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SCREAM - SECRETLY
SCREAM - nouns
• EER a piercing scream, as that uttered under the influence of terror ...1866 Sc.
• QUAICH a wild scream, a screech ...1866 Sc.
• SCRAME a scream ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRAWK a scream ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCREAK a shriek, a scream ...a1820 Amer. dial.
• SCREEK a shriek, a scream ...1790 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
• SCREEL a shriek, a scream ...1894 Eng. dial.
• SKELLOCH a shrill cry; a scream, a shriek ...1808 Sc.
• SKELLOCK a shrill cry; a scream, a shriek ...1808 Sc.
• SKIRL a shrill cry, a shriek, a scream; shrill talk ...1513 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SKREEL a shriek, a scream ...1894 Eng. dial.
• SKREIGH a shriek or screech; a loud shrill cry or scream ...1549 Sc.
• SKRIEK a shriek, a scream ...1790 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
• WALLACH a scream, a howl, a wail ...Bk1905 Sc.
• YARM † a discordant, disagreeable sound or outcry; a scream, a yell ...a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
SCREAM - nouns, person
• SCRAIGHER one who screams, or makes a loud, discordant sound ...1824 Sc.
SCREAM - verbs
• EER to squeak as a pig; to scream, to shriek, to bawl out ...1825 Sc.
• MAL to shout, to scream ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUAICH to scream wildly, to shriek ...1866 Sc.
• RAME † to shout, to cry aloud; to scream ...c1470
• REEK to shout, to scream, to shriek ...1856 Eng. dial.
• SCRAWK to make a harsh, grating noise; to squeak; to scream. to shriek ...1880 Eng. dial.
• SCREAK to shriek, to screech, to scream ...1860 Amer. dial.
• SCREE to scream ...1868 Eng. dial.
• SCREED † to cry, to scream; to produce any sharp sound; to move up and down so as to produce a sound, as a fiddle-bow over the strings ...1706 Sc.
• SCREEK to shriek, to scream, to screech ...1826 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
• SCREET to screech, to scream; to make a shrill sound ...1892 Eng. dial.
• SCREIGH to shriek, to scream, esp. used of birds; to neigh; to make a harsh, grating sound ...1685 Sc. & N. Ireland
• SCRIVE to shriek, to scream ...BK1904 Eng. dial.
• SKIRL to scream, to shriek, to cry out shrilly ...c1400 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SKREAK to shriek, to screech, to scream ...1860 Amer. dial.
• SKREEK to shriek, to screech, to scream ...1826 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
• YAP of a child: to cry shrilly, to scream, to whimper ...1825 Sc.
• YARM † to utter a discordant or mournful cry; to shriek, to scream, to yell, to howl, to wail ...c1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• YAUL to howl; to bawl, to shout; to scream harshly; to weep ...1844 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YAWL † to call aloud, to shout, to bawl, to scream, to vociferate ...1542 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• YELLOCH to scream; to yell; to bawl ...1773 Sc.
SCREAMING - adjectives
• SKIRLING shrieking, screaming, crying or sounding shrilly ...1785
• YAUPY given to screaming or bawling ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
SCREAMING - nouns
• SKIRLING shrieking, screaming, shrill crying ...1820
• YELLY-HOOING yelling, screaming ...1890 Sc.
SCREAMING - nouns, person
• SCALLIBRAT a noisy, screaming child; a scold, a virago ...1889 Eng. dial.
• SCRAIGHTON † a person fond of screaming ...1824 Sc.
SCREECH - nouns
• QUAICH a wild scream, a screech ...1866 Sc.
• QUAWK a screech; a quack; a caw; a squawk ...1899 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• SHRITCH † a screech, a shriek ...1470-85
• SKREIGH a shriek or screech; a loud shrill cry or scream ...1549 Sc.
SCREECH - verbs
• QUARK to caw; to screech as a bird; to call out loudly but inarticulately ...1820 Eng. dial.
• QUAWK to caw; to screech as a bird; to call out loudly but inarticulately ...1820 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• QUORK to caw; to screech as a bird; to call out loudly but inarticulately ...1820 Eng. dial.
• SCREAK to shriek, to screech, to scream ...1860 Amer. dial.
• SCREEK to shriek, to scream, to screech ...1826 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
• SCREET to screech, to scream; to make a shrill sound ...1892 Eng. dial.
• SCRITCH to screech ...1892 Amer. dial.
• SCROINOCH to shout, to screech, to yell; to make a noisy disturbance ...1820 Sc.
• SHRITCH † to shriek, to screech ...a1250 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SKREAK to shriek, to screech, to scream ...1860 Amer. dial.
• SKREEK to shriek, to screech, to scream ...1826 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
• SKREIGH to screech or shriek; to utter a loud shrill cry; to make a screeching noise ...1715 Sc.
SCREECHING - adjectives
• SCREIGH shrill, screeching ...1869 Sc.
SCREECHY - adjectives
• SCRITCHY screechy ...1959 Amer. dial.
SCREEN - nouns
• VELUM † a screen or protection ...1781
SCREEN - verbs
• SCONCE † to shelter, to protect, to screen ...1724 Sc.
• SKONCE † to shelter, to protect, to screen ...1724 Sc.
SCREENPLAY - nouns
• BABY in the film industry: a screenplay ...1994 US sl.
SCREW - nouns
• MASH the thread of a screw ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
SCREWDRIVER - nouns
• TOMMY a spanner; a screwdriver ...1881
SCRIBBLE - adjectives
• SCRIBBLE-SCRABBLE † covered with scribble ...1702
SCRIBBLE, SCRIBBLING - nouns
• BAFFEL a carelessly written letter, a scribble ...1749 Sc.
• SCRAWM a scratch, scribble, scrawl; bad writing ...1892 Eng. dial.
• SCRABBLE a scribbling ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRIBBLE-SCRABBLE a scribble; hasty or careless writing ...1838
SCRIBBLE - verbs
• SCRABBLE to scribble, to scrawl ...1889 Eng. dial.
• SCRAWM to scratch; to make irregular marks upon the surface of anything; to scribble, to scrawl ...1897 Eng. dial.
• SCRIBBLE-SCRABBLE to scribble ...1860
• SCRIBBLE-SCRALL to scribble, to write badly ...1901 Eng. dial.
• SCROBBLE to scribble, to scrawl ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
SCRIBBLER - nouns, person
• SCRAWMER a scribbler; a bad penman ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRIBBLE-SCRABBLE † a scribbler ...1665
SCRIBBLING - adverbs
• SCRIBBLE-SCRABBLE † in a scribbling manner ...1589
SCRIBBLING - nouns
• SCRIBBLE-SCROBBLE scribbling ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCROBBLE a scribbling; a scrawl ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
SCRIMMAGE - nouns
• BICKER a stone fight; a scrimmage ...Bk1911 Sc.
• MILL a boys' fight; a scrimmage ...Bk1905 Sc.
SCRIPTURE - nouns, person
• FUNDI a believer in the literal truth of Scripture ...1982 sl.
• FUNDIE a believer in the literal truth of Scripture ...1982 sl.
• FUNDY a believer in the literal truth of Scripture ...1982 sl.
SCROUNGE, SCROUNGING - nouns
• MUMPING a scrounging, soliciting favours, begging ...17C Brit. sl.
SCROUNGE - verbs
• BLUDGE to borrow money, etc.; to cadge or scrounge ...1944 Aust. & NZ sl.
• CADGE orig. to wander the country as a beggar; thence to beg or go about begging; to wheedle something from someone; to scrounge money, etc. ...L18 sl.
• FAUCH to scrounge ...1916 Sc.
• HOT-STUFF to steal or scrounge ...1914 services' sl.
• NEEDLE to scrounge ...L19 Irish sl.
• PONCE OFF to cadge or scrounge money ...1937 sl.
• PONCE ON to cadge or scrounge money ...1937 sl.
• RABBIT to steal; to borrow or scrounge something...c1920 sl.
• SCAV to scavenge; to scrounge ...2001 UK sl.
• SCAFF to scrounge, to go about looking for food or anything else that may be picked up ...1827 Sc.
SCROUNGED - adjectives
• CHERCHED scrounged, obtained ...Amer. World War I sl.
SCROUNGER, SCROUNGING - nouns, person
• CADGER a beggar, a tramp, a scrounger, a loafer, a petty thief ...1737 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DEADBEAT a cadger or sponger; a penniless scrounger; a loafer; a worthless idler; one who will not or cannot pay debts ...1871 Amer. sl.
• EAR-LUGGER a cadger, a scrounger ...20C Aust. sl.
• HUMMER a scrounger ...E20 Aust. colloq.
• MIKER a loafer, a scrounger ...L19 sl.
• MUMP a beggar, a scrounger ...E18 sl.
• MUMPER a genteel beggar, a scrounger ...1674 UK criminals' sl.
• SCADGE a mean, scrounging person; one who curries favour ...1896 Sc.
• SCAMBLER † a parasite, a sponger, one who scrounges his meals from others ...1721 Sc.
SCROUNGING - adjectives
• ON THE BOW free; scrounging ...1938 UK sl.
• ON THE CADGE on the tramp, begging, scrounging ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
SCRUB - verbs
• BOUNDER to scrub or wash the body thoroughly ...1895 Amer. dial.
• FAUCH to scratch, to claw, to rub; to scrub hard ...1923 Sc.
• SCODGY to act as a drudge; to clean, to scrub ...1898 Sc.
• SCRIMGE to rub or scrub vigorously; to beat severely ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCURRIFUNGE to scrub, to scour ...1789 Eng. dial.
SCRUFFY - adjectives
• SCAWT scruffy, mean, contemptible, scanty, niggling; short of due measure ...c1715 Sc.
• WAFF of appearance: suspicious-looking; hangdog, scruffy ...1824 Sc.
SCRUFFY - nouns, person
• BAG OF SHIT TIED UP WITH STRING a clumsy, shapeless, or scruffy person ...1984 UK sl.
• SCRAG a scrawny or scruffy-looking person or animal; a term of derogation for a person ...1845 Amer. dial.
• SCRUFFBAG a scruffy person ...1920s sl.
SCRUMPTIOUS - adjectives
• LUMPSHIOUS delicious, scrumptious ...1914 Amer. dial.
• SCRUMBOTIOUS scrumptious ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
SCRUPLE - nouns
• AUNTER a pretense, needless scruple, excuse, hesitation ...1703 Eng. dial.
• BOGGLE a fright, fear, scruple ...Bk1911 Sc.
• MOTT THE HOOPLE a scruple ...2004 UK rhyming sl.
• SAUNTER a foolish scruple, an excuse, a shilly-shally ...1837 Sc.
• WHIPPER-TOOTIES silly scruples about doing anything; frivolous difficulties ...B1900 Sc.
SCRUPLES - verbs
• MAKE NO KNOBS to act immediately, to resist one's scruples ...L17 sl.
SCRUPULOUS - adjectives
• NESH dainty, fastidious, squeamish; scrupulous ...1839 Eng. dial.
• TEDIOUS careful, scrupulous, particular ...1874 Eng. dial.
• TENDER † circumspect, careful, considerate; scrupulous ...1709-31 Sc.
SCRUPULOUSNESS - nouns
• TENDERNESS † consideration, regard; scrupulousness ...1818 Sc.
SCRUTINIZE - verbs
• CASE to watch; to observe; to scrutinize ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
• EAGLE-EYE to observe and evaluate closely; to scrutinize ...1964 Amer. sl.
• PENNY to observe, to scrutinize ...1990s W. Indies sl.
• PERSCRUTE †* to scrutinize thoroughly; to make a thorough search or inquiry; to investigate ...a1545
• QUOTE † to make mental note of; to notice, to observe, to mark, to scrutinize ...1588
• SCANCE to look at, to examine, to analyze metrically; to give a critical or appraising look at; to scrutinize ...1825 Sc.
• SCRUTE †* to scrutinize ...1536
• SCRUTINATE †* to scrutinize, to examine, to investigate ...a1734
• SIFT to examine closely into; to scrutinize narrowly so as to find out the truth ...1573
• VIZZY to look at closely, to view closely; to inspect, to examine, to scrutinize ...1724 Sc.
SCRUTINIZING - adjectives
• EAGLE-EYED scrutinizing, paying close attention, watching ...20C colloq.
SCRUTINY - nouns
• CASES observation; scrutiny; also, an ultimate, a finality, the last of a series of things or actions ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
• SCANCE a glance, a quick appraising look, a brief scrutiny, a cursory survey or review of persons or affairs ...1787 Sc.
• UP-AND-DOWN, THE a look, scrutiny ...1910s sl.
• VIZZY a look, a sight, a glimpse, a scrutinizing gaze; scrutiny, survey ...1700 Sc.
SCUFFLE - adjectives
• IN MANGLE † in a confused fight, skirmish, or scuffle ...a1300
SCUFFLE - nouns
• HANTLE a tussle, a hand to hand fight; a scuffle; as much as one can manage ...1868 Eng. dial.
• RAMMY a general fight; a brawl; a scuffle; a violent disturbance or commotion; a noisy argument; a row; a bustling crowd ...1935 Sc. sl.
• RAMP a romp, a scuffle; a boisterous struggle ...1818 Sc.
• SCASHLE a squabble, a wrangle; a scuffle ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SKASHLE a squabble, a wrangle; a scuffle ...Bk1904 Sc.
• VELITATION * a slight or preliminary engagement with an enemy; a skirmish; a fight or scuffle ...1616
SCUFFLE - verbs
• FALL TOGETHER BY THE EARS † said of animals fighting; hence of persons: to engage in a fight or scuffle; to fight and scratch each other; to contend in strife; to be at variance, to quarrel ...1539
• PULL CAPS to wrangle in an unseemly way; to scuffle, to quarrel; said only of women ...1763 colloq.
SCUFFLING - nouns
• SCASH a waddling, shuffling gait; a scuffling with the feet ...1866 Sc.
SCULLION - nouns, person
• BACKHOUSE-BOY a boy employed to do scullery work ...1863 Eng. dial.
• KITCHEN-KNAVE † a scullion
• MARMITON a kitchen scullion ...1754
SCULPTOR - nouns, person
• IMAGER † a maker of images; a sculptor, a carver ...a1300
SCULPTURE - verbs
• SCART to write, esp. to write indistinctly; to make any kind of mark on paper; to draw; to sculpture ...1814 Sc.
SCUM - nouns
• FECULENCE feculent matter; dregs, lees, dross, scum; also, filth ...a1648
• IME soot; a thin scum or coating deposited on a surface ...1892 Sc.
• IMIN a thin scum or covering ...1893 Eng. dial.
• KEAM the scum or froth which rises upon any liquid ...1777 Eng. dial.
• MANTLE † n. the green vegetable coating on standing water ...1605
• OFFSCUM scum, dross, refuse ...1579
• QUINKINS dregs or leavings of any kind; scum of a liquid; charred traces of food which have stuck to the saucepan; a fry-up after the killing of a pig; tidbits of any kind ...1825 Sc.
• SCAUF scurf, scum ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRAM scum, refuse ...1888 Eng. dial.
• SCRUFF scum, dregs ...1929 Amer. dial.
• SILTS † dregs, refuse, scum ...1635
• SKIM † scum, the impurities that collect on the surface of a boiling liquid ...1539 obs. exc. Amer. dial.
• SKINNINGS frothy residue skimmed from a boiling liquid; scum ...1986 Amer. dial.
SCUM - verbs
• MANTLE of liquids: to be or become covered with a coating or scum ...1626
SCURF - nouns
• RHUME scurf on the scalp of the head ...1876 Eng. dial.
• SCAUF scurf, scum ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRUFF scurf, dandruff ...1899 Amer. dial.
• SKILFERS †* scurf; dandruff ...1599
SCURFINESS - nouns
• SKALFERING † scurfiness ...1561
SCURFY - adjectives
• SKALFERING † scurfy ...1561
SCURRILITY - nouns
• HARLOTRY † buffoonery, jesting; ribaldry, scurrility, scurrilous talk; obscene talk or behaviour ...c1325
• OPPROBRIOUSNESS abusive quality; reproachfulness, scurrility ...c1540
SCURRILOUS - adjectives
• RABULOUS †* scurrilous ...1538
• THERSITICAL * foul-mouthed, scurrilous, grossly abusive ...1650
• VERNACULOUS † low-bred, scurrilous ...1605
SCURRILOUS - nouns
• DIRT filth, obscenity, scurrilous information or gossip ...1926 sl.
SCURRY - nouns
• SCOUVER confusion, scurry, disturbance ...1860 Eng. dial.
• SKOUVER confusion, scurry, disturbance ...1860 Eng. dial.
SCURRY - verbs
• SCARTLE to scrape together in little bits; to make little scratching movements; to scurry; to accumulate in small amounts; to scrape money together ...1825 Sc.
• SKELTER to dash along, to hurry, to rush, to scurry ...1852
• SKIRRY to scurry ...1869
• SKIVER to scatter, to scurry ...1881 Amer. dial.
• SKIVER AROUND to scatter, to scurry ...1942 Amer. dial.
SCURVY - nouns, person
• SCART a contemptible, good-for-nothing, scurvy fellow; a mean, niggardly person ...1825 Sc.
SCYTHE - adjectives
• FALCIFEROUS † carrying a sickle; scythe-bearing ...1656
SCYTHE - nouns
• BAT the long handle or staff of a scythe ...1793 Eng. dial.
• LEA a scythe ...1483 N. Eng. dial.
• MAN-KILLER an implement that is exhausting to use, as a scythe ...1876 Amer. dial.
• MOWING-BLADE a scythe ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
SEA - adjectives (also see OCEAN)
• AT LARGE * in the open sea ...1643
• BATHYBIAL belonging to or living in the deepest parts of the sea ...1876
• BIMARICAL † belonging to two seas ...1692
• BOISTOUS † of the wind, sea, weather: rough and violent; boisterous ...1470
• BRIME of the sea: to be phosphorescent ...1893
• FEATHER WHITE of the sea: turbulent, frothy, full of whitecaps ...1924 Amer. dial.
• GLASSYASS used to describe an absolute calm at sea ...1975 Amer. dial.
• HALIMOUS belonging to the sea; marine, maritime ...1854
• MARICOLOUS inhabiting the sea ...B1900
• MARIGENOUS produced in or by the sea ...1599
• MARINAL † pert. to the sea ...1614
• MARINE-SET † placed on the sea-coast ...1632
• MARITIMAL † maritime, on the sea ...1586
• NEPTUNEAN * pert. to the sea ...1852
• NEPTUNIAN * pert. to the sea ...1656
• OCEANINE †* belonging to the ocean or main sea ...1656
• PECKY of the sea: choppy ...c1860 colloq.
• PELAGIOUS † pertaining to the open or high sea, as distinguished from the shallow water near the coast ...1661
• PICKETTY of the sea: choppy ...1968 Amer. dial.
• RALLIACH of the sea: choppy, showing signs of an approaching storm ...c1850
• SALSIPOTENT †* ruling the sea ...1575
• TARPAULIN * pert to a mariner or sailor; sea-bred ...1647
• THALASSOPHILOUS fond of the sea; living in the sea ...1891
• ULTRAMARINE * situated beyond the sea ...1652
• WALLIE † of the sea: tempestuous ...1501 Sc.
• WALLING † of the sea, waves: boiling up, raging; of water: welling up, flowing abundantly ...a1300
• WALLOW of the sea, waves: to roll, to surge, to heave, to toss ...1362
• WALLY † of the sea: tempestuous ...1501 Sc.
SEA - nouns
• BAMS phosphorescence on the sea ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BING the sea beach ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLUE WATER the deep sea, the open sea ...1834
• BOMMIE a bombora ( an area of large sea waves breaking over a shallow area such as a submerged rock shelf, reef, or sand bank that is located some distance from the shoreline and beach surf break) ...Aust. sl.
• BOMMY a bombora ( see BOMMIE) ...Aust. sl.
• BRABBLE a ruffle on the surface of the sea; a short swell ...19C Eng. dial.
• BRINEY the sea ...US Civil War usage
• BRINY, THE the ocean, the sea ...1865 colloq.
• CALF-SKINS the sea ruffled by the wind in occasional spots ...Bk1898 Sc.
• DAMP POT the sea, esp. the Atlantic ...c1855 tailors' sl.
• DAVID JONES the spirit of the sea ...c1750 nautical usage
• DAVY the spirit of the sea; the sailors' devil; the demon of the sea; hence the bottom of the sea; a watery grave; death in general ...1790 nautical sl.
• DAVY JONES the spirit of the sea; the sailors' devil; the demon of the sea; hence the bottom of the sea; a watery grave; death in general ...1751 nautical sl.
• DAVY JONES'S CHEST-LID a watery grave; thus death in general ...18C nautical usage
• DAVY JONES'S DOCK-YARD a watery grave; thus death in general ...18C nautical usage
• DAVY JONES'S LOCKER the bottom of the sea, esp. as regarded as the grave of those who perish at sea ...1774 nautical usage
• DAVY'S LOCKER the bottom of the sea, esp. as regarded as the grave of those who perish at sea ...1802 nautical usage
• DIE the sea swell ...Bk1900 Sc.
• DITCH the sea, esp. the English Channel or North Sea ...1910s sl.
• FOAM a poetic word for the sea
• HAAF in Shetland and Orkney: the deep or main sea; now used only in connection with deep-sea fishing; hence, the part of the deep-sea frequented by fishermen; deep-sea fishing ground or station ...1775
• HACK broken water, a choppy sea; a stiff or contrary wind which causes the sea to rise ...1908 Sc.
• HAGGER a choppy sea, accompanied by wind and rain ...1920 Sc.
• HALIOGRAPHY † a description of the sea ...1656
• HEAP-FLOOD a heavy sea ...1583
• JABBLE a ripple on the surface of water; a choppy sea, esp. that caused by meeting of tide and wind from opposite directions ...1824 Sc.
• KAI the sea; salt water ...1938 Hawaii
• LAG water; the sea ...M16 sl.
• LAMP-O'-THE-WATTER phosphorescence upon the sea ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LAVE * the sea ...1825
• MAIN the high sea, the open ocean ...1579, now poetic
• MAIN FLOOD † high water; a large or full-flowing body of water; the ocean or 'main sea', the high sea ...c1303
• MAIN SEA the high sea ...1526 arch.
• MALACE †* a calm at sea ...1623
• MAR-FIRE the luminous appearance of the sea at night ...1887 Eng. dial.
• MARINE † the sea coast or shore; a promenade by the sea; also, the country or district in immediate proximity to the coast ...a1300
• MARINORAMA * a panoramic representation of sea views ...1847
• MALACE †* a calm at sea ...1623
• MARITIME † the sea-coast; a country or region adjoining the sea ...1591
• MER-FIRE the luminous appearance of the sea at night ...1887 Eng. dial.
• MID-WATER the middle of a stream or of the sea ...Bk1905 Sc.
• NARG hard, slow, laborious work, as in rowing; a strong contrary wind at sea, causing turbulence and commotion; a dangerous or troublesome sea ...1903 Sc.
• NAVY †* the dominion of the sea ...1422
• NEPTUNE the sea or ocean ...c1385
• OFFING the more distant part of the sea seen from the shore, beyond the anchoring ground ...1627 nautical
• OLD DAVY the spirit of the sea ...c1750 nautical
• OLD SALTY the ocean ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• POND, THE the Atlantic Ocean ...US Civil War usage
• RACE a strong current in the sea or a river ...1375
• RACK the restless, driving movement of the waves; sea-foam ...1822 Sc.
• REAMING-CALM a calm with the sea smooth and oily as cream ...1901 Sc. (ream = cream)
• RIDE the swell or current of the sea ...1892 Sc.
• RIVER LEA the sea ...Bk1903 rhyming sl.
• ROSMARINE †* dew from the sea, sea-spray ...1616
• SAB the noise made by a gust of wind or by the rise and fall of the sea ...1820 Sc.
• SAFER a sea voyage ...1855 Eng. dial.
• SALT the sea ...1892 Sc.
• SALT WATER the sea; hence a jocular form of address to a sailor ...1839
• SEALUNGS the froth of the sea ...1640
• SEA POUCE an inlet of the sea, esp. an artificial channel connecting a body of water with the sea ...1650 Amer. dial.
• SEA PURSE an inlet of the sea, esp. an artificial channel connecting a body of water with the sea ...1650 Amer. dial.
• SEA PUSS an inlet of the sea, esp. an artificial channel connecting a body of water with the sea ...1650 Amer. dial.
• SEAPOOSE an inlet of the sea, esp. an artificial channel connecting a body of water with the sea ...1650 Amer. dial.
• SEA-RIM the sea horizon ...a1881
• SEPOOSE an inlet of the sea, esp. an artificial channel connecting a body of water with the sea ...1650 Amer. dial.
• SONG OF THE SEA the noise made by the sea breaking on the shore ...1866 Sc.
• SPLASH any form of water, eg. a river, a lake, a sea, a bath ...1940s US Black sl.
• SUFF † the inrush of the sea towards the shore ...1599
• SUGAR-LOAF SEA high turbulent waves with little wind ...1852
• SULK †* a hollow or trough of the sea ...1578
• TIDE the water of the sea; the sea, esp. when the tide is flowing ...1791 poetical
• UNDER-BOD the swelling of the sea under a floating object ...Bk1905 Sc.
• VADDLE a sea-pool that empties and fills as the tide ebbs and flows ...1822 Sc.
• WALLER of the sea: to surge, to heave ...1836 Sc.
• WALLOW the roll or swell of the sea ...1868 poetic
• WALTER † the rolling of the sea in a storm ...c1400
• WATERY CAMP † the surface of the sea ...1598
SEA - nouns, person
• HALIOGRAPHER † a describer of the sea ...1727
• MARITIME †* a person living near the sea ...1655
• SUBTERMARINE one who works under the sea ...1891
SEA - verbs
• FALL of the sea: to grow calm ...1832 Sc.
• GROW † of the sea: to swell ...1600
• GROW DOWN † of the sea: to subside ...1748
• GROW HIGH † the sea: to swell ...1600.
• JABBLE of the sea: to become choppy, as when the wind rises or at the meeting of tides ...1824 Sc.
• MAKE of the tide, sea, etc.: to rise, surge, advance ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MARINATE † to transport over sea ...1673 sl.
• RAKE of the sea: to break on the shore with a long, grating sound ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SAMP of the wind or the sea: to lull ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• WAFF † to convey by sea ...1602
• WALL † of the sea, waves: to boil up, to rage ...c893
• WANE † of the sea, water: to subside, to ebb ...c1290
SEA-COAST - see SEASHORE
SEA-FIGHT - nouns
• NAUMACHIA a mimic representation of a sea-fight ...1596
• NAUMACHY † a mimic representation of a sea-fight ...1606
SEAGULL - see GULL
SEAL, SEALING (for document) - adjectives
• OBSIGNATORY * ratifying or confirming as with a seal ...1630
• SIGILLAR † belonging to a seal or mark ...1656
• SIGILLARY pert. to a seal or signet; connected with the use or making of seals, etc. ...1652
• SIGILLISTIC pert. to seals ...1867
• SIGNATORY † used in sealing ...1647
SEAL (animal) - nouns
• BIG SMELL a seal ...Bk1942 Amer. circus sl.
• HAIR-FISH † a fisherman's taboo-name for the seal ...1908 Sc.
• JACK the skin of a seal ...1795 Sc.
• JACKET 1. the natural (usually hairy) covering or 'coat' of various animals; the skin of a seal, fish, etc. ...1613
2. a young seal ...Bk1901 Newfoundland usage
• MAIG the flipper of a seal ...a1838 Sc.
• MEG the flipper of a seal ...a1838 Sc.
• RAGGED-JACKET the young of the harp seal during the first molt ...1884
• RAGGEDY JACKET a harp seal moulting from the white coat to the bedlamer stage ...1975 Can. usage
• TANG-FISH the seal ...1809 Eng. dial.
• TANGIE a young seal ...Bk1905 Sc.
SEAL, SEALING (for document) - nouns
• JACKEN-CLOSER a seal (for document) ...Bk1896 sl.
• JARK † a seal; an engraved stamp used for sealing ...1561 cant
• JASKER a seal ...1859 Amer. thieves' sl.
• JURK a seal, a license ...19C sl.
• OBSIGILLATION †* a sealing up ...1658
• OBSIGNATION †* the act of sealing up; a fastening or restraining as with a seal ...1653
• RAGMAN † a document (contract, agreement, indenture, etc.) with seals attached ...1362
• SIGIL a seal or signet ...a1610
• SIGILLATION the act of sealing; the fact of being sealed; the impression of a seal ...1642
• SIGILLOGRAPHY the science or study of seals ...1879
• SIGNACLE † a sign, seal, mark, figure ...1382
• SIGNATION * the act of marking with a seal, or of signing with the cross ...1607
SEAL (for document) - nouns, person
• SIGILLARIST * a sigillographer ...1898
• SIGILLOGRAPHER one who pursues or is skilled in the study of seals ...1882
SEAL (for document) - verbs
• OBSIGILLATE †* to seal up ...1623
• OBSIGN † to seal; to mark as with a seal; to ratify or confirm formally, as by sealing ...1554
• OBSIGNATE † to seal; to mark as with a seal; to ratify or confirm formally, as by sealing ...1653
• SIGILLATE to seal; to seal up ...1471
SEAL (animal) - verbs
• JACK to take the skin off a seal ...1795 Sc.
SEA LEVEL - adjectives
• SUBAQUEOUS below the sea-level ...1724 nonce use
SEAMAN - adjectives
• KILLICK a leading seaman's badge ...1915 Brit. nautical sl.
SEAMAN - nouns
• BETHEL a place of worship for seamen ...1840
SEAMAN - nouns, person
• BUNDLEMAN a married seaman, apparently from the small bundle tied up with a blue handkerchief which married seamen in a home port usually take ashore with them when going on leave ...1925 sl.
• CAT'S-PAW good-looking seamen employed to entice volunteers ...nautical
• DAB-DAB a seaman ...20C Royal Navy sl.
• DAB-TOE a seaman ...20C Royal Navy sl.
• GOB an American sailor or ordinary seaman ...1915 sl., orig. US
• GOBSHITE * an enlisted seaman ...E20 US naval sl.
• HALF-MARROW an incompetent seaman ...B1900 nautical sl.
• KILLICK a leading seaman ...1920 Brit. nautical sl.
• MARINE a man who is ignorant and clumsy about seaman's work; a greenhorn; a land-lubber ...1840 nautical sl.
• MONKEY'S ORPHAN a term of abuse for a lubberly seaman ...20C Brit. nautical sl.
• MOWREE a New Zealand seaman ...L19 Brit. sl.
• NEPTUNIST †* a navigator; a seaman; a sailor; a nautical person ...1593
• OILY WAD a seaman with no special skill ...1929 Brit. naval sl.
• OLD SOLDIER a worthless seaman ...1840 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• PADDY WESTER an inefficient or novice seaman ...1927 Brit. sl.
• SALT-ROVER † one who sails the seas ...1620
• SOLDIER a worthless seaman ...1840 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• STRIPEY a long-service able seaman, esp. one with good-conduct stripes ...1942 Brit. naval sl.
SEAMAN - phrases
• EVERY HAIR A ROPE YARN said of a tough seaman ...1975 Amer. dial.
• EVERY HAIR A ROPE YARN AND EVERY DROP OF BLOOD STOCKHOLM TAR said of a tough seaman ...1942 Amer. dial.
• KENNING BY KENNING increasing a seaman's wages by the work he does ...c1860 nautical colloq., chiefly used by the old whalers'
SEAMANSHIP - nouns
• MARINAGE † seamanship ...1511
• MARINARY †* seamanship; knowledge of navigation ...1684
SEAMSTRESS - nouns, person
• NEEDLE * a woman who works with a needle; a seamstress ...1834
• NEEDLE-DUMPER a seamstress ...1896 Sc.
• NEEDLEWOMAN a seamstress ...1611
SEAR - verbs
• ADUST † to burn, to scorch, to scar; to dry up with heat ...1550
SEARCH - adjectives
• EXQUISITIVE † eager to discover or learn; tending to search out, bent on searching out; curious ...1818
• INDAGACIOUS †* given to search or investigation; eager to investigate ...1653
SEARCH - nouns
• DACKER an official search ...1690 Sc.
• FANNING a search of a person, esp. for weapons ...1930s sl.
• LAIT † searching, search ...c1460
• ONCE a search, as at customs ...1920s sl.
• ONCE-OVER a search, as at customs ...1920s sl.
• RAMP a search ...1980s Aust. sl.
• RANGE a thorough search ...1893 Sc.
• REEMISH a thorough search, accompanied with noise ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCRIMGE a thorough search ...Bk1904 Sc. r
• SCRIMMAGE a through, fussy, noisy search ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCRINGE a prying, an eager search; a thorough rummage; a gleaning ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCROUNGE a search, a hunt ...1910s sl.
• SKIN SHAKE a thorough search of a person's body, including orifices ...1967 US sl.
SEARCH - nouns, person
• QUESTANT †* one who quests or searches ...1601
• QUESTRIST †* one who goes in quest of another ...1605
• SCRINGE a searcher; esp. a child or animal who searches out things not intended for him; a mean, miserly person ...1892 Sc.
SEARCH - verbs
• ARAB to search about ...1949 Amer. dial.
• BATHER to struggle; to go hither and thither in search of anything; to fuss about ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BESEECH † to seek after, to search for, to try to get ...c1200
• CALL to search out, to explore ...1810 Sc.
• CALL ABOUT to search for ...Bk1898 Sc.
• DACKER 1. to search, examine ...1634 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
2. to search a house or person for stolen goods; to search a house by official warrant ...1700 Sc.
• EVESTIGATE † to seek out, to search after, to investigate ...1656
• EXPISCATE to 'fish out'; to find out by scrutiny or inquiry; to search out; to discover by laborious investigation or strict examination ...c1611
• FALL ABOUT † to search around, to cast about ...1632
• FAN to conduct a search of a suspect's clothes, possessions or premises ...c1850 sl., orig. US
• FAND † to search a place, to examine a track ...c1225
• FOND † to search a place, to examine a track ...c1225
• HAIK to search, to rummage, as in a drawer, etc. ...1956 Sc.
• HAUL †* to search or examine thoroughly ...1666
• HAVE A DANCE to have a hard search from place to place ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• JACK to search ...1990s US sl.
• LAIT † 1. to look or search for; to seek, to try to find ...a1300
† 2. to search or look through; to examine ...1300s
• LAY † to set watch or guard in a place; to search a place for ...1560
• LAY ABOUT † to contrive, to plan, to take measures to do something; to look out or make a search for ...a1618
• LAY OUT † to make a search for; to look out for ...1624
• OFSECHE † to seek after; to search for; to make a search ...c1225
• PERQUIRE †* to search through, or make diligent search into; to inquire diligently into ...1597
• PERSCRUTE †* to scrutinize thoroughly; to make a thorough search or inquiry; to investigate ...a1545
• POKE AROUND to examine or search, esp. in a dilatory way ...1809 Amer. sl.
• QUAERITATE †* to inquire or search into ...1657
• RAKE 1. to make search or investigation; to poke into ...1637
2. to search a person ...1956 Sc.
• RAKE HELL † to search exhaustively ...1542
• RAMACK to search, to ransack ...1953 Amer. dial.
• RAMSACK to ransack; to search through in an exhaustive, messy or destructive way; to rummage ...1837 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• RAMSHACK to ransack; to search through in an exhaustive, messy or destructive way; to rummage ...1901 Amer. dial.
• RAMSHACKLE to ransack, to search for closely; to plunder ...1802 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
• RAMSHAG to ransack; to search through in an exhaustive, messy or destructive way; to rummage ...1959 Amer. dial.
• RANCEL 1. to search throughout a parish for stolen or for insufficient goods; also, to inquire into every kind of misdemeanour ...1615 Sc.
2. to search for; to grope; to ransack ...1898 Sc.
• RANGE to search for thoroughly ...1824 Sc.
• RANSACK † 1. to search a person for something stolen or missing ...c1250
* 2. to make thorough search ...c1386
• RANSACKLE to ransack, to search for closely ...1802 Eng. dial.
• RANSEL to search throughout a parish for stolen or for insufficient goods; also, to inquire into every kind of misdemeanour ...1615 Sc.
• RANSHACKLE † to ransack, to search for closely ...1621 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RATCH to search, to root about ...1968 Amer. dial.
• REEMISH to search thoroughly and noisily ...Bk1904 Sc.
• REMBLE to search ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• REMISH to search thoroughly and noisily ...Bk1904 Sc.
• REMLE to search ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• RIP to search; to rummage, esp. with a view to plunder ...c1388 sl.
• SCOVER to search; to discover; to ramble about ostentatiously ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRAM to search about for what can be picked up; to search with slight hope of success ...1895 Eng. dial.
• SCRIM to bustle about; to work with energy and success; to conduct a vigorous search for anything ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCRIMGE to search thoroughly; to go from place to place, esp. with the idea of searching ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCRIMMAGE to search thoroughly and noisily ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCRINGE to search carefully; to wander about turning over everything; to pry about; to glean ...1898 Sc.
• SCRUTATE * to search out, to investigate ...1882
• SHAKE DOWN to search a person or place ...1975 US sl.
• SIFT † to search; to try ...1611
• SKIRMISH to search, to scout, to rummage; to hunt up, to search out ...1864 Amer. dial.
• SKIRMISH ABOUT to search, to scout, to rummage; to hunt up, to search out ...1878 Amer. dial.
• SKIRMISH AROUND to search, to scout, to rummage; to hunt up, to search out ...1907 Amer. dial.
• SKIRMISH UP to search, to scout, to rummage; to hunt up, to search out ...1935 Amer. dial.
• SKRIM to bustle about; to work with energy and success; to conduct a vigorous search for anything ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SNOUT ABOUT to search ...1960s sl.
• SNOUT AROUND to search ...1960s sl.
• TAKE ON to stop and search ...1910s US police sl.
• THRUM to search for in a confused manner; to bring out after much search; to handle overmuch ...Bk1905 Sc.
• UMSEEK † to search for ...c1460
• VENT † to search or seek for ...1574
• WAIT † to search for ...1340-70
• WALE to rummage, to search about in, to grope through ...1869 Sc.
SEARCHED - adjectives
• LATED searched for; found ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• TOSSED searched by the police ...1950s Amer. sl.
SEARCHING - adjectives
• QUESTFUL * full of questing or searching ...1869
SEARCHING - nouns, person
• QUEST †* a person employed in searching ...1604
SEARCHLIGHT - adjectives
• ON THE MOVIES working a searchlight ...Amer. World War I sl.
• ON THE PICTURES working a searchlight ...Amer. World War I sl.
SEARCHLIGHT - nouns
• MOVIES a warship's searchlights ...1917 Royal Navy sl.
SEARED - adjectives
• ADUST scorched, seared; burnt up; dried up with heat, parched ...1550
• ADUSTED † scorched, seared; burnt up; dried up with heat, parched ...1550
SEASHORE - adjectives
• ORARIAN * dwelling on the coast, living by the seashore ...1870
SEASHORE - nouns
• BACKSIDES the ground between a sea-coast town and the sea ...1825 Sc.
• BANK † the sea-coast or shore; a beach ...c1350 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BANKS the seashore ...1855 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• EBBS the seashore ...1908 Sc.
• MARINE † the sea coast or shore; a promenade by the sea; also, the country or district in immediate proximity to the coast ...a1300
• SAND † the shore of a sea ...c1205 poetic
• SEA-RIM †* the seashore ...c1205
• VENTURE anything driven to shore by the tide or wind ...1824 Sc.
SEASHORE - nouns, person
• BEACH-COMBER one who hangs about the seashore or river-band on the lookout for jobs ...1885 Eng. nautical sl.
• ORARIAN * a dweller on the seashore ...1870
• SHOEBE a person who visits the seashore for the day, 'with his lunch in a shoe box' ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SHOEBIE a person who visits the seashore for the day, 'with his lunch in a shoe box' ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SHOOBIE a person who visits the seashore for the day, 'with his lunch in a shoe box' ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SHUBIE a person who visits the seashore for the day, 'with his lunch in a shoe box' ...1968 Amer. dial.
• VENTERER one who looks for articles driven to shore by tide or wind ...1824 Sc.
SEASICK - adjectives
• NAUSEABUND seasick ...1861
SEASICK, SEASICKNESS - verbs
• BE A GOOD SAILOR to be exempt from sea-sickness ...1833
• FEED THE FISH to be seasick, and vomit in consequence ...1928 Amer. dial.
• FEED THE FISHES to be seasick, and vomit in consequence ...1928 Amer. dial.
• GIVE UP THE SHIP to be seasick ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RACE FOR THE STEWARD'S BASIN to experience sea-sickness ...20C jocular
• TELL WHAT WOOD THE SHIP IS MADE OF to be seasick ...1580
• TRAVEL BY RAIL to be seasick ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
SEASICKNESS - nouns
• FELLING OF OAKS seasickness ...17C colloq.
• MISERY BOWL a bowl used for vomiting by sufferers of sea-sickness ...L19 sl.
• OONY seasickness ...20C Aust. sl.
• QUEERS, THE sea-sickness ...L19 sl.
• RACE FOR THE STEWARD'S BASIN sea-sickness ...20C jocular
SEASON - adjectives
• BACK of the seasons: late, backward ...1885 Eng. dial.
• BACKWARD of the seasons, vegetation, etc.: behindhand, late ...1884 Eng. dial.
SEASON - nouns
• MIDSUMMER-COME-NEVER an imaginary season which never arrives ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TIDEMENT †* time, tide, season ...1560
SEASON - verbs
• PALATE † to make palatable, to season ...1610
SEASONABLE - adjectives
• OPPORTUNEFUL † affording opportunity; seasonable ...1605
• TIDEFUL † seasonable, opportune, right, fit, convenient, expedient ...a1300
• TIDY † timely, seasonable, opportune; in season ...c1350
• TIMEFUL * seasonable, due ...a1300
• TIMEOUS coming in due time; suitable or proper in respect of time; well-timed, seasonable, opportune ...a1616, chiefly Sc.
• TIMOUS coming in due time; suitable or proper in respect of time; well-timed, seasonable, opportune ...a1616, chiefly Sc.
• WELL-TIDED well-timed, seasonable ...1801 Eng. dial.
SEASONABLY - adverbs
• BETIME † in good time, early, seasonably ...a1300
SEASONED - adjectives
• YILL-SEASONED seasoned with ale ...1879 Sc.
SEASONING - adjectives
• HIGH-SEASONED enriched with spices or other seasoning ...1675
SEASONING - nouns
• FARCIMENT † stuffing; seasoning ...1657
• HAUT-GOÛT † a high or piquant flavour; a strong relish; something that gives a relish, seasoning ...c1645
• SEASON seasoning ...1966 Amer. dial.
SEAT - nouns
• AIN'T SHE SWEET a seat ...Brit. rhyming sl.
• BANK † a long seat for several to sit on, a bench or form; a platform or stage to speak from ...1205 obs. exc. Sc.
• DEACON SEAT the seats nearest a fire ...1975 US sl.
• GUNFIGHTER SEAT in a public place: a seat with the back against the wall, overlooking the room ...1997 US sl.
• LADY-CHAIR a seat formed by the hands of two persons standing facing each other: each person grasping his own left wrist with his right hand, and the wrist of the opposite person with his left hand, or vice versa ...1869
• OXYGEN SECTION seats in a stadium or coliseum that are high up and far from the action ...1993 US sl.
• QUEEN CHAIR a method of carrying a person; a seat made by two persons crossing hands ...Bk1905 Sc.
• QUEEN'S CHAIR a method of carrying a girl by seating her on the crossed and joined arms of two bearers ...1923 Sc.
• QUEEN'S CUSHION a seat (for a girl) made by the crossed hands of two persons; a seat made by two persons crossing hands; when a boy is so carried, the term is 'King's cushion' ...1808
• QUEEN'S SEAT a method of carrying a girl by seating her on the crossed and joined arms of two bearers ...1923 Sc.
• RESTING-CHAIR a long wooden seat with back and arms; a settle ...1892 Sc.
• SEDILE † a seat ...LME
• SIEGE † a seat, esp. one used by a person of rank or distinction ...a1225
• SITTING-PLACE * a place to sit in, a seat ...1382
• SUNKIE a little seat ...1815 Sc.
SEAT - verbs
• SIEGE †* to seat oneself; to place ...1425
SEA URCHIN - nouns
• ARISTOTLE'S LANTERN a sea urchin ...1990 Can. sl.
SEAWEED - adjectives
• TANG-COVERED of a rock: covered in seaweed ...1888 Sc.
SEAWEED - nouns
• BLIBBANS strips of soft or slimy stuff; generally used of seaweed on rocks at ebb-tide; also, large shreds of greens or cabbage put into broth ...1887 Sc.
• DAVY JONES' BEARD seaweed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GRASS seaweed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• KELP RAFT a mass of kelp floating on the sea ...1897
• NEPTUNE'S BEARD seaweed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SCORLINS slimy, cord-like seaweed ...1899 Sc.
• SEA BEARD seaweed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SEA-BLUBBER † a bladder-wrack (a common seaweed found in cold marine waters, having narrow brownish fronds with air-filled vesicles ...1681
• TANG large coarse seaweed ...1547 Eng. dial.
• TANG-COW a bunch of seaweed ...1889 Sc.
• TANGLE a general term for the larger seaweeds ...1536
• TANGLE-WEED a general term for the larger seaweeds ...1834
• TANGLE-WRACK a general term for the larger seaweeds ...1721
• VAREC seaweed ...1676
• WARE seaweed; esp. large drift seaweed used as manure ...c725 Sc. & Eng. dial.
SECLUDE - verbs
• IMMURE † to shut off, to exclude, to seclude from ...1616
SECLUDED - adjectives
• SCOUSED secluded, hidden ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• UMBRATIC * confined to the shade or to retirement; retired, secluded ...1839
SECLUDED - nouns
• JERICHO a place of retirement or concealment, or a place far distant and out of the way; a secluded place ...1635
SECLUSION - adjectives
• UMBRATICAL † remaining in retirement or seclusion ...1636
• UMBRATILE carried on in retirement or seclusion; not public or practical ...1640
SECLUSION - nouns, person
• UMBRATILE one who spends their time in retirement or seclusion ...1888
SECOND (time) - nouns
• TICK a moment, a second, an instant ...1879 colloq.
• TICK-TACK a second; a moment; a short space of time ...1881 Eng. dial.
SECONDHAND - adjectives
• OXY having a second-hand or dated appearance; impoverished-looking ...2003 UK sl.
• SECOND-HANDED secondhand ...1834 Amer. dial.
SECONDHAND - nouns
• ABRAHAM a cheap clothier's; a secondhand store ...Bk1909 sl.
• LALLA SHOP a small shop dealing in cheap miscellany, and secondhand wares and clothing, generally thought to be disreputable and catering to a low grade patronage ...1950 Amer. dial.
• PASS-DOWN a piece of secondhand clothing ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PASS-ME-DOWN a piece of secondhand clothing ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PASS-ME-ON a piece of secondhand clothing ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PASS-ON a piece of secondhand clothing ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RABAIS inexpensive articles, secondhand goods ...1886 Amer. dial.
• RABAIS SHOP a small shop selling cheap or secondhand goods ...1917 Amer. dial.
• REACH-ME-DOWNS secondhand or ready-made clothes ...1832
• THANK-YOU-SIR a secondhand article of clothing ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VINNIES the Society of St. Vincent de Paul; hence, their second-hand clothes shops ...1980s Aust. & NZ sl.
• VINNY'S the Society of St. Vincent de Paul; hence, their second-hand clothes shops ...1980s Aust. & NZ sl.
SECONDHAND - nouns, person
• WARDROBE DEALER a dealer in secondhand clothes ...1896
SECOND-RATE - adjectives
• ADOBE (derogatory) Mexican; hence, second-rate, inferior ...19C US sl.
• ASSY insignificant, second-rate, unimportant ...2000s US Black sl.
• BAG-BITING infuriatingly objectionable or second-rate ...1983 Amer. computers' sl.
• BODGER of low quality; bad; inferior; second-rate; unsatisfactory ...1945 Aust. sl.
• CACKY disgusting; contemptible; worthless; second-rate ...1970s sl.
• CAGMAG inferior, second-rate, spurious; unwholesome, decaying; coarse, worthless, rubbishy ...1859 Eng. dial.
• CHICKEN-PLUCKING second-rate, vulgar, insignificant ...1960s US sl.
• CHUMP unsophisticated, second-rate, provincial ...20C sl.
• CHUMP-ASS unsophisticated, second-rate, provincial ...20C sl.
• CHUMPISH unsophisticated, second-rate, provincial ...20C sl.
• CONKY sub-standard, inferior, second-rate ...L19 sl.
• DARK bad, inferior, unpleasant, second-rate, nasty ...1980s UK sl.
• EXCREMENTAL unpleasant, disgusting; second-rate ...1960s euphemism for 'shitty'
• FAGGOTY cowardly, useless, second-rate ...1960s sl.
• FARANDINICAL †* of the nature of farandine (17th century cloth); hence, second-rate, worthless ...1675
• FLUNKY ignorant, second-rate ...L19 US sl.
• HADDIT useless, second-rate ...1960s NZ sl.
• HAD IT useless, second-rate ...1960s NZ sl.
• HALF-AND-HALF second-rate ...M19 sl.
• HALF-ARSE careless, inadequate, incompetent, second-rate ...M19 sl.
• HALF-ARSED careless, inadequate, inferior, unsatisfactory, ineffectual, incompetent, second-rate ...1865 US sl.
• HALF-ASS careless, ineffectual, inadequate, incompetent, second-rate; mediocre, insignificant, unsatisfactory ...M19 sl.
• HALF-ASSED careless, inadequate, incompetent, second-rate, mediocre, insignificant ...1865 US sl.
• HOLE IN THE WALL second-class, inferior ...M19 sl., orig. US
• LEMON useless; second-rate ...1900s US sl.
• LOW-RENT second-rate; bargain-basement ...1975 colloq.
• MICKEY second-rate, corny ...1950s US sl.
• NAFF second-rate, workaday ...1969 sl.
• NAPH second-rate, workaday ...1990s sl.
• OFF-BRAND second-rate ...1960s sl., orig. US Black
• OF SORTS undistinguished, second-rate, barely adequate ... ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ONE-HORSE small and insignificant; unimportant; second-rate, inferior ...1853 Amer. dial.
• PANTS rubbish, second-rate, inferior ...1990s sl.
• PORK-AND-BEAN(S) basic, unenterprising, second-rate ...1910s US sl.
• PORKY second-rate, inferior ...1900s US sl.
• QUIFF second-rate, lightweight ...1960s US sl.
• RAGGED of a person or object: second-rate, inferior ...L18 sl.
• RAGGEDY run-down, second-rate, dilapidated ...1930s US Black sl.
• RAGGETY run-down, second-rate, dilapidated ...1930s US Black sl.
• RAGIDY run-down, second-rate, dilapidated ...1930s US Black sl.
• RANK second-rate, inferior, disgusting ...M18 sl.
• RANK-ASS second-rate, inferior, disgusting ...M18 sl.
• SCANKY dirty, second-rate, unattractive, cheap-looking, ugly, promiscuous ...1970s sl., orig. US Black
• SCHWAG second-rate, inferior, bad ...1990s US campus sl.
• SCROUNGY inferior, second-rate, grubby ...20C US sl.
• SHANK-ASS dirty, second-rate, unattractive, cheap-looking, ugly, promiscuous ...1970s sl., orig. US Black
• SHANKY dirty, second-rate, unattractive, cheap-looking, ugly, promiscuous ...1970s sl., orig. US Black
• SHYPOO inferior; shoddy; second-rate ...L19 Aust. & NZ sl.
• SKANKY dirty, second-rate, unattractive, cheap-looking, ugly, promiscuous ...1975 sl., orig. US Black
• SKETCHY second-rate ...1990s US campus sl.
• SNUFFY second-rate, inferior ...1888 Eng. dial.
• TINNY cheap, second-rate ...1920s sl.
• TWO-DOLLAR second-rate ...1990s US sl.
• UNDER THE ARM second-rate, inferior, bad ...1937 Brit. sl.
• WACK second-rate, inferior, phony, unsatisfactory, unacceptable, very bad ...1984 US Black sl.
• WACK-ASS second-rate, phony, unsatisfactory ...1980s US Black sl.
• WACKED second-rate, phony, unsatisfactory ...1980s US Black sl.
• WHACK second-rate, phony, unsatisfactory ...1980s US Black sl.
• WHACKED second-rate, phony, unsatisfactory ...1980s US Black sl.
SECOND-RATE - nouns
• BAGBITER a thing that is infuriatingly objectionable, second-rate, or the like ...1982 Amer. computers' sl.
• CODGE-JOB. a second-rate piece of work ...19C US sl.
SECOND-RATE - nouns, person
• BAGBITER a person that is infuriatingly objectionable, second-rate, or the like ...1982 Amer. computers' sl.
• HAM AND EGGER an average person; a person who is below par, a second-rate person ...1932 Amer. dial.
• PORK-AND-BEANER a second-rate person ...1910s US sl.
• SCHLAPPER an insignificant person; a second-rater ...1940s sl., orig. US
• SCHLEPPER an idler, a worthless or ineffectual person; an oaf, a slob, a jerk, a stupid or awkward person; an insignificant person; a second-rater ...1947 sl. orig. US
• SCLEPPER an insignificant person; a second-rater ...1940s sl., orig. US
• VARNISH a second-rate person, one who is inadequate ...1900s UK society usage
SECOND-RATE - interjections
• WHAT A BEANFEAST! a satirical remark intended to underline that the situation is in fact far from a 'beanfeast', but in fact second-rate, poor, etc. ...L19 sl.
SECRECY - nouns
• DEAD QUIET absolute secrecy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DERN darkness, secrecy ...1856 Sc.
• TAPINAGE † hiding, concealment, secrecy ...a1300
SECRECY - phrases
• BETWEEN YOU AND ME AND THE BED-POST in all confidence or secrecy ...1830
• QUIET IS KEPT used to request secrecy after making a revelation ...2000s US Black sl.
SECRET - adjectives
• ABSTRUSE † concealed, hidden, secret ...1602
• ACROAMATIC pert. to hearing; hence, privately communicated by oral teaching to chosen disciples only; esoteric, secret ...1632
• ACROAMATICAL † pert. to hearing; hence, privately communicated by oral teaching to chosen disciples only; esoteric, secret ...1580
• ACROATIC pert. to hearing; hence, privately communicated by oral teaching to chosen disciples only; esoteric, secret ...1655-50
• CABINET private, confidential, secret
• CLANCULARIOUS † private, secret; unknown; clandestine, underhand ...1656
• COPA confidential, secret ...1950s sl.
• COPACETIC confidential, secret ...1950s sl.
• COPASETIC confidential, secret ...1950s sl.
• COPASETTY confidential, secret ...1950s sl.
• COPESETTE confidential, secret ...1950s sl.
• COPUS confidential, secret ...1950s sl.
• DARK secret ...1877 Aust. sl.
• DATCHIE hidden, secret ...19C Sc.
• DERN secret, obscure ...1814 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DOLO secret ...1990s US campus sl.
• DOWN LOW covert, secret ...1990s US Black sl.
• HIDDENMOST most hidden or secret ...L19
• HIDLINGS hidden, secret, underhand, clandestine ...L18 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• HUGGRY-MUGGRY secret, clandestine ...B1900 Sc.
• HUSH-HUSH secret ...1916 UK military origins
• KOPASETIC confidential, secret ...1950s sl.
• KOPASETTE confidential, secret ...1950s sl.
• LONG-LUGGED eager to listen to secrets or scandal, given to eavesdropping ...1901 Sc.
• OBSCURE † secret, concealed ...1792 Sc.
• OPERTANEOUS †* of secret, hidden, or covert nature; done in private, hidden from view, concealed ...1656
• QUIET † acting or living quietly; remaining hid or secret; fast asleep ...1533 Sc.
• QUIET-SIDE secret ...1976 US sl.
• UNDER ONE'S HAT secret ...L19 US sl.
• UNDER THE BED clandestine, secret, corrupt ...M19
• UNDER THE TABLE clandestine, secret, corrupt ...M19
• UNDER WRAPS secret ...1939 sl.
SECRET, SECRETIVE - nouns
• BIGOT highly secret information; a code word ...World War II Amer. sl.
• BUG UNDER THE CHIP a secret ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CAB a small number of persons secretly united in the performance of some undertaking ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• COLLOGUE a private talk; a secret plan or scheme ...E19
• CUDDLE-MUDDLE a secret conversation, often, with evil intent ...19C Sc.
• CUGGER-MUGGER a confabulation, a secret conversation; a whispering, a gossiping in a low voice ...1862 Ireland
• DEAL an underhand or secret transaction; a trade of questionable legality; a mutually beneficial commercial or political arrangement ...1881 US sl.
• DEEPSHIP †* a profound secret or mystery ...a1225
• HEN ON, A an urgent, important, or secret plan or project in the making ...1878 Amer. dial.
• HEN ON THE NEST, A an urgent, important, or secret plan or project in the making ...1949 Amer. dial.
• HIDDEN HAND a secret or occult influence, esp. of a malignant character
• HIDLINGS 1. hiding places, secret places ...E16
2. secret or clandestine operations ...E19
• HUSH-HUSH a secret ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HUSH-HUSH STUFF. a secret ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IRISH WHISPER a saying something aloud when whispering would have been more appropriate, as a secret ...1985 Amer. dial.
• MASONICS secrets ...L19 UK society sl.
• MASONRY secret signs and passwords ...M19 sl.
• MILK IN THE COCONUT the secret; the heart of the matter ...1840
• MUM a secret ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NO-CAN-TELL a secret ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OCCULT †* something hidden or secret ...1656
• SNEAK GO any secretive action ...1989 Aust. sl.
• THIN SECRET a secret easily seen through ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TICHEL any article kept secretly ...Bk1905 Sc.
SECRET - nouns, person
• BABBLER a gossip, or teller of secrets ...L16
• BASKET a person who can't keep a secret ...1975 Amer. dial.
• BLOBBER-MOUTH a talkative person; one who will not keeps secrets ...1949 Amer. dial.
• BLOB-TONGUE one who blurts out a secret; a telltale; a blab; a gossip ...1886 Eng. dial.
• CLOSET CASE anyone who does anything in secret ...M20 US colloq.
• DARK HORSE a person who keeps things about themselves secret ...1917 Aust. sl.
• GAB one who cannot keep a secret ...1920s US sl.
• LAB † a chatterbox, a tattler; one who cannot keep a secret ...c1386 obs. exc. Eng. dial
• LAB-O'-THE-TONGUE a chatterbox, tattler; one who cannot keep a secret ...1746 Eng. dial.
• LONG-TONGUE a chatterbox, talebearer, telltale, gossip, blabber, a divulger of secrets; an unusually talkative woman; a scold ...1847
• SIEVE one who cannot keep a secret ...1668
• SILENTIARY someone sworn to keep state secrets secret
• TALE-PAT a telltale, a talebearer, one who divulges secrets ...1808 Sc.
• TALE-PYET a telltale, a talebearer, one who divulges secrets; an informer, a tattler ...1808 Sc. & Eng. dial.
SECRET - verbs
• BLATE OUT to blurt out, esp. a secret ...1909 Amer. dial.
• BLOW to speak revealingly; to give away secret information ...1575
• BLOW THE GAFF to let out a secret; to reveal a plot; to give convicting evidence ...1812 sl.
• BLUTTER † to give hasty utterance to; to blurt out; to talk foolishly; to tell what ought to be kept secret ...1680 obs. exc. Sc.
• CACKLE to talk idly, esp. in the sense of telling secrets ...1698 criminals; sl.
• CHEEP to tell or reveal; to betray a secret; to mention, to hint at ...1903 Amer. dial.
• COLLIFOBBLE to talk secretly together ...19C Eng. dial.
• CRACK HARDY to keep a secret ...20C Aust. sl.
• CUDDLE-MUDDLE to speak in a secret, muttering voice ...Sc.
• DROP A BUG IN ONE'S EAR to tell one a secret or put one on to a secret; to give somebody a hint for his own good ...1965 Amer. dial.
• FERSCHNAPP ONESELF to let the cat out of the bag, to reveal a secret ...1970 Amer. dial.
• HAVE A HEN ON to have an urgent, important, or secret plan or project in the making ...1916 Amer. dial.
• HAVE A HEN ON THE NEST to have an urgent, important, or secret plan or project in the making ...1949 Amer. dial.
• HEAL to hide, to conceal; to keep secret ...1768 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HEAL ON A PERSON to keep anyone's secrets, not to betray or reveal them ...1827 Sc.
• HEAR A BIRD SING to receive private or secret information ...1597
• KEEP A STIFF LIP to keep quiet, to maintain a secret ...1970s US Black sl.
• KEEP DARK to keep secret ...1681 colloq.
• KEEP UP † to keep secret or undivulged ...1678
• LAB to blab, to let out secrets ...1377 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• LABA-LABA to chatter, to gossip; to betray secrets ...1960s W. Indies
• LABBA-LABBA to chatter, to gossip; to betray secrets ...1960s W. Indies
• LET SOMEONE IN ON to impart otherwise secret or privileged information ...20C sl.
• LET THE CAT OUT OF THE BAG to disclose a secret or a trick ...c1750
• LET THE CAT OUT OF THE SACK to disclose a secret ...1967 Amer. dial.
• LET THE CAT OUT OF THE WALLET to give away a secret or tell a piece of news too soon; to let the cat out of the bag ...1804 Amer. dial.
• PUT A BUG IN ONE'S EAR to tell one a secret or put one on to a secret; to give somebody a hint for his own good ...1909 Amer. dial.
• QUATCH to betray; to tell a secret ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUIDDLE to give away a secret or tell a piece of news too soon ...1969 Amer. dial.
• RAP OFF to speak inconsiderately; to let out secrets ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SCOUK to skulk; to scowl; to look angry, sulky, or furtive; to go about in a secret, guilty manner ...1845 Sc.
• SCREAM ON ONE to give away a secret or to betray the confidence of someone; to tell; to inform; to attack ...1960s US Black sl.
• SKOOK to skulk; to scowl; to look angry, sulky, or furtive; to go about in a secret, guilty manner ...1845 Sc.
• SPLIT to disclose, to reveal secrets ...M19 sl.
• UNDERFIND † to discover something secret; to find out ...B1900 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• VENT † to disclose, to divulge, or let out a secret, etc. ...1678
• WARD * to carefully keep a secret ...1881
• YED to work secretly; to conquer by stratagem ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
SECRET - phrases
• MUM'S THE WORD used as injunction not to reveal a secret ...a1704 sl.
• UNDER WRAPS kept in secret ...1939 UK sl.
SECRETARY - nouns, person
• GAL FRIDAY a female secretary or personal assistant ...1930s sl., orig. US
• GIRL FRIDAY a female secretary or personal assistant ...1930s sl., orig. US
SECRETE - verbs
• BALFURD to put anything carefully aside; to secrete ...Bk1898 Sc.
• SCOG to shelter; to take shelter; to secrete, to hide ...1822 Sc.
SECRETIVE - adjectives
• CLOSE AS AN OYSTER silent, secretive ...L19 US sl.
• CLOSE AS OAK. very retentive of secrets; secretive ...17C colloq.
• DUMB AS AN OYSTER silent, secretive ...L19 US sl.
• SHUT-MOUTHED silent, secretive, reserved ...1909 Amer. dial.
• SNEAKY underhanded or secretive ...1833
SECRETIVE - nouns, person
• SHUT-MOUTH a person who says little; a silent, secretive or reserved person ...1891 Amer. dial.
SECRETLY - adverbs
• BEHIND HAND in secret, in an underhand way ...Bk1905 Sc.
• BETWEEN YOU AND ME AND JACK MUM secretly, in confidence ...20C Irish sl.
• BETWEEN YOU AND ME AND THE GATE-POST secretly; in confidence ...1871 Amer. dial.
• BETWEEN YOU AND ME AND THE LAMP POST secretly; in confidence ...1941 Amer. dial.
• BETWEEN YOU AND ME AND THE POST secretly; in confidence ...1796 Amer. dial.
• BETWIXT YOU AND ME AND THE GATE between ourselves ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• HIDLINGS in a hidden way, secretly ...ME Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• HIDLINS secretly, stealthily, clandestinely ...a1225 Sc.
• HUDDLE-MUDDLE † secretly ...1790 Sc.
• HUGGRY-MUGGRY secretly ...B1900 Sc.
• IN HIDLINGS in secret, secretly ...LME Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• ON THE FLY in secret; sneakily ...chiefly Sc.
• ON THE Q.T. surreptitiously, on the quiet; secretly ...1884 sl.
• ON THE SIDE secretly; often used with reference to extramarital sexual affairs
• ON THE SNEAK TIP in secret ...1995 US sl.
• SCOUK secretly, in a hidden manner ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SKOOK in a hidden manner, secretly, furtively, with a gloomy, scowling mien ...1866 Sc.
• SNIDE secretly; deceitfully ...2002 UK sl.
• SUB ROSA secretly, confidentially ...Bk1904 colloq.
• SUBTERRANEOUSLY secretly; in the dark ...1791
• UNBESEEN unobserved, secretly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNDER BANISTY secretly, surreptitiously ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• UNDER THE WIND secretly, by underhand means ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNDER-THUMB secretly; in an underhand manner ...1824 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• EER a piercing scream, as that uttered under the influence of terror ...1866 Sc.
• QUAICH a wild scream, a screech ...1866 Sc.
• SCRAME a scream ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRAWK a scream ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCREAK a shriek, a scream ...a1820 Amer. dial.
• SCREEK a shriek, a scream ...1790 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
• SCREEL a shriek, a scream ...1894 Eng. dial.
• SKELLOCH a shrill cry; a scream, a shriek ...1808 Sc.
• SKELLOCK a shrill cry; a scream, a shriek ...1808 Sc.
• SKIRL a shrill cry, a shriek, a scream; shrill talk ...1513 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SKREEL a shriek, a scream ...1894 Eng. dial.
• SKREIGH a shriek or screech; a loud shrill cry or scream ...1549 Sc.
• SKRIEK a shriek, a scream ...1790 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
• WALLACH a scream, a howl, a wail ...Bk1905 Sc.
• YARM † a discordant, disagreeable sound or outcry; a scream, a yell ...a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
SCREAM - nouns, person
• SCRAIGHER one who screams, or makes a loud, discordant sound ...1824 Sc.
SCREAM - verbs
• EER to squeak as a pig; to scream, to shriek, to bawl out ...1825 Sc.
• MAL to shout, to scream ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUAICH to scream wildly, to shriek ...1866 Sc.
• RAME † to shout, to cry aloud; to scream ...c1470
• REEK to shout, to scream, to shriek ...1856 Eng. dial.
• SCRAWK to make a harsh, grating noise; to squeak; to scream. to shriek ...1880 Eng. dial.
• SCREAK to shriek, to screech, to scream ...1860 Amer. dial.
• SCREE to scream ...1868 Eng. dial.
• SCREED † to cry, to scream; to produce any sharp sound; to move up and down so as to produce a sound, as a fiddle-bow over the strings ...1706 Sc.
• SCREEK to shriek, to scream, to screech ...1826 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
• SCREET to screech, to scream; to make a shrill sound ...1892 Eng. dial.
• SCREIGH to shriek, to scream, esp. used of birds; to neigh; to make a harsh, grating sound ...1685 Sc. & N. Ireland
• SCRIVE to shriek, to scream ...BK1904 Eng. dial.
• SKIRL to scream, to shriek, to cry out shrilly ...c1400 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SKREAK to shriek, to screech, to scream ...1860 Amer. dial.
• SKREEK to shriek, to screech, to scream ...1826 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
• YAP of a child: to cry shrilly, to scream, to whimper ...1825 Sc.
• YARM † to utter a discordant or mournful cry; to shriek, to scream, to yell, to howl, to wail ...c1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• YAUL to howl; to bawl, to shout; to scream harshly; to weep ...1844 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YAWL † to call aloud, to shout, to bawl, to scream, to vociferate ...1542 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• YELLOCH to scream; to yell; to bawl ...1773 Sc.
SCREAMING - adjectives
• SKIRLING shrieking, screaming, crying or sounding shrilly ...1785
• YAUPY given to screaming or bawling ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
SCREAMING - nouns
• SKIRLING shrieking, screaming, shrill crying ...1820
• YELLY-HOOING yelling, screaming ...1890 Sc.
SCREAMING - nouns, person
• SCALLIBRAT a noisy, screaming child; a scold, a virago ...1889 Eng. dial.
• SCRAIGHTON † a person fond of screaming ...1824 Sc.
SCREECH - nouns
• QUAICH a wild scream, a screech ...1866 Sc.
• QUAWK a screech; a quack; a caw; a squawk ...1899 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• SHRITCH † a screech, a shriek ...1470-85
• SKREIGH a shriek or screech; a loud shrill cry or scream ...1549 Sc.
SCREECH - verbs
• QUARK to caw; to screech as a bird; to call out loudly but inarticulately ...1820 Eng. dial.
• QUAWK to caw; to screech as a bird; to call out loudly but inarticulately ...1820 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• QUORK to caw; to screech as a bird; to call out loudly but inarticulately ...1820 Eng. dial.
• SCREAK to shriek, to screech, to scream ...1860 Amer. dial.
• SCREEK to shriek, to scream, to screech ...1826 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
• SCREET to screech, to scream; to make a shrill sound ...1892 Eng. dial.
• SCRITCH to screech ...1892 Amer. dial.
• SCROINOCH to shout, to screech, to yell; to make a noisy disturbance ...1820 Sc.
• SHRITCH † to shriek, to screech ...a1250 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SKREAK to shriek, to screech, to scream ...1860 Amer. dial.
• SKREEK to shriek, to screech, to scream ...1826 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
• SKREIGH to screech or shriek; to utter a loud shrill cry; to make a screeching noise ...1715 Sc.
SCREECHING - adjectives
• SCREIGH shrill, screeching ...1869 Sc.
SCREECHY - adjectives
• SCRITCHY screechy ...1959 Amer. dial.
SCREEN - nouns
• VELUM † a screen or protection ...1781
SCREEN - verbs
• SCONCE † to shelter, to protect, to screen ...1724 Sc.
• SKONCE † to shelter, to protect, to screen ...1724 Sc.
SCREENPLAY - nouns
• BABY in the film industry: a screenplay ...1994 US sl.
SCREW - nouns
• MASH the thread of a screw ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
SCREWDRIVER - nouns
• TOMMY a spanner; a screwdriver ...1881
SCRIBBLE - adjectives
• SCRIBBLE-SCRABBLE † covered with scribble ...1702
SCRIBBLE, SCRIBBLING - nouns
• BAFFEL a carelessly written letter, a scribble ...1749 Sc.
• SCRAWM a scratch, scribble, scrawl; bad writing ...1892 Eng. dial.
• SCRABBLE a scribbling ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRIBBLE-SCRABBLE a scribble; hasty or careless writing ...1838
SCRIBBLE - verbs
• SCRABBLE to scribble, to scrawl ...1889 Eng. dial.
• SCRAWM to scratch; to make irregular marks upon the surface of anything; to scribble, to scrawl ...1897 Eng. dial.
• SCRIBBLE-SCRABBLE to scribble ...1860
• SCRIBBLE-SCRALL to scribble, to write badly ...1901 Eng. dial.
• SCROBBLE to scribble, to scrawl ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
SCRIBBLER - nouns, person
• SCRAWMER a scribbler; a bad penman ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRIBBLE-SCRABBLE † a scribbler ...1665
SCRIBBLING - adverbs
• SCRIBBLE-SCRABBLE † in a scribbling manner ...1589
SCRIBBLING - nouns
• SCRIBBLE-SCROBBLE scribbling ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCROBBLE a scribbling; a scrawl ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
SCRIMMAGE - nouns
• BICKER a stone fight; a scrimmage ...Bk1911 Sc.
• MILL a boys' fight; a scrimmage ...Bk1905 Sc.
SCRIPTURE - nouns, person
• FUNDI a believer in the literal truth of Scripture ...1982 sl.
• FUNDIE a believer in the literal truth of Scripture ...1982 sl.
• FUNDY a believer in the literal truth of Scripture ...1982 sl.
SCROUNGE, SCROUNGING - nouns
• MUMPING a scrounging, soliciting favours, begging ...17C Brit. sl.
SCROUNGE - verbs
• BLUDGE to borrow money, etc.; to cadge or scrounge ...1944 Aust. & NZ sl.
• CADGE orig. to wander the country as a beggar; thence to beg or go about begging; to wheedle something from someone; to scrounge money, etc. ...L18 sl.
• FAUCH to scrounge ...1916 Sc.
• HOT-STUFF to steal or scrounge ...1914 services' sl.
• NEEDLE to scrounge ...L19 Irish sl.
• PONCE OFF to cadge or scrounge money ...1937 sl.
• PONCE ON to cadge or scrounge money ...1937 sl.
• RABBIT to steal; to borrow or scrounge something...c1920 sl.
• SCAV to scavenge; to scrounge ...2001 UK sl.
• SCAFF to scrounge, to go about looking for food or anything else that may be picked up ...1827 Sc.
SCROUNGED - adjectives
• CHERCHED scrounged, obtained ...Amer. World War I sl.
SCROUNGER, SCROUNGING - nouns, person
• CADGER a beggar, a tramp, a scrounger, a loafer, a petty thief ...1737 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DEADBEAT a cadger or sponger; a penniless scrounger; a loafer; a worthless idler; one who will not or cannot pay debts ...1871 Amer. sl.
• EAR-LUGGER a cadger, a scrounger ...20C Aust. sl.
• HUMMER a scrounger ...E20 Aust. colloq.
• MIKER a loafer, a scrounger ...L19 sl.
• MUMP a beggar, a scrounger ...E18 sl.
• MUMPER a genteel beggar, a scrounger ...1674 UK criminals' sl.
• SCADGE a mean, scrounging person; one who curries favour ...1896 Sc.
• SCAMBLER † a parasite, a sponger, one who scrounges his meals from others ...1721 Sc.
SCROUNGING - adjectives
• ON THE BOW free; scrounging ...1938 UK sl.
• ON THE CADGE on the tramp, begging, scrounging ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
SCRUB - verbs
• BOUNDER to scrub or wash the body thoroughly ...1895 Amer. dial.
• FAUCH to scratch, to claw, to rub; to scrub hard ...1923 Sc.
• SCODGY to act as a drudge; to clean, to scrub ...1898 Sc.
• SCRIMGE to rub or scrub vigorously; to beat severely ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCURRIFUNGE to scrub, to scour ...1789 Eng. dial.
SCRUFFY - adjectives
• SCAWT scruffy, mean, contemptible, scanty, niggling; short of due measure ...c1715 Sc.
• WAFF of appearance: suspicious-looking; hangdog, scruffy ...1824 Sc.
SCRUFFY - nouns, person
• BAG OF SHIT TIED UP WITH STRING a clumsy, shapeless, or scruffy person ...1984 UK sl.
• SCRAG a scrawny or scruffy-looking person or animal; a term of derogation for a person ...1845 Amer. dial.
• SCRUFFBAG a scruffy person ...1920s sl.
SCRUMPTIOUS - adjectives
• LUMPSHIOUS delicious, scrumptious ...1914 Amer. dial.
• SCRUMBOTIOUS scrumptious ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
SCRUPLE - nouns
• AUNTER a pretense, needless scruple, excuse, hesitation ...1703 Eng. dial.
• BOGGLE a fright, fear, scruple ...Bk1911 Sc.
• MOTT THE HOOPLE a scruple ...2004 UK rhyming sl.
• SAUNTER a foolish scruple, an excuse, a shilly-shally ...1837 Sc.
• WHIPPER-TOOTIES silly scruples about doing anything; frivolous difficulties ...B1900 Sc.
SCRUPLES - verbs
• MAKE NO KNOBS to act immediately, to resist one's scruples ...L17 sl.
SCRUPULOUS - adjectives
• NESH dainty, fastidious, squeamish; scrupulous ...1839 Eng. dial.
• TEDIOUS careful, scrupulous, particular ...1874 Eng. dial.
• TENDER † circumspect, careful, considerate; scrupulous ...1709-31 Sc.
SCRUPULOUSNESS - nouns
• TENDERNESS † consideration, regard; scrupulousness ...1818 Sc.
SCRUTINIZE - verbs
• CASE to watch; to observe; to scrutinize ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
• EAGLE-EYE to observe and evaluate closely; to scrutinize ...1964 Amer. sl.
• PENNY to observe, to scrutinize ...1990s W. Indies sl.
• PERSCRUTE †* to scrutinize thoroughly; to make a thorough search or inquiry; to investigate ...a1545
• QUOTE † to make mental note of; to notice, to observe, to mark, to scrutinize ...1588
• SCANCE to look at, to examine, to analyze metrically; to give a critical or appraising look at; to scrutinize ...1825 Sc.
• SCRUTE †* to scrutinize ...1536
• SCRUTINATE †* to scrutinize, to examine, to investigate ...a1734
• SIFT to examine closely into; to scrutinize narrowly so as to find out the truth ...1573
• VIZZY to look at closely, to view closely; to inspect, to examine, to scrutinize ...1724 Sc.
SCRUTINIZING - adjectives
• EAGLE-EYED scrutinizing, paying close attention, watching ...20C colloq.
SCRUTINY - nouns
• CASES observation; scrutiny; also, an ultimate, a finality, the last of a series of things or actions ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
• SCANCE a glance, a quick appraising look, a brief scrutiny, a cursory survey or review of persons or affairs ...1787 Sc.
• UP-AND-DOWN, THE a look, scrutiny ...1910s sl.
• VIZZY a look, a sight, a glimpse, a scrutinizing gaze; scrutiny, survey ...1700 Sc.
SCUFFLE - adjectives
• IN MANGLE † in a confused fight, skirmish, or scuffle ...a1300
SCUFFLE - nouns
• HANTLE a tussle, a hand to hand fight; a scuffle; as much as one can manage ...1868 Eng. dial.
• RAMMY a general fight; a brawl; a scuffle; a violent disturbance or commotion; a noisy argument; a row; a bustling crowd ...1935 Sc. sl.
• RAMP a romp, a scuffle; a boisterous struggle ...1818 Sc.
• SCASHLE a squabble, a wrangle; a scuffle ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SKASHLE a squabble, a wrangle; a scuffle ...Bk1904 Sc.
• VELITATION * a slight or preliminary engagement with an enemy; a skirmish; a fight or scuffle ...1616
SCUFFLE - verbs
• FALL TOGETHER BY THE EARS † said of animals fighting; hence of persons: to engage in a fight or scuffle; to fight and scratch each other; to contend in strife; to be at variance, to quarrel ...1539
• PULL CAPS to wrangle in an unseemly way; to scuffle, to quarrel; said only of women ...1763 colloq.
SCUFFLING - nouns
• SCASH a waddling, shuffling gait; a scuffling with the feet ...1866 Sc.
SCULLION - nouns, person
• BACKHOUSE-BOY a boy employed to do scullery work ...1863 Eng. dial.
• KITCHEN-KNAVE † a scullion
• MARMITON a kitchen scullion ...1754
SCULPTOR - nouns, person
• IMAGER † a maker of images; a sculptor, a carver ...a1300
SCULPTURE - verbs
• SCART to write, esp. to write indistinctly; to make any kind of mark on paper; to draw; to sculpture ...1814 Sc.
SCUM - nouns
• FECULENCE feculent matter; dregs, lees, dross, scum; also, filth ...a1648
• IME soot; a thin scum or coating deposited on a surface ...1892 Sc.
• IMIN a thin scum or covering ...1893 Eng. dial.
• KEAM the scum or froth which rises upon any liquid ...1777 Eng. dial.
• MANTLE † n. the green vegetable coating on standing water ...1605
• OFFSCUM scum, dross, refuse ...1579
• QUINKINS dregs or leavings of any kind; scum of a liquid; charred traces of food which have stuck to the saucepan; a fry-up after the killing of a pig; tidbits of any kind ...1825 Sc.
• SCAUF scurf, scum ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRAM scum, refuse ...1888 Eng. dial.
• SCRUFF scum, dregs ...1929 Amer. dial.
• SILTS † dregs, refuse, scum ...1635
• SKIM † scum, the impurities that collect on the surface of a boiling liquid ...1539 obs. exc. Amer. dial.
• SKINNINGS frothy residue skimmed from a boiling liquid; scum ...1986 Amer. dial.
SCUM - verbs
• MANTLE of liquids: to be or become covered with a coating or scum ...1626
SCURF - nouns
• RHUME scurf on the scalp of the head ...1876 Eng. dial.
• SCAUF scurf, scum ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRUFF scurf, dandruff ...1899 Amer. dial.
• SKILFERS †* scurf; dandruff ...1599
SCURFINESS - nouns
• SKALFERING † scurfiness ...1561
SCURFY - adjectives
• SKALFERING † scurfy ...1561
SCURRILITY - nouns
• HARLOTRY † buffoonery, jesting; ribaldry, scurrility, scurrilous talk; obscene talk or behaviour ...c1325
• OPPROBRIOUSNESS abusive quality; reproachfulness, scurrility ...c1540
SCURRILOUS - adjectives
• RABULOUS †* scurrilous ...1538
• THERSITICAL * foul-mouthed, scurrilous, grossly abusive ...1650
• VERNACULOUS † low-bred, scurrilous ...1605
SCURRILOUS - nouns
• DIRT filth, obscenity, scurrilous information or gossip ...1926 sl.
SCURRY - nouns
• SCOUVER confusion, scurry, disturbance ...1860 Eng. dial.
• SKOUVER confusion, scurry, disturbance ...1860 Eng. dial.
SCURRY - verbs
• SCARTLE to scrape together in little bits; to make little scratching movements; to scurry; to accumulate in small amounts; to scrape money together ...1825 Sc.
• SKELTER to dash along, to hurry, to rush, to scurry ...1852
• SKIRRY to scurry ...1869
• SKIVER to scatter, to scurry ...1881 Amer. dial.
• SKIVER AROUND to scatter, to scurry ...1942 Amer. dial.
SCURVY - nouns, person
• SCART a contemptible, good-for-nothing, scurvy fellow; a mean, niggardly person ...1825 Sc.
SCYTHE - adjectives
• FALCIFEROUS † carrying a sickle; scythe-bearing ...1656
SCYTHE - nouns
• BAT the long handle or staff of a scythe ...1793 Eng. dial.
• LEA a scythe ...1483 N. Eng. dial.
• MAN-KILLER an implement that is exhausting to use, as a scythe ...1876 Amer. dial.
• MOWING-BLADE a scythe ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
SEA - adjectives (also see OCEAN)
• AT LARGE * in the open sea ...1643
• BATHYBIAL belonging to or living in the deepest parts of the sea ...1876
• BIMARICAL † belonging to two seas ...1692
• BOISTOUS † of the wind, sea, weather: rough and violent; boisterous ...1470
• BRIME of the sea: to be phosphorescent ...1893
• FEATHER WHITE of the sea: turbulent, frothy, full of whitecaps ...1924 Amer. dial.
• GLASSYASS used to describe an absolute calm at sea ...1975 Amer. dial.
• HALIMOUS belonging to the sea; marine, maritime ...1854
• MARICOLOUS inhabiting the sea ...B1900
• MARIGENOUS produced in or by the sea ...1599
• MARINAL † pert. to the sea ...1614
• MARINE-SET † placed on the sea-coast ...1632
• MARITIMAL † maritime, on the sea ...1586
• NEPTUNEAN * pert. to the sea ...1852
• NEPTUNIAN * pert. to the sea ...1656
• OCEANINE †* belonging to the ocean or main sea ...1656
• PECKY of the sea: choppy ...c1860 colloq.
• PELAGIOUS † pertaining to the open or high sea, as distinguished from the shallow water near the coast ...1661
• PICKETTY of the sea: choppy ...1968 Amer. dial.
• RALLIACH of the sea: choppy, showing signs of an approaching storm ...c1850
• SALSIPOTENT †* ruling the sea ...1575
• TARPAULIN * pert to a mariner or sailor; sea-bred ...1647
• THALASSOPHILOUS fond of the sea; living in the sea ...1891
• ULTRAMARINE * situated beyond the sea ...1652
• WALLIE † of the sea: tempestuous ...1501 Sc.
• WALLING † of the sea, waves: boiling up, raging; of water: welling up, flowing abundantly ...a1300
• WALLOW of the sea, waves: to roll, to surge, to heave, to toss ...1362
• WALLY † of the sea: tempestuous ...1501 Sc.
SEA - nouns
• BAMS phosphorescence on the sea ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BING the sea beach ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLUE WATER the deep sea, the open sea ...1834
• BOMMIE a bombora ( an area of large sea waves breaking over a shallow area such as a submerged rock shelf, reef, or sand bank that is located some distance from the shoreline and beach surf break) ...Aust. sl.
• BOMMY a bombora ( see BOMMIE) ...Aust. sl.
• BRABBLE a ruffle on the surface of the sea; a short swell ...19C Eng. dial.
• BRINEY the sea ...US Civil War usage
• BRINY, THE the ocean, the sea ...1865 colloq.
• CALF-SKINS the sea ruffled by the wind in occasional spots ...Bk1898 Sc.
• DAMP POT the sea, esp. the Atlantic ...c1855 tailors' sl.
• DAVID JONES the spirit of the sea ...c1750 nautical usage
• DAVY the spirit of the sea; the sailors' devil; the demon of the sea; hence the bottom of the sea; a watery grave; death in general ...1790 nautical sl.
• DAVY JONES the spirit of the sea; the sailors' devil; the demon of the sea; hence the bottom of the sea; a watery grave; death in general ...1751 nautical sl.
• DAVY JONES'S CHEST-LID a watery grave; thus death in general ...18C nautical usage
• DAVY JONES'S DOCK-YARD a watery grave; thus death in general ...18C nautical usage
• DAVY JONES'S LOCKER the bottom of the sea, esp. as regarded as the grave of those who perish at sea ...1774 nautical usage
• DAVY'S LOCKER the bottom of the sea, esp. as regarded as the grave of those who perish at sea ...1802 nautical usage
• DIE the sea swell ...Bk1900 Sc.
• DITCH the sea, esp. the English Channel or North Sea ...1910s sl.
• FOAM a poetic word for the sea
• HAAF in Shetland and Orkney: the deep or main sea; now used only in connection with deep-sea fishing; hence, the part of the deep-sea frequented by fishermen; deep-sea fishing ground or station ...1775
• HACK broken water, a choppy sea; a stiff or contrary wind which causes the sea to rise ...1908 Sc.
• HAGGER a choppy sea, accompanied by wind and rain ...1920 Sc.
• HALIOGRAPHY † a description of the sea ...1656
• HEAP-FLOOD a heavy sea ...1583
• JABBLE a ripple on the surface of water; a choppy sea, esp. that caused by meeting of tide and wind from opposite directions ...1824 Sc.
• KAI the sea; salt water ...1938 Hawaii
• LAG water; the sea ...M16 sl.
• LAMP-O'-THE-WATTER phosphorescence upon the sea ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LAVE * the sea ...1825
• MAIN the high sea, the open ocean ...1579, now poetic
• MAIN FLOOD † high water; a large or full-flowing body of water; the ocean or 'main sea', the high sea ...c1303
• MAIN SEA the high sea ...1526 arch.
• MALACE †* a calm at sea ...1623
• MAR-FIRE the luminous appearance of the sea at night ...1887 Eng. dial.
• MARINE † the sea coast or shore; a promenade by the sea; also, the country or district in immediate proximity to the coast ...a1300
• MARINORAMA * a panoramic representation of sea views ...1847
• MALACE †* a calm at sea ...1623
• MARITIME † the sea-coast; a country or region adjoining the sea ...1591
• MER-FIRE the luminous appearance of the sea at night ...1887 Eng. dial.
• MID-WATER the middle of a stream or of the sea ...Bk1905 Sc.
• NARG hard, slow, laborious work, as in rowing; a strong contrary wind at sea, causing turbulence and commotion; a dangerous or troublesome sea ...1903 Sc.
• NAVY †* the dominion of the sea ...1422
• NEPTUNE the sea or ocean ...c1385
• OFFING the more distant part of the sea seen from the shore, beyond the anchoring ground ...1627 nautical
• OLD DAVY the spirit of the sea ...c1750 nautical
• OLD SALTY the ocean ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• POND, THE the Atlantic Ocean ...US Civil War usage
• RACE a strong current in the sea or a river ...1375
• RACK the restless, driving movement of the waves; sea-foam ...1822 Sc.
• REAMING-CALM a calm with the sea smooth and oily as cream ...1901 Sc. (ream = cream)
• RIDE the swell or current of the sea ...1892 Sc.
• RIVER LEA the sea ...Bk1903 rhyming sl.
• ROSMARINE †* dew from the sea, sea-spray ...1616
• SAB the noise made by a gust of wind or by the rise and fall of the sea ...1820 Sc.
• SAFER a sea voyage ...1855 Eng. dial.
• SALT the sea ...1892 Sc.
• SALT WATER the sea; hence a jocular form of address to a sailor ...1839
• SEALUNGS the froth of the sea ...1640
• SEA POUCE an inlet of the sea, esp. an artificial channel connecting a body of water with the sea ...1650 Amer. dial.
• SEA PURSE an inlet of the sea, esp. an artificial channel connecting a body of water with the sea ...1650 Amer. dial.
• SEA PUSS an inlet of the sea, esp. an artificial channel connecting a body of water with the sea ...1650 Amer. dial.
• SEAPOOSE an inlet of the sea, esp. an artificial channel connecting a body of water with the sea ...1650 Amer. dial.
• SEA-RIM the sea horizon ...a1881
• SEPOOSE an inlet of the sea, esp. an artificial channel connecting a body of water with the sea ...1650 Amer. dial.
• SONG OF THE SEA the noise made by the sea breaking on the shore ...1866 Sc.
• SPLASH any form of water, eg. a river, a lake, a sea, a bath ...1940s US Black sl.
• SUFF † the inrush of the sea towards the shore ...1599
• SUGAR-LOAF SEA high turbulent waves with little wind ...1852
• SULK †* a hollow or trough of the sea ...1578
• TIDE the water of the sea; the sea, esp. when the tide is flowing ...1791 poetical
• UNDER-BOD the swelling of the sea under a floating object ...Bk1905 Sc.
• VADDLE a sea-pool that empties and fills as the tide ebbs and flows ...1822 Sc.
• WALLER of the sea: to surge, to heave ...1836 Sc.
• WALLOW the roll or swell of the sea ...1868 poetic
• WALTER † the rolling of the sea in a storm ...c1400
• WATERY CAMP † the surface of the sea ...1598
SEA - nouns, person
• HALIOGRAPHER † a describer of the sea ...1727
• MARITIME †* a person living near the sea ...1655
• SUBTERMARINE one who works under the sea ...1891
SEA - verbs
• FALL of the sea: to grow calm ...1832 Sc.
• GROW † of the sea: to swell ...1600
• GROW DOWN † of the sea: to subside ...1748
• GROW HIGH † the sea: to swell ...1600.
• JABBLE of the sea: to become choppy, as when the wind rises or at the meeting of tides ...1824 Sc.
• MAKE of the tide, sea, etc.: to rise, surge, advance ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MARINATE † to transport over sea ...1673 sl.
• RAKE of the sea: to break on the shore with a long, grating sound ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SAMP of the wind or the sea: to lull ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• WAFF † to convey by sea ...1602
• WALL † of the sea, waves: to boil up, to rage ...c893
• WANE † of the sea, water: to subside, to ebb ...c1290
SEA-COAST - see SEASHORE
SEA-FIGHT - nouns
• NAUMACHIA a mimic representation of a sea-fight ...1596
• NAUMACHY † a mimic representation of a sea-fight ...1606
SEAGULL - see GULL
SEAL, SEALING (for document) - adjectives
• OBSIGNATORY * ratifying or confirming as with a seal ...1630
• SIGILLAR † belonging to a seal or mark ...1656
• SIGILLARY pert. to a seal or signet; connected with the use or making of seals, etc. ...1652
• SIGILLISTIC pert. to seals ...1867
• SIGNATORY † used in sealing ...1647
SEAL (animal) - nouns
• BIG SMELL a seal ...Bk1942 Amer. circus sl.
• HAIR-FISH † a fisherman's taboo-name for the seal ...1908 Sc.
• JACK the skin of a seal ...1795 Sc.
• JACKET 1. the natural (usually hairy) covering or 'coat' of various animals; the skin of a seal, fish, etc. ...1613
2. a young seal ...Bk1901 Newfoundland usage
• MAIG the flipper of a seal ...a1838 Sc.
• MEG the flipper of a seal ...a1838 Sc.
• RAGGED-JACKET the young of the harp seal during the first molt ...1884
• RAGGEDY JACKET a harp seal moulting from the white coat to the bedlamer stage ...1975 Can. usage
• TANG-FISH the seal ...1809 Eng. dial.
• TANGIE a young seal ...Bk1905 Sc.
SEAL, SEALING (for document) - nouns
• JACKEN-CLOSER a seal (for document) ...Bk1896 sl.
• JARK † a seal; an engraved stamp used for sealing ...1561 cant
• JASKER a seal ...1859 Amer. thieves' sl.
• JURK a seal, a license ...19C sl.
• OBSIGILLATION †* a sealing up ...1658
• OBSIGNATION †* the act of sealing up; a fastening or restraining as with a seal ...1653
• RAGMAN † a document (contract, agreement, indenture, etc.) with seals attached ...1362
• SIGIL a seal or signet ...a1610
• SIGILLATION the act of sealing; the fact of being sealed; the impression of a seal ...1642
• SIGILLOGRAPHY the science or study of seals ...1879
• SIGNACLE † a sign, seal, mark, figure ...1382
• SIGNATION * the act of marking with a seal, or of signing with the cross ...1607
SEAL (for document) - nouns, person
• SIGILLARIST * a sigillographer ...1898
• SIGILLOGRAPHER one who pursues or is skilled in the study of seals ...1882
SEAL (for document) - verbs
• OBSIGILLATE †* to seal up ...1623
• OBSIGN † to seal; to mark as with a seal; to ratify or confirm formally, as by sealing ...1554
• OBSIGNATE † to seal; to mark as with a seal; to ratify or confirm formally, as by sealing ...1653
• SIGILLATE to seal; to seal up ...1471
SEAL (animal) - verbs
• JACK to take the skin off a seal ...1795 Sc.
SEA LEVEL - adjectives
• SUBAQUEOUS below the sea-level ...1724 nonce use
SEAMAN - adjectives
• KILLICK a leading seaman's badge ...1915 Brit. nautical sl.
SEAMAN - nouns
• BETHEL a place of worship for seamen ...1840
SEAMAN - nouns, person
• BUNDLEMAN a married seaman, apparently from the small bundle tied up with a blue handkerchief which married seamen in a home port usually take ashore with them when going on leave ...1925 sl.
• CAT'S-PAW good-looking seamen employed to entice volunteers ...nautical
• DAB-DAB a seaman ...20C Royal Navy sl.
• DAB-TOE a seaman ...20C Royal Navy sl.
• GOB an American sailor or ordinary seaman ...1915 sl., orig. US
• GOBSHITE * an enlisted seaman ...E20 US naval sl.
• HALF-MARROW an incompetent seaman ...B1900 nautical sl.
• KILLICK a leading seaman ...1920 Brit. nautical sl.
• MARINE a man who is ignorant and clumsy about seaman's work; a greenhorn; a land-lubber ...1840 nautical sl.
• MONKEY'S ORPHAN a term of abuse for a lubberly seaman ...20C Brit. nautical sl.
• MOWREE a New Zealand seaman ...L19 Brit. sl.
• NEPTUNIST †* a navigator; a seaman; a sailor; a nautical person ...1593
• OILY WAD a seaman with no special skill ...1929 Brit. naval sl.
• OLD SOLDIER a worthless seaman ...1840 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• PADDY WESTER an inefficient or novice seaman ...1927 Brit. sl.
• SALT-ROVER † one who sails the seas ...1620
• SOLDIER a worthless seaman ...1840 sl., orig. & chiefly US
• STRIPEY a long-service able seaman, esp. one with good-conduct stripes ...1942 Brit. naval sl.
SEAMAN - phrases
• EVERY HAIR A ROPE YARN said of a tough seaman ...1975 Amer. dial.
• EVERY HAIR A ROPE YARN AND EVERY DROP OF BLOOD STOCKHOLM TAR said of a tough seaman ...1942 Amer. dial.
• KENNING BY KENNING increasing a seaman's wages by the work he does ...c1860 nautical colloq., chiefly used by the old whalers'
SEAMANSHIP - nouns
• MARINAGE † seamanship ...1511
• MARINARY †* seamanship; knowledge of navigation ...1684
SEAMSTRESS - nouns, person
• NEEDLE * a woman who works with a needle; a seamstress ...1834
• NEEDLE-DUMPER a seamstress ...1896 Sc.
• NEEDLEWOMAN a seamstress ...1611
SEAR - verbs
• ADUST † to burn, to scorch, to scar; to dry up with heat ...1550
SEARCH - adjectives
• EXQUISITIVE † eager to discover or learn; tending to search out, bent on searching out; curious ...1818
• INDAGACIOUS †* given to search or investigation; eager to investigate ...1653
SEARCH - nouns
• DACKER an official search ...1690 Sc.
• FANNING a search of a person, esp. for weapons ...1930s sl.
• LAIT † searching, search ...c1460
• ONCE a search, as at customs ...1920s sl.
• ONCE-OVER a search, as at customs ...1920s sl.
• RAMP a search ...1980s Aust. sl.
• RANGE a thorough search ...1893 Sc.
• REEMISH a thorough search, accompanied with noise ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCRIMGE a thorough search ...Bk1904 Sc. r
• SCRIMMAGE a through, fussy, noisy search ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCRINGE a prying, an eager search; a thorough rummage; a gleaning ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCROUNGE a search, a hunt ...1910s sl.
• SKIN SHAKE a thorough search of a person's body, including orifices ...1967 US sl.
SEARCH - nouns, person
• QUESTANT †* one who quests or searches ...1601
• QUESTRIST †* one who goes in quest of another ...1605
• SCRINGE a searcher; esp. a child or animal who searches out things not intended for him; a mean, miserly person ...1892 Sc.
SEARCH - verbs
• ARAB to search about ...1949 Amer. dial.
• BATHER to struggle; to go hither and thither in search of anything; to fuss about ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BESEECH † to seek after, to search for, to try to get ...c1200
• CALL to search out, to explore ...1810 Sc.
• CALL ABOUT to search for ...Bk1898 Sc.
• DACKER 1. to search, examine ...1634 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
2. to search a house or person for stolen goods; to search a house by official warrant ...1700 Sc.
• EVESTIGATE † to seek out, to search after, to investigate ...1656
• EXPISCATE to 'fish out'; to find out by scrutiny or inquiry; to search out; to discover by laborious investigation or strict examination ...c1611
• FALL ABOUT † to search around, to cast about ...1632
• FAN to conduct a search of a suspect's clothes, possessions or premises ...c1850 sl., orig. US
• FAND † to search a place, to examine a track ...c1225
• FOND † to search a place, to examine a track ...c1225
• HAIK to search, to rummage, as in a drawer, etc. ...1956 Sc.
• HAUL †* to search or examine thoroughly ...1666
• HAVE A DANCE to have a hard search from place to place ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• JACK to search ...1990s US sl.
• LAIT † 1. to look or search for; to seek, to try to find ...a1300
† 2. to search or look through; to examine ...1300s
• LAY † to set watch or guard in a place; to search a place for ...1560
• LAY ABOUT † to contrive, to plan, to take measures to do something; to look out or make a search for ...a1618
• LAY OUT † to make a search for; to look out for ...1624
• OFSECHE † to seek after; to search for; to make a search ...c1225
• PERQUIRE †* to search through, or make diligent search into; to inquire diligently into ...1597
• PERSCRUTE †* to scrutinize thoroughly; to make a thorough search or inquiry; to investigate ...a1545
• POKE AROUND to examine or search, esp. in a dilatory way ...1809 Amer. sl.
• QUAERITATE †* to inquire or search into ...1657
• RAKE 1. to make search or investigation; to poke into ...1637
2. to search a person ...1956 Sc.
• RAKE HELL † to search exhaustively ...1542
• RAMACK to search, to ransack ...1953 Amer. dial.
• RAMSACK to ransack; to search through in an exhaustive, messy or destructive way; to rummage ...1837 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• RAMSHACK to ransack; to search through in an exhaustive, messy or destructive way; to rummage ...1901 Amer. dial.
• RAMSHACKLE to ransack, to search for closely; to plunder ...1802 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
• RAMSHAG to ransack; to search through in an exhaustive, messy or destructive way; to rummage ...1959 Amer. dial.
• RANCEL 1. to search throughout a parish for stolen or for insufficient goods; also, to inquire into every kind of misdemeanour ...1615 Sc.
2. to search for; to grope; to ransack ...1898 Sc.
• RANGE to search for thoroughly ...1824 Sc.
• RANSACK † 1. to search a person for something stolen or missing ...c1250
* 2. to make thorough search ...c1386
• RANSACKLE to ransack, to search for closely ...1802 Eng. dial.
• RANSEL to search throughout a parish for stolen or for insufficient goods; also, to inquire into every kind of misdemeanour ...1615 Sc.
• RANSHACKLE † to ransack, to search for closely ...1621 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RATCH to search, to root about ...1968 Amer. dial.
• REEMISH to search thoroughly and noisily ...Bk1904 Sc.
• REMBLE to search ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• REMISH to search thoroughly and noisily ...Bk1904 Sc.
• REMLE to search ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• RIP to search; to rummage, esp. with a view to plunder ...c1388 sl.
• SCOVER to search; to discover; to ramble about ostentatiously ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRAM to search about for what can be picked up; to search with slight hope of success ...1895 Eng. dial.
• SCRIM to bustle about; to work with energy and success; to conduct a vigorous search for anything ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCRIMGE to search thoroughly; to go from place to place, esp. with the idea of searching ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCRIMMAGE to search thoroughly and noisily ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCRINGE to search carefully; to wander about turning over everything; to pry about; to glean ...1898 Sc.
• SCRUTATE * to search out, to investigate ...1882
• SHAKE DOWN to search a person or place ...1975 US sl.
• SIFT † to search; to try ...1611
• SKIRMISH to search, to scout, to rummage; to hunt up, to search out ...1864 Amer. dial.
• SKIRMISH ABOUT to search, to scout, to rummage; to hunt up, to search out ...1878 Amer. dial.
• SKIRMISH AROUND to search, to scout, to rummage; to hunt up, to search out ...1907 Amer. dial.
• SKIRMISH UP to search, to scout, to rummage; to hunt up, to search out ...1935 Amer. dial.
• SKRIM to bustle about; to work with energy and success; to conduct a vigorous search for anything ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SNOUT ABOUT to search ...1960s sl.
• SNOUT AROUND to search ...1960s sl.
• TAKE ON to stop and search ...1910s US police sl.
• THRUM to search for in a confused manner; to bring out after much search; to handle overmuch ...Bk1905 Sc.
• UMSEEK † to search for ...c1460
• VENT † to search or seek for ...1574
• WAIT † to search for ...1340-70
• WALE to rummage, to search about in, to grope through ...1869 Sc.
SEARCHED - adjectives
• LATED searched for; found ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• TOSSED searched by the police ...1950s Amer. sl.
SEARCHING - adjectives
• QUESTFUL * full of questing or searching ...1869
SEARCHING - nouns, person
• QUEST †* a person employed in searching ...1604
SEARCHLIGHT - adjectives
• ON THE MOVIES working a searchlight ...Amer. World War I sl.
• ON THE PICTURES working a searchlight ...Amer. World War I sl.
SEARCHLIGHT - nouns
• MOVIES a warship's searchlights ...1917 Royal Navy sl.
SEARED - adjectives
• ADUST scorched, seared; burnt up; dried up with heat, parched ...1550
• ADUSTED † scorched, seared; burnt up; dried up with heat, parched ...1550
SEASHORE - adjectives
• ORARIAN * dwelling on the coast, living by the seashore ...1870
SEASHORE - nouns
• BACKSIDES the ground between a sea-coast town and the sea ...1825 Sc.
• BANK † the sea-coast or shore; a beach ...c1350 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BANKS the seashore ...1855 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• EBBS the seashore ...1908 Sc.
• MARINE † the sea coast or shore; a promenade by the sea; also, the country or district in immediate proximity to the coast ...a1300
• SAND † the shore of a sea ...c1205 poetic
• SEA-RIM †* the seashore ...c1205
• VENTURE anything driven to shore by the tide or wind ...1824 Sc.
SEASHORE - nouns, person
• BEACH-COMBER one who hangs about the seashore or river-band on the lookout for jobs ...1885 Eng. nautical sl.
• ORARIAN * a dweller on the seashore ...1870
• SHOEBE a person who visits the seashore for the day, 'with his lunch in a shoe box' ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SHOEBIE a person who visits the seashore for the day, 'with his lunch in a shoe box' ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SHOOBIE a person who visits the seashore for the day, 'with his lunch in a shoe box' ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SHUBIE a person who visits the seashore for the day, 'with his lunch in a shoe box' ...1968 Amer. dial.
• VENTERER one who looks for articles driven to shore by tide or wind ...1824 Sc.
SEASICK - adjectives
• NAUSEABUND seasick ...1861
SEASICK, SEASICKNESS - verbs
• BE A GOOD SAILOR to be exempt from sea-sickness ...1833
• FEED THE FISH to be seasick, and vomit in consequence ...1928 Amer. dial.
• FEED THE FISHES to be seasick, and vomit in consequence ...1928 Amer. dial.
• GIVE UP THE SHIP to be seasick ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• RACE FOR THE STEWARD'S BASIN to experience sea-sickness ...20C jocular
• TELL WHAT WOOD THE SHIP IS MADE OF to be seasick ...1580
• TRAVEL BY RAIL to be seasick ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
SEASICKNESS - nouns
• FELLING OF OAKS seasickness ...17C colloq.
• MISERY BOWL a bowl used for vomiting by sufferers of sea-sickness ...L19 sl.
• OONY seasickness ...20C Aust. sl.
• QUEERS, THE sea-sickness ...L19 sl.
• RACE FOR THE STEWARD'S BASIN sea-sickness ...20C jocular
SEASON - adjectives
• BACK of the seasons: late, backward ...1885 Eng. dial.
• BACKWARD of the seasons, vegetation, etc.: behindhand, late ...1884 Eng. dial.
SEASON - nouns
• MIDSUMMER-COME-NEVER an imaginary season which never arrives ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TIDEMENT †* time, tide, season ...1560
SEASON - verbs
• PALATE † to make palatable, to season ...1610
SEASONABLE - adjectives
• OPPORTUNEFUL † affording opportunity; seasonable ...1605
• TIDEFUL † seasonable, opportune, right, fit, convenient, expedient ...a1300
• TIDY † timely, seasonable, opportune; in season ...c1350
• TIMEFUL * seasonable, due ...a1300
• TIMEOUS coming in due time; suitable or proper in respect of time; well-timed, seasonable, opportune ...a1616, chiefly Sc.
• TIMOUS coming in due time; suitable or proper in respect of time; well-timed, seasonable, opportune ...a1616, chiefly Sc.
• WELL-TIDED well-timed, seasonable ...1801 Eng. dial.
SEASONABLY - adverbs
• BETIME † in good time, early, seasonably ...a1300
SEASONED - adjectives
• YILL-SEASONED seasoned with ale ...1879 Sc.
SEASONING - adjectives
• HIGH-SEASONED enriched with spices or other seasoning ...1675
SEASONING - nouns
• FARCIMENT † stuffing; seasoning ...1657
• HAUT-GOÛT † a high or piquant flavour; a strong relish; something that gives a relish, seasoning ...c1645
• SEASON seasoning ...1966 Amer. dial.
SEAT - nouns
• AIN'T SHE SWEET a seat ...Brit. rhyming sl.
• BANK † a long seat for several to sit on, a bench or form; a platform or stage to speak from ...1205 obs. exc. Sc.
• DEACON SEAT the seats nearest a fire ...1975 US sl.
• GUNFIGHTER SEAT in a public place: a seat with the back against the wall, overlooking the room ...1997 US sl.
• LADY-CHAIR a seat formed by the hands of two persons standing facing each other: each person grasping his own left wrist with his right hand, and the wrist of the opposite person with his left hand, or vice versa ...1869
• OXYGEN SECTION seats in a stadium or coliseum that are high up and far from the action ...1993 US sl.
• QUEEN CHAIR a method of carrying a person; a seat made by two persons crossing hands ...Bk1905 Sc.
• QUEEN'S CHAIR a method of carrying a girl by seating her on the crossed and joined arms of two bearers ...1923 Sc.
• QUEEN'S CUSHION a seat (for a girl) made by the crossed hands of two persons; a seat made by two persons crossing hands; when a boy is so carried, the term is 'King's cushion' ...1808
• QUEEN'S SEAT a method of carrying a girl by seating her on the crossed and joined arms of two bearers ...1923 Sc.
• RESTING-CHAIR a long wooden seat with back and arms; a settle ...1892 Sc.
• SEDILE † a seat ...LME
• SIEGE † a seat, esp. one used by a person of rank or distinction ...a1225
• SITTING-PLACE * a place to sit in, a seat ...1382
• SUNKIE a little seat ...1815 Sc.
SEAT - verbs
• SIEGE †* to seat oneself; to place ...1425
SEA URCHIN - nouns
• ARISTOTLE'S LANTERN a sea urchin ...1990 Can. sl.
SEAWEED - adjectives
• TANG-COVERED of a rock: covered in seaweed ...1888 Sc.
SEAWEED - nouns
• BLIBBANS strips of soft or slimy stuff; generally used of seaweed on rocks at ebb-tide; also, large shreds of greens or cabbage put into broth ...1887 Sc.
• DAVY JONES' BEARD seaweed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GRASS seaweed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• KELP RAFT a mass of kelp floating on the sea ...1897
• NEPTUNE'S BEARD seaweed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SCORLINS slimy, cord-like seaweed ...1899 Sc.
• SEA BEARD seaweed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SEA-BLUBBER † a bladder-wrack (a common seaweed found in cold marine waters, having narrow brownish fronds with air-filled vesicles ...1681
• TANG large coarse seaweed ...1547 Eng. dial.
• TANG-COW a bunch of seaweed ...1889 Sc.
• TANGLE a general term for the larger seaweeds ...1536
• TANGLE-WEED a general term for the larger seaweeds ...1834
• TANGLE-WRACK a general term for the larger seaweeds ...1721
• VAREC seaweed ...1676
• WARE seaweed; esp. large drift seaweed used as manure ...c725 Sc. & Eng. dial.
SECLUDE - verbs
• IMMURE † to shut off, to exclude, to seclude from ...1616
SECLUDED - adjectives
• SCOUSED secluded, hidden ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• UMBRATIC * confined to the shade or to retirement; retired, secluded ...1839
SECLUDED - nouns
• JERICHO a place of retirement or concealment, or a place far distant and out of the way; a secluded place ...1635
SECLUSION - adjectives
• UMBRATICAL † remaining in retirement or seclusion ...1636
• UMBRATILE carried on in retirement or seclusion; not public or practical ...1640
SECLUSION - nouns, person
• UMBRATILE one who spends their time in retirement or seclusion ...1888
SECOND (time) - nouns
• TICK a moment, a second, an instant ...1879 colloq.
• TICK-TACK a second; a moment; a short space of time ...1881 Eng. dial.
SECONDHAND - adjectives
• OXY having a second-hand or dated appearance; impoverished-looking ...2003 UK sl.
• SECOND-HANDED secondhand ...1834 Amer. dial.
SECONDHAND - nouns
• ABRAHAM a cheap clothier's; a secondhand store ...Bk1909 sl.
• LALLA SHOP a small shop dealing in cheap miscellany, and secondhand wares and clothing, generally thought to be disreputable and catering to a low grade patronage ...1950 Amer. dial.
• PASS-DOWN a piece of secondhand clothing ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PASS-ME-DOWN a piece of secondhand clothing ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PASS-ME-ON a piece of secondhand clothing ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PASS-ON a piece of secondhand clothing ...1965 Amer. dial.
• RABAIS inexpensive articles, secondhand goods ...1886 Amer. dial.
• RABAIS SHOP a small shop selling cheap or secondhand goods ...1917 Amer. dial.
• REACH-ME-DOWNS secondhand or ready-made clothes ...1832
• THANK-YOU-SIR a secondhand article of clothing ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VINNIES the Society of St. Vincent de Paul; hence, their second-hand clothes shops ...1980s Aust. & NZ sl.
• VINNY'S the Society of St. Vincent de Paul; hence, their second-hand clothes shops ...1980s Aust. & NZ sl.
SECONDHAND - nouns, person
• WARDROBE DEALER a dealer in secondhand clothes ...1896
SECOND-RATE - adjectives
• ADOBE (derogatory) Mexican; hence, second-rate, inferior ...19C US sl.
• ASSY insignificant, second-rate, unimportant ...2000s US Black sl.
• BAG-BITING infuriatingly objectionable or second-rate ...1983 Amer. computers' sl.
• BODGER of low quality; bad; inferior; second-rate; unsatisfactory ...1945 Aust. sl.
• CACKY disgusting; contemptible; worthless; second-rate ...1970s sl.
• CAGMAG inferior, second-rate, spurious; unwholesome, decaying; coarse, worthless, rubbishy ...1859 Eng. dial.
• CHICKEN-PLUCKING second-rate, vulgar, insignificant ...1960s US sl.
• CHUMP unsophisticated, second-rate, provincial ...20C sl.
• CHUMP-ASS unsophisticated, second-rate, provincial ...20C sl.
• CHUMPISH unsophisticated, second-rate, provincial ...20C sl.
• CONKY sub-standard, inferior, second-rate ...L19 sl.
• DARK bad, inferior, unpleasant, second-rate, nasty ...1980s UK sl.
• EXCREMENTAL unpleasant, disgusting; second-rate ...1960s euphemism for 'shitty'
• FAGGOTY cowardly, useless, second-rate ...1960s sl.
• FARANDINICAL †* of the nature of farandine (17th century cloth); hence, second-rate, worthless ...1675
• FLUNKY ignorant, second-rate ...L19 US sl.
• HADDIT useless, second-rate ...1960s NZ sl.
• HAD IT useless, second-rate ...1960s NZ sl.
• HALF-AND-HALF second-rate ...M19 sl.
• HALF-ARSE careless, inadequate, incompetent, second-rate ...M19 sl.
• HALF-ARSED careless, inadequate, inferior, unsatisfactory, ineffectual, incompetent, second-rate ...1865 US sl.
• HALF-ASS careless, ineffectual, inadequate, incompetent, second-rate; mediocre, insignificant, unsatisfactory ...M19 sl.
• HALF-ASSED careless, inadequate, incompetent, second-rate, mediocre, insignificant ...1865 US sl.
• HOLE IN THE WALL second-class, inferior ...M19 sl., orig. US
• LEMON useless; second-rate ...1900s US sl.
• LOW-RENT second-rate; bargain-basement ...1975 colloq.
• MICKEY second-rate, corny ...1950s US sl.
• NAFF second-rate, workaday ...1969 sl.
• NAPH second-rate, workaday ...1990s sl.
• OFF-BRAND second-rate ...1960s sl., orig. US Black
• OF SORTS undistinguished, second-rate, barely adequate ... ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ONE-HORSE small and insignificant; unimportant; second-rate, inferior ...1853 Amer. dial.
• PANTS rubbish, second-rate, inferior ...1990s sl.
• PORK-AND-BEAN(S) basic, unenterprising, second-rate ...1910s US sl.
• PORKY second-rate, inferior ...1900s US sl.
• QUIFF second-rate, lightweight ...1960s US sl.
• RAGGED of a person or object: second-rate, inferior ...L18 sl.
• RAGGEDY run-down, second-rate, dilapidated ...1930s US Black sl.
• RAGGETY run-down, second-rate, dilapidated ...1930s US Black sl.
• RAGIDY run-down, second-rate, dilapidated ...1930s US Black sl.
• RANK second-rate, inferior, disgusting ...M18 sl.
• RANK-ASS second-rate, inferior, disgusting ...M18 sl.
• SCANKY dirty, second-rate, unattractive, cheap-looking, ugly, promiscuous ...1970s sl., orig. US Black
• SCHWAG second-rate, inferior, bad ...1990s US campus sl.
• SCROUNGY inferior, second-rate, grubby ...20C US sl.
• SHANK-ASS dirty, second-rate, unattractive, cheap-looking, ugly, promiscuous ...1970s sl., orig. US Black
• SHANKY dirty, second-rate, unattractive, cheap-looking, ugly, promiscuous ...1970s sl., orig. US Black
• SHYPOO inferior; shoddy; second-rate ...L19 Aust. & NZ sl.
• SKANKY dirty, second-rate, unattractive, cheap-looking, ugly, promiscuous ...1975 sl., orig. US Black
• SKETCHY second-rate ...1990s US campus sl.
• SNUFFY second-rate, inferior ...1888 Eng. dial.
• TINNY cheap, second-rate ...1920s sl.
• TWO-DOLLAR second-rate ...1990s US sl.
• UNDER THE ARM second-rate, inferior, bad ...1937 Brit. sl.
• WACK second-rate, inferior, phony, unsatisfactory, unacceptable, very bad ...1984 US Black sl.
• WACK-ASS second-rate, phony, unsatisfactory ...1980s US Black sl.
• WACKED second-rate, phony, unsatisfactory ...1980s US Black sl.
• WHACK second-rate, phony, unsatisfactory ...1980s US Black sl.
• WHACKED second-rate, phony, unsatisfactory ...1980s US Black sl.
SECOND-RATE - nouns
• BAGBITER a thing that is infuriatingly objectionable, second-rate, or the like ...1982 Amer. computers' sl.
• CODGE-JOB. a second-rate piece of work ...19C US sl.
SECOND-RATE - nouns, person
• BAGBITER a person that is infuriatingly objectionable, second-rate, or the like ...1982 Amer. computers' sl.
• HAM AND EGGER an average person; a person who is below par, a second-rate person ...1932 Amer. dial.
• PORK-AND-BEANER a second-rate person ...1910s US sl.
• SCHLAPPER an insignificant person; a second-rater ...1940s sl., orig. US
• SCHLEPPER an idler, a worthless or ineffectual person; an oaf, a slob, a jerk, a stupid or awkward person; an insignificant person; a second-rater ...1947 sl. orig. US
• SCLEPPER an insignificant person; a second-rater ...1940s sl., orig. US
• VARNISH a second-rate person, one who is inadequate ...1900s UK society usage
SECOND-RATE - interjections
• WHAT A BEANFEAST! a satirical remark intended to underline that the situation is in fact far from a 'beanfeast', but in fact second-rate, poor, etc. ...L19 sl.
SECRECY - nouns
• DEAD QUIET absolute secrecy ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DERN darkness, secrecy ...1856 Sc.
• TAPINAGE † hiding, concealment, secrecy ...a1300
SECRECY - phrases
• BETWEEN YOU AND ME AND THE BED-POST in all confidence or secrecy ...1830
• QUIET IS KEPT used to request secrecy after making a revelation ...2000s US Black sl.
SECRET - adjectives
• ABSTRUSE † concealed, hidden, secret ...1602
• ACROAMATIC pert. to hearing; hence, privately communicated by oral teaching to chosen disciples only; esoteric, secret ...1632
• ACROAMATICAL † pert. to hearing; hence, privately communicated by oral teaching to chosen disciples only; esoteric, secret ...1580
• ACROATIC pert. to hearing; hence, privately communicated by oral teaching to chosen disciples only; esoteric, secret ...1655-50
• CABINET private, confidential, secret
• CLANCULARIOUS † private, secret; unknown; clandestine, underhand ...1656
• COPA confidential, secret ...1950s sl.
• COPACETIC confidential, secret ...1950s sl.
• COPASETIC confidential, secret ...1950s sl.
• COPASETTY confidential, secret ...1950s sl.
• COPESETTE confidential, secret ...1950s sl.
• COPUS confidential, secret ...1950s sl.
• DARK secret ...1877 Aust. sl.
• DATCHIE hidden, secret ...19C Sc.
• DERN secret, obscure ...1814 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DOLO secret ...1990s US campus sl.
• DOWN LOW covert, secret ...1990s US Black sl.
• HIDDENMOST most hidden or secret ...L19
• HIDLINGS hidden, secret, underhand, clandestine ...L18 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• HUGGRY-MUGGRY secret, clandestine ...B1900 Sc.
• HUSH-HUSH secret ...1916 UK military origins
• KOPASETIC confidential, secret ...1950s sl.
• KOPASETTE confidential, secret ...1950s sl.
• LONG-LUGGED eager to listen to secrets or scandal, given to eavesdropping ...1901 Sc.
• OBSCURE † secret, concealed ...1792 Sc.
• OPERTANEOUS †* of secret, hidden, or covert nature; done in private, hidden from view, concealed ...1656
• QUIET † acting or living quietly; remaining hid or secret; fast asleep ...1533 Sc.
• QUIET-SIDE secret ...1976 US sl.
• UNDER ONE'S HAT secret ...L19 US sl.
• UNDER THE BED clandestine, secret, corrupt ...M19
• UNDER THE TABLE clandestine, secret, corrupt ...M19
• UNDER WRAPS secret ...1939 sl.
SECRET, SECRETIVE - nouns
• BIGOT highly secret information; a code word ...World War II Amer. sl.
• BUG UNDER THE CHIP a secret ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• CAB a small number of persons secretly united in the performance of some undertaking ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• COLLOGUE a private talk; a secret plan or scheme ...E19
• CUDDLE-MUDDLE a secret conversation, often, with evil intent ...19C Sc.
• CUGGER-MUGGER a confabulation, a secret conversation; a whispering, a gossiping in a low voice ...1862 Ireland
• DEAL an underhand or secret transaction; a trade of questionable legality; a mutually beneficial commercial or political arrangement ...1881 US sl.
• DEEPSHIP †* a profound secret or mystery ...a1225
• HEN ON, A an urgent, important, or secret plan or project in the making ...1878 Amer. dial.
• HEN ON THE NEST, A an urgent, important, or secret plan or project in the making ...1949 Amer. dial.
• HIDDEN HAND a secret or occult influence, esp. of a malignant character
• HIDLINGS 1. hiding places, secret places ...E16
2. secret or clandestine operations ...E19
• HUSH-HUSH a secret ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HUSH-HUSH STUFF. a secret ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• IRISH WHISPER a saying something aloud when whispering would have been more appropriate, as a secret ...1985 Amer. dial.
• MASONICS secrets ...L19 UK society sl.
• MASONRY secret signs and passwords ...M19 sl.
• MILK IN THE COCONUT the secret; the heart of the matter ...1840
• MUM a secret ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• NO-CAN-TELL a secret ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OCCULT †* something hidden or secret ...1656
• SNEAK GO any secretive action ...1989 Aust. sl.
• THIN SECRET a secret easily seen through ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• TICHEL any article kept secretly ...Bk1905 Sc.
SECRET - nouns, person
• BABBLER a gossip, or teller of secrets ...L16
• BASKET a person who can't keep a secret ...1975 Amer. dial.
• BLOBBER-MOUTH a talkative person; one who will not keeps secrets ...1949 Amer. dial.
• BLOB-TONGUE one who blurts out a secret; a telltale; a blab; a gossip ...1886 Eng. dial.
• CLOSET CASE anyone who does anything in secret ...M20 US colloq.
• DARK HORSE a person who keeps things about themselves secret ...1917 Aust. sl.
• GAB one who cannot keep a secret ...1920s US sl.
• LAB † a chatterbox, a tattler; one who cannot keep a secret ...c1386 obs. exc. Eng. dial
• LAB-O'-THE-TONGUE a chatterbox, tattler; one who cannot keep a secret ...1746 Eng. dial.
• LONG-TONGUE a chatterbox, talebearer, telltale, gossip, blabber, a divulger of secrets; an unusually talkative woman; a scold ...1847
• SIEVE one who cannot keep a secret ...1668
• SILENTIARY someone sworn to keep state secrets secret
• TALE-PAT a telltale, a talebearer, one who divulges secrets ...1808 Sc.
• TALE-PYET a telltale, a talebearer, one who divulges secrets; an informer, a tattler ...1808 Sc. & Eng. dial.
SECRET - verbs
• BLATE OUT to blurt out, esp. a secret ...1909 Amer. dial.
• BLOW to speak revealingly; to give away secret information ...1575
• BLOW THE GAFF to let out a secret; to reveal a plot; to give convicting evidence ...1812 sl.
• BLUTTER † to give hasty utterance to; to blurt out; to talk foolishly; to tell what ought to be kept secret ...1680 obs. exc. Sc.
• CACKLE to talk idly, esp. in the sense of telling secrets ...1698 criminals; sl.
• CHEEP to tell or reveal; to betray a secret; to mention, to hint at ...1903 Amer. dial.
• COLLIFOBBLE to talk secretly together ...19C Eng. dial.
• CRACK HARDY to keep a secret ...20C Aust. sl.
• CUDDLE-MUDDLE to speak in a secret, muttering voice ...Sc.
• DROP A BUG IN ONE'S EAR to tell one a secret or put one on to a secret; to give somebody a hint for his own good ...1965 Amer. dial.
• FERSCHNAPP ONESELF to let the cat out of the bag, to reveal a secret ...1970 Amer. dial.
• HAVE A HEN ON to have an urgent, important, or secret plan or project in the making ...1916 Amer. dial.
• HAVE A HEN ON THE NEST to have an urgent, important, or secret plan or project in the making ...1949 Amer. dial.
• HEAL to hide, to conceal; to keep secret ...1768 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HEAL ON A PERSON to keep anyone's secrets, not to betray or reveal them ...1827 Sc.
• HEAR A BIRD SING to receive private or secret information ...1597
• KEEP A STIFF LIP to keep quiet, to maintain a secret ...1970s US Black sl.
• KEEP DARK to keep secret ...1681 colloq.
• KEEP UP † to keep secret or undivulged ...1678
• LAB to blab, to let out secrets ...1377 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• LABA-LABA to chatter, to gossip; to betray secrets ...1960s W. Indies
• LABBA-LABBA to chatter, to gossip; to betray secrets ...1960s W. Indies
• LET SOMEONE IN ON to impart otherwise secret or privileged information ...20C sl.
• LET THE CAT OUT OF THE BAG to disclose a secret or a trick ...c1750
• LET THE CAT OUT OF THE SACK to disclose a secret ...1967 Amer. dial.
• LET THE CAT OUT OF THE WALLET to give away a secret or tell a piece of news too soon; to let the cat out of the bag ...1804 Amer. dial.
• PUT A BUG IN ONE'S EAR to tell one a secret or put one on to a secret; to give somebody a hint for his own good ...1909 Amer. dial.
• QUATCH to betray; to tell a secret ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUIDDLE to give away a secret or tell a piece of news too soon ...1969 Amer. dial.
• RAP OFF to speak inconsiderately; to let out secrets ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SCOUK to skulk; to scowl; to look angry, sulky, or furtive; to go about in a secret, guilty manner ...1845 Sc.
• SCREAM ON ONE to give away a secret or to betray the confidence of someone; to tell; to inform; to attack ...1960s US Black sl.
• SKOOK to skulk; to scowl; to look angry, sulky, or furtive; to go about in a secret, guilty manner ...1845 Sc.
• SPLIT to disclose, to reveal secrets ...M19 sl.
• UNDERFIND † to discover something secret; to find out ...B1900 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• VENT † to disclose, to divulge, or let out a secret, etc. ...1678
• WARD * to carefully keep a secret ...1881
• YED to work secretly; to conquer by stratagem ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
SECRET - phrases
• MUM'S THE WORD used as injunction not to reveal a secret ...a1704 sl.
• UNDER WRAPS kept in secret ...1939 UK sl.
SECRETARY - nouns, person
• GAL FRIDAY a female secretary or personal assistant ...1930s sl., orig. US
• GIRL FRIDAY a female secretary or personal assistant ...1930s sl., orig. US
SECRETE - verbs
• BALFURD to put anything carefully aside; to secrete ...Bk1898 Sc.
• SCOG to shelter; to take shelter; to secrete, to hide ...1822 Sc.
SECRETIVE - adjectives
• CLOSE AS AN OYSTER silent, secretive ...L19 US sl.
• CLOSE AS OAK. very retentive of secrets; secretive ...17C colloq.
• DUMB AS AN OYSTER silent, secretive ...L19 US sl.
• SHUT-MOUTHED silent, secretive, reserved ...1909 Amer. dial.
• SNEAKY underhanded or secretive ...1833
SECRETIVE - nouns, person
• SHUT-MOUTH a person who says little; a silent, secretive or reserved person ...1891 Amer. dial.
SECRETLY - adverbs
• BEHIND HAND in secret, in an underhand way ...Bk1905 Sc.
• BETWEEN YOU AND ME AND JACK MUM secretly, in confidence ...20C Irish sl.
• BETWEEN YOU AND ME AND THE GATE-POST secretly; in confidence ...1871 Amer. dial.
• BETWEEN YOU AND ME AND THE LAMP POST secretly; in confidence ...1941 Amer. dial.
• BETWEEN YOU AND ME AND THE POST secretly; in confidence ...1796 Amer. dial.
• BETWIXT YOU AND ME AND THE GATE between ourselves ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• HIDLINGS in a hidden way, secretly ...ME Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• HIDLINS secretly, stealthily, clandestinely ...a1225 Sc.
• HUDDLE-MUDDLE † secretly ...1790 Sc.
• HUGGRY-MUGGRY secretly ...B1900 Sc.
• IN HIDLINGS in secret, secretly ...LME Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• ON THE FLY in secret; sneakily ...chiefly Sc.
• ON THE Q.T. surreptitiously, on the quiet; secretly ...1884 sl.
• ON THE SIDE secretly; often used with reference to extramarital sexual affairs
• ON THE SNEAK TIP in secret ...1995 US sl.
• SCOUK secretly, in a hidden manner ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SKOOK in a hidden manner, secretly, furtively, with a gloomy, scowling mien ...1866 Sc.
• SNIDE secretly; deceitfully ...2002 UK sl.
• SUB ROSA secretly, confidentially ...Bk1904 colloq.
• SUBTERRANEOUSLY secretly; in the dark ...1791
• UNBESEEN unobserved, secretly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNDER BANISTY secretly, surreptitiously ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• UNDER THE WIND secretly, by underhand means ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNDER-THUMB secretly; in an underhand manner ...1824 Sc. & Eng. dial.