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thump
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heft
squid
L.
nicker
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mark
sov
fin
last
kati
pound
quid
Alan Whicker
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hundredweight
ponderal
cwt
pommel
quintal
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weigh
quarter
mill
clove
reweight
oz.
ounce
heavy
quidsworth
grain
tael
dwt
pounder
cheki
w/v
foot-ton
lift
stone
reweigh
multikilogram
penny sterling
sicilicus
tip the scale
metric pound
overweight
weightwise
£sd
Ayrton Senna
mire
calorimetrically
viss
stall
jackhammer
rouf
kite
scob
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refatten
weighten
veg
centner
weight-bearing
cloff
gram degree
troy ounce
pood
put some timber on
mortar
apothecaries' weight
overfatten
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counterbalance
drachm
drachma
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sov
fin
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kati
pound
quid
Alan Whicker
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cwt
quintal
quarter
clove
oz.
ounce
quidsworth
grain
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cheki
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penny sterling
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Ayrton Senna
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jackhammer
scob
refatten
weighten
put some timber on
mortar
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underweigh
verb
- To put on weight.
- To increase.
- To reach.
- To draw into any interest or party; to win to one's side; to conciliate.
- To be more likely to catch or overtake an individual.
- To run fast.
- To acquire possession of.
- To have or receive advantage or profit; to acquire gain; to grow rich; to advance in interest, health, or happiness; to make progress.
adj
noun
- The thing or things gained.
- The factor by which a signal is multiplied.
- The act of gaining; acquisition.
- A square or bevelled notch cut out of a girder, binding joist, or other timber which supports a floor beam, so as to receive the end of the floor beam.
adv
noun
- Weight.
- Heaviness, the feel of weight; heftiness.
- A piece of mountain pasture to which a farm animal has become hefted (accustomed).
- Poor condition in sheep caused by mineral deficiency.
- The act or effort of heaving; violent strain or exertion.
- Influence; importance.
- A number of sheets of paper fastened together, as for a notebook.
- An animal that has become hefted thus.
- A part of a serial publication.
verb
noun
- A quid; one pound sterling.
- A motorcyclist, especially a sport biker, characterized by reckless riding and lack of protective gear.
- Any of several carnivorous marine cephalopod mollusks, of the order Teuthida, having a mantle, eight arms, and a pair of tentacles
- A sailor in the Navy.
- A fishhook with a piece of bright lead, bone, or other substance fastened on its shank to imitate a squid.
verb
noun
- Pound sterling.
- A type of mythological sea creature or sea monster; also, a water sprite; a nix or nixie; a mermaid or merman.
- The cutting lip which projects downward at the edge of a boring bit and cuts a circular groove in the wood to limit the size of the hole that is bored.
- nigger.
- A snigger or suppressed laugh.
- Someone who nicks (steals) something, a thief.
- A soft neighing sound characteristic of a horse.
verb
noun
- An equivalent weight.
- Anything that is virtually equal to something else, or has the same value, force, etc.
verb
adj
- Having the equal ability to combine.
- Similar or identical in value, meaning or effect; virtually equal.
- Of a map, equal-area.
- Equal in measure but not admitting of superposition; applied to magnitudes.
- Of two sets, having a one-to-one correspondence.
- Relating to the corresponding elements of an equivalence relation.
noun
- A half pound, a traditional unit of mass equivalent to 226.8 g.
- A particular design or make of an item (now usually with following numeral).
- A score for a sporting achievement.
- A stamp or other indication of provenance, quality etc.
- A stone or post used to indicate position and guide travellers.
- A common, or area of common land, especially among early Germanic peoples.
- Importance, noteworthiness. (Generally in postmodifier “of mark”.)
- A catch of the ball directly from a kick of 10 metres or more without having been touched in transit, resulting in a free kick.
- A visible impression or sign; a blemish, scratch, or stain, whether accidental or intentional.
- A sign or brand on a person.
- A target for shooting at with a projectile.
- Other similar currencies notionally equal to a mark of silver or gold.
- The model number of a device; a device model.
- A specified level on a scale denoting gas-powered oven temperatures.
- An omen; a symptomatic indicator of something.
- A characteristic or essential attribute; a differential.
- An official note that is added to a record kept about someone's behavior or performance.
- The target or intended victim of a swindle, fixed game or con game.
- One of the bits of leather or coloured bunting placed upon a sounding line at intervals of from two to five fathoms. (The unmarked fathoms are called "deeps".)
- An indication or sign used for reference or measurement.
- Attention.
- Badge or sign of honour, rank, or official station.
- A characteristic feature.
- A written character or sign.
- A half pound, a former English and Scottish currency equivalent to 13 shillings and fourpence and notionally equivalent to a mark of sterling silver.
- The line indicating an athlete's starting-point.
- Similar half-pound units in other measurement systems, chiefly used for gold and silver.
- A score for finding the correct answer, or other academic achievement; the sum of such points gained as out of a possible total.
- Limit or standard of action or fact.
- A former currency of Germany and West Germany.
verb
- To choose or intend (someone) for a particular end or purpose.
- To identify (someone as a particular type of person or as having a particular role).
- To focus one's attention on (something or someone); to pay attention to, to take note of.
- To catch the ball directly from a kick of 15 metres or more without having been touched in transit, resulting in a free kick.
- To have a long-lasting negative impact on (someone or something).
- To put a mark on (something); to make (something) recognizable by a mark; to label or write on (something).
- To leave a mark (often an undesirable or unwanted one) on (something).
- To indicate (something) in writing or by other symbols.
- To be a point in time or space at which something takes place; to accompany or be accompanied by (an event, action, etc.); to coincide with.
- To create (a mark) on a surface.
- To hold (someone) in one's line of sight.
- To celebrate or acknowledge (an event) through an action of some kind.
- To indicate the correctness of and give a score to (a school assignment, exam answers, etc.).
- To record that (someone) has a particular status.
- To put a marker in the place of one's ball.
- To sing softly, sometimes an octave lower than usual, in order to protect one's voice during a rehearsal.
- To create an indication of (a location).
- To keep account of; to enumerate and register; to keep score.
- To assign (someone) to a particular category or class.
- To be an indication of (something); to show where (something) is located.
- To follow a player not in possession of the ball when defending, to prevent them receiving a pass easily.
- To be typical or characteristic of (something).
- To distinguish (one person or thing from another).
noun
- a five-pound (£5) note; the sum of five pounds.
- A hairstyle, resembling the fin of a fish, in which the hair is combed and set into a vertical ridge along the top of the head from about the crown to the forehead.
- A similar structure on the tail of a bomb, used to help keep it on course.
- The conning tower of a submarine.
- One of the appendages of a fish, used to propel itself and to manoeuvre/maneuver.
- An extending part on a surface of a radiator, engine, heatsink, etc., used to facilitate cooling.
- A sharp raised edge (generally in concrete) capable of damaging a roof membrane or vapor retarder.
- A device worn by divers and swimmers on their feet.
- The finish, the end
- A similar appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal.
- A thin, rigid component of an aircraft, extending from the fuselage and used to stabilise and steer the aircraft.
verb
noun
- a unit of weight equal to 4,000 pounds
- the temporal end; the concluding time
- the last or lowest in an ordering or series
- a person's dying act; the final thing a person can do
- the time at which life ends; continuing until dead
- a unit of capacity for grain equal to 80 bushels
- the final stage or concluding parts of an event or occurrence
- holding device shaped like a human foot that is used to fashion or repair shoes
adj
- immediately past
- occurring at or forming an end or termination
- most unlikely or unsuitable
- occurring at the time of death
- conclusive in a process or progression
- highest in extent or degree
- not to be altered or undone
- lowest in rank or importance
verb
adv
adj
noun
- A unit of mass equal to 16 avoirdupois ounces (= 453.592 g). Today this value is the most common meaning of "pound" as a unit of weight.
- The symbol # (octothorpe, hash, number sign)
- A section of a canal between two adjacent locks.
- A unit of mass equal to 12 troy ounces (≈ 373.242 g). Today, this is a common unit of mass when measuring precious metals, and is little used elsewhere.
- a division inside a fishing stage where cod is cured in salt brine
- The translated name of various non-English units of measure
- Any of various units of currency used in Egypt, Lebanon, Sudan and Syria, and formerly in the Republic of Ireland, Cyprus and Israel.
- The translated name of various non-English units of currency
- Any of various units of currency formerly used in the United States.
- A place for the detention of automobiles that have been illegally parked, abandoned, etc.
- A hard blow.
- The people who work for the pound.
- The unit of currency used in the United Kingdom and its dependencies. It is divided into 100 pence. Symbol £.
- A kind of fishing net, having a large enclosure with a narrow entrance into which fish are directed by wings spreading outward.
- A place for the detention of stray or wandering animals.
verb
- To crush to pieces; to pulverize.
- To eat or drink very quickly.
- To strike hard, usually repeatedly.
- To pitch consistently to a certain location.
- To beat strongly or throb.
- To make a jarring noise, as when running.
- To confine in, or as in, a pound; to impound.
- To penetrate sexually, with vigour.
- To advance heavily with measured steps.
noun
- pound sterling (usually only used with a whole number of pounds)
- Paired with quo, in reference to the phrase quid pro quo (“this for that”): something offered in exchange for something else.
- A member of a section of the Democratic-Republican Party between 1805 and 1811, following John Randolph of Roanoke. (From tertium quid.)
- A sovereign or guinea.
- The inherent nature of something.
- the act of chewing such tobacco
- dollar, dollars
- A piece of material for chewing, especially chewing tobacco.
- various national currencies typically known by the name "pound"
- euro
verb
noun
- a quarter of a hundredweight (28 pounds)
- a quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds)
- one of four equal parts
- a district of a city having some distinguishing character
- (football, professional basketball) one of four divisions into which some games are divided
- a unit of time equal to 15 minutes or a quarter of an hour
- one of four periods into which the school year is divided
- a fourth part of a year; three months
- one of the four major division of the compass
- a United States or Canadian coin worth one fourth of a dollar
- an unspecified person
- the rear part of a ship
- piece of leather that comprises the part of a shoe or boot covering the heel and joining the vamp
- clemency or mercy shown to a defeated opponent
verb
verb
- To beat; to pound.
- To take part in a fistfight; to box.
- To move (a card) from a deck to the discard pile.
- To pass through a fulling mill; to full, as cloth.
- To make (drinking chocolate) frothy, as by churning.
- To move about in an aimless fashion.
- To grind or otherwise process in a mill or other machine.
- To swim suddenly in a new direction.
- To fill (a winze or interior incline) with broken ore, to be drawn out at the bottom.
- To destroy (a card) due to having a full hand.
- To swim underwater.
- To engrave one or more grooves or a pattern around the edge of (a cylindrical object such as a coin).
- To shape, polish, dress or finish using a machine.
- To undergo hulling.
- To roll (steel, etc.) into bars.
- To cause to mill, or circle around.
noun
- A milling machine for machining of solid metal, wood, or plastic.
- An engine.
- An obsolete coin worth one thousandth of a US dollar, or one tenth of a cent.
- One thousandth part, particularly in millage rates of property tax.
- A line of three matching pieces in nine men's morris and related games.
- A manufacturing plant for paper, steel, textiles, etc.
- A prison treadmill.
- A strategy centered on depleting the opponent's deck.
- A machine used for expelling the juice, sap, etc., from vegetable tissues by pressure, or by pressure in combination with a grinding, or cutting process.
- An excavation in rock, transverse to the workings, from which material for filling is obtained.
- A milling cutter.
- A passage underground through which ore is shot.
- Discarding a card from one's deck.
- A boxing match, fistfight.
- An institution awarding educational certificates not officially recognised
- A grinding apparatus for substances such as grains, seeds, etc.
- A building housing such a plant.
- A typewriter used to transcribe messages received.
- A machine for grinding and polishing.
- The building housing such a grinding apparatus.
- The raised or ridged edge or surface made in milling anything, such as a coin or screw.
- A hardened steel roller with a design in relief, used for imprinting a reversed copy of the design in a softer metal, such as copper.
- An establishment that handles a certain type of situation or procedure routinely, or produces large quantities of an item without much regard to quality, such as a divorce mill, a puppy mill, etc.
noun
- An old English measure of weight, containing 7 pounds (3.2 kg), i.e. half a stone.
- A clove tree, of the species Syzygium aromaticum (syn. Caryophyllus aromaticus), native to the Moluccas (Indonesian islands), which produces the spice.
- One of the small bulbs formed in the axils of the scales of a large bulb.
- A very pungent aromatic spice, the unexpanded flower bud of the clove tree.
- A narrow valley with steep sides, used in areas of North America first settled by the Dutch
verb
verb
- To make heavier.
- To use power or wealth to exert influence on, e.g., governments or corporations; to pressure.
- To sadden.
noun
- A newspaper of the quality press.
- A villain or bad guy; the one responsible for evil or aggressive acts.
- A relatively large multi-engined aircraft.
- A doorman, bouncer or bodyguard.
adj
- Having high viscosity.
- Laden to a great extent.
- Serious, somber.
- Laden with that which is weighty; encumbered; burdened; bowed down, either with an actual burden, or with grief, pain, disappointment, etc.
- Not easy to bear; burdensome; oppressive.
- Of a market: in which the price of shares is declining.
- Containing one or more isotopes that are heavier than the normal one.
- especially, having a maximum takeoff weight exceeding 300,000 tons, as almost all widebodies do, generating high wake turbulence.
- Doing the specified activity more intensely than most other people.
- High, great.
- Armed.
- Heavily-armed.
- Having great weight.
- Not raised or leavened.
- Having the heaves.
- Having much body or strength.
- High in fat or protein; difficult to digest.
- Loud, distorted, or intense.
- Slow; sluggish; inactive; or lifeless, dull, inanimate, stupid.
- Of great force, power, or intensity; deep or intense.
- Hot and humid.
- With eyelids difficult to keep open due to tiredness.
- Impeding motion; cloggy; clayey.
- Having a relatively high takeoff weight and payload,
adv
noun
- 1/7000 pound; equals a troy grain or 64.799 milligrams
- a relatively small granular particle of a substance
- foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses
- the side of leather from which the hair has been removed
- a weight unit used for pearls or diamonds: 50 mg or 1/4 carat
- 1/60 dram; equals an avoirdupois grain or 64.799 milligrams
- dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn
- a cereal grass
- the smallest possible unit of anything
- the direction, texture, or pattern of fibers found in wood or leather or stone or in a woven fabric
- the physical composition of something (especially with respect to the size and shape of the small constituents of a substance)
verb
noun
noun
- The amount or weight to be lifted.
- A rise; a degree of elevation.
- A thief.
- The sky; the heavens; firmament; atmosphere.
- An act of lifting or raising.
- One of the steps of a cone pulley.
- Air.
- Mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people between floors in a building.
- That portion of the vibration of a balance during which the impulse is given.
- An upward force, such as the force that keeps aircraft aloft.
- An improvement in mood.
- The difference in elevation between the upper pool and lower pool of a waterway, separated by lock.
- The act of transporting someone in a vehicle; a ride; a trip.
- Permanent construction with a built-in platform that is lifted vertically.
- A rope leading from the masthead to the extremity of a yard below, and used for raising or supporting the end of the yard.
- A layer of leather in the heel of a shoe.
- The space or distance through which anything is lifted.
- The lifting of a dance partner into the air.
- A liftgate.
verb
- To buy a security or other asset previously offered for sale.
- To take (hounds) off the existing scent and move them to another spot.
- To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearing.
- To arrest (a person).
- To steal.
- to cause to move upwards.
- To elevate or improve in rank, condition, etc.; often with up.
- To lift weights; to weight-lift.
- To remove (a ban, restriction, etc.).
- To collect, as moneys due; to raise.
- To alleviate, to lighten (pressure, tension, stress, etc.)
- To source directly without acknowledgement; to plagiarise.
- To raise or rise.
- To transform (a function) into a corresponding function in a different context.
noun
- A unit of mass equal to 14 pounds (≈6.3503 kilograms), formerly used for various commodities (wool, cheese, etc.), but now principally used for personal weight.
- A hard earthen substance that can form large rocks.
- A hard, stone-like deposit.
- A small piece of stone, a pebble.
- A 42-pound, precisely shaped piece of granite with a handle attached, which is bowled down the ice.
- A monument to the dead; a gravestone or tombstone.
- A stand or table with a smooth, flat top of stone, commonly marble, on which to arrange the pages of a book, newspaper, etc. before printing.
- A playing piece made of any hard material, used in various board games such as backgammon and go.
- The central part of some fruits, particularly drupes; consisting of the seed and a hard endocarp layer.
- A dull light grey or beige, like that of some stones.
- A gemstone, a jewel, especially a diamond.
adj
- Having the appearance of stone.
- Constructed of stone.
- Of a dull light grey or beige, like that of some stones.
- Used as an intensifier.
- Willing to give sexual pleasure but not to receive it.
verb
- To lap with an abrasive stone to remove surface irregularities.
- To remove a stone from (fruit etc.).
- To do nothing, to stare blankly into space and not pay attention when relaxing or when bored.
- To pelt with stones, especially to kill by pelting with stones.
- To wall with stones.
- To intoxicate, especially with narcotics. (Usually in passive)
- To form a stone during growth, with reference to fruit etc.
adv
verb
- To fatten.
- To put (an animal, etc.) in a stall.
- To cause to exceed the critical angle of attack, resulting in loss of lift.
- To forestall; to anticipate.
- To stop suddenly.
- To place in an office with the customary formalities; to install.
- To employ delaying tactics; to stall for time.
- To keep close; to keep secret.
- To cause to stop making progress; to hinder; to slow down; to delay or forestall.
- To plunge into mire or snow so as not to be able to get on; to set; to fix.
- To cause the engine of a manual-transmission car or truck to stop by going too slowly for the selected gear.
- To come to a standstill.
- To exceed the critical angle of attack, resulting in loss of lift.
- To employ delaying tactics against.
noun
- A church office that entitles the incumbent to the use of a church stall.
- A sheath to protect the finger.
- A compartment for a single animal in a stable or cattle shed.
- Loss of lift due to an airfoil's critical angle of attack being exceeded, normally occurring due to low airspeed.
- An Heathen altar, typically an indoor one, as contrasted with a more substantial outdoor harrow.
- A seat in a theatre close to and (about) level with the stage; traditionally, a seat with arms, or otherwise partly enclosed, as distinguished from the benches, sofas, etc.
- A small open-fronted shop, for example in a market, food court, etc.
- A stable; a place for cattle.
- A bench or table on which small articles of merchandise are exposed for sale.
- A seat in a church, especially one next to the chancel or choir, reserved for church officials and dignitaries.
- The space left by excavation between pillars.
- A very small room used for a shower or a toilet.
- A parking stall; a space for a vehicle in a parking lot or parkade.
- An action that is intended to cause, or actually causes, delay.
noun
- A measure of weight equivalent to ¹⁄₁₀ deben (about 0.32 ounces or 9.1 grams).
- A rider who is good at climbs but less good at descents.
- A lightweight toy or other device, traditionally flat and shaped like a triangle with a segment of a circle attached to its base or like a quadrilateral (see sense 9), carried on the wind and tethered and controlled from the ground by one or more lines.
- An aeroplane or aircraft.
- A bird of the genus Elanus, having thin pointed wings, that preys on rodents and hunts by hovering; also, any bird of related genera in the subfamily Elaninae.
- A spinnaker (“supplementary sail to a mainsail”).
- The stomach; the belly.
- A tethered object which deflects its position in a medium by obtaining lift and drag in reaction with its relative motion in the medium.
- A rapacious person.
- A blank cheque; a fraudulent cheque, such as one issued even though there are insufficient funds to honour it, or one that has been altered without authorization.
- The brill (Scophthalmus rhombus), a type of flatfish.
- A polygon resembling the shape of a traditional toy kite (sense 3): a quadrilateral having two pairs of edges of equal length, the edges of each pair touching each other at one end.
- A bird of prey of the family Accipitridae.
- Any bird of the subfamily Milvinae, with long wings and weak legs, feeding mostly on carrion and spending long periods soaring; specifically, the red kite (Milvus milvus) and the black kite (Milvus migrans).
- A planetary configuration wherein one planet of a grand trine is in opposition to an additional fourth planet.
- Some species in the subfamily Perninae.
- A (usually concealed) letter or oral message, especially one passed illegally into, within, or out of a prison.
- An accommodation bill (“a bill of exchange endorsed by a reputable third party acting as a guarantor, as a favour and without compensation”).
verb
- To tamper with a document or record by increasing the quantity of something beyond its proper amount so that the difference may be unlawfully retained; in particular, to alter a medical prescription for this purpose by increasing the number of pills or other items.
- To pass a (usually concealed) letter or oral message, especially illegally into, within, or out of a prison.
- To write or present (a cheque) on an account with insufficient funds, either to defraud or expecting that funds will become available by the time the cheque clears.
- To move rapidly; to rush.
- To deflect sideways in the water.
- To (cause to) glide in the manner of a kite (“bird”).
- To manipulate like a toy kite; also, usually preceded by an inflection of go: to fly a toy kite.
- To travel by kite, as when kitesurfing.
- To steal.
- To keep ahead of (an enemy) in order to attack repeatedly from a distance, without exposing oneself to danger.
- To cause (something) to move upwards rapidly like a toy kite; also (chiefly US, figuratively) to cause (something, such as costs) to increase rapidly.
verb
noun
verb
- To pound in a mortar.
- To attack (someone or something) using a mortar (weapon).
- To use mortar or plaster to join two things together.
- To fire a mortar (weapon).
noun
- A mixture of lime or cement, sand and water used for bonding building blocks.
- A muzzle-loading, indirect fire weapon with a tube length of 10 to 20 calibers and designed to lob shells at very steep trajectories.
- A hollow vessel used to pound, crush, rub, grind or mix ingredients with a pestle.
- In paper milling, a trough in which material is hammered.
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