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LOAT - LOOR
LOATH - adjectives
• LAITH loath, unwilling, reluctant ...1714 Sc.
LOATHE - verbs
• ABOMINE † to abominate; to feel extreme disgust and hatred towards; to abhor, to loathe ...1683
• DAWL to loathe, to disrelish ...1796 Eng. dial.
• FASTIDIATE †* to feel a disgust for; to loathe ...1618
• HEAVE to make an effort to vomit, to retch; to feel loathing ...1601
• SCUNDER to cause disgust, to loathe ...1910 Amer. dial.
• SCUNNER to cause disgust, to loathe ...1910 Amer. dial.
• UG † to abhor, to loathe, to detest; to cause disgust or nausea ...a1340 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• UGG to feel abhorrence or disgust; to loathe; to cause disgust or nausea; to vomit ...1722 Sc. & Eng. dial.
LOATHING - nouns
• FASTIDIOUSNESS † loathing, disgust ...1533
• LAITH loathing, despite, scorn ...1882 Sc.
• UGGING dread, fear, horror, loathing ...c1250
• UGLINESS † horror, dread, loathing ...c1325
• UGSOMENESS loathing; loathsomeness; ugliness, repulsiveness ...c1440
loathing - verbs
• UG † 1. to inspire or affect dread, loathing, or disgust ...a1225 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
† 2. to feel dread or apprehension, disgust, or loathing ...a1340 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
LOATHSOME - adjectives
• CACK contemptible, unpleasant, disgusting, loathsome, inferior ...1996 UK sl.
• CARRION vile, loathsome, detestable; expressing disgust ...1826
• CARRIONLY † corrupt, vile, loathsome ...1547-64
• LAIDLY ugly, loathsome, foul; clumsy ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• LIDLY ugly, loathsome, foul; clumsy ...1790 Sc.
• RANK gross, highly offensive or loathsome; in later use esp. grossly coarse or indecent ...a1300
• UGGED † horrid, loathsome ...1570
• UGGIN disgusting, loathsome, nauseating, objectionable, annoying, vexatious; frightful, horrible, ghastly ...1838 Sc.
• UGGING causing loathing or disgust; loathsome, detestable, frightful ...1832 Sc.
• UGGSOME disgusting, loathsome, repulsive, horrible ...1724 Sc.
• UGSOME ugly, hideous, disgusting, loathsome, nauseating; frightful; horrible; ghastly ...c1400 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• UNDER THE ARM of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory; loathsome ...1937 Brit. sl.
• WLATSOME † loathsome, detestable; disgusting, abominable, hateful ...a1300
loathsome - nouns
• DUNG something vile, contemptible, or loathsome ...c1225
• TOAD something or someone hateful, loathsome, or contemptible ...a1548
loathsome - person
• BELDAM, BELDAME)a loathsome old woman; a hag; a witch; a furious raging woman, a virago ...a1586
• CRUMB an untrustworthy, loathsome, or objectionable person; an insignificant, despicable person ...c1920 Amer. sl.
• HELL-KITE * a cruel or loathsome person ...a1616
• MAGGOT a loathsome or despicable person; a lowlife ...1680 sl.
• TOAD something or someone hateful, loathsome, or contemptible ...a1548
• VAMPIRE a person of a malignant and loathsome character, esp. one who preys ruthlessly upon others; a vile and cruel exactor or extortioner ...1741
• WAMPUS a mean, difficult or objectionable person; an offensive or loathsome person ...1912 Amer. dial.
LOATHSOMENESS - nouns
• FEDITY † foulness, filthiness, nastiness, vileness, loathsomeness, whether moral or physical ...1542
LOBSTER, LOBSTERING - nouns
• CARDINAL a lobster ...Bk1891 Amer. sl.
• CARDINAL HASH lobster salad ...Bk1891 Amer. sl.
• CUT WAR in lobstering: a rivalry that has escalated to the point where lobstermen are cutting each other's buoys ...1978 US sl.
• LAPSTER a lobster ...1700 Sc.
• NANCY a small lobster ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PISTOL a lobster that is missing one or both claws ...1966 Amer. dial.
• SEA CRAW a lobster ...1884 Amer. dial.
• SHORT an illegal, undersized lobster ...1966 Amer. dial.
• SNAPPER in lobstering: a lobster that is not legal size ...1978 US sl.
lobster, lobstering - verbs
• BARB † to carve a lobster ...1508
LOCALITY - adjectives
• TOPIC † pert. to a particular place or locality; local ...1610
• TOPOPOLITAN that inhabits a definite or restricted locality, limited to a restricted habitat ...1897
locality - nouns
• ART a direction, way; locality, district ...1805 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DIGGINGS a place, locality, neighbourhood, region; premises ...1834 Amer. dial.
• UBIQUITY † locality, region ...1633
• UBITY †* place, locality ...1624
LOCATE - verbs
• BESTOW to place, to locate; to put in a position or situation ...c1374 arch.
• HAFT to establish in a situation or place of residence; to locate ...1728 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• HAVE A GOOD NOSE FOR to be able to search out or locate, as a bargain, etc. ...Aust. sl.
• SITUATE * to give a site to; to place, to locate ...c1532
LOCATED - adjectives
• BESTEAD † placed, located, situated ...a1300
• BESTED † placed, located, situated ...a1300
LOCATION - nouns
• GAFF a location ...1999 UK sl.
• TWENTY a location ...1975 US Citizens’ band radio sl.
• UBI † place, position; location ...1614
• UBICATION the condition of being in or occupying a certain place or position; location ...1644
• UBIETY condition in respect of place or location; whereness ...1674
LOCK - nouns
• DEAD-LOCK a lock the key of which is lost ...1887 Eng. dial.
• FARCING the picking of a lock ...L16 UK criminals' sl.
• HANGING LOCK † a padlock ...1495-7
• HANG-LOCK † a hanging lock, a padlock ...1587
• MONKEY a padlock ...1812 sl.
• PAD † a shortened form of 'padlock' ...1573
• PADDY a padlock ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
• SPIKE a lock ...1920s US criminals' sl.
lock - person
• TOOLMAN a lock-picker; one who deals with alarms, etc. ...1940s sl.
lock - verbs
• HASP † to confine or fasten in a tight place; to lock up ...1680
• OBSERATE †* to lock up, to bolt, to shut with bolt and key ...1623
LOCKED - adjectives
• BANGED UP of a building or place: locked up ...20C sl.
• BOXED locked up ...Bk1890 sl.
• OFF-LOCKED locked up ...1869 Eng. dial.
LOCKING - nouns
• OBSERATION † a bolting, locking up ...1658
LOCK-UP - nouns
• BOOB a lock-up, a cell ...E20 sl.
• BOOBY HATCH a lock-up, a cell; an asylum ...US sl.
• CAGE † a prison for petty malefactors; a lock-up ...c1500
•.CALLIE a calaboose; a jail, a lock-up ...1919 Amer. sl.
• CALLY a calaboose; a jail, a lock-up ...1919 Amer. sl.
• IRISH-THEATRE a guard room or lock-up in barracks ...Bk1896 military sl.
LOCOMOTIVE - see TRAIN
LOCUST - nouns
• ACRID † a locust ...c1550
• SKIPPER †* a locust ...c1250
LOCUTION - nouns
• OBLOCUTION † bad locution or utterance; bad delivery ...c1450
LODGE - verbs
• BED † to lodge, to find a resting-place ...c1175
• BESTOW to lodge, to quarter; to put up; to provide with a resting place or sleeping place ...1577 arch.
• HARBINGE † to lodge; to take up one's quarters ...c1475
• HARBRY to shelter, to lodge ...1375 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• HEAF to lodge, to reside, to live ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• HERBERY to shelter, to lodge ...1375 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• KENNEL of a person: to lodge or lurk; to inhabit, to dwell; used contemptuously ...1599
• KIP to lodge ...L19 sl.
• LEAGUER †* to 'lie', to lodge ..1596
• LIE to lodge, stay the night; to sojourn ...arch.
• MEAL to board ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• QUARTER to lodge; to obtain board and lodging at an inn, etc. ...1787 Eng. dial.
• TAKE IN to receive lodgers ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TAKE UP to lodge, to put up, to take up residence ...1852 Amer. dial.
• TARRY to lodge someplace; to sojourn, to abide temporarily ...1704 Amer. dial.
LODGER, LODGING - nouns
• BEING a home, a dwelling-place, a lodging ...1839 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• CABINET † a little cabin, hut, soldier's tent; a rustic cottage; a dwelling, lodging; a den of a beast ...1572
• CANTING-ACADEMY a common lodging-house ...Bk1921 sl.
• CHEAP JOHN a flophouse; a cheap brothel; a dirty, dilapidated saloon ...20C Amer. sl.
• CHINCH a cheap hotel or rooming house ...20C US sl.
• CHINCH PAD a hotel; a cheap rooming house ...1958 US Black sl.
• COT HOUSE a cheap rooming house or 'hotel', esp. in a town based on an oil-drilling camp ...M19 sl.
• CRUMB HOUSE a flop-house infested with lice ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• CRUMB JOINT a flop-house infested with lice ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• DIET board, keep ...Bk1900 Ireland
• DIGGINGS lodgings ...Brit. colloq.
• DIGS lodgings, be it a room, flat, or house ...1893 UK sl.
• DOSSER a cheap lodging-house, esp. for vagrants ...1889 sl., orig. & chiefly Brit.
• DOSS-HOUSE a cheap lodging-house, esp. for vagrants ...1889 sl., orig. & chiefly Brit.
• EASEMENT † refreshment by food and repose; hence, comfortable accommodation, food and lodging ...c1400
• EASE-ROOM † a comfortable lodging-room ...1629
• ENTERTAINMENT lodging and food ...1621 N. Ireland
• FLASH-DISPENSARY a boarding-house ...Bk1893 Amer. sl.
• FLOP a cheap lodging-house; a place to sleep; a bed ...1910 US sl.
• FLOP BOX a hotel room, a bedroom, lodgings ...1976 US sl.
• FLOP JOINT an inexpensive, shoddy, tattered, dirty place to stay, catering to transients ...1928 US sl.
• FLOP-HOUSE a cheap lodging-house, esp. for vagrants ...1909 sl., orig. US
• HARBERGAGE 1. † a place of lodging or entertainment; an inn ...a1300
2. † lodging, entertainment ...c1386
• HARBERGERY 1. † a place of lodging or entertainment; an inn ...a1300
2. † lodging, entertainment ...1303
• HARBERY 1. † shelter, lodging ...a1300 Sc. & N. Eng.
2. † a place of shelter; a lodging-place ...c1325 Sc. & N. Eng.
• HARBOUR 1. shelter, lodging, entertainment; sojourn, abode ...c1150
2. † a place of shelter or sojourn; lodgings, quarters, resting-place; a place of entertainment, an inn; a place of refuge, asylum ...c1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HARBOURAGE 1. shelter, lodging ...1570
2. a place of shelter; a lodging ...1651
• HARBOURY 1. † shelter, lodging ...a1300 Sc. & N. Eng.
2. † a place of shelter; a lodging-place ...c1325 Sc. & N. Eng.
• HARBRY 1. † shelter, lodging ...a1300 Sc. & N. Eng.
2. † a place of shelter; a lodging-place ...c1325 Sc. & N. Eng.
• HEAFING a lodging, abode ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• HERBERGAGE 1. † a place of lodging or entertainment; an inn ...a1300
2. † lodging, entertainment ...c1386
• HERBERGERY 1. † a place of lodging or entertainment; an inn ...a1300
2. † lodging, entertainment ...1303
• KIP a lodging house; lodgings, esp. a hotel room or apartment ...1883 sl.
• LAY * a place of lying or lodging; lair of animals ...1590
• LETARI a lodging ...1900s UK tramps' sl.
• LETTARY a lodging ...1900s UK tramps' sl.
• LETTY a lodging; a bed ...1846 sl.
• MANSION 1. † a structure or edifice serving as a dwelling or lodging place; a house, a tent, etc. ...a1340
2. † a separate dwelling-place, lodging, or apartment in a large house or enclosure; chiefly plural ...c1400
• MODEL a model lodging-house ...L19 Sc.
• NEST a lodging, shelter, home, bed, etc., esp. of a secluded or comfortable nature; a snug retreat ...a1000
• PACK a night lodging for the very poor ...M19 sl.
• PADDEN-CRIB a boys' or youths' lodging-house ...1839 UK sl.
• PADDING KEN a low, cheap, lodging-house ...1839 criminals' sl.
• PAD DOUGH money for a night's lodging or for admission to an opium den ...1900s US sl.
• PAD MONEY money for a night's lodging or for admission to an opium den ...1900s US sl.
• PADDEN CRIB n. a lodging house ...M19 Aust. & UK criminals' sl.
• PADDEN KEN a lodging house frequented primarily by vagrants or thieves ...M19 Aust. & UK criminals' sl.
• PADDING-CRIB a lodging-house for vagabonds, tramps, vagrants ...1851 sl.
• PADDING-KEN a lodging-house for vagabonds, tramps, vagrants ...1851 sl.
• PAD MONEY money for lodgings ...1904 US sl.
• PECK AND PERCH food and lodging ...1828 sl.
• RAG HOUSE a cheap rooming house or 'hotel', esp. in a town based on an oil-drilling camp ...M19 sl.
• RAG SHANTY a cheap rooming house or 'hotel', esp. in a town based on an oil-drilling camp ...M19 sl.
• SLOP AND FLOP meals and lodging ...1953 US sl.
• SPIKE a cheap lodging-house ...1866
• TABLING † the act of providing or fact of being provided with meals; provision of food; boarding, board ...a1553 now rare or obs.
• UP-PUT lodging, entertainment ...Bk1905 Sc.
• UP-PUTTING accommodation; lodging; entertainment for man or beast ...1815 Sc. & Eng. dial.
lodger, lodging - person
• ARTFUL DODGER a lodger ...B1857 rhyming sl.
• COMMON HERBERGER † a common lodging-house keeper ...1502
• DADDY the old man, generally an aged pauper, in charge at a tramps' lodging house or casual ward ...M19 sl.
• FATHER the owner of a common lodging house ...M19 sl.
• HARBINGER 1. † one who provides lodging; an entertainer, a host ...c1175
2. one sent on before to purvey lodgings for an army, a royal train, etc.; a purveyor of lodgings ...c1386
• HARBOURER one who shelters or entertains; an entertainer, a host ...1548
• JOLLY ROGER a lodger ...20C rhyming sl.
• MAT a public house or lodging-house landlady ...M19 sl.
• MEALER a boarder ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• MIVEY, MIVVY, MIVY the landlady of a lodging-house ...L19 sl.
• MOT, MOTT, MOTTE a public house or lodging-house landlady ...M19 sl.
• MOTT OF THE KEN the landlady of a criminal lodging-house ...1852 UK sl.
• PERHENDINANCER †* a sojourner, a lodger ...1489
• QUARTERER one who takes up quarters; a lodger ...1648
• QUARTER-MAN a lodger; one who is furnished with temporary lodgings ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SAW the landlady of a cheap rooming house ...1940s US Black sl.
• TABLER † 1. one who gets his meals at another's table for payment; a boarder ...1598 obs. or rare
† 2. one who boards persons ...1665
lodger, lodging - verbs
• DIG to have lodgings ...Brit. colloq.
• HAIL UP to stay at an inn or similar lodging ...L19 Aust. sl.
• HARBOUR † to provide a lodging or lodging-place for; to shelter from the weather or the night; to lodge, entertain ...c1150
• WAIT to lodge, to make one's (temporary) home ...1951 Sc.
LOFT - nouns
• CEILING an attic, a loft ...c1960 Amer. dial.
LOFTILY - adverbs
• TALLY * highly, loftily ...1611
LOFTINESS - nouns
• HAUGHTURE loftiness of manner or bearing; haughtiness of demeanour ...a1628
• HAUTESSE † highness, height; loftiness of rank or character; nobility; haughtiness, pride; grandeur, stateliness; length of time ...a1300
• HAUTEUR loftiness of manner or bearing; haughtiness of demeanour ...a1628
• MAGNANIMITY * loftiness of thought or purpose; grandeur of designs, nobly ambitious spirit ...1598
• MAGNANIMOUSNESS † magnanimity ...1606
• MAGNILOQUENCE loftiness of speech or expression ...1623
• MAGNILOQUENCY † loftiness of speech or expression ...1615
• MAGNILOQUY * magniloquence ...1656
LOFTY - adjectives
• ALTITUDINOUS high, lofty ...1808
• BABEL lofty, visionary ...M17
• HAUGHT † of exalted character, esp. in the matter of courage; high-minded, noble; lofty ...a1470
• HAUTFUL †* exalted, lofty ...c1440
• HEAVEN-HIGH reaching or piercing the clouds; very lofty ...a1000
• HIGH-PITCHED of lofty character ...1594
• MAGNANIME † high-souled; lofty, magnanimous ...1523
• MAGNANIMOUS high-souled; nobly ambitious; lofty of purpose; noble in feeling or conduct; superior to petty resentment or jealousy ...1598
• MAGNILOQUENT lofty or ambitious in expression, grandiloquent; using a stately manner of speaking or writing; also, talking big, boastful ...1656
• MAGNILOQUOUS † magniloquent ...1727
• NAUNTLING towering, lofty, as of a crag or church steeple ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PROCEROUS † tall, lofty, high; long ...1599
• SKIED * seeming to touch or reach the sky; lofty ...1730-46
• TALL grandiloquent, magniloquent; high-flown, lofty ...1670 colloq.
• TALRIGHT †* upright and tall; lofty ...1582
• TOPFUL †* high, lofty, towering ...c1611
• TOPLOFTICAL lofty, high-flown, high and mighty, stuck-up, haughty, having a superior or disdainful attitude ...1823 colloq. humorous
• TOPLOFTY lofty in manner or character; elevated; haughty, high and mighty, pretentious, stuck-up ...1859 colloq. humorous
lofty - nouns
• BABEL a lofty structure; a visionary project ...M17
• LARGENESS lofty bearing, pomposity ...1887
lofty - verbs
• SET UP ONE'S BONNET A HACK to strike a lofty attitude ...1871 Sc.
LOG - nouns
• BAT a log for burning ...1782 Eng. dial.
• BILLET a chunk of wood; a small log, often used for firewood ...1750 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
• BUTT a log suitable for firewood ...1956 Amer. dial.
• CLOG † a thick piece of wood; a log ...LME obs. exc. Sc.
• HELL-BENDER a logger's term for a log ...1968 Amer. dial.
• LOGGO logs ...M19 Brit. sl.
• NOGGY a small log or rough block of wood ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• PECKER POLE a long, thin log ...1956 Amer. dial.
• SCHOOLMA'AM a forked tree or log ...1930 Amer. dial.
• SCHOOLMARM a forked tree or log ...1938 Amer. dial.
• SCHOOL MOM a forked tree or log ...1939 Amer. dial.
• TIDE WALKER a log floating, often with only one end at the surface, in coastal waters ...1918 Amer. dial.
LOGGING - nouns
• ALIBI DAY among loggers: payday ...1958 Amer. dial.
• AMEN CORNER among loggers, a corner in the bunkhouse where old-timers reminisced, or a place where sky pilots (preachers) spoke, or entertainers told their stories ...1969 Amer. dial.
• ARK in logging: a houseboat used as bunkhouse, kitchen, or storage area, esp. in floating camps ...1905 Amer. dial.
• ASPARAGUS in logging: a bundle of small logs strapped together to make easier handling between woods and pulp mill ...1958 Amer. dial.
• ASSHOLE in logging: a kink in the logging cable ...1959 Amer. dial.
• AX-HANDLE orig. among loggers: a unit of measurement, esp. of width ...1843 Amer. dial.
• BACK CORNER in logging: the far end of a logging operation ...1958 Amer. dial.
• BAIT CAN a lunch bucket, esp. among loggers ...1926 Amer. dial.
• BAKE OVEN in logging: a cruiser's tent with one sloping side and two ends ...1969 Amer. dial.
• BAR-ROOM a bunk-room in a logging-camp ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• CABOOSE a bunkhouse ...1958 Amer. logging usage
• DECK a pile of logs ...Bk1913 Amer. dial.
• GUT HORN a long tin horn blown by the cook's helper to call a logging crew to eat ...1958 Amer. sl.
• HITCHHIKER in logging: a log caught or entangled but not choked with the turn, hauled all or part way to the landing ...1958 Amer. logging
• LOBBY in logging: the living room, or smoking room at a lumber camp ...1930 Amer. dial.
• LOGGER'S SMALLPOX markings on a man's face which are caused by a man's stamping on it with his spiked boots, an activity known as 'putting the caulks to' (a man) ...1938 Can. loggers' sl.
• MACARONI long curls of sawdust ...1938 Amer. logging usage
• MARSH FEATHER(S) among loggers: hay used as a mattress or cushion ...1959 Amer. dial.
• SIDE WINDER a tree which in falling hits another and rolls on its axis ...Bk1913 Amer. dial.
• TURKEY a lumberman's pack or kit ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• TWISTER a tree with a twisted grain ...Bk1913 Amer. dial.
• WIDOW MAKER a dangerous hanging limb or stub ...Bk1913 Amer. dial.
logging - person
• APE among loggers: applied generally to men, but more particularly to a wage-earner ...1930 Amer. dial.
• APPLEKNOCKER among loggers: a part-time logger, usually not very skilled at woods jobs ...1950 Amer. dial.
• ARAB among loggers: a workman who always manages to be away when there's dirty or heavy work to be done ...1958 Amer. dial.
• ASPHALT LOGGER among loggers: one who prefers town to the woods; one who makes big talk in town, small work on the job ...1958 Amer. dial.
• BACK SPIKER one of the members of a crew who completes the spiking of rails to cross ties after the track has been laid by the steel gang ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• BALL HOOTER in logging: a logger who rolls logs down hillsides that are too steep for wagon teams ...1942 US sl.
• BANK BEAVERS rivermen or river rats driving the rear on a log drive ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• BANKERS lumberjacks who pile logs on the banking ground ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• BARK-EATER in logging: a logger; a sawmill hand ...1958 Amer. dial.
• BARK MARKER one who cuts the bark-mark on logs (bark-mark – a symbol chopped into the side of a log to indicate ownership; it serves as a means of identification) ...Bk1890 US lumberjacks' usage
• BARN-BOSS a man whose duty was to care for the horses and stables in a logging camp ...1902 US
• BARN BOY a barn boss's helper ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• BAR ROOM MAN in logging: the chore boy around the camp who cut fuel, filled wood boxes, swept bunkhouses, washed blankets, fed pigs ...1938 US lumberjacks' usage
• BAY-MAN a lumberman ...1715
• BEAVER a clumsy axeman ...1958 Amer. loggers' usage
• BIG BULL a nickname for a camp foreman ...1925 Amer. loggers' sl.
• BIG PUSH a logging camp foreman ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• BIG SAVAGE in logging: the general superintendent; a foreman ...1942 Amer. dial.
• BIGWIG a logging camp foreman or boss ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• BIRLER a 'river pig' who treads on a log in the water to rotate it and thus find the end mark or the side mark of ownership ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• BISCUIT SHOOTER a waiter in a logging camp ...Bk1913 Amer. dial.
• BLACKBIRD a man proficient in riding logs on a river drive ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• BLANKET SQUAD in logging: a new crew coming in to the camp in the old days, each man carrying his blankets ...1958 Amer. dial.
• BLUE JAY in logging: a man who keeps the sleigh road in good condition ...1969 US logging usage
• BRIDGE MONKEY a logger's name for a bridge builder ...1968 Amer logging usage
• BRUSH APE a logger ...1958 Amer. dial.
• BULL a foreman or boss, esp. in a logging camp ...1930 Amer. dial.
• BULL COOK orig. the man who fed the draft animals in logging camps; later, a camp handyman or helper ...1917 Amer. dial.
• BULL DRIVER one who drives oxen, esp. in logging and transporting freight ...1970 Amer. dial.
• BULL OF THE WOODS a foreman or boss, esp. in a logging camp ...1872 Amer. dial.
• BULLPUNCHER a man who drove ox teams in the early days when logging was done with bulls ...1893 Amer. dial.
• BULL TEAMSTER a man who drove ox teams in the early days when logging was done with bulls ...1893 Amer. dial.
• BULLWHACKER one who drives oxen, esp. in logging and transporting freight ...1858 Amer. dial.
• CAMP DOG in construction and logging camps: an employee who looks after beds and belongings ...1927 Amer. dial.
• CAMP INSPECTOR an itinerant logger ...1950 Amer. dial. jocular
• CATTY an expert in logging jobs ...1958 Amer. dial.
• CEDAR SAVAGE in logging: a man who cuts or peels cedar logs, poles, or posts ...1956 Amer. sl.
• CHICKADEE in logging: a person whose job it was to clean the horse manure from the ice road ...1956 Amer. dial.
• CRUMB BOSS a construction camp bunkhouse janitor or porter; one who makes up beds ...Bk1974 Amer. hobo and logger use
• DASHBOARD along loggers: a farmer working as a logger ...1958 Amer. dial.
• DAYLIGHT ROBBER a log-scaler ...1956 Amer. logging usage
• DENTIST one who files saws ...1956 US logging usage
• FEATHER MERCHANT a logger who runs a small operation ...1958 Amer. dial.
• FEEDER a man who cared for the horses and stables in a logging camp ...1969 Amer. dial.
• GANDY HAND in logging: a pick and shovel man; a worker on a railroad track crew ...1956 US lumberjacks' usage
• GANG HELPERS in logging: the sawmill workers who moved boards cut by the gang saw in a sawmill ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• GANG SAWYER in logging: the operator of a gang saw in a sawmill ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• GAXABO in logging: a member of the fellowship of woods workers ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• GAZEBO in logging: a member of the fellowship of woods workers ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• GOPHER MAN in logging: one who digs; a tool or machine used esp. in digging holes under logs so that chains can be passed around them ...1950 Amer. dial.
• GUTTER-MAN one who removes underbrush, fallen trees, and other obstacles in making a gutter road ...1904 US logging usage
• GYPPO a small logging or freighting contractor ...1912 Amer. logging usage
• HAY MAN ON THE HILL a man who keeps the sleigh road in good condition ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• HEAD CHOPPER in logging: in the early days of logging in the lake states the sub-foreman who was the boss of a yarding crew ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• HEAD DRIVER in logging: an expert river driver stationed at a point where a jam was feared ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• HEAD LOADER in logging: a man who selected the logs to be loaded on each railroad car ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• HEAD MAN the brakeman responsible for work done in connection with the forward section of the train, and, when in transit, is stationed in the locomotive ...Bk1978 railroad usage
• HEAD RIG in logging: the camp foreman, logging superintendent, or boss of a logging crew ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• HEAD SAWYER in logging: the man who operated the main saw in a sawmill ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• HEAD SORTER in logging: the head man or boss at a sorting gap who called out the log marks to assistants responsible for steering logs into the sorting pens ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• HEATHEN a logger ...Bk1962 loggers' sl.
• HEAVER in logging: the fireman on a logging locomotive ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• HIGHBALLER in logging: a man who did about twice as much work as the others ...1964 US sl.
• HIGH BANKER in logging: a river driver who avoids dangerous places and always manages to find work on a high bank or place less dangerous and most always a man who shuns hard work ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• HIGH CLIMBER the person who tops, limbs, and often rigs, the spar tree for use in cable logging ...1925 Amer. logging usage
• HIGH RIGGER in logging: the person who rigs (and also often tops and limbs) the spar tree for use in cable logging ...1925 Amer. dial.
• HIGHWHEELER in logging: one who works with the big wheels (timber wheels) ...1958 Amer. dial.
• HIKER in logging: a lumberjack who has quit the job ...1956 Amer. dial.
• INKSLINGER in logging: a camp clerk or timekeeper ...1913 Amer. dial.
• JACK a lumberjack ...c1900 Amer.
• JAM CRACKER in logging: one who breaks up log-jams ...1905 Amer. dial.
• JOB SHARK an employment agent; esp. in logging ...1938 Amer. dial.
• LANDLOOKER in logging: one who surveys and estimates standing timber ...1891 Amer. dial.
• LITTLE BULL a nickname for a camp foreman ...1925 Amer. loggers' sl.
• LOBBYHOG in logging: the caretaker of the bunkhouse; a roustabout who does everything from building fires to making beds ...1930 Amer. dial.
• MICHIGAN JUMPER in logging: a lumberjack who worked only a few days in one place and then moved on to another camp ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• MOOLEY HOGAN in logging: a person expert with a mooley, a cant hook used to handle logs on land ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• MOOSE CAT in logging: an unusually good lumberjack ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• PUNK in logging: a worker, formerly often a boy, who signals the operation of log-hauling machinery by controlling the whistle of the 'donkey engine' ...1909 Amer. dial.
• QUARTER BOSS one who maintains law and order in a logging camp ...1968 Amer. dial.
• QUARTERS BOSS one who maintains law and order in a logging camp ...1935 Amer. dial.
• RIVER HOG someone who guides logs downstream ...1902 Amer. sl.
• RIVER PIP someone who guides logs downstream ...1921 Amer. sl.
• ROAD MONKEY one who repairs logging roads ...Bk1913 Amer. dial.
• SAFETY FIRST in logging: a camp welfare man ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• SAGS in logging: what the loggers in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan called the lumberjacks who first came in from the famous valley of the Saginaw River in lower Michigan ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• SAVAGE a logger ...1925 Amer. dial.
• SAW BOSS in logging: a man in charge of a crew of sawyers and swampers in the woods ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• SAWDUST EATER in logging: one who worked in a sawmill ...Bk1975 US lumberjacks' usage
• SAW FILER in logging: one who files the crosscut saws in the woods or the saws in the sawmills ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• SAW FITTER in logging: one who files the crosscut saws in the woods or the saws in the sawmills ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• SAWYER in logging: one who controlled the carriage and other machinery in sawing logs into lumber; the quantity and quality of the lumber depended on his judgement ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• SCALER in logging: one who scales or measures logs ...1887
• SCALPER 1. in logging: a lumberjack who peeled hemlock bark ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
2. in logging: one who sold lumber on commission ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• SEARS ROEBUCK GUY in logging: a novice ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SHANTY BOSS one who does odd jobs in a logging camp ...1905 Amer. dial.
• SHANTYMAN a lumberjack ...chiefly N. Amer.
• SHEEPHERDER a useless man; a logger wearing a farmer's bib overalls ...1958 Amer. dial.
• SHOEMAKER an inept logger ...1958 Amer. dial.
• SKY HOOKER a man who tends chain on the decks of a logging train ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• STUMP DETECTIVE a forester or other official, scaler, etc., who measures up the waste in stumps, tops, etc. in a logging operation ...Bk1913 Amer. dial.
• TAFFLE in logging: a cook's helper ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• TAFFLER in logging: a cook's helper ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• TAILER IN in logging: a cant hook man who rolls logs to the base of logs already in a deck ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• TAIL RIGGER in logging: one who handled the carriage at a sawmill ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• TAIL SAWYER in logging: one who pulled slabs, boards, and cants from the head saw in a mill; he also cut unsalable parts out of lumber ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• TALLY BOY in logging: one who recorded or tallied the measurements of logs as they were called by the scaler ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• TALLY MAN in logging: one who recorded or tallied the measurements of logs as they were called by the scaler ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• TAME APE among loggers: a wage-earner who likes wage-earning ...1930 Amer. dial.
• TANK CONDUCTOR in logging: one who had charge of the crew which operated the water tank or sprinkler, and who regulated the flow of water in icing logging roads ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• TANK TEAMSTER in logging: a teamster who drove the teams on a water sprinkler ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• TEAMSTER in logging: a man who drove a team in a logging operation ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• TIMBER BEAST a lumberjack or logger; rarely, a lumber-mill worker ...1916 Amer. dial.
• TIMBER WOLF a lumberjack or logger; rarely, a lumber-mill worker ...1926 Amer. dial.
• VALUER 1. in logging: a man who values the amount of standing timber ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
2. in logging: one who cruised timber to estimate its value ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• WAILER in logging: a lumberjack who 'wailed' when singing logger's ballads ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• WALKER 1. in logging: a man elected from among the river drivers to be boss of all the crews on the drive ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
2. in logging: the superintendent of two or more logging camps ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• WANIGAN MAN - in logging: one who prepares camp for river drivers ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• WATER BUCK anybody carrying water to a crew ...1958 Amer. loggers' sl.
• WHISTLE PUNK in logging: a worker, formerly often a boy, who signals the operation of log-hauling machinery by controlling the whistle of the 'donkey engine' ...1909 Amer. dial.
• WINCHER in logging: a winch operator ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• WIND FALL BUCKER in logging: a man who was engaged in sawing up trees that had been blown down by wind ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• WISCONSIN STICKER in logging: a lumberjack who worked until he made his stake ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• WOOD BUTCHER 1. in logging: the camp carpenter who made logging equipment out of wood ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
2. in logging: a caustic name given to some of the early timber barons ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• WOOD HICK a logger or other worker in the woods ...1908 Amer. dial.
• ZIPPO in logging: a logger operating on a small scale ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
logging - verbs
• BALLHOOT in logging: to roll logs down a steep incline ...1913 Amer. dial.
• BALLOON IT to pack up and leave camp ...1958 Amer. dial., esp. logging usage
• BEAT THE THROTTLE WITH A STICK to attempt to get more steam out of an engine ...1958 Amer. logging railroad usage
• BEAVER to hack a tree down ...1942 Amer. loggers' usage
• BEAVER DOWN to hack a tree down ...1942 Amer. loggers' usage
• HIT THE STEEL in the days of railroad logging, to walk the track away from camp, either because fired, or quitting the job ...1958 logging sl.
logging - interjections
• AROUND THE HORN! among loggers: Watch out! ...1958 Amer. dial.
• DAYLIGHT IN THE SWAMP! used as a wake-up call among loggers ...1944 Amer. dial. online
LOGIC - adjectives
• MOUNT ALDRICH logic ...E19 Oxford University usage
logic - person
• OB-AND-SOLLER † a scholastic or subtle disputant - a dabbler in scholastic logic; one who deals with obs (objections) and sols (solutions) in disputations ...1678 nonce-word
LOGICAL - adjectives
• HARD-HEADED not easily swayed by sentiment; matter-of-fact; logical ...L18
LOIN - nouns
• LEER † the flank or loin; the hollow under the ribs ...c1386 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• LENDS † the loins; also, the buttocks ...c975
• LINE loin ...1815 Amer. dial.
LOINCLOTH - nouns
• MARO a loin-cloth used by South Sea Islanders ...1772-84
• VEIL † a loin-cloth ...1634
• WAIST-CLOTH a loincloth that the natives of hot climates wear round the waist, either hanging down in front or passed between the thighs ...1810
LOITER, LOITERING - adjectives
• HALLACKING idle, lazy, trifling, loitering ...1878 Eng. dial.
• HALLOCKING idle, lazy, trifling, loitering ...1878 Eng. dial.
• LAGGARD lagging, hanging back, loitering, slow ...1702
• LAGGIE-LAST always behindhand, loitering ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LAGGING slow-moving, loitering ...1898 Sc.
• LAG-MA-LAST always behind, loitering ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• NAFFLING trifling; loitering ...Bk1903 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TANGLING untidy, slatternly; lounging, loitering; esp. used of a woman ...1790 Eng. dial.
• TANGLY untidy, slatternly; lounging, loitering; esp. used of a woman ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
loiter, loitering - nouns
• BANGLING a hanging about, wandering idly ...1894 Eng. dial.
loiter, loitering - person (includes LOITERER)
• ABBEY-LUBBER orig. (prior to the Reformation), a lazy monk or hanger-on to a religious house - lazy loiterer who might work, but would not, preferring to depend on the charity of religious houses ...1509
• DALLY-CRAW a loitering child ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DAWDLEKUM a loiterer or slow-coach ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DILL-DUCK an idle, dawdling, loitering woman ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DRUG-STORE COWBOY orig. an idle young swaggerer who hung around drug-store soda fountains trying to press girls; one who loiters or loafs on street corners, etc. ...1923 US sl.
• GADLING † a wanderer; a wayfarer; a worthless vagabond; an idler; a loiterer ...a1542
• GAITLING an idler, a loiterer ...Bk1868 Eng. dial.
• GAKEY one who loiters and is slow at commencing work, etc. ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• HAKING FELLOW an idle loiterer ...1825 Sc.
• HANG a loiterer; one who spends a lot of time at a place ...1989 sl., orig. US college
• HANGAROUND an idler, a loafer, a loiterer ...1967 Amer. dial.
• HANGAROUNDER an idler, a loafer, a loiterer ...1938 Amer. dial.
• HANGER an idler, a loafer, a loiterer ...1965 Amer. dial.
• HANGER-AROUND - an aimless person, a loiterer ...1889 sl.
• HANGER-ON an idler, a loafer, a loiterer ...1950 Amer. dial.
• HANG-OUT a person who loiters about with nothing to do ...1970 Amer. dial.
• LAG a laggard, a loiterer, one who lingers or falls behind ...1866 Sc.
• LAGABAG a loiterer; the hindmost or last ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• LAGGARD one who lags behind; a lingerer, a loiterer ...1808
• LAGGY a loiterer, a lingerer; the last to arrive ...Bk1902 & Eng. dial.
• LAG-LAST a slow, dilatory person; a loiterer; one who is habitually late or behindhand ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LAG-TAIL a slow, dilatory person; a loiterer; one who is habitually late or behindhand ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LOAFERER a loiterer, a lounger, one who gads about ...1966 Amer. dial.
• LOITER-SACK † a lazy, loitering fellow; an idler ...1594
• MOOCHER a person who loiters aimlessly; a loafer; also, an opportunist poacher or pilferer; a petty thief ...a1425 chiefly colloq.
• MOOTCHER a person who loiters aimlessly; a loafer ...1915 colloq.
• MOUCHER a person who loiters aimlessly; a loafer; also, an opportunist poacher or pilferer; a petty thief ...a1425 chiefly colloq.
• NO-ACCOUNT an idle, worthless person; a loafer; a loiterer ...1965 Amer. dial.
• NO-COUNT an idle, worthless person; a loafer, a loiterer ...1965 Amer. dial.
• NO-COUNT BUM an idle, worthless person; a loafer, a loiterer ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SAUTHER-POKE a loiterer, a procrastinator ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SLOWBACK † a slothful or sluggish person; a sluggard; a lazy, idle fellow; a loiterer; a loafer ...1577
• TROANT † a foolish, idle person; a lazy loiterer ...1746 Eng. dial.
loiter, loitering - verbs
• ACHE to wander about aimlessly and idly; to loiter, to lounge; to hang about with intent to eavesdrop; to sneak ...1785 Eng. dial.
• AIK to wander about aimlessly and idly; to loiter, to lounge; to hang about with intent to eavesdrop; to sneak ...1785 Eng. dial.
• AIR ONE'S HEELS to loiter about, to dawdle ...M19 sl.
• AKE to wander about aimlessly and idly; to loiter, to lounge; to hang about with intent to eavesdrop; to sneak ...1785 Eng. dial.
• ALLACK to idle away time; to loiter, to loaf, to play ...1897 Eng. dial.
• ARSE AROUND to idle, to loaf, to loiter, to fool about, to act irresponsibly, to trifle ...1664
• ASS AROUND to fool around, to loiter, to waste time; to wander aimlessly; to be idle; to act irresponsibly; to trifle ...1914 Amer. sl.
• ASSEN AROUND to fool around; to loiter; to waste time; to be idle ...1966 Amer. dial.
• AWM to waste time, to be idle; to move about aimlessly, to loiter, to lounge; to stand gaping and staring; to do work in a slovenly manner ...1878 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BIDE-ABOUT to loiter ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BLOCK to loiter; to hang around ...L19 sl.
• CADDLE to loaf, to loiter, to potter about, to fuss, to trifle ...1892 Eng. dial.
• CAG-MAG to loaf, to loiter about ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• COOZE † to loiter aimlessly, to idle ...1810 Eng. dial. obs.
• DACKER to walk slowly, to saunter, to loiter; to walk aimlessly; to go about in a feeble or infirm state ...1818 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DACKLE to dawdle, to loiter, to slacken one's pace ...1913 Sc.
• DAFF to loiter; to chat in a dawdling, foolish way ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DAIDLE to idle, to trifle, to waste time; to potter about; to move or act slowly or in a slovenly manner; to saunter; to loiter ...1756 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DANGLE to loiter, to hang about; to make love to ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DERN to loiter at work ...B1900 Sc.
• DILLDALLY to delay, to loiter, to hesitate ...1908 Amer. dial.
• DILVER to loiter, to hesitate, to dawdle ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DINGLE to loiter, to dawdle ...1879 Eng. dial.
• DO A MIKE to pretend to be working; to hang about; to loiter, to waste time ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• DRANGLE to loiter behind others on a road; to dawdle, to linger ...1801 Sc.
• DRILLY-DRALLY to waste time, to loiter, to hesitate ...1881 Eng. dial.
• DRIMBLE to loiter, to dawdle; to move slowly and without energy ...1851 Eng. dial.
• DWINGLE to linger, loiter, tarry ...1805 Sc.
• FARGE to gossip; to loiter about, to waste time ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FASSIL to loiter, to waste time, to work lazily ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GANNICK to lark about; to play, to frolic; to loiter, to idle, to gossip ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• HAAK to wander about aimlessly and idly; to loiter, to lounge; to hang about with intent to eavesdrop; to sneak ...1785 Eng. dial.
• HAIG to wander about aimlessly and idly; to loiter, to lounge; to hang about with intent to eavesdrop; to sneak ...1785 Sc.
• HAIK to wander about aimlessly and idly; to loiter, to lounge; to hang about with intent to eavesdrop; to sneak ...1785 Sc.
• HAINGLE to go about in a feeble, languid way; to hang about, to loiter, to wander about aimlessly ...1804 Sc.
• HAKE to wander about aimlessly and idly; to loiter, to lounge; to hang about with intent to eavesdrop; to sneak ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HALLOCK ABOUT to idle away time; to loiter, to loaf, to play ...1897 Eng. dial.
• HANG A LEG to hesitate or hold back; to be reluctant or tardy; to loiter ...1883
• HANG AN ARSE to hesitate or hold back; to be reluctant or tardy; to loiter ...1596
• HANG THE ARSE to loiter, to hold back ...17C colloq.
• HANG THE GROIN to hesitate or hold back; to be reluctant or tardy; to loiter ...1577-87
• HANKER to loiter, to linger about; to dally, to tarry, to stop ...1791 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HANKLE to loiter, to linger, to wait about ...1866 Eng. dial.
• HAVE A MIKE to loiter, to waste time ...E19 sl.
• HAWM to waste time, to be idle; to move about aimlessly, to loiter, to lounge; to stand gaping and staring; to do work in a slovenly manner ...1878 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HINGLE to go about in a feeble, languid fashion, as during convalescence; to hang about, to loiter aimlessly ...1804 Sc.
• JELLY (AROUND) to loaf about, esp. at a drugstore or other informal eating place; to loiter for idle conversation ...1931 Amer. dial.
• LACHE †* to be careless about, to neglect, to slight; to be negligent, to lag, to loiter ...a1400 Sc. & N. Eng.
• LACK to be absent, esp. from home; to loiter ...1746 Eng. dial.
• LAGGER † to lag, to linger, to loiter ...c1620
• LAITCH to be idle, to show laziness; to loiter ...Bk1902 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• LALL to lounge, to loiter, to wander about aimlessly ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LALLYGAG to loiter, to lounge, fool around; to chatter, to talk idly; to gad about ...1870 Amer. dial.
• LAY UP to rest, to idle, to loiter, to loaf, to take it easy, to relax ...1858 Amer. dial.
• LOAFER to loiter, to idle, to lounge; to gad about ...1837 Amer. dial.
• LOAFER ABOUT to loiter, to idle, to lounge; to gad about ...1913 Amer. dial.
• LOAFER AROUND to loiter, to idle, to lounge; to gad about ...1953 Amer. dial.
• LOLLYGAG to loiter, to lounge, fool around; to chatter, to talk idly; to gad about ...1870 Amer. dial.
• LOUSE to waste time; to loaf, loiter, or idle about ...1966 Amer. dial.
• LOUSE AROUND to waste time; to loaf, loiter, or idle about ...c1920 Amer. dial.
• MAWKS to mess about; to saunter, to loiter in ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MESS OVER to waste time, to loiter, to run about gossiping, to do nothing in particular ...1884 Eng. dial.
• MIKE to loiter, to hang around idly or shirk work ...1859 Brit. sl.
• MOON AWAY to lounge, to loiter, to waste time ...L19 sl.
• MULLOCK to be in the way; to idle, to loiter or trail around aimlessly ...1854 orig. Eng. dial.
• NAFFLE to trifle away time; to potter about; to loiter; to act foolishly ...1796 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• NAVIGATE to loiter, to hang around ...1893 Amer. dial.
• NAVIGATE ABOUT to loiter, to hang around ...1893 Amer. dial.
• PARRY to put off, to delay; to tarry, to loiter ...1883 Sc.
• PILF to wander about idly, to loaf, to loiter ...1919 Amer. dial.
• PILFER to wander about idly, to loaf, to loiter ...1919 Amer. dial.
• PILFER AROUND to loaf, to loiter, to wander about idly ...1974 Amer. dial.
• PISSANT AROUND to mess about; to loiter, to wander aimlessly ...1945 Aust. sl.
• SACKLE to loiter; to wander idly about ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SANGO to saunter, to stroll; to loaf, to loiter, to idle ...1979 Amer. dial.
• SANKER to saunter, to stroll; to loaf, to loiter, to idle ...1963 Amer. dial.
• SANKLE to saunter, to stroll; to loaf, to loiter, to idle ...1937 Amer. dial.
• SANKO to saunter, to stroll; to loaf, to loiter, to idle ...1949 Amer. dial.
• SANNICK to loiter, to idle ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SANNOCK to loiter, to idle ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SAUTER to saunter, to walk leisurely, to loiter ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SAWM to walk lazily; to idle about; to loiter ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCAVEN to wander aimlessly about; to loiter ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCOW to loiter, to idle, to shirk work ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCOW-BANK to loiter, to idle about; to shirk work ...1868 Eng. dial.
• SHAG-BAG to loiter, to lounge about; to shirk work ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• SOJER to loiter, to lounge, to shirk work, to waste time ...Bk1896 Amer. dial.
• SONNOCK to loiter, to idle ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• STOY to walk in a leisurely, careless manner; to saunter, to loiter ...1866 Sc.
• TAFFLE to trifle, to idle, to loiter ...1854 Eng. dial.
• TANK to gossip; to chatter; to loiter idly about ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TAIGLE to linger, to tarry, to delay; to dally, to loiter ...a1700 Sc.
• TANTLE to walk slowly and feebly; to totter, as a young child; to dawdle, to loiter, to waste time; to trifle, to potter about ...1889 Eng. dial.
• TEAGLE to linger, to tarry, to delay; to dally, to loiter ...a1700 Sc.
• TIDDYTOIT to loiter, to idle; to waste time ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TIDDYTOITY to loiter, to idle, to waste time ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• YAPE to loiter ...1883 Eng. dial.
LOLL - verbs
• LALLOP to lounge or loll about; to walk awkwardly or skippingly; to move heavily ...1745
• LOLLOP to loll, to lounge around ...1745
• LOP ABOUT to move slowly or aimlessly; to loll; to idle ...1882 Amer. dial.
• LOP AROUND to move slowly or aimlessly; to loll; to idle ...1965 Amer. dial.
• LOP ROUND to move slowly or aimlessly; to loll; to idle ...1851 Amer. dial.
LOLLIPOP - nouns
• LICK-'N'-LIKE candy on a stick to be licked; a lollipop ...1968 Amer. dial.
• LICKSTICK a lollipop ...1968 Amer. dial.
• MOLLYCODDLE a lollipop ...1957 Amer. dial.
• SUCKABOB * a sweetmeat that is sucked in the mouth; a lollipop ...1888
• TAFFY a lollipop ...1944 Amer. dial.
LONDON - see ENGLAND
LONELINESS - nouns
• DEAVELINESS loneliness, want of company ...1611 Eng. dial.
• ELENGENESSE † loneliness, dreariness, misery, gloom ...c1320
• LONESOME loneliness ...1942 Amer. dial.
• MOKUS loneliness ...1928 Amer. sl.
• UNKEDNESS loneliness, strangeness ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YANLINESS - loneliness ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
LONELY - adjectives
• ALONE of a person, place, etc.: isolated, lonely, solitary ...1921 colloq.
• BACK-ABOOT lonely, remote ...1886 Sc.
• DALY † lonely, solitary ...1781 Eng. dial.
• DEAFLY lonely, solitary and silent ...1611 Eng. dial.
• DEAVELY lonely, solitary, unfrequented, retired, remote ...1611 Eng. dial.
• DERN dark, dreary, dismal, lonely, solitary ...1824 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DOLLY † dull and lonely; dreary; dismal ...E16
• DOWIE dull and lonely; dreary; dismal ...E16 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• DOWLY doleful, miserable, gloomy, lonely ...LME N. Eng. dial.
• ELENGE † remote, lonely, solitary; dreary, miserable ...c1205 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• ELLINGE solitary, lonely; dreary, weird, uncanny ...1691 Eng. dial.
• HELANGE solitary, lonely; dreary, weird, uncanny ...1691 Eng. dial.
• LANERLY lonely, alone, reserved in manner ...1823 Sc.
• LENNERLIE lonely, alone, reserved in manner ...1948 Sc.
• LIKE A LILY ON A DUSTBIN lonely, neglected ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• LIKE A SHAG ON A ROCK forlorn, lonely ...1929 Aust. colloq.
• LONELY AS A BANDICOOT ON A BURNT RIDGE very lonely ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• ONELY lonely, solitary ...1864 Eng. dial.
• ONERLY lonely, retired ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ONLY † one, without companions or society; solitary, lonely ...a1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• OWNLY lonely, solitary ...1864 Eng. dial.
• RAT-SHIT depressed and lonely ...1980 Aust. & NZ sl.
• UNKED of a place: lonely, dreary, desolate; of a person: feeling lonely; dull, depressed, miserable; out of sorts ...1777 Eng. dial.
• UNKID of a place: lonely, dreary, desolate; of a person: feeling lonely; dull, depressed, miserable; out of sorts ...1777 Eng. dial.
• UNKIND strange, lonely ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNKY of a place: lonely, dreary, desolate; of a person: feeling lonely; dull, depressed, miserable; out of sorts ...1777 Eng. dial.
lonely - adverbs
• ANERLY alone, lonely, solitary ...1844 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YANNERLY alone, lonely, solitary ...1844 Eng. dial.
LONER - person
• HATTER a person who lives or works alone; esp. in an isolated rural location; hence, a loner, a solitary eccentric ...1864 Aust. & NZ
• LOBO a solitary person, a loner; an outcast ...1939 Amer. dial.
• LOBO WOLF n. a solitary person, a loner; an outcast ...1907 Amer. dial.
LONESOME - adjectives
• UVART unfrequented, lonesome; clumsy ...Bk1905 Sc.
LONG - adjectives
• BEANPOLISH tall or long and slender; lanky ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BROOMSTICKY tall or long and slender; lanky ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• EDDERING long and slender, pliant, supple, lithe, powerful ...1805 Eng. dial.
• ELENGE † very long, tedious, weary, irksome ...c897
• GANGLING of straggling growth; loosely built, awkwardly long in stature, tall and slender, lanky ...1808
• GANGLY tall or long and slender; lanky ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GREAT LONG very long ...1912 Amer. dial.
• LANKITY long and slender, lanky ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LENGTHFUL * of great length, long ...c1611 poetic usage
• LONG AS ONE'S ARM very long; of indeterminate length ...1765
• LONGER THAN THE MORAL LAW very long ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• LONGFUL long ...1927 Amer. dial.
• LONGINQUOUS † long ...1666
• LONGSOME † long, lengthy, tediously long, wearisome by its length; long-lasting ...c1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial
• MORTAL long and wearisome; boring ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OF LENGTH † long ...1593
• PROCEROUS † tall, lofty, high; long ...1599
• PULLED THROUGH A KNOT-HOLE tall or long and slender; lanky ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SCRAWING awkwardly tall, lanky; straggling; long and thin ...1897 Eng. dial.
• SCREELY long, lanky; pinched, miserable-looking ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SLABSIDED tall or long and slender; lanky ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SLANGRELL †* long and narrow ...1643
• SLAPSIDED tall or long and slender; lanky ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SLINKY tall or long and slender; lanky ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPINDLY tall or long and slender; lanky, thin ...1827 Amer. sl.
• TANGLE long and limp; tall and loose-jointed ...c1817 Sc.
• TANGLEWISE long and slender ...1825 Sc.
• TANGLIE long and slender ...1812 Sc.
• TANGLY long and slender ...1812 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
long - nouns
• LANGLE anything long and loose in movement ...1931 Ireland & Sc.
• LENGTHING † making long or longer ...c1450
• TANGLE anything long and dangling, as a tress of hair, a long root-fibre, a torn loosely-pendent strip of cloth, etc. ...1864 Eng. dial.
LONG-DRAWN-OUT - adjectives
• LONG-JAWED long-drawn-out, long-winded; tiresome ...1911 Amer. dial.
long-drawn-out - adverbs
• LANGLINS in a slow, long-drawn-out manner ...1835 Sc.
LONGED FOR - adjectives
• DESIDERATE † desired, longed for, wanted; desirable ...1640
LONGER - adjectives
• LENGER † longer ...c900
longer - adverbs
• LENG † longer ...c1000
• LENGE † longer ...c1000
• LENGER † longer ...c1200
LONG FOR - person
• GAPER † one who longs for a thing ...1559
• OPSOMANIAC one having a morbid longing for dainties or for some particular food ...1842
long for - verbs
• DAG to desire eagerly; to long to do a thing ...1873 Eng. dial.
• DESIDERATE † to desire with a sense of want or regret; to feel a desire or longing for; to feel the want of; to desire, to want, to miss ...1646
• GAPE AFTER to be eager to obtain; to have a longing for something ...c1340
• HANK to long for, to desire earnestly ...1671 Eng. dial.
• HONE to yearn, to long for ...Amer. dial.
• ICKLE to long for ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• LANG to long for, to desire ...1777 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MANG to be extremely eager or anxious; to long, to be consumed with desire ...1866 Sc.
• MANK † to want, to long for ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MENK to have an inclination or longing for anything ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SIGH † to desire or long for something ...1650
• SPELL FOR to long for ...M19 sl.
• THINK LONG to long, to yearn ...1872 Amer. dial.
• VIRMISH to be excited or worked up, to long anxiously for ...1963 Sc.
• YAM to crave, to long for...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YAMMER † to long for, to yearn, to crave ...1705 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• YAWN AFTER † to be eager to obtain, to long for ...a1250 obs.
• YERE † to desire, to long or yearn for; to express a desire for, to request ...c1205
LONGING - adjectives
• CONCUPITIVE †* vehemently desirous; characterized by desire or longing; of the nature of concupiscence ...1651
• DESIREFUL filled with desire or longing ...1969 Amer. dial.
• EARNSTFUL earnest; with great longing or yearning ...1857 Eng. dial.
• FAINING † longing, wistful ...c1400
• LANGSOME longing, desirous, wistful ...1827 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• OFLIST † possessed with a strong desire; affected with longing ...c888
• OFLONGED † seized or overcome with longing ...c1000
• OFLUST † possessed with a strong desire; affected with longing ...c888
• ON THE LANG desirous, longing ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• YAWNING † longing after something ...1634
• YEARNSFUL earnest; with great longing or yearning ...1857 Eng. dial.
• YERNSFUL † earnest; with great longing or yearning ...1878 Eng. dial.
• YERNSTFUL † earnest; with great longing or yearning ...1878 Eng. dial.
longing - nouns
• ANSINE † a looking for, longing, desire, want ...a1200
• CALF-EYES a look expressive of tender or sentimental longing ...1949 Amer. dial.
• CALF'S EYES a look expressive of tender or sentimental longing ...1966 Amer. dial. online
• DESIDERATE † a thing that is desired; something for which a desire or longing is felt ...1640
• EISNING a strong desire or longing of any kind ...1773 Sc.
• LANG a longing, desire ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LETCH a craving, a longing ...1796
• LUS a yearning; a longing ...1970s S. Afr. sl.
• MENKIN a longing, a craving ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ONDE † strong desire, longing ...c1320
• OPSOMANIA a morbid longing for dainties or for some particular food ...1857
• OREXIS a desire or longing ...1619
• RAMPING a crazy longing ...Bk1905 Sc.
• YERING † desire, longing; request ...a1300
longing - person
• OPSOMANIAC one having a morbid longing for dainties or for some particular food ...1842
LONGINGLY - adverbs
• EARN †* earnestly, longingly ...1230
• SITHINGLY † with a sigh; longingly, yearningly ...1570
LONG JOHNS - nouns
• GUERNSEY the top part of men's long johns ...1936 Amer. dial.
LONG-LASTING - adjectives
• ENDURABLE durable, long-lasting, dependable ...1887 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• LASTY durable, long-lasting, enduring ...1882 Amer. dial.
• LONGSOME † long, lengthy, tediously long, wearisome by its length; long-lasting ...c1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial
• WADY long-lasting; tedious; interminable ...1691 Eng. dial.
LONG-LIVED - adjectives
• GRANDEVOUS †* of great age; aged, old, long-lived ...1682
• LONG-LIFED long-lived ...1909 Amer. dial.
• MACROBIAN long-lived, having a long life ...1727
long-lived - person
• MACROBIAN one who has a long life ...Bk1910
• MACROBIOTE * one that lives long; a long lived person or animal ...1882
LONGSHOREMAN - person
• DOCK-WALLOPER - a labourer who works on docks or wharves, esp. a longshoreman ...1838 US sl.
LONG-SUFFERING - adjectives
• PATIENTFU' long-suffering, very patient, submissive ...1773 Sc.
LONG-WINDED - adjectives
• AEOLISTIC long-winded ...1882
• ENDLESS pertinacious, long-winded, talkative ...1822 Sc.
• LONG-JAWED long-drawn-out, long-winded; tiresome ...1911 Amer. dial.
• VERBOSIOUS † verbose, long-winded ...1676
• VERBOUS †* verbose, long-winded ...1657
long-winded - person
• BAGPIPE an inflated and senseless talker; a windbag; a long-winded monotonous speaker; a tedious chatterbox...1603
LONG-WINDEDNESS - nouns
• LONGILOQUENCE * a speaking at great or excessive length; long-windedness, verbosity ...1836
LOOK - adjectives
• OLD-FASHIONED of a look or glance: disapproving ...20C sl.
• SCOUKIN furtive, sullen; of a look: having a skulking, furtive, or hangdog look; of a person: scary ...1825 Sc.
• SKANCE of a look, glance, etc.: oblique, sidelong ...1866
look - nouns
• ACTION a look, a smile, a verbal response ...1970s US Black sl.
• BELGARD † a kind or loving look ...1590
• BESEEMING † appearance, look ...1611
• BO-PEEP a look; a glance ...1941 Aust. & NZ sl.
• BUTCHER'S a look, a glance ...1936 Brit. sl., short for 'butcher's hook'
• BUTCHER'S HOOK a look, a glance ...1936 Brit. rhyming sl. for 'look'
• BY-VIEW a side glance, a glimpse; a look directed to an object, not immediately before the eye ...1753
• CALF-EYES a look expressive of tender or sentimental longing ...1949 Amer. dial.
• CALF'S EYES a look expressive of tender or sentimental longing ...1966 Amer. dial. online
• CAPTAIN COOK a look, a glance ...1932 Aust. rhyming sl. for 'look'
• COKE STARE the 'evil eye'; a deliberately aggressive and unpleasant look ...1970s US Black sl.
• DARRY a look ...1940s UK prison sl.
• DECK a look, a glance ...1853 sl., orig. Anglo-Indian
• DECKER a look ...1951 Aust. sl.
• DECKO a look, a glance ...1894 Brit. sl., orig. army sl.
• DEKH a look, a glance ...1853 sl., orig. Anglo-Indian
• DEKK a look, a glance ...M19 sl.
• DEKKO a look, a glance ...1894 Brit. sl., orig. army sl.
• DOUBLE O an intense look ...1913 US sl.
• EYE-CAST * an act or manner of casting the eye; a glance, a look ...a1669
• EYEFUL a good look at something ...1899
• EYESHOT * a look, a glance; esp. one that is sudden or piercing ...1615
• EYEWINK † a look or glance, esp. one expressing command or invitation ...1591
• GANDER a look, a glance ...1914 sl., orig. US
• GANSEL † an ill-natured, angry or sullen look; a scowl ...1825 Sc.
• GAZEMENT * stare, look, observation ...1596
• GEEK a look, a glance ...1919 Aust sl.
• GIG a look, a glance ...1924 Aust. sl.
• GINK a look, a glance ...1945 Aust. sl.
• GLAIK a glance, a quick look ...1930s Irish sl.
• GLEEK a glance, a quick look ...1930s Irish sl.
• GLIM a look, a glimpse, a glance ...1899 Amer. dial.
• GOO a look ...1991 Ireland sl.
• HAIRY EYEBALL a look given with narrowed eyes; esp. one indicating hostility or disapproval ...1961 US sl.
• LAMP a look ...1926 US sl.
• LECH † a look, glance ...c1205
• LOOK-SEE a look, a glance ...1883 sl.
• MANSON LAMPS a look full of hate; a murderous look ...1999 US sl.
• NOSE (AROUND) a look, esp. out of curiosity ...1976 colloq.
• ONE an unpleasant look ...1900s sl.
• PEEKO a glance; a quick look-about ...c1910 sl.
• PERV, PERVE an act of watching lecherously; a lustful look ...1963 colloq.
• QUEER a look on one's face; a look at something ...L19 sl.
• QUIZ a look ...19C sl.
• SCANCE a glance, a quick appraising look, a brief scrutiny, a cursory survey or review of persons or affairs ...1787 Sc.
• SCOUK a furtive look, a glance from under the brows or from the tail of the eye; a squint; a frown; a scowl; a sour, gloomy aspect; an evil look ...c1715 Sc.
• SHOOFTI a quick look ...1943 UK sl.
• SHUFTI(E) a look, a peep ...1943 Brit. sl., orig. army
• SHUFTY a look, a peep ...1943 Brit. sl., orig. army
• SKELLY a glance, a look ...20C Irish
• SKELLYING looking ...20C Irish
• SKETCH a look at, a view of ...2000s Sc.
• SKLENT a side look, etc. ...1768 Sc.
• SKOOK a furtive look, a glance from under the brows or from the tail of the eye; a squint; a frown; a sour, gloomy aspect ...c1715 Sc.
• SLOO a look; a visual examination ...1989 Aust. sl.
• SQUINNY a squint, a sly glance, a look; a person who squints ...1881
• SQUINT a look, a glance ...1673 sl.
• SQUIZ(Z) a look, a glance ...1913 Aust. & NZ sl.
• STICKYBEAK a furtive or prying look or investigation; an act of looking around ...1928 Aust. & NZ colloq.
• TENT a look; observation, notice, attention ...1824 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• UNDERLOOK a covert look or glance ...1821
• UP-AND-DOWN, THE a look, scrutiny ...1910s sl.
• VARDA a look ...1996 UK sl.
• VARDER a look ...1996 UK sl.
• VEESY a look, view; a scrutinizing gaze ...1819 Sc.
• VIZY a look, view; a scrutinizing gaze ...1819 Sc.
• VIZZY a look, a sight, a glimpse, a scrutinizing gaze; scrutiny, survey ...1700 Sc.
look - person
• BEHOLDER one who beholds, a watcher, a looker on, a spectator ...c1374
• GANDERNECKER one who looks or stares ...1970s US sl.
• GAZER one who gazes or looks steadily, esp. from motives of curiosity ...1548
look - verbs
• ADVISE † to look at, to view, to observe, to consider, to watch; also, to watch for ...1297
• AUGER to look or investigate surreptitiously ...1923 Amer. dial.
• AUGER AROUND to look or investigate surreptitiously ...1923 Amer. dial.
• BEAM to look at, to stare ...1940s US Black sl.
• BEAM ON to look at, to stare ...1940s US Black sl.
• BEHOLD † to look ...c1175
• BELOOK † to look; to look at, consider; to look about one, cast one's eyes about ...c1175
• BESEE † to look about; to look in any direction; to see ...c1000
• BESEEM † to seem, to appear, to look ...a1225
• BLINTER to blink; to look at with weak eyes ...1804 Sc.
• BLIX to look at something; to glance at something ...Bk2006 US sl.
• CAST AN OPTIC to look at ...L19 sl.
• CASTELL to look, to see ...L16 sl.
• CASTLE to see or look ...16C sl.
• CAST SHEEP'S EYES to look amorously or lovingly upon ...1854 Amer. dial.
• CLOCK to look at, watch, observe, notice ...1929 sl., orig. US
• COP to notice; to look at ...M19 sl., orig. Aust.
• COP A GANDER to look at someone or something, esp. with discretion ...1950 US sl.
• DECK to see, to look at ...20C sl.
• DEKK to see, to look at ...20C sl.
• EYEBALL to look or stare at; to watch; later, to stare at from a short distance away in an intimidating or disapproving manner ...1901 orig. US
• EYE-GAME to exchange flirtatious looks ...2003 Trinidad and Tobago
• EYE UP to look someone or something over, esp. to appraise someone as sexually desirable ...1957 US sl.
• GAAN to stare; to gaze vacantly or with open mouth; to peer, to look intently; to stare insolently ...1866 Sc.
• GANDER to look at ...1887 US sl.
• GANDERNECK to look at ...1970s US sl.
• GAW † to gape, to stare; to look intently ...c1200
• GAWN to stare; to gaze vacantly or with open mouth; to peer, to look intently; to stare insolently ...1866 Sc.
• GET A LOAD OF to look at ...1922 sl., orig. US
• GET AN EYEFUL to look at ...1899 sl.
• GET ON TO to look at; to notice; to observe appreciatively or critically ...1882 US sl.
• GIVE A PERSON THE EYEBALL to look or stare at, esp. in a hostile, disapproving, or amorous manner ...1923 colloq.
• GIVE THE DAGGERS to look angrily at someone ...2002 UK sl.
• GLIFF † to look in a quick, hurried manner, to glance ...c1330 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• GLOPPEN † to stare in astonishment; to look with a sullen or malicious countenance ...c1420 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GLOTE to look askance, to look furtively ...1576
• GOGGLE to look at ...1938 sl.
• GROAK to look at one watchfully and suspiciously ...B1900 Sc.
• GUN to look at closely, to examine ...1819
• KAIN to look, to peer; to look shyly or askance; to squint ...1847 Eng. dial.
• KEEK † to peep; to look privily, as through a narrow aperture, or round a corner ...c1440 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• KEEP ONE'S EYES PEELED to keep a sharp look out ...c1905 sl.
• KEN to descry, to see; to catch sight of, to discover by sight; to look at, to scan ...c1205 arch.
• LAIT to look for, to seek, to search for; to seek and bring with one, to fetch ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• LAMP to look; to see; to examine ...1907 US sl.
• LAMP OVER to look; to see; to examine ...1914 US sl.
• MAKE SHEEP'S EYES to look amorously or lovingly upon ...1984 Amer. dial.
• NARK †* to watch, to look at ...1859 sl.
• OAGLE to look at invitingly or amorously; to leer ...1682 sl.
• OGALE to look longingly or amorously at a man ...1682 UK homosexual sl.
• OGLE to look at invitingly or amorously; to leer ...L17 sl.
• PAUK, PAWK to search, to look about with outstretched neck, to pry ...1893 Eng. dial.
• PERV, PERVE to act as or like a sexual pervert; to look at someone or stare lustfully; to look at something or someone with excessive interest ...1941 colloq.
• PIPE to look at ...1846 sl.
• SCAN to look with disgust or disdain ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCANCE to look at, to examine, to analyze metrically; to give a critical or appraising look at; to scrutinize ...1825 Sc.
• SCAN ON to watch closely, to look closely, esp. at something one intends stealing ...1960s US Black sl.
• SCLENT to give a side look, etc. ...1513 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SCREW to look at ...1917 sl., orig. Aust.
• SHUFTI to look at ...1943 Brit. sl.
• SHUFTY to look at ...1943 Brit. sl.
• SIGHT to look at ...1991 Amer. dial.
• SKEN to squint; to give a side look; to glance ...1611 Eng. dial.
• SKLENT to give a side look, etc. ...1513 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SMOKE OVER to look over, to observe critically ...1928 Amer. dial.
• SNEAK A PEAK to take a look at something or someone ...1999 US sl.
• SNILCH † to eye or see someone or something; to look at anything attentively; to watch closely ...1676 cant
• SQUINNY to squint, to look askance; to peer with partly closed eyes, to peep ...1605
• SQUIZ(Z) to look at ...1941 Aust. & NZ sl.
• TAKE A GANDER to look at, to glance at ...1930s sl., orig. US
• TAKE A HINGE AT to look at ...1930s US sl.
• TAKE A LAMP AT to have a look at ...1926 US sl.
• TAKE A LUNAR to look at ...1906 sl.
• TOOT † to peep, to peer, to look out; to gaze ...a1225 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TWIG to look at ...1764 sl.
• UMBEHOLD † to look about ...a1400-50
• UMBELOOK † to look about ...a1300
• UMBLOOK † to look round ...c1375
• UMHEED † to look about ...a1400-50
• VADA to see; to look; to observe ...1859 UK sl.
• VARDA to see; to look; to observe ...1859 UK sl.
• VARDI to see; to look; to observe ...1859 UK sl.
• VARDO to see; to look; to observe ...1859 UK sl.
• VARDY to see; to look; to observe ...1859 UK sl.
• VIZZY to look at closely, to view closely; to inspect, to examine, to scrutinize ...1724 Sc.
• WAIT † to keep watch, to look intently ...1338
• WAITH † to look; to seem, to appear ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WEITHE † to look; to seem, to appear ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WYTHE † to look; to seem, to appear ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• X-RAY to look at something or someone closely; to watch closely, to stare at ...1950s US Black sl.
• YOAK to look ...Bk1905 Sc.
look - phrases
• EYES ON, HANDS OFF an admonition that it's all right to look, but don't touch ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• LIKE AN OWL IN AN IVY-BUSH having a vacant look, as some persons have when in their cups; having a stupid, vacant stare ...1738
LOOK AFTER - verbs
• AINT to heed, to care for something, to tend, to look after someone ...1908 Sc.
• NOTICE to watch over; to look after ...1944 Amer. dial.
• OIL SOMEONE'S WHEELS to take care of; to be responsible for; to look after ...1990s sl.
• YEME † to give heed or attention to, to attend to, to look after; to take heed ...c897
LOOK FOR - verbs
• FAND † to enquire; to seek, to look for; to enquire into a matter; to search a place, to examine a track ...c1225
• FOND † to enquire; to seek, to look for; to enquire into a matter; to search a place, to examine a track ...c1225
• FOSSICK AROUND to look for something; to poke around, to forage, to scavenge ...1853
• LAIT † to look or search for; to seek, to try to find ...a1300
LOOKING - adjectives
• OMNISPECTIVE looking into or beholding all things ...1743
looking - nouns
• TOOTING † spying, peeping, looking ...1553 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
LOOK OUT - adjectives
• ON THE HARK on the watch or look out ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
lookout - nouns
• HEARKEN-OUT a listening; a watch, look-out ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• OBBO surveillance; observation; a lookout ...1933 UK sl.
• OBBS surveillance; observation; a lookout ...1933 UK sl.
• OBO surveillance; observation; a lookout ...1933 UK sl.
• OBS surveillance; observation; a lookout ...1933 UK sl.
• TOOT 1. an isolated, conspicuous hill suitable as a place of observation; a lookout hill ...1387
† 2. an elevated structure, or part of one, used as a lookout ...1770
• TOOT-HILL a natural or artificial hill or mound used for a lookout place; a prominent hill ...1382
• TOOTING-HILL † a natural or artificial hill or mound used for a lookout place; a prominent hill ...c1460
• TOTE 1. an isolated, conspicuous hill suitable as a place of observation; a lookout hill ...1387
† 2. an elevated structure, or part of one, used as a lookout ...1770
• TOUT-HILL a natural or artificial hill or mound used for a lookout place; a prominent hill ...1535
lookout - person
• CHICKIE, CHICKY a lookout or decoy ...1934 US sl.
• DOG * a lookout; a watchdog ...1870 school sl.
• EAGLE-EYE an observer or lookout ...1945 Amer. jocular
• EARWIG a lookout, one who listens for approaching steps, then checks the owner before admitting them ...1940s sl.
• GANDER a criminal's lookout ...1927 criminals' sl.
• GAY CAT a person, typically a boy, who scouts, acts as lookout, or runs errands for a gang of tramps or criminals ...1902 US criminals' sl.
• GAY CAT SPOTTER a small-time criminal, usually a vagrant or the lookout in a robbery ...1916 criminals' sl.
• GIG a lookout; an informer ...1949 Aust. sl.
• HAWK one who looks out for the arrival of authorities, e.g. a prison inmate, a carnival worker ...1950 US prison sl.
• NITKEEPER a person who stands guard as lookout ...Bk1945 Aust.
• OUTSIDE MAN a lookout ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
• OUTSIDER a lookout ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
• POINT a forward reconnaissance man; a lookout man; a scout who warns his associates of danger and may get the shock of attack ...1940s Amer. Armed forces and criminals sl.
• RAISER a lookout who warns confederates of approaching police ...1992 US sl.
• WAIT † a military watchman, sentinel, or lookout; also, a scout, spy; a watchman in a camp, castle, or fortified place who was furnished with a born to trumpet to sound an alarm or to make a signal ...a1300
• WAITER † one who watches or observes closely; one who is on the lookout ...1382
• ZEX-MAN a lookout ...Bk1992 criminals' sl.
look out - verbs
• HEARKEN to be on the watch, to look out, to listen for ...1868 Eng. dial.
• KEEP OBS to keep a lookout ...1940s sl.
• KEEP ONE'S TOP EYE OPEN to keep a sharp lookout ...1828 Amer. dial.
• KEEP TOUT to spy on, to keep a look-out ...E19 sl.
• KEEP YOW to keep a look-out, esp. in a criminal context ...1940s Aust. sl.
• SKIN ONE'S EYES to be vigilant, on the lookout ...1860 Amer. dial.
LOOK OVER - verbs
• GIVE THE ONCE-OVER to look over, to assess ...1910s sl., orig. US
• GUN to look over; to examine ...1812 UK sl.
LOOP - nouns
• LATCHET † a loop; a narrow strip of anything; a thong ...c1350
• LAITH loath, unwilling, reluctant ...1714 Sc.
LOATHE - verbs
• ABOMINE † to abominate; to feel extreme disgust and hatred towards; to abhor, to loathe ...1683
• DAWL to loathe, to disrelish ...1796 Eng. dial.
• FASTIDIATE †* to feel a disgust for; to loathe ...1618
• HEAVE to make an effort to vomit, to retch; to feel loathing ...1601
• SCUNDER to cause disgust, to loathe ...1910 Amer. dial.
• SCUNNER to cause disgust, to loathe ...1910 Amer. dial.
• UG † to abhor, to loathe, to detest; to cause disgust or nausea ...a1340 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• UGG to feel abhorrence or disgust; to loathe; to cause disgust or nausea; to vomit ...1722 Sc. & Eng. dial.
LOATHING - nouns
• FASTIDIOUSNESS † loathing, disgust ...1533
• LAITH loathing, despite, scorn ...1882 Sc.
• UGGING dread, fear, horror, loathing ...c1250
• UGLINESS † horror, dread, loathing ...c1325
• UGSOMENESS loathing; loathsomeness; ugliness, repulsiveness ...c1440
loathing - verbs
• UG † 1. to inspire or affect dread, loathing, or disgust ...a1225 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
† 2. to feel dread or apprehension, disgust, or loathing ...a1340 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
LOATHSOME - adjectives
• CACK contemptible, unpleasant, disgusting, loathsome, inferior ...1996 UK sl.
• CARRION vile, loathsome, detestable; expressing disgust ...1826
• CARRIONLY † corrupt, vile, loathsome ...1547-64
• LAIDLY ugly, loathsome, foul; clumsy ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• LIDLY ugly, loathsome, foul; clumsy ...1790 Sc.
• RANK gross, highly offensive or loathsome; in later use esp. grossly coarse or indecent ...a1300
• UGGED † horrid, loathsome ...1570
• UGGIN disgusting, loathsome, nauseating, objectionable, annoying, vexatious; frightful, horrible, ghastly ...1838 Sc.
• UGGING causing loathing or disgust; loathsome, detestable, frightful ...1832 Sc.
• UGGSOME disgusting, loathsome, repulsive, horrible ...1724 Sc.
• UGSOME ugly, hideous, disgusting, loathsome, nauseating; frightful; horrible; ghastly ...c1400 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• UNDER THE ARM of low quality; bad; inferior; unsatisfactory; loathsome ...1937 Brit. sl.
• WLATSOME † loathsome, detestable; disgusting, abominable, hateful ...a1300
loathsome - nouns
• DUNG something vile, contemptible, or loathsome ...c1225
• TOAD something or someone hateful, loathsome, or contemptible ...a1548
loathsome - person
• BELDAM, BELDAME)a loathsome old woman; a hag; a witch; a furious raging woman, a virago ...a1586
• CRUMB an untrustworthy, loathsome, or objectionable person; an insignificant, despicable person ...c1920 Amer. sl.
• HELL-KITE * a cruel or loathsome person ...a1616
• MAGGOT a loathsome or despicable person; a lowlife ...1680 sl.
• TOAD something or someone hateful, loathsome, or contemptible ...a1548
• VAMPIRE a person of a malignant and loathsome character, esp. one who preys ruthlessly upon others; a vile and cruel exactor or extortioner ...1741
• WAMPUS a mean, difficult or objectionable person; an offensive or loathsome person ...1912 Amer. dial.
LOATHSOMENESS - nouns
• FEDITY † foulness, filthiness, nastiness, vileness, loathsomeness, whether moral or physical ...1542
LOBSTER, LOBSTERING - nouns
• CARDINAL a lobster ...Bk1891 Amer. sl.
• CARDINAL HASH lobster salad ...Bk1891 Amer. sl.
• CUT WAR in lobstering: a rivalry that has escalated to the point where lobstermen are cutting each other's buoys ...1978 US sl.
• LAPSTER a lobster ...1700 Sc.
• NANCY a small lobster ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PISTOL a lobster that is missing one or both claws ...1966 Amer. dial.
• SEA CRAW a lobster ...1884 Amer. dial.
• SHORT an illegal, undersized lobster ...1966 Amer. dial.
• SNAPPER in lobstering: a lobster that is not legal size ...1978 US sl.
lobster, lobstering - verbs
• BARB † to carve a lobster ...1508
LOCALITY - adjectives
• TOPIC † pert. to a particular place or locality; local ...1610
• TOPOPOLITAN that inhabits a definite or restricted locality, limited to a restricted habitat ...1897
locality - nouns
• ART a direction, way; locality, district ...1805 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DIGGINGS a place, locality, neighbourhood, region; premises ...1834 Amer. dial.
• UBIQUITY † locality, region ...1633
• UBITY †* place, locality ...1624
LOCATE - verbs
• BESTOW to place, to locate; to put in a position or situation ...c1374 arch.
• HAFT to establish in a situation or place of residence; to locate ...1728 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• HAVE A GOOD NOSE FOR to be able to search out or locate, as a bargain, etc. ...Aust. sl.
• SITUATE * to give a site to; to place, to locate ...c1532
LOCATED - adjectives
• BESTEAD † placed, located, situated ...a1300
• BESTED † placed, located, situated ...a1300
LOCATION - nouns
• GAFF a location ...1999 UK sl.
• TWENTY a location ...1975 US Citizens’ band radio sl.
• UBI † place, position; location ...1614
• UBICATION the condition of being in or occupying a certain place or position; location ...1644
• UBIETY condition in respect of place or location; whereness ...1674
LOCK - nouns
• DEAD-LOCK a lock the key of which is lost ...1887 Eng. dial.
• FARCING the picking of a lock ...L16 UK criminals' sl.
• HANGING LOCK † a padlock ...1495-7
• HANG-LOCK † a hanging lock, a padlock ...1587
• MONKEY a padlock ...1812 sl.
• PAD † a shortened form of 'padlock' ...1573
• PADDY a padlock ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
• SPIKE a lock ...1920s US criminals' sl.
lock - person
• TOOLMAN a lock-picker; one who deals with alarms, etc. ...1940s sl.
lock - verbs
• HASP † to confine or fasten in a tight place; to lock up ...1680
• OBSERATE †* to lock up, to bolt, to shut with bolt and key ...1623
LOCKED - adjectives
• BANGED UP of a building or place: locked up ...20C sl.
• BOXED locked up ...Bk1890 sl.
• OFF-LOCKED locked up ...1869 Eng. dial.
LOCKING - nouns
• OBSERATION † a bolting, locking up ...1658
LOCK-UP - nouns
• BOOB a lock-up, a cell ...E20 sl.
• BOOBY HATCH a lock-up, a cell; an asylum ...US sl.
• CAGE † a prison for petty malefactors; a lock-up ...c1500
•.CALLIE a calaboose; a jail, a lock-up ...1919 Amer. sl.
• CALLY a calaboose; a jail, a lock-up ...1919 Amer. sl.
• IRISH-THEATRE a guard room or lock-up in barracks ...Bk1896 military sl.
LOCOMOTIVE - see TRAIN
LOCUST - nouns
• ACRID † a locust ...c1550
• SKIPPER †* a locust ...c1250
LOCUTION - nouns
• OBLOCUTION † bad locution or utterance; bad delivery ...c1450
LODGE - verbs
• BED † to lodge, to find a resting-place ...c1175
• BESTOW to lodge, to quarter; to put up; to provide with a resting place or sleeping place ...1577 arch.
• HARBINGE † to lodge; to take up one's quarters ...c1475
• HARBRY to shelter, to lodge ...1375 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• HEAF to lodge, to reside, to live ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• HERBERY to shelter, to lodge ...1375 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• KENNEL of a person: to lodge or lurk; to inhabit, to dwell; used contemptuously ...1599
• KIP to lodge ...L19 sl.
• LEAGUER †* to 'lie', to lodge ..1596
• LIE to lodge, stay the night; to sojourn ...arch.
• MEAL to board ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• QUARTER to lodge; to obtain board and lodging at an inn, etc. ...1787 Eng. dial.
• TAKE IN to receive lodgers ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TAKE UP to lodge, to put up, to take up residence ...1852 Amer. dial.
• TARRY to lodge someplace; to sojourn, to abide temporarily ...1704 Amer. dial.
LODGER, LODGING - nouns
• BEING a home, a dwelling-place, a lodging ...1839 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• CABINET † a little cabin, hut, soldier's tent; a rustic cottage; a dwelling, lodging; a den of a beast ...1572
• CANTING-ACADEMY a common lodging-house ...Bk1921 sl.
• CHEAP JOHN a flophouse; a cheap brothel; a dirty, dilapidated saloon ...20C Amer. sl.
• CHINCH a cheap hotel or rooming house ...20C US sl.
• CHINCH PAD a hotel; a cheap rooming house ...1958 US Black sl.
• COT HOUSE a cheap rooming house or 'hotel', esp. in a town based on an oil-drilling camp ...M19 sl.
• CRUMB HOUSE a flop-house infested with lice ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• CRUMB JOINT a flop-house infested with lice ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
• DIET board, keep ...Bk1900 Ireland
• DIGGINGS lodgings ...Brit. colloq.
• DIGS lodgings, be it a room, flat, or house ...1893 UK sl.
• DOSSER a cheap lodging-house, esp. for vagrants ...1889 sl., orig. & chiefly Brit.
• DOSS-HOUSE a cheap lodging-house, esp. for vagrants ...1889 sl., orig. & chiefly Brit.
• EASEMENT † refreshment by food and repose; hence, comfortable accommodation, food and lodging ...c1400
• EASE-ROOM † a comfortable lodging-room ...1629
• ENTERTAINMENT lodging and food ...1621 N. Ireland
• FLASH-DISPENSARY a boarding-house ...Bk1893 Amer. sl.
• FLOP a cheap lodging-house; a place to sleep; a bed ...1910 US sl.
• FLOP BOX a hotel room, a bedroom, lodgings ...1976 US sl.
• FLOP JOINT an inexpensive, shoddy, tattered, dirty place to stay, catering to transients ...1928 US sl.
• FLOP-HOUSE a cheap lodging-house, esp. for vagrants ...1909 sl., orig. US
• HARBERGAGE 1. † a place of lodging or entertainment; an inn ...a1300
2. † lodging, entertainment ...c1386
• HARBERGERY 1. † a place of lodging or entertainment; an inn ...a1300
2. † lodging, entertainment ...1303
• HARBERY 1. † shelter, lodging ...a1300 Sc. & N. Eng.
2. † a place of shelter; a lodging-place ...c1325 Sc. & N. Eng.
• HARBOUR 1. shelter, lodging, entertainment; sojourn, abode ...c1150
2. † a place of shelter or sojourn; lodgings, quarters, resting-place; a place of entertainment, an inn; a place of refuge, asylum ...c1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HARBOURAGE 1. shelter, lodging ...1570
2. a place of shelter; a lodging ...1651
• HARBOURY 1. † shelter, lodging ...a1300 Sc. & N. Eng.
2. † a place of shelter; a lodging-place ...c1325 Sc. & N. Eng.
• HARBRY 1. † shelter, lodging ...a1300 Sc. & N. Eng.
2. † a place of shelter; a lodging-place ...c1325 Sc. & N. Eng.
• HEAFING a lodging, abode ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• HERBERGAGE 1. † a place of lodging or entertainment; an inn ...a1300
2. † lodging, entertainment ...c1386
• HERBERGERY 1. † a place of lodging or entertainment; an inn ...a1300
2. † lodging, entertainment ...1303
• KIP a lodging house; lodgings, esp. a hotel room or apartment ...1883 sl.
• LAY * a place of lying or lodging; lair of animals ...1590
• LETARI a lodging ...1900s UK tramps' sl.
• LETTARY a lodging ...1900s UK tramps' sl.
• LETTY a lodging; a bed ...1846 sl.
• MANSION 1. † a structure or edifice serving as a dwelling or lodging place; a house, a tent, etc. ...a1340
2. † a separate dwelling-place, lodging, or apartment in a large house or enclosure; chiefly plural ...c1400
• MODEL a model lodging-house ...L19 Sc.
• NEST a lodging, shelter, home, bed, etc., esp. of a secluded or comfortable nature; a snug retreat ...a1000
• PACK a night lodging for the very poor ...M19 sl.
• PADDEN-CRIB a boys' or youths' lodging-house ...1839 UK sl.
• PADDING KEN a low, cheap, lodging-house ...1839 criminals' sl.
• PAD DOUGH money for a night's lodging or for admission to an opium den ...1900s US sl.
• PAD MONEY money for a night's lodging or for admission to an opium den ...1900s US sl.
• PADDEN CRIB n. a lodging house ...M19 Aust. & UK criminals' sl.
• PADDEN KEN a lodging house frequented primarily by vagrants or thieves ...M19 Aust. & UK criminals' sl.
• PADDING-CRIB a lodging-house for vagabonds, tramps, vagrants ...1851 sl.
• PADDING-KEN a lodging-house for vagabonds, tramps, vagrants ...1851 sl.
• PAD MONEY money for lodgings ...1904 US sl.
• PECK AND PERCH food and lodging ...1828 sl.
• RAG HOUSE a cheap rooming house or 'hotel', esp. in a town based on an oil-drilling camp ...M19 sl.
• RAG SHANTY a cheap rooming house or 'hotel', esp. in a town based on an oil-drilling camp ...M19 sl.
• SLOP AND FLOP meals and lodging ...1953 US sl.
• SPIKE a cheap lodging-house ...1866
• TABLING † the act of providing or fact of being provided with meals; provision of food; boarding, board ...a1553 now rare or obs.
• UP-PUT lodging, entertainment ...Bk1905 Sc.
• UP-PUTTING accommodation; lodging; entertainment for man or beast ...1815 Sc. & Eng. dial.
lodger, lodging - person
• ARTFUL DODGER a lodger ...B1857 rhyming sl.
• COMMON HERBERGER † a common lodging-house keeper ...1502
• DADDY the old man, generally an aged pauper, in charge at a tramps' lodging house or casual ward ...M19 sl.
• FATHER the owner of a common lodging house ...M19 sl.
• HARBINGER 1. † one who provides lodging; an entertainer, a host ...c1175
2. one sent on before to purvey lodgings for an army, a royal train, etc.; a purveyor of lodgings ...c1386
• HARBOURER one who shelters or entertains; an entertainer, a host ...1548
• JOLLY ROGER a lodger ...20C rhyming sl.
• MAT a public house or lodging-house landlady ...M19 sl.
• MEALER a boarder ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• MIVEY, MIVVY, MIVY the landlady of a lodging-house ...L19 sl.
• MOT, MOTT, MOTTE a public house or lodging-house landlady ...M19 sl.
• MOTT OF THE KEN the landlady of a criminal lodging-house ...1852 UK sl.
• PERHENDINANCER †* a sojourner, a lodger ...1489
• QUARTERER one who takes up quarters; a lodger ...1648
• QUARTER-MAN a lodger; one who is furnished with temporary lodgings ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SAW the landlady of a cheap rooming house ...1940s US Black sl.
• TABLER † 1. one who gets his meals at another's table for payment; a boarder ...1598 obs. or rare
† 2. one who boards persons ...1665
lodger, lodging - verbs
• DIG to have lodgings ...Brit. colloq.
• HAIL UP to stay at an inn or similar lodging ...L19 Aust. sl.
• HARBOUR † to provide a lodging or lodging-place for; to shelter from the weather or the night; to lodge, entertain ...c1150
• WAIT to lodge, to make one's (temporary) home ...1951 Sc.
LOFT - nouns
• CEILING an attic, a loft ...c1960 Amer. dial.
LOFTILY - adverbs
• TALLY * highly, loftily ...1611
LOFTINESS - nouns
• HAUGHTURE loftiness of manner or bearing; haughtiness of demeanour ...a1628
• HAUTESSE † highness, height; loftiness of rank or character; nobility; haughtiness, pride; grandeur, stateliness; length of time ...a1300
• HAUTEUR loftiness of manner or bearing; haughtiness of demeanour ...a1628
• MAGNANIMITY * loftiness of thought or purpose; grandeur of designs, nobly ambitious spirit ...1598
• MAGNANIMOUSNESS † magnanimity ...1606
• MAGNILOQUENCE loftiness of speech or expression ...1623
• MAGNILOQUENCY † loftiness of speech or expression ...1615
• MAGNILOQUY * magniloquence ...1656
LOFTY - adjectives
• ALTITUDINOUS high, lofty ...1808
• BABEL lofty, visionary ...M17
• HAUGHT † of exalted character, esp. in the matter of courage; high-minded, noble; lofty ...a1470
• HAUTFUL †* exalted, lofty ...c1440
• HEAVEN-HIGH reaching or piercing the clouds; very lofty ...a1000
• HIGH-PITCHED of lofty character ...1594
• MAGNANIME † high-souled; lofty, magnanimous ...1523
• MAGNANIMOUS high-souled; nobly ambitious; lofty of purpose; noble in feeling or conduct; superior to petty resentment or jealousy ...1598
• MAGNILOQUENT lofty or ambitious in expression, grandiloquent; using a stately manner of speaking or writing; also, talking big, boastful ...1656
• MAGNILOQUOUS † magniloquent ...1727
• NAUNTLING towering, lofty, as of a crag or church steeple ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PROCEROUS † tall, lofty, high; long ...1599
• SKIED * seeming to touch or reach the sky; lofty ...1730-46
• TALL grandiloquent, magniloquent; high-flown, lofty ...1670 colloq.
• TALRIGHT †* upright and tall; lofty ...1582
• TOPFUL †* high, lofty, towering ...c1611
• TOPLOFTICAL lofty, high-flown, high and mighty, stuck-up, haughty, having a superior or disdainful attitude ...1823 colloq. humorous
• TOPLOFTY lofty in manner or character; elevated; haughty, high and mighty, pretentious, stuck-up ...1859 colloq. humorous
lofty - nouns
• BABEL a lofty structure; a visionary project ...M17
• LARGENESS lofty bearing, pomposity ...1887
lofty - verbs
• SET UP ONE'S BONNET A HACK to strike a lofty attitude ...1871 Sc.
LOG - nouns
• BAT a log for burning ...1782 Eng. dial.
• BILLET a chunk of wood; a small log, often used for firewood ...1750 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
• BUTT a log suitable for firewood ...1956 Amer. dial.
• CLOG † a thick piece of wood; a log ...LME obs. exc. Sc.
• HELL-BENDER a logger's term for a log ...1968 Amer. dial.
• LOGGO logs ...M19 Brit. sl.
• NOGGY a small log or rough block of wood ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• PECKER POLE a long, thin log ...1956 Amer. dial.
• SCHOOLMA'AM a forked tree or log ...1930 Amer. dial.
• SCHOOLMARM a forked tree or log ...1938 Amer. dial.
• SCHOOL MOM a forked tree or log ...1939 Amer. dial.
• TIDE WALKER a log floating, often with only one end at the surface, in coastal waters ...1918 Amer. dial.
LOGGING - nouns
• ALIBI DAY among loggers: payday ...1958 Amer. dial.
• AMEN CORNER among loggers, a corner in the bunkhouse where old-timers reminisced, or a place where sky pilots (preachers) spoke, or entertainers told their stories ...1969 Amer. dial.
• ARK in logging: a houseboat used as bunkhouse, kitchen, or storage area, esp. in floating camps ...1905 Amer. dial.
• ASPARAGUS in logging: a bundle of small logs strapped together to make easier handling between woods and pulp mill ...1958 Amer. dial.
• ASSHOLE in logging: a kink in the logging cable ...1959 Amer. dial.
• AX-HANDLE orig. among loggers: a unit of measurement, esp. of width ...1843 Amer. dial.
• BACK CORNER in logging: the far end of a logging operation ...1958 Amer. dial.
• BAIT CAN a lunch bucket, esp. among loggers ...1926 Amer. dial.
• BAKE OVEN in logging: a cruiser's tent with one sloping side and two ends ...1969 Amer. dial.
• BAR-ROOM a bunk-room in a logging-camp ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• CABOOSE a bunkhouse ...1958 Amer. logging usage
• DECK a pile of logs ...Bk1913 Amer. dial.
• GUT HORN a long tin horn blown by the cook's helper to call a logging crew to eat ...1958 Amer. sl.
• HITCHHIKER in logging: a log caught or entangled but not choked with the turn, hauled all or part way to the landing ...1958 Amer. logging
• LOBBY in logging: the living room, or smoking room at a lumber camp ...1930 Amer. dial.
• LOGGER'S SMALLPOX markings on a man's face which are caused by a man's stamping on it with his spiked boots, an activity known as 'putting the caulks to' (a man) ...1938 Can. loggers' sl.
• MACARONI long curls of sawdust ...1938 Amer. logging usage
• MARSH FEATHER(S) among loggers: hay used as a mattress or cushion ...1959 Amer. dial.
• SIDE WINDER a tree which in falling hits another and rolls on its axis ...Bk1913 Amer. dial.
• TURKEY a lumberman's pack or kit ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• TWISTER a tree with a twisted grain ...Bk1913 Amer. dial.
• WIDOW MAKER a dangerous hanging limb or stub ...Bk1913 Amer. dial.
logging - person
• APE among loggers: applied generally to men, but more particularly to a wage-earner ...1930 Amer. dial.
• APPLEKNOCKER among loggers: a part-time logger, usually not very skilled at woods jobs ...1950 Amer. dial.
• ARAB among loggers: a workman who always manages to be away when there's dirty or heavy work to be done ...1958 Amer. dial.
• ASPHALT LOGGER among loggers: one who prefers town to the woods; one who makes big talk in town, small work on the job ...1958 Amer. dial.
• BACK SPIKER one of the members of a crew who completes the spiking of rails to cross ties after the track has been laid by the steel gang ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• BALL HOOTER in logging: a logger who rolls logs down hillsides that are too steep for wagon teams ...1942 US sl.
• BANK BEAVERS rivermen or river rats driving the rear on a log drive ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• BANKERS lumberjacks who pile logs on the banking ground ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• BARK-EATER in logging: a logger; a sawmill hand ...1958 Amer. dial.
• BARK MARKER one who cuts the bark-mark on logs (bark-mark – a symbol chopped into the side of a log to indicate ownership; it serves as a means of identification) ...Bk1890 US lumberjacks' usage
• BARN-BOSS a man whose duty was to care for the horses and stables in a logging camp ...1902 US
• BARN BOY a barn boss's helper ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• BAR ROOM MAN in logging: the chore boy around the camp who cut fuel, filled wood boxes, swept bunkhouses, washed blankets, fed pigs ...1938 US lumberjacks' usage
• BAY-MAN a lumberman ...1715
• BEAVER a clumsy axeman ...1958 Amer. loggers' usage
• BIG BULL a nickname for a camp foreman ...1925 Amer. loggers' sl.
• BIG PUSH a logging camp foreman ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• BIG SAVAGE in logging: the general superintendent; a foreman ...1942 Amer. dial.
• BIGWIG a logging camp foreman or boss ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• BIRLER a 'river pig' who treads on a log in the water to rotate it and thus find the end mark or the side mark of ownership ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• BISCUIT SHOOTER a waiter in a logging camp ...Bk1913 Amer. dial.
• BLACKBIRD a man proficient in riding logs on a river drive ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• BLANKET SQUAD in logging: a new crew coming in to the camp in the old days, each man carrying his blankets ...1958 Amer. dial.
• BLUE JAY in logging: a man who keeps the sleigh road in good condition ...1969 US logging usage
• BRIDGE MONKEY a logger's name for a bridge builder ...1968 Amer logging usage
• BRUSH APE a logger ...1958 Amer. dial.
• BULL a foreman or boss, esp. in a logging camp ...1930 Amer. dial.
• BULL COOK orig. the man who fed the draft animals in logging camps; later, a camp handyman or helper ...1917 Amer. dial.
• BULL DRIVER one who drives oxen, esp. in logging and transporting freight ...1970 Amer. dial.
• BULL OF THE WOODS a foreman or boss, esp. in a logging camp ...1872 Amer. dial.
• BULLPUNCHER a man who drove ox teams in the early days when logging was done with bulls ...1893 Amer. dial.
• BULL TEAMSTER a man who drove ox teams in the early days when logging was done with bulls ...1893 Amer. dial.
• BULLWHACKER one who drives oxen, esp. in logging and transporting freight ...1858 Amer. dial.
• CAMP DOG in construction and logging camps: an employee who looks after beds and belongings ...1927 Amer. dial.
• CAMP INSPECTOR an itinerant logger ...1950 Amer. dial. jocular
• CATTY an expert in logging jobs ...1958 Amer. dial.
• CEDAR SAVAGE in logging: a man who cuts or peels cedar logs, poles, or posts ...1956 Amer. sl.
• CHICKADEE in logging: a person whose job it was to clean the horse manure from the ice road ...1956 Amer. dial.
• CRUMB BOSS a construction camp bunkhouse janitor or porter; one who makes up beds ...Bk1974 Amer. hobo and logger use
• DASHBOARD along loggers: a farmer working as a logger ...1958 Amer. dial.
• DAYLIGHT ROBBER a log-scaler ...1956 Amer. logging usage
• DENTIST one who files saws ...1956 US logging usage
• FEATHER MERCHANT a logger who runs a small operation ...1958 Amer. dial.
• FEEDER a man who cared for the horses and stables in a logging camp ...1969 Amer. dial.
• GANDY HAND in logging: a pick and shovel man; a worker on a railroad track crew ...1956 US lumberjacks' usage
• GANG HELPERS in logging: the sawmill workers who moved boards cut by the gang saw in a sawmill ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• GANG SAWYER in logging: the operator of a gang saw in a sawmill ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• GAXABO in logging: a member of the fellowship of woods workers ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• GAZEBO in logging: a member of the fellowship of woods workers ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• GOPHER MAN in logging: one who digs; a tool or machine used esp. in digging holes under logs so that chains can be passed around them ...1950 Amer. dial.
• GUTTER-MAN one who removes underbrush, fallen trees, and other obstacles in making a gutter road ...1904 US logging usage
• GYPPO a small logging or freighting contractor ...1912 Amer. logging usage
• HAY MAN ON THE HILL a man who keeps the sleigh road in good condition ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• HEAD CHOPPER in logging: in the early days of logging in the lake states the sub-foreman who was the boss of a yarding crew ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• HEAD DRIVER in logging: an expert river driver stationed at a point where a jam was feared ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• HEAD LOADER in logging: a man who selected the logs to be loaded on each railroad car ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• HEAD MAN the brakeman responsible for work done in connection with the forward section of the train, and, when in transit, is stationed in the locomotive ...Bk1978 railroad usage
• HEAD RIG in logging: the camp foreman, logging superintendent, or boss of a logging crew ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• HEAD SAWYER in logging: the man who operated the main saw in a sawmill ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• HEAD SORTER in logging: the head man or boss at a sorting gap who called out the log marks to assistants responsible for steering logs into the sorting pens ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• HEATHEN a logger ...Bk1962 loggers' sl.
• HEAVER in logging: the fireman on a logging locomotive ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• HIGHBALLER in logging: a man who did about twice as much work as the others ...1964 US sl.
• HIGH BANKER in logging: a river driver who avoids dangerous places and always manages to find work on a high bank or place less dangerous and most always a man who shuns hard work ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• HIGH CLIMBER the person who tops, limbs, and often rigs, the spar tree for use in cable logging ...1925 Amer. logging usage
• HIGH RIGGER in logging: the person who rigs (and also often tops and limbs) the spar tree for use in cable logging ...1925 Amer. dial.
• HIGHWHEELER in logging: one who works with the big wheels (timber wheels) ...1958 Amer. dial.
• HIKER in logging: a lumberjack who has quit the job ...1956 Amer. dial.
• INKSLINGER in logging: a camp clerk or timekeeper ...1913 Amer. dial.
• JACK a lumberjack ...c1900 Amer.
• JAM CRACKER in logging: one who breaks up log-jams ...1905 Amer. dial.
• JOB SHARK an employment agent; esp. in logging ...1938 Amer. dial.
• LANDLOOKER in logging: one who surveys and estimates standing timber ...1891 Amer. dial.
• LITTLE BULL a nickname for a camp foreman ...1925 Amer. loggers' sl.
• LOBBYHOG in logging: the caretaker of the bunkhouse; a roustabout who does everything from building fires to making beds ...1930 Amer. dial.
• MICHIGAN JUMPER in logging: a lumberjack who worked only a few days in one place and then moved on to another camp ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• MOOLEY HOGAN in logging: a person expert with a mooley, a cant hook used to handle logs on land ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• MOOSE CAT in logging: an unusually good lumberjack ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• PUNK in logging: a worker, formerly often a boy, who signals the operation of log-hauling machinery by controlling the whistle of the 'donkey engine' ...1909 Amer. dial.
• QUARTER BOSS one who maintains law and order in a logging camp ...1968 Amer. dial.
• QUARTERS BOSS one who maintains law and order in a logging camp ...1935 Amer. dial.
• RIVER HOG someone who guides logs downstream ...1902 Amer. sl.
• RIVER PIP someone who guides logs downstream ...1921 Amer. sl.
• ROAD MONKEY one who repairs logging roads ...Bk1913 Amer. dial.
• SAFETY FIRST in logging: a camp welfare man ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• SAGS in logging: what the loggers in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan called the lumberjacks who first came in from the famous valley of the Saginaw River in lower Michigan ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• SAVAGE a logger ...1925 Amer. dial.
• SAW BOSS in logging: a man in charge of a crew of sawyers and swampers in the woods ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• SAWDUST EATER in logging: one who worked in a sawmill ...Bk1975 US lumberjacks' usage
• SAW FILER in logging: one who files the crosscut saws in the woods or the saws in the sawmills ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• SAW FITTER in logging: one who files the crosscut saws in the woods or the saws in the sawmills ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• SAWYER in logging: one who controlled the carriage and other machinery in sawing logs into lumber; the quantity and quality of the lumber depended on his judgement ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• SCALER in logging: one who scales or measures logs ...1887
• SCALPER 1. in logging: a lumberjack who peeled hemlock bark ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
2. in logging: one who sold lumber on commission ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• SEARS ROEBUCK GUY in logging: a novice ...1968 Amer. dial.
• SHANTY BOSS one who does odd jobs in a logging camp ...1905 Amer. dial.
• SHANTYMAN a lumberjack ...chiefly N. Amer.
• SHEEPHERDER a useless man; a logger wearing a farmer's bib overalls ...1958 Amer. dial.
• SHOEMAKER an inept logger ...1958 Amer. dial.
• SKY HOOKER a man who tends chain on the decks of a logging train ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• STUMP DETECTIVE a forester or other official, scaler, etc., who measures up the waste in stumps, tops, etc. in a logging operation ...Bk1913 Amer. dial.
• TAFFLE in logging: a cook's helper ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• TAFFLER in logging: a cook's helper ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• TAILER IN in logging: a cant hook man who rolls logs to the base of logs already in a deck ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• TAIL RIGGER in logging: one who handled the carriage at a sawmill ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• TAIL SAWYER in logging: one who pulled slabs, boards, and cants from the head saw in a mill; he also cut unsalable parts out of lumber ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• TALLY BOY in logging: one who recorded or tallied the measurements of logs as they were called by the scaler ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• TALLY MAN in logging: one who recorded or tallied the measurements of logs as they were called by the scaler ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• TAME APE among loggers: a wage-earner who likes wage-earning ...1930 Amer. dial.
• TANK CONDUCTOR in logging: one who had charge of the crew which operated the water tank or sprinkler, and who regulated the flow of water in icing logging roads ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• TANK TEAMSTER in logging: a teamster who drove the teams on a water sprinkler ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• TEAMSTER in logging: a man who drove a team in a logging operation ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• TIMBER BEAST a lumberjack or logger; rarely, a lumber-mill worker ...1916 Amer. dial.
• TIMBER WOLF a lumberjack or logger; rarely, a lumber-mill worker ...1926 Amer. dial.
• VALUER 1. in logging: a man who values the amount of standing timber ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
2. in logging: one who cruised timber to estimate its value ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• WAILER in logging: a lumberjack who 'wailed' when singing logger's ballads ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• WALKER 1. in logging: a man elected from among the river drivers to be boss of all the crews on the drive ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
2. in logging: the superintendent of two or more logging camps ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• WANIGAN MAN - in logging: one who prepares camp for river drivers ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• WATER BUCK anybody carrying water to a crew ...1958 Amer. loggers' sl.
• WHISTLE PUNK in logging: a worker, formerly often a boy, who signals the operation of log-hauling machinery by controlling the whistle of the 'donkey engine' ...1909 Amer. dial.
• WINCHER in logging: a winch operator ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• WIND FALL BUCKER in logging: a man who was engaged in sawing up trees that had been blown down by wind ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• WISCONSIN STICKER in logging: a lumberjack who worked until he made his stake ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• WOOD BUTCHER 1. in logging: the camp carpenter who made logging equipment out of wood ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
2. in logging: a caustic name given to some of the early timber barons ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
• WOOD HICK a logger or other worker in the woods ...1908 Amer. dial.
• ZIPPO in logging: a logger operating on a small scale ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
logging - verbs
• BALLHOOT in logging: to roll logs down a steep incline ...1913 Amer. dial.
• BALLOON IT to pack up and leave camp ...1958 Amer. dial., esp. logging usage
• BEAT THE THROTTLE WITH A STICK to attempt to get more steam out of an engine ...1958 Amer. logging railroad usage
• BEAVER to hack a tree down ...1942 Amer. loggers' usage
• BEAVER DOWN to hack a tree down ...1942 Amer. loggers' usage
• HIT THE STEEL in the days of railroad logging, to walk the track away from camp, either because fired, or quitting the job ...1958 logging sl.
logging - interjections
• AROUND THE HORN! among loggers: Watch out! ...1958 Amer. dial.
• DAYLIGHT IN THE SWAMP! used as a wake-up call among loggers ...1944 Amer. dial. online
LOGIC - adjectives
• MOUNT ALDRICH logic ...E19 Oxford University usage
logic - person
• OB-AND-SOLLER † a scholastic or subtle disputant - a dabbler in scholastic logic; one who deals with obs (objections) and sols (solutions) in disputations ...1678 nonce-word
LOGICAL - adjectives
• HARD-HEADED not easily swayed by sentiment; matter-of-fact; logical ...L18
LOIN - nouns
• LEER † the flank or loin; the hollow under the ribs ...c1386 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• LENDS † the loins; also, the buttocks ...c975
• LINE loin ...1815 Amer. dial.
LOINCLOTH - nouns
• MARO a loin-cloth used by South Sea Islanders ...1772-84
• VEIL † a loin-cloth ...1634
• WAIST-CLOTH a loincloth that the natives of hot climates wear round the waist, either hanging down in front or passed between the thighs ...1810
LOITER, LOITERING - adjectives
• HALLACKING idle, lazy, trifling, loitering ...1878 Eng. dial.
• HALLOCKING idle, lazy, trifling, loitering ...1878 Eng. dial.
• LAGGARD lagging, hanging back, loitering, slow ...1702
• LAGGIE-LAST always behindhand, loitering ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LAGGING slow-moving, loitering ...1898 Sc.
• LAG-MA-LAST always behind, loitering ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• NAFFLING trifling; loitering ...Bk1903 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TANGLING untidy, slatternly; lounging, loitering; esp. used of a woman ...1790 Eng. dial.
• TANGLY untidy, slatternly; lounging, loitering; esp. used of a woman ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
loiter, loitering - nouns
• BANGLING a hanging about, wandering idly ...1894 Eng. dial.
loiter, loitering - person (includes LOITERER)
• ABBEY-LUBBER orig. (prior to the Reformation), a lazy monk or hanger-on to a religious house - lazy loiterer who might work, but would not, preferring to depend on the charity of religious houses ...1509
• DALLY-CRAW a loitering child ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DAWDLEKUM a loiterer or slow-coach ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DILL-DUCK an idle, dawdling, loitering woman ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DRUG-STORE COWBOY orig. an idle young swaggerer who hung around drug-store soda fountains trying to press girls; one who loiters or loafs on street corners, etc. ...1923 US sl.
• GADLING † a wanderer; a wayfarer; a worthless vagabond; an idler; a loiterer ...a1542
• GAITLING an idler, a loiterer ...Bk1868 Eng. dial.
• GAKEY one who loiters and is slow at commencing work, etc. ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• HAKING FELLOW an idle loiterer ...1825 Sc.
• HANG a loiterer; one who spends a lot of time at a place ...1989 sl., orig. US college
• HANGAROUND an idler, a loafer, a loiterer ...1967 Amer. dial.
• HANGAROUNDER an idler, a loafer, a loiterer ...1938 Amer. dial.
• HANGER an idler, a loafer, a loiterer ...1965 Amer. dial.
• HANGER-AROUND - an aimless person, a loiterer ...1889 sl.
• HANGER-ON an idler, a loafer, a loiterer ...1950 Amer. dial.
• HANG-OUT a person who loiters about with nothing to do ...1970 Amer. dial.
• LAG a laggard, a loiterer, one who lingers or falls behind ...1866 Sc.
• LAGABAG a loiterer; the hindmost or last ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• LAGGARD one who lags behind; a lingerer, a loiterer ...1808
• LAGGY a loiterer, a lingerer; the last to arrive ...Bk1902 & Eng. dial.
• LAG-LAST a slow, dilatory person; a loiterer; one who is habitually late or behindhand ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LAG-TAIL a slow, dilatory person; a loiterer; one who is habitually late or behindhand ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LOAFERER a loiterer, a lounger, one who gads about ...1966 Amer. dial.
• LOITER-SACK † a lazy, loitering fellow; an idler ...1594
• MOOCHER a person who loiters aimlessly; a loafer; also, an opportunist poacher or pilferer; a petty thief ...a1425 chiefly colloq.
• MOOTCHER a person who loiters aimlessly; a loafer ...1915 colloq.
• MOUCHER a person who loiters aimlessly; a loafer; also, an opportunist poacher or pilferer; a petty thief ...a1425 chiefly colloq.
• NO-ACCOUNT an idle, worthless person; a loafer; a loiterer ...1965 Amer. dial.
• NO-COUNT an idle, worthless person; a loafer, a loiterer ...1965 Amer. dial.
• NO-COUNT BUM an idle, worthless person; a loafer, a loiterer ...1965 Amer. dial.
• SAUTHER-POKE a loiterer, a procrastinator ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SLOWBACK † a slothful or sluggish person; a sluggard; a lazy, idle fellow; a loiterer; a loafer ...1577
• TROANT † a foolish, idle person; a lazy loiterer ...1746 Eng. dial.
loiter, loitering - verbs
• ACHE to wander about aimlessly and idly; to loiter, to lounge; to hang about with intent to eavesdrop; to sneak ...1785 Eng. dial.
• AIK to wander about aimlessly and idly; to loiter, to lounge; to hang about with intent to eavesdrop; to sneak ...1785 Eng. dial.
• AIR ONE'S HEELS to loiter about, to dawdle ...M19 sl.
• AKE to wander about aimlessly and idly; to loiter, to lounge; to hang about with intent to eavesdrop; to sneak ...1785 Eng. dial.
• ALLACK to idle away time; to loiter, to loaf, to play ...1897 Eng. dial.
• ARSE AROUND to idle, to loaf, to loiter, to fool about, to act irresponsibly, to trifle ...1664
• ASS AROUND to fool around, to loiter, to waste time; to wander aimlessly; to be idle; to act irresponsibly; to trifle ...1914 Amer. sl.
• ASSEN AROUND to fool around; to loiter; to waste time; to be idle ...1966 Amer. dial.
• AWM to waste time, to be idle; to move about aimlessly, to loiter, to lounge; to stand gaping and staring; to do work in a slovenly manner ...1878 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BIDE-ABOUT to loiter ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BLOCK to loiter; to hang around ...L19 sl.
• CADDLE to loaf, to loiter, to potter about, to fuss, to trifle ...1892 Eng. dial.
• CAG-MAG to loaf, to loiter about ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• COOZE † to loiter aimlessly, to idle ...1810 Eng. dial. obs.
• DACKER to walk slowly, to saunter, to loiter; to walk aimlessly; to go about in a feeble or infirm state ...1818 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DACKLE to dawdle, to loiter, to slacken one's pace ...1913 Sc.
• DAFF to loiter; to chat in a dawdling, foolish way ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DAIDLE to idle, to trifle, to waste time; to potter about; to move or act slowly or in a slovenly manner; to saunter; to loiter ...1756 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DANGLE to loiter, to hang about; to make love to ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DERN to loiter at work ...B1900 Sc.
• DILLDALLY to delay, to loiter, to hesitate ...1908 Amer. dial.
• DILVER to loiter, to hesitate, to dawdle ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DINGLE to loiter, to dawdle ...1879 Eng. dial.
• DO A MIKE to pretend to be working; to hang about; to loiter, to waste time ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• DRANGLE to loiter behind others on a road; to dawdle, to linger ...1801 Sc.
• DRILLY-DRALLY to waste time, to loiter, to hesitate ...1881 Eng. dial.
• DRIMBLE to loiter, to dawdle; to move slowly and without energy ...1851 Eng. dial.
• DWINGLE to linger, loiter, tarry ...1805 Sc.
• FARGE to gossip; to loiter about, to waste time ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FASSIL to loiter, to waste time, to work lazily ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• GANNICK to lark about; to play, to frolic; to loiter, to idle, to gossip ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• HAAK to wander about aimlessly and idly; to loiter, to lounge; to hang about with intent to eavesdrop; to sneak ...1785 Eng. dial.
• HAIG to wander about aimlessly and idly; to loiter, to lounge; to hang about with intent to eavesdrop; to sneak ...1785 Sc.
• HAIK to wander about aimlessly and idly; to loiter, to lounge; to hang about with intent to eavesdrop; to sneak ...1785 Sc.
• HAINGLE to go about in a feeble, languid way; to hang about, to loiter, to wander about aimlessly ...1804 Sc.
• HAKE to wander about aimlessly and idly; to loiter, to lounge; to hang about with intent to eavesdrop; to sneak ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HALLOCK ABOUT to idle away time; to loiter, to loaf, to play ...1897 Eng. dial.
• HANG A LEG to hesitate or hold back; to be reluctant or tardy; to loiter ...1883
• HANG AN ARSE to hesitate or hold back; to be reluctant or tardy; to loiter ...1596
• HANG THE ARSE to loiter, to hold back ...17C colloq.
• HANG THE GROIN to hesitate or hold back; to be reluctant or tardy; to loiter ...1577-87
• HANKER to loiter, to linger about; to dally, to tarry, to stop ...1791 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HANKLE to loiter, to linger, to wait about ...1866 Eng. dial.
• HAVE A MIKE to loiter, to waste time ...E19 sl.
• HAWM to waste time, to be idle; to move about aimlessly, to loiter, to lounge; to stand gaping and staring; to do work in a slovenly manner ...1878 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HINGLE to go about in a feeble, languid fashion, as during convalescence; to hang about, to loiter aimlessly ...1804 Sc.
• JELLY (AROUND) to loaf about, esp. at a drugstore or other informal eating place; to loiter for idle conversation ...1931 Amer. dial.
• LACHE †* to be careless about, to neglect, to slight; to be negligent, to lag, to loiter ...a1400 Sc. & N. Eng.
• LACK to be absent, esp. from home; to loiter ...1746 Eng. dial.
• LAGGER † to lag, to linger, to loiter ...c1620
• LAITCH to be idle, to show laziness; to loiter ...Bk1902 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• LALL to lounge, to loiter, to wander about aimlessly ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LALLYGAG to loiter, to lounge, fool around; to chatter, to talk idly; to gad about ...1870 Amer. dial.
• LAY UP to rest, to idle, to loiter, to loaf, to take it easy, to relax ...1858 Amer. dial.
• LOAFER to loiter, to idle, to lounge; to gad about ...1837 Amer. dial.
• LOAFER ABOUT to loiter, to idle, to lounge; to gad about ...1913 Amer. dial.
• LOAFER AROUND to loiter, to idle, to lounge; to gad about ...1953 Amer. dial.
• LOLLYGAG to loiter, to lounge, fool around; to chatter, to talk idly; to gad about ...1870 Amer. dial.
• LOUSE to waste time; to loaf, loiter, or idle about ...1966 Amer. dial.
• LOUSE AROUND to waste time; to loaf, loiter, or idle about ...c1920 Amer. dial.
• MAWKS to mess about; to saunter, to loiter in ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MESS OVER to waste time, to loiter, to run about gossiping, to do nothing in particular ...1884 Eng. dial.
• MIKE to loiter, to hang around idly or shirk work ...1859 Brit. sl.
• MOON AWAY to lounge, to loiter, to waste time ...L19 sl.
• MULLOCK to be in the way; to idle, to loiter or trail around aimlessly ...1854 orig. Eng. dial.
• NAFFLE to trifle away time; to potter about; to loiter; to act foolishly ...1796 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• NAVIGATE to loiter, to hang around ...1893 Amer. dial.
• NAVIGATE ABOUT to loiter, to hang around ...1893 Amer. dial.
• PARRY to put off, to delay; to tarry, to loiter ...1883 Sc.
• PILF to wander about idly, to loaf, to loiter ...1919 Amer. dial.
• PILFER to wander about idly, to loaf, to loiter ...1919 Amer. dial.
• PILFER AROUND to loaf, to loiter, to wander about idly ...1974 Amer. dial.
• PISSANT AROUND to mess about; to loiter, to wander aimlessly ...1945 Aust. sl.
• SACKLE to loiter; to wander idly about ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SANGO to saunter, to stroll; to loaf, to loiter, to idle ...1979 Amer. dial.
• SANKER to saunter, to stroll; to loaf, to loiter, to idle ...1963 Amer. dial.
• SANKLE to saunter, to stroll; to loaf, to loiter, to idle ...1937 Amer. dial.
• SANKO to saunter, to stroll; to loaf, to loiter, to idle ...1949 Amer. dial.
• SANNICK to loiter, to idle ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SANNOCK to loiter, to idle ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SAUTER to saunter, to walk leisurely, to loiter ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SAWM to walk lazily; to idle about; to loiter ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCAVEN to wander aimlessly about; to loiter ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCOW to loiter, to idle, to shirk work ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCOW-BANK to loiter, to idle about; to shirk work ...1868 Eng. dial.
• SHAG-BAG to loiter, to lounge about; to shirk work ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• SOJER to loiter, to lounge, to shirk work, to waste time ...Bk1896 Amer. dial.
• SONNOCK to loiter, to idle ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• STOY to walk in a leisurely, careless manner; to saunter, to loiter ...1866 Sc.
• TAFFLE to trifle, to idle, to loiter ...1854 Eng. dial.
• TANK to gossip; to chatter; to loiter idly about ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TAIGLE to linger, to tarry, to delay; to dally, to loiter ...a1700 Sc.
• TANTLE to walk slowly and feebly; to totter, as a young child; to dawdle, to loiter, to waste time; to trifle, to potter about ...1889 Eng. dial.
• TEAGLE to linger, to tarry, to delay; to dally, to loiter ...a1700 Sc.
• TIDDYTOIT to loiter, to idle; to waste time ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TIDDYTOITY to loiter, to idle, to waste time ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• YAPE to loiter ...1883 Eng. dial.
LOLL - verbs
• LALLOP to lounge or loll about; to walk awkwardly or skippingly; to move heavily ...1745
• LOLLOP to loll, to lounge around ...1745
• LOP ABOUT to move slowly or aimlessly; to loll; to idle ...1882 Amer. dial.
• LOP AROUND to move slowly or aimlessly; to loll; to idle ...1965 Amer. dial.
• LOP ROUND to move slowly or aimlessly; to loll; to idle ...1851 Amer. dial.
LOLLIPOP - nouns
• LICK-'N'-LIKE candy on a stick to be licked; a lollipop ...1968 Amer. dial.
• LICKSTICK a lollipop ...1968 Amer. dial.
• MOLLYCODDLE a lollipop ...1957 Amer. dial.
• SUCKABOB * a sweetmeat that is sucked in the mouth; a lollipop ...1888
• TAFFY a lollipop ...1944 Amer. dial.
LONDON - see ENGLAND
LONELINESS - nouns
• DEAVELINESS loneliness, want of company ...1611 Eng. dial.
• ELENGENESSE † loneliness, dreariness, misery, gloom ...c1320
• LONESOME loneliness ...1942 Amer. dial.
• MOKUS loneliness ...1928 Amer. sl.
• UNKEDNESS loneliness, strangeness ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YANLINESS - loneliness ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
LONELY - adjectives
• ALONE of a person, place, etc.: isolated, lonely, solitary ...1921 colloq.
• BACK-ABOOT lonely, remote ...1886 Sc.
• DALY † lonely, solitary ...1781 Eng. dial.
• DEAFLY lonely, solitary and silent ...1611 Eng. dial.
• DEAVELY lonely, solitary, unfrequented, retired, remote ...1611 Eng. dial.
• DERN dark, dreary, dismal, lonely, solitary ...1824 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DOLLY † dull and lonely; dreary; dismal ...E16
• DOWIE dull and lonely; dreary; dismal ...E16 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• DOWLY doleful, miserable, gloomy, lonely ...LME N. Eng. dial.
• ELENGE † remote, lonely, solitary; dreary, miserable ...c1205 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• ELLINGE solitary, lonely; dreary, weird, uncanny ...1691 Eng. dial.
• HELANGE solitary, lonely; dreary, weird, uncanny ...1691 Eng. dial.
• LANERLY lonely, alone, reserved in manner ...1823 Sc.
• LENNERLIE lonely, alone, reserved in manner ...1948 Sc.
• LIKE A LILY ON A DUSTBIN lonely, neglected ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• LIKE A SHAG ON A ROCK forlorn, lonely ...1929 Aust. colloq.
• LONELY AS A BANDICOOT ON A BURNT RIDGE very lonely ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• ONELY lonely, solitary ...1864 Eng. dial.
• ONERLY lonely, retired ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ONLY † one, without companions or society; solitary, lonely ...a1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• OWNLY lonely, solitary ...1864 Eng. dial.
• RAT-SHIT depressed and lonely ...1980 Aust. & NZ sl.
• UNKED of a place: lonely, dreary, desolate; of a person: feeling lonely; dull, depressed, miserable; out of sorts ...1777 Eng. dial.
• UNKID of a place: lonely, dreary, desolate; of a person: feeling lonely; dull, depressed, miserable; out of sorts ...1777 Eng. dial.
• UNKIND strange, lonely ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• UNKY of a place: lonely, dreary, desolate; of a person: feeling lonely; dull, depressed, miserable; out of sorts ...1777 Eng. dial.
lonely - adverbs
• ANERLY alone, lonely, solitary ...1844 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• YANNERLY alone, lonely, solitary ...1844 Eng. dial.
LONER - person
• HATTER a person who lives or works alone; esp. in an isolated rural location; hence, a loner, a solitary eccentric ...1864 Aust. & NZ
• LOBO a solitary person, a loner; an outcast ...1939 Amer. dial.
• LOBO WOLF n. a solitary person, a loner; an outcast ...1907 Amer. dial.
LONESOME - adjectives
• UVART unfrequented, lonesome; clumsy ...Bk1905 Sc.
LONG - adjectives
• BEANPOLISH tall or long and slender; lanky ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BROOMSTICKY tall or long and slender; lanky ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• EDDERING long and slender, pliant, supple, lithe, powerful ...1805 Eng. dial.
• ELENGE † very long, tedious, weary, irksome ...c897
• GANGLING of straggling growth; loosely built, awkwardly long in stature, tall and slender, lanky ...1808
• GANGLY tall or long and slender; lanky ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• GREAT LONG very long ...1912 Amer. dial.
• LANKITY long and slender, lanky ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LENGTHFUL * of great length, long ...c1611 poetic usage
• LONG AS ONE'S ARM very long; of indeterminate length ...1765
• LONGER THAN THE MORAL LAW very long ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• LONGFUL long ...1927 Amer. dial.
• LONGINQUOUS † long ...1666
• LONGSOME † long, lengthy, tediously long, wearisome by its length; long-lasting ...c1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial
• MORTAL long and wearisome; boring ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OF LENGTH † long ...1593
• PROCEROUS † tall, lofty, high; long ...1599
• PULLED THROUGH A KNOT-HOLE tall or long and slender; lanky ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SCRAWING awkwardly tall, lanky; straggling; long and thin ...1897 Eng. dial.
• SCREELY long, lanky; pinched, miserable-looking ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SLABSIDED tall or long and slender; lanky ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SLANGRELL †* long and narrow ...1643
• SLAPSIDED tall or long and slender; lanky ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SLINKY tall or long and slender; lanky ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• SPINDLY tall or long and slender; lanky, thin ...1827 Amer. sl.
• TANGLE long and limp; tall and loose-jointed ...c1817 Sc.
• TANGLEWISE long and slender ...1825 Sc.
• TANGLIE long and slender ...1812 Sc.
• TANGLY long and slender ...1812 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
long - nouns
• LANGLE anything long and loose in movement ...1931 Ireland & Sc.
• LENGTHING † making long or longer ...c1450
• TANGLE anything long and dangling, as a tress of hair, a long root-fibre, a torn loosely-pendent strip of cloth, etc. ...1864 Eng. dial.
LONG-DRAWN-OUT - adjectives
• LONG-JAWED long-drawn-out, long-winded; tiresome ...1911 Amer. dial.
long-drawn-out - adverbs
• LANGLINS in a slow, long-drawn-out manner ...1835 Sc.
LONGED FOR - adjectives
• DESIDERATE † desired, longed for, wanted; desirable ...1640
LONGER - adjectives
• LENGER † longer ...c900
longer - adverbs
• LENG † longer ...c1000
• LENGE † longer ...c1000
• LENGER † longer ...c1200
LONG FOR - person
• GAPER † one who longs for a thing ...1559
• OPSOMANIAC one having a morbid longing for dainties or for some particular food ...1842
long for - verbs
• DAG to desire eagerly; to long to do a thing ...1873 Eng. dial.
• DESIDERATE † to desire with a sense of want or regret; to feel a desire or longing for; to feel the want of; to desire, to want, to miss ...1646
• GAPE AFTER to be eager to obtain; to have a longing for something ...c1340
• HANK to long for, to desire earnestly ...1671 Eng. dial.
• HONE to yearn, to long for ...Amer. dial.
• ICKLE to long for ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• LANG to long for, to desire ...1777 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MANG to be extremely eager or anxious; to long, to be consumed with desire ...1866 Sc.
• MANK † to want, to long for ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MENK to have an inclination or longing for anything ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SIGH † to desire or long for something ...1650
• SPELL FOR to long for ...M19 sl.
• THINK LONG to long, to yearn ...1872 Amer. dial.
• VIRMISH to be excited or worked up, to long anxiously for ...1963 Sc.
• YAM to crave, to long for...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YAMMER † to long for, to yearn, to crave ...1705 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• YAWN AFTER † to be eager to obtain, to long for ...a1250 obs.
• YERE † to desire, to long or yearn for; to express a desire for, to request ...c1205
LONGING - adjectives
• CONCUPITIVE †* vehemently desirous; characterized by desire or longing; of the nature of concupiscence ...1651
• DESIREFUL filled with desire or longing ...1969 Amer. dial.
• EARNSTFUL earnest; with great longing or yearning ...1857 Eng. dial.
• FAINING † longing, wistful ...c1400
• LANGSOME longing, desirous, wistful ...1827 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• OFLIST † possessed with a strong desire; affected with longing ...c888
• OFLONGED † seized or overcome with longing ...c1000
• OFLUST † possessed with a strong desire; affected with longing ...c888
• ON THE LANG desirous, longing ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• YAWNING † longing after something ...1634
• YEARNSFUL earnest; with great longing or yearning ...1857 Eng. dial.
• YERNSFUL † earnest; with great longing or yearning ...1878 Eng. dial.
• YERNSTFUL † earnest; with great longing or yearning ...1878 Eng. dial.
longing - nouns
• ANSINE † a looking for, longing, desire, want ...a1200
• CALF-EYES a look expressive of tender or sentimental longing ...1949 Amer. dial.
• CALF'S EYES a look expressive of tender or sentimental longing ...1966 Amer. dial. online
• DESIDERATE † a thing that is desired; something for which a desire or longing is felt ...1640
• EISNING a strong desire or longing of any kind ...1773 Sc.
• LANG a longing, desire ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LETCH a craving, a longing ...1796
• LUS a yearning; a longing ...1970s S. Afr. sl.
• MENKIN a longing, a craving ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ONDE † strong desire, longing ...c1320
• OPSOMANIA a morbid longing for dainties or for some particular food ...1857
• OREXIS a desire or longing ...1619
• RAMPING a crazy longing ...Bk1905 Sc.
• YERING † desire, longing; request ...a1300
longing - person
• OPSOMANIAC one having a morbid longing for dainties or for some particular food ...1842
LONGINGLY - adverbs
• EARN †* earnestly, longingly ...1230
• SITHINGLY † with a sigh; longingly, yearningly ...1570
LONG JOHNS - nouns
• GUERNSEY the top part of men's long johns ...1936 Amer. dial.
LONG-LASTING - adjectives
• ENDURABLE durable, long-lasting, dependable ...1887 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• LASTY durable, long-lasting, enduring ...1882 Amer. dial.
• LONGSOME † long, lengthy, tediously long, wearisome by its length; long-lasting ...c1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial
• WADY long-lasting; tedious; interminable ...1691 Eng. dial.
LONG-LIVED - adjectives
• GRANDEVOUS †* of great age; aged, old, long-lived ...1682
• LONG-LIFED long-lived ...1909 Amer. dial.
• MACROBIAN long-lived, having a long life ...1727
long-lived - person
• MACROBIAN one who has a long life ...Bk1910
• MACROBIOTE * one that lives long; a long lived person or animal ...1882
LONGSHOREMAN - person
• DOCK-WALLOPER - a labourer who works on docks or wharves, esp. a longshoreman ...1838 US sl.
LONG-SUFFERING - adjectives
• PATIENTFU' long-suffering, very patient, submissive ...1773 Sc.
LONG-WINDED - adjectives
• AEOLISTIC long-winded ...1882
• ENDLESS pertinacious, long-winded, talkative ...1822 Sc.
• LONG-JAWED long-drawn-out, long-winded; tiresome ...1911 Amer. dial.
• VERBOSIOUS † verbose, long-winded ...1676
• VERBOUS †* verbose, long-winded ...1657
long-winded - person
• BAGPIPE an inflated and senseless talker; a windbag; a long-winded monotonous speaker; a tedious chatterbox...1603
LONG-WINDEDNESS - nouns
• LONGILOQUENCE * a speaking at great or excessive length; long-windedness, verbosity ...1836
LOOK - adjectives
• OLD-FASHIONED of a look or glance: disapproving ...20C sl.
• SCOUKIN furtive, sullen; of a look: having a skulking, furtive, or hangdog look; of a person: scary ...1825 Sc.
• SKANCE of a look, glance, etc.: oblique, sidelong ...1866
look - nouns
• ACTION a look, a smile, a verbal response ...1970s US Black sl.
• BELGARD † a kind or loving look ...1590
• BESEEMING † appearance, look ...1611
• BO-PEEP a look; a glance ...1941 Aust. & NZ sl.
• BUTCHER'S a look, a glance ...1936 Brit. sl., short for 'butcher's hook'
• BUTCHER'S HOOK a look, a glance ...1936 Brit. rhyming sl. for 'look'
• BY-VIEW a side glance, a glimpse; a look directed to an object, not immediately before the eye ...1753
• CALF-EYES a look expressive of tender or sentimental longing ...1949 Amer. dial.
• CALF'S EYES a look expressive of tender or sentimental longing ...1966 Amer. dial. online
• CAPTAIN COOK a look, a glance ...1932 Aust. rhyming sl. for 'look'
• COKE STARE the 'evil eye'; a deliberately aggressive and unpleasant look ...1970s US Black sl.
• DARRY a look ...1940s UK prison sl.
• DECK a look, a glance ...1853 sl., orig. Anglo-Indian
• DECKER a look ...1951 Aust. sl.
• DECKO a look, a glance ...1894 Brit. sl., orig. army sl.
• DEKH a look, a glance ...1853 sl., orig. Anglo-Indian
• DEKK a look, a glance ...M19 sl.
• DEKKO a look, a glance ...1894 Brit. sl., orig. army sl.
• DOUBLE O an intense look ...1913 US sl.
• EYE-CAST * an act or manner of casting the eye; a glance, a look ...a1669
• EYEFUL a good look at something ...1899
• EYESHOT * a look, a glance; esp. one that is sudden or piercing ...1615
• EYEWINK † a look or glance, esp. one expressing command or invitation ...1591
• GANDER a look, a glance ...1914 sl., orig. US
• GANSEL † an ill-natured, angry or sullen look; a scowl ...1825 Sc.
• GAZEMENT * stare, look, observation ...1596
• GEEK a look, a glance ...1919 Aust sl.
• GIG a look, a glance ...1924 Aust. sl.
• GINK a look, a glance ...1945 Aust. sl.
• GLAIK a glance, a quick look ...1930s Irish sl.
• GLEEK a glance, a quick look ...1930s Irish sl.
• GLIM a look, a glimpse, a glance ...1899 Amer. dial.
• GOO a look ...1991 Ireland sl.
• HAIRY EYEBALL a look given with narrowed eyes; esp. one indicating hostility or disapproval ...1961 US sl.
• LAMP a look ...1926 US sl.
• LECH † a look, glance ...c1205
• LOOK-SEE a look, a glance ...1883 sl.
• MANSON LAMPS a look full of hate; a murderous look ...1999 US sl.
• NOSE (AROUND) a look, esp. out of curiosity ...1976 colloq.
• ONE an unpleasant look ...1900s sl.
• PEEKO a glance; a quick look-about ...c1910 sl.
• PERV, PERVE an act of watching lecherously; a lustful look ...1963 colloq.
• QUEER a look on one's face; a look at something ...L19 sl.
• QUIZ a look ...19C sl.
• SCANCE a glance, a quick appraising look, a brief scrutiny, a cursory survey or review of persons or affairs ...1787 Sc.
• SCOUK a furtive look, a glance from under the brows or from the tail of the eye; a squint; a frown; a scowl; a sour, gloomy aspect; an evil look ...c1715 Sc.
• SHOOFTI a quick look ...1943 UK sl.
• SHUFTI(E) a look, a peep ...1943 Brit. sl., orig. army
• SHUFTY a look, a peep ...1943 Brit. sl., orig. army
• SKELLY a glance, a look ...20C Irish
• SKELLYING looking ...20C Irish
• SKETCH a look at, a view of ...2000s Sc.
• SKLENT a side look, etc. ...1768 Sc.
• SKOOK a furtive look, a glance from under the brows or from the tail of the eye; a squint; a frown; a sour, gloomy aspect ...c1715 Sc.
• SLOO a look; a visual examination ...1989 Aust. sl.
• SQUINNY a squint, a sly glance, a look; a person who squints ...1881
• SQUINT a look, a glance ...1673 sl.
• SQUIZ(Z) a look, a glance ...1913 Aust. & NZ sl.
• STICKYBEAK a furtive or prying look or investigation; an act of looking around ...1928 Aust. & NZ colloq.
• TENT a look; observation, notice, attention ...1824 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• UNDERLOOK a covert look or glance ...1821
• UP-AND-DOWN, THE a look, scrutiny ...1910s sl.
• VARDA a look ...1996 UK sl.
• VARDER a look ...1996 UK sl.
• VEESY a look, view; a scrutinizing gaze ...1819 Sc.
• VIZY a look, view; a scrutinizing gaze ...1819 Sc.
• VIZZY a look, a sight, a glimpse, a scrutinizing gaze; scrutiny, survey ...1700 Sc.
look - person
• BEHOLDER one who beholds, a watcher, a looker on, a spectator ...c1374
• GANDERNECKER one who looks or stares ...1970s US sl.
• GAZER one who gazes or looks steadily, esp. from motives of curiosity ...1548
look - verbs
• ADVISE † to look at, to view, to observe, to consider, to watch; also, to watch for ...1297
• AUGER to look or investigate surreptitiously ...1923 Amer. dial.
• AUGER AROUND to look or investigate surreptitiously ...1923 Amer. dial.
• BEAM to look at, to stare ...1940s US Black sl.
• BEAM ON to look at, to stare ...1940s US Black sl.
• BEHOLD † to look ...c1175
• BELOOK † to look; to look at, consider; to look about one, cast one's eyes about ...c1175
• BESEE † to look about; to look in any direction; to see ...c1000
• BESEEM † to seem, to appear, to look ...a1225
• BLINTER to blink; to look at with weak eyes ...1804 Sc.
• BLIX to look at something; to glance at something ...Bk2006 US sl.
• CAST AN OPTIC to look at ...L19 sl.
• CASTELL to look, to see ...L16 sl.
• CASTLE to see or look ...16C sl.
• CAST SHEEP'S EYES to look amorously or lovingly upon ...1854 Amer. dial.
• CLOCK to look at, watch, observe, notice ...1929 sl., orig. US
• COP to notice; to look at ...M19 sl., orig. Aust.
• COP A GANDER to look at someone or something, esp. with discretion ...1950 US sl.
• DECK to see, to look at ...20C sl.
• DEKK to see, to look at ...20C sl.
• EYEBALL to look or stare at; to watch; later, to stare at from a short distance away in an intimidating or disapproving manner ...1901 orig. US
• EYE-GAME to exchange flirtatious looks ...2003 Trinidad and Tobago
• EYE UP to look someone or something over, esp. to appraise someone as sexually desirable ...1957 US sl.
• GAAN to stare; to gaze vacantly or with open mouth; to peer, to look intently; to stare insolently ...1866 Sc.
• GANDER to look at ...1887 US sl.
• GANDERNECK to look at ...1970s US sl.
• GAW † to gape, to stare; to look intently ...c1200
• GAWN to stare; to gaze vacantly or with open mouth; to peer, to look intently; to stare insolently ...1866 Sc.
• GET A LOAD OF to look at ...1922 sl., orig. US
• GET AN EYEFUL to look at ...1899 sl.
• GET ON TO to look at; to notice; to observe appreciatively or critically ...1882 US sl.
• GIVE A PERSON THE EYEBALL to look or stare at, esp. in a hostile, disapproving, or amorous manner ...1923 colloq.
• GIVE THE DAGGERS to look angrily at someone ...2002 UK sl.
• GLIFF † to look in a quick, hurried manner, to glance ...c1330 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• GLOPPEN † to stare in astonishment; to look with a sullen or malicious countenance ...c1420 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• GLOTE to look askance, to look furtively ...1576
• GOGGLE to look at ...1938 sl.
• GROAK to look at one watchfully and suspiciously ...B1900 Sc.
• GUN to look at closely, to examine ...1819
• KAIN to look, to peer; to look shyly or askance; to squint ...1847 Eng. dial.
• KEEK † to peep; to look privily, as through a narrow aperture, or round a corner ...c1440 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• KEEP ONE'S EYES PEELED to keep a sharp look out ...c1905 sl.
• KEN to descry, to see; to catch sight of, to discover by sight; to look at, to scan ...c1205 arch.
• LAIT to look for, to seek, to search for; to seek and bring with one, to fetch ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• LAMP to look; to see; to examine ...1907 US sl.
• LAMP OVER to look; to see; to examine ...1914 US sl.
• MAKE SHEEP'S EYES to look amorously or lovingly upon ...1984 Amer. dial.
• NARK †* to watch, to look at ...1859 sl.
• OAGLE to look at invitingly or amorously; to leer ...1682 sl.
• OGALE to look longingly or amorously at a man ...1682 UK homosexual sl.
• OGLE to look at invitingly or amorously; to leer ...L17 sl.
• PAUK, PAWK to search, to look about with outstretched neck, to pry ...1893 Eng. dial.
• PERV, PERVE to act as or like a sexual pervert; to look at someone or stare lustfully; to look at something or someone with excessive interest ...1941 colloq.
• PIPE to look at ...1846 sl.
• SCAN to look with disgust or disdain ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCANCE to look at, to examine, to analyze metrically; to give a critical or appraising look at; to scrutinize ...1825 Sc.
• SCAN ON to watch closely, to look closely, esp. at something one intends stealing ...1960s US Black sl.
• SCLENT to give a side look, etc. ...1513 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SCREW to look at ...1917 sl., orig. Aust.
• SHUFTI to look at ...1943 Brit. sl.
• SHUFTY to look at ...1943 Brit. sl.
• SIGHT to look at ...1991 Amer. dial.
• SKEN to squint; to give a side look; to glance ...1611 Eng. dial.
• SKLENT to give a side look, etc. ...1513 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SMOKE OVER to look over, to observe critically ...1928 Amer. dial.
• SNEAK A PEAK to take a look at something or someone ...1999 US sl.
• SNILCH † to eye or see someone or something; to look at anything attentively; to watch closely ...1676 cant
• SQUINNY to squint, to look askance; to peer with partly closed eyes, to peep ...1605
• SQUIZ(Z) to look at ...1941 Aust. & NZ sl.
• TAKE A GANDER to look at, to glance at ...1930s sl., orig. US
• TAKE A HINGE AT to look at ...1930s US sl.
• TAKE A LAMP AT to have a look at ...1926 US sl.
• TAKE A LUNAR to look at ...1906 sl.
• TOOT † to peep, to peer, to look out; to gaze ...a1225 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TWIG to look at ...1764 sl.
• UMBEHOLD † to look about ...a1400-50
• UMBELOOK † to look about ...a1300
• UMBLOOK † to look round ...c1375
• UMHEED † to look about ...a1400-50
• VADA to see; to look; to observe ...1859 UK sl.
• VARDA to see; to look; to observe ...1859 UK sl.
• VARDI to see; to look; to observe ...1859 UK sl.
• VARDO to see; to look; to observe ...1859 UK sl.
• VARDY to see; to look; to observe ...1859 UK sl.
• VIZZY to look at closely, to view closely; to inspect, to examine, to scrutinize ...1724 Sc.
• WAIT † to keep watch, to look intently ...1338
• WAITH † to look; to seem, to appear ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WEITHE † to look; to seem, to appear ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WYTHE † to look; to seem, to appear ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• X-RAY to look at something or someone closely; to watch closely, to stare at ...1950s US Black sl.
• YOAK to look ...Bk1905 Sc.
look - phrases
• EYES ON, HANDS OFF an admonition that it's all right to look, but don't touch ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• LIKE AN OWL IN AN IVY-BUSH having a vacant look, as some persons have when in their cups; having a stupid, vacant stare ...1738
LOOK AFTER - verbs
• AINT to heed, to care for something, to tend, to look after someone ...1908 Sc.
• NOTICE to watch over; to look after ...1944 Amer. dial.
• OIL SOMEONE'S WHEELS to take care of; to be responsible for; to look after ...1990s sl.
• YEME † to give heed or attention to, to attend to, to look after; to take heed ...c897
LOOK FOR - verbs
• FAND † to enquire; to seek, to look for; to enquire into a matter; to search a place, to examine a track ...c1225
• FOND † to enquire; to seek, to look for; to enquire into a matter; to search a place, to examine a track ...c1225
• FOSSICK AROUND to look for something; to poke around, to forage, to scavenge ...1853
• LAIT † to look or search for; to seek, to try to find ...a1300
LOOKING - adjectives
• OMNISPECTIVE looking into or beholding all things ...1743
looking - nouns
• TOOTING † spying, peeping, looking ...1553 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
LOOK OUT - adjectives
• ON THE HARK on the watch or look out ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
lookout - nouns
• HEARKEN-OUT a listening; a watch, look-out ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• OBBO surveillance; observation; a lookout ...1933 UK sl.
• OBBS surveillance; observation; a lookout ...1933 UK sl.
• OBO surveillance; observation; a lookout ...1933 UK sl.
• OBS surveillance; observation; a lookout ...1933 UK sl.
• TOOT 1. an isolated, conspicuous hill suitable as a place of observation; a lookout hill ...1387
† 2. an elevated structure, or part of one, used as a lookout ...1770
• TOOT-HILL a natural or artificial hill or mound used for a lookout place; a prominent hill ...1382
• TOOTING-HILL † a natural or artificial hill or mound used for a lookout place; a prominent hill ...c1460
• TOTE 1. an isolated, conspicuous hill suitable as a place of observation; a lookout hill ...1387
† 2. an elevated structure, or part of one, used as a lookout ...1770
• TOUT-HILL a natural or artificial hill or mound used for a lookout place; a prominent hill ...1535
lookout - person
• CHICKIE, CHICKY a lookout or decoy ...1934 US sl.
• DOG * a lookout; a watchdog ...1870 school sl.
• EAGLE-EYE an observer or lookout ...1945 Amer. jocular
• EARWIG a lookout, one who listens for approaching steps, then checks the owner before admitting them ...1940s sl.
• GANDER a criminal's lookout ...1927 criminals' sl.
• GAY CAT a person, typically a boy, who scouts, acts as lookout, or runs errands for a gang of tramps or criminals ...1902 US criminals' sl.
• GAY CAT SPOTTER a small-time criminal, usually a vagrant or the lookout in a robbery ...1916 criminals' sl.
• GIG a lookout; an informer ...1949 Aust. sl.
• HAWK one who looks out for the arrival of authorities, e.g. a prison inmate, a carnival worker ...1950 US prison sl.
• NITKEEPER a person who stands guard as lookout ...Bk1945 Aust.
• OUTSIDE MAN a lookout ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
• OUTSIDER a lookout ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
• POINT a forward reconnaissance man; a lookout man; a scout who warns his associates of danger and may get the shock of attack ...1940s Amer. Armed forces and criminals sl.
• RAISER a lookout who warns confederates of approaching police ...1992 US sl.
• WAIT † a military watchman, sentinel, or lookout; also, a scout, spy; a watchman in a camp, castle, or fortified place who was furnished with a born to trumpet to sound an alarm or to make a signal ...a1300
• WAITER † one who watches or observes closely; one who is on the lookout ...1382
• ZEX-MAN a lookout ...Bk1992 criminals' sl.
look out - verbs
• HEARKEN to be on the watch, to look out, to listen for ...1868 Eng. dial.
• KEEP OBS to keep a lookout ...1940s sl.
• KEEP ONE'S TOP EYE OPEN to keep a sharp lookout ...1828 Amer. dial.
• KEEP TOUT to spy on, to keep a look-out ...E19 sl.
• KEEP YOW to keep a look-out, esp. in a criminal context ...1940s Aust. sl.
• SKIN ONE'S EYES to be vigilant, on the lookout ...1860 Amer. dial.
LOOK OVER - verbs
• GIVE THE ONCE-OVER to look over, to assess ...1910s sl., orig. US
• GUN to look over; to examine ...1812 UK sl.
LOOP - nouns
• LATCHET † a loop; a narrow strip of anything; a thong ...c1350