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griskin
griskin (ˈgrɪskɪn) Also 8 grisking. [? f. gris, grice a pig + -kin.] The lean part of the loin of a bacon pig. † Also formerly, the corresponding part of beef.a 1700 B. E. Dict. Cant. Crew, Griskins, steaks off the Rump of Beef; also Pork-bones with some tho' not much Flesh on them. 1727 Swift Circu...
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bald-rib
bald-rib (ˈbɔːldrɪb) [f. bald a.] A joint of pork cut from nearer the rump than the spare-rib, so called ‘because the bones thereof are made bald and bare of flesh’ (Minsheu). Humorously used of: A lean bony person.1598 Florio, Pancetta..a bald-rib of porke. 1621 Middleton Mayor of Q. iii. iii, Thou...
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List of English words of Irish origin
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griskin (from griscín) a lean cut of meat from the loin of a pig.
hooligan (from the Irish family name Ó hUallacháin, anglicised as O'Houlihan) one
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-kin
-kin, suffix (kɪn) forming diminutives, corresp. to MDu. -kijn, -ken, MLG. -kîn = OHG. -chîn, MHG. -chîn, -chein, -chin, -chen (G. -chen), as in MDu. kindekijn, -ken, MLG. kindekîn, MHG. kindichîn, G. kindchen little child; MDu. husekijn, huusken, MHG. häusichin, G. häuschen a little house. No trace...
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List of Irish words used in the English language
griskin – (from griscín) a lean cut of meat from the loin of a pig, a chop.
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pork
▪ I. pork1 (pɔək) Forms: 3 porc, 5 poork, -e, 5–7 porke, 6 porcke, 8 porck, 4– pork. [a. F. porc = Pr. porc, It. porco, Sp. puerco:—L. porc-us swine, hog.] † 1. a. A swine, a hog, a pig. Sometimes distinguished from a pig or young swine. Obs. or Hist.? a 1400 Morte Arth. 3122 Poveralle and pastorell...
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spare-rib
spare-rib Also 8 spear-rib. β. 7 sparrib, 8 sparib, 8–9 spar-rib. [prob. ad. MLG. ribbespêr (see ribspare) with transposition of the two elements, and subsequent association with spare a.] A cut of meat, esp. of pork, consisting of part of the ribs somewhat closely trimmed. Also fig.α 1596 Nashe Saf...
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exotic
exotic, a. and n. (ɛgˈzɒtɪk) [ad. L. exōtic-us, a. Gr. ἐξωτικός, f. ἔξω outside. Cf. Fr. exotique.] A. adj. 1. † a. Belonging to another country, foreign, alien (obs.). b. In narrowed sense: Introduced from abroad, not indigenous. Now chiefly of plants (in popular language with added sense of ‘not n...
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compliment
▪ I. compliment, n. (ˈkɒmplɪmənt) Also 7 complyment. [Adopted in end of 17th c. from F. compliment, 16th c. ad. It. complimento, ‘expression of respect and civility to another by words or by acts’. The L. complēmentum, Romanic complimento, became in OF. complement (compliement), in It. compimento, w...
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pig
▪ I. pig, n.1 (pɪg) Forms: 3–7 pigge, 4–6 pygge, 5 pygg, 5–8 pigg, 6 pyg, (7 bigg), 6– pig. [Early ME. pigge:—prob. OE. *picga, *pigga. Etymology obscure. In formation, *picga wk. masc. corresponds to other animal names, docga, ME. dogge dog, frocga, frogga, ME. frogge frog, hogga, ME. hogge hog. Th...
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exercise
▪ I. exercise, n. (ˈɛksəsaɪz) Forms: 4–6 excercise, -cyse, -sise, -sice, 5–6 exercyse, 6 Sc. exerceis(s, -cyiss, exercice, 4– exercise. [ME. exercise, a. OF. exercice = Pr. exercici, exercisi:—L. exercitium, f. exercēre to keep at work, busy, employ, practise, train (cf. exercise v.), f. ex- (see ex...
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sweet
▪ I. sweet, n. (swiːt) Forms: see next. [sweet a. used subst.] 1. a. That which is sweet to the taste; something having a sweet taste. Chiefly poet.a 1300 Cursor M. 7126 Of þe etand þe mete vt sprang, And þe suete vte o þe strang. Ibid. 23979 He dranc þe sure and i þe suete. 1390 Gower Conf. I. 82 F...
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