(Lancashire) The money given to hunters, at the death of a fox, in order to buy ale.
(Scotland and Northern England, now rare) A funeral feast or wake at which bread and ale was served, traditional in Scotland, the North of England, and among the Norse.
(rare, chiefly historical) The ale served at such a wake, the drinking of which was a ritually significant act in Norse culture.
arvel
arvel
noun
Alternative spelling of arval
arvol
avril
elver
elver
noun
A young eel.
ervil
ervil
noun
bitter vetch, blister vetch (Vicia ervilia).
larva
larva
noun
(figurative) A preliminary stage of someone or something, before it has fully matured, especially a time of growth rather than one of performance.
A form of a recently born or hatched animal that is quite different from its adult stage.
An animal in the aforementioned stage.
An early stage of growth for some insects and amphibians, in which after hatching from their egg, insects are wingless and resemble a caterpillar or grub, and amphibians lack limbs and resemble fish.
larve
larve
noun
Dated form of larva.
laver
laver
noun
A red alga/seaweed, Porphyra umbilicalis (syn. Porphyra laciniata), eaten as a vegetable.
One who laves: a washer.
Other seaweeds similar in appearance or use, especially:
Porphyra vulgaris
That which laves, particularly a washbasin.
Where one laves, a washroom, particularly a lavatorium, the washing area in a monastery.
lever
lever
adv
(obsolete) Rather.
noun
(mechanics) A bar, as a capstan bar, applied to a rotatory piece to turn it.
(mechanics) A rigid piece which is capable of turning about one point, or axis (the fulcrum), and in which are two or more other points where forces are applied; — used for transmitting and modifying force and motion.
(mechanics) An arm on a rock shaft, to give motion to the shaft or to obtain motion from it.
(obsolete, except in generalized senses below) A crowbar.
(rare) A levee.
A small such piece to trigger or control a mechanical device (like a button).
Specifically, a bar of metal, wood or other rigid substance, used to exert a pressure, or sustain a weight, at one point of its length, by receiving a force or power at a second, and turning at a third on a fixed point called a fulcrum. It is usually named as the first of the six mechanical powers, and is of three kinds, according as either the fulcrum F, the weight W, or the power P, respectively, is situated between the other two, as in the figures.
verb
(chiefly UK, finance) To increase the share of debt in the capitalization of a business.
(figuratively, transitive) To use (something) like a lever (in an abstract sense).
(figuratively, transitive) To use, operate or move (something) like a lever (physically).
(transitive) To move with a lever.
levir
levir
noun
A husband's brother.
liver
liver
adj
Of the colour of liver (dark brown, tinted with red and gray).
comparative form of live: more live
noun
(anatomy) A large organ in the body that stores and metabolizes nutrients, destroys toxins and produces bile. It is responsible for thousands of biochemical reactions.
(countable, uncountable) This organ, as taken from animals used as food.
(obsolete chemistry) Any of various chemical compounds—particularly sulfides—thought to resemble livers in color.
A dark brown colour, tinted with red and gray, like the colour of liver.
Someone who lives (usually in a specified way).
livor
livor
noun
(obsolete) Malice.
(pathology) Skin discoloration, as from a bruise, or occurring after death.
livre
livre
noun
(historical) A unit of currency formerly used in France, divided into 20 sols or sous.
(historical) An ancient French unit of weight, equal to about 1 avoirdupois pound.
lover
lover
noun
(West Country, with "my") An informal term of address for any friend.
A person who loves something.
A sexual partner, especially one with whom someone is having an affair.
Obsolete form of louver.
One who loves and cares for another person in a romantic way; a sweetheart, love, soulmate, boyfriend, girlfriend, or spouse.
orlov
orvil
ravel
ravel
noun
(also figuratively) A thread which has unravelled from fabric, etc.; also, a situation of fabric, etc., coming apart; an unravelling.
(figuratively) A confusing, intricate, or perplexing situation; a complication.
A tangled mess; an entanglement, a snarl, a tangle.
verb
(also figuratively) Often followed by out: of clothing, fabric, etc.: to become unwoven; to fray, to unravel.
(also figuratively) Often followed by up: to form (something) out of discrete elements, like weaving fabric from threads; to knit.
(archaic or obsolete) To become entangled or snarled.
(archaic) Often followed by out: to undo the intricacies of (a problem, etc.); to clarify, to disentangle.
(obsolete) To destroy or ruin (something), like unravelling fabric.
(programming) In the APL programming language: to reshape (a variable) into a vector.
Often followed by out: of a reel of thread or skein of yarn; or a thread on a reel or a string of yarn in a skein, etc.: to become untwisted or unwound.
To confuse or perplex (someone or something).
To entwine or tangle (something) confusedly; to entangle.
To unwind (a reel of thread, a skein of yarn, etc.); to pull apart (cloth, a seam, etc.); to fray, to unpick, to unravel; also, to pull out (a string of yarn, a thread, etc.) from a piece of fabric, or a skein or reel.
reval
reval
noun
(travel, aviation, informal) A revalidated ticket.
revel
revel
noun
(architecture) Alternative form of reveal
A kind of dance.
A wake for the dead.
An instance of merrymaking; a celebration.
verb
(obsolete) To draw back; to retract.
To make merry; to have a happy, lively time.
To take delight (in something).
rival
rival
adj
Having the same pretensions or claims; standing in competition for superiority.
noun
(obsolete) One having a common right or privilege with another; a partner.
A competitor (person, team, company, etc.) with the same goal as another, or striving to attain the same thing. Defeating a rival may be a primary or necessary goal of a competitor.
Someone or something with similar claims of quality or distinction as another.
verb
(transitive) To oppose or compete with.
To be equal to, or match, or to surpass another.
To strive to equal or excel; to emulate.
rivel
rivel
noun
(US) A kind of small dumpling made from egg and wheat flour, often eaten in soup, especially among the Pennsylvania Dutch and other Germans.
(obsolete) A wrinkle; a rimple.
verb
(intransitive) To shrivel, wrinkle (up).
(transitive) To cause to be wrinkled, to shrivel.
valer
valor
valor
noun
Strength of mind in regard to danger; that quality which enables a person to encounter danger with firmness
Value; worth.
valry
velar
velar
adj
(mycology) Referring to a veil or velum.
(phonetics) Articulated at the velum or soft palate.
noun
(phonetics) a sound articulated at the soft palate
verel
verla
viler
viler
adj
comparative form of vile: more vile
viral
viral
adj
(advertising and marketing) Spread by word of mouth, with minimal intervention in order to create buzz and interest.
(computing) Of the nature of an informatic virus; able to spread copies of itself to other computers.
(social media) Circulated rapidly and widely from one user to another.
(virology) Caused by a virus.
(virology) Of or relating to a biological virus.
noun
(marketing) A video, image or text spread by "word of mouth" on the internet or by e-mail for humorous, political or marketing purposes.
virls
virls
noun
plural of virl
volar
volar
adj
(anatomy) Pertaining to the palm of the hand or the sole of the foot.