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hog-wash
hog-wash Also hog's wash. [See wash n.] a. The swill of a brewery or kitchen given to hogs; pig's-wash.c 1440 Jacob's Well (E.E.T.S.) 81 Þey in þe kechyn, for iape, pouryd on here hefd hoggyswasch. 1611 Cotgr., Lavailles, Swillings, Hogs-wash, washings for Swine. 1708 Motteux Rabelais v. xv. (1737) ...
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oggin
oggin Naut. slang. (ˈɒgɪn) [A corruption of hog-wash.] The sea.1946 J. Irving Royal Navalese 126 Oggin, the sea; the Drink; the Ditch. The term descends to us aitch-less from an earlier abuse of the sea as the Hog-Wash. 1949 W. Granville Sea Slang Twentieth Cent. 100 Floggin' the 'oggin, sailing the...
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limited
limited, ppl. a. (ˈlɪmɪtɪd) [f. limit v. + -ed1.] In senses of the vb. † 1. Appointed, fixed. Obs.1551 Robinson tr. More's Utop. i. (1895) 67 He..hiereth some of them for meate and drynke, and a certeyne limityd wayges by the daye. 1577–87 Holinshed Chron. III. 882/1 That euerie man.. should paie th...
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rutabaga
rutabaga U.S. (ˌruːtəˈbeɪgə) Also 9 roota, ruta baga, ruta-baga. [ad. Swed. dial. (W. Götland) rotabagge. So G. ruta-, rota-baga, F. rutabaga.] The Swedish turnip, Brassica napus var. napobrassica. = Swede 3. Also attrib.1799 J. B. Bordley Essays & Notes on Husbandry 30 The new turnip, called roota ...
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swash
▪ I. swash, int. or adv. and n.1 (swɒʃ) Also swosh. [Imitative of the sound of splashing or agitated water, or of a resounding blow. Cf. swish.] A. int. or adv. Expressive of the fall of a heavy body or blow: With a crash.1538 Bale Thre Lawes 393 Haue in than at a dash, With swash myry annet swash. ...
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swill
▪ I. swill, n.1 north. and E. Angl. (swɪl) Also 4 sqwill(e, 4–7 swille. [Origin unknown.] 1. A large shallow basket, made roughly with strips of oak, unpeeled willows, or the like.1395 Cartular. Abb. de Whiteby (Surtees) II. 604 Pro ij cannis et j sqwill, subulco, vj. d. 1569 Richmond Wills (Surtees...
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swine
swine (swaɪn) Pl. swine. Forms: sing. and pl. 1–4 swin, 1–6 swyn, 4–5 suyn, 4–7 swyne, (4 suine, swiyn, squine, Ayenb. zuyn, 4–5 squyne, 5 swyyn, swyyne, sweyne, sqwyne, 6 suyne, swyin, swyen, 7 sweyn, shwine), 5– swine. pl. in -s. 5 swynes, 6, 8–9 swines. [Common Teutonic: OE. sw{iacu}n str. n. = O...
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