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SPRIGHTLY - STAIRWAY
SPRIGHTLY - adjectives
• CAPERSOME lively, spirited, sprightly...1852
• DAPPER of a small person, esp. a man: smart in movements, etc.; active, sprightly ...E17
• GALLOWS spirited, sprightly; plucky; smart in appearance ...1865 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• GALLUS spirited, sprightly; plucky; smart in appearance ...1865 Eng. dial.
• KEDGY brisk, active, sprightly, lively; cheerful, happy ...1719 Eng. dial.
• KIDGY brisk, active, sprightly ...1812 Eng. dial.
• LIFESOME full of life or animation; lively, gay, sprightly, animated ...1688
• PEART sprightly; lively; in good health; clever ...1828 Amer. dial.
• SPANKY sprightly, frisky ...B1900 Sc.
• TID lively, sprightly, frolicsome; skittish, restless, fidgety ...1825 Eng. dial.
• VEGETOUS † vigorous, lively, sprightly, active, healthy, flourishing in respect of health and vigour ...1609
• YALD active, sprightly, nimble; strong, vigorous ...1786 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• YALD-LOOKING having the appearance of sprightliness ...1885 Sc.
• YAUL active, sprightly, nimble; strong, vigorous ...1786 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• YAULD active, sprightly, nimble; strong, vigorous ...1786 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• YAWL active, sprightly, nimble; strong, vigorous ...1786 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• YELD alert, sprightly; nimble, active; able-bodied; strong, powerful ...1816 Eng. dial.
SPRIGHTLY - nouns, person
• BAB the smartest or sprightliest lad or lass in a company ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BUCKSTICK a well-dressed, sprightly child or youth; a fop ...19C Eng. dial.
• COCK-A-BENDY a sprightly boy ...1866 Sc.
• DAPPERLING a little dapper fellow ...E17
• DAPPERWIT a lively, active, spruce little man ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
SPRIGHTLY - verbs
• GO HEAD UP AND TAIL A-RISING to go rapidly and with some sprightliness ...1959 Amer. dial.
• WALTZ to move lightly, blithely, trippingly, nimbly or in a sprightly and self-assured manner...1862 colloq.
SPRING (season) - adjectives
• VERNAL coming, appearing, or happening in spring ...1534
• VERNAL suggestive of spring; having the mildness or freshness of spring; early, youthful ...1790
• VERNANT † 1. flourishing or growing in, or as in, spring ...c1440 now rare or obs.
† 2. pert. to the spring; vernal ...1654 now rare or obs.
SPRING (as water) - adjectives
• QUELLY wet, full of springs ...1854 Eng. dial.
• QUICK * of wells, springs, streams, or water: running, flowing ...c1000
SPRING (bound) - adjectives
• BENDIT ready to spring, crouching ...Bk1898 Sc.
SPRING (season) - adverbs
• VERNALLY * in or like spring ...1727
SPRING (as water) - nouns
• BALNEARY a bath or bathing-place; a medicinal spring ...1646
• BALNEOLOGY the scientific study of bathing and medicinal springs ...1883
• BALNEOTHERAPY treatment of disease by baths or medicinal springs ...Bk1888
• BATH † a spring of water (chiefly hot or impregnated with minerals) suitable for bathing ...864
• HEAD the source or spring of a stream or river ...1879 Eng. dial.
• KELD a well, a fountain, a spring; a deep, still, smooth part of a river ...1697 N. Eng. dial.
• KELL a well, a fountain, a spring; a deep, still, smooth part of a river ...1697 N. Eng. dial.
• LICK a spring or stream ...1945 Amer. dial.
• QUELL * a spring, fountain ...1894
• QUICK-FRESH a spring in mossy ground ...a1838 Sc.
• QUICK-SAND a spring in mossy ground ...a1838 Sc.
• QUICK-SPRING a spring in mossy ground ...a1838 Sc.
• QUILL a spring of water ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SEEP a place where water oozes out of the ground; a sluggish spring ...1881 Amer. dial.
• SEEP SPRING a place where water oozes out of the ground; a sluggish spring ...1901 Amer. dial.
• SIPE a small spring or pool of water ...1825 chiefly Sc.
• WALL a spring of water; a well ...1806 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• WALM † a gushing fort or upwelling of water; a spring, fountain, water-source; the water of such ...a897
SPRING (bound) - nouns
• BEND † a spring, a leap, a bound ...1513 Sc.
• LENCH † a leap, a spring ...1606 Sc.
SPRING (season) - nouns
• BUZZARD STORM a period of very cold weather in spring ...1954 Amer. dial.
• FLY TIME spring ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GRASS spring ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LENT † the season of spring ...c1275
• LENTEN † spring ...c1000
• LINEN BRITCHES WINTER a period of cold weather in the spring ...1950 Amer. dial.
• PET WEATHER particular good weather early in the spring ...1982 Amer. dial.
• PRIMETIDE † springtime, spring; fig. the 'springtime' of life, or of any movement ...1549
• RENDING-TIME the early spring ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SICK-BIRD WINTER a late spring storm ...1991 Amer. dial.
• VER † the season of spring; springtime ...1382
• VERE † the season of spring; spring-time ...c1325
• VERE-TIME † spring-time ...1382
• VERNAL † the vernal season; the spring ...1654
• VERNAL SEASON the season of spring ...1644
• VOAR the spring; seed-time ...1721 Sc.
• VOAR-SEASON the spring-time ...1890 Sc.
• VOAR-TIME the spring-time ...1806 Sc.
• WARE the season of spring ...a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• WHEELING TIME spring ...1914 Amer. dial.
SPRING (bound) - verbs
• BEND † to spring, to leap, to bound ...c1530 Sc.
• BOUT to bolt, to spring, to leap; to rise quickly from beneath a surface ...Bk1911 Sc.
• LAKE † to exert oneself, to move quickly, to leap, to spring; hence, to fight ...a1000
• LANCE † to bound, to spring, to move quickly, to rush ...c1330 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SKIT to shy or be skittish; to move lightly and rapidly; to caper, to leap, to spring ...1611
• YARK † to spring or rise suddenly; esp. of animals ...1611 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YERK † to spring or rise suddenly; esp. of animals ...1611 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
SPRING (water) - verbs
• QUILL to bubble up as a fountain or spring ...1854 Eng. dial.
• WALL UP to spring up, as water ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
SPRING (season) - verbs
• VERNALIZE * to render spring-like ...1830
SPRING - phrases
• WHEN BIRDS HAVE TWO TAILS when it is spring and swallows return ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
SPRINGING - adjectives
• SALTITANT †* leaping or springing ...1654
SRINGING - nouns
• SALIENCE * the quality of leaping or springing up ...1836
SPRINKLE - verbs
• ASPERSIFY to sprinkle upon anybody or anything ...1931 Amer. dial.
• BESPRENG † to sprinkle about ...c1529
• DAG to sprinkle; to wet with sprinkling ...1790 Eng. dial.
• DAGGLE to wet by splashing or sprinkling ...1805
• DEG(G) to sprinkle water upon anything; to bedew, to moisten, to soak ...1781 Eng. dial.
• ROOSE † to water; to sprinkle with water ...B1900 Sc.
• SINAPIZE to sprinkle
• TO-SPRENG † to besprinkle completely ...1382
• VAMP to sprinkle with water ...1892 Eng. dial.
SPRINKLED - adjectives
• BESPRENTED sprinkled, splashed ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BESPRITZED sprinkled on, as by a garden hose ...1935 Amer. dial.
SPRITE - nouns
• BILLY-BLIN a benevolent sprite ...1806 Sc.
• DOBBIE a household sprite or apparition supposed to haunt certain premises or localities, with powers of either good or evil; a ghost, a spectre ...1781 Eng. dial.
• GAME-GOBLIN † a sprite that plays pranks at night ...a1400
• HOB-GOB a hobgoblin, sprite, elf ...1882 Eng. dial.
• LAR † a sprite, a hobgoblin ...1598
• NANNY-CATCH an apparition; a mischievous sprite ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RED-CAP a sprite or elf supposed to haunt especially old castles or ruins ...1802 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RED-COWL a sprite or elf supposed to haunt especially old castles or ruins ...1816 Sc.
• RED-MAN a sprite or elf supposed to haunt especially old castles or ruins ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• THROB-THRUSH † a household sprite; a brownie ...1825 Eng. dial.
• THRUSH a sprite, a boggle ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
SPRUCE - adjectives
• BAITED FOR WIDOW spruced up; dressed to catch the attention of widows or other women ...1960 Amer. dial.
• DINK neat, nice, finely dressed, trim, spruce ...1721 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• FEAT-BODIED † having a feat or trim body, neat, spruce ...1750
• GALLIARD † having a gay appearance, spruce ...1513
• GEMMY † spruce, neat, smart; neatly-made; dexterous ...1750 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GIM † smart, spruce, fine, neat, pretty ...1513 obs. exc. Eng dial.
• GIMMY † spruce, neat, smart; neatly-made; dexterous ...1750 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• JAM neat, smart, spruce ...Bk1896 sl.
• JEMMY † spruce, dandified, neat, smart; dexterous ...1750 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• JIMMY spruce, neat, smart; neatly-made; dexterous ...1750 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• NATTY fashionable, spruce ...1557 colloq.
• PENSY † tidy in dress and appearance; spruce, neat ...a1806 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• POVIE spruce and self-conceited ...B1900 Sc.
• SMICKER † gay, spruce ...1589
• SPRUNNY neat, spruce, smart ...1733 Eng. dial.
SPRUCE (tree) - nouns
• APPLE the cone of Pinus abies, the Norway spruce ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• PINE APPLE the cone of Pinus abies, the Norway spruce ...1750 Eng. dial.
SPRUCE - nouns, person
• NATTY a neatly smart or spruce person ...1818
• SPRUSADO † a smartly-dressed person; a spruce fellow; a dandy ...1665
SPRUCE - verbs
• BLITZ IT to polish or spruce up with vigour and speed ...World War II Amer. sl.
• DAN UP to spruce up ...2003 Trinidad and Tobago sl.
• TITIVATE to make small alterations to one's toilet, etc. so as to add to one's attractions; to make smart or spruce; to 'touch up' in the way of adornment, to put the finishing touches to ...1805
• TITTIVATE to make small alterations to one's toilet, etc. so as to add to one's attractions; to make smart or spruce; to 'touch up' in the way of adornment, to put the finishing touches to ...1805
SPRUCENESS - nouns
• FEATNESS elegance, shapeliness, spruceness, trimness ...1576
• JEMMINESS spruceness, neatness, trimness ...1756
• NATTINESS neatness; tidiness; spruceness ...colloq.
SPRY - adjectives
• ANTIC frisky, lively, active, spry ...1903 Amer. dial.
• ANTSY lively, spry ...1973 Amer. dial.
• CADDY spry, agile, active, lively ...1938 Amer. dial.
• CADGY cheerful, merry; glad; friendly and hospitable; in good spirits; lively, excited, spry ...1725 Sc. & N. Eng. & Amer. dial.
• CAGY lively; excited; spry ...1897 Amer. dial.
• CATTY spry, agile, active, lively ...1939 Amer. dial.
• GLIB brisk, vigorous, spry ...1934 Amer. dial.
• KAGY lively; excited; spry ...1902 Amer. dial.
• SPRY AS A JAYBIRD IN WILD CHERRY TIME extremely spry ...1952 Amer. dial.
SPUNK - nouns
• TIZZYRINCTUM spunk, confusion ...1989 Amer. dial.
SPURIOUS - adjectives
• ABASTARDIZED † degenerate, debased, spurious ...1653
• ADULTERINE spurious, counterfeit; due to adulteration ...1542
• ADULTEROUS pert. to adulteration; spurious, counterfeit ...1567 arch.
• APOCRYPHATE † of spurious creation or character; of doubtful authenticity; fictitious, false ...1486
• APOCRYPHICAL †* of doubtful authorship or authenticity; spurious, fictitious, false ...1719
• BASTARDLY † unlicensed, unauthorized; counterfeit, spurious ...1586.
• CAGMAG inferior, second-rate, spurious ...1859 Eng. dial.
• FAKE fraudulent; spurious; counterfeit; false; pretended ...1775
• FAKED spurious; counterfeit ...1850s colloq.
• FAKED-UP spurious; counterfeit ...1850s colloq.
• KAMMA fake, trumped up, spurious; esp. said of emotions or illness ...20C S. Afr. sl.
• SCHLENTER counterfeit, spurious, fake ...L19 Aust. & S. Afr. sl.
• SLENTER counterfeit, spurious, fake ...L19 Aust. & S. Afr. sl.
• SLINTER counterfeit, spurious, fake ...L19 Aust. & S. Afr. sl.
• SPOOF fake, spurious, sham ...L19 sl.
SPURIOUS - nouns
• FAKE a spurious or counterfeit document; later, anything of a spurious, counterfeit, or fraudulent nature; a false rumour or false story of any kind; an invented newspaper story ...1851 sl., orig. criminals' usage
• NAIL TO THE COUNTER to expose as false or spurious; to expose as a lie ...1842
SPURIOUS - verbs
• ABASTARD † to make or declare bastard or illegitimate; hence, to make spurious or degenerate; to debase, to corrupt, to deteriorate ...1610
• ABASTARDIZE † to render bastard, spurious, or degenerate; to debase, to deteriorate ...1580
SPURN - verbs
• ASPERNATE † to despise, spurn, abhor ...1656
• CALCITRATE to kick; to spurn ...1623
SPUTUM - nouns
• WAD expectorated sputum ...1989 US sl.
SPY, SPYING - adjectives
• SNEAKY BEAKY spying ...1995 UK sl.
• SPOOKY pertaining to the world of spies and espionage ...1970s US sl.
SPY. SPYING - nouns
• BAG JOB an illegal and clandestine entry by intelligence or counterintelligence agents to gather information ...1971 Amer. sl., chiefly FBI usage
• BUG a spy device for listening to someone's conversation
• CIRCUS, THE the British secret service ...1963 sl.
• DROP a secret place where documents, etc. can be left or passed on by a spy ...1959 sl.
• POST OFFICE a secret place where documents, etc. can be left or passed on by a spy ...1919 sl.
• TRADE, THE the secret service ...1966 sl.
• TREFF a secret rendezvous, esp. for the transfer of goods or information ...1963 sl., orig. US
• WET an activity of intelligence organizations, esp. the KGB, involving assassination ...1972 sl.
SPY - nouns, person
• BEAGLE one who makes it his business to scent out or hunt down; a spy, an informer; a constable, a sheriff's officer, a bailiff, a beadle ...1559
• CUT-OUT someone acting as a middle-man in espionage ...1963 sl.
• FARGE a gossip; an intruder, a spy ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• MAIL CARRIER a spy ...US Civil War usage
• MOLE a spy who works from within an enemy's government or spy agency; hence, a person who spies on an organization from within ...1925 Amer. sl.
• PIMP a spy, an informer ...1844 Amer. dial.
• QUEER ROOSTER a police spy who frequents thieves' haunts, often feigning sleep in order to listen to their conversations; an informer ...L18 sl.
• SLEEPER a spy or saboteur who remains inactive for a long time before starting his or her work ...1955 sl.
• SNEAKY BEAKY a spy ...1995 UK sl.
• SPOOK an intelligence agent, especially CIA ...1942 US sl.
• SWALLOW a woman employed by the Soviet intelligent service to seduce men for the purposes of espionage ...1972 sl.
• U.C. an undercover agent ...1980s US sl.
• UNDERCOVER an undercover agent ...1962 sl.
• WAIT † a military watchman, sentinel, or lookout; also, a scout, spy; a watchman in a camp, castle, or fortified place who was furnished with a born to trumpet to sound an alarm or to make a signal ...a1300
• WAITER † an observer in secret; a scout, a spy ...1471
SPY - verbs
• BE ON THE BEEFMENT to see, to watch; to spy ...Bk1902 thieves' sl.
• BE ON THE POUNCE to see, to watch; to spy ...Bk1902 thieves' sl.
• BUZ to see, to watch; to spy ...Bk1902 thieves' sl.
• CASTELL to see, to watch; to spy ...L16 thieves' sl.
• DICK to see, to watch; to spy ...Bk1902 thieves' sl.
• FOX to see, to watch; to spy ...Bk1902 thieves' sl.
• KEEP TOUT to spy on, to keep a look-out ...E19 sl.
• LAY to see, to watch; to spy ...Bk1902 thieves' sl.
• MARK to observe, to watch, to see, to spy ...1377 now poetic
• NARK to see, to watch; to spy ...Bk1902 thieves' sl.
• NOSE to see, to watch; to spy ...Bk1902 thieves' sl.
• OGLE to see, to watch; to spy ...Bk1902 thieves' sl.
• PIPE to see, to watch; to spy ...1846 thieves' sl.
• QUIZ to watch, to spy on ...19C thieves' sl.
• ROAST to see, to watch; to spy ...Bk1902 thieves' sl.
• ROAST-BROWN to see, to watch; to spy ...Bk1902 thieves' sl.
• SHADOW to see, to watch; to spy ...Bk1902 thieves' sl.
• SHEPHERD to see, to watch; to spy ...Bk1902 thieves' sl.
• SKIN to see, to watch; to spy ...Bk1902 thieves' sl.
• SNIPE to snoop; to spy on someone ...2002 US sl.
• SNITCH to see, to watch; to spy ...Bk1902 thieves' sl.
• SPIT BLOOD of a spy: to fear exposure ...1963 sl.
• SPOT to see, to watch; to spy ...Bk1902 thieves' sl.
• STAG to see, to watch; to spy ...Bk1902 thieves' sl.
• TOUT to see, to watch; to spy ...Bk1902 thieves' sl.
• TOWER to spy upon ...L18 sl.
• TWIRE to see, to watch; to spy ...Bk1902 thieves' sl.
• WAIT † to watch with hostile intent; to spy upon; to lie in wait for ...c1200
SQUABBLE - nouns
• BARGLE a squabble, a quarrel, mostly in words ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BATTLE ROYAL a fight in which several combatants engage; hence, a general squabble ...1672
• BELLANDINE n. a broil, a squabble ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOBBERY a noise, disturbance, tumult; a fuss, row, uproar; a squabble, quarrel, dispute, altercation ...1816 Eng. dial. & sl.
• COLLIEBUCTION a noisy squabble, a disturbance, a wrangle ...1864 Sc.
• DINGBAT squabble of words or pushing ...1895 Amer. dial.
• HABBLE a quarrel, a squabble, a fight ...1818 Sc.
• PRABBLE † a quarrel, a squabble ...1598 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SCASHIE a squabble ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCASHLE a squabble, a wrangle; a scuffle ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCROBBLE a quarrel, a squabble ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SKASHIE a squabble ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SKASHLE a squabble, a wrangle; a scuffle ...Bk1904 Sc.
SQUABBLE - nouns, person
• HABBLER one who causes or delights in a squabble; a quarrelsome person ...1880 Sc.
SQUABBLE - verbs
• ABSQUATULATE to squabble ...1976 Amer. dial.
• BANTER to squabble, to tease, to taunt ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BRABBLE † to quarrel about trifles, to quarrel noisily, to brawl, to squabble, to wrangle ...c1530 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• JANGLE to speak angrily, harshly, or discordantly; to grumble, to murmur, to contend, to dispute, to wrangle, to squabble ...a1300 arch.
• OBSQUATULATE to squabble ...1976 Amer. dial.
• SCABBLE † to squabble, to quarrel, to wrangle acrimoniously ...1804 Sc.
• SCASH to quarrel, to squabble; to have a heated argument or disagreement ...1801 Sc.
• SCASHIE to wrangle, to squabble ...1898 Sc.
• SCASHLE to quarrel, to squabble, to wrangle ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SKASHIE to wrangle, to squabble ...1898 Sc.
• SKASHLE to quarrel, to squabble, to wrangle ...Bk1904 Sc.
SQUABBLING - nouns
• BANGLING † petty, frivolous contention; squabbling ...1612
SQUALID - adjectives
• AVERN filthy, squalid ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• MANGY beggarly, lousy, squalid, poverty-stricken, shabby ...1538
SQUALID - nouns
• BEDBUG ALLEY a squalid and run-down building or area of a town; a part of a town where the poorer people live ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BEDBUG ROW a squalid and run-down building or area of a town; a part of a town where the poorer people live ...1968 Amer. dial.
SQUALL - nouns
• BLEFFART a squall, a storm, a hurricane; a sudden and violent snowstorm ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLIFFART a squall, a gust; a short and sudden fall of snow ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLUFFERT the blast sustained in meeting a rough wind or squall ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOWDER a great squall, a heavy storm of wind and rain ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BULLHIDE SQUALL a bad squall or wind ...1966 Amer. dial.
• COCK-EYE a sudden squall or thunderstorm in northwest Australia ...1894 Aust.
• COCK-EYE BOB a sudden squall or thunderstorm in northwest Australia ...1894 Aust.
• COCK-EYED BOB a sudden squall or thunderstorm in northwest Australia ...1894 Aust.
• COCKY BOB a sudden squall or thunderstorm in northwest Australia ...1894 Aust.
• HAUD a squall ...Bk1902 Sc.
SQUANDER - verbs
• BANGLE † to waste, to fritter away, to squander ...1621 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BANGLE AWAY † to fritter away, to squander ...1621 obs.
• BEZZLE to waste, to squander; also, to embezzle ...1703 Eng. dial.
• BLOW to spend money recklessly; to squander ...1874 sl.
• BLOW IN to spend money recklessly; to squander ...1886 sl., chiefly US
• BLUE to spend money recklessly; to squander ...1846 sl.
• BRING A NOBLE TO NINEPENCE to squander ...Bk1921 sl.
• BRING AN ABBEY TO A GRANGE to squander ..Bk1909 sl.
• DEBAUCH † to dissipate, to spend prodigally, to squander ...1632
• DEBOISE † to spend prodigally, to squander ...1632
• DO IN to spend money recklessly; to squander ...1889 sl., chiefly Aust. & NZ
• FART AWAY to squander ...1928 Amer. sl.
• LAMB DOWN to squander one's earnings on drink ...L19 Aust. & NZ sl.
• LASH OUT to spend money recklessly; to squander; to be extravagant in spending ...1513 Brit. colloq.
• MAFFLE to spend recklessly; to squander, to waste in trifles ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAKE AWAY WITH to spend too freely; to squander ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAMMOCK to squander, to dissipate, to waste; to leave carelessly about ...1870 Eng. dial.
• MAR † to waste, to squander property ...c897
• MESS to squander money ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MOMMOCK to squander, to dissipate, to waste; to leave carelessly about ...1870 Eng. dial.
• PADDLE † to waste, to squander ...1616
• PALTER † to squander, to trifle away ...1625
• SKITTLE DOWN to spend or lose money prodigally; to squander ...1883
• SPLASH OUT to spend money recklessly; to squander ...1934 sl.
• SPLURGE to spend money recklessly; to squander ...1934 sl., orig. US
SQUANDERED - adjectives
• IMBECILE †* made away with, squandered, or dissipated ...a1677
SQUANDERED - verbs
• GO OVER THE LEFT SHOULDER † to be squandered ...1705
SQUANDERER - nouns, person
• DECOCTOR †* one who wastes or squanders; a ruined spendthrift ...1615
• LETTER-GO one who 'lets go'; a spendthrift; a squanderer ...a1637
• NEVE †* a spendthrift, a squanderer ...c1440
SQUANDERING - adjectives
• EFFUSE † wide-spreading, overflowing, unrestrained, extravagant, marked by squandering ...1742 obs. or arch.
• SLIDDERY squandering, spendthrift ...1892 Sc.
• SUMPTUOUS † of persons, etc.: spending largely, squandering, prodigal; hence, magnificent in equipment or way of living; extremely splendid ...1538
SQUANDERING - nouns
• LAVISH † waste, squandering ...1899 Amer. dial.
• MARRING † squandering, waste ...c897
• SUMPTUOSITY lavishness or extravagance of expenditure; magnificence or luxuriousness of living, equipment, decoration, or the like; sumptuousness; squandering, prodigality ...1559
SQUARE, SQUARED - adjectives
• QUADRAN † square ...1598
• QUADRANGULATE †* made quadrangular; squared ...1592
• QUADRANT † square; of a square form ...1509
• QUADRATARY †* relating to a square ...1690
• QUADRATE * square, rectangular ...1398
• QUADRATIC * square ...1656
• QUARNELL †* square, squared ...1533 Sc.
• QUARRY † square; squarely built, stout ...1297
SQUARE, SQUARENESS - nouns
• QUADRAN † a square ...1591
• QUADRANT † a square; a square thing or piece; a square picture ...1474
• QUADRATE † a square; a square area or space; also, a rectangle or rectangular space ...1471
• QUADRATENESS †* squareness ...1599
• QUADRATURE † square shape, squareness ...1563
• QUARRELET †* a small square ...1648
SQUARE - verbs
• QUADER †* to square a number ...c1430
• QUADRATE * to make (a thing) square ...1560
• QUARE †* to square ...a1300
SQUARED - adjectives
• QUARNELLED †* squared ...1533 Sc.
SQUARELY - adverbs
• FAIR squarely, fully ...1908 Amer. dial.
SQUASH - verbs
• QUAT † to beat or press down; to squash, to flatten, to extinguish ...c1400-50 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SIT ON to squash, to snub ...M19 sl.
• SIT UPON to squash, to snub ...M19 sl.
SQUASHED - adjectives
• BUNGED UP squashed, creased, pushed together uncomfortably ...20C sl.
SQUAT - adjectives
• BUNTY short and squat ...1870 Amer. dial.
• HODDY-DODDY short and dumpy or clumsy; disproportionately stout; squat ...1824
• PUNCHY short and stout, thickset, squat, stumpy; having a large paunch ...1791
• QUADDY of a person: very broad, short and thick; squat ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• QUAT low and broad; squat ...1848 Eng. dial.
• QUOT low and broad; squat ...1848 Eng. dial.
SQUAT - nouns, person
• FUDGY a little fat person; one of squat or stumpy build ...1825 Eng. dial.
• PUDGE a short, squat person; anything both short and thick ...1808 colloq. & Eng. dial.
• STUMP-OF-THE-GUTTER a short, squat, dumpy person ...1764 sl.
• TRUB-TAIL † a little or short, squat woman ...1706
SQUAT - verbs
• CRONK to crouch, to squat down; to sit huddled up in a slinking or crouching way ...1847 Eng. dial.
• GO QUAT to squat down; to crouch ...1790 Eng. dial.
• QUAD DOWN to squat ...1898 Eng. dial.
• QUAT † to crouch down or lie close, as an animal in hiding; to squat ...c1400 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• QUATTY to squat, to sit; to crouch down, esp. of game; to hide ...1816 Eng. dial.
• QUOT to squat, to sit; to crouch down, esp. of game; to hide ...1816 Eng. dial.
• SCOOCH to crouch, to squat; to squeeze oneself into a small space ...1858 Amer. dial.
• SCOOCH UP to crouch, to squat; to squeeze oneself into a small space ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SIT ON ONE'S HUNKERS to squat, to hunker ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SKOODLE to squat or crouch down ...1916 Amer. dial.
• SKUTCH DOWN. to crouch, to squat; to squeeze oneself into a small space ...1931 Amer. dial.
SQUATTED - adjectives
• QUAT † squatted, close, still, quiet, in hiding ...c1450
SQUATTER - nouns, person
• MAILER a squatter on waste ground (with the consent of the owner) who holds himself ready to be hired by the day ...Bk1910 Sc.
• NESTER (usually derogatory) a squatter, homesteader, farmer, or small rancher, esp. one who settles on established rangeland ...1880 Amer. dial., chiefly West
SQUATTING - adverbs
• AQUAT in a squatting position ...1834 Eng. dial.
• AQUOTT in a squatting position ...1834 Eng. dial.
• ASQUAT in a squatting position, squatting ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• KATIE-HUNKERS in a squatting position; esp. used to express a way of sliding on ice whilst sitting on the hams ...1825 Sc.
• KATY-HUNKERS in a squatting position; esp. used to express a way of sliding on ice whilst sitting on the hams ...1825 Sc.
• KITTIE-HUNKERS in a squatting position; esp. used to express a way of sliding on ice whilst sitting on the hams ...1825 Sc.
SQUATTING - nouns
• NESTING squatting, homesteading ...1918 Amer. dial.
• QUAT †* the act or state of squatting ...1602
SQUAWK - nouns
• QUAWK a screech; a quack; a caw; a squawk ...1899 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• QUEAK a gentle squeak; the weak, peeping cry of the young of small animals ...BK1905 Sc.
SQUEAK - nouns
• CANARY an unwanted squeak in machinery ...1937 Amer. sl.
• QUEAK a gentle squeak; a weak, peeping cry, as of a young or small animal ...1887 Sc.
• QUEEK a gentle squeak; a weak, peeping cry, as of a young or small animal ...1887 Sc.
• QUEEKLE a gentle squeak; a weak, peeping cry, as of a young or small animal ...1887 Sc.
• SCREAK a squeak ...1857 Amer. dial.
• SCREEK a squeak ...1857 Amer. dial.
SQUEAK - verbs
• EER to squeak as a pig; to scream, to shriek, to bawl out ...1825 Sc.
• EESK to make a squeaking noise, as of a mouse, new boots, etc. ...1866 Sc.
• ESK to make a squeaking noise, as of a mouse, new boots, etc. ...1866 Sc.
• QUEAK to make a weak, squeaking noise; to cheep; to cry, as the young of rats and mice ...1887 Sc.
• QUEEK to make a weak, squeaking noise; to cheep ...1887 Sc.
• QUEEKLE to make a weak, squeaking noise; to cheep ...1887 Sc.
• REEN to squeak as a pig ...1892 Sc.
• SCRAWK to make a harsh, grating noise; to squeak; to scream. to shriek ...1880 Eng. dial.
• SCREAK to squeak, to squeal, to creak; to grate ...1843 Amer. dial.
• SCRICELE to creak; to squeak ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SKREAK to squeak, to squeal, to creak; to grate ...1843 Amer. dial.
• SKREEK to squeak, to squeal, to creak; to grate ...1843 Amer. dial.
• YELP to squeak as a mouse; to chirp as a bird ...1677 Eng. dial.
• YILP to squeak as a mouse; to chirp as a bird ...1677 Eng. dial.
SQUEAKING - nouns
• NEESTERIN a creaking noise; a squeaking ...1898 Sc.
• RANTLING †* squeaking ...a1693
• SQUIRK a sharp squeaking sound ...1902
SQUEAKY - adjectives
• SCREAKY squeaky, creaky ...1885 Amer. dial.
• SKREAKY squeaky, creaky ...1885 Amer. dial.
• SKREEKY squeaky, creaky ...1885 Amer. dial.
• SKRIEKY squeaky, creaky ...1885 Amer. dial.
SQUEAL - nouns
• SCOIL † a squeal, a shriek ...1820 Sc.
• SKOYL a squeal ...1820 Sc.
SQUEAL - verbs
• QUERK to croak; to squeal as an animal in pain; to emit the breath forcible, esp. after violent exertion ...1790 Eng. dial.
• QUIRK to croak; to squeal as an animal in pain; to emit the breath forcible, esp. after violent exertion ...1790 Eng. dial.
• SCOIL † to squeal. to shriek ...1879 Sc.
• SCREAK to squeak, to squeal, to creak; to grate ...1843 Amer. dial.
• SCREEL to cry, to shriek, to squeal ...1890 Eng. dial.
• SKOYL † to squeal ...1879 Sc.
• SKREAK to squeak, to squeal, to creak; to grate ...1843 Amer. dial.
• SKREEK to squeak, to squeal, to creak; to grate ...1843 Amer. dial.
• SKREEL to cry, to shriek, to squeal ...1890 Eng. dial.
• YANK to cry out; to squeal ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
SQUEAMISH - adjectives
• CACKLE-STOMACHED having a stomach easily disgusted, squeamish; over-particular ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CAGMAG squeamish, dainty about one's food ...19C Eng. dial.
• DAUNCH † fastidious, dainty, overnice, squeamish, over-particular; sensitive, jealous of one's own dignity ...c1460 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• DENCH dainty, fastidious, squeamish ...1828 Eng. dial.
• DENCHED squeamish as to food ...1684 Eng. dial.
• DENSH dainty, fastidious, squeamish ...1828 Eng. dial.
• DINK dainty, squeamish, precise ...1806 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• KECKEN-HEARTED squeamish; loathing the sight of food; dainty; over-fastidious; faint-hearted ...Bk1901 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• KECKER squeamish ...Bk1901 Eng. dial.
• KECKERY squeamish ...Bk1901 Eng. dial.
• KECKISH †* squeamish, affected by nausea ...1603
• KECKLE-STOMACHED having a stomach easily disgusted, squeamish; over-particular ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• KECKLISH †* squeamish, affected by nausea ...1601
• KECKY squeamish ...Bk1901 Eng. dial.
• MAW-TURNED made squeamish ...1883 Eng. dial.
• NATURAL not squeamish ...1859 Amer. sl.
• NESH dainty, fastidious, squeamish; scrupulous ...1839 Eng. dial.
• NICE squeamish; precise ...1543 sl.
• OGERTFUL affecting delicacy of taste; squeamish ...1768 Sc.
• OLD-KILLED listless, squeamish ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUAUNCH squeamish, fastidious ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUAZIE queasy, having a disordered stomach, squeamish ...1824 Sc.
• QUEER WAYS strange, nervous, squeamish ...1827 Sc.
• QUEIMISH † squeamish ...a1485
• TARLOCH squeamish as to food; reluctant to eat ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TEITY squeamish ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TEITY-STOMACHED squeamish ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TEWEY squeamish in eating, dainty ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TICKLE † fastidious, dainty, squeamish; easily upset or disordered ...c1456 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• UGERTFOW affecting delicacy of taste; squeamish ...1768 Sc.
• UGERTFUL † proud; nice, squeamish ...1755 Sc.
• UNGODLY of the stomach or entrails: squeamish ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WAIRSH squeamish; feeling a desire for dainty food; having a griping in the bowels ...1804 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• WAIRSH-STOMACHED squeamish ...1742 Sc.
• WEAMISH † squeamish, fastidious ...1571
• YAMIE having a feeling of nausea; squeamish ...1929 Sc.
SQUEAMISH - nouns
• KECKLE-STOMACH a squeamish stomach ...Bk1901 Eng. dial.
SQUEAMISH - nouns, person
• MAWK a person who is squeamish and fastidious ...1889 Eng. dial.
SQUEAMISH - verbs
• REBOUND to vomit; to be squeamish, to have an inclination to vomit ...1883 Sc.
• SKEEVE to be disgusted by; to disgust; to be made squeamish by ...1996 Amer. dial.
SQUEAMISHNESS - nouns
• NAUSINESS †* a feeling of nausea; squeamishness ...1598
• YAMIENESS squeamishness ...1929 Sc.
SQUEEZE - nouns
• BIRSE a bruise, contusion; pressure, a squeeze ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRAY a squeeze ...Bk1911 Sc.
• THRIST a squeeze, a hug ...1892 Sc.
• TRIST a squeeze, a hug ...1892 Sc.
SQUEEZE - verbs
• BIRSE to bruise, to crush, to squeeze, force, to press ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRAY to press, to squeeze ...Bk1911 Sc.
• JAB to crush, to squeeze ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• JAMMOCK to squeeze, to press; to beat, to crush, to trample into a soft mass ...1876 Eng. dial.
• QUACK to squeeze, to press down, to pinch, to hold tight ...1876 Eng. dial.
• QUAT † to flatten down, to squeeze flat, to crush ...c1400-50 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• QUEAK to squeeze, to press down, to pinch, to hold tight ...1876 Eng. dial.
• QUEASE †* to press, to squeeze ...c1450
• QUEEK to squeeze, to press down, to pinch, to hold tight ...1876 Eng. dial.
• QUIDDLE to squeeze with the fingers ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• SCOOCH to crouch, to squat; to squeeze oneself into a small space ...1858 Amer. dial.
• SCOOCH DOWN to crouch, to squat; to squeeze oneself into a small space ...1858 Amer. dial.
• SCOOCH DOWN to crouch, to squat; to squeeze oneself into a small space ...1858 Amer. dial.
• SCOOCH UP to crouch, to squat; to squeeze oneself into a small space ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SCOOT DOWN to crouch down, to squeeze oneself into a small space ...1943 Amer. dial.
• SCRAM to crush, to squeeze ...1885 Eng. dial.
• SCRIAZE to squeeze ...1877 Ireland
• SCRIG to force; to squeeze out ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRIM to squeeze; to crush; to rub vigorously ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCRINCH to crouch; to crowd together; to squeeze yourself into a small space ...1870 Amer. dial.
• SCRINCH DOWN to crouch; to crowd together; to squeeze yourself into a small space ...1870 Amer. dial.
• SCRINCH UP to crouch; to crowd together; to squeeze yourself into a small space ...1870 Amer. dial.
• SCRINGE † to squeeze violently; to press down; to crowd together ...1790 Eng. dial.
• SCRINNY to squeeze against or through; to press close ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCROOCH 1. to contract, to squeeze, to draw up (esp. a part of the body) ...1851 Amer. dial.
2. to force, push, or squeeze one's way; to crowd over ...1909 Amer. dial.
• SCROOGE to squeeze one's way; to crowd, to push ...1904 Amer. dial.
• SCROONCH to crouch, to hunch; to shrink or squeeze oneself into a small space ...1925 Amer. dial.
• SCROUCH to squeeze in, to crowd together ...1844 Amer. dial.
• SCROUGE to force, push or squeeze one's way; to crowd ...1798 Amer. dial.
• SCROUNCH to squeeze oneself into a small space ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SCROUNCH DOWN to squeeze oneself into a small space ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SCROUNGE to force or squeeze one's way into a small space; to encroach on ...1953 Amer. dial.
• SCRUDGE to squeeze one's way; to crowd, to push ...1904 Amer. dial.
• SCRUNCH to squeeze ...L19 sl.
• SKIN to squeeze one's way; to move in a constricted space ...1920 Amer. dial.
• SKRIM to squeeze; to crush; to rub vigorously ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SKROOTCH to contract, to squeeze, to draw up (esp. a part of the body) ...1851 Amer. dial.
• SKUTCH DOWN. to crouch, to squat; to squeeze oneself into a small space ...1931 Amer. dial.
• SQUEEZE TO VERJUICE † to squeeze greatly ...1605
• SQUIZZEN to squeeze; to crush, to crumple ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• THRIMP to press, to squeeze; to press as in a crowd ...1850 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THRING † to press together, to squeeze, to compress; to crush, to bruise ...a1300
• THRIST to thrust, to push; to press, to squeeze, to hug; to wring ...1838 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THRUMBLE to press, compress, squeeze; to crowd or heap together, to throng ...1589 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• THRUSSEN to thrust; to push, to squeeze, to crowd ...1874 Eng. dial.
• THRUST to crowd, to push, to squeeze ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THRUSTEN to thrust; to push, to squeeze, to crowd ...1874 Eng. dial.
• THRUTCH to crowd, to press, to squeeze, to huddle together ...1874 Eng. dial.
• TRIST to thrust, to push; to press, to squeeze, to hug; to wring ...1838 Sc.
SQUEEZED - adjectives
• SQUZ squeezed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
SQUELCH - verbs
• QUELCH * to squelch ...1659
• QUELSH * to squelch ...1659
SQUINT - adjectives
• TANGLE-EYED having squint eyes; cross-eyed ...1892 Amer. dial.
SQUINT - nouns
• EAST EYE a squint, a cast in the eye ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• SCOUK a furtive look, a glance from under the brows or from the tail of the eye; a squint; a frown; a scowl; a sour, gloomy aspect; an evil look ...c1715 Sc.
• SKEWGEE a squint ...L19 sl.
• SKOOK a furtive look, a glance from under the brows or from the tail of the eye; a squint; a frown; a sour, gloomy aspect ...c1715 Sc.
• SQUINNY a squint, a sly glance, a look; a person who squints ...1881
SQUINT, SQUINTING - nouns, person
• MOON-EYED HEN. a squinting wench ...c1780 Brit. sl.
• SQUINNY a squint, a sly glance, a look; a person who squints ...1881
• SQUINT-A-PIPES † a squinting man or woman ...1788 sl.
• TANGLE-EYE a person with squint eyes; a cross-eyed person ...1939 Amer. dial.
SQUINT - verbs
• KAIN to look, to peer; to look shyly or askance; to squint ...1847 Eng. dial.
• PUT ON A BOSS to affect a squint in order to make oneself look more threatening ...L19 sl.
• SCAN to squint ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCLOOT to squint ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCREECH. to close your eyes part way, as in looking at the sun, etc. ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SCRINCH to close the eyes part way, as when looking at the sun, etc. ...1967 Amer. dial.
• SCRINGE to close your eyes part way, as when looking at the sun, etc. ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SCROOCH to narrow the eyes, to squint ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SKELLY to squint ...1776 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SKEN to squint; to give a side look; to glance ...1611 Eng. dial.
• SKIME to squint, to look askance ...1691 N. Eng. dial.
• SQUINNY to squint, to look askance; to peer with partly closed eyes, to peep ...1605
• SQUINT LIKE A BAG OF NAILS to squint in all directions ...Bk2002
SQUINTING - adjectives
• A-GLEG asquint ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ATHURT-EYED squinting ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BOSS-EYED having only one good eye; squint-eyed, cross-eyed ...1860 sl.
• COCK-EYED squint-eyed ...1821 UK
• QUEER-OGLED squinting ...E19 UK criminals' sl.
• SCREECH-EYED having the eyes narrowed ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SCRINCH-EYED having the eyes narrowed ...1967 Amer. dial.
• SCROUGED UP of the eyes: contracted, narrowed ...1909 Amer. dial.
• SKELLIED squint-eyed; squinting ...1821 Sc.
• SKEWGEE askew, squinting, crooked ...L19
• SQUINNY squinting, looking askance, peering ...a1825
• THIRT-EYED squint-eyed ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THWART-EYED squint-eyed ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TWY-EYED cross-eyed, squinting ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• WAPPER-EYED blinking, blear-eyed, squinting; having restless eyes ...1604 Eng. dial.
• YAW-SIGHTED cross-eyed, squinting ...1751 nautical sl.
SQUINTING, SQUINTINGLY - adverbs
• AGLEY asquint; awry, obliquely ...1824 Sc.
• SKENNINGLY * with a squint, squintingly, askew ...1611
SQUIRM - verbs
• SCHROOCH AROUND to fidget, to squirm ...1939 Amer. dial.
• SCROOCH AROUND to fidget, to squirm ...1939 Amer. dial.
• SCROOTCH to wiggle, to fidget, to squirm ...1939 Amer. dial.
SQUIRREL - nouns
• BAY a squirrel's nest ...1788 Eng. dial.
• BOOMER a red or grey squirrel ...1878 Amer. dial.
• CAGE a squirrel's nest ...1883 Eng. dial.
• CAT-SQUIRREL the common squirrel ...1882 Eng. dial.
• CHICKAREE a red squirrel ...1825 Amer. dial.
• CHICKERY a red squirrel ...1949 Amer. dial.
• CHIPAREE a red squirrel ...1804 Amer. dial.
• FAIRYDIDDLE a red squirrel; a chipmunk ...1893 Amer. dial.
• FERRIDIDDLE a red squirrel; a chipmunk ...1893 Amer. dial.
• PUGGY a squirrel ...1878 Sc.
• SCOPPERIL a squirrel ...1897 Eng. dial.
• VAIR † the squirrel ...1796 Eng. dial.
SQUIRT - nouns
• SKIT a squirt or small jet of water ...1877
SQUIRT - verbs
• SCOOT to eject liquid forcibly; to squirt; to flow or gush forth ...1897 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SKEET to squirt fluid; to spray a liquid ...1898 Amer. dial.
STAB - nouns
• JAB a poke, prod, or stab ...c1820 colloq. & Eng. dial.
• YACK a smart blow or stroke; a heavy thump; a flogging; a stab ...1856 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YARK a smart blow or stroke; a heavy thump; a flogging; a stab ...1856 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YERK † a smart blow or stroke, as of a whip or rod, or of a heaving body falling; a lash, also, the sound of such a blow; the crack of a whip; a heavy thump, a thud; a flogging; a stab ...1509 obs. Sc. & Eng. dial.
STAB - verbs
• ACCLOY * to pierce, to stab ...1470
• BEAR † to thrust, pierce, stab a person through the body, or his body through, with a spear, etc. ...a1300
• BEGOUGE to stab, to pierce ...1953 Amer. dial.
• CARVE to slash or stab, esp. repeatedly ...1871 US sl.
• CARVE UP to slash or stab, esp. repeatedly ...1871 US sl.
• CHIV to attack with a sharp instrument; to stab; to cut; to slash; used only in regard to an attack upon a human ...1725 criminals' sl.
• CHIVE to attack with a sharp instrument; to stab; to cut; to slash; used only in regard to an attack upon a human ...1725 criminals' sl.
• CHIVEY to attack with a sharp instrument; to stab ...1959 Brit. sl.
• CHIVVY to attack with a sharp instrument; to stab ...1959 Brit. sl.
• DAB to pierce slightly, to stab ...1806 Sc.
• DAG to thrust at, to stab, to sting ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• JAB to poke, prod, stab ...c1830 colloq. & Eng. dial.
• JACK to stab or punch ...1980s sl.
• JAG † to pierce with a sharp instrument; to stab ...a1400
• JUG to stab ...1970 US sl.
• JUGE to stab ...2000 US sl.
• KNOCK DAYLIGHT INTO ONE to make a hole in, esp. to stab or shoot; hence, to kill ...c1840 colloq.
• LET DAYLIGHT INTO to stab or shoot a person ...1890 sl.
• LET DAYLIGHT INTO ONE to make a hole in, esp. to stab or shoot; hence, to kill ...c1840 colloq.
• LET DAYLIGHT SHINE THROUGH to shoot or stab, esp. fatally ...1774 US sl.
• LET DAYLIGHT THROUGH to shoot or stab, esp. fatally ...1839 US sl.
• LET MOONLIGHT INTO to shoot; to stab ...L18 sl.
• LET THE DAYLIGHT INTO to shoot; to stab ...L18 sl.
• LET THE DAYLIGHT INTO THE LUNCHEON RESERVOIR to shoot; to stab ...L18 sl.
• LET THE DAYLIGHT INTO THE VICTUALLING DEPARTMENT to shoot; to stab ...L18 sl.
• LET THE DAYLIGHT THROUGH to shoot; to stab ...L18 sl.
• MALKY to attack and cut someone with a razor; to stab ...1985 Sc. sl.
• OFSTING † to kill by a thrust; to pierce, to gore, to stab to death ...c893
• PUT DAYLIGHT THROUGH to shoot; to stab ...L18 sl.
• VENTILATE to stab ...L19 sl.
• YARK to strike hard, esp. with a switch or whip; to beat, to thrash; to stab ...1781 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YERK † to strike smartly, esp. with a rod or whip; to beat, to thrash, to flog, to lash, to stab; to drive with a whip ...c1520 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YIRK to strike hard, esp. with a switch or whip; to beat, to thrash; to stab ...1781 Sc. & Eng. dial.
STABBED - adjectives
• JACKED stabbed, attacked ...1980s sl.
STABBED - verbs
• EAT A SWORD † to be stabbed ...Bk1897
• EAT IRON † to be stabbed ...1594
STABILITY - nouns
• BALLAST that which tends to give stability in morals or politics, to steady the mind or feelings, etc. ...1612
• TACK † hold; holding quality; adherence, endurance, stability, strength, substance, solidity ...1412-20 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
STABLE - adjectives
• BALLASTED rendered steady or stable ...1552
• BUTTONED UP emotionally stable; 'together' ...1984 Amer. sl.
• SICKER not liable to be disturbed or unsettled; stable, assured, certain ...1340 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
STABLE - adverbs
• SICKERLY † in a stable or steady manner ...c1375 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
STABLE - nouns, person
• CHAMBERMAID a person who does the daily cleaning chores in a stable ...1928 Amer. dial.
• CHAMBERMAID TO THE MULES a stable caretaker ...1968 Amer. dial.
• HALFLING a half-grown boy; a stripling; a boy employed upon a farm or in a stable; a hobbledehoy ...1794 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• HORSE JOHNNY a stable-boy ...1892 US sl.
• JACK-BOY † a boy employed in menial work; a stable-boy, groom, or postillion ...1573
• SWIPE a groom or stable-boy ...1929 US sl.
STACK - nouns
• RICKLE a loose heap or pile; a stack...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
STACK - verbs
• BED to stack; to put in a pile ...1970 Amer. dial.
• RACK to stack ...1839 Amer. dial.
• RACK UP to stack ...1839 Amer. dial.
• RICK to stack in an orderly fashion, esp. firewood ...1899 Amer. dial.
STADIUM - nouns
• NOSEBLEEDS the highest seats in an auditorium or a stadium ...1978 US sl. (because high altitudes can cause nosebleeds)
• OXYGEN SECTION seats in a stadium or coliseum that are high up and far from the action ...1993 US sl.
• SHELL a saucer-shaped arena or stadium
STAFF - nouns
• BASTINADO a stick, staff, rod, cudgel, truncheon ...1598
• BASTON † a staff or stick used as a weapon or a staff of office; a cudgel, a club, a truncheon ...a1300
• BAT a cudgel, a staff; a thick walking-stick ...1886 Eng. dial.
• BATON † a staff or stick used as a weapon, sometimes also of iron, or iron-tipped; a club, a cudgel, or truncheon ...1548
• BATOON a stout staff or stick used as a weapon; a cudgel, a club, a truncheon ...a1625 arch.
• BEARING-BACK † a peddler's staff for carrying his pack ...1607
• CAMMOCK a crooked stick; a short staff with a crooked head; any kind of walking stick ...1862 Sc.
• CUMMOCK a crooked stick; a short staff with a crooked head; any kind of walking stick ...1862 Sc.
• KEBBIE a staff or stick with a hooked head ...1816 N. Eng. dial. & Sc.
• KEBBY a staff or stick with a hooked head ...1816 N. Eng. dial. & Sc.
• KENT a long staff, properly such a one as shepherds use for leaping over ditches or brooks; a long pole used in leaping ditches, climbing mountains, etc. ...1606 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• PALSTER † a pilgrim's staff ...1481
• SAP a club or short staff ...1899 US sl.
• YARD † a staff or stick carried in the hand as a walking-stick, or by a shepherd or herdsman ...c1000
STAGE - nouns
• HEAVEN a canopy; the covering over a stage ...1486
• MAIN KICK the stage or theatre ...1930s US Black sl.
• PAGEANT † a stage or platform on which scenes were acted or tableaux represented ...1450
STAGECOACH - nouns
• DECK the roof of a train or stagecoach ...M19 sl.
• MUD SCOW a stagecoach ...1866 US sl.
STAGECOACH - nouns, person
• BASKETEER a passenger in the 'basket' of a stage-coach (basket - the overhanging back compartment on the outside of a stage-coach) ...1866 nonce word
• CAPTAIN a stagecoach driver ...1835 Amer. dial.
STAGGER - nouns, person
• TITTER-TOTTER † one who totters, reels, or staggers ...a1700
STAGGER - verbs
• ANTIGODDLE to stagger ...1933 Amer. dial.
• BEVIS to jump about; to stagger; to walk unsteadily ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BEVISH to jump about; to stagger; to walk unsteadily ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CALL SHEEP to stagger in walking ...Bk1898 Sc.
• DACKER to waver, to totter, to stagger ...1668 Eng. dial.
• DADDLE to walk unsteadily; to stagger; to walk with short steps ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DAIDLE to waddle; to stagger, to walk unsteadily ...1808 Sc.
• DAVER to move or walk as if dazed or stupefied; to stagger ...c1600 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• DINDLE to shake, to vibrate; to stagger from a blow; to tremble ...1776 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DODDLE to fiddle around, to tinker; to stagger and reel ...1975 Amer. dial.
• GALAY † to reel; to stagger ...1375
• JAMMY to sway to and fro; to stagger ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• MADDLE ALONG to stagger; to move aimlessly about, to potter ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAKE A VIRGINIA FENCE * to walk unsteadily, as a drunkard; to stagger in a zigzag course; to be drunk ...1737 Amer.
• MAKE INDENTURES to stagger with drink ...1622 sl.
• RAMBLE to dance; also, to reel, to stagger ...1790 Eng. dial.
• SANNICK to stagger or fall from excessive weakness ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SANNOCK to stagger or fall from excessive weakness ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SANNY to fall or stagger, as from weakness ...1895 Eng. dial.
• SLUMPER * to struggle or stagger helplessly through or along a muddy track, lane, etc. ...E19
• SONNOCK to stagger or fall from excessive weakness ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• STOITER to stagger or stumble ...Sc.
• STOTAY † to falter, totter, stumble, stagger; to come to a stand ...a1400
• TITUBATE * to stagger, to stumble, to trip, to reel, to totter; to rock, roll ...1575
• WABBLE to wobble; to walk unsteadily, to stagger, to totter, to rock on one's feet, to waffle ...1786 Sc.
• WAFFLE to stagger, to totter, to move uncertainly ...1973 Sc.
• WAG † to totter, to stagger; to be in danger of falling ...c1340
• WAGGER † to stagger, to totter ...1382
• WAGGLE to waddle; to stagger along unsteadily ...1865 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• WAMBLE † of things: to totter, to waver; to move unsteadily, to stagger, to reel ...1589 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• WUGGLE to waddle; to stagger along unsteadily ...1865 Sc.
STAGGERING - adjectives
• ON THE WAMBLE staggering, wobbling ...1881
• TITUBANT staggering, tottering, reeling, stumbling, unsteady ...1817
• UPON THE WAMBLE staggering, wobbling ...1881
• WAFFLIE tottery, staggering ...1973 Sc.
STAGGERING - nouns
• BACK-STAP a staggering backwards ...1932 Sc.
• TITUBATION * the act of staggering, reeling, stumbling, or tottering; unsteadiness in gait or carriage ...1849
STAGNANT - nouns
• DIMSEL † a piece of stagnant water, larger than a pond and smaller than a lake ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• PADDOCK-POOL a stagnant pool ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
STAGNATION - nouns
• DESSMENT stagnation ...B1900 Eng. dial.
STAID - adjectives
• ANCIENT of children: staid, demure, precocious ...1887 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• OLD wise, serious, thoughtful; of a child: precocious, staid, demure ...1896 Eng. dial.
STAID - nouns, person
• L-7 a staid person who is uninterested in or unsympathetic to the fashionable interests of teenagers ...1956 US sl.
STAIN - adjectives
• IMMACULABLE †* incapable of stain ...1624
STAIN, STAINING - nouns
• CANTEEN MEDAL a beer or food stain on one's tunic ...c1875 army sl.
• DECOLORATION † discoloration, a staining ...1623
• GAIR a dirty streak or stain on clothes ...1953 Sc.
• MACULATION the act of spotting or staining; a being spotted or defiled ...a1450
• MAIL † a spot, a mark, a stain ...1865 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCAM a spot, a mark, a stain; a blemish ...1881 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SUDDLE a stain, a spot ...1861 Sc.
• SULLEY † an act of sullying, soiling, or polluting; a stain, a blemish ...1602
• SULLY † an act of sullying, soiling, or polluting; a stain, a blemish ...1602
• TACK † a spot, a stain, a blemish ...c1425 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TAINTURE † tainting, staining, stain, defilement, pollution, infection ...1593
• TASH a stain, a spot, a drop, a blemish, a flaw ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TINCTURE † 1. the act of dyeing, staining, or colouring ...1601
† 2. a stain, a blemish ...a1640
STAIN - verbs
• BERAY † to befoul, to stain, to disfigure; to asperse, to cover with abuse ...1576 obs. or arch.
• BESMIT † vb. to stain; to infect, as with disease; to contaminate ...a1225
• BESMUT to stain, to sully ...1610
• DECOLORATE † to discolour, to stain ...1623
• DECOLOUR † to discolour, to stain ...c1618
• IMBRUE † to stain, to dirty; to defile ...1430
• MACULATE to spot, stain, soil, defile, pollute ...1432-50
• MACULE † to spot, to stain ...1484
• MAIL † to spot, to discolour, to stain ...1677 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SANGUINE † 1. to stain or paint a sanguine (red) colour ...1591
† 2. to stain with blood ...1610
• SCAM to stain, to discolour; to bespatter ...Bk1904 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TASH to soil, to tarnish, to stain, to dirty; to bespatter; to spoil slightly ...1829 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• WANHEW † to stain ...c1420 Sc.
• WANHUE † to stain ...c1420 Sc.
STAINED - adjectives
• FAW † coloured, stained, streaked; particoloured, variegated ...a700
• IMBRUED stained, dyed, etc., esp. with blood or slaughter ...c1430
• LAMPERED mottled, stained ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• MACULATED spotted, stained, defiled, polluted ...1646
• SANGUINED stained with blood ...a1814
• SCAMY stained, blotched, having patchy marks ...Bk1904 Sc.
• TAINTED †* tinted, stained ...1797
STAINLESS - adjectives
• TACHELESS †* stainless, faultless ...a1300
STAIR, STAIRCASE, STAIRWAY - nouns
• APPLES AND PEARS stairs ...B1859 Eng. rhyming sl.
• DANCE a staircase; a flight of steps ...1857 cant
• DANCERS stairs ...1671 arch. sl.
• GRECE † a set or flight of stairs; a step, a stair ...ME obs. exc. dial.
• GRECINGS † the stairs in a flight; fights of stairs ...LME obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GRICE † a set or flight of stairs; a step, a stair ...ME obs. exc. dial.
• LADDER a stairway of any sort ...1986 US Navy sl.
• LITTLE WOODEN HILL, THE the stairs ...M19 UK nursery usage
• PAIR OF STAIRS a flight of stairs ...1530
• SCALE † a flight of stairs
• SCALES † a flight of steps ...1658 Eng. dial.
• SCALE-STAIR a stair going up by flights and landings as opposed to a continuous spiral ...1705 Sc.
• SISTERS † the strings of a staircase ...1518
• TIMBER-HILL a wooden staircase ...1873 Eng. dial.
• WOODEN HILL stairs, esp. those leading to a bedroom ...B1900 Eng. dial.
STAIR - verbs
• TRACK UP THE DANCERS to go up the stairs ...1665 sl.
STAIR - phrases
• UP THE DANCERS up stairs ...1859 sl.
• CAPERSOME lively, spirited, sprightly...1852
• DAPPER of a small person, esp. a man: smart in movements, etc.; active, sprightly ...E17
• GALLOWS spirited, sprightly; plucky; smart in appearance ...1865 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• GALLUS spirited, sprightly; plucky; smart in appearance ...1865 Eng. dial.
• KEDGY brisk, active, sprightly, lively; cheerful, happy ...1719 Eng. dial.
• KIDGY brisk, active, sprightly ...1812 Eng. dial.
• LIFESOME full of life or animation; lively, gay, sprightly, animated ...1688
• PEART sprightly; lively; in good health; clever ...1828 Amer. dial.
• SPANKY sprightly, frisky ...B1900 Sc.
• TID lively, sprightly, frolicsome; skittish, restless, fidgety ...1825 Eng. dial.
• VEGETOUS † vigorous, lively, sprightly, active, healthy, flourishing in respect of health and vigour ...1609
• YALD active, sprightly, nimble; strong, vigorous ...1786 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• YALD-LOOKING having the appearance of sprightliness ...1885 Sc.
• YAUL active, sprightly, nimble; strong, vigorous ...1786 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• YAULD active, sprightly, nimble; strong, vigorous ...1786 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• YAWL active, sprightly, nimble; strong, vigorous ...1786 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• YELD alert, sprightly; nimble, active; able-bodied; strong, powerful ...1816 Eng. dial.
SPRIGHTLY - nouns, person
• BAB the smartest or sprightliest lad or lass in a company ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BUCKSTICK a well-dressed, sprightly child or youth; a fop ...19C Eng. dial.
• COCK-A-BENDY a sprightly boy ...1866 Sc.
• DAPPERLING a little dapper fellow ...E17
• DAPPERWIT a lively, active, spruce little man ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
SPRIGHTLY - verbs
• GO HEAD UP AND TAIL A-RISING to go rapidly and with some sprightliness ...1959 Amer. dial.
• WALTZ to move lightly, blithely, trippingly, nimbly or in a sprightly and self-assured manner...1862 colloq.
SPRING (season) - adjectives
• VERNAL coming, appearing, or happening in spring ...1534
• VERNAL suggestive of spring; having the mildness or freshness of spring; early, youthful ...1790
• VERNANT † 1. flourishing or growing in, or as in, spring ...c1440 now rare or obs.
† 2. pert. to the spring; vernal ...1654 now rare or obs.
SPRING (as water) - adjectives
• QUELLY wet, full of springs ...1854 Eng. dial.
• QUICK * of wells, springs, streams, or water: running, flowing ...c1000
SPRING (bound) - adjectives
• BENDIT ready to spring, crouching ...Bk1898 Sc.
SPRING (season) - adverbs
• VERNALLY * in or like spring ...1727
SPRING (as water) - nouns
• BALNEARY a bath or bathing-place; a medicinal spring ...1646
• BALNEOLOGY the scientific study of bathing and medicinal springs ...1883
• BALNEOTHERAPY treatment of disease by baths or medicinal springs ...Bk1888
• BATH † a spring of water (chiefly hot or impregnated with minerals) suitable for bathing ...864
• HEAD the source or spring of a stream or river ...1879 Eng. dial.
• KELD a well, a fountain, a spring; a deep, still, smooth part of a river ...1697 N. Eng. dial.
• KELL a well, a fountain, a spring; a deep, still, smooth part of a river ...1697 N. Eng. dial.
• LICK a spring or stream ...1945 Amer. dial.
• QUELL * a spring, fountain ...1894
• QUICK-FRESH a spring in mossy ground ...a1838 Sc.
• QUICK-SAND a spring in mossy ground ...a1838 Sc.
• QUICK-SPRING a spring in mossy ground ...a1838 Sc.
• QUILL a spring of water ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SEEP a place where water oozes out of the ground; a sluggish spring ...1881 Amer. dial.
• SEEP SPRING a place where water oozes out of the ground; a sluggish spring ...1901 Amer. dial.
• SIPE a small spring or pool of water ...1825 chiefly Sc.
• WALL a spring of water; a well ...1806 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• WALM † a gushing fort or upwelling of water; a spring, fountain, water-source; the water of such ...a897
SPRING (bound) - nouns
• BEND † a spring, a leap, a bound ...1513 Sc.
• LENCH † a leap, a spring ...1606 Sc.
SPRING (season) - nouns
• BUZZARD STORM a period of very cold weather in spring ...1954 Amer. dial.
• FLY TIME spring ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GRASS spring ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• LENT † the season of spring ...c1275
• LENTEN † spring ...c1000
• LINEN BRITCHES WINTER a period of cold weather in the spring ...1950 Amer. dial.
• PET WEATHER particular good weather early in the spring ...1982 Amer. dial.
• PRIMETIDE † springtime, spring; fig. the 'springtime' of life, or of any movement ...1549
• RENDING-TIME the early spring ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SICK-BIRD WINTER a late spring storm ...1991 Amer. dial.
• VER † the season of spring; springtime ...1382
• VERE † the season of spring; spring-time ...c1325
• VERE-TIME † spring-time ...1382
• VERNAL † the vernal season; the spring ...1654
• VERNAL SEASON the season of spring ...1644
• VOAR the spring; seed-time ...1721 Sc.
• VOAR-SEASON the spring-time ...1890 Sc.
• VOAR-TIME the spring-time ...1806 Sc.
• WARE the season of spring ...a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• WHEELING TIME spring ...1914 Amer. dial.
SPRING (bound) - verbs
• BEND † to spring, to leap, to bound ...c1530 Sc.
• BOUT to bolt, to spring, to leap; to rise quickly from beneath a surface ...Bk1911 Sc.
• LAKE † to exert oneself, to move quickly, to leap, to spring; hence, to fight ...a1000
• LANCE † to bound, to spring, to move quickly, to rush ...c1330 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SKIT to shy or be skittish; to move lightly and rapidly; to caper, to leap, to spring ...1611
• YARK † to spring or rise suddenly; esp. of animals ...1611 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YERK † to spring or rise suddenly; esp. of animals ...1611 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
SPRING (water) - verbs
• QUILL to bubble up as a fountain or spring ...1854 Eng. dial.
• WALL UP to spring up, as water ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
SPRING (season) - verbs
• VERNALIZE * to render spring-like ...1830
SPRING - phrases
• WHEN BIRDS HAVE TWO TAILS when it is spring and swallows return ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
SPRINGING - adjectives
• SALTITANT †* leaping or springing ...1654
SRINGING - nouns
• SALIENCE * the quality of leaping or springing up ...1836
SPRINKLE - verbs
• ASPERSIFY to sprinkle upon anybody or anything ...1931 Amer. dial.
• BESPRENG † to sprinkle about ...c1529
• DAG to sprinkle; to wet with sprinkling ...1790 Eng. dial.
• DAGGLE to wet by splashing or sprinkling ...1805
• DEG(G) to sprinkle water upon anything; to bedew, to moisten, to soak ...1781 Eng. dial.
• ROOSE † to water; to sprinkle with water ...B1900 Sc.
• SINAPIZE to sprinkle
• TO-SPRENG † to besprinkle completely ...1382
• VAMP to sprinkle with water ...1892 Eng. dial.
SPRINKLED - adjectives
• BESPRENTED sprinkled, splashed ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BESPRITZED sprinkled on, as by a garden hose ...1935 Amer. dial.
SPRITE - nouns
• BILLY-BLIN a benevolent sprite ...1806 Sc.
• DOBBIE a household sprite or apparition supposed to haunt certain premises or localities, with powers of either good or evil; a ghost, a spectre ...1781 Eng. dial.
• GAME-GOBLIN † a sprite that plays pranks at night ...a1400
• HOB-GOB a hobgoblin, sprite, elf ...1882 Eng. dial.
• LAR † a sprite, a hobgoblin ...1598
• NANNY-CATCH an apparition; a mischievous sprite ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RED-CAP a sprite or elf supposed to haunt especially old castles or ruins ...1802 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RED-COWL a sprite or elf supposed to haunt especially old castles or ruins ...1816 Sc.
• RED-MAN a sprite or elf supposed to haunt especially old castles or ruins ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• THROB-THRUSH † a household sprite; a brownie ...1825 Eng. dial.
• THRUSH a sprite, a boggle ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
SPRUCE - adjectives
• BAITED FOR WIDOW spruced up; dressed to catch the attention of widows or other women ...1960 Amer. dial.
• DINK neat, nice, finely dressed, trim, spruce ...1721 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• FEAT-BODIED † having a feat or trim body, neat, spruce ...1750
• GALLIARD † having a gay appearance, spruce ...1513
• GEMMY † spruce, neat, smart; neatly-made; dexterous ...1750 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GIM † smart, spruce, fine, neat, pretty ...1513 obs. exc. Eng dial.
• GIMMY † spruce, neat, smart; neatly-made; dexterous ...1750 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• JAM neat, smart, spruce ...Bk1896 sl.
• JEMMY † spruce, dandified, neat, smart; dexterous ...1750 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• JIMMY spruce, neat, smart; neatly-made; dexterous ...1750 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• NATTY fashionable, spruce ...1557 colloq.
• PENSY † tidy in dress and appearance; spruce, neat ...a1806 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• POVIE spruce and self-conceited ...B1900 Sc.
• SMICKER † gay, spruce ...1589
• SPRUNNY neat, spruce, smart ...1733 Eng. dial.
SPRUCE (tree) - nouns
• APPLE the cone of Pinus abies, the Norway spruce ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• PINE APPLE the cone of Pinus abies, the Norway spruce ...1750 Eng. dial.
SPRUCE - nouns, person
• NATTY a neatly smart or spruce person ...1818
• SPRUSADO † a smartly-dressed person; a spruce fellow; a dandy ...1665
SPRUCE - verbs
• BLITZ IT to polish or spruce up with vigour and speed ...World War II Amer. sl.
• DAN UP to spruce up ...2003 Trinidad and Tobago sl.
• TITIVATE to make small alterations to one's toilet, etc. so as to add to one's attractions; to make smart or spruce; to 'touch up' in the way of adornment, to put the finishing touches to ...1805
• TITTIVATE to make small alterations to one's toilet, etc. so as to add to one's attractions; to make smart or spruce; to 'touch up' in the way of adornment, to put the finishing touches to ...1805
SPRUCENESS - nouns
• FEATNESS elegance, shapeliness, spruceness, trimness ...1576
• JEMMINESS spruceness, neatness, trimness ...1756
• NATTINESS neatness; tidiness; spruceness ...colloq.
SPRY - adjectives
• ANTIC frisky, lively, active, spry ...1903 Amer. dial.
• ANTSY lively, spry ...1973 Amer. dial.
• CADDY spry, agile, active, lively ...1938 Amer. dial.
• CADGY cheerful, merry; glad; friendly and hospitable; in good spirits; lively, excited, spry ...1725 Sc. & N. Eng. & Amer. dial.
• CAGY lively; excited; spry ...1897 Amer. dial.
• CATTY spry, agile, active, lively ...1939 Amer. dial.
• GLIB brisk, vigorous, spry ...1934 Amer. dial.
• KAGY lively; excited; spry ...1902 Amer. dial.
• SPRY AS A JAYBIRD IN WILD CHERRY TIME extremely spry ...1952 Amer. dial.
SPUNK - nouns
• TIZZYRINCTUM spunk, confusion ...1989 Amer. dial.
SPURIOUS - adjectives
• ABASTARDIZED † degenerate, debased, spurious ...1653
• ADULTERINE spurious, counterfeit; due to adulteration ...1542
• ADULTEROUS pert. to adulteration; spurious, counterfeit ...1567 arch.
• APOCRYPHATE † of spurious creation or character; of doubtful authenticity; fictitious, false ...1486
• APOCRYPHICAL †* of doubtful authorship or authenticity; spurious, fictitious, false ...1719
• BASTARDLY † unlicensed, unauthorized; counterfeit, spurious ...1586.
• CAGMAG inferior, second-rate, spurious ...1859 Eng. dial.
• FAKE fraudulent; spurious; counterfeit; false; pretended ...1775
• FAKED spurious; counterfeit ...1850s colloq.
• FAKED-UP spurious; counterfeit ...1850s colloq.
• KAMMA fake, trumped up, spurious; esp. said of emotions or illness ...20C S. Afr. sl.
• SCHLENTER counterfeit, spurious, fake ...L19 Aust. & S. Afr. sl.
• SLENTER counterfeit, spurious, fake ...L19 Aust. & S. Afr. sl.
• SLINTER counterfeit, spurious, fake ...L19 Aust. & S. Afr. sl.
• SPOOF fake, spurious, sham ...L19 sl.
SPURIOUS - nouns
• FAKE a spurious or counterfeit document; later, anything of a spurious, counterfeit, or fraudulent nature; a false rumour or false story of any kind; an invented newspaper story ...1851 sl., orig. criminals' usage
• NAIL TO THE COUNTER to expose as false or spurious; to expose as a lie ...1842
SPURIOUS - verbs
• ABASTARD † to make or declare bastard or illegitimate; hence, to make spurious or degenerate; to debase, to corrupt, to deteriorate ...1610
• ABASTARDIZE † to render bastard, spurious, or degenerate; to debase, to deteriorate ...1580
SPURN - verbs
• ASPERNATE † to despise, spurn, abhor ...1656
• CALCITRATE to kick; to spurn ...1623
SPUTUM - nouns
• WAD expectorated sputum ...1989 US sl.
SPY, SPYING - adjectives
• SNEAKY BEAKY spying ...1995 UK sl.
• SPOOKY pertaining to the world of spies and espionage ...1970s US sl.
SPY. SPYING - nouns
• BAG JOB an illegal and clandestine entry by intelligence or counterintelligence agents to gather information ...1971 Amer. sl., chiefly FBI usage
• BUG a spy device for listening to someone's conversation
• CIRCUS, THE the British secret service ...1963 sl.
• DROP a secret place where documents, etc. can be left or passed on by a spy ...1959 sl.
• POST OFFICE a secret place where documents, etc. can be left or passed on by a spy ...1919 sl.
• TRADE, THE the secret service ...1966 sl.
• TREFF a secret rendezvous, esp. for the transfer of goods or information ...1963 sl., orig. US
• WET an activity of intelligence organizations, esp. the KGB, involving assassination ...1972 sl.
SPY - nouns, person
• BEAGLE one who makes it his business to scent out or hunt down; a spy, an informer; a constable, a sheriff's officer, a bailiff, a beadle ...1559
• CUT-OUT someone acting as a middle-man in espionage ...1963 sl.
• FARGE a gossip; an intruder, a spy ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• MAIL CARRIER a spy ...US Civil War usage
• MOLE a spy who works from within an enemy's government or spy agency; hence, a person who spies on an organization from within ...1925 Amer. sl.
• PIMP a spy, an informer ...1844 Amer. dial.
• QUEER ROOSTER a police spy who frequents thieves' haunts, often feigning sleep in order to listen to their conversations; an informer ...L18 sl.
• SLEEPER a spy or saboteur who remains inactive for a long time before starting his or her work ...1955 sl.
• SNEAKY BEAKY a spy ...1995 UK sl.
• SPOOK an intelligence agent, especially CIA ...1942 US sl.
• SWALLOW a woman employed by the Soviet intelligent service to seduce men for the purposes of espionage ...1972 sl.
• U.C. an undercover agent ...1980s US sl.
• UNDERCOVER an undercover agent ...1962 sl.
• WAIT † a military watchman, sentinel, or lookout; also, a scout, spy; a watchman in a camp, castle, or fortified place who was furnished with a born to trumpet to sound an alarm or to make a signal ...a1300
• WAITER † an observer in secret; a scout, a spy ...1471
SPY - verbs
• BE ON THE BEEFMENT to see, to watch; to spy ...Bk1902 thieves' sl.
• BE ON THE POUNCE to see, to watch; to spy ...Bk1902 thieves' sl.
• BUZ to see, to watch; to spy ...Bk1902 thieves' sl.
• CASTELL to see, to watch; to spy ...L16 thieves' sl.
• DICK to see, to watch; to spy ...Bk1902 thieves' sl.
• FOX to see, to watch; to spy ...Bk1902 thieves' sl.
• KEEP TOUT to spy on, to keep a look-out ...E19 sl.
• LAY to see, to watch; to spy ...Bk1902 thieves' sl.
• MARK to observe, to watch, to see, to spy ...1377 now poetic
• NARK to see, to watch; to spy ...Bk1902 thieves' sl.
• NOSE to see, to watch; to spy ...Bk1902 thieves' sl.
• OGLE to see, to watch; to spy ...Bk1902 thieves' sl.
• PIPE to see, to watch; to spy ...1846 thieves' sl.
• QUIZ to watch, to spy on ...19C thieves' sl.
• ROAST to see, to watch; to spy ...Bk1902 thieves' sl.
• ROAST-BROWN to see, to watch; to spy ...Bk1902 thieves' sl.
• SHADOW to see, to watch; to spy ...Bk1902 thieves' sl.
• SHEPHERD to see, to watch; to spy ...Bk1902 thieves' sl.
• SKIN to see, to watch; to spy ...Bk1902 thieves' sl.
• SNIPE to snoop; to spy on someone ...2002 US sl.
• SNITCH to see, to watch; to spy ...Bk1902 thieves' sl.
• SPIT BLOOD of a spy: to fear exposure ...1963 sl.
• SPOT to see, to watch; to spy ...Bk1902 thieves' sl.
• STAG to see, to watch; to spy ...Bk1902 thieves' sl.
• TOUT to see, to watch; to spy ...Bk1902 thieves' sl.
• TOWER to spy upon ...L18 sl.
• TWIRE to see, to watch; to spy ...Bk1902 thieves' sl.
• WAIT † to watch with hostile intent; to spy upon; to lie in wait for ...c1200
SQUABBLE - nouns
• BARGLE a squabble, a quarrel, mostly in words ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BATTLE ROYAL a fight in which several combatants engage; hence, a general squabble ...1672
• BELLANDINE n. a broil, a squabble ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOBBERY a noise, disturbance, tumult; a fuss, row, uproar; a squabble, quarrel, dispute, altercation ...1816 Eng. dial. & sl.
• COLLIEBUCTION a noisy squabble, a disturbance, a wrangle ...1864 Sc.
• DINGBAT squabble of words or pushing ...1895 Amer. dial.
• HABBLE a quarrel, a squabble, a fight ...1818 Sc.
• PRABBLE † a quarrel, a squabble ...1598 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SCASHIE a squabble ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCASHLE a squabble, a wrangle; a scuffle ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCROBBLE a quarrel, a squabble ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SKASHIE a squabble ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SKASHLE a squabble, a wrangle; a scuffle ...Bk1904 Sc.
SQUABBLE - nouns, person
• HABBLER one who causes or delights in a squabble; a quarrelsome person ...1880 Sc.
SQUABBLE - verbs
• ABSQUATULATE to squabble ...1976 Amer. dial.
• BANTER to squabble, to tease, to taunt ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BRABBLE † to quarrel about trifles, to quarrel noisily, to brawl, to squabble, to wrangle ...c1530 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• JANGLE to speak angrily, harshly, or discordantly; to grumble, to murmur, to contend, to dispute, to wrangle, to squabble ...a1300 arch.
• OBSQUATULATE to squabble ...1976 Amer. dial.
• SCABBLE † to squabble, to quarrel, to wrangle acrimoniously ...1804 Sc.
• SCASH to quarrel, to squabble; to have a heated argument or disagreement ...1801 Sc.
• SCASHIE to wrangle, to squabble ...1898 Sc.
• SCASHLE to quarrel, to squabble, to wrangle ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SKASHIE to wrangle, to squabble ...1898 Sc.
• SKASHLE to quarrel, to squabble, to wrangle ...Bk1904 Sc.
SQUABBLING - nouns
• BANGLING † petty, frivolous contention; squabbling ...1612
SQUALID - adjectives
• AVERN filthy, squalid ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• MANGY beggarly, lousy, squalid, poverty-stricken, shabby ...1538
SQUALID - nouns
• BEDBUG ALLEY a squalid and run-down building or area of a town; a part of a town where the poorer people live ...1968 Amer. dial.
• BEDBUG ROW a squalid and run-down building or area of a town; a part of a town where the poorer people live ...1968 Amer. dial.
SQUALL - nouns
• BLEFFART a squall, a storm, a hurricane; a sudden and violent snowstorm ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLIFFART a squall, a gust; a short and sudden fall of snow ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLUFFERT the blast sustained in meeting a rough wind or squall ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOWDER a great squall, a heavy storm of wind and rain ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BULLHIDE SQUALL a bad squall or wind ...1966 Amer. dial.
• COCK-EYE a sudden squall or thunderstorm in northwest Australia ...1894 Aust.
• COCK-EYE BOB a sudden squall or thunderstorm in northwest Australia ...1894 Aust.
• COCK-EYED BOB a sudden squall or thunderstorm in northwest Australia ...1894 Aust.
• COCKY BOB a sudden squall or thunderstorm in northwest Australia ...1894 Aust.
• HAUD a squall ...Bk1902 Sc.
SQUANDER - verbs
• BANGLE † to waste, to fritter away, to squander ...1621 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BANGLE AWAY † to fritter away, to squander ...1621 obs.
• BEZZLE to waste, to squander; also, to embezzle ...1703 Eng. dial.
• BLOW to spend money recklessly; to squander ...1874 sl.
• BLOW IN to spend money recklessly; to squander ...1886 sl., chiefly US
• BLUE to spend money recklessly; to squander ...1846 sl.
• BRING A NOBLE TO NINEPENCE to squander ...Bk1921 sl.
• BRING AN ABBEY TO A GRANGE to squander ..Bk1909 sl.
• DEBAUCH † to dissipate, to spend prodigally, to squander ...1632
• DEBOISE † to spend prodigally, to squander ...1632
• DO IN to spend money recklessly; to squander ...1889 sl., chiefly Aust. & NZ
• FART AWAY to squander ...1928 Amer. sl.
• LAMB DOWN to squander one's earnings on drink ...L19 Aust. & NZ sl.
• LASH OUT to spend money recklessly; to squander; to be extravagant in spending ...1513 Brit. colloq.
• MAFFLE to spend recklessly; to squander, to waste in trifles ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAKE AWAY WITH to spend too freely; to squander ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAMMOCK to squander, to dissipate, to waste; to leave carelessly about ...1870 Eng. dial.
• MAR † to waste, to squander property ...c897
• MESS to squander money ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MOMMOCK to squander, to dissipate, to waste; to leave carelessly about ...1870 Eng. dial.
• PADDLE † to waste, to squander ...1616
• PALTER † to squander, to trifle away ...1625
• SKITTLE DOWN to spend or lose money prodigally; to squander ...1883
• SPLASH OUT to spend money recklessly; to squander ...1934 sl.
• SPLURGE to spend money recklessly; to squander ...1934 sl., orig. US
SQUANDERED - adjectives
• IMBECILE †* made away with, squandered, or dissipated ...a1677
SQUANDERED - verbs
• GO OVER THE LEFT SHOULDER † to be squandered ...1705
SQUANDERER - nouns, person
• DECOCTOR †* one who wastes or squanders; a ruined spendthrift ...1615
• LETTER-GO one who 'lets go'; a spendthrift; a squanderer ...a1637
• NEVE †* a spendthrift, a squanderer ...c1440
SQUANDERING - adjectives
• EFFUSE † wide-spreading, overflowing, unrestrained, extravagant, marked by squandering ...1742 obs. or arch.
• SLIDDERY squandering, spendthrift ...1892 Sc.
• SUMPTUOUS † of persons, etc.: spending largely, squandering, prodigal; hence, magnificent in equipment or way of living; extremely splendid ...1538
SQUANDERING - nouns
• LAVISH † waste, squandering ...1899 Amer. dial.
• MARRING † squandering, waste ...c897
• SUMPTUOSITY lavishness or extravagance of expenditure; magnificence or luxuriousness of living, equipment, decoration, or the like; sumptuousness; squandering, prodigality ...1559
SQUARE, SQUARED - adjectives
• QUADRAN † square ...1598
• QUADRANGULATE †* made quadrangular; squared ...1592
• QUADRANT † square; of a square form ...1509
• QUADRATARY †* relating to a square ...1690
• QUADRATE * square, rectangular ...1398
• QUADRATIC * square ...1656
• QUARNELL †* square, squared ...1533 Sc.
• QUARRY † square; squarely built, stout ...1297
SQUARE, SQUARENESS - nouns
• QUADRAN † a square ...1591
• QUADRANT † a square; a square thing or piece; a square picture ...1474
• QUADRATE † a square; a square area or space; also, a rectangle or rectangular space ...1471
• QUADRATENESS †* squareness ...1599
• QUADRATURE † square shape, squareness ...1563
• QUARRELET †* a small square ...1648
SQUARE - verbs
• QUADER †* to square a number ...c1430
• QUADRATE * to make (a thing) square ...1560
• QUARE †* to square ...a1300
SQUARED - adjectives
• QUARNELLED †* squared ...1533 Sc.
SQUARELY - adverbs
• FAIR squarely, fully ...1908 Amer. dial.
SQUASH - verbs
• QUAT † to beat or press down; to squash, to flatten, to extinguish ...c1400-50 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SIT ON to squash, to snub ...M19 sl.
• SIT UPON to squash, to snub ...M19 sl.
SQUASHED - adjectives
• BUNGED UP squashed, creased, pushed together uncomfortably ...20C sl.
SQUAT - adjectives
• BUNTY short and squat ...1870 Amer. dial.
• HODDY-DODDY short and dumpy or clumsy; disproportionately stout; squat ...1824
• PUNCHY short and stout, thickset, squat, stumpy; having a large paunch ...1791
• QUADDY of a person: very broad, short and thick; squat ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• QUAT low and broad; squat ...1848 Eng. dial.
• QUOT low and broad; squat ...1848 Eng. dial.
SQUAT - nouns, person
• FUDGY a little fat person; one of squat or stumpy build ...1825 Eng. dial.
• PUDGE a short, squat person; anything both short and thick ...1808 colloq. & Eng. dial.
• STUMP-OF-THE-GUTTER a short, squat, dumpy person ...1764 sl.
• TRUB-TAIL † a little or short, squat woman ...1706
SQUAT - verbs
• CRONK to crouch, to squat down; to sit huddled up in a slinking or crouching way ...1847 Eng. dial.
• GO QUAT to squat down; to crouch ...1790 Eng. dial.
• QUAD DOWN to squat ...1898 Eng. dial.
• QUAT † to crouch down or lie close, as an animal in hiding; to squat ...c1400 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• QUATTY to squat, to sit; to crouch down, esp. of game; to hide ...1816 Eng. dial.
• QUOT to squat, to sit; to crouch down, esp. of game; to hide ...1816 Eng. dial.
• SCOOCH to crouch, to squat; to squeeze oneself into a small space ...1858 Amer. dial.
• SCOOCH UP to crouch, to squat; to squeeze oneself into a small space ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SIT ON ONE'S HUNKERS to squat, to hunker ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• SKOODLE to squat or crouch down ...1916 Amer. dial.
• SKUTCH DOWN. to crouch, to squat; to squeeze oneself into a small space ...1931 Amer. dial.
SQUATTED - adjectives
• QUAT † squatted, close, still, quiet, in hiding ...c1450
SQUATTER - nouns, person
• MAILER a squatter on waste ground (with the consent of the owner) who holds himself ready to be hired by the day ...Bk1910 Sc.
• NESTER (usually derogatory) a squatter, homesteader, farmer, or small rancher, esp. one who settles on established rangeland ...1880 Amer. dial., chiefly West
SQUATTING - adverbs
• AQUAT in a squatting position ...1834 Eng. dial.
• AQUOTT in a squatting position ...1834 Eng. dial.
• ASQUAT in a squatting position, squatting ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• KATIE-HUNKERS in a squatting position; esp. used to express a way of sliding on ice whilst sitting on the hams ...1825 Sc.
• KATY-HUNKERS in a squatting position; esp. used to express a way of sliding on ice whilst sitting on the hams ...1825 Sc.
• KITTIE-HUNKERS in a squatting position; esp. used to express a way of sliding on ice whilst sitting on the hams ...1825 Sc.
SQUATTING - nouns
• NESTING squatting, homesteading ...1918 Amer. dial.
• QUAT †* the act or state of squatting ...1602
SQUAWK - nouns
• QUAWK a screech; a quack; a caw; a squawk ...1899 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• QUEAK a gentle squeak; the weak, peeping cry of the young of small animals ...BK1905 Sc.
SQUEAK - nouns
• CANARY an unwanted squeak in machinery ...1937 Amer. sl.
• QUEAK a gentle squeak; a weak, peeping cry, as of a young or small animal ...1887 Sc.
• QUEEK a gentle squeak; a weak, peeping cry, as of a young or small animal ...1887 Sc.
• QUEEKLE a gentle squeak; a weak, peeping cry, as of a young or small animal ...1887 Sc.
• SCREAK a squeak ...1857 Amer. dial.
• SCREEK a squeak ...1857 Amer. dial.
SQUEAK - verbs
• EER to squeak as a pig; to scream, to shriek, to bawl out ...1825 Sc.
• EESK to make a squeaking noise, as of a mouse, new boots, etc. ...1866 Sc.
• ESK to make a squeaking noise, as of a mouse, new boots, etc. ...1866 Sc.
• QUEAK to make a weak, squeaking noise; to cheep; to cry, as the young of rats and mice ...1887 Sc.
• QUEEK to make a weak, squeaking noise; to cheep ...1887 Sc.
• QUEEKLE to make a weak, squeaking noise; to cheep ...1887 Sc.
• REEN to squeak as a pig ...1892 Sc.
• SCRAWK to make a harsh, grating noise; to squeak; to scream. to shriek ...1880 Eng. dial.
• SCREAK to squeak, to squeal, to creak; to grate ...1843 Amer. dial.
• SCRICELE to creak; to squeak ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SKREAK to squeak, to squeal, to creak; to grate ...1843 Amer. dial.
• SKREEK to squeak, to squeal, to creak; to grate ...1843 Amer. dial.
• YELP to squeak as a mouse; to chirp as a bird ...1677 Eng. dial.
• YILP to squeak as a mouse; to chirp as a bird ...1677 Eng. dial.
SQUEAKING - nouns
• NEESTERIN a creaking noise; a squeaking ...1898 Sc.
• RANTLING †* squeaking ...a1693
• SQUIRK a sharp squeaking sound ...1902
SQUEAKY - adjectives
• SCREAKY squeaky, creaky ...1885 Amer. dial.
• SKREAKY squeaky, creaky ...1885 Amer. dial.
• SKREEKY squeaky, creaky ...1885 Amer. dial.
• SKRIEKY squeaky, creaky ...1885 Amer. dial.
SQUEAL - nouns
• SCOIL † a squeal, a shriek ...1820 Sc.
• SKOYL a squeal ...1820 Sc.
SQUEAL - verbs
• QUERK to croak; to squeal as an animal in pain; to emit the breath forcible, esp. after violent exertion ...1790 Eng. dial.
• QUIRK to croak; to squeal as an animal in pain; to emit the breath forcible, esp. after violent exertion ...1790 Eng. dial.
• SCOIL † to squeal. to shriek ...1879 Sc.
• SCREAK to squeak, to squeal, to creak; to grate ...1843 Amer. dial.
• SCREEL to cry, to shriek, to squeal ...1890 Eng. dial.
• SKOYL † to squeal ...1879 Sc.
• SKREAK to squeak, to squeal, to creak; to grate ...1843 Amer. dial.
• SKREEK to squeak, to squeal, to creak; to grate ...1843 Amer. dial.
• SKREEL to cry, to shriek, to squeal ...1890 Eng. dial.
• YANK to cry out; to squeal ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
SQUEAMISH - adjectives
• CACKLE-STOMACHED having a stomach easily disgusted, squeamish; over-particular ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CAGMAG squeamish, dainty about one's food ...19C Eng. dial.
• DAUNCH † fastidious, dainty, overnice, squeamish, over-particular; sensitive, jealous of one's own dignity ...c1460 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• DENCH dainty, fastidious, squeamish ...1828 Eng. dial.
• DENCHED squeamish as to food ...1684 Eng. dial.
• DENSH dainty, fastidious, squeamish ...1828 Eng. dial.
• DINK dainty, squeamish, precise ...1806 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• KECKEN-HEARTED squeamish; loathing the sight of food; dainty; over-fastidious; faint-hearted ...Bk1901 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• KECKER squeamish ...Bk1901 Eng. dial.
• KECKERY squeamish ...Bk1901 Eng. dial.
• KECKISH †* squeamish, affected by nausea ...1603
• KECKLE-STOMACHED having a stomach easily disgusted, squeamish; over-particular ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• KECKLISH †* squeamish, affected by nausea ...1601
• KECKY squeamish ...Bk1901 Eng. dial.
• MAW-TURNED made squeamish ...1883 Eng. dial.
• NATURAL not squeamish ...1859 Amer. sl.
• NESH dainty, fastidious, squeamish; scrupulous ...1839 Eng. dial.
• NICE squeamish; precise ...1543 sl.
• OGERTFUL affecting delicacy of taste; squeamish ...1768 Sc.
• OLD-KILLED listless, squeamish ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUAUNCH squeamish, fastidious ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUAZIE queasy, having a disordered stomach, squeamish ...1824 Sc.
• QUEER WAYS strange, nervous, squeamish ...1827 Sc.
• QUEIMISH † squeamish ...a1485
• TARLOCH squeamish as to food; reluctant to eat ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TEITY squeamish ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TEITY-STOMACHED squeamish ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• TEWEY squeamish in eating, dainty ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TICKLE † fastidious, dainty, squeamish; easily upset or disordered ...c1456 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• UGERTFOW affecting delicacy of taste; squeamish ...1768 Sc.
• UGERTFUL † proud; nice, squeamish ...1755 Sc.
• UNGODLY of the stomach or entrails: squeamish ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WAIRSH squeamish; feeling a desire for dainty food; having a griping in the bowels ...1804 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• WAIRSH-STOMACHED squeamish ...1742 Sc.
• WEAMISH † squeamish, fastidious ...1571
• YAMIE having a feeling of nausea; squeamish ...1929 Sc.
SQUEAMISH - nouns
• KECKLE-STOMACH a squeamish stomach ...Bk1901 Eng. dial.
SQUEAMISH - nouns, person
• MAWK a person who is squeamish and fastidious ...1889 Eng. dial.
SQUEAMISH - verbs
• REBOUND to vomit; to be squeamish, to have an inclination to vomit ...1883 Sc.
• SKEEVE to be disgusted by; to disgust; to be made squeamish by ...1996 Amer. dial.
SQUEAMISHNESS - nouns
• NAUSINESS †* a feeling of nausea; squeamishness ...1598
• YAMIENESS squeamishness ...1929 Sc.
SQUEEZE - nouns
• BIRSE a bruise, contusion; pressure, a squeeze ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRAY a squeeze ...Bk1911 Sc.
• THRIST a squeeze, a hug ...1892 Sc.
• TRIST a squeeze, a hug ...1892 Sc.
SQUEEZE - verbs
• BIRSE to bruise, to crush, to squeeze, force, to press ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRAY to press, to squeeze ...Bk1911 Sc.
• JAB to crush, to squeeze ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• JAMMOCK to squeeze, to press; to beat, to crush, to trample into a soft mass ...1876 Eng. dial.
• QUACK to squeeze, to press down, to pinch, to hold tight ...1876 Eng. dial.
• QUAT † to flatten down, to squeeze flat, to crush ...c1400-50 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• QUEAK to squeeze, to press down, to pinch, to hold tight ...1876 Eng. dial.
• QUEASE †* to press, to squeeze ...c1450
• QUEEK to squeeze, to press down, to pinch, to hold tight ...1876 Eng. dial.
• QUIDDLE to squeeze with the fingers ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• SCOOCH to crouch, to squat; to squeeze oneself into a small space ...1858 Amer. dial.
• SCOOCH DOWN to crouch, to squat; to squeeze oneself into a small space ...1858 Amer. dial.
• SCOOCH DOWN to crouch, to squat; to squeeze oneself into a small space ...1858 Amer. dial.
• SCOOCH UP to crouch, to squat; to squeeze oneself into a small space ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SCOOT DOWN to crouch down, to squeeze oneself into a small space ...1943 Amer. dial.
• SCRAM to crush, to squeeze ...1885 Eng. dial.
• SCRIAZE to squeeze ...1877 Ireland
• SCRIG to force; to squeeze out ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCRIM to squeeze; to crush; to rub vigorously ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SCRINCH to crouch; to crowd together; to squeeze yourself into a small space ...1870 Amer. dial.
• SCRINCH DOWN to crouch; to crowd together; to squeeze yourself into a small space ...1870 Amer. dial.
• SCRINCH UP to crouch; to crowd together; to squeeze yourself into a small space ...1870 Amer. dial.
• SCRINGE † to squeeze violently; to press down; to crowd together ...1790 Eng. dial.
• SCRINNY to squeeze against or through; to press close ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCROOCH 1. to contract, to squeeze, to draw up (esp. a part of the body) ...1851 Amer. dial.
2. to force, push, or squeeze one's way; to crowd over ...1909 Amer. dial.
• SCROOGE to squeeze one's way; to crowd, to push ...1904 Amer. dial.
• SCROONCH to crouch, to hunch; to shrink or squeeze oneself into a small space ...1925 Amer. dial.
• SCROUCH to squeeze in, to crowd together ...1844 Amer. dial.
• SCROUGE to force, push or squeeze one's way; to crowd ...1798 Amer. dial.
• SCROUNCH to squeeze oneself into a small space ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SCROUNCH DOWN to squeeze oneself into a small space ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SCROUNGE to force or squeeze one's way into a small space; to encroach on ...1953 Amer. dial.
• SCRUDGE to squeeze one's way; to crowd, to push ...1904 Amer. dial.
• SCRUNCH to squeeze ...L19 sl.
• SKIN to squeeze one's way; to move in a constricted space ...1920 Amer. dial.
• SKRIM to squeeze; to crush; to rub vigorously ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SKROOTCH to contract, to squeeze, to draw up (esp. a part of the body) ...1851 Amer. dial.
• SKUTCH DOWN. to crouch, to squat; to squeeze oneself into a small space ...1931 Amer. dial.
• SQUEEZE TO VERJUICE † to squeeze greatly ...1605
• SQUIZZEN to squeeze; to crush, to crumple ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• THRIMP to press, to squeeze; to press as in a crowd ...1850 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THRING † to press together, to squeeze, to compress; to crush, to bruise ...a1300
• THRIST to thrust, to push; to press, to squeeze, to hug; to wring ...1838 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THRUMBLE to press, compress, squeeze; to crowd or heap together, to throng ...1589 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• THRUSSEN to thrust; to push, to squeeze, to crowd ...1874 Eng. dial.
• THRUST to crowd, to push, to squeeze ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THRUSTEN to thrust; to push, to squeeze, to crowd ...1874 Eng. dial.
• THRUTCH to crowd, to press, to squeeze, to huddle together ...1874 Eng. dial.
• TRIST to thrust, to push; to press, to squeeze, to hug; to wring ...1838 Sc.
SQUEEZED - adjectives
• SQUZ squeezed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
SQUELCH - verbs
• QUELCH * to squelch ...1659
• QUELSH * to squelch ...1659
SQUINT - adjectives
• TANGLE-EYED having squint eyes; cross-eyed ...1892 Amer. dial.
SQUINT - nouns
• EAST EYE a squint, a cast in the eye ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• SCOUK a furtive look, a glance from under the brows or from the tail of the eye; a squint; a frown; a scowl; a sour, gloomy aspect; an evil look ...c1715 Sc.
• SKEWGEE a squint ...L19 sl.
• SKOOK a furtive look, a glance from under the brows or from the tail of the eye; a squint; a frown; a sour, gloomy aspect ...c1715 Sc.
• SQUINNY a squint, a sly glance, a look; a person who squints ...1881
SQUINT, SQUINTING - nouns, person
• MOON-EYED HEN. a squinting wench ...c1780 Brit. sl.
• SQUINNY a squint, a sly glance, a look; a person who squints ...1881
• SQUINT-A-PIPES † a squinting man or woman ...1788 sl.
• TANGLE-EYE a person with squint eyes; a cross-eyed person ...1939 Amer. dial.
SQUINT - verbs
• KAIN to look, to peer; to look shyly or askance; to squint ...1847 Eng. dial.
• PUT ON A BOSS to affect a squint in order to make oneself look more threatening ...L19 sl.
• SCAN to squint ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCLOOT to squint ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCREECH. to close your eyes part way, as in looking at the sun, etc. ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SCRINCH to close the eyes part way, as when looking at the sun, etc. ...1967 Amer. dial.
• SCRINGE to close your eyes part way, as when looking at the sun, etc. ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SCROOCH to narrow the eyes, to squint ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SKELLY to squint ...1776 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SKEN to squint; to give a side look; to glance ...1611 Eng. dial.
• SKIME to squint, to look askance ...1691 N. Eng. dial.
• SQUINNY to squint, to look askance; to peer with partly closed eyes, to peep ...1605
• SQUINT LIKE A BAG OF NAILS to squint in all directions ...Bk2002
SQUINTING - adjectives
• A-GLEG asquint ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ATHURT-EYED squinting ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BOSS-EYED having only one good eye; squint-eyed, cross-eyed ...1860 sl.
• COCK-EYED squint-eyed ...1821 UK
• QUEER-OGLED squinting ...E19 UK criminals' sl.
• SCREECH-EYED having the eyes narrowed ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SCRINCH-EYED having the eyes narrowed ...1967 Amer. dial.
• SCROUGED UP of the eyes: contracted, narrowed ...1909 Amer. dial.
• SKELLIED squint-eyed; squinting ...1821 Sc.
• SKEWGEE askew, squinting, crooked ...L19
• SQUINNY squinting, looking askance, peering ...a1825
• THIRT-EYED squint-eyed ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THWART-EYED squint-eyed ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TWY-EYED cross-eyed, squinting ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• WAPPER-EYED blinking, blear-eyed, squinting; having restless eyes ...1604 Eng. dial.
• YAW-SIGHTED cross-eyed, squinting ...1751 nautical sl.
SQUINTING, SQUINTINGLY - adverbs
• AGLEY asquint; awry, obliquely ...1824 Sc.
• SKENNINGLY * with a squint, squintingly, askew ...1611
SQUIRM - verbs
• SCHROOCH AROUND to fidget, to squirm ...1939 Amer. dial.
• SCROOCH AROUND to fidget, to squirm ...1939 Amer. dial.
• SCROOTCH to wiggle, to fidget, to squirm ...1939 Amer. dial.
SQUIRREL - nouns
• BAY a squirrel's nest ...1788 Eng. dial.
• BOOMER a red or grey squirrel ...1878 Amer. dial.
• CAGE a squirrel's nest ...1883 Eng. dial.
• CAT-SQUIRREL the common squirrel ...1882 Eng. dial.
• CHICKAREE a red squirrel ...1825 Amer. dial.
• CHICKERY a red squirrel ...1949 Amer. dial.
• CHIPAREE a red squirrel ...1804 Amer. dial.
• FAIRYDIDDLE a red squirrel; a chipmunk ...1893 Amer. dial.
• FERRIDIDDLE a red squirrel; a chipmunk ...1893 Amer. dial.
• PUGGY a squirrel ...1878 Sc.
• SCOPPERIL a squirrel ...1897 Eng. dial.
• VAIR † the squirrel ...1796 Eng. dial.
SQUIRT - nouns
• SKIT a squirt or small jet of water ...1877
SQUIRT - verbs
• SCOOT to eject liquid forcibly; to squirt; to flow or gush forth ...1897 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SKEET to squirt fluid; to spray a liquid ...1898 Amer. dial.
STAB - nouns
• JAB a poke, prod, or stab ...c1820 colloq. & Eng. dial.
• YACK a smart blow or stroke; a heavy thump; a flogging; a stab ...1856 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YARK a smart blow or stroke; a heavy thump; a flogging; a stab ...1856 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YERK † a smart blow or stroke, as of a whip or rod, or of a heaving body falling; a lash, also, the sound of such a blow; the crack of a whip; a heavy thump, a thud; a flogging; a stab ...1509 obs. Sc. & Eng. dial.
STAB - verbs
• ACCLOY * to pierce, to stab ...1470
• BEAR † to thrust, pierce, stab a person through the body, or his body through, with a spear, etc. ...a1300
• BEGOUGE to stab, to pierce ...1953 Amer. dial.
• CARVE to slash or stab, esp. repeatedly ...1871 US sl.
• CARVE UP to slash or stab, esp. repeatedly ...1871 US sl.
• CHIV to attack with a sharp instrument; to stab; to cut; to slash; used only in regard to an attack upon a human ...1725 criminals' sl.
• CHIVE to attack with a sharp instrument; to stab; to cut; to slash; used only in regard to an attack upon a human ...1725 criminals' sl.
• CHIVEY to attack with a sharp instrument; to stab ...1959 Brit. sl.
• CHIVVY to attack with a sharp instrument; to stab ...1959 Brit. sl.
• DAB to pierce slightly, to stab ...1806 Sc.
• DAG to thrust at, to stab, to sting ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• JAB to poke, prod, stab ...c1830 colloq. & Eng. dial.
• JACK to stab or punch ...1980s sl.
• JAG † to pierce with a sharp instrument; to stab ...a1400
• JUG to stab ...1970 US sl.
• JUGE to stab ...2000 US sl.
• KNOCK DAYLIGHT INTO ONE to make a hole in, esp. to stab or shoot; hence, to kill ...c1840 colloq.
• LET DAYLIGHT INTO to stab or shoot a person ...1890 sl.
• LET DAYLIGHT INTO ONE to make a hole in, esp. to stab or shoot; hence, to kill ...c1840 colloq.
• LET DAYLIGHT SHINE THROUGH to shoot or stab, esp. fatally ...1774 US sl.
• LET DAYLIGHT THROUGH to shoot or stab, esp. fatally ...1839 US sl.
• LET MOONLIGHT INTO to shoot; to stab ...L18 sl.
• LET THE DAYLIGHT INTO to shoot; to stab ...L18 sl.
• LET THE DAYLIGHT INTO THE LUNCHEON RESERVOIR to shoot; to stab ...L18 sl.
• LET THE DAYLIGHT INTO THE VICTUALLING DEPARTMENT to shoot; to stab ...L18 sl.
• LET THE DAYLIGHT THROUGH to shoot; to stab ...L18 sl.
• MALKY to attack and cut someone with a razor; to stab ...1985 Sc. sl.
• OFSTING † to kill by a thrust; to pierce, to gore, to stab to death ...c893
• PUT DAYLIGHT THROUGH to shoot; to stab ...L18 sl.
• VENTILATE to stab ...L19 sl.
• YARK to strike hard, esp. with a switch or whip; to beat, to thrash; to stab ...1781 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YERK † to strike smartly, esp. with a rod or whip; to beat, to thrash, to flog, to lash, to stab; to drive with a whip ...c1520 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YIRK to strike hard, esp. with a switch or whip; to beat, to thrash; to stab ...1781 Sc. & Eng. dial.
STABBED - adjectives
• JACKED stabbed, attacked ...1980s sl.
STABBED - verbs
• EAT A SWORD † to be stabbed ...Bk1897
• EAT IRON † to be stabbed ...1594
STABILITY - nouns
• BALLAST that which tends to give stability in morals or politics, to steady the mind or feelings, etc. ...1612
• TACK † hold; holding quality; adherence, endurance, stability, strength, substance, solidity ...1412-20 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
STABLE - adjectives
• BALLASTED rendered steady or stable ...1552
• BUTTONED UP emotionally stable; 'together' ...1984 Amer. sl.
• SICKER not liable to be disturbed or unsettled; stable, assured, certain ...1340 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
STABLE - adverbs
• SICKERLY † in a stable or steady manner ...c1375 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
STABLE - nouns, person
• CHAMBERMAID a person who does the daily cleaning chores in a stable ...1928 Amer. dial.
• CHAMBERMAID TO THE MULES a stable caretaker ...1968 Amer. dial.
• HALFLING a half-grown boy; a stripling; a boy employed upon a farm or in a stable; a hobbledehoy ...1794 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• HORSE JOHNNY a stable-boy ...1892 US sl.
• JACK-BOY † a boy employed in menial work; a stable-boy, groom, or postillion ...1573
• SWIPE a groom or stable-boy ...1929 US sl.
STACK - nouns
• RICKLE a loose heap or pile; a stack...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
STACK - verbs
• BED to stack; to put in a pile ...1970 Amer. dial.
• RACK to stack ...1839 Amer. dial.
• RACK UP to stack ...1839 Amer. dial.
• RICK to stack in an orderly fashion, esp. firewood ...1899 Amer. dial.
STADIUM - nouns
• NOSEBLEEDS the highest seats in an auditorium or a stadium ...1978 US sl. (because high altitudes can cause nosebleeds)
• OXYGEN SECTION seats in a stadium or coliseum that are high up and far from the action ...1993 US sl.
• SHELL a saucer-shaped arena or stadium
STAFF - nouns
• BASTINADO a stick, staff, rod, cudgel, truncheon ...1598
• BASTON † a staff or stick used as a weapon or a staff of office; a cudgel, a club, a truncheon ...a1300
• BAT a cudgel, a staff; a thick walking-stick ...1886 Eng. dial.
• BATON † a staff or stick used as a weapon, sometimes also of iron, or iron-tipped; a club, a cudgel, or truncheon ...1548
• BATOON a stout staff or stick used as a weapon; a cudgel, a club, a truncheon ...a1625 arch.
• BEARING-BACK † a peddler's staff for carrying his pack ...1607
• CAMMOCK a crooked stick; a short staff with a crooked head; any kind of walking stick ...1862 Sc.
• CUMMOCK a crooked stick; a short staff with a crooked head; any kind of walking stick ...1862 Sc.
• KEBBIE a staff or stick with a hooked head ...1816 N. Eng. dial. & Sc.
• KEBBY a staff or stick with a hooked head ...1816 N. Eng. dial. & Sc.
• KENT a long staff, properly such a one as shepherds use for leaping over ditches or brooks; a long pole used in leaping ditches, climbing mountains, etc. ...1606 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• PALSTER † a pilgrim's staff ...1481
• SAP a club or short staff ...1899 US sl.
• YARD † a staff or stick carried in the hand as a walking-stick, or by a shepherd or herdsman ...c1000
STAGE - nouns
• HEAVEN a canopy; the covering over a stage ...1486
• MAIN KICK the stage or theatre ...1930s US Black sl.
• PAGEANT † a stage or platform on which scenes were acted or tableaux represented ...1450
STAGECOACH - nouns
• DECK the roof of a train or stagecoach ...M19 sl.
• MUD SCOW a stagecoach ...1866 US sl.
STAGECOACH - nouns, person
• BASKETEER a passenger in the 'basket' of a stage-coach (basket - the overhanging back compartment on the outside of a stage-coach) ...1866 nonce word
• CAPTAIN a stagecoach driver ...1835 Amer. dial.
STAGGER - nouns, person
• TITTER-TOTTER † one who totters, reels, or staggers ...a1700
STAGGER - verbs
• ANTIGODDLE to stagger ...1933 Amer. dial.
• BEVIS to jump about; to stagger; to walk unsteadily ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BEVISH to jump about; to stagger; to walk unsteadily ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CALL SHEEP to stagger in walking ...Bk1898 Sc.
• DACKER to waver, to totter, to stagger ...1668 Eng. dial.
• DADDLE to walk unsteadily; to stagger; to walk with short steps ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DAIDLE to waddle; to stagger, to walk unsteadily ...1808 Sc.
• DAVER to move or walk as if dazed or stupefied; to stagger ...c1600 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• DINDLE to shake, to vibrate; to stagger from a blow; to tremble ...1776 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DODDLE to fiddle around, to tinker; to stagger and reel ...1975 Amer. dial.
• GALAY † to reel; to stagger ...1375
• JAMMY to sway to and fro; to stagger ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• MADDLE ALONG to stagger; to move aimlessly about, to potter ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAKE A VIRGINIA FENCE * to walk unsteadily, as a drunkard; to stagger in a zigzag course; to be drunk ...1737 Amer.
• MAKE INDENTURES to stagger with drink ...1622 sl.
• RAMBLE to dance; also, to reel, to stagger ...1790 Eng. dial.
• SANNICK to stagger or fall from excessive weakness ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SANNOCK to stagger or fall from excessive weakness ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SANNY to fall or stagger, as from weakness ...1895 Eng. dial.
• SLUMPER * to struggle or stagger helplessly through or along a muddy track, lane, etc. ...E19
• SONNOCK to stagger or fall from excessive weakness ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• STOITER to stagger or stumble ...Sc.
• STOTAY † to falter, totter, stumble, stagger; to come to a stand ...a1400
• TITUBATE * to stagger, to stumble, to trip, to reel, to totter; to rock, roll ...1575
• WABBLE to wobble; to walk unsteadily, to stagger, to totter, to rock on one's feet, to waffle ...1786 Sc.
• WAFFLE to stagger, to totter, to move uncertainly ...1973 Sc.
• WAG † to totter, to stagger; to be in danger of falling ...c1340
• WAGGER † to stagger, to totter ...1382
• WAGGLE to waddle; to stagger along unsteadily ...1865 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• WAMBLE † of things: to totter, to waver; to move unsteadily, to stagger, to reel ...1589 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• WUGGLE to waddle; to stagger along unsteadily ...1865 Sc.
STAGGERING - adjectives
• ON THE WAMBLE staggering, wobbling ...1881
• TITUBANT staggering, tottering, reeling, stumbling, unsteady ...1817
• UPON THE WAMBLE staggering, wobbling ...1881
• WAFFLIE tottery, staggering ...1973 Sc.
STAGGERING - nouns
• BACK-STAP a staggering backwards ...1932 Sc.
• TITUBATION * the act of staggering, reeling, stumbling, or tottering; unsteadiness in gait or carriage ...1849
STAGNANT - nouns
• DIMSEL † a piece of stagnant water, larger than a pond and smaller than a lake ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• PADDOCK-POOL a stagnant pool ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
STAGNATION - nouns
• DESSMENT stagnation ...B1900 Eng. dial.
STAID - adjectives
• ANCIENT of children: staid, demure, precocious ...1887 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• OLD wise, serious, thoughtful; of a child: precocious, staid, demure ...1896 Eng. dial.
STAID - nouns, person
• L-7 a staid person who is uninterested in or unsympathetic to the fashionable interests of teenagers ...1956 US sl.
STAIN - adjectives
• IMMACULABLE †* incapable of stain ...1624
STAIN, STAINING - nouns
• CANTEEN MEDAL a beer or food stain on one's tunic ...c1875 army sl.
• DECOLORATION † discoloration, a staining ...1623
• GAIR a dirty streak or stain on clothes ...1953 Sc.
• MACULATION the act of spotting or staining; a being spotted or defiled ...a1450
• MAIL † a spot, a mark, a stain ...1865 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCAM a spot, a mark, a stain; a blemish ...1881 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SUDDLE a stain, a spot ...1861 Sc.
• SULLEY † an act of sullying, soiling, or polluting; a stain, a blemish ...1602
• SULLY † an act of sullying, soiling, or polluting; a stain, a blemish ...1602
• TACK † a spot, a stain, a blemish ...c1425 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TAINTURE † tainting, staining, stain, defilement, pollution, infection ...1593
• TASH a stain, a spot, a drop, a blemish, a flaw ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TINCTURE † 1. the act of dyeing, staining, or colouring ...1601
† 2. a stain, a blemish ...a1640
STAIN - verbs
• BERAY † to befoul, to stain, to disfigure; to asperse, to cover with abuse ...1576 obs. or arch.
• BESMIT † vb. to stain; to infect, as with disease; to contaminate ...a1225
• BESMUT to stain, to sully ...1610
• DECOLORATE † to discolour, to stain ...1623
• DECOLOUR † to discolour, to stain ...c1618
• IMBRUE † to stain, to dirty; to defile ...1430
• MACULATE to spot, stain, soil, defile, pollute ...1432-50
• MACULE † to spot, to stain ...1484
• MAIL † to spot, to discolour, to stain ...1677 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SANGUINE † 1. to stain or paint a sanguine (red) colour ...1591
† 2. to stain with blood ...1610
• SCAM to stain, to discolour; to bespatter ...Bk1904 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TASH to soil, to tarnish, to stain, to dirty; to bespatter; to spoil slightly ...1829 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• WANHEW † to stain ...c1420 Sc.
• WANHUE † to stain ...c1420 Sc.
STAINED - adjectives
• FAW † coloured, stained, streaked; particoloured, variegated ...a700
• IMBRUED stained, dyed, etc., esp. with blood or slaughter ...c1430
• LAMPERED mottled, stained ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• MACULATED spotted, stained, defiled, polluted ...1646
• SANGUINED stained with blood ...a1814
• SCAMY stained, blotched, having patchy marks ...Bk1904 Sc.
• TAINTED †* tinted, stained ...1797
STAINLESS - adjectives
• TACHELESS †* stainless, faultless ...a1300
STAIR, STAIRCASE, STAIRWAY - nouns
• APPLES AND PEARS stairs ...B1859 Eng. rhyming sl.
• DANCE a staircase; a flight of steps ...1857 cant
• DANCERS stairs ...1671 arch. sl.
• GRECE † a set or flight of stairs; a step, a stair ...ME obs. exc. dial.
• GRECINGS † the stairs in a flight; fights of stairs ...LME obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GRICE † a set or flight of stairs; a step, a stair ...ME obs. exc. dial.
• LADDER a stairway of any sort ...1986 US Navy sl.
• LITTLE WOODEN HILL, THE the stairs ...M19 UK nursery usage
• PAIR OF STAIRS a flight of stairs ...1530
• SCALE † a flight of stairs
• SCALES † a flight of steps ...1658 Eng. dial.
• SCALE-STAIR a stair going up by flights and landings as opposed to a continuous spiral ...1705 Sc.
• SISTERS † the strings of a staircase ...1518
• TIMBER-HILL a wooden staircase ...1873 Eng. dial.
• WOODEN HILL stairs, esp. those leading to a bedroom ...B1900 Eng. dial.
STAIR - verbs
• TRACK UP THE DANCERS to go up the stairs ...1665 sl.
STAIR - phrases
• UP THE DANCERS up stairs ...1859 sl.