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sad-fishing | n | the practice of writing about one's unhappiness or emotional problems on social media, especially in a vague way, in order to attract attention and sympathetic responses.; [sad + fishing]
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sailstone | n | magnet; [Icelandic segull ~ 19th century back-formation from segulsteinn, adapted from Middle Low German segelstēn, from segel 'sail' + stēn 'stone']
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sake | vb | to sue, to bring a suit against; to contend; [OE sacan]
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saltern | n | an area used for saltmaking, especially in the East Anglian fenlands; salt works [OED; salt + aern 'dwelling']
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samefeel | vb | to share in another's feeling or emotions (used with with: "I samefeel with you"; empathize [compound of same + feel]
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sam | vb | to collect, assemble, bring together, gather, join, unite, compose, meet, glean; {{{synonyms}}} [from ME sammen, samnen, OE samnian, ġesamnian (“to collect, assemble, bring together, gather, join, unite, compose, meet, glean”), Proto-Germanic *samnōną (“to gather”), Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“one”)]
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sandfarer | n | nomad of the desert (dry-land): a bedouin; mongolian nomad.; herder-wanderer. folder-upper - [compound of sand & farer]
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sarecraft | n | stratagem, machination, engineering, technology; [<OE searucræft]
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seabarrow | n | rocky sea outcrop; [OE sǽbeorh]
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seadom | n | the domain of the sea and oceans; [sea + -dom]
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sea-dust | n | salt.; sodium chloride [OE sea: a division of an ocean or water partially enclosed by land & dust: fine dry, small powdery particles.]
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sea-rim | n | the horizon of a sea or ocean; [sea + rim]
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Searmonth | n | June; [<OE searmónaþ]
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seldseen | adj | rare; seldom, hardly ever seen, uncommon, unfamiliar [CED(Obsolete) OE seldsīne ME seldsene]
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selfdom | n | independence; [self + -dom]
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selfshrithing | adj | automatic; [self + OE scrīþan + -ing]
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self-sparkle | n | radiance, panache, vim, vitality; [self + sparkle]
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selfstanding | adj | able to work and live alone without outside help; independent [OED]
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settledom | n | a culture or a civilised societal structure, either as a whole or an individual society; civilisation [neologism, from settle + -dom]
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settlegang | n | a heavenly body's course of sinking below the horizon; sunset [OE setlgang]
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shadow on my shoulder | phr | sad, unhappy and depressed; [OE]
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shakeneedy | adj | having a very great desire, need; offering so little chance for improvement as to cause despair; desperate [compound of shake + need + y]
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shakeshaft | n | a argumentative and confrontational person.; take on; come up against [derived from the Old English schakken, meaning to brandish, and speer, meaning spear.]
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sharedom | n | A political theory derived from Karl Marx, advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs.; communism, marxism [share + -dom]
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shareware | n | a type of software that is distributed without payment but is limited in any combination of functionality, availability, or convenience; [OE words 'sheep & fold'.]
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shathe | vb | to injure, to harm, to scathe; [<ME shāthien < OE sceaþian]
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shedtear | n | one prone to weeping and lamentation. 2. one who cries or sheds tears to take control of a troubling situation.; [shed + tear]
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shedwise | adj | sagacious intelligent discerning discriminating rational reasonable wise; [OE sceadwís]
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sheepfold | n | enclosure for keeping sheep; [OED]
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sheepmonger | n | seller or trader of sheep; [OED]
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shipshape | adj | neat, orderly; [ship + shape; of nautical origin, based on the obligation of a sailor to keep his/her quarters arranged neatly and securely against the inevitable turbulence at sea. It also implies a neat and efficient packing to fit into the limited space typically allotted to service members aboard ship.]
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shiremight | n | power of the local community, self-rule of people free of a professional political class; democracy [shire ‘local community’ + might ‘power’, loanshift from Gk δῆμος ‘rural district’ + κράτος ‘might’]
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shopwise | adv | about or regarding matters or issues at one's place of work.; [shop + -wise]
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short eats | n | a snack; [Sri Lankan English]
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shredling | n | a minute portion, part, portion, nano-bit.; shreddings, mote, small bite [OE "scread"]
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shutting-in | n | the evening.; the dusk, nightfall. [OE "shut"]
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sinkright | adj | vertical, upright; perpendicular to the given horizontal field [calque from Modern German "senkrecht"]
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sickhouse | n | building or structure used to care for the sick or injured; hospital, infirmary [neologism, in part inspired by OE lǽcehús "leech-house" (leech=doctor), from sick + house]
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sidely | adj | sober, sedate, modest, discreet; [OE sidelíc]
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sight path | n | the eyes, vision; [OE sight & path (a kenning)]
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sightlike | adj | visual; seeinglike [sight + -like]
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silebeam | n | architrave; [sile 'column, pillar, support' (<OE sýl) + beam]
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sinshalk | n | seneschal; [(<PG siniskalkaz)]
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sithen [1] | adv | Obsolete word for "since then"; after that, afterwards, subsequently [CED (Obsolete) OE siþþan, ME ſiþen/siþen
† This word can be located at the beginning of the manuscript for Sir Gawain and The Green Knight in Middle English. This is exemplified as "Siþen þe ſege ⁊ þe aſſaut watz ſeſed at Troye".]
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sithing | n | A journey or a way; one's experiences in life; an instant in time or an occasion; synonym with trip (when referring to a journey) [From the Old English "sīþ", which holds the same meanings as above]
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silver
'a shoe of silver makes iron soft.' |
pvb | a bribe will soften the heart of the most obdurate; [OE]
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sinwash | vb | cleanse or absolve from sin; [compound of sin + wash]
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sleep-stealers | n | those things that keep you awake at night, such as stress, medication, a snoring partner etc.; sleeplessnesses [compound of OE wordssleep + stealer]
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smay | vb | to scrutinize, to investigate; to meditate on, to ponder; [ME smēȝen < OE smeagan]
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snakehead | n | a smuggler, particularly one from China, who specializes in getting people into another country without going through normal immigration channels; people smuggler [OE snaca & heafod; term may come from the "creative smuggling" routes that snake from country to country before entering the target nation.]
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snake-whisperer | n | one who adopts a sympathetic view of the needs and desires of the snake.; horse-whisper; dog-whisperer, [Old English : snake & whisperer; by analogy with 'horse-whisper' A 33-year-old Malaysian firefighter who had earned the name the “snake whisperer” died Friday, a few days after he was bitten by his pet cobra.]
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Soalmonth | n | February; [<OE solmónaþ]
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soleness | n | silence; [OE sālnes [not found in Bosworth-Toller]]
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songlike | adj | musical, rhythmic; rimelike [song + -like]
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sonsdaughter | n | paternal granddaughter; [son + daughter; inspired by OE sunsunu and dohtorsunu]
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sonson | n | paternal grandson; [<OE sunsunu]
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soom | n | agreement, concord; [ME sōme]
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soot | n | a black carbonaceous substance or deposit consisting of fire particles formed by the combustion of coal, wood, oil or other fuels; coom, smut [NE < ME soot/soote < OE sōt]
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soot-dew | n | a black fulginous grime coating plants and buildings.; coom, smut [soot + dew]
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sooth | n | true; fact, legitimacy, reality [OED (Archaic): Proto-Germanic ᛉᚨᚾᚦᚨᛇ (sanþaz), OE ſoþlic/sōþlīċ & ſoþlice/sōþlīċe (sōþ + -līċ) , ME ſooþ or sooþ. Cognates with Old Saxon sōð, Old Norse sannr (ᛌᛆᚿᛧ/ᛋᛅᚾᛦ) and saðr (ᛌᛆᚦᛧ/ᛋᛅᚦᛦ, Gothic 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌹𐍃]
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soothfather | n | God, King of Truth and Justice; All-mighty, Heavenly Father, Drighten [sooth + father]
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soothly | adv | truly, verily, actually, really; in sooth, in truth [NE < ME sōthlī]
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sop in the pan | ' | french toast.; [O.E]
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so-so-ish | adj | indifferent, passable, of indifferent quality or performance; mediocrity [OE: "So-so": fair & "ish" - inclined.]
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Soul: One may have a blazing hearth in one's soul yet no one comes to sit by it. | phr | an expression of a lovelorn and lonely Vincent Van Gogh.; [O.E]
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soulbane | n | ruin, destruction, killing of the soul, spiritual ruin.; [OE sawol, "soul" & bane, "murder, destruction, ruin"]
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soul scot | n | a due paid on behalf of a deceased person to the church of the parish to which he belonged; mortuary; death duty; deadhouse [soul + ME shot]
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soul thief | n | lucifer, old sooty, and all the false prophets who seek to rob others of their soul and spirit; Satan, shuck [OE sawol, "soul" & thief, "a robber"]
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soul whisperer | n | one who cares for the soul and the eternal life of others.; clergy (collectively); proselytiser. [OE sawol, "soul" & whisperer, "a carer"]
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speechlike | adj | verbal, oral; wordy, spoken, unwritten, word-of-mouth, mouthy [speech + -like]
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spelk | n | a surgical splint; a splinter or chip, a small strip of wood; a thatching rod; support, slip of wood, cleft off [archaism, from OE spelc]
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spinse | vb | to live as a spinster (temporarily), of married woman or one soon to be married; [backformation of 'spinster']
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sprout-month | n | the second month of the year (so called because the cabbages begin to sprout); February [OE, from Sprote-Kalemonath]
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stalworth | adj | steady, strong, serviceable; [OED; <OE stælwirþe]
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stead | n | A place, usually an area of land something or someone resides; Place, location, dwelling [OE, from stede (OED)]
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stepmeal | adv | by degrees, gradually; [<OE stæpmælum]
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sunny-brained | adj | optimistic; rainy-brained (antonym) [neologism, from sunny + brain]
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sunny-day flooding | n | when high tides bring the sea or seawater into the streets of a city.; [OE: sunny, day & flood]
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swart | n | black, the color of pitch and night, the hue of something incredibly dirty or unclean; dark [<OE sweart <PG *swartaz, cognate with NF suart/suurt, SF swot/swoot, and NL zwart. Replaced by black in the Middle English Period.]
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swarm theft | adj | where large groups of young people enter an electronics store, rip products from display units and flee.; [swarm + theft]
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swime | n | an unconscious state, a faint; [<ME swīme]
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swint | vb | make a swim, ; canonize; []
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swistie | n | swastika; filfoot (<OE fylfot), hokenrood (<G hakenrute), gammadion [sw- + ist + -ie]
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swordnithler | n | foe armed with a sword; [<OE sweordġenīðla]
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