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WEAR - WELT
WEAR - verbs
• BAG to wear, to sport ...1972 Amer. sl.
• OCCUPY † to wear ...1859 US sl.
• SPORT to wear, display, carry, etc., esp. with ostentation; to show off ...colloq.
WEAR AND TEAR - nouns
• FATIGUE † wear and tear; hard usage ...1794 Sc.
WEARIED, WEARY - adjectives (also see WORN OUT)
• AWEARY tired, weary, fatigued ...1552
• BONE-WEARY utterly weary
• DAGGED weary ...1868 Eng. dial.
• DEAD-RUN weary in the extreme ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DEFATIGABLE † apt to be wearied; capable of being wearied ...1656
• DILVERED exhausted, wearied, worn out with fatigue, drowsy ...1790 Eng. dial.
• ELENGE weary, tedious, irksome ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FAGGED wearied out, excessively tired or fatigued ...1780
• FATIGATE † wearied, tired, fatigued, exhausted with labour ...1471 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GAITED tired, weary ...1951 Amer. dial.
• HAGGLED wearied, harassed, worn out ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HARRIED overdone, wearied, jaded ...1899 Eng. dial.
• HATTERED badly treated; exhausted, wearied ...Bk1902 Sc.
• JADED ALL OVER tired, exhausted, fatigued, wearied...1966 Amer. dial.
• JADED OUT tired, exhausted, fatigued, wearied...1966 Amer. dial.
• LASSATE †* tired, wearied ...1694
• OORIT cold, shivering, hunched up with cold or discomfort; tired-looking or ailing-looking, weak, puny, wearied, in poor spirits, miserable, dejected ...1869 Sc.
• RAMFOOZLED confused, muddled, stupefied; spent, exhausted, wearied ...1786 Sc.
• SICK AND SADED tired or weary of something ...1896 Eng. dial.
• TAIGLED tired, wearied ...1814 Sc.
• TAINT †* exhausted, weary ...c1380
• TANGLE too weary to stand ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TWICKERED OUT tired, exhausted, very weary ...1886 Eng. dial.
• WAPPERED fatigued, wearied, restless ...1868 Eng. dial.
• WAY-WORN fatigued or wearied by travel ...1777
• WOPPERED fatigued, wearied, restless ...1868 Eng. dial.
WEARIED - nouns
• DEFATIGATION † the act of wearying out, or condition of being wearied out; fatigue ...1508
WEARINESS - nouns
• FAG a bore; a chore; an unpleasant, tedious task; anything that causes weariness, hard work, toil, drudgery, fatigue; a wearisome thing...1780 colloq.
• FASTIDIUM * disgust; feeling of weariness, tedium ...a1734
• FATIGATION † the state of being fatigued, weariness ...1504
• FESSITUDE †* weariness, tiredness, fatigue ...1656
• HAG-STOP weariness; a stoppage, dilemma ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• IRK weariness; pain ...1796 Sc.
• LASSATION † weariness ...1650
• LASSITUDE the condition of being weary in body or mind; a flagging of the bodily or mental powers; indifference to exertion; weariness ...1533
• TIRESOMENESS †* the condition of being tired; weariness ...1646
WEARINESS - verbs
• GIVE DOWN to be overcome with weariness; to breakdown ...1938 Amer. dial.
• HEAVY † to become heavy through weariness or grief ...a1000
WEARISOME - adjectives
• FAGGIE fatiguing, tiresome, wearisome ...Bk1900 Sc.
• FAGSUM † fatiguing, tiresome, wearisome ...1825 Sc.
• FASTIDIOUS † that creates disgust; disagreeable, distasteful, unpleasant, wearisome ...1531
• HAGGLING vexatious, trying, wearisome ...Bk1902 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• LAGGING toilsome, wearisome, fatiguing ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LONGSOME † long, lengthy, tediously long, wearisome by its length; long-lasting ...c1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial
• MORTAL long and wearisome; boring ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SAPLESS of persons: wearisome, tedious ...1680
• TAIGLESOME wearisome, tiring, tedious ...1912 Sc.
• TAIVERSOME tedious, wearisome; annoying, vexatious ...1808 Sc.
• TARRYSOME †* characterized by tarrying; slow, lingering; wearisome ...1513 Sc.
• TEDDISOME tedious, wearisome ...1824 Eng. dial.
• TEDIOUSOME tedious, wearisome ...1824 Sc.
• TIDDYSOM tedious, wearisome ...1824 Eng. dial.
• YAWNFUL inclined to yawn; wearisome, tedious ...1878
• YAWNSOME inclined to yawn; wearisome, tedious ...1900
WEARISOME - nouns
• FAG a bore; a chore; an unpleasant, tedious task; anything that causes weariness, hard work, toil, drudgery, fatigue; a wearisome thing...1780 colloq.
WEARISOME - nouns, person
• PALAVER a wearisome talker; a person of silly, fussy and ostentatious manners ...1895 Sc.
• TEELYTOON a teasing, fretful, wearisome child ...B1900 Eng. dial.
WEARISOME - verbs
• IMPORTUNE † to burden; to be troublesome or wearisome to; to trouble, to worry, to pester, to annoy ...1578
WEAR OUT, WEARY - verbs
• ATTEDIATE †* to be tedious to; to tire, to weary, to exhaust ...1603
• BACKSET to weary, to fatigue, to worry ...1932 Sc.
• BEJADE † to weary, tire out ...1620
• DAWL to tire, to weary, to fatigue ...1796 Eng. dial.
• DEFATIGATE † to make weary, to tire out, to exhaust with labour ...1552
• DILVER to weary with labour or exercise ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FAG to make one fatigued; to tire, to weary; to exhaust ...1826
• FASH 1. to afflict, to annoy, to trouble, to vex; also, to give trouble, to bother, to weary ...1533 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
2. to weary, to be annoyed; to take trouble, to worry ...1585 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• FASH AT to be impatient with, to be intolerant of; to grow weary of ...1721 Sc.
• FATIGATE † to fatigue, exhaust, weary, tire ...1535 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HAG † to fatigue, to weary, to tire out ...1674 obs. exc. Eng. & Amer. dial.
• HARASS † to wear out, tire out, or exhaust with fatigue, trouble, care, etc. ...a1626 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HATTER † to harass, to vex, to ill-treat; to wear out, to exhaust with fatigue or drudgery ...1687 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• JABB to weary, to tire out, to exhaust ...1790 Sc.
• JACK UP to wear out; to tire, to exhaust ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• JADE to exhaust or wear out by driving or working hard; to fatigue, to weary, to tire ...1606
• JAFFLE to tire or wear out ...1824 Sc.
• LAG to tire, to weary, to fatigue, to exhaust ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LASSATE †* to weary ...1623
• MAISIN to fatigue, to weary, to exhaust ...a1850 Sc.
• NIRK to irk, to annoy, to harass, to weary ...1861 Eng. dial.
• PAIL to trouble; to harass, to weary ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAMFEEZLE to exhaust oneself with work; to wear oneself out ...1885 Sc.
• RAZZOR to exhaust; to wear out, to tire ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• SADE † 1. to become satiated or weary ...c888
† 2. to glut, to satiate; to make weary of ...c1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SCALP to grow weary; to become dispirited ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• TAFFLE to perplex, to tire, to wear out, to exhaust with fatigue ...1750 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TAIGLE to tire, to make weary, to fatigue ...1814 Sc.
• TAINGHLE to harass or weary with hard work; to struggle on, to toil laboriously ...1803 Sc.
• TAKE THE STARCH OUT OF to break the spirit of someone or something, to make weary or less arrogant ...M19 sl.
• TAR †* to weary, to fatigue ...c1440
• TASH to fatigue, to weary out ...1892 Sc.
• TEDIFY † to become tedious, to weary, to bore ...1613 nonce word
• TIRY † tired, weary, fatigued ...1611 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• WEAR DOWN TO THE NAIL to wear out, or 'to the bone'; to be almost at an end ...1873 Sc.
WEARY - adjectives
• DADDET faint, weary, tired through overwork ...1908 Sc.
• DEFATIGABLE † apt to weary or fatigue ...1657
• ELENGE † very long, tedious, weary, irksome ...c897
• FASHED weary ...1827 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• FATIGATED † fatigued, exhausted, weary ...1552
• LAGGAN fatiguing, beginning to weary ...1824 Sc.
• METHEFUL † weary, exhausted ...a1300 obs.
• TOILED exhausted with toil; worn-out, weary ...1592 arch.
• TOLD OUT played out, spun out, exhausted, weary ...1861 colloq.
WEARYING - adjectives
• FATIGABLE † wearying, tiring ...1656
• FATIGUABLE † wearying, tiring ...1656
• HARRYING worrying, harassing, wearying ...1873 Eng. dial.
• MAULING tiring, fatiguing, wearying ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TEWING toilsome, wearying; worrying, tedious ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
WEARYING - nouns
• FAGGING ABOUT the act of working hard or wearying oneself at something; hard work ...1850
WEASEL - nouns
• CANE a weasel ...1789 Eng. dial.
• GAME RAT the weasel ...1878 Sc.
• KIME a weasel ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• REZZEL a weasel ...1788 Eng. dial.
• REZZIL a weasel ...1788 Eng. dial.
• REZZLE a weasel ...1788 Eng. dial.
• RIZZLE a weasel ...1788 Eng. dial.
• SUCK-EGG an animal that is reputed to suck eggs, as a weasel, cuckoo ...1851
• VAIR † a weasel or stoat ...1387 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
WEATHER - adjectives (also see rain, snow, etc.)
• AINISH unpleasant, used esp. of the weather; showery, rainy ...1814 Eng. dial.
• AIRISH of the weather: chilly or briskly cool ...Bk2000 Amer. sl.
• AITTRIE of the weather: cold, bleak ...Bk1898 Sc.
• ALTERATION of the weather: changeable, uncertain ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• ALTERY of the weather: looking like rain ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• ASPROUS of the weather: raw, inclement ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• AWKWARD of the weather: uncertain ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BACKENDISH of weather: proper to autumn or winter; autumnal, wintry, rough ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BALMY of wind, air, weather: deliciously mild, fragrant, and soothing ...1704
• BANGY of weather: drizzling, overcast; misty; stormy ...1790 Eng. dial.
• BASK of weather: very dry ...1893 Sc.
• BASTY of weather: droughty and ungenial ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BENIGN of the weather: mild, genial ...c1386
• BLACKLIE of the weather: dark with threatening clouds ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLADDY gusty, unsettled ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLASHY rainy, wet, gusty ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLASTIE gusty, blustering ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLIRTIE of the weather: changeable, uncertain, cheerless; characterized by 'blirts' or gusts of wind and rain ...1807 Sc.
• BLUE of the weather: chill, frosty ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLUSTERSOME of weather: rainy and stormy in fits and starts ...19C Eng. dial.
• BOISTOUS † of the wind, sea, weather: rough and violent; boisterous ...1470
• BREEDY of the weather: building up for a storm ...1954 Amer. dial .
• BULDERING of the weather: hot, muggy, sultry; threatening thunder ...1746 Eng. dial.
• CADDLESOME of weather: stormy, uncertain ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CADDLING of weather: uncertain, variable, stormy ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CADDLY of weather: stormy, uncertain ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.,
• CALWART of weather: coldish, fresh and bracing ...1866 Sc.
• CATCHING of weather: changeable, unpredictable ...1931-33 Amer. dial.
• CATCHY of weather: changeable, unpredictable ...1894 Amer. dial.
• CAZZARDLY of the weather: changeable, unsettled ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• CHURLY of the weather: rough ...19C Eng. dial.
• CRIMPY of the weather: cold ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
• DABBLY of the weather: wet, rainy, showery, damp ...1879 Eng. dial.
• DACKER hesitating, uncertain, undecided; said of a person who can't make up his mind, and to the weather when unsettled ...1887 Sc.
• DAGGING of the weather: wet, drizzly, misty, rainy ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DAGGLY of the weather: wet, drizzly, misty, rainy ...1869 Eng. dial.
• DAGGY of the weather: wet, drizzly, misty, rainy ...1808 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DAINTY of weather: fine, genial, cheering ...1860 Eng. dial.
• DAISIE of the weather: cold, raw ...1825 Sc.
• DAISY DORMER warmer, esp. of the weather ...1960 UK rhyming sl., orig. theatrical
• DAIZIE of the weather: cold, raw ...1825 Sc.
• DALLING of the weather: changing, varying ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DAZIE of the weather: cold, raw, without sunshine ...Bk1900 Sc.
• DEASIE of the weather: cold, raw ...1825 Sc.
• DERN of weather: raw, cold ...1879 Eng. dial.
• DINGLE of weather: good ...1989 Antarctica sl.
• DIRTY of the weather: wet, stormy ...1887 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DOWF † of the weather: dull ...E16 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• DULL AND DOWDY of the weather and beer: cloudy ...1992 UK rhyming sl.
• EDGY of the weather: crisp, frosty ...1926 Amer. dial.
• EIDENT continuous, persistent, esp. with reference to weather ...1786 Sc.
• ELDRITCH † of weather: chill, keen ...1825 Sc.
• ETERIE of the weather: keen, bitter ...1808 Sc.
• ETRIE of the weather: keen, bitter ...1808 Sc.
• EMMIS of the weather: changeable; dark, gloomy ...Bk1900 Sc.
• FADY of the weather: damp, sultry, close ...1790 Eng. dial.
• FAINT of the weather: close, sultry, oppressive ...1885 Eng. dial.
• FAINTY of the weather: close, sultry, oppressive ...1849 Eng. dial.
• FAIRING of the weather: clearing, ceasing to rain ...1885 Sc.
• FARRANTLY of the weather: bright, pleasant, cheerful ...1790 Eng. dial.
• FILTHY said of bad weather ...1875 sl.
• GAFFIN of the weather: lowering, cloudy ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GAGEY of the weather: uncertain, risky, showery ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GAGY of the weather: uncertain, risky, showery ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GIFFY of weather: humid, muggy, damp; hence, moist, pliable ...1829 Amer. dial.
• GIVEY of weather: humid, muggy, damp; hence, moist, pliable ...1829 Amer. dial.
• GIVY of weather: humid, muggy, damp; hence, moist, pliable ...1829 Amer. dial.
• GLOWERING of weather: cloudy or threatening ...1939 Amer. dial.
• GLOWERY of weather: cloudy or threatening ...1969 Amer. dial.
• GROUTY of the sky, weather: thundery, threatening rain ...1744-50 Eng. dial.
• HAINING † of the weather: cold, drizzly ...1871 Eng. dial.
• HAINISH unpleasant, used esp. of the weather; showery, rainy ...1814 Eng. dial.
• HANDSOME of the weather: fine, good, bright ...1898 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HARDEN of the weather: windy, drying; cold, bleak ...1897 Eng. dial.
• HARDEN-FACED of the weather: threatening, lowering, gloomy, unsettled ...1876 Eng. dial.
• HASK of the weather: dry, parching, piercingly cold ...1790 Eng. dial.
• HAUGULLIN' of the weather: drizzling, cold and damp ...Bk1902 Sc.
• HECTIC of the weather: unpleasant, windy, cloudy ...1968 Amer. dial.
• HURRY-DURRY † of the weather: rough, boisterous, windy, rainy; hence, impatient, irritable ...1672 nautical
• IN AND OUT of weather: variable, coming and going ...1966 Amer. dial.
• INDUMIOUS of the weather: extraordinarily rough or stormy ...1898 Sc.
• INNUBILOUS †* not cloudy, clear, cloudless ...1656
• KALWART of weather: coldish, fresh and bracing ...1866 Sc.
• KAZZARDLY. of the weather: changeable, unsettled ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• KETCHY of the weather: changeable ...1884 Amer. dial.
• LASH of weather: raw wet ...1787
• LATE † of weather: unseasonable ...1631 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• LEAKING † of weather: showery ...c1420
• LOUSY of the weather: unpleasant, threatening ...1944 Amer. dial.
• MALMY of weather: warm and damp ...1677 Eng. dial.
• MEALY of the weather: mild and damp ...Bk1905 Sc.
• MEAN of the weather: very unpleasant, disagreeable ...1897 Amer. dial.
• MEETH of the weather: hot, sultry, close; of persons: exhausted with heat ...1768 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MELCH mild, warm; soft and moist; applied chiefly to the weather, but also occasionally to anything soft ...1790 Eng. dial.
• MELL of the weather: mild ...Bk1905 Sc.
• MELSH mild, warm; soft and moist; applied chiefly to the weather, but also occasionally to anything soft ...1790 Eng. dial.
• MERCIFUL of the weather: favourable, propitious, seasonable ...1897 Sc.
• MEUTHY of the weather: sultry, close, mild and damp ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MIGGY of the weather: moist, damp, muggy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MILKY of the weather: foggy ...1967 Amer. dial.
• MISTY-MOISTY of the weather: misty, foggy; threatening rain ...1856 Amer. dial.
• MOKEY of weather: foggy, hazy ...1938 Amer. dial.
• MOKY of weather: foggy, hazy ...1938 Amer. dial.
• MUSTARD of the weather: hot ...1930s rhyming sl. (Mustard Pot)
• MUSTARD POT of the weather: hot ...1930s rhyming sl.
• MUTHY of the weather: sultry, close, mild and damp ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NATURAL † of the weather: pleasant, genial, mild ...1825 Sc.
• NAUGHTY †* of weather: bad, nasty ...1541
• NESH of the weather: chilly ...1825 Eng. dial.
• OORLICK of the weather: damp, chilly and unpleasant, raw, bleak, depressing ...1808 Sc.
• OPEN of weather or season: free from frost; also, free from fog or mist (nautical usage) ...1615
• OPEN-AND-SHUT of the weather: alternately cloudy and sunny; variable ...1890 Amer. dial.
• OPENING-AND-SHUTTING of the weather: alternately cloudy and sunny; variable ...1890 Amer. dial.
• OWLY of the weather: threatening ...1958 Amer. dial.
• OWLY-LOOKING of the weather: threatening ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PEA-RIPPING of the weather: hot ...1984 Amer. dial.
• PET of weather: unexpectedly mild ...1954 Amer. dial.
• PINCHY of the weather: cold, chilly ...1984 Amer. dial.
• POTHERY of the weather: hot, close, stifling, muggy, warm ...1696
• PUGGY of the weather: damp and warm, muggy ...1875 Eng. dial.
• QUALMY of the weather: close, sultry, producing sickly languor ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUELSTRING of the weather: hot, sultry; sweltering ...1777 Eng. dial.
• QUELTERING of the weather: hot, sultry; sweltering ...1777 Eng. dial.
• QUELTRING of the weather: hot, sultry; sweltering ...1777 Eng. dial.
• QUILSTERING of the weather: hot, sultry; sweltering ...1777 Eng. dial.
• RAGGLISH erratic, subject to sudden unpredictable change; of weather: boisterous, uncertain, gusty with rain ...1804 Sc.
• RAISIGO of weather: rough, blustery, stormy ...1828 Sc.
• RATY of the weather: cold, wet, stormy ...1856 Eng. dial.
• RAWLY of the weather: raw, damp ...B1900 Sc.
• REAR of the weather: chilly, cold, raw ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• REE of the weather: windy, clear, and frosty ...Bk1904 Sc.
• RICK-RACK of the weather: stormy, boisterous ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• ROBUSTIOUS of storms or climate: violent, severe ...1612
• SAFT of weather: mild, not frosty, in a state of thaw ...1825 Sc.
• SAIR of the weather: inclement, stormy, severe ...1813 Sc.
• SAPLESS of the weather: without rain or moisture; dry ...1892 Sc.
• SAUCY of the weather: brilliant, fine ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCADDY of the weather: showery ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCARLY of the weather: boisterous, windy, threatening rain ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCATTY of the weather: showery ...1746 Eng. dial.
• SCOUTHERIE of the weather: threatening, abounding in flying showers ...1794 Sc.
• SCOUTHRY of the weather: threatening, abounding in flying showers ...1794 Sc.
• TARLOCH of the weather: stormy ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TART of the wind or weather: sharp, keen, piercing, bracing ...1901 Eng. dial.
• TENDER of the weather: inclined to rain, threatening ...1900 Eng. dial.
• TETCHY of the weather: changeable; fickle ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THICK of the weather: cloudy, misty, foggy ...1895 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THIN of the wind or weather: cold, keen, piercing ...1881 Ireland & Eng. dial.
• THIRLING of the weather: piercingly cold ...1801 Sc.
• THRAWN of the weather: disagreeable, bitter ...1897 Sc.
• THREDEGAL of the weather: unsettled ...Bk1905 Eng. dial. obs.
• TICKLE variable, uncertain, not to be relied on; used esp. of the weather ...1795 Eng. dial.
• TICKLISH of the weather: changeable ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNCLEMENT † of the weather: inclement ...1598
• UNFURTHERSOME. of weather: unfavourable to vegetation ...Bk1905 Sc.
• UNHEARTSOME of the weather: bad, uncomfortable ...Bk1905 Sc.
• UNHEARTY of the weather: unpleasant, uncomfortable ...Bk1905 Sc.
• UNKETTY of the weather: close, sultry, depressing ...1895 Eng. dial.
• UNKID of the weather: close, sultry, depressing ...1895 Eng. dial.
• UNKIND of the weather: unseasonable, ungenial ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNLIKELY of the weather: threatening ...1885 Amer. dial.
• UNMENSEFUL of the weather: rough, unseasonable ...1898 Sc.
• UNNATURABLE of the weather: ungenial ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VITIOUS of the weather: stormy ...Bk1905 Sc.
• VOXY of the weather: deceptive, uncertain ...1899 Eng. dial.
• WALLOW of the weather: blowing a cold, strong, and hollow wind ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WALLOWISH of the weather: showery, sleety, when there is neither thaw nor frost ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YARK of weather: wild, stormy ...1891 Eng. dial.
• YAULD of weather: sharp, keen, cold, frosty ...1808 Sc.
• YAWL of weather: sharp, keen, frosty ...1808 Sc.
WEATHER - adverbs
• IN AND OUT of weather: intermittently, in fits and starts ...1966 Amer. dial.
WEATHER - nouns
• AEROMANCY divination by air, including augury; later, weather-forecasting, meteorology ...1393
• AIFER † the exhalations which arise from the ground on a warm, sunny day ...Bk1898 Sc.
• AITTRIE cold, bleak weather ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BANANA BELT 1. the warmer parts of a region which is regarded as severely cold ...1898 Amer. dial.
2. an open winter, softer weather than usual ...1958 Amer. dial.
• BARNSTAPLE FAIR WEATHER cold, wet, windy weather ...1893 Eng. dial.
• BENGAL BLANKET the sun; a blue sky ...19C Anglo-Indian
• BLACKBERRY RAIN a spring storm or cold snap ...1947 Amer. dial.
• BLACKBERRY SQUALL a late cold spell in May or early June ...1953 Amer. dial.
• BLACKBERRY STORM a spring storm or cold snap ...1906 Amer. dial.
• BLACKBERRY WINTER a late cold spell in May or early June ...1904 Amer. dial.
• BLACKBIRD STORM a short cold spell in late spring, after the appearance of the blackbirds ...1953 Amer. dial.
• BLACK FROST freezing weather not cold enough to kill vegetation ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BLACK WEATHER rainy weather ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLEE bleak weather from an exposed quarter ...19C Eng. dial.
• BLOOM WINTER a period of cold weather in the spring ...1941 Amer. dial.
• BLUDDER wet weather; a spell of foul weather ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLUE HEN'S CHICK a cold, brisk day ...1951 Amer. dial.
• BLUE HEN'S CHICKEN. a cold, brisk day ...1951 Amer. dial.
• BLUEBIRD WEATHER a brief period of warm weather in autumn ...1943 Amer. dial.
• BOLL WEEVIL WEATHER cold, wet weather ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BORIE a clear opening of the sky in wet weather ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOULE an opening in the clouds betokening fine weather ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BREEDER an unseasonably or unusually fine day, regarded as presaging bad weather ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BUZZARD STORM a period of very cold weather in spring ...1954 Amer. dial.
• CHAMPAGNE WEATHER bad weather ...L19 UK society sl.
• CROW-GAPER a very hot day ...19C Eng. dial.
• DACKER † uncertainty, a state of suspense or hesitation; also used of unsettled weather; a lull ...1808 Sc.
• DALLY an interval in bad weather ...1914 Sc.
• DIRT rain, snow, or sleet; 'dirty' or stormy weather ...1887 Eng. dial.
• EASTICK cold, showery weather ...1897 Sc.
• ELEMENT the sky, atmosphere, air, heavens; weather ...1785 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
• FAIRIES' BAKIN' DAY a day of alternate rain and sunshine ...1894 Sc.
• FAIRNESS † of the weather: the state of being free from storms or rain; fineness ...c1440
• FALLING WEATHER weather characterized by rain, snow, hail, or heavy fog; conditions likely to produce such weather ...1732 Amer. dial.
• HANDS-IN-THE-POCKET WEATHER very cold weather ...1986 Amer. dial.
• HARDENING OF THE DROUTH a continuance or settlement of dry weather ...1880 Sc.
• HAUGHTY WEATHER † windy weather ...1787 Eng. dial.
• HAWK, THE the wind, esp. that of winter; cold weather; winter ...1946 Amer. dial.
• HAWKINS the wind, esp. that of winter; cold weather; winter ...1958 Amer. dial.
• HOG KILLIN' TIME a cold snap ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• INDIAN WEATHER cold, then a hot day ...1966 Amer. dial.
• INDIAN WINTER a period of unseasonably cold weather ...1931 Amer. dial.
• JESTICK a slight, temporary frost; cold weather with rain ...Bk1902 Sc.
• LINE GALE severe weather associated with the spring and autumn equinoxes ...1836 Amer. dial.
• LINE STORM severe weather associated with the spring and autumn equinoxes ...1850 Amer. dial.
• MEETHNESS extreme heat; sultriness; soft, close weather ...1768 Sc.
• MELTON HOT DAY a very hot day ...L19 sporting sl.
• MET a weather report ...1939 Royal Air Force sl.
• MET, THE the Meteorological Office, responsible for weather forecasting ... c1925 sl.
• MET OFFICE, THE the Meteorological Office, responsible for weather forecasting ...1940s sl.
• MILLDEW wet, rain, fog; cold raw weather ...1900 Sc.
• MUCK bad weather ...1855 UK sl.
• OMBROLOGY the branch of meteorology that deals with rain ...1845
• ONLAY settled weather of a particular kind, generally bad, as of wind from one direction ...1908 Sc.
• ONTACK an attack or onset of pain, of snow, bad weather, or the like ...1964 Sc.
• OTTER WEATHER a season of comfortable weather before the spring ...1967 Amer. dial.
• PET WEATHER particular good weather early in the spring ...1982 Amer. dial.
• QUEEN'S WEATHER fine weather ...1899
• RAZZLER of the weather: a hot day ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• SACK WEATHER inclement weather during which air missions cannot be flown ...1949 US sl.
• SAWNEY mild weather ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• SCAT a spell of weather; a bout, a turn ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCORCHER a killing frost; a period of very cold weather ...1916 Amer. dial.
• SULTER †* a spell of sultry weather ...1667
• UNIWIDERE † bad weather ...c1175
• UNKEDNESS gloomy weather ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VEER WEATHER chopping, changeable weather ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VERMONT THAW 'six feet of snow and a hurricane' ...1891 Amer. dial.
• WEATHER BREEDER an unseasonably or unusually fine day, regarded as presaging bad weather ...1780 Amer. dial.
• WEATHER FALL a period of rain, snow, hail, or heavy fog ...1965 Amer. dial.
WEATHER - nouns, person
• AEROMANCER †* one who practices divination by air; a weather-prophet ...c1400
• MET MAN a weather forecaster ... c1920 Brit. services' sl.
• METS a meteorological officer ...c1920 Brit. services' sl.
• OLD PROB a meteorologist ...c1900 US sl.
• OLD PROBABILITIES a meteorologist ...1942 US sl.
WEATHER - verbs
• BAFF to struggle, either against illness or weather ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BLUSTER UP of the weather: to look stormy ...1946 Amer. dial.
• BREAK AWAY of the weather: to clear up ...1768
• BREAK DOWN of the weather: to become wet or stormy ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BREAK OUT FINE of the weather: to clear up ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BREAK THE WEATHER to bring about change in the weather; said of a cat washing its face with its paws ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CAST UP of the weather, the day: to clear up ...1825 Sc.
• DRAG THE CLIMATE AROUND to discuss the weather ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FAIR * of the weather: to clear ...1842 rare exc. Eng. dial.
• FAIR AWAY of the weather: to become clearer ...1836 Amer. dial.
• FAIR OFF of the weather: to become clearer ...1859 Amer. dial.
• FAIR UP of the weather: to clear up, to leave off raining, to become fine ...1819 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
• FALL † of the weather: to turn out, to prove to be ...1633
• HAIZER of the weather: to dry up after rain ...c1920 Sc.
• HARDEN of the weather: to clear up and become settled after rain; generally used with 'out' or 'up' ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• LAY † of the wind, weather: to be violent ...c1475
• OPEN of the weather: to become clear of frost ...1678
• RACK UP of weather: to clear ...1626
• RAX OUT of the weather: to clear up ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• SCALE OFF of bad weather: to clear off, to lift ...1898 Amer. dial.
• SCALE UP of bad weather: to clear off, to lift ...1898 Amer. dial.
• SCARVY of the weather: to clear ...1888 Eng. dial.
• SHOW FOR of weather: to promise, to portend ...1969 Amer. dial.
• SIZZLE of the weather: to be very hot ...Aust. sl.
• SKARVEY of the weather: to clear ...1888 Eng. dial.
• SKEW † to become overcast ...c1400
• TAKE OFF of the weather: to clear up; to cease raining or blowing ...1878
• TAKE UP of weather: to improve, to mend, to become fair ...1845
• TURN TWO SHIRTS COLDER of the weather: to grow colder ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• VESUVIATE of weather: to be very hot ...a1876 nonce word
WEATHER - phrases
• IT LIGHTS AND SHUTS the sun peeps out at intervals ...Bk1896 Amer. dial.
• IT'S A MONKEY'S WEDDING applied to weather characterized by drizzling rain while the sun shines ...20C S. Afr. sl.
• MORE RED NEBS THAN MIDGES used in very cold weather ...Bk1905 N. Ireland
• MORE WRINKLES THAN INCHES of weather or man: extremely cold ...20C Brit. sl., orig. Royal Navy
• NOT TO BE MADE OF SUGAR OR SALT not to be readily affected by moisture; hence, not to be disconcerted by wet weather ...1786
WEATHER BUREAU - nouns
• OLD PROB the weather bureau or its staff ...L19 US sl.
• OLD PROBABILITIES the weather bureau or its staff ...L19 US sl.
• OLD PROBS the weather bureau or its staff ...L19 US sl.
• PROBABILITIES the weather bureau or its staff ...L19 US sl.
WEATHERCOCK - nouns
• EAGLE-COCK a weathercock ...1667
• FAAN a weather-vane ...1950 Sc.
• FANE † a weathercock ...c1386
• SCOGGIN a vane, a weathercock ...1790 Eng. dial.
WEAVED - adjectives
• OBTEXED †* weaved ...1623
WEAVER - nouns, person
• CALL-THE-SHUTTLE a weaver ...1817 Sc.
• THRUM-CUTTER a weaver ...1838 Sc.
• WABSTER a weaver ...1703 Sc.
• WEBSTER a weaver ...1703 Sc.
WEAVING - nouns
• LANIFICE †* a spinning or weaving of wool ...1626
WEAVING - nouns, person
• MACKLER † a seller of weavers' goods ...1731
WEAVING - verbs
• MACKLE † to sell weavers' goods to shopkeepers ...1731
WEBSITE - nouns
• MOUSETRAP a series of exit consoles on websites that link back on themselves, creating an infinite loop ...2003 US sl.
WEDDING - nouns (also see marriage)
• BACKIN the day after a wedding ...1911 Sc.
• BEAR PARTY an all-male party, esp. on the night preceding the wedding of one of the men ...M19 sl.
• BIDDING a wedding party at which a collection, in money or kind, is made for the bride and bridegroom ...1849 Sc.
• BLACKBETTS liquor; a bottle of liquor passed among the guests at a wedding ...1846 Amer. dial.
• BLACK BETTY liquor; a bottle of liquor passed among the guests at a wedding ...1823 Amer. dial.
• BOTTLING a festivity; a gathering of friends invited to a wedding ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRAITHEL a wedding ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRAWS fine clothes; wedding clothes ...1724 Sc.
• CONFARREATION † a wedding, marriage ...c1645
• DILDAM a loud noise made at a wedding or merrymaking ...1884 Eng. dial.
• FARTHING-WEDDING a poor, simple wedding ...1895 Eng. dial.
• GREENBACK WEDDING a wedding at which money is given as a gift ...1980 Amer. dial.
• HAULING-HOME the bringing home of the bride; the wedding day ...1867 Ireland
• INFARE a reception or celebration for a newly married couple, esp. one given at the home of the groom's parents on the day following the wedding ...1794 Amer. dial.
• INITIATING PARY a noisy celebration for newlyweds after a wedding ...1955 Amer. dial.
• INITIATION a noisy celebration for newlyweds after a wedding ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MARRYING-RING † a wedding-ring ...1504
• MILITARY CEREMONY a marriage that takes place because a baby is on the way ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MILITARY WEDDING a marriage that takes place because a baby is on the way; a shotgun wedding ...1916 Amer. dial.
• PAPER MARRIAGE a society wedding ...L19 sl.
• SHOTGUN WEDDING a forced wedding, presumably because the bride is pregnant
• TIN-PANNING a noisy celebration following a wedding ...c1938 Amer. dial.
• TOURNIQUET an engagement or wedding ring ...1961 US sl.
WEDDING - nouns, person
• ALIKAY the bridegroom's man; he who attends on the bridegroom, or is employed as his precursor, at a wedding ...1818 Sc.
• ALLAKAY the bridegroom's man; he who attends on the bridegroom, or is employed as his precursor, at a wedding ...1818 Sc.
• ALLEKAY the bridegroom's man; he who attends on the bridegroom, or is employed as his precursor, at a wedding ...1818 Sc.
• BEST GIRL a maid or matron of honour at a wedding ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BEST LADY a maid or matron of honour at a wedding ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BEST MAID a maid or matron of honour at a wedding ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BEST WOMAN a maid or matron of honour at a wedding ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BRIDEMAID a bridesmaid ...1851 Amer. dial.
• DADDY the man who gives away the bride at a wedding; traditionally her father, but not always ...c1860 sl.
• DAME OF HONOR a maid or matron of honour ...1966 Amer. dial.
• FAT AND WIDE a bride ...1992 UK rhyming sl.
• FATHER the relative or friend who 'gives away' a bride ...1599
• FIRST MAN the best man at a wedding ...1966 Amer. dial.
• HA'-MAIDEN the bridesmaid at a wedding ...Bk1905 Sc.
• MAID BRIDE a bridesmaid ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MAID'S BRIDE a bridesmaid ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MARY † a maid of honour; a female attendant ...1803 Sc.
• MOTHER'S PRIDE a bride ...1992 UK rhyming sl.
• MOUSE a man who does not consummate his marriage on the wedding night ...1920s Aust. sl.
• OLD FATHER one who gives away the bride at a wedding ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PARANYMPH in Greek Antiquity, the 'friend of the bridegroom' who accompanied the latter when he went to fetch home the bride; also, the bridesmaid who escorted the bride to the bridegroom; hence, a modern best man, a groomsman, or a bridesmaid ...1600
• SKINNY a bridegroom ...1992 UK rhyming sl. (skinny as a broom)
• SKINNY AS A BROOM a bridegroom ...1992 UK rhyming sl.
• SPOUSESS † a female spouse, a wife, a bride, a married woman ...1388
• TAILOR the best man at a wedding ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WAITER † an attendant upon the bride at weddings; a bridesmaid ...1537 obs. exc. Amer. dial.
• WAITMAN an attendant on the bride or groom at a wedding ...1966 Amer. dial.
• WAITRESS a bridesmaid at a wedding ...1966 Amer. dial.
• WAITSMAN an attendant on the bride or groom at a wedding ...1966 Amer. dial.
• WEDDINGER a member of a wedding party; rarely, a bride or groom, a newlywed ...1774 Amer. dial.
WEDDING - verbs
• BID to invite to a wedding or funeral ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BREAST of a bride and bridegroom: to face the minister at a marriage ...Bk1911 Sc.
WEDGIE - nouns
• ATWOOD a 'wedgie' in one's underwear ...20C Can. teen & high school sl.
• FISHBITE the act of lifting a person (from behind) by the belt, belt buckles, top of the underwear, the seat of the pants; a wedgie ...1988 Amer. dial.
• LIFTER a wedgie in one's underwear ...1991 Amer. dial.
• MARVIN the act of reaching into another person's belt, and either grabbing the underwear or the belt and lifting the person off the ground ...1989 Amer. dial.
• MELVIN the act of reaching into another person's belt, and either grabbing the underwear or the belt and lifting the person off the ground; a wedgie ...1989 Amer. dial.
• UNCLE MELVIN the act of reaching into another person's belt, and either grabbing the underwear or the belt and lifting the person off the ground ...1989 Amer. dial.
• WILMA a prank involving the abrupt and rough yanking upwards of someone's belt loop, belt buckle, underwear top, or seat of the pants so that the victim's underwear becomes wedged between the buttocks; a wedgie ...1989 Amer. dial.
WEDNESDAY - nouns
• FOURTH DAY Wednesday ...1683 Amer. dial.
• HUMP DAY Wednesday ...1955 US sl.
• HUMP NIGHT Wednesday night ...1955 US sl.
WEED - adjectives
• DIRTY of land: infested with weeds ...Bk1900 Sc.
• ULVOSE † full of reeds or weeds ...1727
• UNCLEAN * of land: foul with weeds, etc. ...c1440
WEED - nouns
• FILTH underbrush, weeds, unwanted vegetation ...c1900 Amer. dial.
• GARDEN-SIN † a weed ...1664 obs. nonce word
• HARE TANGLE a place where underbrush, weeds, vines, and small trees grow together so that it's nearly impossible to get through ...1966 Amer. dial.
• MELDA weeds ...1892 Sc.
• WEEDLING a small weed ...1820
WEED - nouns, person
• SARCLER a weeder ...1707
WEED - verbs
• DAWK to dig up weeds ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• SARCLE † to weed with a hoe ...1543
• SARCULATE †* to weed, to clear from weeds; to hoe ...1623
• SARKLE † to weed with a hoe ...1543
• WALK to go through a field or crop cutting or pulling weeds ...1963 Amer. dial.
WEEDED - adjectives
• HAND-WED weeded by hand ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
WEEDING - nouns
• RUNCATION † the act of weeding, a weeding ...1664
• SARCULATION †* weeding with a hoe, hoeing ...1733
WEEK - adjectives
• SEPTIMANE † of the order of seven; belonging to a week ...1721
WEEK - adverbs
• YESTER-WEEK last week ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
WEEK - nouns
• BUTT a fraction of a year, month, or week ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HAIRCUT a week ...1940s US Black sl.
• HEBDOMAD the space of seven days, a week ...1600
• HEBDOMADE the space of seven days, a week ...1600
• SENNIGHT a week; the space of seven days and nights ...a1000 now arch.
• SEPTIMANE †* the space of seven days; a week ...1603
• SEPTUARY † a group of seven days; a week ...1646
• SET OF SEVEN BRIGHTS a week; seven days ...1930s US Black sl.
• SKEW weeks ...M19 back-slang
• STANZA a week ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• THREE-WEEK a period of three weeks ...1836 Eng. dial.
• WARDAY a week-day as opposed to Sunday ...1598 Eng. dial.
• WEEKY-DAY a weekday ...1837 Amer. dial.
WEEKDAY - nouns
• EVERY-DAYS weekdays ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
WEEKLY - adjectives
• HEBDOMADAL meeting, taking place, or appearing once a week; weekly ...1711
• HEBDOMATICAL †* weekly; consisting of seven days ...a1659
WEEKLY - adverbs
• HEBDOMADALLY one a week, weekly ...1816
WEEP - adjectives
• ONION-EYED having the eyes full of tears, as if from the effect of raw onions; ready to weep, tearful ...1606
WEEP - verbs
• BAY to weep loudly ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BEGREDE † to cry about, to weep for ...c1300
• BELLY to bellow; to weep loudly ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BELOOK to weep ...19C Eng. dial. 19C Eng. dial.
• BLIRT to burst into tears; to weep ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLOB to weep ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLORE † to cry; to cry out loudly; to weep ...c1440 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BLOWTER † to blubber; to weep effusively; to wail or lament with many tears ...?16C
• BLUB to weep, to cry ...1873
• BOMBELL to weep ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOOHOO to weep or cry loudly, to bawl ...1843 Amer. dial.
• BOOL to weep in childish fashion; to drawl in singing ...Bk1911 Sc.
• COLLACHRYMATE †* to weep or lament with, or in sympathy with others; to commiserate ...1593
• DELACRIMATE † to weep ...1623
• DROP to weep ...LME
• GREET to weep, cry, lament, grieve ...OE
• LACHRYMATE † to weep, lament, bewail ...1623
• LACHRYME †* to weep ...1490
• LERM †* to weep ...c1530
• REAM to shout, to cry aloud, to bawl; to weep, to bewail, to moan; to talk wildly, to vociferate ...1691 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ROAR to weep, to cry, usually, but not necessarily, loudly ...1741 Sc.
• ROAR AND GREET to weep, to cry, usually, but not necessarily, loudly ...1772 Sc.
• SQUINNY to weep or cry; to fret, as a child ...1847
• TEAR to shed tears, to weep ...1810 Sc.
• TURN ON THE MAIN to begin to weep copiously ...1837
• WATER-CART to weep, to cry ...M19 sl.
• WATER ONE'S PLANTS † to shed tears; to weep; to cry ...1542 jocular
• WET ONE'S WINKERS to weep ...1897 Sc.
• YAUL to howl; to bawl, to shout; to scream harshly; to weep ...1844 Sc. & Eng. dial.
WEEPER - nouns, person
• LACHRYMIST one addicted to tears; a weeper ...1620
• PLORABUND †* one that weeps much ...1623
WEEPING - adjectives
• BAIRGIN' much given to weeping noisily ...1866 Sc.
• BEGRAT tear-stained; disfigured with weeping ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BEGRATTEN tear-stained; disfigured with weeping ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BEGRITTEN tear-stained, disfigured with weeping ...1776 Sc.
• BEGRUTTEN tear-stained, disfigured with weeping ...1776 Sc.
• BLIRTED tear-stained; swollen with weeping ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLUBBERT tear-stained; disfigured by weeping ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLUBBIT tear-stained; disfigured by weeping ...Bk1911 Sc.
• COLLACHRYMATE †* mingled with tears; accompanied with weeping ...1593
• ILLACHRYMABLE †* incapable of weeping; pitiless, unmerciful ...1623
• LACHRYMABLE † lamentable; meet for tears or weeping ...1490
• LACHRYMABUND † weeping ripe, big with tears, with tears ready to fall ...1727
• LACHRYMAL pert. to tears; indicative of weeping ...1803
• LACRYMABLE † lamentable; meet for tears or weeping ...1490
• LARMOYANT given to tears; weeping; crying ...1824
• PLORATORY * weeping, mournful ...1858
WEEPING - nouns
• BLEER what dims the sight; a trace of weeping ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLIRT a burst of weeping ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLUB a fit or spell of weeping ...1894
• ILLACHRYMABLENESS † uncapableness of weeping ...1731
• ILLACHRYMATION * a weeping or bewailing; excessive weeping ...1656
• LACHRYMALS fits of weeping ...1753
• LACHRYMATION the shedding of tears; weeping ...1572
• ROARING weeping, lamentation ...1772 Sc.
• ROARING MATCH a fit of weeping ...1824 Sc.
WEEPING - verbs
• BEBLUBBER to make swollen by weeping ...1620
• MARTYR † to inflict wounds or disfiguring blows upon; to mutilate; also, to disfigure the face with weeping ...1590
• SEW THE EYES WITH RED THREAD to have red eyelids from weeping ...1888 Ireland
WEIGH - verbs
• PAISE to weigh, esp. to weigh in the hand; to estimate the weight of ...1824 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PAZE to weigh, esp. to weigh in the hand; to estimate the weight of ...1824 Eng. dial.
• WEIGHT to have a specified weight, to weigh ...1938 Amer. dial.
WEIGHT - adjectives
• IN GOOD ORDER said of one putting on much weight ...1929 Amer. dial.
• QUINGENARIOUS †* of five hundred, or weighing five hundred pound ...Bk1656
WEIGHT - nouns
• ALFRED weight ...1990s rhyming sl. (Alfred the Great)
• ALFRED THE GREAT weight ...1990s Brit. rhyming sl.
• BATTLE OF THE BULGE an effort to lose weight ...1956 US sl.
• FAT CITY the process of gaining weight or the state of being fat ...1970s US sl.
• LAST † a load, burden, weight carried ...c1000
• OPPRESSION the act of pressing or weighing down; pressure, weight, burden ...1490 chiefly poetic
• PODGE excess weight, fat ,,,L19 sl.
• QUINTAL a weight of one hundred pounds; a hundred-weight (112 lbs.); one hundred kilograms ...c1470
WEIGHT - verbs
• FALL AWAY to lose weight, usually as the result of illness ...1891 Amer. dial.
• FALL OFF to lose weight, usually as a result of illness ...1805 Amer. dial.
• GET A GUT ON to gain in weight ...c1920 Aust. sl.
• IMPONDERATE † to place a weight upon; to weight, to load ...1667
• LARD UP to eat heartily; to gain weight ...1930 Amer. dial.
• MAKE to put on weight ...1832
• PUT A GUT ON to put on weight ...c1920 Aust. sl.
• PUT ON BEEF to put on weight ...M19 sl.
• TEFT to try the weight of anything by poising it in the hand ...1825 Eng. dial.
WEIGHTLIFTING - nouns
• QUARTER twenty-five pounds of weights used in lifting ...1989 US sl.
WEIGHTLIFTING - verbs
• BLAST in weightlifting: to concentrate on developing muscles, as through lifting weights ...1981 Amer. sl.
WEIGHTY - adjectives
• DEEP † serious, weighty, important ...1596
• HEFTY weighty; muscular ...1871 sl.
• MOLIMINOUS † weighty, momentous, of vast importance ...1684
WEIGHTY - nouns
• BRAWCHTON anything weighty or unwieldy ...Bk1911 Sc.
WEIR - nouns
• DEM a dam, a weir ...1876 Eng. dial.
WEIRD - adjectives
• BIZOTIC unexpected, out of the ordinary, weird ...1984 US teen & high school sl.
• EERIEFUL weird, uncanny, foreboding evil, portentous ...1880 Sc.
• EERISOME weird, gloomy ...1818
• EILDRON unearthly, ghostly, weird, uncanny ...1838 Sc.
• ELDRICK unearthly, ghostly, weird, uncanny; dreadful, ghastly, frightful ...1785 Eng. dial.
• ELDRISH unearthly, ghostly, weird, uncanny; dreadful, ghastly, frightful ...1785 Eng. dial.
• ELDRITCH weird, ghostly, unnatural; frightful, hideous, ghastly, fearful, terrible ...1508 Sc.
• ELENGE solitary, lonely; dreary, weird, uncanny ...1691 Eng. dial.
• ELLINGE solitary, lonely; dreary, weird, uncanny ...1691 Eng. dial.
• ERLISCH † uncanny, weird, unearthly ...1865 Sc.
• FUNKY weird; strange ...1980s US campus sl.
• FUNNY-BUNNY weird, odd, eccentric ...1960s US sl.
• HAIRY weird, complicated ...1960s sl.
• HELANGE solitary, lonely; dreary, weird, uncanny ...1691 Eng. dial.
• LURKY seedy, untrustworthy, weird ...1970s US college sl.
• OBSCURE strange, bizarre, weird ...1980s US campus sl.
• OBSCURO weird, strange ...1997 US sl.
• ODDBALL strange, weird ...1940s US sl.
• OFF crazy; eccentric; abnormal; weird ...1866 US sl.
• OFFBEAT adj. unusual, unconventional, strange; weird; out of the ordinary ...1925 US sl., orig. jazz
• SCROOGY uncanny, horrid, weird ...1911 Amer. dial.
• SKETCHED bad, bizarre, weird ...1980s US campus sl.
• SKETCHED OUT bad, bizarre, weird ...1980s US campus sl.
• UNCANNY partaking of a supernatural character; mysterious, weird, uncomfortably strange or unfamiliar ...1843 orig. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• UNCO weird, uncanny; terrible; unlucky ...1828 Sc.
• UNKED weird, uncanny; insane; ominous of evil; horrid, ghastly, terrible ...1861 Eng. dial.
• UNKERD weird, uncanny; insane; ominous of evil; horrid, ghastly, terrible ...1861 Eng. dial.
• UNKID weird, uncanny; insane; ominous of evil; horrid, ghastly, terrible ...1861 Eng. dial.
• WONKY badly done or made; ineffective; weird ...1923 Amer. sl.
• YELLERISH unearthly, ghostly, weird, uncanny; dreadful, ghastly, frightful ...1785 Eng. dial.
• YELLISH unearthly, ghostly, weird, uncanny; dreadful, ghastly, frightful ...1785 Eng. dial.
WEIRD - nouns
• EERISOMENESS uncanniness, the state of being uncanny, weird, or strange ...1897 Sc.
WEIRD - nouns, person
• FREAKO a weirdo; a sexual deviant; a habitual drug user ...1963 US sl.
• KOOK an odd person; a weirdo ...M20 US sl.
• SKETCHY an odd or weird person ...2000 UK sl.
WEIRDLY - adverbs
• UNCANNILY in an uncomfortably strange manner; weirdly ...1873
WELCOME - adjectives
• FAINLY pleasant, welcome, gladsome ...1897 Sc.
WELCOME - nouns
• ACCOIL * reception, welcome ...1814
• BEL-ACCOIL † kindly greeting, welcome ...c1400
• BEL-ACCOYLE † kindly greeting, welcome ...c1400
• DAP a warm welcome; hence, affection or respect from peers ...1985 US Black sl.
• INBU welcome ...1866 Sc.
• SIGHT FOR SORE EYES a welcome appearance; often used as an affectionate greeting - 'you're a sight for sore eyes' ...M19
WELCOME - verbs
• FAIN † to make glad; hence, to welcome a person ...c1250
• FANG † to receive as a guest; to welcome ...c1275
• HAIL to salute, to greet; to receive with expressions of gladness, to welcome ...c1200
• KEEP † to intercept or meet in a friendly way; to greet, to welcome ...1340
• KILL THE FATTED CALF to celebrate or welcome lavishly or extravagantly
• RECEIPT to receive, to welcome, to give reception to ...1791 Sc.
WELFARE - nouns
• GOOD HEAL † welfare, fortune ...c1175 obs.
• HAIL † health, safety, welfare ...a1400-50 chiefly N. Eng. dial.
• HALE † health, well-being, welfare; cure, remedy ...a1200
• HEAL † well-being, welfare, safety; prosperity ...c950 obs. exc. Sc.
• HEALNESS † welfare; salvation ...c897
• HEALTH † well-being, welfare, safety; deliverance ...c1250
• HELE † health, welfare ...1768 Ireland
• MOTHER'S DAY the day when welfare cheques arrive ...1965 US sl.
• ON-GETTING welfare, manner of getting on ...1886 Sc.
• POGEY a welfare payment for the needy ...1960 Amer. sl.
• POGY a welfare payment for the needy ...1960 Amer. sl.
WELFARE - nouns, person
• HAPPY-PAPPY a man on welfare employed to do work on roads or just draw money; a man on the dole ...1969 Amer. dial.
WELL - adjectives
• ABOUT HALF feeling well; relatively happy ...1969 Amer. sl.
• BONZER very well ...1960s Aust. sl.
• DEFTLY well in health. hearty ...1834 Eng. dial.
• FAIRLY in good health, well ...1949 Amer. dial.
• FROBLY-MOBLY † indifferently well ...1691 Eng. dial.
• GAILY of a person: well, in good health or spirits ...1903 Amer. dial.
• HALE † free from disease, healthy, in good health, well; recovered from disease ...c1000 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• MIDDLE-WAY middling, pretty well ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MIDDLING-SHARP tolerably well ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MIDDLINISH in a fair state of health; moderately well; not very well, poorly ...1853 Eng. dial.
• NICELY well, very well; in good health ...1815 Amer. dial.
• QUICK * of wells, springs, streams, or water: running, flowing ...c1000
• QUIDS UP doing well ...1910s sl.
• TEARING wonderful, well ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• THRUFFISH thoroughly well ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UP THE THING well in health ...1897 Eng. dial.
WELL - adverbs
• BONNY prettily, finely, well ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRAVELIES very well, finely, prosperously ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRAVELY very well, satisfactorily, prosperously ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRAWLIES well, finely ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRAWLINS well, finely ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRAWLY well, finely ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DANDY well; satisfactorily ...1908
• DENTLY well, properly, suitably ...Bk1900 Eng, dial.
• FAMOUSLY very well, splendidly; extremely, considerably ...c1600 colloq.
• FEW very well, excellently ...1942 Amer. dial.
• FINELY well, excellently ...1852 Amer. dial.
• FLAMING WELL damned well ...1955 Aust. sl.
• FROM WHO LAID THE CHUNK very thoroughly, vigorously, or well; to an extreme degree ...1893 Amer. dial.
• FROM WHO LAID THE RAIL very thoroughly, vigorously, or well; to an extreme degree ...1881 Amer. dial.
• GAILIES tolerably, moderately or fairly well ...1742 Sc.
• GAILINS tolerably, moderately or fairly well ...1853 Sc.
• GAILY fairly, tolerably; pretty well ...1553 chiefly Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HALA pretty well ...1837 Eng. dial.
• HALF TIDY pretty well ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HANDY well, properly ...1943 Amer. dial.
• MATCHLY † perfectly; well; mightily ...1691 Eng. dial.
• MEVERLY moderately, tolerably, middling; fairly well in health; easily, gently ...1860 Eng. dial.
• MIDDLING fairly well, such as in health or success ...L18
• NICELY very well ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• OK well, satisfactorily, all right ...M19 sl.
• OKAY well, satisfactorily, all right ...M19 sl.
• OUT THE ASS emphatically well; to a great degree ...1971 Amer. sl.
• QUEINTLY very well ...1750 Eng. dial.
• RARELY unusually or remarkably well; finely, splendidly, beautifully ...1590
• SINGULARLY † excellently; admirably; particularly well ...1576
• TALLY † in a seemly manner; becomingly, elegantly; fairly, well; bravely ...c1350
• TARBLISH pretty well ...1825 Eng. dial.
• TO A CAT'S WHISKER to a T, very well, exactly ...1967 Amer. dial.
• WALLY finely, excellently, splendidly, well ...1790 Sc.
• YARE † well, thoroughly; certainly, plainly, without doubt ...a900
• YERNE † thoroughly, well ...c1000
WELL (health) - nouns
• QUART † health; healthy or sound condition; the state of being alive and well ...a1300
WELL (water) - nouns
• 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.
• WALL a spring of water; a well ...1806 Sc. & Eng. dial.
WELL - verbs
• BLOW A RARE CHECK to look well ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUIFF to come up with a cunning dodge or trick; to go or do well, to get along pleasantly ...L19 sl.
WELL (water) - verbs
• REEST of a well: to dry up ...1806 Sc.
WELL - phrases
• ATWEESH AND ATWEEN only indifferently well in respect of health ...Bk1898 Sc.
• EVERYTHING'S DRAWING everything is going well ...1916 Amer. dial.
• EVERTHING'S HOTSY-TOTSY all is well ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GOOSE HANGS HIGH, THE everything is in fine order; all is well ...1862 Amer. dial.
WELL-ADVISED - adjectives
• ADVISY † well-advised; circumspect, heedful, wary, cautious ...c1300
WELL-BEHAVED, WELL-MANNERED - adjectives
• FALKLAND-BRED † well-mannered, as if bred at court, courtly, polished, well-bred ...1721 Sc.
• FARRAND well-behaved, decent, becoming ...a1300 Sc. & N. Eng.
• FARRANT well-behaved, decent, becoming ...a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• GENTILITATE †* having gentle, refined, or polished manners, well-mannered ...1632
• GOOD AS PIE very well-behaved, highly amenable ...L19 orig. US
• HAVE well-behaved ...1954 Amer. dial.
• MANNERABLE † well-behaved, polite ...c1460 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• MANNERED † well-behaved ...c1450
• MANNERSABLE courteous, polite, well-mannered ...1922 Amer. dial.
• MANNERSLY courteous, polite, well-mannered ...1929 Amer. dial.
• MANNERSOME well-behaved; having good manners ...1876 Eng. & Amer. dial..
• MENSEFUL mannerly, polite, well-behaved; courteous, well-bred; respectful ...1783 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MINDABLE well-mannered ...1970 Amer. dial.
• NICE AS PIE very well-behaved, highly amenable ...1922 US sl.
• SANSHACH of children: sage, sensible, well-behaved ...1904 Sc.
• SWEET AS PIE very well-behaved, highly amenable ...L19 orig. US
WELL-BEHAVED - nouns, person
• AULD MAID'S BAIRN a hypothetical well-behaved child which a spinster has in mind when criticizing the children of others ...1899 Sc.
• AULD MAID'S WEAN a hypothetical well-behaved child which a spinster has in mind when criticizing the children of others ...1928 Sc.
• CANDY BOY a sweet or well-behaved person; hence, a sissy; an effeminate or cowardly person ...1901 US sl.
• CANDY COCK a sweet or well-behaved person; hence, a sissy; an effeminate or cowardly person ...1925 US sl.
• CANDY KID a sweet or well-behaved person; hence, a sissy; an effeminate or cowardly person ...1905 US sl.
• LADY HALEY a well-behaved, obliging little girl ...1904 Amer. dial.
• MAIDEN'S BAIRN a hypothetical well-behaved child which a spinster has in mind when criticizing the children of others ...a1779 Sc.
WELL-BEING - adjectives
• BIEN-LIKE having an appearance of comfort and well-being ...1808 Sc.
• HEALFUL † fraught with health, well-being, safety, salvation; wholesome, salutary ...c1340
• SALUTARY conducive to well-being; beneficial ...1490
• SALUTIFEROUS conducive to well-being, safety, or salvation ...c1540
WELL-BEING - nouns
• HEAL † spiritual health, well-being, or healing; salvation ...901-9 obs.
• HEALTH † well-being, welfare, safety; deliverance ...c1250
• SALUTE † safety, well-being, salvation ...1471
• SPLIBBY a feeling of well-being ...1930s US Black sl.
WELL-BRED - adjectives
• FALKLAND-BRED † well-mannered, as if bred at court, courtly, polished, well-bred ...1721 Sc.
• JAUNTY † of persons, their manners, etc.: well-bred; gentlemanly; genteel ...1674
• MENSEFUL mannerly, polite, well-behaved; courteous, well-bred; respectful ...1783 Sc. & Eng. dial.
WELL-BUILT - adjectives
• BUILT FROM THE GROUND UP of a person: stocky, sturdy, heavyset, well-built ...1886 Amer. dial.
• VALIANT stout, well-built ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
WELL-BUILT - nouns, person
• HE-HUCKLEBERRY a 'he-man'; a well-built, muscular man, esp. one who is ostentatiously so ...1933 Amer. dial.
• PANTY-STRETCHER a well-built young lady ...M20 US sl.
WELL-CONDITIONED - adjectives
• GELLY worthy, pompous, well-conditioned ...c1560 Sc.
WELL-DISPOSED - adjectives
• FAIN † well-disposed, favourable ...c1205
WELL-DRESSED - see DRESSED
WELL-ESTABLISHED - adjectives
• BACK well-established, traditional, tried and tested ...1930s US Black sl.
WELL-FAVOURED - adjectives
• FARRAND † of a person: well-favoured, comely, handsome ...a1300 Sc. & N. Eng.
• FARRANT † of a person: well-favoured, comely, handsome ...a1300 Sc. & N. Eng.
• SCANSING of a young woman: good-looking, striking-looking, well-favoured ...1825 Sc.
• WELL-BESEEN † good-looking, well-favoured ...c1374
• YCHERYD † well-favoured ...c1407
WELL-FED - adjectives
• MEAT-LIKE having the appearance of being well-fed, well-nourished ...Bk1905 Sc.
• THRODDEN fat, well-grown, in good condition, well-fed ...1783 Eng. dial.
• VIRE of persons, animals, or things: pretty, showy, handsome, well-made, or well-fed ...1929 Sc.
WELL-FED - verbs
• HAVE NO DEAF NUTS TO CRACK to look well-fed, prosperous, hearty ...1891 Eng. dial.
• NOT TO LIVE ON DEAF NUTS to look well-fed, prosperous, hearty ...1891 Eng. dial.
WELL-FORMED - adjectives
• FEATOUS † of persons and their limbs: well-formed, well-proportioned, handsome ...a1300
• FEATURED † well-formed; comely, beautiful ...1567
WELL-GROWN - adjectives
• THRODDY plump, sleek, well-grown ...1910 Amer. dial.
• VUXEN well-grown ...Bk1905 Sc.
WELL-GROWN - nouns, person
• THREE-QUARTER MAN a well-grown, strong lad ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
WELL-KNOWN - adjectives
• BIG well-known, as by word of mouth ...1970 US sl.
• CELEBRIOUS well-known, famous, renowned, noted ...1608 arch. or Eng. dial.
• FAR-FAMED well-known, widely celebrated ...1624
• NOSCIBLE †* knowable, famous, well-known ...1654
• OBVERSANT † standing over against, opposite, contrary; also, placed in front of; hence, familiar, well-known ...1579
WELL-KNOWN - nouns
• FAMOUSNESS † the fact or state of being well-known ...1605
WELL-KNOWN - nouns, person
• FACE a well-known person; a recognizable person; a celebrity, esp. a show-business notable ...1960s Amer. sl.
WELL-MADE - adjectives
• VIKKEND stout, sturdy, robust, well-made; usually of a young man or boy ...1929 Sc.
• VIRE of persons, animals, or things: pretty, showy, handsome, well-made, or well-fed ...1929 Sc.
WELL-MANNERED - see WELL-BEHAVED
WELL-NOURISHED - adjectives
• MEAT-LIKE having the appearance of being well-fed, well-nourished ...Bk1905 Sc.
WELL-OFF, WELL-TO-DO - adjectives
• ABLE † rich, well-to-do ...1766 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ABLESOME wealthy, well-to-do ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ABOVE PAR well-off ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
• ALIVE well-off, wealthy ...1930s US criminals' sl.
• BEIN of persons: comfortable, well-to-do, well off ...a1548 Sc.
• BENE well-to-do ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BETTER-TO-DO above the well-to-do in social condition or worldly circumstances; more prosperous ...1898
• BIEN thriving, well-to-do ...1816 Sc.
• CAKED wealthy, moneyed; well-off ...1940s UK sl.
• CAKED UP wealthy, moneyed; well-off ...1940s UK sl.
• FAIRISH OFF having a considerable quantity of ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FAIRISH ON well-off, having a considerable quantity of ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FAT † of a person: affluent, wealthy, well-to-do, rich ...1611 obs. exc. Amer. dial.
• FAT-ASS comfortably off, well-to-do, wealthy ...1950s US sl.
• FAT-ASSED comfortably off, well-to-do, wealthy ...1950s US sl.
• GATHERED rich, well-to-do ...1866 Sc.
• GRASS-BELLIED well-supplied, flush with money ...1898 Amer. dial.
• IN GOOD CASE well off ...1560
• MADE lucky, secure, well-off ...1930s sl., orig. Irish
• MADE UP lucky, secure, well-off ...1930s sl., orig. Irish
• NABBY well-to-do; of rank or position ...1853 Sc.
• OF GOOD SUBSTANCE well-to-do, wealthy ...1528
• OF GREAT SUBSTANCE well-to-do, wealthy ...1496
• POVIE snug, comfortable, well-off: applied to living ...1841 Sc.
• QUALIFIED in good circumstances; well-to-do ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RARELY OFF in comfortable circumstances; well-to-do; rich ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• SUBSTANTIOUS † wealthy, well-to-do ...1517 chiefly Sc.
• SUFFICIENT † of persons: of adequate means or wealth; having a competence, substantial, well-to-do ...1436
• SUFFISANT † of adequate means or wealth; well-to-do ...1483
• WADDED well-off, rich ...2002 UK sl.
• WARM comfortably off, well-to-do; rich, affluent ...1571 colloq.
• WARM-POCKETED rich, well-to-do ...1899 Eng. dial.
WELL-OFF, WELL-TO-DO - nouns
• BEINNESS comfort, well-to-do condition ...1874 Sc.
• BIENNESS prosperity, comfort, the condition of being well-to-do ...1818 Sc.
• GOAT HILL the part of a town where the well-off people live ...1965 Amer. dial.
• ICE-CREAM LAND the part of a town where the well-off people live ...1986 Amer. dial.
• ICE-CREAM SECTION the part of a town where the well-off people live ...1967 Amer. dial.
• WARMNESS † the state of being well-to-do ...1399
• WARMTH the state of being prosperous or well-off ...1888
WELL-OFF, WELL-TO-DO - nouns, person
• TOFF a person who is stylishly dressed, or who has a smart appearance; hence, one of the well-to-do ...1851
WELL-OFF, WELL-TO-DO - verbs
• EAT ONE'S WHITE BREAD to be well off ...1929 Amer. dial.
• LIVE HIGH OFF THE HOG to live a comfortable, secure, and well-off life ...1940s sl., orig. US
• LIVE HIGH ON THE HOG to live a comfortable, secure, and well-off life ...1940s sl., orig. US
WELL-ORGANIZED - adjectives
• TOGETHER well-organized, mentally composed, emotionally stable, relaxed ...1969 colloq., orig. US
WELL-PROPORTIONED - adjectives
• FEATOUS † of persons and their limbs: well-formed, well-proportioned, handsome ...a1300
• MACKER-LIKE seemly, well-proportioned ...1825 Sc.
• MACKLIKE seemly, well-proportioned ...1825 Sc.
WELL-REGARDED - adjectives
• ON THE CASTOR popular, well-regarded ...1953 Aust. sl.
WELL-SPOKEN - adjectives
• WELL-SCRAPIT well-spoken, civil ...Bk1904 Sc.
WELL-STOCKED - adjectives
• FAT of things: abundant, plentiful; also, well-stocked ...1563
WELL-SUPPLIED - adjectives
• RAFFIE abundant, generous, plentiful, well-supplied ...1871 Sc.
• RAFFY abundant, generous, liberal, plentiful, well-supplied ...1871 Sc.
WELL-TIMED - adjectives
• TIMEOUS coming in due time; suitable or proper in respect of time; well-timed, seasonable, opportune ...a1616, chiefly Sc.
• TIMOUS coming in due time; suitable or proper in respect of time; well-timed, seasonable, opportune ...a1616, chiefly Sc.
WELL-TO-DO - see WELL-OFF
WELL-WISHER - nouns, person
• FAVOURITE † one who countenances, encourages, or supports; a well-wisher, friend, or follower ...1585-7
WELSH - adjectives
• TAFFY Welsh ...1970s sl.
WELSH - nouns, person (also see WALES)
• CAMBRIAN a Welshman ...1780
• RAGLER † the chief officer in a Welsh commot; a sheriff or constable ...1408
• TAFEE a Welshman, or a nickname for a Welshman ...E17 sl.
• TAFF (often derogatory) a Welsh person; often used as a nickname ...1929 sl.
• TAFFIE a Welshman, or a nickname for a Welshman ...E17 sl.
• TAFFY (often derogatory) a Welshman; often used as a nickname ...a1700
• WELSHIE a Welsh person ...1951 sl.
• WELSHY a Welsh person ...1951 sl.
WELT - nouns
• WAT a welt ...B1900 Sc.
• WHELK a pustule, a pimple; a welt, a bruise, a bump on the skin ...1848 Amer. dial.
• WHELP a bump on the skin, as from a mosquito bite; a bruise; a welt ...1895 Amer. dial.
• BAG to wear, to sport ...1972 Amer. sl.
• OCCUPY † to wear ...1859 US sl.
• SPORT to wear, display, carry, etc., esp. with ostentation; to show off ...colloq.
WEAR AND TEAR - nouns
• FATIGUE † wear and tear; hard usage ...1794 Sc.
WEARIED, WEARY - adjectives (also see WORN OUT)
• AWEARY tired, weary, fatigued ...1552
• BONE-WEARY utterly weary
• DAGGED weary ...1868 Eng. dial.
• DEAD-RUN weary in the extreme ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DEFATIGABLE † apt to be wearied; capable of being wearied ...1656
• DILVERED exhausted, wearied, worn out with fatigue, drowsy ...1790 Eng. dial.
• ELENGE weary, tedious, irksome ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FAGGED wearied out, excessively tired or fatigued ...1780
• FATIGATE † wearied, tired, fatigued, exhausted with labour ...1471 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GAITED tired, weary ...1951 Amer. dial.
• HAGGLED wearied, harassed, worn out ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HARRIED overdone, wearied, jaded ...1899 Eng. dial.
• HATTERED badly treated; exhausted, wearied ...Bk1902 Sc.
• JADED ALL OVER tired, exhausted, fatigued, wearied...1966 Amer. dial.
• JADED OUT tired, exhausted, fatigued, wearied...1966 Amer. dial.
• LASSATE †* tired, wearied ...1694
• OORIT cold, shivering, hunched up with cold or discomfort; tired-looking or ailing-looking, weak, puny, wearied, in poor spirits, miserable, dejected ...1869 Sc.
• RAMFOOZLED confused, muddled, stupefied; spent, exhausted, wearied ...1786 Sc.
• SICK AND SADED tired or weary of something ...1896 Eng. dial.
• TAIGLED tired, wearied ...1814 Sc.
• TAINT †* exhausted, weary ...c1380
• TANGLE too weary to stand ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TWICKERED OUT tired, exhausted, very weary ...1886 Eng. dial.
• WAPPERED fatigued, wearied, restless ...1868 Eng. dial.
• WAY-WORN fatigued or wearied by travel ...1777
• WOPPERED fatigued, wearied, restless ...1868 Eng. dial.
WEARIED - nouns
• DEFATIGATION † the act of wearying out, or condition of being wearied out; fatigue ...1508
WEARINESS - nouns
• FAG a bore; a chore; an unpleasant, tedious task; anything that causes weariness, hard work, toil, drudgery, fatigue; a wearisome thing...1780 colloq.
• FASTIDIUM * disgust; feeling of weariness, tedium ...a1734
• FATIGATION † the state of being fatigued, weariness ...1504
• FESSITUDE †* weariness, tiredness, fatigue ...1656
• HAG-STOP weariness; a stoppage, dilemma ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• IRK weariness; pain ...1796 Sc.
• LASSATION † weariness ...1650
• LASSITUDE the condition of being weary in body or mind; a flagging of the bodily or mental powers; indifference to exertion; weariness ...1533
• TIRESOMENESS †* the condition of being tired; weariness ...1646
WEARINESS - verbs
• GIVE DOWN to be overcome with weariness; to breakdown ...1938 Amer. dial.
• HEAVY † to become heavy through weariness or grief ...a1000
WEARISOME - adjectives
• FAGGIE fatiguing, tiresome, wearisome ...Bk1900 Sc.
• FAGSUM † fatiguing, tiresome, wearisome ...1825 Sc.
• FASTIDIOUS † that creates disgust; disagreeable, distasteful, unpleasant, wearisome ...1531
• HAGGLING vexatious, trying, wearisome ...Bk1902 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• LAGGING toilsome, wearisome, fatiguing ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LONGSOME † long, lengthy, tediously long, wearisome by its length; long-lasting ...c1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial
• MORTAL long and wearisome; boring ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SAPLESS of persons: wearisome, tedious ...1680
• TAIGLESOME wearisome, tiring, tedious ...1912 Sc.
• TAIVERSOME tedious, wearisome; annoying, vexatious ...1808 Sc.
• TARRYSOME †* characterized by tarrying; slow, lingering; wearisome ...1513 Sc.
• TEDDISOME tedious, wearisome ...1824 Eng. dial.
• TEDIOUSOME tedious, wearisome ...1824 Sc.
• TIDDYSOM tedious, wearisome ...1824 Eng. dial.
• YAWNFUL inclined to yawn; wearisome, tedious ...1878
• YAWNSOME inclined to yawn; wearisome, tedious ...1900
WEARISOME - nouns
• FAG a bore; a chore; an unpleasant, tedious task; anything that causes weariness, hard work, toil, drudgery, fatigue; a wearisome thing...1780 colloq.
WEARISOME - nouns, person
• PALAVER a wearisome talker; a person of silly, fussy and ostentatious manners ...1895 Sc.
• TEELYTOON a teasing, fretful, wearisome child ...B1900 Eng. dial.
WEARISOME - verbs
• IMPORTUNE † to burden; to be troublesome or wearisome to; to trouble, to worry, to pester, to annoy ...1578
WEAR OUT, WEARY - verbs
• ATTEDIATE †* to be tedious to; to tire, to weary, to exhaust ...1603
• BACKSET to weary, to fatigue, to worry ...1932 Sc.
• BEJADE † to weary, tire out ...1620
• DAWL to tire, to weary, to fatigue ...1796 Eng. dial.
• DEFATIGATE † to make weary, to tire out, to exhaust with labour ...1552
• DILVER to weary with labour or exercise ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FAG to make one fatigued; to tire, to weary; to exhaust ...1826
• FASH 1. to afflict, to annoy, to trouble, to vex; also, to give trouble, to bother, to weary ...1533 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
2. to weary, to be annoyed; to take trouble, to worry ...1585 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• FASH AT to be impatient with, to be intolerant of; to grow weary of ...1721 Sc.
• FATIGATE † to fatigue, exhaust, weary, tire ...1535 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HAG † to fatigue, to weary, to tire out ...1674 obs. exc. Eng. & Amer. dial.
• HARASS † to wear out, tire out, or exhaust with fatigue, trouble, care, etc. ...a1626 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HATTER † to harass, to vex, to ill-treat; to wear out, to exhaust with fatigue or drudgery ...1687 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• JABB to weary, to tire out, to exhaust ...1790 Sc.
• JACK UP to wear out; to tire, to exhaust ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• JADE to exhaust or wear out by driving or working hard; to fatigue, to weary, to tire ...1606
• JAFFLE to tire or wear out ...1824 Sc.
• LAG to tire, to weary, to fatigue, to exhaust ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LASSATE †* to weary ...1623
• MAISIN to fatigue, to weary, to exhaust ...a1850 Sc.
• NIRK to irk, to annoy, to harass, to weary ...1861 Eng. dial.
• PAIL to trouble; to harass, to weary ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAMFEEZLE to exhaust oneself with work; to wear oneself out ...1885 Sc.
• RAZZOR to exhaust; to wear out, to tire ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• SADE † 1. to become satiated or weary ...c888
† 2. to glut, to satiate; to make weary of ...c1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SCALP to grow weary; to become dispirited ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• TAFFLE to perplex, to tire, to wear out, to exhaust with fatigue ...1750 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TAIGLE to tire, to make weary, to fatigue ...1814 Sc.
• TAINGHLE to harass or weary with hard work; to struggle on, to toil laboriously ...1803 Sc.
• TAKE THE STARCH OUT OF to break the spirit of someone or something, to make weary or less arrogant ...M19 sl.
• TAR †* to weary, to fatigue ...c1440
• TASH to fatigue, to weary out ...1892 Sc.
• TEDIFY † to become tedious, to weary, to bore ...1613 nonce word
• TIRY † tired, weary, fatigued ...1611 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• WEAR DOWN TO THE NAIL to wear out, or 'to the bone'; to be almost at an end ...1873 Sc.
WEARY - adjectives
• DADDET faint, weary, tired through overwork ...1908 Sc.
• DEFATIGABLE † apt to weary or fatigue ...1657
• ELENGE † very long, tedious, weary, irksome ...c897
• FASHED weary ...1827 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• FATIGATED † fatigued, exhausted, weary ...1552
• LAGGAN fatiguing, beginning to weary ...1824 Sc.
• METHEFUL † weary, exhausted ...a1300 obs.
• TOILED exhausted with toil; worn-out, weary ...1592 arch.
• TOLD OUT played out, spun out, exhausted, weary ...1861 colloq.
WEARYING - adjectives
• FATIGABLE † wearying, tiring ...1656
• FATIGUABLE † wearying, tiring ...1656
• HARRYING worrying, harassing, wearying ...1873 Eng. dial.
• MAULING tiring, fatiguing, wearying ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TEWING toilsome, wearying; worrying, tedious ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
WEARYING - nouns
• FAGGING ABOUT the act of working hard or wearying oneself at something; hard work ...1850
WEASEL - nouns
• CANE a weasel ...1789 Eng. dial.
• GAME RAT the weasel ...1878 Sc.
• KIME a weasel ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• REZZEL a weasel ...1788 Eng. dial.
• REZZIL a weasel ...1788 Eng. dial.
• REZZLE a weasel ...1788 Eng. dial.
• RIZZLE a weasel ...1788 Eng. dial.
• SUCK-EGG an animal that is reputed to suck eggs, as a weasel, cuckoo ...1851
• VAIR † a weasel or stoat ...1387 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
WEATHER - adjectives (also see rain, snow, etc.)
• AINISH unpleasant, used esp. of the weather; showery, rainy ...1814 Eng. dial.
• AIRISH of the weather: chilly or briskly cool ...Bk2000 Amer. sl.
• AITTRIE of the weather: cold, bleak ...Bk1898 Sc.
• ALTERATION of the weather: changeable, uncertain ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• ALTERY of the weather: looking like rain ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• ASPROUS of the weather: raw, inclement ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• AWKWARD of the weather: uncertain ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BACKENDISH of weather: proper to autumn or winter; autumnal, wintry, rough ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BALMY of wind, air, weather: deliciously mild, fragrant, and soothing ...1704
• BANGY of weather: drizzling, overcast; misty; stormy ...1790 Eng. dial.
• BASK of weather: very dry ...1893 Sc.
• BASTY of weather: droughty and ungenial ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BENIGN of the weather: mild, genial ...c1386
• BLACKLIE of the weather: dark with threatening clouds ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLADDY gusty, unsettled ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLASHY rainy, wet, gusty ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLASTIE gusty, blustering ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLIRTIE of the weather: changeable, uncertain, cheerless; characterized by 'blirts' or gusts of wind and rain ...1807 Sc.
• BLUE of the weather: chill, frosty ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLUSTERSOME of weather: rainy and stormy in fits and starts ...19C Eng. dial.
• BOISTOUS † of the wind, sea, weather: rough and violent; boisterous ...1470
• BREEDY of the weather: building up for a storm ...1954 Amer. dial .
• BULDERING of the weather: hot, muggy, sultry; threatening thunder ...1746 Eng. dial.
• CADDLESOME of weather: stormy, uncertain ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CADDLING of weather: uncertain, variable, stormy ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CADDLY of weather: stormy, uncertain ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.,
• CALWART of weather: coldish, fresh and bracing ...1866 Sc.
• CATCHING of weather: changeable, unpredictable ...1931-33 Amer. dial.
• CATCHY of weather: changeable, unpredictable ...1894 Amer. dial.
• CAZZARDLY of the weather: changeable, unsettled ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• CHURLY of the weather: rough ...19C Eng. dial.
• CRIMPY of the weather: cold ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
• DABBLY of the weather: wet, rainy, showery, damp ...1879 Eng. dial.
• DACKER hesitating, uncertain, undecided; said of a person who can't make up his mind, and to the weather when unsettled ...1887 Sc.
• DAGGING of the weather: wet, drizzly, misty, rainy ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DAGGLY of the weather: wet, drizzly, misty, rainy ...1869 Eng. dial.
• DAGGY of the weather: wet, drizzly, misty, rainy ...1808 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DAINTY of weather: fine, genial, cheering ...1860 Eng. dial.
• DAISIE of the weather: cold, raw ...1825 Sc.
• DAISY DORMER warmer, esp. of the weather ...1960 UK rhyming sl., orig. theatrical
• DAIZIE of the weather: cold, raw ...1825 Sc.
• DALLING of the weather: changing, varying ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DAZIE of the weather: cold, raw, without sunshine ...Bk1900 Sc.
• DEASIE of the weather: cold, raw ...1825 Sc.
• DERN of weather: raw, cold ...1879 Eng. dial.
• DINGLE of weather: good ...1989 Antarctica sl.
• DIRTY of the weather: wet, stormy ...1887 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DOWF † of the weather: dull ...E16 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• DULL AND DOWDY of the weather and beer: cloudy ...1992 UK rhyming sl.
• EDGY of the weather: crisp, frosty ...1926 Amer. dial.
• EIDENT continuous, persistent, esp. with reference to weather ...1786 Sc.
• ELDRITCH † of weather: chill, keen ...1825 Sc.
• ETERIE of the weather: keen, bitter ...1808 Sc.
• ETRIE of the weather: keen, bitter ...1808 Sc.
• EMMIS of the weather: changeable; dark, gloomy ...Bk1900 Sc.
• FADY of the weather: damp, sultry, close ...1790 Eng. dial.
• FAINT of the weather: close, sultry, oppressive ...1885 Eng. dial.
• FAINTY of the weather: close, sultry, oppressive ...1849 Eng. dial.
• FAIRING of the weather: clearing, ceasing to rain ...1885 Sc.
• FARRANTLY of the weather: bright, pleasant, cheerful ...1790 Eng. dial.
• FILTHY said of bad weather ...1875 sl.
• GAFFIN of the weather: lowering, cloudy ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GAGEY of the weather: uncertain, risky, showery ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GAGY of the weather: uncertain, risky, showery ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GIFFY of weather: humid, muggy, damp; hence, moist, pliable ...1829 Amer. dial.
• GIVEY of weather: humid, muggy, damp; hence, moist, pliable ...1829 Amer. dial.
• GIVY of weather: humid, muggy, damp; hence, moist, pliable ...1829 Amer. dial.
• GLOWERING of weather: cloudy or threatening ...1939 Amer. dial.
• GLOWERY of weather: cloudy or threatening ...1969 Amer. dial.
• GROUTY of the sky, weather: thundery, threatening rain ...1744-50 Eng. dial.
• HAINING † of the weather: cold, drizzly ...1871 Eng. dial.
• HAINISH unpleasant, used esp. of the weather; showery, rainy ...1814 Eng. dial.
• HANDSOME of the weather: fine, good, bright ...1898 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HARDEN of the weather: windy, drying; cold, bleak ...1897 Eng. dial.
• HARDEN-FACED of the weather: threatening, lowering, gloomy, unsettled ...1876 Eng. dial.
• HASK of the weather: dry, parching, piercingly cold ...1790 Eng. dial.
• HAUGULLIN' of the weather: drizzling, cold and damp ...Bk1902 Sc.
• HECTIC of the weather: unpleasant, windy, cloudy ...1968 Amer. dial.
• HURRY-DURRY † of the weather: rough, boisterous, windy, rainy; hence, impatient, irritable ...1672 nautical
• IN AND OUT of weather: variable, coming and going ...1966 Amer. dial.
• INDUMIOUS of the weather: extraordinarily rough or stormy ...1898 Sc.
• INNUBILOUS †* not cloudy, clear, cloudless ...1656
• KALWART of weather: coldish, fresh and bracing ...1866 Sc.
• KAZZARDLY. of the weather: changeable, unsettled ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• KETCHY of the weather: changeable ...1884 Amer. dial.
• LASH of weather: raw wet ...1787
• LATE † of weather: unseasonable ...1631 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• LEAKING † of weather: showery ...c1420
• LOUSY of the weather: unpleasant, threatening ...1944 Amer. dial.
• MALMY of weather: warm and damp ...1677 Eng. dial.
• MEALY of the weather: mild and damp ...Bk1905 Sc.
• MEAN of the weather: very unpleasant, disagreeable ...1897 Amer. dial.
• MEETH of the weather: hot, sultry, close; of persons: exhausted with heat ...1768 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MELCH mild, warm; soft and moist; applied chiefly to the weather, but also occasionally to anything soft ...1790 Eng. dial.
• MELL of the weather: mild ...Bk1905 Sc.
• MELSH mild, warm; soft and moist; applied chiefly to the weather, but also occasionally to anything soft ...1790 Eng. dial.
• MERCIFUL of the weather: favourable, propitious, seasonable ...1897 Sc.
• MEUTHY of the weather: sultry, close, mild and damp ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MIGGY of the weather: moist, damp, muggy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MILKY of the weather: foggy ...1967 Amer. dial.
• MISTY-MOISTY of the weather: misty, foggy; threatening rain ...1856 Amer. dial.
• MOKEY of weather: foggy, hazy ...1938 Amer. dial.
• MOKY of weather: foggy, hazy ...1938 Amer. dial.
• MUSTARD of the weather: hot ...1930s rhyming sl. (Mustard Pot)
• MUSTARD POT of the weather: hot ...1930s rhyming sl.
• MUTHY of the weather: sultry, close, mild and damp ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NATURAL † of the weather: pleasant, genial, mild ...1825 Sc.
• NAUGHTY †* of weather: bad, nasty ...1541
• NESH of the weather: chilly ...1825 Eng. dial.
• OORLICK of the weather: damp, chilly and unpleasant, raw, bleak, depressing ...1808 Sc.
• OPEN of weather or season: free from frost; also, free from fog or mist (nautical usage) ...1615
• OPEN-AND-SHUT of the weather: alternately cloudy and sunny; variable ...1890 Amer. dial.
• OPENING-AND-SHUTTING of the weather: alternately cloudy and sunny; variable ...1890 Amer. dial.
• OWLY of the weather: threatening ...1958 Amer. dial.
• OWLY-LOOKING of the weather: threatening ...1965 Amer. dial.
• PEA-RIPPING of the weather: hot ...1984 Amer. dial.
• PET of weather: unexpectedly mild ...1954 Amer. dial.
• PINCHY of the weather: cold, chilly ...1984 Amer. dial.
• POTHERY of the weather: hot, close, stifling, muggy, warm ...1696
• PUGGY of the weather: damp and warm, muggy ...1875 Eng. dial.
• QUALMY of the weather: close, sultry, producing sickly languor ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUELSTRING of the weather: hot, sultry; sweltering ...1777 Eng. dial.
• QUELTERING of the weather: hot, sultry; sweltering ...1777 Eng. dial.
• QUELTRING of the weather: hot, sultry; sweltering ...1777 Eng. dial.
• QUILSTERING of the weather: hot, sultry; sweltering ...1777 Eng. dial.
• RAGGLISH erratic, subject to sudden unpredictable change; of weather: boisterous, uncertain, gusty with rain ...1804 Sc.
• RAISIGO of weather: rough, blustery, stormy ...1828 Sc.
• RATY of the weather: cold, wet, stormy ...1856 Eng. dial.
• RAWLY of the weather: raw, damp ...B1900 Sc.
• REAR of the weather: chilly, cold, raw ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• REE of the weather: windy, clear, and frosty ...Bk1904 Sc.
• RICK-RACK of the weather: stormy, boisterous ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• ROBUSTIOUS of storms or climate: violent, severe ...1612
• SAFT of weather: mild, not frosty, in a state of thaw ...1825 Sc.
• SAIR of the weather: inclement, stormy, severe ...1813 Sc.
• SAPLESS of the weather: without rain or moisture; dry ...1892 Sc.
• SAUCY of the weather: brilliant, fine ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCADDY of the weather: showery ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCARLY of the weather: boisterous, windy, threatening rain ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCATTY of the weather: showery ...1746 Eng. dial.
• SCOUTHERIE of the weather: threatening, abounding in flying showers ...1794 Sc.
• SCOUTHRY of the weather: threatening, abounding in flying showers ...1794 Sc.
• TARLOCH of the weather: stormy ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TART of the wind or weather: sharp, keen, piercing, bracing ...1901 Eng. dial.
• TENDER of the weather: inclined to rain, threatening ...1900 Eng. dial.
• TETCHY of the weather: changeable; fickle ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• THICK of the weather: cloudy, misty, foggy ...1895 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• THIN of the wind or weather: cold, keen, piercing ...1881 Ireland & Eng. dial.
• THIRLING of the weather: piercingly cold ...1801 Sc.
• THRAWN of the weather: disagreeable, bitter ...1897 Sc.
• THREDEGAL of the weather: unsettled ...Bk1905 Eng. dial. obs.
• TICKLE variable, uncertain, not to be relied on; used esp. of the weather ...1795 Eng. dial.
• TICKLISH of the weather: changeable ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNCLEMENT † of the weather: inclement ...1598
• UNFURTHERSOME. of weather: unfavourable to vegetation ...Bk1905 Sc.
• UNHEARTSOME of the weather: bad, uncomfortable ...Bk1905 Sc.
• UNHEARTY of the weather: unpleasant, uncomfortable ...Bk1905 Sc.
• UNKETTY of the weather: close, sultry, depressing ...1895 Eng. dial.
• UNKID of the weather: close, sultry, depressing ...1895 Eng. dial.
• UNKIND of the weather: unseasonable, ungenial ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNLIKELY of the weather: threatening ...1885 Amer. dial.
• UNMENSEFUL of the weather: rough, unseasonable ...1898 Sc.
• UNNATURABLE of the weather: ungenial ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VITIOUS of the weather: stormy ...Bk1905 Sc.
• VOXY of the weather: deceptive, uncertain ...1899 Eng. dial.
• WALLOW of the weather: blowing a cold, strong, and hollow wind ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WALLOWISH of the weather: showery, sleety, when there is neither thaw nor frost ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YARK of weather: wild, stormy ...1891 Eng. dial.
• YAULD of weather: sharp, keen, cold, frosty ...1808 Sc.
• YAWL of weather: sharp, keen, frosty ...1808 Sc.
WEATHER - adverbs
• IN AND OUT of weather: intermittently, in fits and starts ...1966 Amer. dial.
WEATHER - nouns
• AEROMANCY divination by air, including augury; later, weather-forecasting, meteorology ...1393
• AIFER † the exhalations which arise from the ground on a warm, sunny day ...Bk1898 Sc.
• AITTRIE cold, bleak weather ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BANANA BELT 1. the warmer parts of a region which is regarded as severely cold ...1898 Amer. dial.
2. an open winter, softer weather than usual ...1958 Amer. dial.
• BARNSTAPLE FAIR WEATHER cold, wet, windy weather ...1893 Eng. dial.
• BENGAL BLANKET the sun; a blue sky ...19C Anglo-Indian
• BLACKBERRY RAIN a spring storm or cold snap ...1947 Amer. dial.
• BLACKBERRY SQUALL a late cold spell in May or early June ...1953 Amer. dial.
• BLACKBERRY STORM a spring storm or cold snap ...1906 Amer. dial.
• BLACKBERRY WINTER a late cold spell in May or early June ...1904 Amer. dial.
• BLACKBIRD STORM a short cold spell in late spring, after the appearance of the blackbirds ...1953 Amer. dial.
• BLACK FROST freezing weather not cold enough to kill vegetation ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BLACK WEATHER rainy weather ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLEE bleak weather from an exposed quarter ...19C Eng. dial.
• BLOOM WINTER a period of cold weather in the spring ...1941 Amer. dial.
• BLUDDER wet weather; a spell of foul weather ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLUE HEN'S CHICK a cold, brisk day ...1951 Amer. dial.
• BLUE HEN'S CHICKEN. a cold, brisk day ...1951 Amer. dial.
• BLUEBIRD WEATHER a brief period of warm weather in autumn ...1943 Amer. dial.
• BOLL WEEVIL WEATHER cold, wet weather ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BORIE a clear opening of the sky in wet weather ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOULE an opening in the clouds betokening fine weather ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BREEDER an unseasonably or unusually fine day, regarded as presaging bad weather ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BUZZARD STORM a period of very cold weather in spring ...1954 Amer. dial.
• CHAMPAGNE WEATHER bad weather ...L19 UK society sl.
• CROW-GAPER a very hot day ...19C Eng. dial.
• DACKER † uncertainty, a state of suspense or hesitation; also used of unsettled weather; a lull ...1808 Sc.
• DALLY an interval in bad weather ...1914 Sc.
• DIRT rain, snow, or sleet; 'dirty' or stormy weather ...1887 Eng. dial.
• EASTICK cold, showery weather ...1897 Sc.
• ELEMENT the sky, atmosphere, air, heavens; weather ...1785 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
• FAIRIES' BAKIN' DAY a day of alternate rain and sunshine ...1894 Sc.
• FAIRNESS † of the weather: the state of being free from storms or rain; fineness ...c1440
• FALLING WEATHER weather characterized by rain, snow, hail, or heavy fog; conditions likely to produce such weather ...1732 Amer. dial.
• HANDS-IN-THE-POCKET WEATHER very cold weather ...1986 Amer. dial.
• HARDENING OF THE DROUTH a continuance or settlement of dry weather ...1880 Sc.
• HAUGHTY WEATHER † windy weather ...1787 Eng. dial.
• HAWK, THE the wind, esp. that of winter; cold weather; winter ...1946 Amer. dial.
• HAWKINS the wind, esp. that of winter; cold weather; winter ...1958 Amer. dial.
• HOG KILLIN' TIME a cold snap ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• INDIAN WEATHER cold, then a hot day ...1966 Amer. dial.
• INDIAN WINTER a period of unseasonably cold weather ...1931 Amer. dial.
• JESTICK a slight, temporary frost; cold weather with rain ...Bk1902 Sc.
• LINE GALE severe weather associated with the spring and autumn equinoxes ...1836 Amer. dial.
• LINE STORM severe weather associated with the spring and autumn equinoxes ...1850 Amer. dial.
• MEETHNESS extreme heat; sultriness; soft, close weather ...1768 Sc.
• MELTON HOT DAY a very hot day ...L19 sporting sl.
• MET a weather report ...1939 Royal Air Force sl.
• MET, THE the Meteorological Office, responsible for weather forecasting ... c1925 sl.
• MET OFFICE, THE the Meteorological Office, responsible for weather forecasting ...1940s sl.
• MILLDEW wet, rain, fog; cold raw weather ...1900 Sc.
• MUCK bad weather ...1855 UK sl.
• OMBROLOGY the branch of meteorology that deals with rain ...1845
• ONLAY settled weather of a particular kind, generally bad, as of wind from one direction ...1908 Sc.
• ONTACK an attack or onset of pain, of snow, bad weather, or the like ...1964 Sc.
• OTTER WEATHER a season of comfortable weather before the spring ...1967 Amer. dial.
• PET WEATHER particular good weather early in the spring ...1982 Amer. dial.
• QUEEN'S WEATHER fine weather ...1899
• RAZZLER of the weather: a hot day ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• SACK WEATHER inclement weather during which air missions cannot be flown ...1949 US sl.
• SAWNEY mild weather ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• SCAT a spell of weather; a bout, a turn ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCORCHER a killing frost; a period of very cold weather ...1916 Amer. dial.
• SULTER †* a spell of sultry weather ...1667
• UNIWIDERE † bad weather ...c1175
• UNKEDNESS gloomy weather ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VEER WEATHER chopping, changeable weather ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• VERMONT THAW 'six feet of snow and a hurricane' ...1891 Amer. dial.
• WEATHER BREEDER an unseasonably or unusually fine day, regarded as presaging bad weather ...1780 Amer. dial.
• WEATHER FALL a period of rain, snow, hail, or heavy fog ...1965 Amer. dial.
WEATHER - nouns, person
• AEROMANCER †* one who practices divination by air; a weather-prophet ...c1400
• MET MAN a weather forecaster ... c1920 Brit. services' sl.
• METS a meteorological officer ...c1920 Brit. services' sl.
• OLD PROB a meteorologist ...c1900 US sl.
• OLD PROBABILITIES a meteorologist ...1942 US sl.
WEATHER - verbs
• BAFF to struggle, either against illness or weather ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BLUSTER UP of the weather: to look stormy ...1946 Amer. dial.
• BREAK AWAY of the weather: to clear up ...1768
• BREAK DOWN of the weather: to become wet or stormy ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BREAK OUT FINE of the weather: to clear up ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BREAK THE WEATHER to bring about change in the weather; said of a cat washing its face with its paws ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CAST UP of the weather, the day: to clear up ...1825 Sc.
• DRAG THE CLIMATE AROUND to discuss the weather ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• FAIR * of the weather: to clear ...1842 rare exc. Eng. dial.
• FAIR AWAY of the weather: to become clearer ...1836 Amer. dial.
• FAIR OFF of the weather: to become clearer ...1859 Amer. dial.
• FAIR UP of the weather: to clear up, to leave off raining, to become fine ...1819 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
• FALL † of the weather: to turn out, to prove to be ...1633
• HAIZER of the weather: to dry up after rain ...c1920 Sc.
• HARDEN of the weather: to clear up and become settled after rain; generally used with 'out' or 'up' ...Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• LAY † of the wind, weather: to be violent ...c1475
• OPEN of the weather: to become clear of frost ...1678
• RACK UP of weather: to clear ...1626
• RAX OUT of the weather: to clear up ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• SCALE OFF of bad weather: to clear off, to lift ...1898 Amer. dial.
• SCALE UP of bad weather: to clear off, to lift ...1898 Amer. dial.
• SCARVY of the weather: to clear ...1888 Eng. dial.
• SHOW FOR of weather: to promise, to portend ...1969 Amer. dial.
• SIZZLE of the weather: to be very hot ...Aust. sl.
• SKARVEY of the weather: to clear ...1888 Eng. dial.
• SKEW † to become overcast ...c1400
• TAKE OFF of the weather: to clear up; to cease raining or blowing ...1878
• TAKE UP of weather: to improve, to mend, to become fair ...1845
• TURN TWO SHIRTS COLDER of the weather: to grow colder ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• VESUVIATE of weather: to be very hot ...a1876 nonce word
WEATHER - phrases
• IT LIGHTS AND SHUTS the sun peeps out at intervals ...Bk1896 Amer. dial.
• IT'S A MONKEY'S WEDDING applied to weather characterized by drizzling rain while the sun shines ...20C S. Afr. sl.
• MORE RED NEBS THAN MIDGES used in very cold weather ...Bk1905 N. Ireland
• MORE WRINKLES THAN INCHES of weather or man: extremely cold ...20C Brit. sl., orig. Royal Navy
• NOT TO BE MADE OF SUGAR OR SALT not to be readily affected by moisture; hence, not to be disconcerted by wet weather ...1786
WEATHER BUREAU - nouns
• OLD PROB the weather bureau or its staff ...L19 US sl.
• OLD PROBABILITIES the weather bureau or its staff ...L19 US sl.
• OLD PROBS the weather bureau or its staff ...L19 US sl.
• PROBABILITIES the weather bureau or its staff ...L19 US sl.
WEATHERCOCK - nouns
• EAGLE-COCK a weathercock ...1667
• FAAN a weather-vane ...1950 Sc.
• FANE † a weathercock ...c1386
• SCOGGIN a vane, a weathercock ...1790 Eng. dial.
WEAVED - adjectives
• OBTEXED †* weaved ...1623
WEAVER - nouns, person
• CALL-THE-SHUTTLE a weaver ...1817 Sc.
• THRUM-CUTTER a weaver ...1838 Sc.
• WABSTER a weaver ...1703 Sc.
• WEBSTER a weaver ...1703 Sc.
WEAVING - nouns
• LANIFICE †* a spinning or weaving of wool ...1626
WEAVING - nouns, person
• MACKLER † a seller of weavers' goods ...1731
WEAVING - verbs
• MACKLE † to sell weavers' goods to shopkeepers ...1731
WEBSITE - nouns
• MOUSETRAP a series of exit consoles on websites that link back on themselves, creating an infinite loop ...2003 US sl.
WEDDING - nouns (also see marriage)
• BACKIN the day after a wedding ...1911 Sc.
• BEAR PARTY an all-male party, esp. on the night preceding the wedding of one of the men ...M19 sl.
• BIDDING a wedding party at which a collection, in money or kind, is made for the bride and bridegroom ...1849 Sc.
• BLACKBETTS liquor; a bottle of liquor passed among the guests at a wedding ...1846 Amer. dial.
• BLACK BETTY liquor; a bottle of liquor passed among the guests at a wedding ...1823 Amer. dial.
• BOTTLING a festivity; a gathering of friends invited to a wedding ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRAITHEL a wedding ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRAWS fine clothes; wedding clothes ...1724 Sc.
• CONFARREATION † a wedding, marriage ...c1645
• DILDAM a loud noise made at a wedding or merrymaking ...1884 Eng. dial.
• FARTHING-WEDDING a poor, simple wedding ...1895 Eng. dial.
• GREENBACK WEDDING a wedding at which money is given as a gift ...1980 Amer. dial.
• HAULING-HOME the bringing home of the bride; the wedding day ...1867 Ireland
• INFARE a reception or celebration for a newly married couple, esp. one given at the home of the groom's parents on the day following the wedding ...1794 Amer. dial.
• INITIATING PARY a noisy celebration for newlyweds after a wedding ...1955 Amer. dial.
• INITIATION a noisy celebration for newlyweds after a wedding ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MARRYING-RING † a wedding-ring ...1504
• MILITARY CEREMONY a marriage that takes place because a baby is on the way ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MILITARY WEDDING a marriage that takes place because a baby is on the way; a shotgun wedding ...1916 Amer. dial.
• PAPER MARRIAGE a society wedding ...L19 sl.
• SHOTGUN WEDDING a forced wedding, presumably because the bride is pregnant
• TIN-PANNING a noisy celebration following a wedding ...c1938 Amer. dial.
• TOURNIQUET an engagement or wedding ring ...1961 US sl.
WEDDING - nouns, person
• ALIKAY the bridegroom's man; he who attends on the bridegroom, or is employed as his precursor, at a wedding ...1818 Sc.
• ALLAKAY the bridegroom's man; he who attends on the bridegroom, or is employed as his precursor, at a wedding ...1818 Sc.
• ALLEKAY the bridegroom's man; he who attends on the bridegroom, or is employed as his precursor, at a wedding ...1818 Sc.
• BEST GIRL a maid or matron of honour at a wedding ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BEST LADY a maid or matron of honour at a wedding ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BEST MAID a maid or matron of honour at a wedding ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BEST WOMAN a maid or matron of honour at a wedding ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BRIDEMAID a bridesmaid ...1851 Amer. dial.
• DADDY the man who gives away the bride at a wedding; traditionally her father, but not always ...c1860 sl.
• DAME OF HONOR a maid or matron of honour ...1966 Amer. dial.
• FAT AND WIDE a bride ...1992 UK rhyming sl.
• FATHER the relative or friend who 'gives away' a bride ...1599
• FIRST MAN the best man at a wedding ...1966 Amer. dial.
• HA'-MAIDEN the bridesmaid at a wedding ...Bk1905 Sc.
• MAID BRIDE a bridesmaid ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MAID'S BRIDE a bridesmaid ...1965 Amer. dial.
• MARY † a maid of honour; a female attendant ...1803 Sc.
• MOTHER'S PRIDE a bride ...1992 UK rhyming sl.
• MOUSE a man who does not consummate his marriage on the wedding night ...1920s Aust. sl.
• OLD FATHER one who gives away the bride at a wedding ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PARANYMPH in Greek Antiquity, the 'friend of the bridegroom' who accompanied the latter when he went to fetch home the bride; also, the bridesmaid who escorted the bride to the bridegroom; hence, a modern best man, a groomsman, or a bridesmaid ...1600
• SKINNY a bridegroom ...1992 UK rhyming sl. (skinny as a broom)
• SKINNY AS A BROOM a bridegroom ...1992 UK rhyming sl.
• SPOUSESS † a female spouse, a wife, a bride, a married woman ...1388
• TAILOR the best man at a wedding ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WAITER † an attendant upon the bride at weddings; a bridesmaid ...1537 obs. exc. Amer. dial.
• WAITMAN an attendant on the bride or groom at a wedding ...1966 Amer. dial.
• WAITRESS a bridesmaid at a wedding ...1966 Amer. dial.
• WAITSMAN an attendant on the bride or groom at a wedding ...1966 Amer. dial.
• WEDDINGER a member of a wedding party; rarely, a bride or groom, a newlywed ...1774 Amer. dial.
WEDDING - verbs
• BID to invite to a wedding or funeral ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BREAST of a bride and bridegroom: to face the minister at a marriage ...Bk1911 Sc.
WEDGIE - nouns
• ATWOOD a 'wedgie' in one's underwear ...20C Can. teen & high school sl.
• FISHBITE the act of lifting a person (from behind) by the belt, belt buckles, top of the underwear, the seat of the pants; a wedgie ...1988 Amer. dial.
• LIFTER a wedgie in one's underwear ...1991 Amer. dial.
• MARVIN the act of reaching into another person's belt, and either grabbing the underwear or the belt and lifting the person off the ground ...1989 Amer. dial.
• MELVIN the act of reaching into another person's belt, and either grabbing the underwear or the belt and lifting the person off the ground; a wedgie ...1989 Amer. dial.
• UNCLE MELVIN the act of reaching into another person's belt, and either grabbing the underwear or the belt and lifting the person off the ground ...1989 Amer. dial.
• WILMA a prank involving the abrupt and rough yanking upwards of someone's belt loop, belt buckle, underwear top, or seat of the pants so that the victim's underwear becomes wedged between the buttocks; a wedgie ...1989 Amer. dial.
WEDNESDAY - nouns
• FOURTH DAY Wednesday ...1683 Amer. dial.
• HUMP DAY Wednesday ...1955 US sl.
• HUMP NIGHT Wednesday night ...1955 US sl.
WEED - adjectives
• DIRTY of land: infested with weeds ...Bk1900 Sc.
• ULVOSE † full of reeds or weeds ...1727
• UNCLEAN * of land: foul with weeds, etc. ...c1440
WEED - nouns
• FILTH underbrush, weeds, unwanted vegetation ...c1900 Amer. dial.
• GARDEN-SIN † a weed ...1664 obs. nonce word
• HARE TANGLE a place where underbrush, weeds, vines, and small trees grow together so that it's nearly impossible to get through ...1966 Amer. dial.
• MELDA weeds ...1892 Sc.
• WEEDLING a small weed ...1820
WEED - nouns, person
• SARCLER a weeder ...1707
WEED - verbs
• DAWK to dig up weeds ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• SARCLE † to weed with a hoe ...1543
• SARCULATE †* to weed, to clear from weeds; to hoe ...1623
• SARKLE † to weed with a hoe ...1543
• WALK to go through a field or crop cutting or pulling weeds ...1963 Amer. dial.
WEEDED - adjectives
• HAND-WED weeded by hand ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
WEEDING - nouns
• RUNCATION † the act of weeding, a weeding ...1664
• SARCULATION †* weeding with a hoe, hoeing ...1733
WEEK - adjectives
• SEPTIMANE † of the order of seven; belonging to a week ...1721
WEEK - adverbs
• YESTER-WEEK last week ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
WEEK - nouns
• BUTT a fraction of a year, month, or week ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• HAIRCUT a week ...1940s US Black sl.
• HEBDOMAD the space of seven days, a week ...1600
• HEBDOMADE the space of seven days, a week ...1600
• SENNIGHT a week; the space of seven days and nights ...a1000 now arch.
• SEPTIMANE †* the space of seven days; a week ...1603
• SEPTUARY † a group of seven days; a week ...1646
• SET OF SEVEN BRIGHTS a week; seven days ...1930s US Black sl.
• SKEW weeks ...M19 back-slang
• STANZA a week ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• THREE-WEEK a period of three weeks ...1836 Eng. dial.
• WARDAY a week-day as opposed to Sunday ...1598 Eng. dial.
• WEEKY-DAY a weekday ...1837 Amer. dial.
WEEKDAY - nouns
• EVERY-DAYS weekdays ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
WEEKLY - adjectives
• HEBDOMADAL meeting, taking place, or appearing once a week; weekly ...1711
• HEBDOMATICAL †* weekly; consisting of seven days ...a1659
WEEKLY - adverbs
• HEBDOMADALLY one a week, weekly ...1816
WEEP - adjectives
• ONION-EYED having the eyes full of tears, as if from the effect of raw onions; ready to weep, tearful ...1606
WEEP - verbs
• BAY to weep loudly ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BEGREDE † to cry about, to weep for ...c1300
• BELLY to bellow; to weep loudly ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BELOOK to weep ...19C Eng. dial. 19C Eng. dial.
• BLIRT to burst into tears; to weep ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLOB to weep ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLORE † to cry; to cry out loudly; to weep ...c1440 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BLOWTER † to blubber; to weep effusively; to wail or lament with many tears ...?16C
• BLUB to weep, to cry ...1873
• BOMBELL to weep ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOOHOO to weep or cry loudly, to bawl ...1843 Amer. dial.
• BOOL to weep in childish fashion; to drawl in singing ...Bk1911 Sc.
• COLLACHRYMATE †* to weep or lament with, or in sympathy with others; to commiserate ...1593
• DELACRIMATE † to weep ...1623
• DROP to weep ...LME
• GREET to weep, cry, lament, grieve ...OE
• LACHRYMATE † to weep, lament, bewail ...1623
• LACHRYME †* to weep ...1490
• LERM †* to weep ...c1530
• REAM to shout, to cry aloud, to bawl; to weep, to bewail, to moan; to talk wildly, to vociferate ...1691 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ROAR to weep, to cry, usually, but not necessarily, loudly ...1741 Sc.
• ROAR AND GREET to weep, to cry, usually, but not necessarily, loudly ...1772 Sc.
• SQUINNY to weep or cry; to fret, as a child ...1847
• TEAR to shed tears, to weep ...1810 Sc.
• TURN ON THE MAIN to begin to weep copiously ...1837
• WATER-CART to weep, to cry ...M19 sl.
• WATER ONE'S PLANTS † to shed tears; to weep; to cry ...1542 jocular
• WET ONE'S WINKERS to weep ...1897 Sc.
• YAUL to howl; to bawl, to shout; to scream harshly; to weep ...1844 Sc. & Eng. dial.
WEEPER - nouns, person
• LACHRYMIST one addicted to tears; a weeper ...1620
• PLORABUND †* one that weeps much ...1623
WEEPING - adjectives
• BAIRGIN' much given to weeping noisily ...1866 Sc.
• BEGRAT tear-stained; disfigured with weeping ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BEGRATTEN tear-stained; disfigured with weeping ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BEGRITTEN tear-stained, disfigured with weeping ...1776 Sc.
• BEGRUTTEN tear-stained, disfigured with weeping ...1776 Sc.
• BLIRTED tear-stained; swollen with weeping ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLUBBERT tear-stained; disfigured by weeping ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLUBBIT tear-stained; disfigured by weeping ...Bk1911 Sc.
• COLLACHRYMATE †* mingled with tears; accompanied with weeping ...1593
• ILLACHRYMABLE †* incapable of weeping; pitiless, unmerciful ...1623
• LACHRYMABLE † lamentable; meet for tears or weeping ...1490
• LACHRYMABUND † weeping ripe, big with tears, with tears ready to fall ...1727
• LACHRYMAL pert. to tears; indicative of weeping ...1803
• LACRYMABLE † lamentable; meet for tears or weeping ...1490
• LARMOYANT given to tears; weeping; crying ...1824
• PLORATORY * weeping, mournful ...1858
WEEPING - nouns
• BLEER what dims the sight; a trace of weeping ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLIRT a burst of weeping ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLUB a fit or spell of weeping ...1894
• ILLACHRYMABLENESS † uncapableness of weeping ...1731
• ILLACHRYMATION * a weeping or bewailing; excessive weeping ...1656
• LACHRYMALS fits of weeping ...1753
• LACHRYMATION the shedding of tears; weeping ...1572
• ROARING weeping, lamentation ...1772 Sc.
• ROARING MATCH a fit of weeping ...1824 Sc.
WEEPING - verbs
• BEBLUBBER to make swollen by weeping ...1620
• MARTYR † to inflict wounds or disfiguring blows upon; to mutilate; also, to disfigure the face with weeping ...1590
• SEW THE EYES WITH RED THREAD to have red eyelids from weeping ...1888 Ireland
WEIGH - verbs
• PAISE to weigh, esp. to weigh in the hand; to estimate the weight of ...1824 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PAZE to weigh, esp. to weigh in the hand; to estimate the weight of ...1824 Eng. dial.
• WEIGHT to have a specified weight, to weigh ...1938 Amer. dial.
WEIGHT - adjectives
• IN GOOD ORDER said of one putting on much weight ...1929 Amer. dial.
• QUINGENARIOUS †* of five hundred, or weighing five hundred pound ...Bk1656
WEIGHT - nouns
• ALFRED weight ...1990s rhyming sl. (Alfred the Great)
• ALFRED THE GREAT weight ...1990s Brit. rhyming sl.
• BATTLE OF THE BULGE an effort to lose weight ...1956 US sl.
• FAT CITY the process of gaining weight or the state of being fat ...1970s US sl.
• LAST † a load, burden, weight carried ...c1000
• OPPRESSION the act of pressing or weighing down; pressure, weight, burden ...1490 chiefly poetic
• PODGE excess weight, fat ,,,L19 sl.
• QUINTAL a weight of one hundred pounds; a hundred-weight (112 lbs.); one hundred kilograms ...c1470
WEIGHT - verbs
• FALL AWAY to lose weight, usually as the result of illness ...1891 Amer. dial.
• FALL OFF to lose weight, usually as a result of illness ...1805 Amer. dial.
• GET A GUT ON to gain in weight ...c1920 Aust. sl.
• IMPONDERATE † to place a weight upon; to weight, to load ...1667
• LARD UP to eat heartily; to gain weight ...1930 Amer. dial.
• MAKE to put on weight ...1832
• PUT A GUT ON to put on weight ...c1920 Aust. sl.
• PUT ON BEEF to put on weight ...M19 sl.
• TEFT to try the weight of anything by poising it in the hand ...1825 Eng. dial.
WEIGHTLIFTING - nouns
• QUARTER twenty-five pounds of weights used in lifting ...1989 US sl.
WEIGHTLIFTING - verbs
• BLAST in weightlifting: to concentrate on developing muscles, as through lifting weights ...1981 Amer. sl.
WEIGHTY - adjectives
• DEEP † serious, weighty, important ...1596
• HEFTY weighty; muscular ...1871 sl.
• MOLIMINOUS † weighty, momentous, of vast importance ...1684
WEIGHTY - nouns
• BRAWCHTON anything weighty or unwieldy ...Bk1911 Sc.
WEIR - nouns
• DEM a dam, a weir ...1876 Eng. dial.
WEIRD - adjectives
• BIZOTIC unexpected, out of the ordinary, weird ...1984 US teen & high school sl.
• EERIEFUL weird, uncanny, foreboding evil, portentous ...1880 Sc.
• EERISOME weird, gloomy ...1818
• EILDRON unearthly, ghostly, weird, uncanny ...1838 Sc.
• ELDRICK unearthly, ghostly, weird, uncanny; dreadful, ghastly, frightful ...1785 Eng. dial.
• ELDRISH unearthly, ghostly, weird, uncanny; dreadful, ghastly, frightful ...1785 Eng. dial.
• ELDRITCH weird, ghostly, unnatural; frightful, hideous, ghastly, fearful, terrible ...1508 Sc.
• ELENGE solitary, lonely; dreary, weird, uncanny ...1691 Eng. dial.
• ELLINGE solitary, lonely; dreary, weird, uncanny ...1691 Eng. dial.
• ERLISCH † uncanny, weird, unearthly ...1865 Sc.
• FUNKY weird; strange ...1980s US campus sl.
• FUNNY-BUNNY weird, odd, eccentric ...1960s US sl.
• HAIRY weird, complicated ...1960s sl.
• HELANGE solitary, lonely; dreary, weird, uncanny ...1691 Eng. dial.
• LURKY seedy, untrustworthy, weird ...1970s US college sl.
• OBSCURE strange, bizarre, weird ...1980s US campus sl.
• OBSCURO weird, strange ...1997 US sl.
• ODDBALL strange, weird ...1940s US sl.
• OFF crazy; eccentric; abnormal; weird ...1866 US sl.
• OFFBEAT adj. unusual, unconventional, strange; weird; out of the ordinary ...1925 US sl., orig. jazz
• SCROOGY uncanny, horrid, weird ...1911 Amer. dial.
• SKETCHED bad, bizarre, weird ...1980s US campus sl.
• SKETCHED OUT bad, bizarre, weird ...1980s US campus sl.
• UNCANNY partaking of a supernatural character; mysterious, weird, uncomfortably strange or unfamiliar ...1843 orig. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• UNCO weird, uncanny; terrible; unlucky ...1828 Sc.
• UNKED weird, uncanny; insane; ominous of evil; horrid, ghastly, terrible ...1861 Eng. dial.
• UNKERD weird, uncanny; insane; ominous of evil; horrid, ghastly, terrible ...1861 Eng. dial.
• UNKID weird, uncanny; insane; ominous of evil; horrid, ghastly, terrible ...1861 Eng. dial.
• WONKY badly done or made; ineffective; weird ...1923 Amer. sl.
• YELLERISH unearthly, ghostly, weird, uncanny; dreadful, ghastly, frightful ...1785 Eng. dial.
• YELLISH unearthly, ghostly, weird, uncanny; dreadful, ghastly, frightful ...1785 Eng. dial.
WEIRD - nouns
• EERISOMENESS uncanniness, the state of being uncanny, weird, or strange ...1897 Sc.
WEIRD - nouns, person
• FREAKO a weirdo; a sexual deviant; a habitual drug user ...1963 US sl.
• KOOK an odd person; a weirdo ...M20 US sl.
• SKETCHY an odd or weird person ...2000 UK sl.
WEIRDLY - adverbs
• UNCANNILY in an uncomfortably strange manner; weirdly ...1873
WELCOME - adjectives
• FAINLY pleasant, welcome, gladsome ...1897 Sc.
WELCOME - nouns
• ACCOIL * reception, welcome ...1814
• BEL-ACCOIL † kindly greeting, welcome ...c1400
• BEL-ACCOYLE † kindly greeting, welcome ...c1400
• DAP a warm welcome; hence, affection or respect from peers ...1985 US Black sl.
• INBU welcome ...1866 Sc.
• SIGHT FOR SORE EYES a welcome appearance; often used as an affectionate greeting - 'you're a sight for sore eyes' ...M19
WELCOME - verbs
• FAIN † to make glad; hence, to welcome a person ...c1250
• FANG † to receive as a guest; to welcome ...c1275
• HAIL to salute, to greet; to receive with expressions of gladness, to welcome ...c1200
• KEEP † to intercept or meet in a friendly way; to greet, to welcome ...1340
• KILL THE FATTED CALF to celebrate or welcome lavishly or extravagantly
• RECEIPT to receive, to welcome, to give reception to ...1791 Sc.
WELFARE - nouns
• GOOD HEAL † welfare, fortune ...c1175 obs.
• HAIL † health, safety, welfare ...a1400-50 chiefly N. Eng. dial.
• HALE † health, well-being, welfare; cure, remedy ...a1200
• HEAL † well-being, welfare, safety; prosperity ...c950 obs. exc. Sc.
• HEALNESS † welfare; salvation ...c897
• HEALTH † well-being, welfare, safety; deliverance ...c1250
• HELE † health, welfare ...1768 Ireland
• MOTHER'S DAY the day when welfare cheques arrive ...1965 US sl.
• ON-GETTING welfare, manner of getting on ...1886 Sc.
• POGEY a welfare payment for the needy ...1960 Amer. sl.
• POGY a welfare payment for the needy ...1960 Amer. sl.
WELFARE - nouns, person
• HAPPY-PAPPY a man on welfare employed to do work on roads or just draw money; a man on the dole ...1969 Amer. dial.
WELL - adjectives
• ABOUT HALF feeling well; relatively happy ...1969 Amer. sl.
• BONZER very well ...1960s Aust. sl.
• DEFTLY well in health. hearty ...1834 Eng. dial.
• FAIRLY in good health, well ...1949 Amer. dial.
• FROBLY-MOBLY † indifferently well ...1691 Eng. dial.
• GAILY of a person: well, in good health or spirits ...1903 Amer. dial.
• HALE † free from disease, healthy, in good health, well; recovered from disease ...c1000 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• MIDDLE-WAY middling, pretty well ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MIDDLING-SHARP tolerably well ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MIDDLINISH in a fair state of health; moderately well; not very well, poorly ...1853 Eng. dial.
• NICELY well, very well; in good health ...1815 Amer. dial.
• QUICK * of wells, springs, streams, or water: running, flowing ...c1000
• QUIDS UP doing well ...1910s sl.
• TEARING wonderful, well ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• THRUFFISH thoroughly well ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UP THE THING well in health ...1897 Eng. dial.
WELL - adverbs
• BONNY prettily, finely, well ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRAVELIES very well, finely, prosperously ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRAVELY very well, satisfactorily, prosperously ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRAWLIES well, finely ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRAWLINS well, finely ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRAWLY well, finely ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DANDY well; satisfactorily ...1908
• DENTLY well, properly, suitably ...Bk1900 Eng, dial.
• FAMOUSLY very well, splendidly; extremely, considerably ...c1600 colloq.
• FEW very well, excellently ...1942 Amer. dial.
• FINELY well, excellently ...1852 Amer. dial.
• FLAMING WELL damned well ...1955 Aust. sl.
• FROM WHO LAID THE CHUNK very thoroughly, vigorously, or well; to an extreme degree ...1893 Amer. dial.
• FROM WHO LAID THE RAIL very thoroughly, vigorously, or well; to an extreme degree ...1881 Amer. dial.
• GAILIES tolerably, moderately or fairly well ...1742 Sc.
• GAILINS tolerably, moderately or fairly well ...1853 Sc.
• GAILY fairly, tolerably; pretty well ...1553 chiefly Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HALA pretty well ...1837 Eng. dial.
• HALF TIDY pretty well ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• HANDY well, properly ...1943 Amer. dial.
• MATCHLY † perfectly; well; mightily ...1691 Eng. dial.
• MEVERLY moderately, tolerably, middling; fairly well in health; easily, gently ...1860 Eng. dial.
• MIDDLING fairly well, such as in health or success ...L18
• NICELY very well ...Bk1905 Amer. dial.
• OK well, satisfactorily, all right ...M19 sl.
• OKAY well, satisfactorily, all right ...M19 sl.
• OUT THE ASS emphatically well; to a great degree ...1971 Amer. sl.
• QUEINTLY very well ...1750 Eng. dial.
• RARELY unusually or remarkably well; finely, splendidly, beautifully ...1590
• SINGULARLY † excellently; admirably; particularly well ...1576
• TALLY † in a seemly manner; becomingly, elegantly; fairly, well; bravely ...c1350
• TARBLISH pretty well ...1825 Eng. dial.
• TO A CAT'S WHISKER to a T, very well, exactly ...1967 Amer. dial.
• WALLY finely, excellently, splendidly, well ...1790 Sc.
• YARE † well, thoroughly; certainly, plainly, without doubt ...a900
• YERNE † thoroughly, well ...c1000
WELL (health) - nouns
• QUART † health; healthy or sound condition; the state of being alive and well ...a1300
WELL (water) - nouns
• 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.
• WALL a spring of water; a well ...1806 Sc. & Eng. dial.
WELL - verbs
• BLOW A RARE CHECK to look well ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUIFF to come up with a cunning dodge or trick; to go or do well, to get along pleasantly ...L19 sl.
WELL (water) - verbs
• REEST of a well: to dry up ...1806 Sc.
WELL - phrases
• ATWEESH AND ATWEEN only indifferently well in respect of health ...Bk1898 Sc.
• EVERYTHING'S DRAWING everything is going well ...1916 Amer. dial.
• EVERTHING'S HOTSY-TOTSY all is well ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GOOSE HANGS HIGH, THE everything is in fine order; all is well ...1862 Amer. dial.
WELL-ADVISED - adjectives
• ADVISY † well-advised; circumspect, heedful, wary, cautious ...c1300
WELL-BEHAVED, WELL-MANNERED - adjectives
• FALKLAND-BRED † well-mannered, as if bred at court, courtly, polished, well-bred ...1721 Sc.
• FARRAND well-behaved, decent, becoming ...a1300 Sc. & N. Eng.
• FARRANT well-behaved, decent, becoming ...a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• GENTILITATE †* having gentle, refined, or polished manners, well-mannered ...1632
• GOOD AS PIE very well-behaved, highly amenable ...L19 orig. US
• HAVE well-behaved ...1954 Amer. dial.
• MANNERABLE † well-behaved, polite ...c1460 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• MANNERED † well-behaved ...c1450
• MANNERSABLE courteous, polite, well-mannered ...1922 Amer. dial.
• MANNERSLY courteous, polite, well-mannered ...1929 Amer. dial.
• MANNERSOME well-behaved; having good manners ...1876 Eng. & Amer. dial..
• MENSEFUL mannerly, polite, well-behaved; courteous, well-bred; respectful ...1783 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MINDABLE well-mannered ...1970 Amer. dial.
• NICE AS PIE very well-behaved, highly amenable ...1922 US sl.
• SANSHACH of children: sage, sensible, well-behaved ...1904 Sc.
• SWEET AS PIE very well-behaved, highly amenable ...L19 orig. US
WELL-BEHAVED - nouns, person
• AULD MAID'S BAIRN a hypothetical well-behaved child which a spinster has in mind when criticizing the children of others ...1899 Sc.
• AULD MAID'S WEAN a hypothetical well-behaved child which a spinster has in mind when criticizing the children of others ...1928 Sc.
• CANDY BOY a sweet or well-behaved person; hence, a sissy; an effeminate or cowardly person ...1901 US sl.
• CANDY COCK a sweet or well-behaved person; hence, a sissy; an effeminate or cowardly person ...1925 US sl.
• CANDY KID a sweet or well-behaved person; hence, a sissy; an effeminate or cowardly person ...1905 US sl.
• LADY HALEY a well-behaved, obliging little girl ...1904 Amer. dial.
• MAIDEN'S BAIRN a hypothetical well-behaved child which a spinster has in mind when criticizing the children of others ...a1779 Sc.
WELL-BEING - adjectives
• BIEN-LIKE having an appearance of comfort and well-being ...1808 Sc.
• HEALFUL † fraught with health, well-being, safety, salvation; wholesome, salutary ...c1340
• SALUTARY conducive to well-being; beneficial ...1490
• SALUTIFEROUS conducive to well-being, safety, or salvation ...c1540
WELL-BEING - nouns
• HEAL † spiritual health, well-being, or healing; salvation ...901-9 obs.
• HEALTH † well-being, welfare, safety; deliverance ...c1250
• SALUTE † safety, well-being, salvation ...1471
• SPLIBBY a feeling of well-being ...1930s US Black sl.
WELL-BRED - adjectives
• FALKLAND-BRED † well-mannered, as if bred at court, courtly, polished, well-bred ...1721 Sc.
• JAUNTY † of persons, their manners, etc.: well-bred; gentlemanly; genteel ...1674
• MENSEFUL mannerly, polite, well-behaved; courteous, well-bred; respectful ...1783 Sc. & Eng. dial.
WELL-BUILT - adjectives
• BUILT FROM THE GROUND UP of a person: stocky, sturdy, heavyset, well-built ...1886 Amer. dial.
• VALIANT stout, well-built ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
WELL-BUILT - nouns, person
• HE-HUCKLEBERRY a 'he-man'; a well-built, muscular man, esp. one who is ostentatiously so ...1933 Amer. dial.
• PANTY-STRETCHER a well-built young lady ...M20 US sl.
WELL-CONDITIONED - adjectives
• GELLY worthy, pompous, well-conditioned ...c1560 Sc.
WELL-DISPOSED - adjectives
• FAIN † well-disposed, favourable ...c1205
WELL-DRESSED - see DRESSED
WELL-ESTABLISHED - adjectives
• BACK well-established, traditional, tried and tested ...1930s US Black sl.
WELL-FAVOURED - adjectives
• FARRAND † of a person: well-favoured, comely, handsome ...a1300 Sc. & N. Eng.
• FARRANT † of a person: well-favoured, comely, handsome ...a1300 Sc. & N. Eng.
• SCANSING of a young woman: good-looking, striking-looking, well-favoured ...1825 Sc.
• WELL-BESEEN † good-looking, well-favoured ...c1374
• YCHERYD † well-favoured ...c1407
WELL-FED - adjectives
• MEAT-LIKE having the appearance of being well-fed, well-nourished ...Bk1905 Sc.
• THRODDEN fat, well-grown, in good condition, well-fed ...1783 Eng. dial.
• VIRE of persons, animals, or things: pretty, showy, handsome, well-made, or well-fed ...1929 Sc.
WELL-FED - verbs
• HAVE NO DEAF NUTS TO CRACK to look well-fed, prosperous, hearty ...1891 Eng. dial.
• NOT TO LIVE ON DEAF NUTS to look well-fed, prosperous, hearty ...1891 Eng. dial.
WELL-FORMED - adjectives
• FEATOUS † of persons and their limbs: well-formed, well-proportioned, handsome ...a1300
• FEATURED † well-formed; comely, beautiful ...1567
WELL-GROWN - adjectives
• THRODDY plump, sleek, well-grown ...1910 Amer. dial.
• VUXEN well-grown ...Bk1905 Sc.
WELL-GROWN - nouns, person
• THREE-QUARTER MAN a well-grown, strong lad ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
WELL-KNOWN - adjectives
• BIG well-known, as by word of mouth ...1970 US sl.
• CELEBRIOUS well-known, famous, renowned, noted ...1608 arch. or Eng. dial.
• FAR-FAMED well-known, widely celebrated ...1624
• NOSCIBLE †* knowable, famous, well-known ...1654
• OBVERSANT † standing over against, opposite, contrary; also, placed in front of; hence, familiar, well-known ...1579
WELL-KNOWN - nouns
• FAMOUSNESS † the fact or state of being well-known ...1605
WELL-KNOWN - nouns, person
• FACE a well-known person; a recognizable person; a celebrity, esp. a show-business notable ...1960s Amer. sl.
WELL-MADE - adjectives
• VIKKEND stout, sturdy, robust, well-made; usually of a young man or boy ...1929 Sc.
• VIRE of persons, animals, or things: pretty, showy, handsome, well-made, or well-fed ...1929 Sc.
WELL-MANNERED - see WELL-BEHAVED
WELL-NOURISHED - adjectives
• MEAT-LIKE having the appearance of being well-fed, well-nourished ...Bk1905 Sc.
WELL-OFF, WELL-TO-DO - adjectives
• ABLE † rich, well-to-do ...1766 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ABLESOME wealthy, well-to-do ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• ABOVE PAR well-off ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
• ALIVE well-off, wealthy ...1930s US criminals' sl.
• BEIN of persons: comfortable, well-to-do, well off ...a1548 Sc.
• BENE well-to-do ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BETTER-TO-DO above the well-to-do in social condition or worldly circumstances; more prosperous ...1898
• BIEN thriving, well-to-do ...1816 Sc.
• CAKED wealthy, moneyed; well-off ...1940s UK sl.
• CAKED UP wealthy, moneyed; well-off ...1940s UK sl.
• FAIRISH OFF having a considerable quantity of ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FAIRISH ON well-off, having a considerable quantity of ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FAT † of a person: affluent, wealthy, well-to-do, rich ...1611 obs. exc. Amer. dial.
• FAT-ASS comfortably off, well-to-do, wealthy ...1950s US sl.
• FAT-ASSED comfortably off, well-to-do, wealthy ...1950s US sl.
• GATHERED rich, well-to-do ...1866 Sc.
• GRASS-BELLIED well-supplied, flush with money ...1898 Amer. dial.
• IN GOOD CASE well off ...1560
• MADE lucky, secure, well-off ...1930s sl., orig. Irish
• MADE UP lucky, secure, well-off ...1930s sl., orig. Irish
• NABBY well-to-do; of rank or position ...1853 Sc.
• OF GOOD SUBSTANCE well-to-do, wealthy ...1528
• OF GREAT SUBSTANCE well-to-do, wealthy ...1496
• POVIE snug, comfortable, well-off: applied to living ...1841 Sc.
• QUALIFIED in good circumstances; well-to-do ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RARELY OFF in comfortable circumstances; well-to-do; rich ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• SUBSTANTIOUS † wealthy, well-to-do ...1517 chiefly Sc.
• SUFFICIENT † of persons: of adequate means or wealth; having a competence, substantial, well-to-do ...1436
• SUFFISANT † of adequate means or wealth; well-to-do ...1483
• WADDED well-off, rich ...2002 UK sl.
• WARM comfortably off, well-to-do; rich, affluent ...1571 colloq.
• WARM-POCKETED rich, well-to-do ...1899 Eng. dial.
WELL-OFF, WELL-TO-DO - nouns
• BEINNESS comfort, well-to-do condition ...1874 Sc.
• BIENNESS prosperity, comfort, the condition of being well-to-do ...1818 Sc.
• GOAT HILL the part of a town where the well-off people live ...1965 Amer. dial.
• ICE-CREAM LAND the part of a town where the well-off people live ...1986 Amer. dial.
• ICE-CREAM SECTION the part of a town where the well-off people live ...1967 Amer. dial.
• WARMNESS † the state of being well-to-do ...1399
• WARMTH the state of being prosperous or well-off ...1888
WELL-OFF, WELL-TO-DO - nouns, person
• TOFF a person who is stylishly dressed, or who has a smart appearance; hence, one of the well-to-do ...1851
WELL-OFF, WELL-TO-DO - verbs
• EAT ONE'S WHITE BREAD to be well off ...1929 Amer. dial.
• LIVE HIGH OFF THE HOG to live a comfortable, secure, and well-off life ...1940s sl., orig. US
• LIVE HIGH ON THE HOG to live a comfortable, secure, and well-off life ...1940s sl., orig. US
WELL-ORGANIZED - adjectives
• TOGETHER well-organized, mentally composed, emotionally stable, relaxed ...1969 colloq., orig. US
WELL-PROPORTIONED - adjectives
• FEATOUS † of persons and their limbs: well-formed, well-proportioned, handsome ...a1300
• MACKER-LIKE seemly, well-proportioned ...1825 Sc.
• MACKLIKE seemly, well-proportioned ...1825 Sc.
WELL-REGARDED - adjectives
• ON THE CASTOR popular, well-regarded ...1953 Aust. sl.
WELL-SPOKEN - adjectives
• WELL-SCRAPIT well-spoken, civil ...Bk1904 Sc.
WELL-STOCKED - adjectives
• FAT of things: abundant, plentiful; also, well-stocked ...1563
WELL-SUPPLIED - adjectives
• RAFFIE abundant, generous, plentiful, well-supplied ...1871 Sc.
• RAFFY abundant, generous, liberal, plentiful, well-supplied ...1871 Sc.
WELL-TIMED - adjectives
• TIMEOUS coming in due time; suitable or proper in respect of time; well-timed, seasonable, opportune ...a1616, chiefly Sc.
• TIMOUS coming in due time; suitable or proper in respect of time; well-timed, seasonable, opportune ...a1616, chiefly Sc.
WELL-TO-DO - see WELL-OFF
WELL-WISHER - nouns, person
• FAVOURITE † one who countenances, encourages, or supports; a well-wisher, friend, or follower ...1585-7
WELSH - adjectives
• TAFFY Welsh ...1970s sl.
WELSH - nouns, person (also see WALES)
• CAMBRIAN a Welshman ...1780
• RAGLER † the chief officer in a Welsh commot; a sheriff or constable ...1408
• TAFEE a Welshman, or a nickname for a Welshman ...E17 sl.
• TAFF (often derogatory) a Welsh person; often used as a nickname ...1929 sl.
• TAFFIE a Welshman, or a nickname for a Welshman ...E17 sl.
• TAFFY (often derogatory) a Welshman; often used as a nickname ...a1700
• WELSHIE a Welsh person ...1951 sl.
• WELSHY a Welsh person ...1951 sl.
WELT - nouns
• WAT a welt ...B1900 Sc.
• WHELK a pustule, a pimple; a welt, a bruise, a bump on the skin ...1848 Amer. dial.
• WHELP a bump on the skin, as from a mosquito bite; a bruise; a welt ...1895 Amer. dial.