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LEAD - adjectives
• MANUDUCTIVE † that leads by the hand ...1626
• MANUDUCTORY leading by or as by the hand; that leads up to or towards ...1694
LEAD (element) - adjectives
• SATURNINE pert. to lead ...1669
LEAD (element) - nouns
• BLUEY lead ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
• BLUEY-CRACKING stealing lead from the roofs of buildings ...M19 sl.
LEAD (element) - nouns, person
• BLUEY-HUNTER a thief who specializes in stealing lead from the roofs of houses and other buildings ...M19 sl.
LEAD, LEADER - nouns, person
• AARON, THE the leader of a gang ...Bk1909 thieves' sl.
• ACEMAN a leader of a street gang ...1953 US sl.
• ACEPHALIST †* one who acknowledges no head or superior ...1659
• BALDOBER a boss, a leader, a spokesman ...L19 criminal sl.
• BALDOVER a boss, a leader, a spokesman ...L19 criminal sl.
• BALDOWER a boss, a leader, a spokesman ...L19 criminal sl.
• BEGINNER † he who or that which goes or comes first, or takes the lead ...c1613
• BELL-COW a leader, a big shot; a person who tries to appear important ...1896 Amer. dial.
• BELL-HORSE a person who takes the lead ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BELL SHEEP a leader; a big shot; a person who tries to appear important ...1969 Amer. dial.
• BELL-WETHER a chief or leader; chiefly contemptuous usage ...c1430
• BLUE-EYED BOY a man destined for and being groomed for principal leadership or other reward ...1924 Amer. sl.
• BOOSHWAY orig. the voyageur in charge of a trading post or expedition; hence, a boss, a leader; an important person ...1870 Amer. dial.
• BUDGEWAY orig. the voyageur in charge of a trading post or expedition; hence, a boss, a leader; an important person ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BUGHEWAY orig. the voyageur in charge of a trading post or expedition; hence, a boss, a leader; an important person ...1850 Amer. dial.
• BULL GOOSE a leader, a boss ...1932 Amer. dial.
• BUSHWA orig. the voyageur in charge of a trading post or expedition; hence, a boss, a leader; an important person ...1966 Amer. dial.
• CAPTAIN one who excels; a leader ...1917 Amer. dial.
• CAPTAIN TOM the head or leader of a mob; also, the mob itself ...Bk1891 sl.
• CHIEFY the person in charge ...1942 services' sl.
• DADDY a leader ...2001 UK sl., orig. prison usage
• ELECTO † a leader or commander chosen by mutineers ...1609
• FACE a top person, a leader ...1960s Brit. sl.
• FADE a leader, a guide; applied to the chief or director in games, sports, etc. ...1887 Sc.
• FAID † a leader, a guide; applied to the chief or director in games, sports, etc. ...1887 Sc.
• FAIR-HAIRED BOY a man destined for and being groomed for principal leadership or other reward...1918 Amer. sl.
• GENTLEMAN OF LEAD one who has a recognized leading position ...1842
• GURU a leader, expert, or authority in some field, esp. a charismatic or spiritual figure who attracts a devoted following ...1960s Amer. sl.
• GUV the person in charge ...1890 Brit. sl.
• HEAD a person to whom others are subordinate; a chief, a captain, a commander, a ruler, a leader, a principal person ...c897
• HEAD CHEESE the person in charge ...1914 US sl.
• HEADER * one who heads or leads a party, etc.; a leader ...1818
• HEADMAN a chief man, chief, leader ...c1000
• HEAD-MUCK one who takes the chief part in anything; a leader, a person of consequence, a master ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• HEAD-SHA-RAG one who takes the chief part in anything; a leader, a person of consequence, a master ...1893 Eng. dial.
• HEAD-SIR-RAG one who takes the chief part in anything; a leader, a person of consequence, a master ...1893 Eng. dial.
• HEADSMAN * a chief, leader, head man ...a1400
• HEAD SQUEEZE a boss or foreman; an important person; the leader of a gang; the head of any organization ...1966 Amer. dial.
• HONCHO a leader, esp. an assertive leader; a chief ...1945 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• KING-FISH the person in charge ...1933 US sl.
• LATTEW † a leader ...c825
• LEADERESS a female leader ...1599
• MAIN CHEESE the person in charge ...1902 sl.
• MAIN GUY, THE a man of importance, prominence, or authority; the boss; the leader ...1882 Amer. sl.
• MAIN SQUEEZE, THE the person in charge ...1896 US sl.
• MAN OF LEAD one who has a recognized leading position ...1793
• MARSHAL † a commander, a general, a leader ...a1300
• MASTER † one having direction or control over the action of others; a director, a leader, a chief, a commander; a ruler, a governor ...c1000
• MASTER-MAN † a chief, a leader ...a1300 chiefly obs.
• MR. BIG the person in charge ...1940 sl.
• MR. BOSS HOSS a leader; slightly mocking usage ...1980s US sl.
• NUMBER UNO the leader or most important person in any situation ...Aust. sl.
• POINT MAN a person who plays a crucial, often hazardous role in the forefront of an enterprise; a person designated to take the lead in a project or task ...Amer. sl.
• POINT PERSON a person who plays a crucial, often hazardous role in the forefront of an enterprise; a person designated to take the lead in a project or task ...Amer. sl.
• QUINCURION †* a leader of five men ...1632
• RAMROD a manager or leader, usually a tough person or harsh disciplinarian ...1880 Amer. dial.
• RINGTAIL LEADER the leader of the leaders; a ring-leader ...1912 Amer. dial.
• ROD a manager or leader, usually a tough person or harsh disciplinarian ...L19 sl.
• SKIP a skipper (a captain, leader, etc.) ...1830 UK
• SKULL a leader or chief; an expert ...1880 US & Aust. sl.
• TONGUE OF THE TRUMP n. the most important person or thing; the principal person in any undertaking; the leader; that which is essential to the success of anything ...1820 Sc.
• TOP BANANA the leader, boss ...1974 sl. chiefly US
• TOP DOG the leader or chief of a group; the winner, leader, or dominant person ...1900 sl.
• TOP SAWYER the leader in any profession, job, or occupation; a superior; a person of importance; the best person ...1826 sl.
• TRUMP the person in charge ...1925 Aust. & NZ sl.
• UNCROWNED KING an unofficial but recognized leader in a particular field ...Bk1996 Aust. sl.
• WHITE-HAIRED BOY a man destined for and being groomed for principal leadership or other reward ...1923 Amer. sl.
LEAD - verbs
• ACE to be in charge of; to lead ...1953 Amer. sl.
• BEACON to give light and guidance to; to lead ...1835
• BEAR THE LANTERN † to show the way as a leader ...a1483
• BEGIN THE DANCE to take the lead in any course of action ...1579
• BELEAD † to conduct, to lead, to use ...c1275
• CARRY to lead or be in charge of something ...Bk 1913 Amer. sl.
• CRUISE to take someone, to lead someone ...1946 US sl.
• DADE to lead; to hold up a child beginning to walk; to support; to walk arm in arm ...1874 Eng. dial.
• DEDUCE † to lead, to bring ...1545
• HAVE to take, to bear, to carry; to lead ...1792 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HONCHO to organize, supervise, or be the leader of ...1945 sl.
• LEAD THE DANCE to take the lead in any course of action ...c1325
• LERE † to show the way, to lead, to guide ...c1320
• LET THE BEST DOG LEAP OVER THE STILE FIRST to allow the best qualified or most suitable person to take the lead ...18C sl.
• MANUDUCE † to lead, to guide, to direct ...1657
• MANUDUCT †* to lead or guide by the hand ...1641
• RIDE THE FORE-HORSE to take the lead; to have the upper hand ...1824 Sc.
• RULE to be the leader of a group ...1960s Amer. sl.
• RULE THE ROAST to lead, to domineer ...c1380 sl.
• TOLE to lead or bring along; to induce; to decoy ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• TRAIL to entice or lead ...a1717
• USH † to escort, to attend; to lead, to guide ...1823 Sc.
LEAD AWAY - verbs
• ABDUCE to lead or draw away by act or persuasion; to abduct ...1537 arch.
LEADER - adjectives
• ACEPHAL †* having no head or leader or chief ...1549
• ACEPHALOUS having or recognizing no governing head or chief ...1751
LEADERSHIP - nouns
• HEADHOOD †* the position or office of head, chief, principal, or supreme governor; chiefship, leadership; the first place or position; supremacy, primacy ...c1449
• HEADSHIP the position or office of head, chief, principal, or supreme governor; chiefship, leadership; the first place or position; supremacy, primacy ...1582
LEADING - adjectives
• CAPTAIN † chief, principal, leading ...1566
• MANUDUCTORY leading by or as by the hand; that leads up to or towards ...1694
LEADING - nouns
• BELL-WETHERING the fact of leading and being led 'like sheep' ...1882
• LEAD †* leading, direction, guidance ...a1300
• LEADANCE †* the act of leading; guidance ...1682
• MANUDUCTION the act of leading, guiding, or introducing; guidance, introduction, direction ...1502
LEADING - nouns, person
• MACGREGOR, THE the leading man, the chief personage ...1929 Sc.
LEAF - adjectives
• BEETHY of fallen leaves: withered, decayed ...1804 Eng. dial.
• FATTY † of a leaf: full of sap, juicy ...1601
• QUATREFOIL †* having four leaves ...c1420
LEAF - nouns
• BALK a pile of leaves; brush piled up around a tree or bush ...1940 Amer. dial.
• EFFOLIATION †* removal of leaves ...1671
• GEM † a bud, esp. a leaf-bud ...1382
• HAIR the rays or 'tresses' of the sun; the tail of a comet; the 'leafy locks' of a tree, etc. ...1594
• LEAFLET a small leaf; a young leaf ...1787
• QUATREFOIL †* a set of four leaves ...c1420
• RAIN-ROT the circle of rotted dead leaves round the foot of a tree ...1902 Sc.
• SCROG the refuse of wood; broken boughs, leaves, etc. ...1886 Eng. dial.
• SINEW †* a rib in a leaf ...1551
LEAF - verbs
• EFFOLIATE †* to open into leaf ...1671
• LANCE † of leaves, fire: to spring forth, to shoot up ...a1300
• WAG † of leaves, reeds, etc.: to waver, to shake ...1398
• WALK † of leaves: to come out ...a1400
LEAGUE - adjectives
• FEDERATIVE † pert. to the formation of covenant, league, or alliance ...1690
• FEDERATORY †* pert. to the formation of covenant, league, or alliance ...1692
LEAGUE - nouns
• BANDYING † confederation; league ...1689
LEAGUE - nouns, person
• LEAGUEIST * a member of a league ...1762
LEAGUE - verbs
• BANDY † to band together, to league, to confederate ...1597
LEAGUED - adjectives
• FEDERED †* allied or leagued together ...1382
LEAK, LEAKAGE - nouns
• BLACK-MAMMY a tar-like substance used to repair small leaks in a boat ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SIPAGE leakage or oozing of water ...1825 Sc. & US
LEAK - verbs
• EESK to leak ...1866 Sc.
• ESK to leak ...1866 Sc.
LEAKINESS - nouns
• LEAKNESS † leakiness ...1508
LEAKY - nouns
• BASKET a leaky vessel ...1903 Amer. dial.
LEAN (thin) - adjectives
• ALL PRICK AND RIBS LIKE A DROVER'S DOG lean and eager ...1960s Aust. sl.
• ALL PRICK AND RIBS LIKE A SHEARER'S DOG lean and eager ...1960s Aust. sl.
• ALL PRICK AND RIBS LIKE SWAGGIE'S DOG lean and eager ...1960s Aust. sl.
• CABROCH lean, rapacious ...1768 Sc.
• CARRION-LEAN † lean as a wasting corpse or skeleton ...1542
• EKEN lean, thin, meagre ...1908 Sc.
• GRACILENT † slender, thin, lean ...1727
• GRACILIOUS †* slender, thin, lean ...1688
• HAGGARD † half-starved; gaunt, lean ...1630
• HAGGED † lean, gaunt; haggard; worn-out, tired ...1694 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HERRING-GUTTED having a narrow, thin body like a herring; lanky, thin, lean, bony ...1726
• ILL-FAVOURED lean, ill-fed, not thriving ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ILL-THRODDEN lean, ill-fed, not thriving ...1898 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• LARBAR † lean, thin; exhausted, worn out ...1486 obs., chiefly Sc.
• LEAN AS A RAKE very lean, thin ...c1386
• LEANISH * somewhat lean ...1647
• LEAN-KINDED † belonging to the lean kind ...1601
• LEANY † lean, thin, scrawny ...a1400
• LENTEN-FACED lean and dismal of countenance ...1604
• MACILENT * thin, lean, lank, emaciated; shrivelled; having little flesh ...1535
• MAGER very lean, scraggy, emaciated ...1866 Sc.
• MAUGER lean, thin, peaked, sickly, weak in appearance ...1890 Amer. dial.
• NAEL lean ...M19 back-slang
• NALE lean ...M19 back-slang
• NEEL lean ...Bk1902 back-slang
• PERGRACIL †* lean, slender ...1623
• POOR AS AN AIKAMY very lean ...1929 Sc.
• RAKE-LEAN † lean as a rake ...1593
• RAW-BONE † raw-boned; very lean or gaunt ...1593
• RHINY thin; lean; hungry-looking ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCARE of a person: lean and scraggy ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRAE spare, meagre, lean ...1846 Sc.
• SCRANK lank, lean, ill-formed, slender ...1846 Sc.
• SCRANKY lean, lank, thin, scraggy; withered, wrinkled ...1856 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCRANNEL lean, thin; poor, worthless ...1857 Eng. dial.
• SCREEBIT poor, lean, fleshless ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCREEBIT-LOOKING poor, lean, fleshless ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SKELETONIAN * resembling a skeleton; lean, thin ...1801
• SKRAE spare, meagre, lean ...1846 Sc. 1904
• SKRANK lank, lean, ill-formed, slender ...1846 Sc.
• SKRANKY lean, lank, thin, scraggy; withered, wrinkled ...1856 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SQUINNY very thin, lean, or slender; narrow ...1784
• THIN AS A RAKE very thin, lean ...1823
LEAN, LEANNESS - nouns
• BARENESS † leanness ...1552
• MACIATION † a making lean ...1727
• MACILENCE * thinness, leanness ...1852
• MACILENCY * thinness, leanness ...1632
• MACRITUDE † leanness ...1623
• MARCIDITY †* a wasted or withered condition; leanness, the want of flesh; rottenness ...1658
LEAN (support) - nouns
• LEAN † something to lean on, a support ...1610
LEAN (thin) - nouns, person
• BALD-RIB a lean bony person ...1621
• BARE-BONE a lean, skinny person ...1596
• JABB a big, lean, uncomely person ...1866 Sc.
• KAIBREL † a lean, stupid fellow ...1838 Sc.
• LANK a lanky or lean person ...1881
• LARBAR † a lean, withered, or worn out person ...1486 chiefly Sc.
• QUEER DUKE a lean, half-starved person ...L17 UK criminals' sl.
• RAG a term of contempt for a very lean and thin person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAKE a very thin or lean person ...1582
• RAW-BONE † a very lean or gaunt person; a mere skeleton ...1638
• REEPAN † a very lean person or animal; a low wretch ...1824 Sc.
• RIBE a thin, lean person or animal; an animal in poor condition ...1820 Sc.
• RICKLE a very lean person or animal, a skeleton ...1824 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RICKLE OF BONES a very lean person or animal, a skeleton ...1824 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCADDIN a lean emaciated person or animal ...1866 Sc.
• SCRAMMEL a lean, gaunt, ill-favoured person or animal ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRANK a lean, slender person ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCRATCHIN a shrivelled, lean person ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCREIGH a lean person with a shrill voice, and generally of short stature ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SKELETON a very thin, lean, or emaciated person or animal ...1629
• SKELETONESS a very thin, lean, or emaciated woman ...1840 nonce word
• SKIN AND BONES a very lean person ..1888
• TANKER a big, lean, ugly person, animal, or thing ...1866 Sc.
• THIN-GUT † one who has a thin belly; a lean, starved-looking person, a starveling ...1602
LEAN (thin) - verbs
• FALL † to shrink; of an animal or a limb: to become lean ...1599
• FALL OUT OF FLESH † to shrink; of an animal or a limb: to become lean ...1530
• LANK to make lean or emaciated ...1804 Sc.
• LEAN † to become lean; to make lean ...c897
• LENSE † to make thin or lean; to become thin or lean ...a1000
• WANZE † to diminish, to waste; later, to render lean ...a1121
LEAN (incline) - verbs
• BINK to bend down; to lean forward awkwardly; to curtsy ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DECLINE † to incline or lean to ...1541
• HEALD to bend downwards or to one side; to lean, to incline, to slope ...1703 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HEEL to fall; to lean or incline ...1836 Amer. dial.
• KECK to stand awry; to twist to one side; to lean; to drop from an upright position ...1790 Eng. dial.
• LENT † to lean ...1658
• LOP to lean, as if drunk ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• TEEL to set up on end; to prop or lean up against a wall, etc. ...1893 Eng. dial.
• TO-HIELD † to cause to incline, to lean, to bend, to fall over ; to push or pull down ...c1205
• TOPE † to tilt over, to cause to slope or lean to one side; to overturn, to turn upside down ...1684 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• WALT † to be thrown down, to fall over, to be upset or overturned; to totter; to lean to one side ...c1400
LEANING - adjectives
• CATTY-KER-WAMPUS leaning, out of line, askew, awry ...1959 Amer. dial.
• HEALDING sloping, leaning, tilting ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• HILDING sloping, leaning, tilting ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LAB-SIDED leaning to one side, lopsided ...1883 Sc.
• SIDELING of a structure: leaning, lopsided ...1874 Amer. dial.
• TEELING sloping, leaning, slanting ...B1900 Eng. dial.
LEAN-TO - nouns
• CALLIS † a lean-to, a shed, mostly used as a vegetable cellar ...1854 Eng. dial.
• LEAN-OFF a lean-to ...1950 Amer. dial.
• SALT-PIE a building with a sloping roof on one side only; a lean-to ...1880 Eng. dial.
• SKILLING a shed or outhouse, esp. a lean-to ...1389
• SKILLION a lean-to, serving as a shed or as a small room ...1864 Aust.
• TO-FALL a supplementary building with its roof sloping up to and leaning on the wall of a main building; a lean-to; a shed ...c1425 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• WALSH † a lean-to building not having a pitched roof ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
LEAP - adjectives
• SUBSULTIVE * making or moving by sudden leaps, bounds, or starts ...1750
• SUBSULTORIOUS making or moving by sudden leaps, bounds, or starts ...1898
• SUBSULTORY making or moving by sudden leaps, bounds, or starts ...1638
LEAP - nouns
• BEND † a spring, a leap, a bound ...1513 Sc.
• CAPRIOLE a leap or caper, as in dancing ...1594
• FLIER a long flying leap; a bound ...colloq.
• FLYER a long flying leap; a bound ...colloq.
• LANCE † a leap, bound, dash ...1375
• LENCH † a leap, a spring ...1606 Sc.
• SAULT † a leap, a jump; esp. of horses ...a1350
• VAIGE an impetus; a rush; a short run before taking a leap ...1842 Eng. dial.
• VAPOUR a caper; a leap ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VAYGE an impetus; a rush; a short run before taking a leap ...1842 Eng. dial.
• VEASE † a rush, impetus; a run before a leap ...c1386 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• VEGE an impetus; a rush; a short run before taking a leap ...1842 Eng. dial.
LEAP - verbs
• BEND † to spring, to leap, to bound ...c1530 Sc.
• BIRD-WORK to leap, to hop, to progress by a series of high jumps ...1923 Amer. dial.
• BOUT to bolt, to spring, to leap; to rise quickly from beneath a surface ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CADARUP to leap about; to cavort ...1911 Amer. dial.
• CAPRIOLE to leap, to skip, to caper; also said of horses and their riders ...1580
• HALLELUJAH to leap or move violently about ...1961 Amer. dial.
• LAKE † to exert oneself, to move quickly, to leap, to spring; hence, to fight ...a1000
• LANCE to spring forward; to leap, to bound ...1802 Sc.
• LAUNCH † to leap, to jump, to vault ...c1400
• SALLY †* to leap, to bound, to dance ...c1440
• SALTATE † to leap; to jump; to skip; to dance ...1623
• SAULT †* to leap, to dance ...1377
• SAUTE †* to leap, to dance ...1377
• SCOUP to run, to move hastily; to scamper; to leap, to skip ...1721 Sc.
• SKIT to shy or be skittish; to move lightly and rapidly; to caper, to leap, to spring ...1611
• SUBSULT †* to leap, to hop, to jump about ...1656
• TAKE A RAISE to run a little backward for the better advantage of leaping forward ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TAKE OFF to leap from a mark ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TRIPUDIATE to dance, skip, or leap for joy or with excitement; to exult ...1623
LEAPFROG - nouns
• BULLFROG the game of leapfrog ...1981 Amer. dial.
• INCHY-PINCHY the boys' game of progressive leapfrog: A makes a back, B pitches and makes a back, C pitches over A and B makes a back; A then rises and pitches over B and C, etc.; the form is 'Inchy-pinchy, last lie down.'; the player who first cries this is entitled to wait until all the players are 'down,' before he leaps ...1893 Eng. dial.
• ONE-AND-OVER leapfrog ...1966 Amer. dial.
• SKIP-FROG † the game of leapfrog ...1727
LEAPFROG - verbs
• VANT to vault, as in the game of leap-frog ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
LEAPING - adjectives
• BEVISING leaping, jumping ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• LAUNCHANT † darting, leaping ...c1400
• SALIENT leaping, jumping ...1646
• SALTANT † leaping, jumping, dancing ...1601 now rare or obs.
• SALTATORIAL characterized by leaping or dancing ...1789
• SALTATORIOUS characterized by leaping or dancing ...1816
• SALTITANT †* leaping or springing ...1654
LEAPING - nouns
• RUN-AN'-GO a run before leaping ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SALIENCE * the quality of leaping or springing up ...1836
• SALIENCY † leaping or jumping ...1664
• SALITION † a leaping ...a1682
• SALTATION leaping, bounding, jumping; a leap ...1646
• SALTATIVENESS the faculty of leaping or jumping ...1829 nonce word
• SALTION †* a leaping ...1533
• SALTURE † a leaping or dancing ...1655
LEAP UPON - verbs
• LOPE to leap upon ...Bk1902 Amer. dial.
LEAP YEAR - nouns
• LEAP-MONTH † February of leap year ...1566
LEARN - adjectives
• EXQUISITIVE † eager to discover or learn; tending to search out, bent on searching out; curious ...1818
LEARN - nouns, person
• OPSIMATH one who begins to learn or study late in life ...1883
LEARN - verbs
• BONE UP to learn more about a topic by diligent study ...1887 sl., orig. US
• HARKEN to hear with attention, to give ear to a thing; to listen to; to heed; to understand, to learn by hearing ...c1000 now poetic
• HEARKEN to hear with attention, to give ear to a thing; to listen to; to heed; to understand, to learn by hearing ...c1000 now poetic
• HEAR TELL to hear, to be informed, to learn by word of mouth ...1834 Eng. dial.
• LAIR to learn ...1791 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• LEARN A FROM IZZARD to learn the most rudimentary thing ...1914 Amer. dial.
• LERE † vb. to learn, to acquire knowledge; to study or read a book; to learn to do something ...c1220
• MANDATE to learn a speech, discourse, etc. by heart; to memorize ...1705 Sc.
• MUG UP to learn a subject by concentrated study ...1848 sl.
• MUG UP ON to learn a subject by concentrated study ...1848 sl.
• SIT BY NELLIE to learn how to do a job by watching others do it ...1963 sl.
• SIT NEXT TO NELLIE to learn how to do a job by watching others do it ...1963 sl.
• SIT WITH NELLIE to learn how to do a job by watching others do it ...1963 sl.
• TAKE FORTH † to learn ...1530
• TAKE OUT † to learn a lesson ...a1591
• UNDERGROPE † to search into, to investigate; to learn ...a1412
LEARNED - adjectives
• AKAMAI smart, clever, skilful, learned, expert, ingenious ...1840 Hawaii
• BOOK-LARED educated; learned ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DOCTILOQUOUS †* speaking learnedly; using learned expressions ...1727
• KEEN † wise, learned, clever ...a1000
• LAIRED learned, instructed, informed ...Bk1902 N. Eng. dial.
• LARED learned, instructed, informed ...Bk1902 N. Eng. dial.
• LEARNEDISH † learned-like ...a1680
• LERED † learned ...c1154 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• LETTERED learned, literate, educated ...1303
• LETTER-LEARNED † learnt from letters or books ...1649
• OMNI-ERUDITE learned in all or very many subjects ...1835
• POLYMATH very learned ...1881
• SCIENTISSIMOUS †* very learned ...1650
• SUNBURNT † superficially learned ...a1568 nonce use
• TWO-HEAD extraordinarily learned, esp. in hoodoo practice ...1927 Amer. dial. Black usage
• TWO-HEADED extraordinarily learned, esp. in hoodoo practice ...1931 Amer. dial. Black usage
LEARNED, LEARNING - nouns, person
• BEAUCLERK † a learned man; a scholar ...c1367
• LETTERATO † a man of letters; a learned man ...1656
• MAGE a magician; a person of exceptional wisdom and learning ...c1400 arch.
• MASTER † a man of approved learning, a scholar of authority ...a1225
• MOROSOPH one who is 'foolishly wise'; a philosophical or learned fool; one learned but lacking common sense ...1751
• POLYMATH a person of much or varied learning; one acquainted with various subjects of study ...1621
• PUNDIT a learned person, expert, or authority ...17C
• SAVANT a man of learning or science; esp. one professionally engaged in learned or scientific research; a learned person ...1719
• SAVANTE a learned (French) woman ...1766
• WALKING DICTIONARY one who has great stores of information at command; a learned person ...1835
• WALKING ENCYCLOPAEDIA one who has great stores of information at command; a learned person ...1868
• WALKING LIBRARY one who has great stores of information at command; a learned person ...1691
• WALLY a person with learning difficulties ...1970s sl.
LEARNER - nouns, person
• LERER †* a learner; a disciple ...c1440
• TIRO 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
• 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
LEARNING - adjectives
• BRIGHT IN ONE'S BOOKS good at learning ...1906 Amer. dial.
• CHRESTOMATHIC devoted to the learning of useful matters; teaching what is useful ...1819
• HARD-WITTED † dull at learning ...a1568
• LEARNLESS † devoid of learning ...1593
• LETTER-STRUCK smitten with the love of learning ...1667 nonce word
• PHILOMATHIC having a love of learning or letters ...1839
LEARNING - nouns
• ABRAC learning ...E19 sl.
• ACADEME a place where the arts and sciences are taught; an institution for the study of higher learning; an academy ...1588 poetic usage
• ELEMENTS † the letters of the alphabet; hence, the rudiments of learning ...1382
• GOOD LETTERS † book-learning, letters; the profession of literature, authorship ...c1532
• LAIR learning, knowledge; education ...1790 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• LARE learning, knowledge; education ...1790 N. Eng. dial.
• LEAR † instruction, learning; in early use, a piece of instruction, a lesson ...a1400-50 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• LEARNING † a branch of learning, a science ...1570
• LERING † learning, scholarly knowledge ...1340
• LETTRURE † knowledge of letters or books; learning ...a1300
• MISOLOGY hatred of reason or discussion; hatred of learning or knowledge ...1833
• OPSIMATHY * learning or study late in life; learning acquired late ...a1656
• PALAEOSOPHY ancient learning ...1806
• SAUVENDIE learning, knowledge ...1822 Sc.
• TIROLOGY † the science of tiroes; elementary knowledge ...1560 nonce word
LEARNING - nouns, person
• LEAR-FATHER † a master in learning ...1533
• LEARNER † a scholar, a man of learning ...c900
LEASE - nouns
• FARM † a lease ...a1500
• YEAR-TACK † a lease for a year ...1532
LEASE - nouns, person
• FARMER † one who rents or has a lease of anything; a lessee ...1523
• LEASE-MONGER † one who traffics in leases ...1549
LEASED - adjectives
• FARMABLE † that may be leased ...1611
LEAST - adjectives
• LESSEST † least ...1553 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
LEAST - nouns
• BREATH the least idea, word, conception ...1952 Amer. dial.
• JOD the least particle or quantity; the least amount; a very little or small part; an iota ...1596
• NEB-FU' a beakful; the least possible amount ...1886 Sc.
• VEEZABLE † the least little thing, the smallest particle; 'visible thing' ...1836 Sc.
LEATHER - adjectives
• LEATHERLY † leather-like, tough ...1573
• LEATHERN made of leather, consisting of leather ...c1000
• RATCHET of leather: soft, supple, elastic, easily stretched ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• RATCHING of leather: soft, supple, elastic, easily stretched ...1888 Eng. dial.
• RATCHY of leather: soft, supple, elastic, easily stretched ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
LEATHER - nouns
• FANG a thong, a strip of leather; a whip-thong ...Bk1900 Sc.
• TAWSE a piece of tanned leather ...B1900 Eng. dial.
LEATHER - nouns, person
• BARKER † a tanner; a worker with leather ...1402 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• LEATHERS one who wears leather breeches or leggings ...1837 colloq.
• SKINS a tanner ...1785 sl.
• SKINSTER † a woman who skins hides ...1270
LEATHER - verbs
• RETCH to stretch leather in tanning ...1867 Eng. dial.
• SKIVER to cut or pare leather ...1875
• TEW † to dress or tan leather ...1396 Eng. dial.
LEATHERY - adjectives
• WITHY like a withe; tough and flexible, leathery ...1822 Amer. dial.
LEAVE - verbs
• ABSENT †* to leave ...1695
• ABSQUAT of people or animals: to leave, to run away, to abscond ...19C sl., orig. US
• ABSQUATTLE of a person or animal: to leave; to run away; to abscond ...M19 sl., orig. US
• ABSQUATULATE to leave, to depart, especially hastily, or furtively; to run away, to abscond ...1830 Amer. dial.
• ABSQUOTULATE of people or animals: to leave, to run away, to abscond ...19C sl., orig. US 2005
• A.D. to leave ...1990s US campus sl.
• ADAM to leave ...1930s rhyming sl. (Adam and Eve)
• ADAM AND EVE to leave ...1930s rhyming sl.
• AGITATE THE GRAVEL to leave ...1940s US sl.
• AIR OUT to flee, to escape, to leave ...1942 Amer. dial.
• AMBLE to leave, to get out ...1936 Amer. sl.
• AMPUTATE to clear out, to abscond; to decamp; to take flight ...1842 Amer. sl.
• AMSCRAY to leave; to depart; to get out; to clear out ...1934 Amer. sl.
• ANKLE to leave, to walk away from ...1980s sl., orig. US
• BAIL to leave, to depart, to go; to play truant; hence, to run out on, to renege on someone ...1977 US sl.
• BAIL OUT to leave in a hurry, to run off to escape from a difficult situation ...1940s US sl.
• BEAT to leave a place quickly ...1959 Amer. sl.
• BEAT FEET to leave; to clear out ...1944 Amer. sl.
• BLAST to leave ...1933 Amer. sl.
• BONE OUT to leave quickly ...1993 US sl.
• BOTTLE UP AND GO to leave ...1947 US sl.
• BOUNCE to leave ...1996 US sl.
• BOW LOW to leave, esp. for one's own benefit ...1970s US homosexual sl.
• BUDGE to leave ...M18 sl.
• BUGGY to go away, to leave ...1954 Amer. dial.
• BUG IT to leave suddenly and rapidly ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BUG OFF to leave suddenly and rapidly ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BUG OUT to leave suddenly and rapidly ...1955 US Air Force sl.
• BUNG OFF to leave ...20C sl.
• BUNK to leave, to be off ...L19 sl.
• BUZZ to go away; to leave ...1968 Amer. sl.
• BUZZ OFF to go away; to leave; to depart ...1914 sl.
• CHALK OFF to leave ...1840 US sl.
• CHASE to run off, to leave ...L19 US sl.
• CHECK OUT to leave, esp. in a hurry; to run fast ...1965 Amer. dial.
• COP A FINAL to leave ...1940s US Black sl.
• COP A WALK to leave ...1950s US sl.
• DALLY to leave, to go ...1970s US Black sl.
• DIP to leave ...1993 US sl.
• DISMISS to leave ...M19 US sl.
• DITCH to leave in a hurry ...1920s US sl.
• DITCH OUT to leave quickly or clandestinely ...1920s US sl.
• DO A FADE to leave ...1900s sl.
• DO A SKATE to rush off, to leave at speed, to go quickly ...M19 sl.
• DO ONE to leave, to run away ...1950s sl.
• DUCK to retire; to leave; to flee; to disappear ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
• DUFFIE to leave quickly ...1945 US sl.
• DUFFY to leave quickly ...1945 US sl.
• DUST IT to leave quickly, to run off ...L19 US sl.
• EASE to leave ...1947 US sl.
• EASE ALONG to take one's leave, to depart ...1959 Amer. dial.
• EASE ON to go, to make one's way, to leave with a parting gesture ...1959 US sl.
• EASE OUT to leave, esp. quietly and discreetly ...1920s US sl.
• EAT DUST to leave; to travel ...L19 sl.
• EMIGRATE to leave ...M19 US sl.
• EVAPORATE to leave, to vanish, to escape ...M19 sl.
• EXODUST to leave quickly for a distant place ...1947 Amer. dial.
• FADE to depart; to disappear; to run away; to leave; to vanish ...1848 sl.
• FADE AWAY to depart, esp. gradually; to run away; to leave; to vanish ...1820 sl.
• FADE OUT to depart, esp. gradually; to run away; to leave ...1820 Amer. sl.
• FAG to move quickly; to leave or depart in a hurry ...1920 US sl.
• FAG ALONG to move quickly; to leave in a hurry ...1942 US sl.
• FALL to leave ...1920s US Black sl.
• FALL OUT to leave ...1930s sl.
• FERMOOSE to leave in a hurry, to vamoose ...1968 Amer. dial.
• FLEX to leave ...20C teen & high school sl.
• FLY THE COOP to leave or depart, often secretly or guiltily ...c1910 Amer. colloq.
• FREAK OFF to go, to leave ...1970 US sl.
• GET A DANCE to be made to run, to take flight ...1813 Eng. dial.
• GET OFF THE DIME to leave, to depart ...1942 Amer. sl.
• GET OFF THE NICKEL to leave, to depart ...1942 Amer. sl.
• GIVE BEST to leave, to sever connection with ...1887 Eng. dial.
• GIVE THE BAG to leave (a person) suddenly ...1592
• GO LIKE A STREAK to decamp swiftly, to go with a rush ...Bk1904 sl.
• GOOF OFF to leave ...1950s US sl.
• GUY to run away, to leave quickly, to escape ...1874 sl.
• GUY-A-WHACK to run off, to leave quickly ...L19 Aust. sl.
• HAT IT UP to leave, to depart ...1971 Amer. dial.
• HAT UP to leave or depart, often hurriedly ...1968 Amer. dial.
• HAUL ASHES to leave, to stir, to go ...c1938 Amer. sl.
• HAUL ASS to leave, to depart, esp. hurriedly; to move fast, to travel rapidly ...1954 Amer. dial.
• HAUL BOTTOM to leave, to depart, esp. hurriedly; to travel rapidly ...1928 Amer. dial.
• HAUL BUGGY to leave, to depart, esp. hurriedly; to travel rapidly ...1954 Amer. dial.
• HAUL ONE'S ASHES to leave, to stir, to go ...1964 Amer. sl.
• HAUL ONE'S FREIGHT to leave, to depart, esp. hurriedly; to travel rapidly ...1938 Amer. dial.
• HAUL OUT to leave, to depart ...1866 Amer. dial.
• HAUL TAIL to leave, to depart, esp. hurriedly; to travel rapidly ...1940 Amer. dial.
• HAVE IT AWAY to walk, to leave; to exit ...1950s sl.
• HIT THE STREET to leave; to go out for the night ...1960s sl., orig. US
• HIT THE TOE to leave quickly, to run off ...1950s Aust. & NZ sl.
• HIT THE TRAIL to leave ...19C sl., orig. US
• HIT THE WIND to leave quickly, to run away ...20C US Black sl.
• HIVE OFF to leave ...20C Aust. sl.
• HOP THE CHARLEY to decamp ...M19 rhyming sl. (Charley Wag)
• JACKET IT to leave a place without warning ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• JACK IN to abandon or leave an attempt or enterprise ...sl.
• JACK OFF to leave ...1930s UK tramps' sl.
• LAM to leave in a hurry; to run, to make a fast getaway ...1886 Amer. dial.
• LAM IT to leave in a hurry; to run, to make a fast getaway ...1886 Amer. dial.
• LAMMAS to run, to go off in a hurry, to disappear quickly ...1866 Eng. dial.
• LAM OUT to leave in a hurry; to run, to make a fast getaway ...1886 Amer. dial.
• LEAVE BETWEEN TWO DAYS to leave a community in bad repute; to leave unexpectedly, with the implication of disgrace; literally, at night ...1916 Amer. dial.
• LEAVE OUT to depart; to go; to leave ...1917 Amer. dial.
• LET † to allow to remain; to leave behind; to abstain from taking away, using, consuming, occupying, etc. ...971
• LEVANT to go away suddenly or secretly, to abscond ...1797
• LIGHT A RAG to leave in a hurry; to depart hurriedly; to run fast ...1903 Amer. dial.
• LIGHT A SHUCK to leave in a hurry; to depart hurriedly; to run fast ...1905 Amer. dial.
• LIGHT ONE'S SHUCK to cause someone to leave in a hurry ...1929 Amer. dial.
• MAKE LIKE HORSE SHIT AND HIT THE DUSTY TRAIL to depart, to leave ...1990 US sl.
• MAKE ONE'S BIRD to leave ...1960s US college sl.
• MAKE ONE'S FEET THEIR FRIEND to go off quickly; to run away ...1896 Sc.
• MAKE STREAKS to decamp swiftly, to go with a rush ...Bk1904 sl.
• MAKE TRACKS to go, to run; to leave; to depart hurriedly ...1833 sl.
• MARBLE to depart quickly; to move off in a hurry ...1847 Amer. dial.
• MELT to get lost, to leave ...1950s Amer. sl.
• MEMALOOSE to leave in a hurry ...1967 Amer. dial.
• MIZZLE to leave, to go quickly; to escape ...L18 sl.
• MOG to move on, to depart, to decamp; to go; to leave quickly or hastily; usually used with 'off' or 'on' ...1764 Eng. dial.
• MOSEY to leave quickly; to decamp ...1820 Amer.
• MOTIVATE to leave ...1955 US sl.
• MOTOR to leave quickly ...1980 US sl.
• MOVE THE CROWD to leave ...1990s US Black sl.
• MUSH to go, to leave ...1900s US sl.
• NASH to leave, to rush off ...1819 sl.
• NICK OFF to leave; to depart; to go from one place to another ...L19 sl., orig. Aust.
• NICK OUT to leave; to depart; to go from one place to another ...L19 sl., orig. Aust.
• OBSQUATULATE to leave, to depart, especially hastily, or furtively; to abscond ...1830 Amer. dial.
• OFF to leave; to go off ...L19 sl.
• OFFSKI to go away, to leave ...2001 UK sl.
• PACK IN to leave ...1950s US criminals' sl.
• PACK UP ONE'S ALLS to prepare for a removal ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PACK UP ONE'S ALLS AND BE GONE to leave for good ...M17 sl.
• PADDLE to run away, to leave ...M19 sl.
• PAD THE HOOF to leave in a hurry ...M19 sl.
• PEDDLE ONE'S PAPERS to leave ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PEEL IT to go or leave rapidly; to depart hurriedly; to run fast ...1858 Amer. dial.
• PIKE † to hasten off, go away quickly ...LME sl.
• PITCH OFF to leave hurriedly ...1975 Amer. dial.
• PLAY RABBIT to leave quickly; to run away ...1930s sl.
• PULL to leave ...1960 US sl.
• PULL FOOT to decamp; to run hard ...1818 colloq.
• PULL ONE'S FREIGHT to depart quickly, to leave promptly ...M19 US sl.
• PULL OUT to leave, to depart ...c1880 Amer. colloq.
• PUNCH OUT to leave; to quit; to abandon ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• QUAT to leave, to depart from; to forsake; to relinquish, to give up, to let go ...1714 Sc.
• QUATE to leave, to depart from; to forsake; to relinquish, to give up, to let go ...1714 Sc.
• QUIT OUT to leave abruptly or suddenly; to stop ...1941 Amer. dial.
• RABBIT to leave quickly; to run away ...1887 sl.
• RAFF OFF to leave, to go ...1980s sl.
• RAISE to go, to leave ...1960s US sl.
• RAISE UP to leave a place ...1970s US Black sl.
• RAP OFF vb. to go off hastily with a noise ...1817 Sc.
• REV to leave, to go ...1952 sl.
• SCADOODLE to run off, to leave in a hurry ...M19 sl.
• SCALE OFF to run away; to depart hurriedly or furtively; to disappear of one's own motion; to leave surreptitiously or speedily ...1910s Aust. & NZ sl.
• SCAMP to run away from, to leave ...1899 Eng. dial.
• SCAT to leave, to go away, esp. as a command ...M19 sl.
• SCAT UP to leave, to go away, esp. as a command ...M19 sl.
• SCRAM to leave quickly .,..1928 US
• SCREW ONE'S COCO to leave in a hurry ...1899 US sl.
• SELL OUT to depart, to leave, usually hastily; to run away; to skedaddle; to run in fear ...1934 Amer. dial.
• SHAG to leave ...1964 Amer. dial.
• SHAG ASS to make off, to get going, to leave ...1950 Amer. dial.
• SHAG IT to make off, to get going, to leave ...1966 Amer. dial.
• SHAG OUT to leave in a hurry ...1966 Amer. dial.
• SHELL OUT to run away precipitously, to leave or depart hastily ...1909 Amer. dial.
• SHOVE OFF to leave, to depart ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• SHUCK OUT to depart, to leave in a hurry; to set out ...1932 Amer. dial.
• SHUFFLE OFF TO BUFFALO to leave ...1986 US sl.
• SKAT to leave, to go away, esp. as a command ...M19 sl.
• SKATE to rush off, to leave at speed, to go quickly ...M19 sl.
• SKATE OFF to rush off, to leave at speed, to go quickly ...M19 sl.
• SKEETE to rush off, to leave at speed, to go quickly ...M19 sl.
• SKID to leave, to go ...1910s sl.
• SKIDDADLE to leave in a hurry ...1861 US sl., orig. US Civil War
• SKIDS to leave, to go ...1910s sl.
• SKIN to leave quickly; to run away ...1903 Amer. sl.
• SKIP ON to leave ...1989 US sl.
• SKITE to dart swiftly, esp. in an oblique direction; to run lightly and rapidly; to leave hastily ...1721 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SLIP THE CHAIN. to leave ...1846 US nautical sl.
• SLITHER to hurry away, to leave ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• SPLIT to leave, to depart ...1950s sl.
• SPLIT THE SCENE to leave ...1960s Amer. sl.
• SPLIT THE SCENE AND LEAVE IT CLEAN to leave ...1960s Amer. sl.
• STREAK to decamp swiftly; to go with a rush; to leave in a great hurry; to move very rapidly ...1604 sl.
• TAKE A CHUTE to leave in a hurry ...1877 US sl.
• TAKE A DOUCHE to leave hurriedly ...1960s US teen sl.
• TAKE A FLYING FUCK to leave, to travel ...1960s US Black sl.
• TAKE A HIKE to leave ...20C sl., orig. US
• TAKE A TRIP TO THE WEST INDIES of a suspect criminal: to leave a town or place to avoid arrest ...E19 UK criminals' sl.
• TAKE A WALK to leave; to be dismissed ...L19 sl.
• TAKE FIVE to leave ...1960s US college sl.
• TAKE IT ON THE ARTHUR DUFFY to leave quickly ...1905 US sl.
• TAKE IT ON THE HOOF to run off, to leave quickly ...1900s US sl.
• TAKE IT ON THE HOP to leave, to go away ...1960s US Black sl.
• TAKE IT ON THE TROT to run off, to leave at speed ...1930s sl.
• TAKE OFF to go; to leave; to depart or set out ...1959 UK sl.
• TAKE OFF LIKE A BIG-ASS BIRD to leave in a hurry ...1944-46 US sl.
• TAKE OFF LIKE A BIG-ASSED BIRD to leave very quickly ...1940s US sl.
• TAKE OFF LIKE A BAT OUT OF HELL to leave very quickly ...1940s US sl.
• TAKE OUT to set out, esp. in haste; to leave ...1855 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• TAKE THE AIR to leave, to escape, to get out ...1918 Amer. sl.
• TAKE THE BREEZE to leave, to escape ...1910s sl.
• TAKE THE COUNT to give up, to leave ...L19 sl.
• TAKE THE DOOR ON ONE'S BACK to go out of the room or house; to make oneself scarce ...1822 Sc.
• TAKE THE GAP to leave the country ...1960s S. Afr. sl.
• TAKE THE WIND to leave ...1930s sl.
• TAKE TO THE TOE to leave quickly, to run off ...1950s Aust. & NZ sl.
• TIN SHIN OFF to abscond with money ...L19 US sl.
• TIP GRAND to walk fast; to run; to leave quickly ...1934 Amer. sl.
• TURN ON THE AIR to take to one's heels, to leave hurriedly, to rush off ...1970 US sl.
• TURN RABBIT to leave quickly; to run away ...1930s sl.
• UP AND DUST to leave in a hurry, to run away ...20C US Black sl.
• UP STACKS to move, to pack up and leave ...M19 sl.
• UP STAKES to leave, esp. abruptly ...M19 US sl.
• UP STICK to move, to pack up and leave ...M19 sl.
• UP STICKS to pack up and go; to move ...1877 UK sl., orig. nautical
• VAGARIE to go; to leave; to travel ...2002 UK sl.
• VAGARY to go; to leave; to travel ...2002 UK sl.
• VAGGERIE to go, to leave ...M19
• VAMOOSE to go away, to leave ...1834 sl.
• VAMOOSE THE RANCH to depart, to clear out, to make off; to go away, to leave ...1847 Amer. sl.
• VAMOS to make a hasty departure, to run away hurriedly, to go away, to leave, to disappear ...1834 Amer. sl.
• VAMOSE to go away, to leave ...M19 sl.
• VAMOS THE RANCH to depart, to steal away from a place; to go away; to leave ...1849 Amer. dial.
• VAMP to walk; to leave ...1914 Amer. dial.
• WAAI to leave ...1960s S. Afr. sl.
• WAG to leave, to walk slowly ...L17 sl.
• WAG OFF to leave, to walk slowly ...L17 sl.
• WAIL to hurry away; to be quick over anything ...1867 Eng. dial.
• WAIVE † to abandon, to leave, to desert; to forsake a person, place, thing ...c1330
• WALE to hurry away; to be quick over anything ...1867 Eng. dial.
• WALK to leave, to walk off; to resign ...1960s sl.
• WALK ONE'S CHALKS to leave, to go away ...1840 sl.
• WARP AWAY to leave hastily ...1990s US sl.
• WRIGGLE OFF to depart; to leave ...c1860 UK sl.
LEAVE, LEAVING - nouns
• GUY an act of running off, of leaving surreptitiously ...L19 sl.
• QUITTANCE * the act of quitting or leaving ...1892
• VAMOOSING flight ...M19 sl.
LEAVE - interjections
• HAT UP! used to urge one to leave ...1971 Amer. dial.
• MELT! leave! get lost! ...1960s US sl.
LEAVE ALONE - verbs
• GET OUT OF ONE'S FACE to leave alone; to stop bothering or pestering ...1928 US sl., esp. Black
• GET OUT OF SOMEONE'S ASS to stop pestering; to leave alone ...1920s sl., orig. US Black
LEAVE OUT - verbs
• OBMISS †* to leave out; to omit ...1490
• OBMIT †* to leave out; to omit ...1541
LEAVE-TAKING - nouns
• VALE a goodbye, farewell, or leave-taking ...1580-3
• VALEDICTION 1. the act of saying farewell to a person, etc.; a farewell or leave-taking ...1614
2. an utterance made at leave-taking or bidding farewell ...1619
• VALE-DICTUM †* an utterance made at leave-taking or bidding farewell ...1638
• WAYGANG departure, leave-taking, passing away ...1736 Sc.
LEAVING - adjectives
• OFF LIKE A BRIDE'S NIGHTIE leaving or acting extremely fast, very speedily ...1950s Aust. sl.
• OFF LIKE A BUCKET OF PRAWNS IN THE HOT SUN leaving very quickly ...1960s Aust. sl.
• OFF LIKE A LONG-DOG departing very swiftly ...20C Eng. dial.
• OFF LIKE A PROM DRESS leaving or acting extremely fast, very speedily ...1950s US college sl.
LEAVING - phrases
• MY NAME IS WALKER I'm leaving, I'm off ...M19
LECHER, LECHEROUS - nouns, person
• ALTE KACKER a dirty old man; a seasoned lecher ...E20 US sl.
• ALTER COCKER a dirty old man; a seasoned lecher ...1943 US sl.
• ALTER KOCKER a dirty old man; a seasoned lecher ...E20 US sl.
• ALTER KUCKER a dirty old man; a seasoned lecher ...E20 US sl.
• BALLOCKER a lecher; a whoremonger ...19C Brit. colloq.
• BASHER a lecher, a fornicator ...E20 Brit. sl.
• BELSWAGGER † a swaggering gallant or bully; a whoremonger, a lecher, a pimp ...1592
• CHIPPY-CHASER a male who chases sexually loose women and girls; a lecher ...20C US sl.
• CUNT-HOUND a lecher; a male who is a notorious whoremonger or woman-chaser ...M20 US sl.
• DIRTY OLD MAN a lecherous older man ...1932 sl.
• DOM a lecherous older man (Dirty Old Man) ...1959 sl.
• FAGGOTEER a lecher; a whoremonger; a pimp ...c1825 sl.
• FAGGOT-MASTER a lecher; a whoremonger; a pimp ...c1825 sl.
• FANG ARTIST a lecher; a womanizer ...1970s Aust. sl.
• FISHMONGER a lecher; a whoremonger ...19C Brit. sl.
• FLEECE-HUNTER a whoremonger; a lecher, a man who is after female pubic hair ...19C Brit. sl.
• FLEECE-MONGER a whoremonger; a lecher, a man who is after female pubic hair ...19C Brit. sl.
• FUCKSTER a lecher or a whoremonger; a man noted for his sexual prowess or interest in women ...19C Brit.
• GAY DOG a philanderer; a lecher ...20C US colloq.
• GOAT a licentious man; a lecher ...L16
• GUSSETEER a whoremonger; a lecher; a wencher; somewhat derisory ...19C Brit. sl.
• HAIR-MONGER a whoremonger; a lecher ...19C Brit. sl.
• HARLOT † a man of loose life; a fornicator; a lecher; also, a term or opprobrium or insult ...16C
• HEADHUNTER a lecher; a hunter of maidenheads...M20 US sl.
• HOT PANTS a lascivious man; a lecher ...E20 US sl.
• KID-STRETCHER a lecher; a user of young prostitutes ...19C Brit. sl.
• KING OF CLUBS a lecher; a whoremonger ...19C Brit. sl.
• KNOCKER a lecher; a man who copulates frequently ...c1500 sl.
• LADIES' TAILOR a lecher; a whoremonger ...19C Brit. sl.
• LEACHER a lewd man; a habitual fornicator; a lecher ...12C
• LEATHER-DRESSER a lecher; a man who copulates frequently ...19C Brit. sl.
• LECH a lecher; a lewd man ...1943 sl.
• LECHERER † a lecher ...c1380
• LEG-LIFTER a lecher; a male fornicator ...18C Brit. sl.
• LETCH a lecher; a lewd man ...1943 sl.
• LETCHER a lewd man; a habitual fornicator; a lecher ...12C
• LEWDSBY † a lewd or lecherous person ...1594
• MAKE-OUT ARTIST a seducer; a lecher ...M20 US sl.
• MR. HORNER a lecher, a whoremonger ...19C Brit. sl.
• OLD GOAT a lecherous (older) man ...1675 sl.
• PALLIARD † a professional beggar or vagabond (who sleeps on the straw in barns and outhouses); hence, a low or dissolute knave; a lewd fellow, a lecher, a debauchee ...1484
• PALLYARD † a professional beggar or vagabond (who sleeps on the straw in barns and outhouses); hence, a low or dissolute knave; a lewd fellow, a lecher, a debauchee ...1484
• PAP a lecher; a whoremonger ...M20 US sl.
• PARISH-BULL a lecher; a notorious local whoremonger ...19C Brit. sl.
• PARISH-PRIG a lecher; a notorious local whoremonger ...19C Brit. sl.
• PARISH-STALLION a lecher; a notorious local whoremonger ...19C Brit. sl.
• RIDER a sexually aroused male; a lecher or whoremonger ...18C Brit. sl.
• RIFLE-MAN a lecher; a whoremonger ...19C Brit. sl.
• ROUNDER a whoremonger; a lecher ...19C Brit. sl.
• SKIN-DOG a lecher ...M20 Can. sl.
• SMOCKSTER a whoremonger; a lecher ...17C Brit. sl.
• SNUFFLER a degenerate old lecher ...E18 sl.
• SPORT a lecher ... 20C sl.
• STRINGER a whoremonger; a lecher; a wencher ...1611 sl.
• TOWN BULL a lecherous male ...16C colloq.
• TOWN RAKE a lecher; a whoremonger ...17C colloq.
• TOWN STALLION a lecher; a whoremonger ...17C colloq.
• TUMMY-TICKLER a lecher; a whoremonger ...19C Brit. sl.
• VAGABOND a lecherous old man...20C W. Indies sl.
• WOMANIZER a lecher; a woman-chaser; a male flirt or seducer of women; a whoremonger ...L19
LECHER - verbs
• LECHER † to play the lecher ...1382
• SMOCK to chase women; to act as a lecher ...18C Brit. sl.
LECHEROUS - adjectives
• BREACHY lecherous; immoral; inclined to disregard prevailing moral constraints ...1929 Amer. dial.
• BREECHY lecherous; immoral; inclined to disregard prevailing moral constraints ...1929 Amer. dial.
• CONCUPISCENTIOUS † lecherous, lustful, libidinous, sensual ...a1555
• CONCUPISCIBLE worthy to be longed for or lusted after; that may be desired; eagerly desirous; lecherous, libidinous, lustful, sensual ...1398
• CUNNY-HAUNTED lecherous; sex-obsessed ...18C colloq.
• FOND OF MEAT amorous in general; sexually active; lecherous ...19C Brit. sl.
• GOATISH lecherous ...E16
• HORN-MAD feeling sexual desire, lecherous, lustful ...1893 sl.
• HORNY sexually excited; also, lecherous, lustful ...1826 Amer. sl.
• LECHER † lecherous, also, base, vile ...c1250
• LICKERISH lewd; lustful, lecherous ...17C
• LICKERISH ALL SORTS strongly sexed, lecherous ...c1925 Brit. sl.
• LIQUORISH lustful, lecherous ...arch.
• PULTROUS † lustful, lascivious, lecherous ...1788 Sc.
• RAMBY wild, furious, lecherous ...1908 Amer. dial.
• RAMMY wild, furious, lecherous ...1973 Amer. dial.
• RANDY sexually aroused; feeling lecherous ...1785 UK sl.
• SALACIOUS lustful, lecherous; sexually wanton ...1661
• SALT † of persons: lecherous; salacious; hence, of desire, inordinate ...1598
• TENTIGINOUS † lascivious, lustful; exciting to lust, itching, lecherous ...1616
LECHEROUSLY - adverbs
• LECHERLIKE † lecherously ...c1250
• LECHERLY † lecherously ...c1400
LECHEROUSNESS, LECHERY - nouns
• CARNALITY lechery, lust, and lewdness ...E15
• LECHERHED † lechery ...c1250
• LECHERNESS † lechery ...c1400
• NOSE-PAINTING lechery; whoremongering ...Shakespeare usage
• PALLIARDISE lewdness, fornication, lechery ...1591 obs.
• PALLIARDRY † roguery, knavery; lechery, fornication ...1513
• PALLIARDY † roguery, knavery; lechery, fornication ...c1560
• SALACITY lustfulness, lecherousness, sexual wantonness ...1605
LECTURE - adjectives
• LECTURAL † of the nature of a lecture ...1657
LECTURE - nouns
• DISH OF RAILS a lecture or scolding, esp. from a married woman to her husband ...L18 sl.
• EARBASH a conversation; an unwanted lecture; a tirade ...1944 Aust. sl.
• JAW cheeky or impudent talk; also, a talk, a speech, a lecture, an address ...1748
• JAWBATION a long and tedious harangue; a severe lecture or reprimand; a tedious rebuke or reproof; a scolding ...1840 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• JOBATION a rebuke, a reproof, especially one of a lengthy and tedious character; a prolonged scolding, a lecture; also, a long discussion ..1687 colloq.
• LECTION †* a professional or tutorial lecture ...1563-7
• LECTURETTE a short lecture ...1867
• LESSON † a public reading; a lecture; also, a course of lectures ...c1340
• ORDINARY †. a lecture read at regular or stated times ...1432-50
• PI-JAW a moralizing lecture or exhortation, esp. one given to children by a teacher or parent ...1891 arch.sl.
• RAP a rebuke or reprimand; a lecture; blame, responsibility ...1777 sl.
• RAZZ a good talking-to; an harangue, esp. by a master to a boy ...20C Eton sl.
LECTURE, LECTURER - nouns, person
• LECTOR a reader; a 'reader' or lecturer in a college or university ...1563-7
• LECTRESS a female reader ...1867 nonce word
• LECTURESS a female lecturer ...1825
• OLD BITCH a woman who lectures ...1935 tramps' sl.
• OLD MARE a woman who lectures ...1935 tramps' sl.
LECTURE - verbs
• EARWIG to lecture, to sermonize ...M19 sl.
• JAW to address censoriously or abusively; to scold or lecture a person ...1810
• LECTURIZE †* to deliver lectures; to 'hold forth' ...1643
• PI-JAW to give a moralizing lecture to ...L19 arch. sl.
LEDGE - adjectives
• SKELVY full of shelves or ledges ...1787 Sc.
LEDGER - nouns
• OLIVER a deliberately incorrect entry in a ledger ...1930s rhyming sl. (Oliver Twist - use of the fist to write)
• OLIVER TWIST a deliberately incorrect entry in a ledger ...1930s rhyming sl. (use of the fist to write)
LEECH - nouns
• BLACK-DOCTOR a leech ...Bk1911 Sc.
• GALLEY a leech ...Bk1900 Sc.
• LINCH a leech ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SANGSUE a leech ...a1849
• SANGUISUGE † a leech ...1575
LEER - adverbs
• BAGGINGLY † with a side glance, with a leer or ogle ...c1400
LEER - verbs
• BAGGE †* to look askew or obliquely; to leer, to ogle, to glance aside ...1369
• OAGLE to look at invitingly or amorously; to leer ...L17 sl.
• OGLE to look at invitingly or amorously; to leer ...L17 sl.
• UNCLE MERV of a man: to ogle, to leer ...1990s Aust. rhyming sl. for 'perv'
LEERY - adjectives
• LARY shy, distrustful, leery ...1906 Amer. dial.
LEES - nouns
• FECULENCE feculent matter; dregs, lees, dross, scum; also, filth ...a1648
• GROUT sediment, dregs, lees ...1697
• HILDING the sediment of beer, lees, dregs: usually plural ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• LAGS † what remains in a vessel after the liquor is drawn off; dregs, lees ...1500s
LEFT - adjectives
• LARBOARD left ...1781 humorous usage
• LEFTWISE * toward the left ...1860
• NEAR on the left side ...1823 colloq.
• SINISTER 1. situated on the left side of the body ...c1475
2. lying on or towards the left hand ...1483
3. directed to the left; characterized by moving towards the left ...1615 rare
• SINISTRAL situated on the left side of the body; pert. to the left hand or side ...1803
• SINISTRINE left ...1791
• SINISTRORSE moving or going towards the left ...1891
• SINISTROUS † pert. to or situated on the left hand or side ...1646
LEFT - adverbs
• SINISTRAD * to or towards the left side ...1803
• SINISTRALLY towards the left ...1847
• SINISTROUSLY with a tendency to use the left hand in preference to the right; with the left hand ...1646
LEFT - nouns
• HEART-SIDE † the left side ...1580
• SINISTERITY * use of the left hand; skill in this ...1877
LEFT - phrases
• ON YOUR LEFT RAISE on your left-hand side ...1940s US Black sl.
LEFT-HANDED - adjectives
• BALACK-HANDED left-handed ...1888 Eng. dial.
• BALLOCKY left-handed ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BALLOCKY-HANDED left-handed ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CACK-HANDED left-handed; clumsy, awkward, inept ...1854 Eng. dial. or colloq.
• CACKY-HANDED left-handed ...1900s Aust. sl.
• CAG-HANDED left-handed; clumsy, awkward ...1859 Eng. dial.
• CAUDGE-PAWED left-handed ...M17 Eng. dial. & colloq.
• CLICK-HANDED left-handed ...1868 Eng. dial.
• FLUG-FISTED left-handed ...19C N. Ireland
• GALLACK-HANDED left-handed; awkward, clumsy ...1796 Eng. dial.
• GALLIC-HANDED left-handed; awkward, clumsy ...1796 Eng. dial.
• GALLIT left-handed ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GALLOCKY left-handed; awkward, clumsy ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GAUK-HANDED left -handed ...1855 Eng. dial.
• GAWK-HANDED left -handed ...1855 Eng. dial.
• KACK-HANDED left-handed, clumsy ...colloq.
• KATY-HANDED left-handed ...1822 Sc.
• KAY-FISTED left-handed ...1611 Eng. dial.
• KAY-NIEVED left-handed ...1865 Eng. dial.
• KAY-PAWED left-handed ...1887 Eng. dial.
• KECK-FISTED left-handed; clumsy, awkward ...Bk1901 Eng. dial.
• KECK-HANDED left-handed; awkward, clumsy ...1859 Eng. dial.
• KEFTY-HANDED left-handed ...1875 Eng. dial.
• KEY-FISTED left-handed ...1611 Eng. dial.
• KEY-NIEVED left-handed ...1865 Eng. dial.
• KEY-PAWED left-handed ...1887 Eng. dial.
• LEFTY left-handed ...1885 colloq.
• MARLBOROUGH-HANDED left-handed ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAULDY left-handed ...1910s Aust. sl.
• SCATCH-PAWED † left-handed ...1814 Eng. dial.
• SCOOCHY-PAWED left-handed; awkward ...1867 Eng. dial.
• SINISTER-HANDED † left-handed; hence, unlucky, unfortunate ...1817 rare or obs.
• SINISTRAL of persons: left-handed ...1904
• SINISTROUS † adj. left-handed; slow ...1682
• WATTY left-handed ...B1900 Eng. dial.
LEFT-HANDED - adverbs
• AWKLY † in the wrong direction, backhanded or left-handed wise; hence, sinisterly, unluckily ...c1440
LEFT-HANDED - nouns, person
• CACK a left-handed person ...1960s sl.
• CLOOTIE a left-handed person ...19C Ireland
• GALLIT a left-handed person ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• LEFTIE a left-handed person ...1886 colloq.
• LEFTY a left-handed person ...1886 colloq.
• MOLLY-DOOK a left-handed person ...1941 Aust. sl.
• MOLLY-DOOKER a left-handed person ...1934 Aust. sl.
• MOLLY-DUKE a left-handed person ...1941 Aust. sl.
• SIDE-WHEELER a left-handed person ...20C US sl., orig. baseball usage
• SKIBBY a left-handed person ...B1900 Sc.
LEFT OVER - nouns
• OFF-FALL a dropping; a scrap fallen off; a bit of waste, something left over ...1882 Sc. & Amer. dial.
• OFF-FALLING † a scrap; anything cast off and thrown on one side; something left over; a perquisite ...1660 Sc.
• OLD MAID a leftover item ...1982 US sl.
• TITTYNOPE a small quantity of anything left over; it was especially applied to a small handful of corn left over in gleaning ...B1900 Eng. dial.
LEFTOVERS - adjectives
• PICKED-UP of a meal: consisting of leftovers ...1771 Amer. dial.
• PICK-UP of a meal: consisting of leftovers ...1848 Amer. dial.
LEFTOVERS - nouns
• BANIAN-DAY a day when little or no food is to be had, or when the scraps remaining from the previous days are consumed ...1851 Eng. dial.
• BREAKINGS the remains of a feast, broken meats ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BROKEN ARMS leftover food ...1954 Amer. dial.
• BROKEN VICTUALS leftovers, food remaining from a meal ...1861 Amer. dial.
• LEAVE-OVERS leftovers ...1986 Amer. dial.
• LEFTMENTS leftovers ...1928 Amer. dial.
• PLANNED-OVERS intentional leftovers ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SATURDAY PIE pastry, esp. when covering the week's collected leftovers ...L19
• SCRAN food, esp. various bits of food, leftovers, broken victuals, etc. thrown together for an impromptu meal, or a meal taken onto their job by a labourer ...E18 sl.
• SCRAND food, esp. various bits of food, leftovers, broken victuals, etc. thrown together for an impromptu meal, or a meal taken onto their job by a labourer ...E18 sl.
LEFT-SIDED - nouns
• MANCINISM * the state or condition of being left-sided ...1890
LEFTWARD - adverbs
• LEFTSOMES †* in a leftward direction, leftwards ...1398
LEFTWARD - nouns
• SINISTRATION * a moving or turning leftwards ...1891
• MANUDUCTIVE † that leads by the hand ...1626
• MANUDUCTORY leading by or as by the hand; that leads up to or towards ...1694
LEAD (element) - adjectives
• SATURNINE pert. to lead ...1669
LEAD (element) - nouns
• BLUEY lead ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
• BLUEY-CRACKING stealing lead from the roofs of buildings ...M19 sl.
LEAD (element) - nouns, person
• BLUEY-HUNTER a thief who specializes in stealing lead from the roofs of houses and other buildings ...M19 sl.
LEAD, LEADER - nouns, person
• AARON, THE the leader of a gang ...Bk1909 thieves' sl.
• ACEMAN a leader of a street gang ...1953 US sl.
• ACEPHALIST †* one who acknowledges no head or superior ...1659
• BALDOBER a boss, a leader, a spokesman ...L19 criminal sl.
• BALDOVER a boss, a leader, a spokesman ...L19 criminal sl.
• BALDOWER a boss, a leader, a spokesman ...L19 criminal sl.
• BEGINNER † he who or that which goes or comes first, or takes the lead ...c1613
• BELL-COW a leader, a big shot; a person who tries to appear important ...1896 Amer. dial.
• BELL-HORSE a person who takes the lead ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BELL SHEEP a leader; a big shot; a person who tries to appear important ...1969 Amer. dial.
• BELL-WETHER a chief or leader; chiefly contemptuous usage ...c1430
• BLUE-EYED BOY a man destined for and being groomed for principal leadership or other reward ...1924 Amer. sl.
• BOOSHWAY orig. the voyageur in charge of a trading post or expedition; hence, a boss, a leader; an important person ...1870 Amer. dial.
• BUDGEWAY orig. the voyageur in charge of a trading post or expedition; hence, a boss, a leader; an important person ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BUGHEWAY orig. the voyageur in charge of a trading post or expedition; hence, a boss, a leader; an important person ...1850 Amer. dial.
• BULL GOOSE a leader, a boss ...1932 Amer. dial.
• BUSHWA orig. the voyageur in charge of a trading post or expedition; hence, a boss, a leader; an important person ...1966 Amer. dial.
• CAPTAIN one who excels; a leader ...1917 Amer. dial.
• CAPTAIN TOM the head or leader of a mob; also, the mob itself ...Bk1891 sl.
• CHIEFY the person in charge ...1942 services' sl.
• DADDY a leader ...2001 UK sl., orig. prison usage
• ELECTO † a leader or commander chosen by mutineers ...1609
• FACE a top person, a leader ...1960s Brit. sl.
• FADE a leader, a guide; applied to the chief or director in games, sports, etc. ...1887 Sc.
• FAID † a leader, a guide; applied to the chief or director in games, sports, etc. ...1887 Sc.
• FAIR-HAIRED BOY a man destined for and being groomed for principal leadership or other reward...1918 Amer. sl.
• GENTLEMAN OF LEAD one who has a recognized leading position ...1842
• GURU a leader, expert, or authority in some field, esp. a charismatic or spiritual figure who attracts a devoted following ...1960s Amer. sl.
• GUV the person in charge ...1890 Brit. sl.
• HEAD a person to whom others are subordinate; a chief, a captain, a commander, a ruler, a leader, a principal person ...c897
• HEAD CHEESE the person in charge ...1914 US sl.
• HEADER * one who heads or leads a party, etc.; a leader ...1818
• HEADMAN a chief man, chief, leader ...c1000
• HEAD-MUCK one who takes the chief part in anything; a leader, a person of consequence, a master ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• HEAD-SHA-RAG one who takes the chief part in anything; a leader, a person of consequence, a master ...1893 Eng. dial.
• HEAD-SIR-RAG one who takes the chief part in anything; a leader, a person of consequence, a master ...1893 Eng. dial.
• HEADSMAN * a chief, leader, head man ...a1400
• HEAD SQUEEZE a boss or foreman; an important person; the leader of a gang; the head of any organization ...1966 Amer. dial.
• HONCHO a leader, esp. an assertive leader; a chief ...1945 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• KING-FISH the person in charge ...1933 US sl.
• LATTEW † a leader ...c825
• LEADERESS a female leader ...1599
• MAIN CHEESE the person in charge ...1902 sl.
• MAIN GUY, THE a man of importance, prominence, or authority; the boss; the leader ...1882 Amer. sl.
• MAIN SQUEEZE, THE the person in charge ...1896 US sl.
• MAN OF LEAD one who has a recognized leading position ...1793
• MARSHAL † a commander, a general, a leader ...a1300
• MASTER † one having direction or control over the action of others; a director, a leader, a chief, a commander; a ruler, a governor ...c1000
• MASTER-MAN † a chief, a leader ...a1300 chiefly obs.
• MR. BIG the person in charge ...1940 sl.
• MR. BOSS HOSS a leader; slightly mocking usage ...1980s US sl.
• NUMBER UNO the leader or most important person in any situation ...Aust. sl.
• POINT MAN a person who plays a crucial, often hazardous role in the forefront of an enterprise; a person designated to take the lead in a project or task ...Amer. sl.
• POINT PERSON a person who plays a crucial, often hazardous role in the forefront of an enterprise; a person designated to take the lead in a project or task ...Amer. sl.
• QUINCURION †* a leader of five men ...1632
• RAMROD a manager or leader, usually a tough person or harsh disciplinarian ...1880 Amer. dial.
• RINGTAIL LEADER the leader of the leaders; a ring-leader ...1912 Amer. dial.
• ROD a manager or leader, usually a tough person or harsh disciplinarian ...L19 sl.
• SKIP a skipper (a captain, leader, etc.) ...1830 UK
• SKULL a leader or chief; an expert ...1880 US & Aust. sl.
• TONGUE OF THE TRUMP n. the most important person or thing; the principal person in any undertaking; the leader; that which is essential to the success of anything ...1820 Sc.
• TOP BANANA the leader, boss ...1974 sl. chiefly US
• TOP DOG the leader or chief of a group; the winner, leader, or dominant person ...1900 sl.
• TOP SAWYER the leader in any profession, job, or occupation; a superior; a person of importance; the best person ...1826 sl.
• TRUMP the person in charge ...1925 Aust. & NZ sl.
• UNCROWNED KING an unofficial but recognized leader in a particular field ...Bk1996 Aust. sl.
• WHITE-HAIRED BOY a man destined for and being groomed for principal leadership or other reward ...1923 Amer. sl.
LEAD - verbs
• ACE to be in charge of; to lead ...1953 Amer. sl.
• BEACON to give light and guidance to; to lead ...1835
• BEAR THE LANTERN † to show the way as a leader ...a1483
• BEGIN THE DANCE to take the lead in any course of action ...1579
• BELEAD † to conduct, to lead, to use ...c1275
• CARRY to lead or be in charge of something ...Bk 1913 Amer. sl.
• CRUISE to take someone, to lead someone ...1946 US sl.
• DADE to lead; to hold up a child beginning to walk; to support; to walk arm in arm ...1874 Eng. dial.
• DEDUCE † to lead, to bring ...1545
• HAVE to take, to bear, to carry; to lead ...1792 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HONCHO to organize, supervise, or be the leader of ...1945 sl.
• LEAD THE DANCE to take the lead in any course of action ...c1325
• LERE † to show the way, to lead, to guide ...c1320
• LET THE BEST DOG LEAP OVER THE STILE FIRST to allow the best qualified or most suitable person to take the lead ...18C sl.
• MANUDUCE † to lead, to guide, to direct ...1657
• MANUDUCT †* to lead or guide by the hand ...1641
• RIDE THE FORE-HORSE to take the lead; to have the upper hand ...1824 Sc.
• RULE to be the leader of a group ...1960s Amer. sl.
• RULE THE ROAST to lead, to domineer ...c1380 sl.
• TOLE to lead or bring along; to induce; to decoy ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• TRAIL to entice or lead ...a1717
• USH † to escort, to attend; to lead, to guide ...1823 Sc.
LEAD AWAY - verbs
• ABDUCE to lead or draw away by act or persuasion; to abduct ...1537 arch.
LEADER - adjectives
• ACEPHAL †* having no head or leader or chief ...1549
• ACEPHALOUS having or recognizing no governing head or chief ...1751
LEADERSHIP - nouns
• HEADHOOD †* the position or office of head, chief, principal, or supreme governor; chiefship, leadership; the first place or position; supremacy, primacy ...c1449
• HEADSHIP the position or office of head, chief, principal, or supreme governor; chiefship, leadership; the first place or position; supremacy, primacy ...1582
LEADING - adjectives
• CAPTAIN † chief, principal, leading ...1566
• MANUDUCTORY leading by or as by the hand; that leads up to or towards ...1694
LEADING - nouns
• BELL-WETHERING the fact of leading and being led 'like sheep' ...1882
• LEAD †* leading, direction, guidance ...a1300
• LEADANCE †* the act of leading; guidance ...1682
• MANUDUCTION the act of leading, guiding, or introducing; guidance, introduction, direction ...1502
LEADING - nouns, person
• MACGREGOR, THE the leading man, the chief personage ...1929 Sc.
LEAF - adjectives
• BEETHY of fallen leaves: withered, decayed ...1804 Eng. dial.
• FATTY † of a leaf: full of sap, juicy ...1601
• QUATREFOIL †* having four leaves ...c1420
LEAF - nouns
• BALK a pile of leaves; brush piled up around a tree or bush ...1940 Amer. dial.
• EFFOLIATION †* removal of leaves ...1671
• GEM † a bud, esp. a leaf-bud ...1382
• HAIR the rays or 'tresses' of the sun; the tail of a comet; the 'leafy locks' of a tree, etc. ...1594
• LEAFLET a small leaf; a young leaf ...1787
• QUATREFOIL †* a set of four leaves ...c1420
• RAIN-ROT the circle of rotted dead leaves round the foot of a tree ...1902 Sc.
• SCROG the refuse of wood; broken boughs, leaves, etc. ...1886 Eng. dial.
• SINEW †* a rib in a leaf ...1551
LEAF - verbs
• EFFOLIATE †* to open into leaf ...1671
• LANCE † of leaves, fire: to spring forth, to shoot up ...a1300
• WAG † of leaves, reeds, etc.: to waver, to shake ...1398
• WALK † of leaves: to come out ...a1400
LEAGUE - adjectives
• FEDERATIVE † pert. to the formation of covenant, league, or alliance ...1690
• FEDERATORY †* pert. to the formation of covenant, league, or alliance ...1692
LEAGUE - nouns
• BANDYING † confederation; league ...1689
LEAGUE - nouns, person
• LEAGUEIST * a member of a league ...1762
LEAGUE - verbs
• BANDY † to band together, to league, to confederate ...1597
LEAGUED - adjectives
• FEDERED †* allied or leagued together ...1382
LEAK, LEAKAGE - nouns
• BLACK-MAMMY a tar-like substance used to repair small leaks in a boat ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SIPAGE leakage or oozing of water ...1825 Sc. & US
LEAK - verbs
• EESK to leak ...1866 Sc.
• ESK to leak ...1866 Sc.
LEAKINESS - nouns
• LEAKNESS † leakiness ...1508
LEAKY - nouns
• BASKET a leaky vessel ...1903 Amer. dial.
LEAN (thin) - adjectives
• ALL PRICK AND RIBS LIKE A DROVER'S DOG lean and eager ...1960s Aust. sl.
• ALL PRICK AND RIBS LIKE A SHEARER'S DOG lean and eager ...1960s Aust. sl.
• ALL PRICK AND RIBS LIKE SWAGGIE'S DOG lean and eager ...1960s Aust. sl.
• CABROCH lean, rapacious ...1768 Sc.
• CARRION-LEAN † lean as a wasting corpse or skeleton ...1542
• EKEN lean, thin, meagre ...1908 Sc.
• GRACILENT † slender, thin, lean ...1727
• GRACILIOUS †* slender, thin, lean ...1688
• HAGGARD † half-starved; gaunt, lean ...1630
• HAGGED † lean, gaunt; haggard; worn-out, tired ...1694 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HERRING-GUTTED having a narrow, thin body like a herring; lanky, thin, lean, bony ...1726
• ILL-FAVOURED lean, ill-fed, not thriving ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ILL-THRODDEN lean, ill-fed, not thriving ...1898 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• LARBAR † lean, thin; exhausted, worn out ...1486 obs., chiefly Sc.
• LEAN AS A RAKE very lean, thin ...c1386
• LEANISH * somewhat lean ...1647
• LEAN-KINDED † belonging to the lean kind ...1601
• LEANY † lean, thin, scrawny ...a1400
• LENTEN-FACED lean and dismal of countenance ...1604
• MACILENT * thin, lean, lank, emaciated; shrivelled; having little flesh ...1535
• MAGER very lean, scraggy, emaciated ...1866 Sc.
• MAUGER lean, thin, peaked, sickly, weak in appearance ...1890 Amer. dial.
• NAEL lean ...M19 back-slang
• NALE lean ...M19 back-slang
• NEEL lean ...Bk1902 back-slang
• PERGRACIL †* lean, slender ...1623
• POOR AS AN AIKAMY very lean ...1929 Sc.
• RAKE-LEAN † lean as a rake ...1593
• RAW-BONE † raw-boned; very lean or gaunt ...1593
• RHINY thin; lean; hungry-looking ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCARE of a person: lean and scraggy ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRAE spare, meagre, lean ...1846 Sc.
• SCRANK lank, lean, ill-formed, slender ...1846 Sc.
• SCRANKY lean, lank, thin, scraggy; withered, wrinkled ...1856 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCRANNEL lean, thin; poor, worthless ...1857 Eng. dial.
• SCREEBIT poor, lean, fleshless ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCREEBIT-LOOKING poor, lean, fleshless ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SKELETONIAN * resembling a skeleton; lean, thin ...1801
• SKRAE spare, meagre, lean ...1846 Sc. 1904
• SKRANK lank, lean, ill-formed, slender ...1846 Sc.
• SKRANKY lean, lank, thin, scraggy; withered, wrinkled ...1856 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SQUINNY very thin, lean, or slender; narrow ...1784
• THIN AS A RAKE very thin, lean ...1823
LEAN, LEANNESS - nouns
• BARENESS † leanness ...1552
• MACIATION † a making lean ...1727
• MACILENCE * thinness, leanness ...1852
• MACILENCY * thinness, leanness ...1632
• MACRITUDE † leanness ...1623
• MARCIDITY †* a wasted or withered condition; leanness, the want of flesh; rottenness ...1658
LEAN (support) - nouns
• LEAN † something to lean on, a support ...1610
LEAN (thin) - nouns, person
• BALD-RIB a lean bony person ...1621
• BARE-BONE a lean, skinny person ...1596
• JABB a big, lean, uncomely person ...1866 Sc.
• KAIBREL † a lean, stupid fellow ...1838 Sc.
• LANK a lanky or lean person ...1881
• LARBAR † a lean, withered, or worn out person ...1486 chiefly Sc.
• QUEER DUKE a lean, half-starved person ...L17 UK criminals' sl.
• RAG a term of contempt for a very lean and thin person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAKE a very thin or lean person ...1582
• RAW-BONE † a very lean or gaunt person; a mere skeleton ...1638
• REEPAN † a very lean person or animal; a low wretch ...1824 Sc.
• RIBE a thin, lean person or animal; an animal in poor condition ...1820 Sc.
• RICKLE a very lean person or animal, a skeleton ...1824 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RICKLE OF BONES a very lean person or animal, a skeleton ...1824 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCADDIN a lean emaciated person or animal ...1866 Sc.
• SCRAMMEL a lean, gaunt, ill-favoured person or animal ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRANK a lean, slender person ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCRATCHIN a shrivelled, lean person ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCREIGH a lean person with a shrill voice, and generally of short stature ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SKELETON a very thin, lean, or emaciated person or animal ...1629
• SKELETONESS a very thin, lean, or emaciated woman ...1840 nonce word
• SKIN AND BONES a very lean person ..1888
• TANKER a big, lean, ugly person, animal, or thing ...1866 Sc.
• THIN-GUT † one who has a thin belly; a lean, starved-looking person, a starveling ...1602
LEAN (thin) - verbs
• FALL † to shrink; of an animal or a limb: to become lean ...1599
• FALL OUT OF FLESH † to shrink; of an animal or a limb: to become lean ...1530
• LANK to make lean or emaciated ...1804 Sc.
• LEAN † to become lean; to make lean ...c897
• LENSE † to make thin or lean; to become thin or lean ...a1000
• WANZE † to diminish, to waste; later, to render lean ...a1121
LEAN (incline) - verbs
• BINK to bend down; to lean forward awkwardly; to curtsy ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DECLINE † to incline or lean to ...1541
• HEALD to bend downwards or to one side; to lean, to incline, to slope ...1703 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HEEL to fall; to lean or incline ...1836 Amer. dial.
• KECK to stand awry; to twist to one side; to lean; to drop from an upright position ...1790 Eng. dial.
• LENT † to lean ...1658
• LOP to lean, as if drunk ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• TEEL to set up on end; to prop or lean up against a wall, etc. ...1893 Eng. dial.
• TO-HIELD † to cause to incline, to lean, to bend, to fall over ; to push or pull down ...c1205
• TOPE † to tilt over, to cause to slope or lean to one side; to overturn, to turn upside down ...1684 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• WALT † to be thrown down, to fall over, to be upset or overturned; to totter; to lean to one side ...c1400
LEANING - adjectives
• CATTY-KER-WAMPUS leaning, out of line, askew, awry ...1959 Amer. dial.
• HEALDING sloping, leaning, tilting ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• HILDING sloping, leaning, tilting ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LAB-SIDED leaning to one side, lopsided ...1883 Sc.
• SIDELING of a structure: leaning, lopsided ...1874 Amer. dial.
• TEELING sloping, leaning, slanting ...B1900 Eng. dial.
LEAN-TO - nouns
• CALLIS † a lean-to, a shed, mostly used as a vegetable cellar ...1854 Eng. dial.
• LEAN-OFF a lean-to ...1950 Amer. dial.
• SALT-PIE a building with a sloping roof on one side only; a lean-to ...1880 Eng. dial.
• SKILLING a shed or outhouse, esp. a lean-to ...1389
• SKILLION a lean-to, serving as a shed or as a small room ...1864 Aust.
• TO-FALL a supplementary building with its roof sloping up to and leaning on the wall of a main building; a lean-to; a shed ...c1425 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• WALSH † a lean-to building not having a pitched roof ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
LEAP - adjectives
• SUBSULTIVE * making or moving by sudden leaps, bounds, or starts ...1750
• SUBSULTORIOUS making or moving by sudden leaps, bounds, or starts ...1898
• SUBSULTORY making or moving by sudden leaps, bounds, or starts ...1638
LEAP - nouns
• BEND † a spring, a leap, a bound ...1513 Sc.
• CAPRIOLE a leap or caper, as in dancing ...1594
• FLIER a long flying leap; a bound ...colloq.
• FLYER a long flying leap; a bound ...colloq.
• LANCE † a leap, bound, dash ...1375
• LENCH † a leap, a spring ...1606 Sc.
• SAULT † a leap, a jump; esp. of horses ...a1350
• VAIGE an impetus; a rush; a short run before taking a leap ...1842 Eng. dial.
• VAPOUR a caper; a leap ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VAYGE an impetus; a rush; a short run before taking a leap ...1842 Eng. dial.
• VEASE † a rush, impetus; a run before a leap ...c1386 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• VEGE an impetus; a rush; a short run before taking a leap ...1842 Eng. dial.
LEAP - verbs
• BEND † to spring, to leap, to bound ...c1530 Sc.
• BIRD-WORK to leap, to hop, to progress by a series of high jumps ...1923 Amer. dial.
• BOUT to bolt, to spring, to leap; to rise quickly from beneath a surface ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CADARUP to leap about; to cavort ...1911 Amer. dial.
• CAPRIOLE to leap, to skip, to caper; also said of horses and their riders ...1580
• HALLELUJAH to leap or move violently about ...1961 Amer. dial.
• LAKE † to exert oneself, to move quickly, to leap, to spring; hence, to fight ...a1000
• LANCE to spring forward; to leap, to bound ...1802 Sc.
• LAUNCH † to leap, to jump, to vault ...c1400
• SALLY †* to leap, to bound, to dance ...c1440
• SALTATE † to leap; to jump; to skip; to dance ...1623
• SAULT †* to leap, to dance ...1377
• SAUTE †* to leap, to dance ...1377
• SCOUP to run, to move hastily; to scamper; to leap, to skip ...1721 Sc.
• SKIT to shy or be skittish; to move lightly and rapidly; to caper, to leap, to spring ...1611
• SUBSULT †* to leap, to hop, to jump about ...1656
• TAKE A RAISE to run a little backward for the better advantage of leaping forward ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TAKE OFF to leap from a mark ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TRIPUDIATE to dance, skip, or leap for joy or with excitement; to exult ...1623
LEAPFROG - nouns
• BULLFROG the game of leapfrog ...1981 Amer. dial.
• INCHY-PINCHY the boys' game of progressive leapfrog: A makes a back, B pitches and makes a back, C pitches over A and B makes a back; A then rises and pitches over B and C, etc.; the form is 'Inchy-pinchy, last lie down.'; the player who first cries this is entitled to wait until all the players are 'down,' before he leaps ...1893 Eng. dial.
• ONE-AND-OVER leapfrog ...1966 Amer. dial.
• SKIP-FROG † the game of leapfrog ...1727
LEAPFROG - verbs
• VANT to vault, as in the game of leap-frog ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
LEAPING - adjectives
• BEVISING leaping, jumping ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• LAUNCHANT † darting, leaping ...c1400
• SALIENT leaping, jumping ...1646
• SALTANT † leaping, jumping, dancing ...1601 now rare or obs.
• SALTATORIAL characterized by leaping or dancing ...1789
• SALTATORIOUS characterized by leaping or dancing ...1816
• SALTITANT †* leaping or springing ...1654
LEAPING - nouns
• RUN-AN'-GO a run before leaping ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SALIENCE * the quality of leaping or springing up ...1836
• SALIENCY † leaping or jumping ...1664
• SALITION † a leaping ...a1682
• SALTATION leaping, bounding, jumping; a leap ...1646
• SALTATIVENESS the faculty of leaping or jumping ...1829 nonce word
• SALTION †* a leaping ...1533
• SALTURE † a leaping or dancing ...1655
LEAP UPON - verbs
• LOPE to leap upon ...Bk1902 Amer. dial.
LEAP YEAR - nouns
• LEAP-MONTH † February of leap year ...1566
LEARN - adjectives
• EXQUISITIVE † eager to discover or learn; tending to search out, bent on searching out; curious ...1818
LEARN - nouns, person
• OPSIMATH one who begins to learn or study late in life ...1883
LEARN - verbs
• BONE UP to learn more about a topic by diligent study ...1887 sl., orig. US
• HARKEN to hear with attention, to give ear to a thing; to listen to; to heed; to understand, to learn by hearing ...c1000 now poetic
• HEARKEN to hear with attention, to give ear to a thing; to listen to; to heed; to understand, to learn by hearing ...c1000 now poetic
• HEAR TELL to hear, to be informed, to learn by word of mouth ...1834 Eng. dial.
• LAIR to learn ...1791 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• LEARN A FROM IZZARD to learn the most rudimentary thing ...1914 Amer. dial.
• LERE † vb. to learn, to acquire knowledge; to study or read a book; to learn to do something ...c1220
• MANDATE to learn a speech, discourse, etc. by heart; to memorize ...1705 Sc.
• MUG UP to learn a subject by concentrated study ...1848 sl.
• MUG UP ON to learn a subject by concentrated study ...1848 sl.
• SIT BY NELLIE to learn how to do a job by watching others do it ...1963 sl.
• SIT NEXT TO NELLIE to learn how to do a job by watching others do it ...1963 sl.
• SIT WITH NELLIE to learn how to do a job by watching others do it ...1963 sl.
• TAKE FORTH † to learn ...1530
• TAKE OUT † to learn a lesson ...a1591
• UNDERGROPE † to search into, to investigate; to learn ...a1412
LEARNED - adjectives
• AKAMAI smart, clever, skilful, learned, expert, ingenious ...1840 Hawaii
• BOOK-LARED educated; learned ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DOCTILOQUOUS †* speaking learnedly; using learned expressions ...1727
• KEEN † wise, learned, clever ...a1000
• LAIRED learned, instructed, informed ...Bk1902 N. Eng. dial.
• LARED learned, instructed, informed ...Bk1902 N. Eng. dial.
• LEARNEDISH † learned-like ...a1680
• LERED † learned ...c1154 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• LETTERED learned, literate, educated ...1303
• LETTER-LEARNED † learnt from letters or books ...1649
• OMNI-ERUDITE learned in all or very many subjects ...1835
• POLYMATH very learned ...1881
• SCIENTISSIMOUS †* very learned ...1650
• SUNBURNT † superficially learned ...a1568 nonce use
• TWO-HEAD extraordinarily learned, esp. in hoodoo practice ...1927 Amer. dial. Black usage
• TWO-HEADED extraordinarily learned, esp. in hoodoo practice ...1931 Amer. dial. Black usage
LEARNED, LEARNING - nouns, person
• BEAUCLERK † a learned man; a scholar ...c1367
• LETTERATO † a man of letters; a learned man ...1656
• MAGE a magician; a person of exceptional wisdom and learning ...c1400 arch.
• MASTER † a man of approved learning, a scholar of authority ...a1225
• MOROSOPH one who is 'foolishly wise'; a philosophical or learned fool; one learned but lacking common sense ...1751
• POLYMATH a person of much or varied learning; one acquainted with various subjects of study ...1621
• PUNDIT a learned person, expert, or authority ...17C
• SAVANT a man of learning or science; esp. one professionally engaged in learned or scientific research; a learned person ...1719
• SAVANTE a learned (French) woman ...1766
• WALKING DICTIONARY one who has great stores of information at command; a learned person ...1835
• WALKING ENCYCLOPAEDIA one who has great stores of information at command; a learned person ...1868
• WALKING LIBRARY one who has great stores of information at command; a learned person ...1691
• WALLY a person with learning difficulties ...1970s sl.
LEARNER - nouns, person
• LERER †* a learner; a disciple ...c1440
• TIRO 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
• 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
LEARNING - adjectives
• BRIGHT IN ONE'S BOOKS good at learning ...1906 Amer. dial.
• CHRESTOMATHIC devoted to the learning of useful matters; teaching what is useful ...1819
• HARD-WITTED † dull at learning ...a1568
• LEARNLESS † devoid of learning ...1593
• LETTER-STRUCK smitten with the love of learning ...1667 nonce word
• PHILOMATHIC having a love of learning or letters ...1839
LEARNING - nouns
• ABRAC learning ...E19 sl.
• ACADEME a place where the arts and sciences are taught; an institution for the study of higher learning; an academy ...1588 poetic usage
• ELEMENTS † the letters of the alphabet; hence, the rudiments of learning ...1382
• GOOD LETTERS † book-learning, letters; the profession of literature, authorship ...c1532
• LAIR learning, knowledge; education ...1790 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• LARE learning, knowledge; education ...1790 N. Eng. dial.
• LEAR † instruction, learning; in early use, a piece of instruction, a lesson ...a1400-50 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• LEARNING † a branch of learning, a science ...1570
• LERING † learning, scholarly knowledge ...1340
• LETTRURE † knowledge of letters or books; learning ...a1300
• MISOLOGY hatred of reason or discussion; hatred of learning or knowledge ...1833
• OPSIMATHY * learning or study late in life; learning acquired late ...a1656
• PALAEOSOPHY ancient learning ...1806
• SAUVENDIE learning, knowledge ...1822 Sc.
• TIROLOGY † the science of tiroes; elementary knowledge ...1560 nonce word
LEARNING - nouns, person
• LEAR-FATHER † a master in learning ...1533
• LEARNER † a scholar, a man of learning ...c900
LEASE - nouns
• FARM † a lease ...a1500
• YEAR-TACK † a lease for a year ...1532
LEASE - nouns, person
• FARMER † one who rents or has a lease of anything; a lessee ...1523
• LEASE-MONGER † one who traffics in leases ...1549
LEASED - adjectives
• FARMABLE † that may be leased ...1611
LEAST - adjectives
• LESSEST † least ...1553 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
LEAST - nouns
• BREATH the least idea, word, conception ...1952 Amer. dial.
• JOD the least particle or quantity; the least amount; a very little or small part; an iota ...1596
• NEB-FU' a beakful; the least possible amount ...1886 Sc.
• VEEZABLE † the least little thing, the smallest particle; 'visible thing' ...1836 Sc.
LEATHER - adjectives
• LEATHERLY † leather-like, tough ...1573
• LEATHERN made of leather, consisting of leather ...c1000
• RATCHET of leather: soft, supple, elastic, easily stretched ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• RATCHING of leather: soft, supple, elastic, easily stretched ...1888 Eng. dial.
• RATCHY of leather: soft, supple, elastic, easily stretched ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
LEATHER - nouns
• FANG a thong, a strip of leather; a whip-thong ...Bk1900 Sc.
• TAWSE a piece of tanned leather ...B1900 Eng. dial.
LEATHER - nouns, person
• BARKER † a tanner; a worker with leather ...1402 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• LEATHERS one who wears leather breeches or leggings ...1837 colloq.
• SKINS a tanner ...1785 sl.
• SKINSTER † a woman who skins hides ...1270
LEATHER - verbs
• RETCH to stretch leather in tanning ...1867 Eng. dial.
• SKIVER to cut or pare leather ...1875
• TEW † to dress or tan leather ...1396 Eng. dial.
LEATHERY - adjectives
• WITHY like a withe; tough and flexible, leathery ...1822 Amer. dial.
LEAVE - verbs
• ABSENT †* to leave ...1695
• ABSQUAT of people or animals: to leave, to run away, to abscond ...19C sl., orig. US
• ABSQUATTLE of a person or animal: to leave; to run away; to abscond ...M19 sl., orig. US
• ABSQUATULATE to leave, to depart, especially hastily, or furtively; to run away, to abscond ...1830 Amer. dial.
• ABSQUOTULATE of people or animals: to leave, to run away, to abscond ...19C sl., orig. US 2005
• A.D. to leave ...1990s US campus sl.
• ADAM to leave ...1930s rhyming sl. (Adam and Eve)
• ADAM AND EVE to leave ...1930s rhyming sl.
• AGITATE THE GRAVEL to leave ...1940s US sl.
• AIR OUT to flee, to escape, to leave ...1942 Amer. dial.
• AMBLE to leave, to get out ...1936 Amer. sl.
• AMPUTATE to clear out, to abscond; to decamp; to take flight ...1842 Amer. sl.
• AMSCRAY to leave; to depart; to get out; to clear out ...1934 Amer. sl.
• ANKLE to leave, to walk away from ...1980s sl., orig. US
• BAIL to leave, to depart, to go; to play truant; hence, to run out on, to renege on someone ...1977 US sl.
• BAIL OUT to leave in a hurry, to run off to escape from a difficult situation ...1940s US sl.
• BEAT to leave a place quickly ...1959 Amer. sl.
• BEAT FEET to leave; to clear out ...1944 Amer. sl.
• BLAST to leave ...1933 Amer. sl.
• BONE OUT to leave quickly ...1993 US sl.
• BOTTLE UP AND GO to leave ...1947 US sl.
• BOUNCE to leave ...1996 US sl.
• BOW LOW to leave, esp. for one's own benefit ...1970s US homosexual sl.
• BUDGE to leave ...M18 sl.
• BUGGY to go away, to leave ...1954 Amer. dial.
• BUG IT to leave suddenly and rapidly ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BUG OFF to leave suddenly and rapidly ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BUG OUT to leave suddenly and rapidly ...1955 US Air Force sl.
• BUNG OFF to leave ...20C sl.
• BUNK to leave, to be off ...L19 sl.
• BUZZ to go away; to leave ...1968 Amer. sl.
• BUZZ OFF to go away; to leave; to depart ...1914 sl.
• CHALK OFF to leave ...1840 US sl.
• CHASE to run off, to leave ...L19 US sl.
• CHECK OUT to leave, esp. in a hurry; to run fast ...1965 Amer. dial.
• COP A FINAL to leave ...1940s US Black sl.
• COP A WALK to leave ...1950s US sl.
• DALLY to leave, to go ...1970s US Black sl.
• DIP to leave ...1993 US sl.
• DISMISS to leave ...M19 US sl.
• DITCH to leave in a hurry ...1920s US sl.
• DITCH OUT to leave quickly or clandestinely ...1920s US sl.
• DO A FADE to leave ...1900s sl.
• DO A SKATE to rush off, to leave at speed, to go quickly ...M19 sl.
• DO ONE to leave, to run away ...1950s sl.
• DUCK to retire; to leave; to flee; to disappear ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
• DUFFIE to leave quickly ...1945 US sl.
• DUFFY to leave quickly ...1945 US sl.
• DUST IT to leave quickly, to run off ...L19 US sl.
• EASE to leave ...1947 US sl.
• EASE ALONG to take one's leave, to depart ...1959 Amer. dial.
• EASE ON to go, to make one's way, to leave with a parting gesture ...1959 US sl.
• EASE OUT to leave, esp. quietly and discreetly ...1920s US sl.
• EAT DUST to leave; to travel ...L19 sl.
• EMIGRATE to leave ...M19 US sl.
• EVAPORATE to leave, to vanish, to escape ...M19 sl.
• EXODUST to leave quickly for a distant place ...1947 Amer. dial.
• FADE to depart; to disappear; to run away; to leave; to vanish ...1848 sl.
• FADE AWAY to depart, esp. gradually; to run away; to leave; to vanish ...1820 sl.
• FADE OUT to depart, esp. gradually; to run away; to leave ...1820 Amer. sl.
• FAG to move quickly; to leave or depart in a hurry ...1920 US sl.
• FAG ALONG to move quickly; to leave in a hurry ...1942 US sl.
• FALL to leave ...1920s US Black sl.
• FALL OUT to leave ...1930s sl.
• FERMOOSE to leave in a hurry, to vamoose ...1968 Amer. dial.
• FLEX to leave ...20C teen & high school sl.
• FLY THE COOP to leave or depart, often secretly or guiltily ...c1910 Amer. colloq.
• FREAK OFF to go, to leave ...1970 US sl.
• GET A DANCE to be made to run, to take flight ...1813 Eng. dial.
• GET OFF THE DIME to leave, to depart ...1942 Amer. sl.
• GET OFF THE NICKEL to leave, to depart ...1942 Amer. sl.
• GIVE BEST to leave, to sever connection with ...1887 Eng. dial.
• GIVE THE BAG to leave (a person) suddenly ...1592
• GO LIKE A STREAK to decamp swiftly, to go with a rush ...Bk1904 sl.
• GOOF OFF to leave ...1950s US sl.
• GUY to run away, to leave quickly, to escape ...1874 sl.
• GUY-A-WHACK to run off, to leave quickly ...L19 Aust. sl.
• HAT IT UP to leave, to depart ...1971 Amer. dial.
• HAT UP to leave or depart, often hurriedly ...1968 Amer. dial.
• HAUL ASHES to leave, to stir, to go ...c1938 Amer. sl.
• HAUL ASS to leave, to depart, esp. hurriedly; to move fast, to travel rapidly ...1954 Amer. dial.
• HAUL BOTTOM to leave, to depart, esp. hurriedly; to travel rapidly ...1928 Amer. dial.
• HAUL BUGGY to leave, to depart, esp. hurriedly; to travel rapidly ...1954 Amer. dial.
• HAUL ONE'S ASHES to leave, to stir, to go ...1964 Amer. sl.
• HAUL ONE'S FREIGHT to leave, to depart, esp. hurriedly; to travel rapidly ...1938 Amer. dial.
• HAUL OUT to leave, to depart ...1866 Amer. dial.
• HAUL TAIL to leave, to depart, esp. hurriedly; to travel rapidly ...1940 Amer. dial.
• HAVE IT AWAY to walk, to leave; to exit ...1950s sl.
• HIT THE STREET to leave; to go out for the night ...1960s sl., orig. US
• HIT THE TOE to leave quickly, to run off ...1950s Aust. & NZ sl.
• HIT THE TRAIL to leave ...19C sl., orig. US
• HIT THE WIND to leave quickly, to run away ...20C US Black sl.
• HIVE OFF to leave ...20C Aust. sl.
• HOP THE CHARLEY to decamp ...M19 rhyming sl. (Charley Wag)
• JACKET IT to leave a place without warning ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• JACK IN to abandon or leave an attempt or enterprise ...sl.
• JACK OFF to leave ...1930s UK tramps' sl.
• LAM to leave in a hurry; to run, to make a fast getaway ...1886 Amer. dial.
• LAM IT to leave in a hurry; to run, to make a fast getaway ...1886 Amer. dial.
• LAMMAS to run, to go off in a hurry, to disappear quickly ...1866 Eng. dial.
• LAM OUT to leave in a hurry; to run, to make a fast getaway ...1886 Amer. dial.
• LEAVE BETWEEN TWO DAYS to leave a community in bad repute; to leave unexpectedly, with the implication of disgrace; literally, at night ...1916 Amer. dial.
• LEAVE OUT to depart; to go; to leave ...1917 Amer. dial.
• LET † to allow to remain; to leave behind; to abstain from taking away, using, consuming, occupying, etc. ...971
• LEVANT to go away suddenly or secretly, to abscond ...1797
• LIGHT A RAG to leave in a hurry; to depart hurriedly; to run fast ...1903 Amer. dial.
• LIGHT A SHUCK to leave in a hurry; to depart hurriedly; to run fast ...1905 Amer. dial.
• LIGHT ONE'S SHUCK to cause someone to leave in a hurry ...1929 Amer. dial.
• MAKE LIKE HORSE SHIT AND HIT THE DUSTY TRAIL to depart, to leave ...1990 US sl.
• MAKE ONE'S BIRD to leave ...1960s US college sl.
• MAKE ONE'S FEET THEIR FRIEND to go off quickly; to run away ...1896 Sc.
• MAKE STREAKS to decamp swiftly, to go with a rush ...Bk1904 sl.
• MAKE TRACKS to go, to run; to leave; to depart hurriedly ...1833 sl.
• MARBLE to depart quickly; to move off in a hurry ...1847 Amer. dial.
• MELT to get lost, to leave ...1950s Amer. sl.
• MEMALOOSE to leave in a hurry ...1967 Amer. dial.
• MIZZLE to leave, to go quickly; to escape ...L18 sl.
• MOG to move on, to depart, to decamp; to go; to leave quickly or hastily; usually used with 'off' or 'on' ...1764 Eng. dial.
• MOSEY to leave quickly; to decamp ...1820 Amer.
• MOTIVATE to leave ...1955 US sl.
• MOTOR to leave quickly ...1980 US sl.
• MOVE THE CROWD to leave ...1990s US Black sl.
• MUSH to go, to leave ...1900s US sl.
• NASH to leave, to rush off ...1819 sl.
• NICK OFF to leave; to depart; to go from one place to another ...L19 sl., orig. Aust.
• NICK OUT to leave; to depart; to go from one place to another ...L19 sl., orig. Aust.
• OBSQUATULATE to leave, to depart, especially hastily, or furtively; to abscond ...1830 Amer. dial.
• OFF to leave; to go off ...L19 sl.
• OFFSKI to go away, to leave ...2001 UK sl.
• PACK IN to leave ...1950s US criminals' sl.
• PACK UP ONE'S ALLS to prepare for a removal ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PACK UP ONE'S ALLS AND BE GONE to leave for good ...M17 sl.
• PADDLE to run away, to leave ...M19 sl.
• PAD THE HOOF to leave in a hurry ...M19 sl.
• PEDDLE ONE'S PAPERS to leave ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PEEL IT to go or leave rapidly; to depart hurriedly; to run fast ...1858 Amer. dial.
• PIKE † to hasten off, go away quickly ...LME sl.
• PITCH OFF to leave hurriedly ...1975 Amer. dial.
• PLAY RABBIT to leave quickly; to run away ...1930s sl.
• PULL to leave ...1960 US sl.
• PULL FOOT to decamp; to run hard ...1818 colloq.
• PULL ONE'S FREIGHT to depart quickly, to leave promptly ...M19 US sl.
• PULL OUT to leave, to depart ...c1880 Amer. colloq.
• PUNCH OUT to leave; to quit; to abandon ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• QUAT to leave, to depart from; to forsake; to relinquish, to give up, to let go ...1714 Sc.
• QUATE to leave, to depart from; to forsake; to relinquish, to give up, to let go ...1714 Sc.
• QUIT OUT to leave abruptly or suddenly; to stop ...1941 Amer. dial.
• RABBIT to leave quickly; to run away ...1887 sl.
• RAFF OFF to leave, to go ...1980s sl.
• RAISE to go, to leave ...1960s US sl.
• RAISE UP to leave a place ...1970s US Black sl.
• RAP OFF vb. to go off hastily with a noise ...1817 Sc.
• REV to leave, to go ...1952 sl.
• SCADOODLE to run off, to leave in a hurry ...M19 sl.
• SCALE OFF to run away; to depart hurriedly or furtively; to disappear of one's own motion; to leave surreptitiously or speedily ...1910s Aust. & NZ sl.
• SCAMP to run away from, to leave ...1899 Eng. dial.
• SCAT to leave, to go away, esp. as a command ...M19 sl.
• SCAT UP to leave, to go away, esp. as a command ...M19 sl.
• SCRAM to leave quickly .,..1928 US
• SCREW ONE'S COCO to leave in a hurry ...1899 US sl.
• SELL OUT to depart, to leave, usually hastily; to run away; to skedaddle; to run in fear ...1934 Amer. dial.
• SHAG to leave ...1964 Amer. dial.
• SHAG ASS to make off, to get going, to leave ...1950 Amer. dial.
• SHAG IT to make off, to get going, to leave ...1966 Amer. dial.
• SHAG OUT to leave in a hurry ...1966 Amer. dial.
• SHELL OUT to run away precipitously, to leave or depart hastily ...1909 Amer. dial.
• SHOVE OFF to leave, to depart ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• SHUCK OUT to depart, to leave in a hurry; to set out ...1932 Amer. dial.
• SHUFFLE OFF TO BUFFALO to leave ...1986 US sl.
• SKAT to leave, to go away, esp. as a command ...M19 sl.
• SKATE to rush off, to leave at speed, to go quickly ...M19 sl.
• SKATE OFF to rush off, to leave at speed, to go quickly ...M19 sl.
• SKEETE to rush off, to leave at speed, to go quickly ...M19 sl.
• SKID to leave, to go ...1910s sl.
• SKIDDADLE to leave in a hurry ...1861 US sl., orig. US Civil War
• SKIDS to leave, to go ...1910s sl.
• SKIN to leave quickly; to run away ...1903 Amer. sl.
• SKIP ON to leave ...1989 US sl.
• SKITE to dart swiftly, esp. in an oblique direction; to run lightly and rapidly; to leave hastily ...1721 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SLIP THE CHAIN. to leave ...1846 US nautical sl.
• SLITHER to hurry away, to leave ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• SPLIT to leave, to depart ...1950s sl.
• SPLIT THE SCENE to leave ...1960s Amer. sl.
• SPLIT THE SCENE AND LEAVE IT CLEAN to leave ...1960s Amer. sl.
• STREAK to decamp swiftly; to go with a rush; to leave in a great hurry; to move very rapidly ...1604 sl.
• TAKE A CHUTE to leave in a hurry ...1877 US sl.
• TAKE A DOUCHE to leave hurriedly ...1960s US teen sl.
• TAKE A FLYING FUCK to leave, to travel ...1960s US Black sl.
• TAKE A HIKE to leave ...20C sl., orig. US
• TAKE A TRIP TO THE WEST INDIES of a suspect criminal: to leave a town or place to avoid arrest ...E19 UK criminals' sl.
• TAKE A WALK to leave; to be dismissed ...L19 sl.
• TAKE FIVE to leave ...1960s US college sl.
• TAKE IT ON THE ARTHUR DUFFY to leave quickly ...1905 US sl.
• TAKE IT ON THE HOOF to run off, to leave quickly ...1900s US sl.
• TAKE IT ON THE HOP to leave, to go away ...1960s US Black sl.
• TAKE IT ON THE TROT to run off, to leave at speed ...1930s sl.
• TAKE OFF to go; to leave; to depart or set out ...1959 UK sl.
• TAKE OFF LIKE A BIG-ASS BIRD to leave in a hurry ...1944-46 US sl.
• TAKE OFF LIKE A BIG-ASSED BIRD to leave very quickly ...1940s US sl.
• TAKE OFF LIKE A BAT OUT OF HELL to leave very quickly ...1940s US sl.
• TAKE OUT to set out, esp. in haste; to leave ...1855 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• TAKE THE AIR to leave, to escape, to get out ...1918 Amer. sl.
• TAKE THE BREEZE to leave, to escape ...1910s sl.
• TAKE THE COUNT to give up, to leave ...L19 sl.
• TAKE THE DOOR ON ONE'S BACK to go out of the room or house; to make oneself scarce ...1822 Sc.
• TAKE THE GAP to leave the country ...1960s S. Afr. sl.
• TAKE THE WIND to leave ...1930s sl.
• TAKE TO THE TOE to leave quickly, to run off ...1950s Aust. & NZ sl.
• TIN SHIN OFF to abscond with money ...L19 US sl.
• TIP GRAND to walk fast; to run; to leave quickly ...1934 Amer. sl.
• TURN ON THE AIR to take to one's heels, to leave hurriedly, to rush off ...1970 US sl.
• TURN RABBIT to leave quickly; to run away ...1930s sl.
• UP AND DUST to leave in a hurry, to run away ...20C US Black sl.
• UP STACKS to move, to pack up and leave ...M19 sl.
• UP STAKES to leave, esp. abruptly ...M19 US sl.
• UP STICK to move, to pack up and leave ...M19 sl.
• UP STICKS to pack up and go; to move ...1877 UK sl., orig. nautical
• VAGARIE to go; to leave; to travel ...2002 UK sl.
• VAGARY to go; to leave; to travel ...2002 UK sl.
• VAGGERIE to go, to leave ...M19
• VAMOOSE to go away, to leave ...1834 sl.
• VAMOOSE THE RANCH to depart, to clear out, to make off; to go away, to leave ...1847 Amer. sl.
• VAMOS to make a hasty departure, to run away hurriedly, to go away, to leave, to disappear ...1834 Amer. sl.
• VAMOSE to go away, to leave ...M19 sl.
• VAMOS THE RANCH to depart, to steal away from a place; to go away; to leave ...1849 Amer. dial.
• VAMP to walk; to leave ...1914 Amer. dial.
• WAAI to leave ...1960s S. Afr. sl.
• WAG to leave, to walk slowly ...L17 sl.
• WAG OFF to leave, to walk slowly ...L17 sl.
• WAIL to hurry away; to be quick over anything ...1867 Eng. dial.
• WAIVE † to abandon, to leave, to desert; to forsake a person, place, thing ...c1330
• WALE to hurry away; to be quick over anything ...1867 Eng. dial.
• WALK to leave, to walk off; to resign ...1960s sl.
• WALK ONE'S CHALKS to leave, to go away ...1840 sl.
• WARP AWAY to leave hastily ...1990s US sl.
• WRIGGLE OFF to depart; to leave ...c1860 UK sl.
LEAVE, LEAVING - nouns
• GUY an act of running off, of leaving surreptitiously ...L19 sl.
• QUITTANCE * the act of quitting or leaving ...1892
• VAMOOSING flight ...M19 sl.
LEAVE - interjections
• HAT UP! used to urge one to leave ...1971 Amer. dial.
• MELT! leave! get lost! ...1960s US sl.
LEAVE ALONE - verbs
• GET OUT OF ONE'S FACE to leave alone; to stop bothering or pestering ...1928 US sl., esp. Black
• GET OUT OF SOMEONE'S ASS to stop pestering; to leave alone ...1920s sl., orig. US Black
LEAVE OUT - verbs
• OBMISS †* to leave out; to omit ...1490
• OBMIT †* to leave out; to omit ...1541
LEAVE-TAKING - nouns
• VALE a goodbye, farewell, or leave-taking ...1580-3
• VALEDICTION 1. the act of saying farewell to a person, etc.; a farewell or leave-taking ...1614
2. an utterance made at leave-taking or bidding farewell ...1619
• VALE-DICTUM †* an utterance made at leave-taking or bidding farewell ...1638
• WAYGANG departure, leave-taking, passing away ...1736 Sc.
LEAVING - adjectives
• OFF LIKE A BRIDE'S NIGHTIE leaving or acting extremely fast, very speedily ...1950s Aust. sl.
• OFF LIKE A BUCKET OF PRAWNS IN THE HOT SUN leaving very quickly ...1960s Aust. sl.
• OFF LIKE A LONG-DOG departing very swiftly ...20C Eng. dial.
• OFF LIKE A PROM DRESS leaving or acting extremely fast, very speedily ...1950s US college sl.
LEAVING - phrases
• MY NAME IS WALKER I'm leaving, I'm off ...M19
LECHER, LECHEROUS - nouns, person
• ALTE KACKER a dirty old man; a seasoned lecher ...E20 US sl.
• ALTER COCKER a dirty old man; a seasoned lecher ...1943 US sl.
• ALTER KOCKER a dirty old man; a seasoned lecher ...E20 US sl.
• ALTER KUCKER a dirty old man; a seasoned lecher ...E20 US sl.
• BALLOCKER a lecher; a whoremonger ...19C Brit. colloq.
• BASHER a lecher, a fornicator ...E20 Brit. sl.
• BELSWAGGER † a swaggering gallant or bully; a whoremonger, a lecher, a pimp ...1592
• CHIPPY-CHASER a male who chases sexually loose women and girls; a lecher ...20C US sl.
• CUNT-HOUND a lecher; a male who is a notorious whoremonger or woman-chaser ...M20 US sl.
• DIRTY OLD MAN a lecherous older man ...1932 sl.
• DOM a lecherous older man (Dirty Old Man) ...1959 sl.
• FAGGOTEER a lecher; a whoremonger; a pimp ...c1825 sl.
• FAGGOT-MASTER a lecher; a whoremonger; a pimp ...c1825 sl.
• FANG ARTIST a lecher; a womanizer ...1970s Aust. sl.
• FISHMONGER a lecher; a whoremonger ...19C Brit. sl.
• FLEECE-HUNTER a whoremonger; a lecher, a man who is after female pubic hair ...19C Brit. sl.
• FLEECE-MONGER a whoremonger; a lecher, a man who is after female pubic hair ...19C Brit. sl.
• FUCKSTER a lecher or a whoremonger; a man noted for his sexual prowess or interest in women ...19C Brit.
• GAY DOG a philanderer; a lecher ...20C US colloq.
• GOAT a licentious man; a lecher ...L16
• GUSSETEER a whoremonger; a lecher; a wencher; somewhat derisory ...19C Brit. sl.
• HAIR-MONGER a whoremonger; a lecher ...19C Brit. sl.
• HARLOT † a man of loose life; a fornicator; a lecher; also, a term or opprobrium or insult ...16C
• HEADHUNTER a lecher; a hunter of maidenheads...M20 US sl.
• HOT PANTS a lascivious man; a lecher ...E20 US sl.
• KID-STRETCHER a lecher; a user of young prostitutes ...19C Brit. sl.
• KING OF CLUBS a lecher; a whoremonger ...19C Brit. sl.
• KNOCKER a lecher; a man who copulates frequently ...c1500 sl.
• LADIES' TAILOR a lecher; a whoremonger ...19C Brit. sl.
• LEACHER a lewd man; a habitual fornicator; a lecher ...12C
• LEATHER-DRESSER a lecher; a man who copulates frequently ...19C Brit. sl.
• LECH a lecher; a lewd man ...1943 sl.
• LECHERER † a lecher ...c1380
• LEG-LIFTER a lecher; a male fornicator ...18C Brit. sl.
• LETCH a lecher; a lewd man ...1943 sl.
• LETCHER a lewd man; a habitual fornicator; a lecher ...12C
• LEWDSBY † a lewd or lecherous person ...1594
• MAKE-OUT ARTIST a seducer; a lecher ...M20 US sl.
• MR. HORNER a lecher, a whoremonger ...19C Brit. sl.
• OLD GOAT a lecherous (older) man ...1675 sl.
• PALLIARD † a professional beggar or vagabond (who sleeps on the straw in barns and outhouses); hence, a low or dissolute knave; a lewd fellow, a lecher, a debauchee ...1484
• PALLYARD † a professional beggar or vagabond (who sleeps on the straw in barns and outhouses); hence, a low or dissolute knave; a lewd fellow, a lecher, a debauchee ...1484
• PAP a lecher; a whoremonger ...M20 US sl.
• PARISH-BULL a lecher; a notorious local whoremonger ...19C Brit. sl.
• PARISH-PRIG a lecher; a notorious local whoremonger ...19C Brit. sl.
• PARISH-STALLION a lecher; a notorious local whoremonger ...19C Brit. sl.
• RIDER a sexually aroused male; a lecher or whoremonger ...18C Brit. sl.
• RIFLE-MAN a lecher; a whoremonger ...19C Brit. sl.
• ROUNDER a whoremonger; a lecher ...19C Brit. sl.
• SKIN-DOG a lecher ...M20 Can. sl.
• SMOCKSTER a whoremonger; a lecher ...17C Brit. sl.
• SNUFFLER a degenerate old lecher ...E18 sl.
• SPORT a lecher ... 20C sl.
• STRINGER a whoremonger; a lecher; a wencher ...1611 sl.
• TOWN BULL a lecherous male ...16C colloq.
• TOWN RAKE a lecher; a whoremonger ...17C colloq.
• TOWN STALLION a lecher; a whoremonger ...17C colloq.
• TUMMY-TICKLER a lecher; a whoremonger ...19C Brit. sl.
• VAGABOND a lecherous old man...20C W. Indies sl.
• WOMANIZER a lecher; a woman-chaser; a male flirt or seducer of women; a whoremonger ...L19
LECHER - verbs
• LECHER † to play the lecher ...1382
• SMOCK to chase women; to act as a lecher ...18C Brit. sl.
LECHEROUS - adjectives
• BREACHY lecherous; immoral; inclined to disregard prevailing moral constraints ...1929 Amer. dial.
• BREECHY lecherous; immoral; inclined to disregard prevailing moral constraints ...1929 Amer. dial.
• CONCUPISCENTIOUS † lecherous, lustful, libidinous, sensual ...a1555
• CONCUPISCIBLE worthy to be longed for or lusted after; that may be desired; eagerly desirous; lecherous, libidinous, lustful, sensual ...1398
• CUNNY-HAUNTED lecherous; sex-obsessed ...18C colloq.
• FOND OF MEAT amorous in general; sexually active; lecherous ...19C Brit. sl.
• GOATISH lecherous ...E16
• HORN-MAD feeling sexual desire, lecherous, lustful ...1893 sl.
• HORNY sexually excited; also, lecherous, lustful ...1826 Amer. sl.
• LECHER † lecherous, also, base, vile ...c1250
• LICKERISH lewd; lustful, lecherous ...17C
• LICKERISH ALL SORTS strongly sexed, lecherous ...c1925 Brit. sl.
• LIQUORISH lustful, lecherous ...arch.
• PULTROUS † lustful, lascivious, lecherous ...1788 Sc.
• RAMBY wild, furious, lecherous ...1908 Amer. dial.
• RAMMY wild, furious, lecherous ...1973 Amer. dial.
• RANDY sexually aroused; feeling lecherous ...1785 UK sl.
• SALACIOUS lustful, lecherous; sexually wanton ...1661
• SALT † of persons: lecherous; salacious; hence, of desire, inordinate ...1598
• TENTIGINOUS † lascivious, lustful; exciting to lust, itching, lecherous ...1616
LECHEROUSLY - adverbs
• LECHERLIKE † lecherously ...c1250
• LECHERLY † lecherously ...c1400
LECHEROUSNESS, LECHERY - nouns
• CARNALITY lechery, lust, and lewdness ...E15
• LECHERHED † lechery ...c1250
• LECHERNESS † lechery ...c1400
• NOSE-PAINTING lechery; whoremongering ...Shakespeare usage
• PALLIARDISE lewdness, fornication, lechery ...1591 obs.
• PALLIARDRY † roguery, knavery; lechery, fornication ...1513
• PALLIARDY † roguery, knavery; lechery, fornication ...c1560
• SALACITY lustfulness, lecherousness, sexual wantonness ...1605
LECTURE - adjectives
• LECTURAL † of the nature of a lecture ...1657
LECTURE - nouns
• DISH OF RAILS a lecture or scolding, esp. from a married woman to her husband ...L18 sl.
• EARBASH a conversation; an unwanted lecture; a tirade ...1944 Aust. sl.
• JAW cheeky or impudent talk; also, a talk, a speech, a lecture, an address ...1748
• JAWBATION a long and tedious harangue; a severe lecture or reprimand; a tedious rebuke or reproof; a scolding ...1840 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• JOBATION a rebuke, a reproof, especially one of a lengthy and tedious character; a prolonged scolding, a lecture; also, a long discussion ..1687 colloq.
• LECTION †* a professional or tutorial lecture ...1563-7
• LECTURETTE a short lecture ...1867
• LESSON † a public reading; a lecture; also, a course of lectures ...c1340
• ORDINARY †. a lecture read at regular or stated times ...1432-50
• PI-JAW a moralizing lecture or exhortation, esp. one given to children by a teacher or parent ...1891 arch.sl.
• RAP a rebuke or reprimand; a lecture; blame, responsibility ...1777 sl.
• RAZZ a good talking-to; an harangue, esp. by a master to a boy ...20C Eton sl.
LECTURE, LECTURER - nouns, person
• LECTOR a reader; a 'reader' or lecturer in a college or university ...1563-7
• LECTRESS a female reader ...1867 nonce word
• LECTURESS a female lecturer ...1825
• OLD BITCH a woman who lectures ...1935 tramps' sl.
• OLD MARE a woman who lectures ...1935 tramps' sl.
LECTURE - verbs
• EARWIG to lecture, to sermonize ...M19 sl.
• JAW to address censoriously or abusively; to scold or lecture a person ...1810
• LECTURIZE †* to deliver lectures; to 'hold forth' ...1643
• PI-JAW to give a moralizing lecture to ...L19 arch. sl.
LEDGE - adjectives
• SKELVY full of shelves or ledges ...1787 Sc.
LEDGER - nouns
• OLIVER a deliberately incorrect entry in a ledger ...1930s rhyming sl. (Oliver Twist - use of the fist to write)
• OLIVER TWIST a deliberately incorrect entry in a ledger ...1930s rhyming sl. (use of the fist to write)
LEECH - nouns
• BLACK-DOCTOR a leech ...Bk1911 Sc.
• GALLEY a leech ...Bk1900 Sc.
• LINCH a leech ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SANGSUE a leech ...a1849
• SANGUISUGE † a leech ...1575
LEER - adverbs
• BAGGINGLY † with a side glance, with a leer or ogle ...c1400
LEER - verbs
• BAGGE †* to look askew or obliquely; to leer, to ogle, to glance aside ...1369
• OAGLE to look at invitingly or amorously; to leer ...L17 sl.
• OGLE to look at invitingly or amorously; to leer ...L17 sl.
• UNCLE MERV of a man: to ogle, to leer ...1990s Aust. rhyming sl. for 'perv'
LEERY - adjectives
• LARY shy, distrustful, leery ...1906 Amer. dial.
LEES - nouns
• FECULENCE feculent matter; dregs, lees, dross, scum; also, filth ...a1648
• GROUT sediment, dregs, lees ...1697
• HILDING the sediment of beer, lees, dregs: usually plural ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• LAGS † what remains in a vessel after the liquor is drawn off; dregs, lees ...1500s
LEFT - adjectives
• LARBOARD left ...1781 humorous usage
• LEFTWISE * toward the left ...1860
• NEAR on the left side ...1823 colloq.
• SINISTER 1. situated on the left side of the body ...c1475
2. lying on or towards the left hand ...1483
3. directed to the left; characterized by moving towards the left ...1615 rare
• SINISTRAL situated on the left side of the body; pert. to the left hand or side ...1803
• SINISTRINE left ...1791
• SINISTRORSE moving or going towards the left ...1891
• SINISTROUS † pert. to or situated on the left hand or side ...1646
LEFT - adverbs
• SINISTRAD * to or towards the left side ...1803
• SINISTRALLY towards the left ...1847
• SINISTROUSLY with a tendency to use the left hand in preference to the right; with the left hand ...1646
LEFT - nouns
• HEART-SIDE † the left side ...1580
• SINISTERITY * use of the left hand; skill in this ...1877
LEFT - phrases
• ON YOUR LEFT RAISE on your left-hand side ...1940s US Black sl.
LEFT-HANDED - adjectives
• BALACK-HANDED left-handed ...1888 Eng. dial.
• BALLOCKY left-handed ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BALLOCKY-HANDED left-handed ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CACK-HANDED left-handed; clumsy, awkward, inept ...1854 Eng. dial. or colloq.
• CACKY-HANDED left-handed ...1900s Aust. sl.
• CAG-HANDED left-handed; clumsy, awkward ...1859 Eng. dial.
• CAUDGE-PAWED left-handed ...M17 Eng. dial. & colloq.
• CLICK-HANDED left-handed ...1868 Eng. dial.
• FLUG-FISTED left-handed ...19C N. Ireland
• GALLACK-HANDED left-handed; awkward, clumsy ...1796 Eng. dial.
• GALLIC-HANDED left-handed; awkward, clumsy ...1796 Eng. dial.
• GALLIT left-handed ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GALLOCKY left-handed; awkward, clumsy ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GAUK-HANDED left -handed ...1855 Eng. dial.
• GAWK-HANDED left -handed ...1855 Eng. dial.
• KACK-HANDED left-handed, clumsy ...colloq.
• KATY-HANDED left-handed ...1822 Sc.
• KAY-FISTED left-handed ...1611 Eng. dial.
• KAY-NIEVED left-handed ...1865 Eng. dial.
• KAY-PAWED left-handed ...1887 Eng. dial.
• KECK-FISTED left-handed; clumsy, awkward ...Bk1901 Eng. dial.
• KECK-HANDED left-handed; awkward, clumsy ...1859 Eng. dial.
• KEFTY-HANDED left-handed ...1875 Eng. dial.
• KEY-FISTED left-handed ...1611 Eng. dial.
• KEY-NIEVED left-handed ...1865 Eng. dial.
• KEY-PAWED left-handed ...1887 Eng. dial.
• LEFTY left-handed ...1885 colloq.
• MARLBOROUGH-HANDED left-handed ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAULDY left-handed ...1910s Aust. sl.
• SCATCH-PAWED † left-handed ...1814 Eng. dial.
• SCOOCHY-PAWED left-handed; awkward ...1867 Eng. dial.
• SINISTER-HANDED † left-handed; hence, unlucky, unfortunate ...1817 rare or obs.
• SINISTRAL of persons: left-handed ...1904
• SINISTROUS † adj. left-handed; slow ...1682
• WATTY left-handed ...B1900 Eng. dial.
LEFT-HANDED - adverbs
• AWKLY † in the wrong direction, backhanded or left-handed wise; hence, sinisterly, unluckily ...c1440
LEFT-HANDED - nouns, person
• CACK a left-handed person ...1960s sl.
• CLOOTIE a left-handed person ...19C Ireland
• GALLIT a left-handed person ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• LEFTIE a left-handed person ...1886 colloq.
• LEFTY a left-handed person ...1886 colloq.
• MOLLY-DOOK a left-handed person ...1941 Aust. sl.
• MOLLY-DOOKER a left-handed person ...1934 Aust. sl.
• MOLLY-DUKE a left-handed person ...1941 Aust. sl.
• SIDE-WHEELER a left-handed person ...20C US sl., orig. baseball usage
• SKIBBY a left-handed person ...B1900 Sc.
LEFT OVER - nouns
• OFF-FALL a dropping; a scrap fallen off; a bit of waste, something left over ...1882 Sc. & Amer. dial.
• OFF-FALLING † a scrap; anything cast off and thrown on one side; something left over; a perquisite ...1660 Sc.
• OLD MAID a leftover item ...1982 US sl.
• TITTYNOPE a small quantity of anything left over; it was especially applied to a small handful of corn left over in gleaning ...B1900 Eng. dial.
LEFTOVERS - adjectives
• PICKED-UP of a meal: consisting of leftovers ...1771 Amer. dial.
• PICK-UP of a meal: consisting of leftovers ...1848 Amer. dial.
LEFTOVERS - nouns
• BANIAN-DAY a day when little or no food is to be had, or when the scraps remaining from the previous days are consumed ...1851 Eng. dial.
• BREAKINGS the remains of a feast, broken meats ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BROKEN ARMS leftover food ...1954 Amer. dial.
• BROKEN VICTUALS leftovers, food remaining from a meal ...1861 Amer. dial.
• LEAVE-OVERS leftovers ...1986 Amer. dial.
• LEFTMENTS leftovers ...1928 Amer. dial.
• PLANNED-OVERS intentional leftovers ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SATURDAY PIE pastry, esp. when covering the week's collected leftovers ...L19
• SCRAN food, esp. various bits of food, leftovers, broken victuals, etc. thrown together for an impromptu meal, or a meal taken onto their job by a labourer ...E18 sl.
• SCRAND food, esp. various bits of food, leftovers, broken victuals, etc. thrown together for an impromptu meal, or a meal taken onto their job by a labourer ...E18 sl.
LEFT-SIDED - nouns
• MANCINISM * the state or condition of being left-sided ...1890
LEFTWARD - adverbs
• LEFTSOMES †* in a leftward direction, leftwards ...1398
LEFTWARD - nouns
• SINISTRATION * a moving or turning leftwards ...1891