(US) An epitome or compend, as of a book; a shortened or abridged form; an abbreviation.
(US) The act of abridging; reduction or deprivation
(US) The state of being abridged or lessened.
(dated, law) Any of various brief statements of case law made before modern reporting of legal cases.
(law) The leaving out of certain portions of a plaintiff's demand, the writ still holding good for the remainder.
(obsolete) That which abridges or cuts short; hence, an entertainment that makes the time pass quickly
beltmaking
beltmaking
noun
The manufacture of belts.
besmutting
besmutting
verb
present participle of besmut
bethumping
bethumping
verb
present participle of bethump
bevomiting
bevomiting
verb
present participle of bevomit
bigeminate
bigmouthed
bigmouthed
adj
(of a person) Loud or talkative, especially in an indiscreet manner.
Having a large mouth.
brightsome
brightsome
adj
(archaic) Marked by brightness or brilliance; resplendent in appearance; shining.
demihagbut
embargoist
embargoist
noun
One who imposes an embargo.
embattling
embattling
verb
present participle of embattle
embrighten
embrighten
verb
(rare, chiefly literary) To brighten; to vivify.
emmitsburg
hambergite
hambergite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing beryllium, boron, hydrogen, and oxygen.
limburgite
limburgite
noun
A dark volcanic rock resembling basalt and consisting essentially of olivine and augite with a brownish glassy groundmass.
minibudget
minibudget
noun
(chiefly UK, finance) A budget statement proposed by a government between annual budgets, involving special economic measures.
A small budget.
obligement
obligement
noun
(Ulster) favour
obligation
outbeaming
outbeaming
adj
Shining outward.
submeeting
submeeting
noun
A secondary or subsidiary meeting.
thimblerig
thimblerig
noun
A game of skill which requires the bettor to guess under which of three small cups (or thimbles) a pea-sized object has been placed after the party operating the game rapidly rearranges them, providing opportunity for sleight-of-hand trickery; a shell game.
One operating such a game.
verb
(intransitive) To cheat in the thimblerig game.
(transitive, intransitive, figuratively) To cheat (someone) by trickery.