n
Alternative form of bang straw [(idiomatic, archaic) A farmer's servant, especially a thresher.]
v
(UK, dialect, obsolete) To bate or flutter, as a hawk.
v
Alternative spelling of bow-wow
n
(chiefly Scotland) The long-tailed duck, Clangula hyemalis, an Arctic sea duck.
v
(UK, transitive, often with "in") to contribute.
adj
Alternative form of pell-mell [Hasty and uncontrolled.]
n
Synonym of stremma (“a decare”)
n
Alternative form of scamel [(UK, obsolete) bar-tailed godwit]
n
(slang, chiefly humorous) A sheep; specifically singular form of sheep.
v
Alternative form of scrimshank [(UK, military, slang) To shirk duty.]
n
(UK, dialect) A vigorous girl.
n
(uncountable) Abbreviation of stremma(ta), a Greek unit of land area now equivalent to the decare (1000 m²).
v
(UK, dialect, West Country, obsolete) To dash down; to beat.
n
Alternative spelling of strommel (“straw”) [(obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) Straw.]
n
(obsolete) The dunam, the Turkish unit of land area derived from the Greek unit.
n
(obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) Straw.
n
Alternative spelling of strommel (“straw”) [(obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) Straw.]
n
Alternative form of Sturm und Drang. [A proto-Romantic movement in German literature and music which occurred from the late 1760s to the early 1780s, emphasizing individual subjectivity and the free expression of emotions.]
n
(obsolete, UK, dialect) An instrument to thrash with; a flail.
n
the sounds that goat hoofs make
n
Alternative form of waulkmiller [One who operates a waulkmill.]
n
Alternative form of waulker [(historical, chiefly Scotland) Synonym of fuller.]
n
One who whales (flogs or beats).
n
(Scotland, obsolete) The curlew, Numenius arquata; a whaup.
n
(Scotland) Alternative form of windlestraw [(UK, Scotland, dialect) A grass used for making ropes or for plaiting, especially Apera spica-venti.]
n
(obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) Milk.
v
Alternative form of yelm [(dialect) To prepare straw for use as thatch.]
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