n
Alternative form of stache [(informal) Moustache, mustache.]
n
The bristle or beard of barley, oats, grasses, etc., or any similar bristlelike appendage; arista.
v
To cut the hair or beard of (a person).
adj
Alternative form of begoateed [Synonym of goateed]
n
(mechanics) A protrusion, frequently a cylinder of material that extends beyond a hole.
n
A small boss or knob, especially one in a series.
n
An efficient technique for shearing sheep.
n
(UK, dialect) hedge trimmings
n
Obsolete form of browse. [(uncountable) Young shoots and twigs.]
n
The furry tail of an animal, especially of a fox.
n
(informal, Scotland) noddle (head)
n
(obsolete) A kind of wig.
n
(obsolete) A piece; a fragment.
n
Alternative form of clootie [(Scotland) A piece of rag.]
n
(usually in the plural, figuratively) Success of a figure, organization or movement that transfers to those who associate with it.
n
(directly from French coquille) A wrinkle, pucker
n
(obsolete or UK dialectal, Scotland) A pillow or cushion.
n
(Scotland) The wooden centering on which a bridge is built.
v
(obsolete, dialect) To tie or sew up the mouth of a ferret used for hunting rabbits.
n
(Scotland) A clay urn made by hand in the Outer Hebrides.
n
(Scotland) Various lichens gathered for dyeing.
v
(transitive) To shear the hindquarters of a sheep; to dag.
n
dags; dangling locks of sheep wool matted with dung
n
A long fringe of hair, longer on one side and plastered down on the forehead over one eye.
n
(India, archaic) A long squared timber of irregular breadth and thickness.
v
(rare) To graze; (leatherworking) to remove the outer surface of (a skin) with a knife.
v
(transitive, obsolete except in egg on) To encourage, incite, or urge (someone).
n
An old Scots unit of measure equal to six ells.
n
(obsolete) A curl of a young woman's hair arranged to trail over her shoulder.
v
To make (leather) soft and of even thickness by rubbing, as with pumice stone or a blunt instrument.
n
(informal) costume drama
n
A person who sells, makes, repairs, alters, cleans, or otherwise deals in clothing made of fur.
n
(obsolete, dialectal) The dogwood, or a similar shrub.
n
(usually now in the plural) By extension (because the hackles of a rooster are lifted when it is angry), the hair on the nape of the neck in dogs and other animals; also used figuratively for humans.
n
(uncountable) The process or act of styling hair.
n
(Scotland, archaic) A small hat.
n
(obsolete or derogatory) The human skin.
n
Middle English version of hotchpotch [Origin: 1350–1400]
adj
(in combination) Having a specified kind of hock.
n
Alternative spelling of hogring [A metal ring, clasp, or other device inserted in a pig’s snout to keep it from rooting up the ground.]
n
Alternative spelling of hogring [A metal ring, clasp, or other device inserted in a pig’s snout to keep it from rooting up the ground.]
n
Alternative form of jasy [(historical) A woman's hairpiece.]
adj
(obsolete) Having a kell or covering; webbed.
n
(obsolete or dialect) A doll or figurine raised in celebration of a successful harvest; kern-baby.
n
Alternative form of knobkierie [(South Africa) A fighting stick, usually with a knob on the end.]
n
Alternative letter-case form of Lego [Any of several small, coloured, plastic bricks, often made by the Lego Company, that can be made to join together and be taken apart, used to construct toy buildings, vehicles, etc.]
n
A small decorative pillow, filled with sweet-smelling herbs or flowers, given as a token of love or as a love charm.
n
Alternative form of maidenhair [(uncountable) A woman's pubic hair.]
n
(obsolete outside dialects) A shapeless piece; a fragment.
n
(informal) The bun hairstyle when worn by a man or boy.
n
(humorous, chiefly in the plural) The shins or knees, chiefly in references to kneeling.
n
A woman's pubic wig. Worn for nude stage appearances and by women, originally after shaving their pubic hair to eliminate lice or for other reasons, now often as a fashion item.
n
(humorous) A dense head of hair.
n
(historical) A piece of fur or cloth, usually with open ends, used for keeping the hands warm.
adv
Synonym of neck and crop
n
(West Country) lump; block
n
Alternative spelling of nug. [(West Country) lump; block]
n
(countable) A small, compact chunk or clump.
n
(obsolete) A brooch set with gems.
n
(Scotland) a small stone or other small object, used in hopscotch.
n
The fur or hair of a living animal.
n
(informal) A person who wears a pigtail or queue.
n
(informal) A 2015 controversy around the alleged pulling of the hair of a young waitress by New Zealand's Prime Minister John Key.
n
A haircut where the hair is cut short on the sides and back and allowed to grow long on the top, as though only the hair not covered by an inverted bowl had been removed.
n
Obsolete spelling of purlieu [(historical) The ground on the edges of a forest, especially when partly subject to the same forest laws concerning game hunting etc.]
n
(singular or plural, slang) Sanitary napkins, pads, or other materials used to absorb menstrual discharge.
n
A rug made of odd scraps of fabric.
n
(slang) A ragged-tooth shark or sand shark (family Odontaspididae).
n
A wad of shed hair used as part of a hairstyle.
n
(now chiefly, dialectal, Scotland, Ireland) A twig or stick.
n
(UK, naval slang) A loan.
n
A rough, woolly, or shaggy dog.
n
(obsolete) A nappy cloth.
adj
Of a pig: having a ring through the nose.
n
(historical) A part of the skin of the head, with the hair attached, formerly cut or torn off from an enemy by warriors in some cultures as a token of victory.
adj
With long, thick, and uncombed hair, fur or wool.
n
A barber, one whose occupation is to shave.
adj
Of a sheep, etc., having been shorn.
v
(UK, dialect) Alternative form of shrood [(UK, dialect) To trim; to lop.]
adj
(chiefly UK) Having sideburns.
adj
(often in combination) Having a skull.
n
(Scotland, agriculture, historical) A worker employed to apply a tar-based salve to sheep to protect their skin during the winter.
v
(transitive, sewing) To apply smocking.
n
Alternative form of smock frock [A coarse frock, or shirt, worn over other clothing, as by farm labourers.]
n
(UK, dialect, obsolete) shoulder blade
n
A type of doll with hair inserted into a split at the top.
n
(Scotland, Northern England, obsolete) A piece or an item.
n
(Scotland) plaster of Paris
n
The remaining part of the docked tail of a dog
n
Alternative form of stithy [An anvil.]
n
(Scotland) Alternative form of sybo [(Scotland) A spring onion.]
n
An object designed for a baby or toddler to chew during the teething stage
n
Obsolete form of tussock. [A tuft or clump of green grass or similar verdure, forming a small hillock.]
n
(colloquial, dialect) A long-handled, round-headed broom for sweeping ceilings, etc.
n
(historical) The boss of a shield, at or near the middle and usually projecting, sometimes in a sharp spike.
n
A person employed to remove the hair from animal skins.
n
(computing) In natural language processing, a set of unique "shingles" (contiguous subsequences of tokens in a document) that can be used to gauge the similarity of documents.
n
(Australia) A rug created from material scraps, small raw wool scraps and hessian bags.
n
(obsolete, chiefly Scotland) Work.
n
(historical, chiefly Scotland) Synonym of fuller.
n
(Cumbria) A large piece of something.
n
(archery) A branded arrow rest with synthetic bristles with a hole in the middle to stabilize the arrow shaft while allowing the fletching to pass smoothly.
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