(historical, early 19ᵗʰ century) One of a class of rogues who carry snuff or dust in their pockets, which they throw into the eyes of people so as to enable their accomplices to rob them while pretending to help them.
(obsolete) One who diverts attention, usually to distract or bewilder, often for fraudulent purposes; hence a cheat, deceiver or thief.
Someone who amuses.
armure
armure
noun
A fabric woven with a raised pattern similar to chain mail.
aumery
aumery
noun
(obsolete) An ambry or closet.
aumrie
emraud
manure
manure
noun
(euphemistic) Rubbish; nonsense; bullshit.
Animal excrement, especially that of common domestic farm animals and when used as fertilizer. Generally speaking, from cows, horses, sheep, pigs and chickens.
Any fertilizing substance, whether of animal origin or not; fertiliser.
verb
To apply manure (as fertilizer or soil improver).
To cultivate by manual labor; to till; hence, to develop by culture.
marque
marque
noun
A brand or make of a manufactured product, especially of a motor car (in contradistinction to a model).
A license to pass the limits of a jurisdiction, or boundary of a country, for the purpose of making reprisals; a letter of marque.
A ship commissioned for making captures.
maseru
maseru
Proper noun
The capital of Lesotho.
mature
mature
adj
(medicine, obsolete) Come to, or in a state of, completed suppuration.
(television, film) Suitable for adults only, due to sexual themes, violence, etc.
Brought to a state of complete readiness.
Fully developed; grown up in terms of physical appearance, behaviour or thinking; ripe.
Profound; careful.
verb
(intransitive) To proceed toward maturity: full development or completion (either of concrete or of abstract things, e.g. plans, judgments, qualities).
(intransitive, finance) To reach the date when payment is due.
(intransitive, of a person) To proceed toward or become mature or full-grown, either physically or psychologically; to gain experience or wisdom with age.
(intransitive, of food, especially fruit) To attain maturity, to become mature or ripe.
(transitive) To bring (something) to maturity, full development, or completion.
(transitive) To make (someone) mature.
(transitive) To make (something, e.g. fruit) ripe or mature.
mauger
maugre
maugre
adv
(obsolete) Notwithstanding, despite everything.
noun
(obsolete) Ill will; spite.
prep
(obsolete) Notwithstanding; in spite of.
mauler
mauler
noun
One who mauls.
maurer
maurey
maurie
mauser
menura
meraux
merula
miauer
moreau
murage
murage
noun
A tax paid for building or repairing the walls of a fortified town.
rameau
ramule
ramule
noun
ramulus
remuda
remuda
noun
(Canada, US) A herd of horses from which the horses to be used for a particular purpose are selected.
rumage
tamure
tamure
noun
A traditional dance of Tahiti and the Cook Islands (now only danced for tourists)
umbrae
umbrae
noun
plural of umbra
uremia
uremia
noun
(pathology) Blood poisoning resulting from the retention of waste products usually excreted as urine.