(now archaic or historical) A person who keeps a house of prostitution, or procures women for prostitution; a procurer, a madame.
A lewd person.
verb
(archaic) To procure women for lewd purposes.
dauw
dauw
noun
(South Africa) Burchell's zebra (Equus quagga burchellii).
dawe
dawk
dawk
noun
A hollow or crack in timber.
Alternative form of dak (“Indian post system”)
Archaic form of dhak (“the tree Butea monosperma”).
verb
(transitive) To cut or mark with an incision; gash.
(transitive, UK dialectal) To dig up weeds.
(transitive, UK dialectal) To drive a sharp instrument into; incise with a jerk; puncture.
dawn
dawn
noun
(countable) The rising of the sun.
(uncountable) The earliest phase of something.
(uncountable) The morning twilight period immediately before sunrise.
(uncountable) The time when the sun rises.
verb
(intransitive) To begin to brighten with daylight.
(intransitive) To begin to give promise; to begin to appear or to expand.
(intransitive) To start to appear or be realized.
daws
daws
noun
plural of daw
dawt
dawt
verb
(Scotland) To fondle or caress.
dhaw
draw
draw
noun
(archery) The act of pulling back the strings in preparation of firing.
(cricket) The result of a two-innings match in which at least one side did not complete all their innings before time ran out (as distinguished from a tie).
(curling) A shot that is intended to land gently in the house (the circular target) without knocking out other stones; cf. takeout.
(geography) A dry stream bed that drains surface water only during periods of heavy rain or flooding.
(golf) A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves intentionally to the left. See hook, slice, fade.
(poker) A situation in which one or more players has four cards of the same suit or four out of five necessary cards for a straight and requires a further card to make their flush or straight.
(slang, countable) A bag of cannabis.
(slang, uncountable) Cannabis.
(sports) The spin or twist imparted to a ball etc. by a drawing stroke.
Draft in the sense of the flow through a flue of gasses (smoke) resulting from a combustion process, possibly adjustable with a damper.
In a commission-based job, an advance on future (potential) commissions given to an employee by the employer.
Something that attracts e.g. a crowd.
The act of drawing.
The procedure by which the result of a lottery is determined.
The result of a contest that neither side has won; a tie.
verb
(analogous) To consume (power).
(archery) To pull back (the string of a bow) in preparation for shooting.
(billiards) To strike (the cue ball) below the center so as to give it a backward rotation which causes it to take a backward direction on striking another ball.
(card games) To take or be dealt (a card) from the deck; to have (a particular hand) as a result of this.
(cricket) To play (a short-length ball directed at the leg stump) with an inclined bat so as to deflect the ball between the legs and the wicket.
(curling) To make a shot that lands gently in the house (the circular target) without knocking out other stones.
(golf) To hit (the ball) with the toe of the club so that it is deflected toward the left.
(hunting, now rare) To search for game; to track a quarry.
(intransitive) To become contracted; to shrink.
(intransitive) To have a draught; to allow air to be passed through in order to allow for combustion.
(intransitive) To produce an image of something by artistic means; to make drawings.
(intransitive) To take or be dealt a playing card from the deck. See also draw out.
(intransitive, now rare) To be pulled along (in a specified way).
(intransitive, now rare) To pull something along; to have force to move anything by pulling.
(intransitive, transitive) To steep; to leave (tea) temporarily in water to allow the flavour to increase.
(intransitive, used with prepositions and adverbs) To move steadily in a particular direction or into a specific position.
(nautical) Of a sail, to fill with wind.
(now rare) To construct (a wall, canal etc.) from one point to another.
(obsolete) To extend the duration of (something); to prolong.
(reflexive) To assume a specific position or attitude.
(reflexive, now rare) To move in a specific direction.
(transitive or intransitive) To end a game in a draw (with neither side winning).
(transitive) To depict (something) linguistically; to portray in words.
(transitive) To draw up, compose (a document).
(transitive) To produce (a shape, figure, picture etc.) with pencil, crayon, chalk, or other implement.
(transitive) To produce a visual representation of (a person or thing) by lines and marks with pencil, pen, paints etc.
(transitive) To pull (a plough, vehicle etc.); to cause (something) to move forwards by pulling it.
(transitive, intransitive) To attract (something) by means of a physical force, especially magnetism or gravity; (figurative) to act as an inducement or enticement.
(transitive, medicine, now rare) To extract (pus, humours, etc.) by means of medical treatment.
(transitive, obsolete) To withdraw.
To call forth (something) from a person, to elicit.
To cause (someone) to come to a particular place, condition, or course of action; to attract (a person).
To cause (something); to bring (something) about as a consequence.
To come to, towards (a particular moment in time); to approach (a time).
To conduct (a lottery); to select (the numbers) for a lottery; to win (a prize) in a lottery.
To deduce or infer (a conclusion); to make (a deduction).
To disembowel (someone); to remove the viscera from (an animal), especially before cooking.
To drag (a person, thing, or part of the body), especially along the ground.
To elicit information from (someone); to induce (a person) to speak on some subject. (Now frequently in passive.)
To extract (a tooth).
To extract (juice, fluids etc.) from something by pressure, osmosis or similar.
To induce (the mind, eyes, attention etc.) to be directed at or focused on something.
To make (wire) by pulling it through an aperture; to stretch (metal) into a wire.
To move (a part of one's body) in a particular direction.
To provoke or attract (a particular response or reaction).
To pull (a belt or other item) so that it tightens or wraps around something more closely.
To pull (a curtain, blinds etc.) open or closed.
To pull (one's face, features) out of shape, from emotion etc.
To pull (something) in a particular manner or direction.
To pull out, unsheathe (a sword, firearm etc.).
To receive (a salary); to withdraw (money) from a bank etc.
To require (a depth of water) for floating.
To run (a bath).
To select (an item) at random to decide which of a group of people will receive or undergo something; to select (a person) by this process.
To stretch or elongate.
To take (air, smoke etc.) into the lungs; to inhale.
To take (something) from a particular source, especially of information; to derive.
To take (water) from a well or other source.
dwan
swad
swad
noun
(UK, dialect, obsolete, Northern) A cod, or pod, as of beans or peas.
(mining) A thin layer of refuse at the bottom of a seam.
(obsolete) A boor, lout.
(obsolete, slang) A crowd; a group of people.
A bunch, clump, mass
wade
wade
noun
(colloquial) A ford; a place to cross a river.
An act of wading.
Obsolete form of woad.
verb
(intransitive) To enter recklessly.
(intransitive) to progress with difficulty
(intransitive) to walk through water or something that impedes progress.
(transitive) to walk through (water or similar impediment); to pass through by wading
wadi
wadi
noun
A valley, gully, or stream bed in northern Africa and southwest Asia that remains dry except during the rainy season.
wads
wads
noun
plural of wad
wady
wady
noun
Archaic spelling of wadi.
wafd
wald
wald
noun
(UK dialectal) Command; control; possession.
(UK dialectal) Power; strength.
Forest; woods.
verb
(UK dialectal, transitive, intransitive) To govern; inherit.
wand
wand
noun
(by extension) An instrument shaped like a wand, such as a curling wand.
A card of a particular suit of the minor arcana in tarot, the wands.
A hand-held narrow rod, usually used for pointing or instructing, or as a traditional emblem of authority.
A stick or rod used by a magician (a magic wand), conjurer or diviner (divining rod).
A stick, branch, or stalk, especially of willow.
verb
(transitive) To scan (e.g. a passenger at an airport) with a metal detector.
ward
ward
noun
(Mormonism) A subdivision of the LDS Church, smaller than and part of a stake, but larger than a branch.
(UK) A division of a forest.
(archaic or obsolete) A warden; a guard; a guardian or watchman.
(fencing) A guarding or defensive motion or position.
(historical, Scots law) Land tenure through military service.
(obsolete) A guard or watchman; now replaced by warden.
(obsolete) An underage orphan.
A minor looked after by a guardian.
A part of a hospital, with beds, where patients reside.
A section or subdivision of a prison.
An administrative division of a borough, city or council.
An area of a castle, corresponding to a circuit of the walls.
An enchantment or spell placed over a designated area or social unit, that prevents any tresspasser from entering; approaching; or even being able to locate said protected premises or demographic.
An object used for guarding.
Guardianship, especially of a child or prisoner.
The action of a watchman; monitoring, surveillance (usually in phrases keep ward etc.)
The ridges on the inside of a lock, or the incisions on a key.
verb
(intransitive) To act on the defensive with a weapon.
(intransitive) To be vigilant; to keep guard.
(transitive) To defend, to protect.
(transitive) To fend off, to repel, to turn aside, as anything mischievous that approaches (usually followed by off)
(transitive) To keep in safety, to watch over, to guard.
woad
woad
noun
(countable and uncountable) The blue dye made from the leaves of the plant.