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Brewer's: Unco
has two meanings: As an adjective it means unknown, strange, unusual; but as an adverb it means very - as unco good, unco glad, etc. The “unco guid” are the pinchbeck saints, too good by…Brewer's: Slap-bang
in sport, means that the gun was discharged incessantly; it went slap here and bang there. As a term of laudation it means “very dashing,” both words being playful synonyms of “dashing,”…Brewer's: Warp
(To). A sea term, meaning to shift the position of a vessel. This is done by means of a rope called a warp. Kedging is when the warp is bent to a…Brewer's: Bitter End
(The ). A outrance; with relentless hostility; also applied to affliction, as, “she bore it to the bitter end,” meaning to the last stroke of adverse fortune. “All Thy waves have gone over…Brewer's: Biz
in theatrical slang, means “business.” Good biz means full houses; but an actor's “biz” is quite another thing, meaning by-play. Thus, Hamlet trifling with Ophelia's fan, Lord Dundreary's…Brewer's: Instinct
Something pricked or punctured into one. Distinguish is of the same root, and means to prick or puncture separately. Extinguish means to prick or puncture out. IL all cases the allusion is…Brewer's: Dispute
(2 syl.) means, literally, to “lop down” (Latin, dis-puto ); debate means to “knock down” (French, débattre); discuss means to “shake down” (Latin, dis-quatio); object' is to “cast against…Brewer's: Dogma
(Greek). A religious doctrine formally stated. It now means a statement resting on the ipse dixit of the speaker. Dogmatic teaching used to mean the teaching of religious doctrines, but…Brewer's: Fettle
as a verb, means to repair; to smoothe; as an adjective, it means well-knit, all right and tight. It is connected with our word feat, the French faire, the Latin facere. Fettled ale, in…Brewer's: Hip
(To). A hip means a hypochondriac. To hip means to make melancholy; to fret; to make one dismal or gloomy with forebodings. Hipped means melancholy, in low spirits. For one short moment…Trending
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