adv
(obsolete) suddenly and violently, all at once
adv
(obsolete, literally) at the first attack or engagement of battle
adj
(by extension) Characterized by ruthlessly attacking or overpowering an opponent, especially when using underhanded techniques.
n
(obsolete) Intense passion or emotion; vexation.
n
(obsolete) An attack or assault.
v
(transitive, intransitive) To make like or become like brass, particularly in fortitude or colour
n
(UK dialectal) Violence; fierceness; anger; fury; fit of rage.
adj
Having or characterised by brawls.
v
Eye dialect spelling of brought.
n
(Southern US, African-American Vernacular) Alternative form of brotus [(dialectal, chiefly Southern US) Something added at no extra charge, such as the thirteenth item in a baker's dozen.]
v
(transitive, Britain, chiefly Yorkshire, by extension) To hit (someone or something).
adj
(obsolete) beastly; brutal
n
(dialectal, chiefly Southern US) Something added at no extra charge, such as the thirteenth item in a baker's dozen.
n
The full adverse effects; the chief consequences or negative results of a thing or event.
n
(film, television) A kind of powerful spotlight.
n
(archaic) An empty threat.
adj
(rare) Characterised or marked by clutter; cluttersome.
n
(Wales) The fly of a zipper.
adv
(Australia, idiomatic) At maximum capability, intensity, or speed.
n
Archaic spelling of grant. [The act of granting; a bestowing or conferring; concession; allowance; permission.]
n
(UK, Lancashire, dialect, obsolete) A great blaze, or something that dazzles.
adv
Alternative form of lickety, at full speed, fast. [(US, informal, usually compounded with a noun) At full speed, fast.]
adj
(Northern England) Easy.
n
(Scotland) A rowdy celebration; a spree.
v
(colloquial, archaic) To (prepare to) be very brazen or impudent.
v
(obsolete, transitive, slang) To hush up.
adj
(now rare outside dialects) Rough in manner; stern; austere; ill-tempered.
n
Alternative form of tough nut to crack [(idiomatic) A problem that is challenging to solve.]
n
Alternative form of zipola [(US, slang) Nothing at all; zip; zilch.]
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