REVERSE DICTIONARY
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BEE - BEK

BEE - adjectives
• BOMBYLIOUS † buzzing, humming, like a large bee ...1713
• CASTING of bees: swarming ...1627
• KAMING of bees: issuing forth in a stream when leaving the hive to swarm, 'towthering' ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
bee - nouns
• APIFACTURE †* the work of bees; the production of honey by bees ...1622 
• BEE-BIKE a wild bee's nest ...1837 Sc.
• BEEDOM * the realm of bees ...1868
• BEEN bees ...Bk1898 Ireland & Eng. dial.
• BEE'S WISP a wild bee's nest on the surface of the ground ...1892 Eng. dial.
• BIG-BEE a drone ...1893 Eng. dial.
• BIKE a nest of wild bees, wasps, etc.; a nestful of bees, a swarm ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BINK a wasps' or wild bees' nest ...Bk1911 Sc. 
• BUMBEE a bumblebee ...1808 Amer. dial.
• BUMBLE a bumblebee ...1876 Amer. dial.
• BUMBLER a bumblebee ...1911 Amer. dial.
• BUMBLER BEE a bumblebee ...a1883 Amer. dial.
• BUMBLY BEE a bumblebee ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BUMMER a bumblebee; generally, any insect which makes a buzzing or humming sound ...1822
• BYKING a hive, a swarm ...1822 Sc.
• CASTRATION † the act of taking away a portion of the honey from the hive ...c1420
• CHEWGAH BAG the wild bee's store of honey ...Bk1892 Aust. aboriginal usage
• DRIFT † a swarm of bees ...1486
• DRUMBLEDORE a bumblebee ...1881
• DUMBLEDORE a bumblebee ...1787 Eng. dial.
• HONEY-PEOPLE † honey bees ...1598
• MAIDEN-SWARM a swarm of bees coming from a swarm of the same year ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MASTER-BEE † a queen bee ...1579-80
• NANNY a stingless humble-bee ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RED-DOUP a bee ...1870 Sc.
• SCHADONS young bees ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SIREN †* a drone bee ...1601
• SLOWBACK † a drone-bee...1601
• SPINE † the sting of a bee ...1656
• TAKING a swarm of bees ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TANG-RANG a noise; an uproar, esp. used of the noise formerly made when bees were swarming ...1840 Eng. dial.
bee - person
• APICULTURIST - a bee keeper ...1883
• BEE-HAVER - (derogatory) a person who has beehives but doesn't take proper care of the bees ...Bk2006 beekeepers' usage
• BEE-HERD - a beekeeper ...1483
• BEE-SHEPHERD - one appointed to superintend and watch over the hives ...Bk1859
• BEE-WARD - a beekeeper ...c1500
• BEE-WOMAN - a woman bee-keeper ...1833
• HIVER - one who hives bees ...1707
bee - verbs
• BALL of bees: to surround the queen in a dense cluster, often with the result that she is suffocated or crushed to death ...1888
• BIKE to swarm like bees ...Bk1911 Sc. 
• BOMBILATE to hum or buzz like a bee, or a top when spinning ...1854 rare
• TEE of bees: to buzz ...B1900 Eng. dial.
 
BEEF - adjectives
• BLUE of meat, esp. beef: barely cooked, underdone, extremely rare, bloody ...1867
beef - nouns
• BARF beef ...1996 US sl.
• BED the 'silver side' of a round of beef ...1864
• CREAMED FORESKINS creamed chipped beef ...World War II Amer. sl.
• HAMBURG a cooked patty of ground beef ...1903 Amer. dial.
• HAMBURG STEAK a cooked patty of ground beef ...1884 Amer. dial.
• MAHOGANY salt beef ...1830 Amer. sl.
• MEAT beef, as distinct from mutton, etc. ....Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NAP a shin of beef ...1844 Sc.
• OLD NED beef ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SALT HORSE salted beef ...1836 naval sl.
• SALT JUNK corned beef, salt beef ...1792 Amer. dial.
• SHOE SOLE roast beef ...1955 Amer. prison sl.
• SHOE SOLES fried beef ...1930 Amer. dial.
• UNION JACK Argentine frozen beef ...1900s sl.
beef - person
• BEEFEATER an eater of beef; contemptuously, a well-fed menial ...1610
 
BEEHIVE - nouns
• BEE-BUTT a beehive ...1790 Eng. dial.
• BEE GUM a hollow tree or log used as a beehive; any beehive ...1817 Amer. dial.
• BEE-HOPPET a beehive ...1872 Eng. dial.
• BEE-LIPPEN a beehive ...1825 Eng. dial.
• BEE-PEITCH a beehive ...1878 Eng. dial.
• BEE-POT a beehive ...1879 Eng. dial.
• BEE-SCAP a beehive ...1695 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BEE-SKEP a straw beehive ...a1640
• BEE-SKIP a beehive ... 1695 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BEE-STALL † a beehive ...1572
• BEE STAND a beehive ...1882 Amer. dial.
• BIKING a hive, a swarm ...Bk1911 Sc. 
• GUM a beehive ...1869 Amer. dial.
• HACK † a cover of a beehive ...1658
• HACKLE the conical straw roofing of a beehive ...1609
• RUSKIE a straw beehive ...B1900 Sc.
• SCAP † a beehive ...1843 Sc.
• SCAPE † a beehive ...1843 Sc.
• SKAPE † a beehive ...1843 Sc.
• SKEP a beehive ...1494
• SKIP a beehive; a hive of bees ...1901 Amer. dial.
• SKIRT the rim or base of a beehive ...1609
• TEE-HOLE the entrance to a beehive ...1681 Eng. dial.
beehive - verbs
• HACKLE to cover a beehive with a hackle or straw roof ...1609
• SKEP to cause to enter a skep (beehive) ...1825
 
BEER (includes ALE) - adjectives
• ALECIE intoxicated with ale ...L16 sl.
• ALECY intoxicated with ale ...L16 sl.
• ALED UP under the influence of beer; drunk ...1996 UK sl.
• ALE-SOAKED full of beer; drunk ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ALE-YOTTLING 'given to pot companionship' ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• APRILLED of milk or beer: sour, on the point of turning sour ...1790 Eng. dial.
• BEERISH having the nature or properties of beer ...1694
• CEREVISIOUS pertaining to beer ...1841 nonce word
• CERVISIAL pertaining to beer, of beer ...1784 humorous
• DEAD of a beer bottle, whisky bottle, or other bottle: finished, empty ...M18 sl.
• DEAD AS DITCHWATER, AS of beer, spirits, etc.: flat, stale ...Bk1900 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DULL AND DOWDY of the weather and beer: cloudy ...1992 UK rhyming sl.
• HARD of ale or beer: sour, acid, sharp ...1889 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• IN THE ARMOUR of beer: in a can ...1967 US sl.
• LUSTY † of beer or wine: strong, powerful ...a1640
• NAPPIE of ale or liquor: foaming, brisk, strong, rich, heady ...c1700 Sc.
• NAPPY of intoxicating liquors, chiefly ale: having a head, foaming; strong ...a1529
• NIPPITATE † of ale or other liquors: strong, good, prime ...1600
• ON THE TURPS drinking alcohol, esp. beer ...1865 Aust. sl.
• SINGLE of beer, ale, etc.: weak, poor, or inferior in quality ...1485 now arch.
• VINNED of beer: sour ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VINNIED of beer: sour ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VINNY of beer: sour ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YILL-SEASONED seasoned with ale ...1879 Sc.
beer - nouns
• ACT OF PARLIAMENT small beer, five pints of which, by an act of Parliament, a landlord was formerly obliged to give gratis to each soldier billeted upon him ...Bk19C
• AFRICAN LAGER Guinness stout ...20C sl.
• ALE-HOUSE a house where ale is sold ...1817 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ALE-SCORE the debt for drink at an ale-house recorded with chalk marks on the door ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ALL ARMS AND LEGS weak beer, without body ...19C sl.
• ALLS inferior beer ...L19 Eng. sl.
• AMBER, THE beer ...1940s sl.
• AMBER BEVERAGE beer ...M19 Aust. sl.
• AMBER BREW beer ...M19 Aust. sl.
• AMBER FLUID beer ...M19 Aust. sl.
• AMBER LIQUID beer ...M19 Aust. sl.
• AMBER NECTAR beer ...1959 Aust. sl.
• AMBER TRANSFUSION a drink of beer ...M19 Aust. sl.
• ANACONDA a mixture of strong beer and rough cider or scrumpy ...1990s sl.
• ANGELS'-FOOD † strong ale ...1587
• APPLE FRITTER bitter beer ...1920s rhyming sl.
• APRICOCK WATER apricot ale ...1728 sl.
• APRON-WASHINGS porter ...1903 sl.
• ARF-AN'-'ARF ale and porter equally mixed ...B1890 Eng. sl.
• ARMS AND LEGS weak beer or tea; i.e. a drink that has 'no body' ...L19 Eng. sl.
• ARTESIAN beer made in Australia ...c1880 Aust. sl.
• AUNTIE MEG a keg (of beer) ...20C Aust. rhyming sl.
• BARLEY-BREE malt liquor, esp. whisky or ale ...1724 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BARLEY-BROO malt liquor, esp. whisky or ale ...1724 Sc.
• BARLEY-BROTH strong ale ...1593
• BARLEY-CORN. beer or ale ...19C Eng. dial.
• BARLEY JUICE beer ...L17 sl.
• BARLEY WATER beer ...L17 sl.
• BARM † the froth or 'head' of beer when poured out ...c1275 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BARREL-TEARS ale ...1864 Eng. dial.
• BARREL TINTER beer ...1851 Eng. dial. sl.
• BED-ALE † ale brewed for christening ...1880
• BEER AND A BALL, A a beer and a shot of whisky ...M19 sl., orig. US
• BEER BARREL a beer-drinkers paunch ...1940s sl., orig. US
• BEER BLAST a beer-drinking party; a beer binge ...Bk2006 US sl.
• BEER BONG a device consisting of a funnel attached to a tube, which facilitates the speedier drinking of beer ...1980s US college sl.
• BEER BUST a beer-drinking party; a beer binge ...Bk2006 US sl.
• BEERHOOD * a beer-drinking class or set ...1865
• BEERINESS beery quality or condition ...colloq.
• BEEROCRACY a ludicrous name for the brewing and beer-selling interest ...1881
• BEER-UP a beer-drinking session ...1919 sl.
• BEGGEL small beer, treacle beer ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BELCH malt liquors, beer, porter; all sorts of beer ...1706 sl.
• BELLY-VENGEANCE sour drink; sour ale, cider, wine, etc.; very weak , sour beer ...1826 Eng. dial.
• BELSH beer and ale ...17C Brit. sl.
• BERPS, BURPS liquor; beer ...Bk2006 US sl.
• BERPWATER beer; ale; champagne ...Bk2006 US sl.
• BERRY-BROWN † nut-brown ale ...1686 Eng. dial.
• BEVIE a drink; usually applied specifically to a drink of beer ...1889 Brit. sl.
• BEVY, BEVVY a drink, esp. of beer or other alcoholic liquor ...1889 sl.
• BINGER something sharp or pungent, as a keen wind or frost, a draught of potent beer, or ardent spirits ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BLUE MEASURE †* a measure for beer formerly used in Wales, equal to about two-thirds of a pint ...1888
• BLUEY a can of Foster's lager ...1990s Aust. sl.
• BOCK a glass of "Bock" beer, or any other beer ...1867
• BOTTLED SUNSHINE beer ...World War II Amer. sl.
• BOWJANTHER a pint bottle of Guinness ...Bk1997 Irish sl.
• BREE liquor; whisky, ale, etc. ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BREW-HA beer
• BREW-OUT a beer blast; a beer blow-out ...Bk2006 US sl.
• BREWSKI, BREWSKY beer ...1960s Amer. sl.
• BUB † drink, esp. strong beer; very good intoxicating liquor ...1671 cant
• BUCKET OF SUDS a pail of beer ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• BUD a Budweiser™ beer; any beer
• BUNG-JUICE beer, stout ...19C sl.
• BUNNY a bottle of beer ...1910s Aust. & US sl.
• CALF-SLOBBER foam on a glass of beer ...1983 sl.
• CALGARY REDEYE a drink made of tomato juice and beer ...1987 Can. sl.
• CAN-A-PISS a can of beer ...1998 NZ sl.
• CASCADE beer ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• CAST † the quantity of bread or ale made at one time ...1470-85
• CHARLEY, CHARLIE a bottle or glass of Carlsberg beer ...1950s army in Germany
• CHILL a cold can of beer ...Bk2006 US sl.
• CHILLY a cold can of beer ...1985 Amer. sl.
• CLEAR MCCOY first-rate whisky or beer ...1900s sl.
• CLINK very inferior beer ...c1860 sl.
• COLD BLOOD beer ...Bk2006 US sl.
• COLD COFFEE beer ...Bk2006 US sl.
• COLDIE a glass, bottle, or can of cold beer ...1953 Aust. sl.
• COOLER a glass of beer or porter taken after drinking spirits and water ...19C sl.
• CORNFLAKES IN A CAN beer ...1990s US college sl.
• CORPSE an empty liquor or beer bottle ...Bk2006 US sl.
• CRIMEA beer ...Brit. rhyming sl.
• DAGGER-ALE very cheap or inferior ale ...L16 sl.
• DAILY ale ...1920s rhyming sl. (Daily Mail)
• DAILY MAIL ale ...1920s rhyming sl.
• DAMPER ale or stout taken after spirits (and water) ...c1820 sl.
• DARWIN STUBBY an extra-large beer bottle, introduced in 1958 at 80 fl. oz.; increased in 1973 to 2.25 litres, and in 1982 to 2 litres ...1970s Aust. sl.
• DAY AND NIGHT light ale ...19C rhyming sl.
• DEAD SOLDIER an empty alcohol bottle or beer can ...1899 US sl.
• DEEP SINKER a long glass of beer ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• DINK PACK a six pack of beer ...1993 Can. sl.
• DISHWATER a very weak beverage, esp. coffee, tea, or beer ...Bk1942 Amer. dial.
• DITCHWATER a very weak beverage, esp. coffee, tea, or beer ...1965 Amer. dial.
• DRAFTY draught beer ...1969 US sl.
• DUMMY an empty liquor or beer bottle ...Bk2006 US sl.
• EIGHT PENCE DRINK strong ale ...1813 Sc.
• FAR AND NEAR beer; a glass of beer ...1960 UK rhyming sl.
• FAT ALE strong beer ...M19 sl.
• FOAM beer ...Bk2006 US sl.
• FOGRAM wine, beer, or spirits of indifferent quality; any kind of liquor ...1867 nautical sl.
• GASKET a pint, esp. of beer ...1988 Glasgow rhyming sl. (local pronunciation of 'joint')
• GASKET JINT a pint, esp. of beer ...1988 Glasgow rhyming sl. (local pronunciation of 'joint')
• GATTER beer; liquor generally ...1818 sl.
• GLAMOTTLE a 13 ounce bottle of Budweiser™ beer ...1948 US sl.
• GLASS a 5 ounce glass of beer ...1972 Aust. sl.
• GLUE beer ...1920s US sl.
• GNAT'S PISS weak or insipid beer ...1959 sl.
• GOLLY a half gallon jar of beer ...1999 NZ sl.
• GREEN CAN a can of Victoria Bitter™ beer ...2003 Aust. sl.
• GROG alcohol; often applied specifically to beer ...1804 sl.
• GROWLER 1. a pail, can, or pitcher used for carrying beer ...1885 Amer. sl.
2. beer ...20C US sl. Slang and Euphemism Spears 1981
• GUN a flagon of ale ...1674 Eng. dial.
• GUSTO beer ...1960s sl., orig. US Black usage
• GUZZLE beer ...L17
• HA-HA a glass of beer; beer ...1979 US sl.
• HALF a half-pint of beer ...1888 sl.
• HALF AND HALF a pint drink comprising equal measures of two different beers ...1909 UK sl.
• HALF-HORN a half-pint of ale or beer ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HEAVY beer ...1823 sl.
• HEAVY WET beer ...1821 sl.
• HOP beer ...1929 sl., chiefly Aust. & NZ
• HOPS beer ...1929 sl., chiefly Aust. & NZ
• HORSE PISS weak or unpalatable beer ...1920 US sl.
• HUMMING ALE strong beer ...M17 sl.
• HUMMING BEER strong beer ...M17 sl.
• HUMMING BUB strong beer ...M17 sl.
• HUMMING LIQUOR strong beer ...M17 sl.
• HUMMING OCTOBER very strong ale, made from the new season's hops ...E18 sl.
• HUMMING PUNCH strong beer ...M17 sl.
• HUMMING STUFF strong beer ...M17 sl.
• HUMMING TIPPLE strong beer ...M17 sl.
• ICY POP beer ...1990s US college sl.
• INKER-PINKER small beer ...1870 Sc.
• JAR a glass of beer ...1925 sl.
• JUG 1. a glass of beer ...1960 Aust. sl.
2. a large table jug for beer ...1990 Aust. sl.
• KEG beer; a barrel of beer ...1940s Aust. & NZ sl.
• KEGGER a party featuring a large supply of beer ...1960s US campus sl.
• KEGGING an indulging in a party where kegs of beer are consumed ...1970s US sl.
• KNOCK-DOWN strong ale or liquor ...L17 sl.
• KRUG a beer-mug or tankard ...1866
• LACE beer, orig. Burton; hence, any beer ...c1930 Brit. rhyming sl. (Burton)
• LACE CURTAIN beer, orig. Burton; hence, any beer ...c1930 Brit. rhyming sl. (Burton)
• LADY'S FINGER a slender beer glass, with an hour-glass shape ...1930s Aust. sl.
• LADY'S WAIST a waisted glass in which beer is served; hence, the beer itself ...c1920 Aust. sl.
• LADY'S WISH a slender beer glass, with an hour-glass shape ...1930s Aust. sl.
• LARGIE a 750 ml (26 fl.oz.) bottle of beer ...2000s Aust. sl.
• LIFFEY WATER porter (ale); any dark beer or stout, esp. Guinness™ ...1961 UK rhyming sl.
• LIQUID AMBER beer ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• LIQUID LUNCH a lunch consisting solely of beer ...1970 colloq.
• LONG DRINK a glass of beer, or a soft drink, as opposed to wine or spirits ...M19 sl.
• LONGNECK a liquor or beer bottle, esp. one with an elongated neck ...1969 Amer. dial.
• LONGNECKER a liquor or beer bottle, esp. one with an elongated neck ...1907 Amer. dial.
• LOVE IN A PUNT very weak beer ...1973 UK sl.
• LUBE alcohol, esp. beer ...M20 Aust. sl.
• LUSH alcohol, esp. beer ...L17 sl.
• LUSHO alcohol, esp. beer ...L17 sl.
• MACOOLA home-brewed beer or liquor ...1882 Amer. dial.
• MAD DOG † strong and heady ale ...1577
• MAHATMA GANDHI shandy ...20C rhyming sl.
• MAHKOOLAH home-brewed beer or liquor ...1882 Amer. dial.
• MAN-KILLER porter, stout, any black beer ...L19 sl.
• MARTY WILDE mild ale ...1992 Brit. rhyming sl.
• MCCOY first-rate whisky or beer ...1900s sl.
• MEDIUM an indeterminate measure of beer, approx. 0.3 litres (a half-pint) ...1930s Irish sl.
• MEEJUM an indeterminate measure of beer, approx. 0.3 litres (a half-pint) ...1930s Irish sl.
• MICK JAGGER lager ...1985 Sc. rhyming sl.
• MICK'S BLOOD Guinness™ stout ...1996 Sc. sl.
• MIDDY a medium-size drinking glass commonly holding half a pint and used for beer ...1940 Aust. sl.
• MILDCHEE † mild ale ...1790 Eng. dial.
• MILWAUKEE CIDER beer ...1950 Amer. dial.
• MILWAUKEE SPECIAL beer ...1967 Amer. dial.
• MILWAUKEE WATER beer ...1950 Amer. dial.
• MINI-TANKER a small mobile beer tank hired for social gatherings ...1977 NZ sl.
• MONKEY PISS inferior beer or other liquor ...1975 Amer. sl.
• MUD AND BLOOD a drink of 'mild and bitter' ...20C sl.
• MY GOODNESS a drink of Guinness stout ...1940s sl.
• NAP the head or foam on a glass of ale; ale, strong beer ...1804 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• NAPPIE ale; liquor ...1743
• NAPPING-GEAR strong ale ...E16 sl.
• NAPPY ale; liquor ...1743
• NAPPY ALE strong ale ...E16 sl.
• NATTY any natural light beer ...2002 US sl.
• NEAR BEER beer with low alcohol content; beer with less than .5 percent alcohol content ...US Prohibition usage
• NECK-OIL alcohol; often applied specifically to beer ...1860 jocular
• NEEDLE BEER beer with added alcohol or ether ...1928 sl.
• NEVER-FEAR beer ...Bk1902 rhyming sl.
• NEWKY Newcastle 'Brown Ale' ...1970s sl.
• NEWKY BROWN Newcastle 'Brown Ale' ...1970s sl.
• NICK-POT a false measure in a pot of beer ...17C sl.
• NIPPITATE † good ale or other liquor ...a1575
• OAT SODA a beer ...1994 US sl.
• OCHORBOC beer ...L19 sl.
• OH MY near beer ...1934 US convicts' sl.
• OH MY DEAR beer ...1934 US rhyming sl.
• OIL OF BARLEY beer ...17C Brit. sl.
• OIL OF MALT malt liquor, beer ...c1648-50
• OLD a dark lager-style beer brewed by the top-fermentation method ...1935 Aust. sl.
• OLD AMBER beer ...1960s Aust. sl.
• OLD BOY a strong ale ...c1740 colloq.
• OLD PHARAOH strong ale or beer .,..L17 sl.
• OUT-AND-OUT strong beer ...M19 sl.
• OYLE OF BARLEY beer ...17C Brit. sl.
• PADDY WATER Guinness™ Irish stout ...2000 UK sl.
• PANTS best bitter beer ...1992 UK rhyming sl. for 'best' (Pants and Vest)
• PANTS AND VEST best bitter beer ...1992 UK rhyming sl. for 'best' Partridge
• PICNIC a bottle of beer, large enough to serve at a small picnic ...1991 Amer. dial.
• PIGS beer ...1967 rhyming sl. (Pig's Ear)
• PIG'S EAR beer; a glass of beer ...1880 Brit. rhyming sl.
• PIG SWEAT beer ...20C US sl.
• POPLA(R) n. beer ...1970s S. Afr. sl.
• PRAIRIE SCHOONER a large glass or mug, esp. for beer ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• QUART STORE a store that sells beer on the retail level ...1997 US sl.
• QUEBEC WRENCH a beer bottle opener ...2001 Can. sl.
• QUEER BEER 'near beer', beer with a low alcohol content, weak, watery beer ...1976 US sl.
• QUEER BELCH sour beer ...M19 sl.
• QUEER BOOZE inferior beer; 'small and naughtye drynke' (Harman) ...c1750 cant
• QUEER BUB second-rate or sour beer ...M17 sl.
• QUICKIE beer ...1990s sl.
• RABBIT a bottle of beer ...1895 Aust. sl.
• RACK 1. a six-pack of beer ...1991 US sl.
2. a case (24 cans) of beer ...2000 US sl.
• RAMSTAM the strongest home-brewed beer ...Bk1905 Sc.
• RANTER a vessel to draw beer into ...1892 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RATTLE-TAP very poor beer ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• REEB beer ...1859 UK back-slang
• ROMAN COLLAR a generous head on a glass of stout ...1960s Irish sl.
• ROT-GUT weak beer; inferior liquor; strong homebrewed liquor ...L16 colloq.
• SAILOR'S CHAMPAGNE beer ...L19 sl.
• SALLY a chilled, twelve ounce can of beer ...2002 US sl.
• SALMON stout ...1960 UK rhyming sl. (salmon and trout)
• SALMON AND TROUT stout beer ...1950s rhyming sl.
• SALMON TROUT stout beer ...1950s rhyming sl.
• SAP liquid of any sort, esp. milk or beer, taken with solid food ...1685 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SAUCE beer ...1970s US campus sl.
• SCHOONER a large glass or mug, esp. for beer ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SCUTTLE a large glass or mug, esp. for beer ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SHEARERS' JOY Australian beer ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• SHELL a standard 8-oz beer glass; a drink of beer ...1919 Amer. dial.
• SHE-OAK Australian-brewed beer ...1848 Aust. sl.
• SHIP (IN FULL SAIL) ale ...1857 UK rhyming sl.
• SHIPOO inferior beer ...1897 Aust. sl.
• SHYPOO inferior beer ...1897 Aust. sl.
• SILENT NIGHT light (ale) ...1950s Brit. rhyming sl.
• SIMMON BEER persimmon beer ...L18 sl.
• SIR ALEC a Guinness™ ...Brit. sl.
• SIR WALTER SCOTT a pot of beer ...19C Brit. rhyming sl.
• SKUNK BEER inexpensive, bitter, poor quality beer ...1997 US sl.
• SLOP beer ...1904 Aust. & US sl.
• SLOPS beer ...1904 Aust. & US sl.
• SOLDIER a bottle of alcohol; a can of beer ...1945 US sl.
• SQUAW PISS beer with an alcohol level of 3.2% ...1960s Amer. sl.
• STEALTH BOMBER Stella Artois™ lager ...2002 UK sl.
• STRIDE-WIDE ale ...Bk1904 cant
• STRONG BARLEY-WATER † ale ...1625
• STUBBIE a dumpy beer bottle ...1957 Aust. sl.
• STUBBY a dumpy beer bottle ...1957 Aust. sl.
• SUDS beer ...1904 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• SWANKEY, SWANKY table beer, weak beer ...M19 sl.
• SWIPES orig, weak inferior beer; later, beer in general ...1796 sl.
• SWIZZLE ale and beer mixed ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• SWYPES orig, weak inferior beer; later, beer in general ...1796 sl.
• TALLBOY a large can of beer ...1972 Amer. dial.
• TANGLE-LEG(S) strong beer ...1880 Eng. dial.
• TANK the amount held by a drinking glass; hence, loosely, a drink, esp. of beer ...1936 sl.
• TAP-LASH † the 'lashings' or washings of casks or glasses; dregs or refuse of liquor; very weak or stale beer ...1623 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TEN-OUNCE SANDWICH lunch consisting solely of beer ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• THIN DRINK small beer ...1790 Eng. dial.
• THIRD RAIL BEER cheap beer ...1915 Amer. dial.
• THOROUGH-GO-NIMBLE small beer ...1821 Sc.
• TIB weak beer ...1886 Eng. dial.
• TINNIE, TINNY a can of beer ...1964 Aust. sl., orig. surfer
• TINSY-WINSY small, thin, poor beer ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TIPPLING † the retailing of ale or other strong drink; the business of a 'tippler' ...1531
• TOP OF REEB a pot of beer ...Bk1903 back-slang
• TRAINING BEER low alcohol beer ...1995 Can. sl.
• TURPS beer ...1865 Aust. sl.
• UDDER a protruding paunch produced by too much beer drinking ...2003 UK sl.
• VENDOR'S a commercial bottle of beer, even when obtained from a bootlegger ...1999 Can. sl.
• WACK-ROWDY-DOW weak beer, broth, tea, etc. ...1895 Eng. dial.
• WALLOP beer, alcohol in general ...L19 sl., orig. Aust.
• WALTER SCOTT a pot of beer ...1950s rhyming sl.
• WAMPO beer slops or overflow, recycled and served as fresh beer ...1940s sl.
• WAR CRY a mixture of stout and mild ale ...L19 sl.
• WET ONE a cold beer ...20C Amer. sl.
• WHIP-BELLY weak thin beer or other liquor ...1738 UK sl.
• WITCH-PISS inferior liquor; weak beer ...E20 Brit. sl.
• WOUNDED SOLDIER a bottle or can of beer that has been partly consumed ...1991 US sl.
• YEAST † the froth or 'head' of new or fermenting beer ...c1430
• YEOMAN ALE † second-quality ale ...1532
• YILL ale ...1819 Sc. & Eng. dial.
beer - person
• ALE-CONNER a manorial officer whose duty it was to look to the assize and goodness of bread and ale within the precincts of the manor ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ALE-SOAKER an ale-drinker; a drunkard ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ALE-TASTER an officer appointed to prevent the adulteration of ale ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ALE-YOTTLER an ale-drinker; a sot; a drunkard .,..Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BEER BARREL a confirmed tippler, a beer drunkard ...1600 sl.
• BEER-BELLY one who has a protruding stomach or paunch caused by drinking large quantities of beer ...1972 sl.
• BEER-BIBBER one who drinks beer ...1841
• BEER-BUZZER one who frequents saloons in the hope of cadging free beer ...1878 US sl.
• BEER-CHEWER a heavy drinker of beer ...1889 Aust. sl.
• BEER-EATER a great consumer of beer, one who more than drinks it – who lives on it ...1887 sl.
• BEER-GUZZLER a heavy drinker of beer ...1845 sl.
• BEERHEAD a beer drunkard ...1869 US sl.
• BEERHOUND a heavy drinker ...1907 US sl.
• BEER JERKER a hard drinker; a drunkard ...1866 US sl.
• BEER-JUGGLER a beer drinker ...1921 US sl.
• BEER-PUNISHER a (heavy) consumer of beer ...1876 US sl.
• BEER-SLINGER a tippler; a regular beer drinker ...Bk1891
• BEER-SPARRER a heavy drinker of beer ...1899 Aust. sl.
• BEERSUCKER a heavy drinker of beer ...1889 Aust. sl.
• BEER-SWAB a beer sot; a drunkard ...Bk1873 Eng. dial.
• BEER-SWIPER a drunkard ...1882 Aust. sl.
• BEER-TANK a drinker, a drunkard ...L19 sl.
• BEER-VAT a tippler ...Bk1891
• BELCHER a hard beer drinker; specifically, one drinking to such excess that he vomits ...Bk1891
• BELLER † one who pours out or hands round ale ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BIBSTER † a seller of ale ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BREWS BROTHERS male beer-drinking college students ...Bk2006 US sl.
• BREWSTER a beer drinker; a beer drunkard ...Bk2006 US sl.
• BUDHEAD a beer drinker ...1970s US sl.
• HOPHEAD a drinker of beer ...1942 Aust. & NZ sl.
• KANIKER †* a seller of ale ...1619
• KEG FLY a person who hovers around the beer keg at parties ...1980s US campus sl.
• KEG-ON-LEGS a prodigious drinker of beer ...1996 Aust. sl.
• LAGER LOUT a youth (usually one of a group) who typically drinks large amounts of lager or beer, and behaves in an offensive boorish way ...1988 Brit. sl.
• MALT-BUG † one who loves malt liquor; a toper; a lover of beer ...1577
• MALT COVE a beer drinker ...19C sl.
• MALTWORM a lover of malted liquors; a beer drinker; a drunkard; a tippler ...c1550
• MALTY COVE a beer drinker ...19C sl.
• SPARRER a heavy drinker of beer ...1902 Aust. sl.
• TANK one who has a great capacity for beer or other drink; one who can drink a great deal of beer before becoming intoxicated; a drinker, a drunkard ...1896 sl.
• WALLOPER a drinker (of beer) ...1910 Aust. sl.
• YAL-SOAKER an ale-drinker; a sot ...Bk1873 Eng. dial.
• YAL-SWAB an ale-drinker; a sot ...Bk1873 Eng. dial.
• YAL-SWATTLER an ale-drinker; a sot ...Bk1873 Eng. dial.
• YAL-SWIZZLER an ale-drinker; a sot ...Bk1873 Eng. dial.
• YAL-YOTTLER an ale-drinker; a sot ...Bk1873 Eng. dial.
• YEASTER a beer drinker; a beer-drinking alcoholic ...Bk1988
beer - verbs
• BEER 1. to drink or indulge in beer ..1780 colloq. and humorous
2. to spend one's money on beer ...1910s sl.
• BEER UP to drink a lot of beer ...Bk2006 US sl.
• BELL † to distribute ale ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BEVVY to drink, esp. beer or other alcoholic liquor ...M20 sl.
• BEVY to drink, esp. beer or other alcoholic liquor ...M20 sl.
• BREAK OPEN A COLDIE to open a beer ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• BUST SOME SUDS to drink some beer
• CHASE THE CAN to purchase beer in a can ...c1900 US sl.
• CRACK A TUBE to open a can of beer ...Bk2006 US sl.
• CRACK SOME SUDS to drink some beer ...Bk2006 US sl.
• HIT THE CAN to drink beer or other liquor in excess ...1922 US sl.
• NEEDLE to inject alcohol or ether into a drink, esp. beer, to make it more powerful ...1929 US sl.
• POP TOPS to drink beer ...1980s US campus sl.
• PULL of an adult: to buy beer or cigarettes illegally for a minor ...2001 Can sl.
• ROLL THE GROWLER to purchase beer in a growler (a pail, can, or pitcher used for carrying beer) ...1894 Amer. sl.
• RUSH THE GROWLER to purchase beer in a growler (a pail, can, or pitcher used for carrying beer) ...1888 Amer. sl.
• SINK A FEW to drink beer ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• SIP (ON) SUDS to drink beer ...1986 US sl.
• SPEAR THE KEG to broach a keg of beer ...1994 Aust. sl.
• SUCK SUDS to drink beer ...1940s US Black sl.
• TAKE THE INSIDE OUT to finish, to empty, esp. a glass of beer, etc. ...1843 colloq.
• TASTE OF THE WATER of beer: to be very poor ...1823 Sc.
• TIPPLE † to sell ale or other strong drink by retail ...a1500
• YILL to treat to ale ...1887 Sc.
beer - interjections
• BEER ME! give me a beer ...L19 sl.
 
BEETLE - nouns
• BEETLE-BEE a flying beetle; a humming beetle ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BESSY-CLOCKER the black beetle ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BLACK-CLOCK a cockroach; a black beetle ...Bk1911 Sc. 
• CHILD OF THE EARTH a beetle ...1970 Amer. dial.
• DOY a beetle, a cockroach ...19C Eng. dial.
• DUMBLEDORE the cockchafer, black-beetle ...1790 Eng. dial.
• LAMP BUG a large beetle, as June bug ...1967 Amer. dial.
• LIGHT BUG a moth, beetle, or other insect attracted to light ...1969 Amer. dial.
• RAIN-CLOCK the common black beetle ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SCARN-BEE a beetle ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• STRADDLE-BUG a long-legged beetle; any long-legged insect ...1831 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• THUNDER-CLOCK any large beetle ...1882 Eng. dial.
 
BEETROOT - nouns
• BEET-RAVES † the small red beet ...1719
• BEET-RAW the red beet, beetroot ...1743 Sc.
• BLOOD-BEET the red beetroot ...1831
 
BEFALL - verbs
• ADVENTURE † to come by chance, to happen, to befall ...c1400
• BECHANCE to happen, to befall, to chance ...1527
• BECOME † to come about, to come to pass, to happen, to fall to one's lot, to befall ...c888
• BEFORTUNE * to befall, to happen, to chance ...1591
• BEGET to happen, to befall ...1882 Eng. dial.
• BEHAP † to befall, to happen ...c1450
• BEHAPPEN † to befall, to happen ...1515
• BELAMP † to happen, to occur, to befall ...a1000
• BELIMP † to happen, to occur, to befall ...a1000
• BETIDE to happen, to befall ...c1250
• BETIME † to betide, to happen, to befall ...a1225
• I-TIDE † to happen, to befall ...c888
• I-TIME † to happen, to befall ...a1000
• OBVENE †* to occur, to befall, to happen ...1654
• ON-BECOME † to befall, to happen ...c1305
• ON-BEFALL to befall, to happen to ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TIDE to happen, to befall ...a1131 arch.
• TIME † to befall, to happen ...c1205
• TO-COME † to happen, to befall ...c1200
• WAIT to befall, to happen ...1825 Sc.
• Y-FALLE † to fall; to befall ...971
 
BEFALLING - nouns
• BETIDE †* befalling, event, fortune, chance ...1590
 
BEFIT - verbs
• BELIMP † to pertain, to belong to, to befit ...c888
• BESEEM to become, to befit ...1874 Eng. dial.
• BESET † to become, to suit, to look well on, to befit, to set off ...1567
• BESORT † to assort, to match, to agree with; to befit ...1605
• BETIDE † to become or befit anyone ...1554
 
BEFITTING - adjectives
• AFFERANT † falling by right, pertaining, befitting, appropriate, suitable ...1480
• BECOMED †* befitting, becoming ...1592
• BESEEMLY * seemly, becoming, befitting ...1742
• SITTING † becoming, befitting; proper, suitable; appropriate ...a1366
• WELL SITTING † becoming, befitting; proper, suitable; appropriate ...a1366
 
BEFOG - verbs
• OBNEBULATE * to obscure as with a mist; to befog, to cloud ...c1540
 
BEFOOL  (also see FOOL, verbs) - verbs
• BEDOTE † to cause to dote, to make silly, to befool ...c1385
• BEGECK † to befool; to disappoint; to gull; to deceive; to jilt ...a1513 obs. exc. Sc.
• BEGLEW † to make game of, to befool ...c1430
• BEGLUE † to make game of, to befool ...c1430
• BEGOUK to trick, to befool; to jilt ...1862 Sc.
• BEGOWK to trick, to befool; to jilt ...1862 Sc.
• BEJAPE † to play a trick on; to trick or befool ...1377
• BELIRT † vb. to deceive, to beguile, to cheat, to befool; to jilt ...c950 obs. exc. Sc.
• COUGH ONE A DAW † to make a fool of, to befool ...a1529
• FOOLIFY † to make a fool of; to befool ...1581 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GIVE THE BAUBLE † to make a fool of, to befool ...1599
• IDIOTIZE to make a fool of; to befool ...1831
• JADE † to befool; to jape ...1601
• JAPE † to trick, to beguile, to befool, to deceive ...1362
• MAKE ANY ONE HIS APE † to befool or dupe him ...c1405
• PUGGY to play tricks on, to befool ...1891 Sc.
• PUT AN APE IN HIS HOOD † to befool or dupe him ...c1386
• TAKE OFF to mock, to befool, to jeer at ...Bk1905 Sc.
• WIDGEON † to make a 'widgeon' of; to cheat, to befool ...a1596
 
BEFOOLED - person
• UNDHERLOOT one who is befooled, bullied, or made game of ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
BEFORE - adjectives
• ANTEGREDIENT †* preceding, going before ...1686
• PREALLABLE * preceding, previous, preliminary; going before ...1603
• PREDECESSIVE †* that has gone before; preceding; previous ...1599
• PREVIAL † going before, previous ...1613
• PREVIANT †* going before, previous ...1601
before - adverbs/prepositions
• ABEFOIR of before, of former times ...1609 Sc.
• A-BEFORE of before, of former times ...1609 Sc.
• ALREADY YET formerly; before ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BEFORMERLY formerly; before ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BEFORN before ...1825 Eng. dial.
• EFFORE † afore ...1535
• OR † at a former time, on a former occasion; formerly, before ...c1205
• TOFORE before ...1911 Amer. dial.
 
BEFOREHAND - adverbs
• RATHER † previously, beforehand ...c1325
 
BEFOUL (also see FOUL) - adverbs
• ARRAY to thrash, to flog; to disfigure, to befoul ...L14 jocular
• BAUD † to befoul or dirty ...c1529
• BAWD † to befoul or dirty, to soil ...c1529 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BAWDY † to make dirty or filthy; to befoul, to defile ...1398
• BEASTLE to soil, to befoul; to make filthy ...1867 Eng. dial.
• BEDEET to dirty or foul ...1845 Eng. dial.
• BEDO † to befoul, to defile with ordure ...c1230
• BEDRITE to befoul or soil with ordure; to make dirty ...1721 Sc.
• BEFILE † to make foul or dirty; to defile ...c1000
• BENASTY to soil, to make dirty; to befoul; to degrade ...1917 Amer. dial.
• BERAY 1. † to disfigure, to dirty, to defile, to befoul with dirt, filth, ordure ...1530 obs. or arch.
2. † to befoul, to stain, to disfigure; to asperse, to cover with abuse ...1576 obs. or arch.
• BESPURT † to splash or spatter, to befoul ...1579
• BESPURTLE to splash or splatter; to befoul ...1618
• BESQUIRT † to befoul by squirting, to splash, to splatter ...1611
• CONSPURCATE † to defile, to pollute, to befoul...1600
• DIRT to soil, to dirty; also, to befoul with excrement ...c1860 Eng. dial.
• GRUB-SHITE to befoul; hence, to make very dirty ...c1780 sl.
• IMBROIN † to befoul ...1566
• INQUINATE † to pollute, to defile, to corrupt, to contaminate, to befoul ...1542
• JAVEL to bemire, to dirty, to befoul ...B1900
• NASTEN to soil, to befoul; to render nasty ...1873 Eng. dial.
• NASTER to soil, to befoul; to render nasty ...1899 Eng. dial.
• SUD † to befoul, to soil ...1593
 
BEFOULED - adjectives
• BEDRITTEN befouled or soiled with ordure; dirty ...Bk1898 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DIRTEN befouled, dirtied ...1721 Sc.
• DIRTEN-IN befouled, dirtied ...1721 Sc.
• SCANDALOUS filthy, befouled ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
 
BEFRIEND - person
• BILLY HARRAN'S DOG - a time-server; one who befriends whoever they happen to be with ...1938 Irish sl.

BEFUDDLE - verbs
• DUST THE EYES OF to befuddle, bamboozle ...E19 sl.
• JABBLE to confuse; to befuddle ...1967 Amer. dial.
 
BEFUDDLED - adjectives
• FARBLONJET lost, astray; confused, befuddled (rhymes with 'car lawn kit') ...1968 Amer. dial.
• FARCHADET confused; befuddled (pronounced 'far-chah-det', rhymes with 'car got it') ...1968 Amer. dial.
• JAMBLED bewildered, confused, muddled, jumbled, befuddled; awry ...1745 Amer. dial.
• JAMBLED UP confused, jumbled, befuddled; awry ...1967 Amer. dial.
• MISCONFUDDLED confused, befuddled ...1968 Amer. dial.
• MISFUDDLED confused, befuddled ...1968 Amer. dial.
• THROUGH ANOTHER mixed up together, in disorder; confused, befuddled ...1873 Amer. dial.
• WOOZY not fully alert and conscious; half-asleep; befuddled ...20C Amer. sl.
befuddled - adverbs 
• OOZILY in a befuddled and slovenly manner ...1824 Sc.
 
BEG - person (also see BEGGAR)
• BIDDER † one who asks or begs ...1362
• SCAB one who attempts to beg money or food ...1990s UK juvenile sl.
beg - verbs
• ABRAHAM SHAM of a beggar: to travel the country posing as a madman; to fake illness ...E19 sl.
• ABRAM-SHAM of a beggar: to travel the country posing as a madman; to fake illness ...E19 sl.
• BATTER to beg on the street ...1950 US sl.
• BEDDLE to beg ...1939 Amer. dial.
• BESEECH † to beg earnestly for, to entreat a thing ...c1175
• BLOB to beg by delivering some form of speechifying or patter ...M19 Aust. & UK criminals' sl.
• BONE to beg; to wheedle; to request demandingly, to importune ..1858 Amer. dial.
• BRACE to ask for money or other support, esp. in a demanding way; to get credit by swagger; to request a loan; to beg ...1889 Amer. dial.
• BUZZ to solicit handouts from a person or on a street; to beg from ...1917 Amer. hobo sl.
• CADGE orig. to wander the country as a beggar; thence to beg or go about begging; to wheedle something from someone; to scrounge money, etc. ...L18 sl.
• CALL 1. to beg through, (e.g. a street) ...M18 cant
  2. to sell or hawk in a cart; to go round begging ...1843 Sc.
• CHISEL to obtain by begging or underhanded means ...1927 Amer. sl.
• CHIZZLE to obtain by begging or underhanded means ...1927 Amer. sl.
• DING to beg ...1929 Amer. dial.
• DO A CADGE to exist by begging ...E19 sl.
• FACE THE KNOCKER to go begging ...c1875 tailors' sl.
• FAIT † to beg on false pretenses ...c1320
• FANG to demand money; to cadge, to beg for a loan ...1910s Aust. sl.
• GADGE to beg, to sponge ...1887 Sc.
• GAG to beg ...1753 UK sl.
• GO ON THE LOW GAG to beg alms in the streets, with a pretended broken arm, leg, etc. ...1809 UK sl.
• GRUB to beg food ...c1840 sl.
• HUSSLE to obtain money or some other commodity through begging ...20C sl.
• HUSTLE to beg, to cadge ...1902 US beggars' and tramps' sl.
• LAY ON THE CADGE † to beg or bargain skilfully ...1832 Sc.
• LOUNGE THE GAG to beg ...E19 UK criminals' sl.
• MACE to beg or demand money from ...E19 sl.
• MAUND to ask or require; hence, to beg ...16C UK criminals' sl.
• MAUND ABRAM to beg while posing as a madman ...17C sl.
• MAUNDER to beg ...c1610 Brit. sl.
• MAUNDER ON THE FLY to beg in the streets ...E17 Brit. sl.
• MAWND to ask or require; hence, to beg ...16C UK criminals' sl.
• MEECH to gather up by picking or begging ...1863 Eng. dial.
• MOOCH to obtain, as by begging, to beg; also, to steal ...1857 Amer. sl.
• MUMP 1. to beg, to visit a house in the course of one's travels as a beggar ...L16 sl.
2. to obtain by begging ...L17 sl.
• NICKEL-AND-DIME IT to beg; to manage with little money ...1930s US sl.
• PALAVER to ask someone for something; to beg from; to wheedle out of ...M18
• PAN to beg ...L19 US sl.
• PANHANDLE to beg ...1903 sl., chiefly US
• PARKER to ask, to speak, to beg ...L19 sl.
• PLING to beg ...1913 US sl.
• PUT IN THE FANGS to beg ...1910s Aust. sl.
• PUT THE DING ON among beggars: to beg from ...1936 US sl.
• PUT THE FANG ON to beg ...1910s Aust. sl.
• RATTLE THE CAN to beg money on an empty street ...1947 US sl.
• SCHNORR to beg ...1892 US sl.
• SHNOOR to beg ...1892 US sl.
• SKELDER † to beg; to live by begging, esp. by passing oneself off as a wounded or disbanded soldier ...1601 cant obs. exc. arch.
• SPEAR to beg ...1912 US sl.
• STAND PAD to beg by the way or road ...1851 sl.
• STRIKE to get money; to steal; to beg, to borrow; to get into debt ...Bk1904 sl.
• TAKE ON THE FLY to beg from persons as they pass on the street ...c1845 sl.
• TAKE TO THE ROAD to turn highwayman, beggar, or tramp ...Bk1903 sl.
• TAP to beg ...1935 sl.
• THIG to beg, to borrow; to solicit alms on certain occasions, such as on setting up housekeeping, etc. ...1817 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• VAMP to beg from ...1990s sl.
• WADDY to beg, to implore ...L19 Aust. sl.
• WORK THE PANHANDLE to beg ...M19 US sl.
 
BEGET - verbs
• BAIRN to beget, to conceive ...1884 Eng. dial.
• CHAP to produce children ...1964 Amer. dial.
 
BEGETTING - nouns
• BEGETTAL * a begetting ...1873
 
BEGGAR, BEGGARLY - adjectives
• BAGGAGE † trashy, worthless, beggarly, despicable ...1553
• BEGGARISH † beggarly ...1530
• BEGGARY † beggarly, poor; mean, contemptible ...1542
• MANGY beggarly, lousy, squalid, poverty-stricken, shabby ...1538
• ON THE DOWNRIGHT wandering the country as a beggar ...L19 UK tramps' sl.
• RAGABASH beggarly, untidy ..,1818 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• RAGAMUFF †* rough, beggarly, good-for-nothing, disorderly ...1591
• RAGAMUFFINLY beggarly ...1890
• RAGGILY beggarly, untidy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SCOOTIE low, mean, beggar-like ...Bk1904 Sc.
beggar, beggarly - nouns
• BEGGARDOM the beggar's profession; the mendicant fraternity ...1882
• BEGGARTY † the state or condition of a beggar; extreme poverty ...c1505 Sc.
• BEGGINGNESS † the condition of a beggar, poverty, beggary ...1382
• BLIND-TAM a bundle of rags made up as a child, carried by beggars ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CACADA a little food or a very small amount of money, typically used to appease a beggar ...20C W. Indies
• CADGING HOUSE a beggar's dwelling place ...19C sl.
• FAW-GANG a gang of gypsies, rogues, or beggars ...1777
• GAG 1. a speech, the patter of a beggar ...1821 sl.
2. any artifice employed by a beggar to elicit sympathy ...1962 US sl.
• KEDGER'S COFFEE-HOUSE a centre for beggars ...19C sl.
• KEDGER'S HOTEL a centre for beggars ...19C sl.
• LETTER-RACKET going about to respectable houses with a letter or statement, detailing some case of extreme distress, as shipwreck, sufferings by fire, etc. ...1812
• POKE-OUT a bag of food given to a beggar ...1894 sl.
• RAG-CASTLE a haunt of beggars ...1828 nonce word
• SCRAN-BAG a beggar's receptacle for the scraps of food they solicit ...M19 sl.
• SCRAN-POCKET a beggar's receptacle for the scraps of food they solicit ...M19 sl.
• WALLET a beggar's bag ...1561
beggar, beggarly - person
• AARON a beggar ...17C sl.
• ABRAHAM a wandering beggar adopting tattered clothing and posing as a madman ...M16 sl.
• ABRAHAM COVE 1. a genuine lunatic allowed on certain days to leave Bethlehem Hospital to beg ...c1550 sl.
2. † a beggar of ragged and dishevelled appearance, esp. one who feigns insanity ...1612 cant
• ABRAHAM MAN a genuine lunatic allowed on certain days to leave Bethlehem Hospital to beg ...c1550 sl.
• ABRAM a wandering beggar adopting tattered clothing and posing as a madman ...1610 UK criminal's sl.
• ABRAM COVE 1. a genuine lunatic allowed on certain days to leave Bethlehem Hospital to beg ...c1550 sl.
2. a sturdy beggar, i.e. one who could but rarely does, work for a living ...1567 sl.
3. a wandering beggar adopting tattered clothing and posing as a madman ...1612 UK sl.
• ABRAM MAN 1. a genuine lunatic allowed on certain days to leave Bethlehem Hospital to beg ...c1550 sl.
2. a wandering beggar adopting tattered clothing and posing as a madman ...1567 sl.
3. a sturdy beggar, i.e. one who could but rarely does, work for a living ...1567 UK sl.
• ABRAM-MORT 1. a wandering beggar adopting tattered clothing and posing as a madman ...17C sl.
2. a sturdy beggar, i.e. one who could but rarely does, work for a living ...L17 sl.
• ACCIDENT LURK those who beg on the basis of having suffered a bad accident ...1842 UK sl.
• ARMY a person, esp. a beggar, who has lost one or both arms ...1930 US tramps' sl.
• ASKER a beggar ...1858 Eng. euphemism
• AURIUM a wandering beggar posing as some type of priest ...M16 UK criminals' sl.
• BADGEMAN a man who wears a badge; specifically, a beggar or an alms-house man: so called because a special dress or badge is worn to indicate that the wearer belongs to a particular foundation ...1668
• BAGGER-WENCH a beggar girl ...Bk1893 Eng. dial.
• BAGGORE † a beggar ...Bk1795
• BAM a beggar who fakes physical ills ...1891 UK sl.
• BARREL-HOUSE BUM a tramp who frequents barrel houses (cheap saloons); a beggar drunkard; an urban, wine-drinking beggar ...c1920 Amer. tramps' sl.
• BARROW-MAN a lame beggar carried from house to house in a barrow ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BAUCAGH-SHOOL an itinerant beggar ...Bk1997 Irish sl.
• BAWDY BASKET a female beggar who sells obscene literature, as well as pins, ballads, and other goods ...1567 UK criminals' sl.
• BEACH-CADGER a beggar who favours seaside resorts, and poses as a sailor ...Bk1889 sl.
• BEADSMAN a public almsman or licensed beggar ...1793 Sc.
• BEDDALL a licensed beggar ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BEDDELL a licensed beggar ...1698 Sc.
• BEDDLAR a beggar ...1939 Amer. dial.
• BEDLAM † a discharged, but often only half-cured, inmate of a lunatic asylum, who was licensed to beg, wearing as a badge a tin plate on their left hand or arm ...1522
• BEDLAM-BEGGAR † a discharged, but often only half-cured, inmate of a lunatic asylum, who was licensed to beg, wearing as a badge a tin plate on their left hand or arm ...1605
• BEDLAMER - † a lunatic; a discharged, but often only half-cured, inmate of a lunatic asylum, who was licensed to beg, wearing as a badge a tin plate on their left hand or arm ...c1675
• BEDLAMITE † a madman or lunatic; a discharged, but often only half-cured, inmate of a lunatic asylum, who was licensed to beg, wearing as a badge a tin plate on their left hand or arm ...1621
• BEGENELD, BEGENILD  †* a beggar ...1393
• BEGGAR one who asks alms, especially habitually; one who lives by so doing ...a1250
• BEGGAR BODIES beggars ...Bk1876 Sc.
• BEGGAR-BRACH † a female beggar ...a1652
• BEGGAR-BRAT a child who begs ...1597
• BEGGARESS a female beggar ...1863 nonce word
• BEGGAR-WENCH a beggar-girl ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BEGGESTERE † a beggar ...Bk1888
• BEGGING PONCE a man who organizes teams of beggars and takes a percentage of their earnings, but who does not beg himself ...Bk2002 criminals' sl.
• BEGSTER † a beggar ...1386
• BELLYTER †* a beggar ...c1540
• BESOGNIO † a term of contempt for a needy beggar; a base, worthless fellow, a low, vulgar person ...a1625
• BESONIAN † a term of contempt for a needy beggar, a base fellow, a knave, a rogue, a rascal ...1611
• BESONIO † a term of contempt for a needy beggar; a base, worthless fellow, a low, vulgar person ...a1625
• BESSOGNE † a term of contempt for a needy beggar ...1790 Eng. dial.
• BEZONIAN † a term of contempt: a needy beggar; a poor wretch; a base fellow; a mean, low person; a knave;  a rascal; a scoundrel ...1611
• BIDDER † one who asks or begs ...1362
• BISOGNIO † a term of contempt; a needy beggar, a base fellow, a knave, a rascal ...1612
• BISOGNO † a term of contempt; a needy beggar, a base fellow, a knave, a rascal ...1612
• BOUNCER a professional beggar ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BOUNCING BUFFER a beggar ...Bk1898
• CAD a beggar ...L18 sl.
• CADATOR a beggar pretending to be a decayed gentleman; a confidence trickster  especially one posing as a gentleman fallen on hard times ...1703 Eng. dial. & sl.
• CADGE a young peddler; a hawker;- a beggar or tramp ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CADGE-CLOAK - a beggar ...1791 sl.
• CADGE-GLOAK - a beggar ...1791 sl.
• CADGER - a beggar - a tramp - a scrounger - a loafer - a petty thief ...1737 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• CAIRD - a travelling tinker - a gypsy - a tramp - a sturdy beggar ...1768 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• CANTER - a vagrant or beggar - one who uses 'cant' ...1592 sl.
• CLAPPERDUDGEON - a beggar born - also used as a term of reproach or insult ...1567 arch.
• D AND D - a beggar who is or who pretends to be deaf and dumb ...1937 US beggars' sl.
• DANGLER - a beggar or criminal ...1928 US criminals' sl.
• DARKEY - a beggar that pretends to be blind ...1851 sl.
• DARKIE - a beggar who feigns blindness ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
• DARKY - a beggar that pretends to be blind ...1851 sl.
• DEAFEY - a deaf beggar, or one who poses as such ...1930s US criminals' sl.
• DEAFY - a deaf beggar, or one who poses as such ...1930s US criminals' sl.
• DING - a beggar - an alcoholic tramp or beggar ...M20 US tramps' sl.
• DINGBAT - an alcoholic tramp or beggar ...1918 US tramps' sl.
• DIVER - a beggar who forages in trashcans ...1939 US sl.
• DOMMERER, DUMMERER † a beggar who pretended to be dumb ...1567 sl.
• DOPEY - a beggar's woman ...18C Brit. sl.
• DOWNRIGHTER - a beggar - a tramp ...1930s sl.
• DUMMY - a beggar who pretends to be deaf and dumb ...1918 sl.
• ELEEMOSYNARY - † one who lives upon alms - a beggar ...1643
• FAKE BANDAGER - a beggar who poses as a cripple to elicit sympathy ...1900s US criminals' sl.
• FAKE CRIP - a beggar who pretends to be crippled ...1948 Amer. criminals' sl.
• FAKER OF LOGES - a beggar, esp. one who backs up his fraudulent tales with especially created fake documents ...17C sl.
• FEAGER OF LOGES - a beggar, esp. one who backs up his fraudulent tales with especially created fake documents ...17C sl.
• FEAGUER - † a beggar who uses false passes or counterfeit writings ...1610
• FEAKER OF LOGES - a beggar, esp. one who backs up his fraudulent tales with especially created fake documents ...17C sl.
• FRESHWATER MARINER - a criminal beggar who claimed to have suffered shipwreck or piracy and requested alms to return home ...M16 UK criminals' sl.
• FRESHWATER SEAMAN - a criminal beggar who claimed to have suffered shipwreck or piracy and requested alms to return home ...M16 UK criminals' sl.
• FRESHWATER SOLDIER - a professional beggar who trades on his spurious reminiscences of battles and campaigns of which, in fact, he has no personal experience ...E17 sl.
• GABBLING DOMMERAR - † a beggar who pretends to be dumb and talks nonsensically ...1608 sl.
• GABERLOONIE - a licensed beggar or mendicant - a travelling beggar or tramp ...1853 Sc.
• GABERLOONY - a licensed or professional beggar - in later use: a travelling tinker - a beggar in general ...1508 Sc.
• GABERLUNGY - an itinerant beggar, a vagrant; sometimes, a licensed beggar, a beadsman ...1508 Sc. arch.
• GABERLUNGYMAN - a wandering beggar ...1649 Sc.
• GABERLUNYIE-MAN - a ‘blue-gown,’ or beggar who wears the king’s badge - a beggar with a wallet - an itinerant mechanic or tinker, who carries in his bag the implements of his trade...1825 Sc.
• GABERLUNZIE - a licensed or professional beggar - in later use: a travelling tinker - a beggar in general ...1508 Sc.
• GABERLUNZIE MAN - an itinerant beggar ...1649 arch.
• GAGGER - a tramp, a beggar, one who uses 'true' stories to enhance the basic beggar's entreaties ...1884 sl.
• GANDY STIFF - a street beggar ...1918 US tramps' sl.
• GANGER - a tramp, a beggar, a vagrant, a hawker ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GANGERAL, GANGEREL, GANGERELL, GANGREL, GANGRILL - a wandering beggar; a vagrant, a vagabond, tramp; a wanderer, a walker; a peddler ...a1450
• GANGING BODY - a beggar, a tramp, a vagrant ...1884 Sc.
• GANGING MAN - † a beggar, a tramp, a vagrant ...1895 Sc.
• GANNER - a poor hawker or beggar ...Bk1893 Eng. dial.
• GEGOR - a beggar ...1886 UK sl.
• GHOST - a beggar who simulates the symptoms of tuberculosis in order to excite sympathy; one who coughs dismally ...1937 US criminals' sl.
• GHOUL - a beggar who looks haggard and imitates a tubercular cough ...c1920 US sl.
• GIMP - a lame person or one unable to walk; a cripple; a crippled beggar ...1894 sl., orig. US
• GLIMMER - one who begs, usually a woman, saying she has lost her possessions in a fire ...1567 criminals' sl. or 1946 (Green)
• GLIMMERER - † a person who begs with a sham license, pretending losses by fire ...1607 sl.
• GLIMMERING MORT - † a woman who travels the country begging, saying her goods have been burnt ...1567 sl.
• GLYMMERER - † a person who begs with a sham license, pretending losses by fire ...1607 sl.
• GRUBBER - a beggar ...1904 Amer. sl.
• GRUB-STEALER - a beggar stealing food from another ...1887 tramps' sl.
• HAKE - a greedy, grasping person - a miser - a pertinacious asker or beggar ...1855
• HALLAND SHAKER - a beggar who stands shaking the 'hallan'; a vagabond, a sturdy beggar (hallan - the partition of a cottage wall, esp. when it cuts off the front door from the fire) ...1508 Sc.
• HALLAN-SHAKER - a beggar who stands shaking the 'hallan'; a vagabond, a sturdy beggar (hallan - the partition of a cottage wall, esp. when it cuts off the front door from the fire) ...1508 Sc.
• HANDBARROW BEGGAR - * a disabled beggar carried from door to door on a stretcher, as formerly customary in Scotland, or on a wheelbarrow ...1855 Sc.
• HARLOT - † a vagabond; a vagrant; a beggar; a rogue; a rascal­; a villain; a low fellow';a knave ...a1225
• HEAVY LURKER - a comparatively reputable, often well-educated, and formerly well-placed, professional beggar, operating mainly with begging letters and hard-luck stories ...1932 UK criminals' sl.
• HEDGE-PARSON - a priest, or a beggar who poses as such, who works in rural areas, ministering to other beggars and the local peasantry; the implication is that such clergy were not true priests; a mean or illiterate parson; an uneducated clergyman ...1748 UK criminals' sl.
• HEDGE-PRIEST - a priest, or a beggar who poses as such, who works in rural areas, ministering to other beggars and the local peasantry; the implication is that such clergy were not true priests ...1588 UK criminals' sl.
• HELLENSHAKER - a ragged fellow - a vagabond or beggar - a knave - a rascal ...1742 Sc.
• HERMIT - a quasi-religious mendicant; a vagabond; in Gypsy language, a highwayman ...1495
• HIGHFLIER - a pretentious beggar ...Bk1921
• HIGH-FLYER 1. a genteel beggar or swindler ...1622 UK sl.
2. a 'swell' beggar who poses as a fashionable gentleman ...1821 sl.
• HIGH-HEELER among beggars: a woman; a female beggar ...1929 sl.
• HIGH-HEELS among beggars: a woman; a female beggar or tramp ...1925 sl.
• HOOKEM-SNIVEY one who pretends sickness, calamity, etc., in the streets, in order to excite compassion and charity ...B1900 Sc. sl.
• JACKMAN a mendicant villain who used his abilities of reading and writing to forge counterfeit begging licenses ...M16 UK criminals' sl.
• JACK OF BEDLAM - an inmate of Bethlehem Hospital - specifically, a discharged patient, half-cured, wearing a tin plate on the left arm licensing him to beg ...Bk1891
• JOCKEY - a strolling minstrel or beggar...L17 Sc. obs. exc. hist.
• KAIRD - a sturdy beggar ...1768 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• KEDGER - a beggar who gains money for performing small jobs ...19C sl.
• LAND NAVY - beggars who pose as impoverished seamen ...M19 sl.
• LAZARUS - * a leper - a beggar ...1508
• LIMPTY - a crippled beggar ...1930s US tramps' sl.
• LIMPY - a crippled beggar ...1930s US tramps' sl.
• LURKER a criminal beggar who travels the country showing off various forged certificates referring to losses in fires, shipwrecks or similar disasters, and hoping thereby to get financial aid ...1841
• MAD TOM a beggar who counterfeits madness ...L17 sl.
• MAN OF MEAN a beggar ...1806 Sc.
• MASTER OF THE BLACK ART a beggar ...L16 Brit. sl.
• MAUNDER a beggar ...1720
• MAUNDERER a professional beggar ...c1610 Brit. sl.
• MAUNDING COVE a beggar ...E17 sl.
• MAWNDER a beggar ...17C UK criminals' sl.
• MOCK LITANY MEN wandering ballad-singers; beggars who make their demands in a sing-song or versifying manner ...1871 UK sl.
• MOCK LITANY MONGER a wandering ballad-singer; a beggar who makes his demands in a sing-song or versifying manner ...1882 UK sl.
• MOCK LITANY RECITER a wandering ballad-singer; a beggar who makes his demands in a sing-song or versifying manner ...1870 UK sl.
• MOLL-BUZZER a female pickpocket or beggar; a female thief ...1866 Amer. sl.
• MOOCH a beggar; a scrounger; a sponger; a borrower, a cadger; an idler ...1914 sl., chiefly US
• MOOCHER an unskilled beggar or petty thief; hence, a sponger ...1857 sl.
• MOOCHIE - a beggar; a scrounger; a sponger; an idler ...1983 US sl.
• MOOCHING KID - a young (male) beggar; a young hanger-on, an incipient criminal ...1929 US criminals' sl.
• MOOCHING MOLL - a beggar woman ...c1920 US criminals' sl.
• MOUCHER - a beggar; a scrounger ...1857
• MOUNDER - a beggar ...c1925 US sl.
• MUMP - a beggar - a scrounger ...E18 sl.
• MUMPER - a genteel beggar - a scrounger ...1674 UK criminals' sl.
• PALLIARD 1. a professional beggar ...15C UK criminals' sl.
2. a beggar-woman who uses a child, either her own or one borrowed for the purpose, to excite the pity of passers-by; this pity often increased by the child's piteous cries, created by judicious pinches and prods ...1760 UK & US criminals' sl.
• PALMER a beggar who visits shops and claims to be collecting halfpence engraved with a harp, offering the shopkeeper 13 pence for a shilling's worth and persuading them to empty all their coppers on the counter; while they search the pile, the palmer hides as many coins as possible ...M19 sl.
• PANHANDLER a beggar ...1897 sl., orig. US
• PLINGER a beggar ...1913 US sl.
• POTACK † a beggarly person ...1781 Eng. dial.
• PUT-ON an old female beggar who specializes in 'putting on' a look that makes her look as pitiful as possible ...L19 sl.
• RAGGED ROBIN - a beggarly, discreditable person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAGMAG - a ragged beggar - a woman all in tatters ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RANDIE - a sturdy, rude-mannered beggar - a thorough vagrant ...1788 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• RANDY - a sturdy, rude-mannered beggar - a thorough vagrant ...1788 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• RANDY-BEGGAR - a beggar who extorts alms by threatening - a tinker ...Bk1905 Sc.
• REACHER - a beggar that walks always with a female mate ...E17 sl.
• SCAB - one who attempts to beg money or food ...2001 UK juvenile sl.
• SCABBER - one who attempts to beg money or food ...2001 UK juvenile sl.
• SCALDRUM - a beggar who practices the 'scaldrum dodge'; one who deliberately burns his body with acids and gunpowder to stimulate scars and wounds that should soften the hearts of those from he begs ...1845 UK criminals' sl.
• SCHNORRER, SHNORRER - a beggar ...1892 US sl.  
• SCOLDRUM - a beggar who deliberately burns his body with acids and gunpowder to stimulate scars and wounds that should soften the hearts of those from he begs ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
• SILVER BEGGAR - a beggar who claims to have suffered in some disaster or other, e.g. a fire or shipwreck, and asks for money in order to rebuild their life - such pleas are accompanied by a variety of documents, supposedly 'proving' the legitimacy of their claims ...1864 sl.
• SILVER LURKER - a beggar who claims to have suffered in some disaster or other, e.g. a fire or shipwreck, and asks for money in order to rebuild their life - such pleas are accompanied by a variety of documents, supposedly 'proving' the legitimacy of their claims ...1864 sl.
• STREET-GANGER - a beggar ...L19 cant
• STROLLER - a vagabond, itinerant, or man of no settled abode - a gypsy, beggar, peddler, hawker, etc. ...c1696 sl.
• STROLLING-MORT - an unmarried female beggar who pretends to be a widow ...c1696 cant
• STURDY-BEGGAR - an able-bodied beggar who is capable of earning his living ...1569 cant
• TAPPER - a beggar; a borrower or cadger ...1908 UK sl.
• TARTAR - † a strolling vagabond - a tramp - a thief - a beggar ...1598 cant
• TATTER-CLOUT - a poorly dressed, ragged person - a ragamuffin - a beggar  ...1874 Eng. dial.
• TATTERDEMALION - a person in tattered clothing; a ragged, miserable, or beggarly fellow; a ragamuffin ...1611
• TATTER-RAGS - a poorly dressed, ragged person; a ragamuffin; a beggar ...Bk1869
• TATTER-WALLETS - a poorly dressed, ragged person; a ragamuffin; a beggar ...Bk1893 Eng. dial
• THIGGER a beggar; a mendicant ...1885 Sc.
• THIGSTER a beggar; a mendicant ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TINKER a beggar ...Sc., Irish
• TOM OF BEDLAM a genuine beggar (rather than a criminal, and hence fake one) ...17C sl.
• TOTTER-DE-MALLION a person in tattered clothing; a ragged or beggarly fellow; a ragamuffin ...1611
• UPRIGHT COFE † a senior criminal beggar ...1566 UK criminals' sl.
• UPRIGHT COVE † a senior criminal beggar ...1566 UK criminals' sl.
• UPRIGHT MAN † a senior criminal beggar, outranked, if at all, only by the 'ruffler'; he held absolute power, demanding and receiving both cash and kind, including their women, from his inferiors and beating them without fear of revenge ...1562 UK criminals' sl.
• VAGRANT one of a class of persons who having no settled home or regular work wander from place to place, and maintain themselves by begging or in some other dishonest or disreputable way; an itinerant beggar, idle loafer, or tramp ...1444
• VALIANT BEGGAR † a sturdy beggar ...1531
• WALKER an itinerant beggar, vagrant, vagabond, or tramp ...1850 Eng. dial.
• WALK-FOOT a beggar ...1900s W. Indies
• WALKING BUCKRA a beggar ...E19 W. Indies
• WALKING MORT unmarried female beggar, often accompanied by a child, who claimed to be widowed and begged for her and her offspring's keep ...c1566 UK criminals' sl.
• WALLETEER * one who carries a wallet (a bag for holding provisions, clothing, books, etc. on a journey either on foot or on horseback), as an itinerant beggar, a peddler, etc. ...1778
• WANGY a beggar who sells bootlaces as a front for his basic trade of begging ...1918 US tramp sl.
• YEGG a city beggar ...1907 US sl.
beggar, beggarly - person, other
• BEGGAR-BANGER an officer whose duty it was to expel beggars from the town ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BEGGAR-NIGGLER † one who toys with a beggar-woman ...a1652
• MOOCH an easy subject for a beggar ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• MORT DELL an unmarried woman or virgin girl who accompanies a mendicant villain ...1592 sl.
• MOUCH an easy subject for a beggar ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
beggar, beggarly - verbs
• BEAR THE WALLET † to be a beggar ...1546
• GO TO BATH to take up life as a beggar ...M17
• TURN TO BAG AND WALLET † to become a beggar ...1599
 
BEGGARY, BEGGING - adjectives
• MAUNDERING begging; given to begging ...c1610 sl.
• ON THE CADGE begging; engaged in scrounging ...E19 sl.
• ON THE EASTER EGG begging, scrounging ...1988 Sc. sl.
• ON THE MOOCH engaged in begging or sponging; looking for opportunities to get small sums of money, handouts, etc. ...1864 Amer. sl., orig. criminals' usage
• ON THE SCROUNGE begging, cadging ...M19 sl.
• OUT ON THE SCRAN begging for scraps of food ...M18 sl.
• SKELDERING † begging, sponging, swindling ...1601 cant obs. exc. arch.
beggary, begging - nouns
• ABRAM-SHAM the practice of travelling the country posing as a mad man ...L19 sl.
• BEGGARISM professional beggary; extreme poverty ...1636
• BEGGAR'S BUSH † beggary, ruin ...1591
• BEGGAR'S STAFF a state of bankruptcy or beggary ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BEGGINGNESS † the condition of a beggar, poverty, beggary ...1382
• BIDDING † the act of asking pressingly, of begging or requesting; request, desire, entreaty ...c1225
• BRAKE LURK, BREAK LURK a fraudulent begging letter, claiming a broken limb or ribs ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
• CADGE, THE the profession of cadging or begging ...1812 sl.
• CADGING begging ...E19 sl.
• CADGING-BAG a bag in which to put one's profits ...E19 sl.
• DOWNRIGHT begging, tramping ...L19 UK tramps' sl.
• EAR-BITING cadging, begging ...1900s Aust. sl.
• GADGE begging, sponging ...1887 Sc.
• GAG any begging trick ...1899 American tramps' sl.
• GAGGING begging for money ...L19 beggars' sl.
• GAGGING LARK, THE begging for money ...1936 UK sl.
• GAMMY VIAL † a town where the police will not let persons beg or hawk ...1859 UK tramps' sl.
• GAMMY VILLE † a town where the police will not let persons beg or hawk ...1859 UK tramps' sl.
• GRUB-CADGING begging house to house for food ...E19 sl.
• GRUB-HUNTING begging for food ...c1845 tramps' sl.
• LURKING fraudulent begging, following the occupation of a fraudulent beggar ...1851 UK criminals' sl.
• MAUND begging; hence, a begging ruse, such as a fake sore ...17C UK criminals' sl.
• MAUNDERING TOOLS items used to enhance one's begging image and thus gain more sympathy and alms ...E17 sl.
• MAUNDING the act of begging; an act of begging ...1610 Brit. sl.
• MUMPING a scrounging, soliciting favours, begging ...17C Brit. sl.
• NEEDAM † need, poverty, beggary ...1573
• NEEDHAM † need, poverty, beggary ...1573
• PANHANDLE the act of begging ...M19 US sl.
• PANHANDLE BEAT the world of beggary ...M19 US sl.
• RAGABRAG a beggarly, untidy state ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAGABRASH a beggarly, untidy state ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RING † money obtained by begging or extortion ...1608 sl.
• SCAFF anything collected by dishonourable or importunate begging ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCALDRUM-DODGE the practice of deliberately burning the body with a mixture of acids and gunpowder so as to stimulate scars and wounds that should soften the hearts of those from whom one begs ...M19 tramps' sl.
• SCRANNING begging for scraps of food ...M19 Sc.
• SKATES-LURK the practice of posing as a sailor for the purpose of begging ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
• STEM begging, an act of begging ...1929 US sl.
• STEMMING begging, an act of begging ...1924 US sl.
• THIG begging, borrowing ...1898 Sc.
 
BEGGED - adjectives
• BON begged, borrowed ...Bk1911 Sc.

BEGIN - verbs
• AWM to set about a thing, to begin, to move, to attempt ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• BECOMSE †* to begin, to commence ...c1350
• BEFONG † to take hold on; to begin or commence upon ...c1200
• BEGIN TO COMMENCE to begin, to commence ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CALL to begin ...1950 Amer. dial.
• CALL IN to begin ...1899 Amer. dial.
• COME ON LIKE GANGBUSTERS to begin or proceed in a vigorous fashion ...1942 Amer. sl.
• COMSE † to begin, to commence ...a1225
• CUT LOOSE to begin, to commence ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DIG IN to begin, to commence ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DIVE IN to begin, to commence ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FALL ABOARD † to make a beginning ...a1680
• FALL ON THE BALL to begin, to commence ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FALL TO to begin, to commence ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FIRE AWAY to begin, to commence ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GET CRACKING to get busy, to get going, to begin work...1936 Amer. sl.
• GET GOING to begin, to commence ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GIVE THE COMMENCE to begin, to commence ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HEAD INTO to begin, to commence ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HITCH UP to begin, to commence ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HIT IT to begin, to commence ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HIT THE BALL to begin, to commence ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• JUMP OFF to begin, to commence ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• KICK OFF to begin, to commence ...1911
• LET OUT to begin ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• LIGHT IN to make a vigorous start on something; to begin ...1878 Amer. dial.
• MAKE A MOVE to begin, to commence ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ONGIN † to begin ...c1000
• OPEN OUT to begin, to make a start ...1896 Eng. dial.
• OPEN THE BALL to be the first to act; to start things going; to begin, to commence ...1812 sl.
• PITCH IN to begin, to commence ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PITCH OUT to begin, to commence ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• PLAY BALL to begin, to get going, esp. as one of a group ...1891 US sl.
• PUSH OFF to begin, to commence ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RING to begin, to commence ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RING IN to begin, to commence ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SHAKE THE LEAD OUT to begin, to commence ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SHOOT AHEAD to begin, to commence ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SHOOT IT to begin, to commence ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SQUARE OFF to begin, to commence ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• START GOING to begin, to commence ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• START THE BALL ROLLING to begin, to commence ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• STEVE HART to start, to begin, to commence ...Bk1942 Amer. rhyming sl.
• TACKLE to begin, to commence ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TAKE AND DO to begin, to commence ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TAKE BEGINNING † to begin, to start, to commence ...a1300
• TAKE OFF to begin, to commence ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TAKE ON † to begin, to commence ...c1200
• TAKE UP † vb. to begin or commence an action; to begin to utter or raise laughter, lamentation, etc. ...c1400
• TAME † to begin, to enter upon an action ...c1386
• TUNE IN to begin, to commence ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TURN ON THE STEAM to begin, to commence ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TURN TO to begin, to commence ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• UNBELT to begin, to commence ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• UNVEIL to begin, to commence ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WHIRL IN to begin, to commence ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• WHIRL TO to begin, to commence ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• YOKE to enter on any sort of employment with vigour or keenness; to set to; to begin ...1805 Sc. & Eng. dial.

BEGINNER - nouns
• TYROCINIUM † the state of being a beginner or learner; apprenticeship; unskilled effort; hence, inexperence, rawness ...1654
• TYROCINY † the state of being a beginner or learner; apprenticeship; unskilled effort; hence, inexperence, rawness ...1600
beginner - person
• BAIJAN, BAJAN a novice, a beginner in any trade, art, or science ...1825 Sc.
• CHIPPY a novice; a beginner; a greenhorn ...1899 Amer. sl.
• GINNER † a beginner; an initiator ...c1400
• INCEPTOR * a beginner ...1706
• LILLEY AND SKINNER a beginner ...1920s rhyming sl.
• NEOPHYTE one who is new to a subject; a beginner; a tyro; a novice ...1599
• PRINCIPIANT † a beginner, a novice, a tyro ...1619
• PUNK a young or inexperienced person; a boy, youth, or beginner ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• START-MAN a new beginner in a calling ...Bk1898 Eng. dial. 
• TIRO, TYRO a beginner or learner in anything; one who is learning or who has mastered the rudiments only of any branch of knowledge; a novice ...1611
• UPSTART a beginner in any occupation; one who has newly or suddenly risen in position or importance; a newcomer in respect of rank or consequence ...1555
• YOUNGLING † a young or new scholar or student; a disciple; a beginner or novice; one who is unpractised or inexperienced ...a1175
• YOUNG STAGER one of small experience; a beginner ...1709
• YOUNGSTER † an inexperienced person, a novice, a beginner ...1706
beginner - verbs
• TIRONIZE to play the tiro, to be a beginner ...a1660 nonce word
• TYRONIZE to play the tiro, to be a beginner ...a1660 nonce word
 
BEGINNING - adjectives
• IMPRINCIPIATE †* without a beginning or origin ...1683
• INCEPTIVE beginning, commencing, incipient ...1662
• INCHOANT * beginning, incipient, in an initial stage ...a1876
• INCHOATIVE of the nature of a beginning or commencement, initial ...a1631
• INCIPIENT beginning; commencing; in an initial stage ...1669
• NASCENT coming into existence; just beginning to be; commencing to form, grow, develop, etc. ...1741
beginning - adverbs
• BEGINNINGLY † initially, at the beginning ...a1340
beginning - nouns
• AGINNING † a beginning ...1340
• ANGIN † the fact of beginning; the time at which something begins; the origin of a thing ...a1200 
• BEGIN †* beginning ...1596
• CRISS-CROSS-ROW * the beginning.; the first start; the rudiments or elementary part of a subject ...1608
• DAYSPRING dawn, daybreak; the beginning ...a1382
• DAY ONE the beginning; long ago ...1970s sl., orig. US
• END a beginning, origin, original source ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FIRST END the beginning of a thing, the very commencement ...Bk1875 Eng. dial.
• FIRST GOING OFF the beginning ...1922 Amer. dial.
• FROME, FRUME † beginning ...c1000
• FRUMTH † beginning ...c950
• GET-GO the very beginning ...M20 colloq., chiefly N. Amer.
• GO-OFF the act of making a start; commencement, beginning ...1830 colloq.
• HEFT-END the beginning, commencement ...1891 Sc.
• IMPRIMING beginning, commencement ...c1633
• INCEPTIVES † initial circumstances; beginnings ...1728
• INCHOATION beginning, commencement; origination; initial or early stage ...1530
• INCIPATION † a beginning ...Bk1717
• INGANG a beginning ...1911 Sc.
• JUMP-OUT the outset, the beginning ...20C Aust. sl.
• OFF the start of a race; the beginning of something; the start of a journey ...1959 UK sl.
• OFF-GO a start, a beginning ...1886 Sc. colloq.
• OFFSET a start, a beginning ...1892 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• OFFSTART the outset, beginning ...1889 Amer. dial.
• ONCOME the approach, advent, beginning, or commencement of a thing, esp. of one that requires great exertion; an onset; development, progress ...1823 Sc.
• ONTAKING start, the beginning of an undertaking, assumption ...1721 Sc.
• ORD † point of origin, beginning ...c897
• ORD AND END † the beginning and end ...c1175
• ORE †* beginning ...a1000
• OUTSETTING * beginning, the act of setting out or starting on a journey, course of action, undertaking, etc.; a start, an outset ...a1698
• RUNNING START an advantage gained at the beginning of something; a head start; generally, a good beginning ...1842
• VERNALITY † the 'spring-time' of something; the first part, the beginning ...1639
beginning - phrases
• A AND IZZARD the beginning and end, the epitome ...1835 Amer. dial.
• EGG AND BIRD † in youth and maturity, from beginning to end, first and last ...1711
• FROM IN FRONT from the beginning ...1950s Amer. sl.
• FROM THE EGG TO THE APPLES from first to last; from the beginning to the end ...1837
 
BEGONE - phrases
• WALK YOUR BODY † take yourself off, begone ...c1730 Sc.
 
BEGRIME - verbs
• BEGRIMLY † to begrime ...c1485
• BESMUT to dirty, to begrime ...1656
• ELT to begrime, to soil with mud, etc. ...1891 Sc.
 
BEGRIMED - adjectives
• GROUTY muddy, dirty, soiled, begrimed ...1744-50 Eng. dial.
• REECHY smoky, begrimed with smoke; also, dirty, unwashed ...1854 Eng. dial.
• REEK-STAINED smoke-begrimed ...1892 Sc.
 
BEGRUDGE - verbs
• BEGIRDGE to begrudge ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BETHINK to begrudge; to abstain from ...1842 Eng. dial.
• GRUTCH to give or permit with reluctance; to grant or submit to unwillingly; to begrudge ...1899 Amer. dial.

BEGUILE - person
• COGGER a sharper, cheat, deceiver, swindler, one who beguiles ...1580
beguile - verbs
• BECATCH † to take by craft; to beguile, to cheat, to deceive ...c1200
• BELIRT † vb. to deceive, to beguile, to cheat, to befool; to jilt ...c950 obs. exc. Sc.
• BREEZE to deceive; to beguile; to occupy one's attention ...Bk1914 criminals' sl. 
• DECEIVE † to beguile, to wile away time, tediousness, etc. ...1591
• FAGE † to coax, to flatter; to toady; to beguile, to soothe ...c1340 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HOLD IN HALS † to flatter, to beguile, to delude with false professions ...c1560
• JAPE † to trick, to beguile, to befool, to deceive ...1362
• LUDIFICATE †* to deceive, to beguile, to mock; also, to frustrate ...1623
• SILE † to deceive, to beguile or mislead a person ...1508 chiefly Sc.
• TROIL †* to dupe, beguile, deceive ...1393
• VEIGLE † to inveigle, to beguile, to cajole ...1745 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
 
BEHAVE, BEHAVIOUR - adjectives
• CADDISH dishonourable, ungentlemanly; poorly behaved; ill-mannered, vulgar ...1869
• NO-CLASS showing no refinement in behaviour ...1897 Amer. sl.
behave, behaviour - nouns
• ABEAR †* bearing, gesture, action, behaviour ...c1315
• ABEARING † the act of comporting or behaving oneself; behaviour, conduct ...1494
• AFAITEMENT † training, proper behaviour, breeding ...c1300
• BEHAVISHNESS bad behaviour ...1928 Amer. dial.
• BAG one's style or customary way of doing things; pattern of behaviour ...1962 Amer. sl.
• BEAR † bearing, behaviour ...a1400
• BEHAVE † behaviour ...1615
• CARRYINGS-ON conspicuous behaviour ...1859 UK sl.
• FACTION † manner of acting or behaving; an action, proceeding, course of conduct ...1559
• FARE conduct, behaviour ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FASHIONS † manners, behaviour ...1555 obs. exc. Sc.
• GAG a manner of doing something, a practice ...1890 US sl.
• GOOD ABEARANCE good behaviour ...1568
• HABERANCE † abearance, behaviour ...1552
• HABIT † bearing, demeanour, deportment, behaviour; posture ...1413
• HANG-UP a fixed pattern of behaviour ...1950s Amer. sl.
• HAVANCE good manners; behaviour ...1899 Amer. dial.
• ILL-HYVER awkward behaviour ...Bk1905 Sc.
• JAG a bout of irrational or compulsive behaviour; a period of indulgence in a particular type of behaviour ...1913 Amer. dial.
• LAITS manners, demeanour, behaviour, habits, customs; bad habits ...1725 Sc.
• LATES † looks, manners, behaviour; hence, actions, goings-on ... c1205
• ON-GANG conduct, behaviour; proceedings ...Bk1905 Sc.
• ON-GANGINGS conduct, behaviour; proceedings ...1898 Sc.
• ONGOING an event, affair, proceeding, conduct, behaviour; generally in plural ...1660 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THING one's preferred mode of behaviour ...1841
• TIGHT † good breeding; behaviour; bringing up, rearing, training, education ...c888
• VAND manner of behaving, attitude ...1866 Sc.
• WAGS tricks; behaviour ...1835 Sc.
• WHAT MAKES ONE TICK the motives, personal characteristics, etc. that determine someone's behaviour ...1930s
behave, behaviour - person
• GARBIST †* one who is skilled in polite behaviour; an expert in good manners ...1640
• GAUNCH an ignoramus; someone who behaves badly; a fool; a boor ...1997 Ulster sl.
• GENTLEMAN PASSENGER a well behaved, obliging boy ...Bk1914 Amer. dial.
• HANDFUL a person who is strong-willed and difficult to control or deal with; a troublesome person; a badly behaved person ...1887
• LADY HALEY a well-behaved, obliging little girl ...1904 Amer. dial.
• OPERATOR someone who behaves in a particular way - often with an implication of underhandedness or unscrupulousness ...1951 sl.
• OUT-AND-OUTER one who is seen as reaching extremes of behaviour, both good and bad, and defined according to context ...E19
• OUTER one who is seen as reaching extremes of behaviour, both good and bad, and defined according to context ...E19
behave, behaviour - verbs
• ACT LIKE SANCHO to behave very badly ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• CLEAN UP ONE'S ACT to begin behaving in a more proper or appropriate fashion; to change one's ways for the better; to modify or improve one's behaviour ...1971 Amer. sl.
• DO ONE'S THING to behave as dictated by one's personal beliefs, wishes, idiosyncrasies, etc. ...1960s sl., orig. US Black
• FARE † to behave or conduct oneself, to act ...a1300
• GANG to behave, to act ...1875 Eng. dial.
• KEEP † to conduct or comport oneself; to behave ...1362 obs.
• KEEP ONE'S NOSE CLEAN to behave well or satisfactorily, often implying avoidance of involvement in criminal activity ...1887
• KEEP THE LINE to behave properly ...E19 sl.
• LEAD † to conduct oneself; to behave, to act ...c1200
• LET † to behave, to comport oneself; to have a particular behaviour or appearance; to make as though, to pretend ...c1000
• ORDER to conduct oneself; to behave ...1535 arch.
• SAIL ON ANOTHER BOARD to alter one's behaviour ...16C sl.
• SHAPE UP to behave well or satisfactorily ...1938
• SIT UP LIKE JACKIE, SIT UP LIKE JACKY to sit up straight or with confidence; to behave properly ...1918 Aust. & NZ sl.
• SOW ONE'S WILD KAIL-SEED to sow one's wild oats; to engage in a period of wild or irresponsible behaviour while young ...1897 Sc.
• STRAIGHTEN UP AND FLY RIGHT to behave oneself; to mend one's ways and live a sensible, respectable life ...L19 sl., orig. US Black
• WALK THE CHALK to conform rigorously to a prescribed standard; to behave oneself; to obey implicitly ...1845 Amer. dial.
• WALK THE CHALK LINE to conform rigorously to a prescribed standard; to behave oneself; to obey implicitly ...1851 Amer. dial.
• WALK THE CHALK MARK to conform rigorously to a prescribed standard; to behave oneself; to obey implicitly ...1905 Amer. dial.
 
BEHAVED - adjectives
• BEHAVIOURED † conducted, mannered, behaved ...1589
• CARRIAGED † having a carriage, deportment, bearing; behaved, mannered ...1633
• ILL-CONTRIVED ill-tempered, badly behaved, tricky, mischievous ...1880 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ILL-CONTRIVING ill-tempered, badly behaved, tricky, mischievous ...1880 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ILL-DOING badly behaved ...1862 Sc.
• ILL-GAITED badly behaved ...1865 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ILL-GATED badly behaved ...1865 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ILL-SHAPED badly behaved ...1870 Sc.
• ILL-SPUED badly behaved ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
BEHEAD - person
• HEADER - † an executioner who kills by beheading ...1440
• HEADMAN - an executioner; spec. one who administers death by beheading ...1631 hist.
• HEADSMAN - an executioner, spec. one who administers death by beheading ...1562
behead - verbs
• CUT SHORTER BY THE HEAD to behead ...1548
• DECOLL † to behead ...1648
• DECOLLATE to sever at the neck; to behead ...1599
• NECK † to strike on the neck, esp. so as to stun or kill; to behead ...c1450 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
 
BEHEADED, BEHEADING - adjectives
• DECOLLATE † beheaded ...c1470 obs. or arch.
• DECOLLATED severed at the neck; beheaded, decapitated ...1662
• SHORTER BY THE HEAD † beheaded ...1548
beheaded, beheading - nouns
• BEHEADAL beheading, execution by decapitation ...1859
• DECOLLATION the act of beheading; the fact of being beheaded ...1387
• HEAD-HILL † the hill of execution, the spot where criminals were beheaded ...1685 Sc.
• MAIDEN the instrument, similar to the guillotine, formerly used in Edinburgh for beheading criminals ...1581
 
BEHIND - adjectives
• LAG-MA-LAST always behind, loitering ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• UP ONE'S ASS immediately behind; hence, hounding, annoying, or bothering someone ...1971 Amer. sl.
behind - adverbs
• ABACK behind, in the rear ...1786 Sc.
• AHIND of place: in the rear, at the back, behind ...1806 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• AREAR † backward, behind ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BACK-OVER behind ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BAFT of a place: behind, in the rear; in large usage only nautical usage: astern, aft, abaft ...c885 arch.
• BAFTS † behind ...c1400
• BEHINDS † behind ...1382
• BEHINDWARD † in the direction that is behind ...c1440
• LAGLY †* lastly, behind all ...1611
• LATE †* behind the others, in the rear ...1697
• ONEDER † behind ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
behind - prepositions
• AT-AFTER of place: behind, after ...1883 Eng. dial.
• BAFT † behind, to the rear of ...a800
• BEAFT behind, in back of ...1945 Amer. dial.
• BEHINT behind ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BEHINTEN behind ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• EHINT behind ...1867 Eng. dial.
behind - nouns
• BACK O' BEHINT a place in the rear or behind; the back of ...1863 Eng. dial.
• BEHINDEST the one behind ...1952 Amer. dial.
behind - phrases
• ASTERN (OF) THE LIGHTER tardy, late, behind, lagging behind ...1891 Amer. sl.
 
BEHINDHAND - adjectives
• BACK late, backward, falling, behindhand ...1821 Sc.
• BACKERLY backward; behindhand, late ...1849 Eng. dial.
• BACK O' BEHIND behindhand; tardy; late ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BACK O' BEYOND very far behindhand ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BACKWARD of the seasons, vegetation, etc.: behindhand, late ...1884 Eng. dial.
• HARRY BEHINT always last or behindhand ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• IN BACK-HOUSE DYKE behindhand, late; in difficulties, in a dilemma ...1889 Eng. dial.
• LAG last of all, behind; habitually late or behindhand ...Bk1902 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• LAGGIE-LAST always behindhand, loitering ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LAG-LAST a slow, dilatory person; a loiterer; one who is habitually late or behindhand ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• ON THE DAIDLE behindhand, lagging behind ...1915 Sc.
behindhand - adverbs
• BACK behindhand, late ...1888 Eng. dial.
• BACKWARDS behindhand ...1841 Eng. dial.
behindhand - person
• LAG-TAIL a slow, dilatory person; a loiterer; one who is habitually late or behindhand ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• MIDNIGHT a term of contempt applied to one who is slow or behindhand with work ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
BEHOLD - verbs
• KEEP † to take in with the eyes, ears, or mind; to take note of, to behold, to observe ...c1000
• OCULATE †* to set eyes upon; to eye, to see, to behold ...1609
 
BEHOLDEN - adjectives
• BEHOLDING † under obligation, obliged, indebted, beholden; later, dependent ...1483 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BEHOVEN under obligation, beholden ...1880
• MISBEHOLDEN beholden, indebted ...Bk1903 Eng. dial. 

BEING - nouns
• UNBEING † absence or lack of being; non-existence ...1435
being - verbs
• UNBE * 1. to lack being; to be non-existent ...1434
2. to deprive of being; to make non-existent ...1624
 
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