(archaic, dialect) A small piece of enclosed land, often by a hedge. Some authorities also indicate that a pightle tends to be associated with a house or messuage.
pithing
pithing
verb
present participle of pith
plights
plights
noun
plural of plight
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of plight
spaught
speight
speight
noun
(obsolete) A woodpecker.
spright
spright
noun
(obsolete) A kind of short arrow.
(obsolete) A supernatural being; a spirit; a shade; an apparition; a ghost.
(obsolete) Spirit; mind; soul; state of mind; mood.
Obsolete spelling of sprite
verb
(obsolete) To haunt.
uplight
uplight
noun
A recessed light fixture that directs the light in an upward direction.
verb
(transitive) To illuminate from below.
upright
upright
adj
(figuratively) Of good morals; practicing ethical values.
(of a golf club) Having the head approximately at a right angle with the shaft.
Greater in height than breadth.
In its proper orientation; not overturned.
Vertical; erect
adv
In or into an upright position.
noun
(informal) An upright arcade game cabinet.
(informal) An upright piano.
(slang) A leg
(sports) A goal post.
A word clued by the successive initial, middle, or final letters of the cross-lights in a double acrostic or triple acrostic.
Any vertical part of a structure.
Short for upright vacuum cleaner.
verb
(transitive) To set upright or stand back up (something that has fallen).
uptight
uptight
adj
(colloquial) Excessively concerned with rules and order, always serious.
