to swell out
vb. 1870 BELL to cause to swell or bulge out
vb. 1884 US BUG to bulge out
BULIMIA
n. 1998 US sl. HURLER a person who suffers from bulimia nervosa
BULK, BULKY
adj. c1325 obs. BOISTOUS roughly massive; bulky; clumsy
adj. c1400 MASSY of persons and animals: bulky, large-bodied
adj. c1430 obs. rare TALL big, large, bulky
adj. 1485 obs. MASSIVE of person: bulky, large-bodied
adj. 1495 obs. MASSY massive, solid, bulky
adj. 1866 Sc. SCOUTHIE capacious, roomy, bulky, big
adj. 1866 Sc. SCOWTHIE (as above)
adj. 1884 Eng. dial. THUSKING large, fine, bulky
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. obs. BELSIZE bulky, of good size
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. VOLUMOUS bulky, large
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. THROSSAN fat, bulky, thickset
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. THROSSEN-UP (as above)
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. THRODDLE fat; broad, bulky; thriving
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. THRUMMY substantial, fat, in good condition; broad, bulky, unwieldy
adj. Bk1905 Sc. obs. UNFANDRUM bulky, unmanageable
adj. 1911 Sc. FALLOCH thick, bulky
adj. Bk1911 Sc. BOUKSOME bulky, of large size
adj. Bk1911 Sc. BOUKIE bulky; obese
adj. Bk1911 Sc. BOUKY (as above)
adj. Bk1911 Sc. BOOZY bulky; plump; stout
adj. Bk1911 Sc. BOUSY (as above)
adj. Bk1911 Sc. BOUKIT large, bulky; swollen; corpulent; pregnant
adj. 1940 Amer. dial. BUNDLESOME bulky, unwieldy
n. 1621 obs. rare MUCHITY great bulk or size
n. 1737 Sc. obs. MICKLEDOM size, bulk, largeness
n. 1868 Eng. dial. MICKLETH size, bulk, largeness
n. Bk1904 sl. STRAPPER anything big or bulky
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. TWANKER a large, bulky person
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. THUSKER anything big or large and bulky
n. Bk1905 Sc. MICKLENESS size, bulk, largeness
n. Bk1911 Sc. BOWK body; bulk
n. 1922 Irish sl. BEEF TO THE HEEL a bulky, heavyset woman; generally a countrywoman
n. 1929 Sc. KEESO something large or bulky
adj. c1400 MASSY of persons and animals: bulky, large-bodied
adj. c1430 obs. rare TALL big, large, bulky
adj. 1485 obs. MASSIVE of person: bulky, large-bodied
adj. 1495 obs. MASSY massive, solid, bulky
adj. 1866 Sc. SCOUTHIE capacious, roomy, bulky, big
adj. 1866 Sc. SCOWTHIE (as above)
adj. 1884 Eng. dial. THUSKING large, fine, bulky
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. obs. BELSIZE bulky, of good size
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. VOLUMOUS bulky, large
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. THROSSAN fat, bulky, thickset
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. THROSSEN-UP (as above)
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. THRODDLE fat; broad, bulky; thriving
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. THRUMMY substantial, fat, in good condition; broad, bulky, unwieldy
adj. Bk1905 Sc. obs. UNFANDRUM bulky, unmanageable
adj. 1911 Sc. FALLOCH thick, bulky
adj. Bk1911 Sc. BOUKSOME bulky, of large size
adj. Bk1911 Sc. BOUKIE bulky; obese
adj. Bk1911 Sc. BOUKY (as above)
adj. Bk1911 Sc. BOOZY bulky; plump; stout
adj. Bk1911 Sc. BOUSY (as above)
adj. Bk1911 Sc. BOUKIT large, bulky; swollen; corpulent; pregnant
adj. 1940 Amer. dial. BUNDLESOME bulky, unwieldy
n. 1621 obs. rare MUCHITY great bulk or size
n. 1737 Sc. obs. MICKLEDOM size, bulk, largeness
n. 1868 Eng. dial. MICKLETH size, bulk, largeness
n. Bk1904 sl. STRAPPER anything big or bulky
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. TWANKER a large, bulky person
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. THUSKER anything big or large and bulky
n. Bk1905 Sc. MICKLENESS size, bulk, largeness
n. Bk1911 Sc. BOWK body; bulk
n. 1922 Irish sl. BEEF TO THE HEEL a bulky, heavyset woman; generally a countrywoman
n. 1929 Sc. KEESO something large or bulky