A squat, rounded form of oenochoe with a trefoil mouth.
chout
chout
noun
(British India, history) An assessment equal to a quarter of the revenue, levied by the Marathas from other Indian kingdoms as compensation for being exempted from plunder.
choux
choux
noun
plural of chou
chyou
cohue
couch
couch
noun
(art, painting and gilding) A preliminary layer, as of colour or size.
(brewing) A mass of steeped barley spread upon a floor to germinate, in malting; or the floor occupied by the barley.
(metonymically, usually as "the couch") Psychotherapy.
A bed, a resting-place.
An item of furniture, often upholstered, for the comfortable seating of more than one person.
Couch grass, a species of persistent grass, Elymus repens, usually considered a weed.
The den of an otter.
verb
(archaic) To lie down for concealment; to conceal, to hide; to be concealed; to be included or involved darkly or secretly.
(ophthalmology, transitive) In the treatment of a cataract in the eye, to displace the opaque lens with a sharp object such as a needle. The technique is regarded as largely obsolete.
(paper-making, transitive) To transfer (for example, sheets of partly dried pulp) from the wire mould to a felt blanket for further drying.
(sewing, transitive) To attach a thread onto fabric with small stitches in order to add texture.
(transitive) To arrange or dispose as if in a bed.
(transitive) To lay or deposit in a bed or layer; to bed.
(transitive) To lay something upon a bed or other resting place.
(transitive) To lower (a spear or lance) to the position of attack.
To bend the body, as in reverence, pain, labor, etc.; to stoop; to crouch.
To lie down; to recline (upon a couch or other place of repose).
To phrase in a particular style; to use specific wording for.
cough
cough
noun
A condition that causes one to cough; a tendency to cough.
A sudden, usually noisy expulsion of air from the lungs, often involuntary.
Used to focus attention on a following utterance, often a euphemism or an attribution of blame.
verb
(intransitive) To make a noise like a cough.
(intransitive) To push air from the lungs in a quick, noisy explosion.
(transitive, sometimes followed by "up") To force something out of the throat or lungs by coughing.
couth
couth
adj
(obsolete) Familiar, known; well-known, renowned.
Agreeable, friendly, pleasant.
Comfortable; cosy, snug.
Marked by or possessing a high degree of sophistication; cultured, refined.
noun
(rare) A person with social graces; a refined or sophisticated person.
Social grace, refinement, sophistication; etiquette, manners.
hocus
hocus
noun
(obsolete) A magician, illusionist, one who practises sleight of hand.
(obsolete) Drugged liquor.
(obsolete) One who cheats or deceives.
Trick; trickery.
verb
(obsolete) To adulterate (food).
(obsolete) To drug (liquor).
(obsolete) To stupefy (someone) with drugged liquor (especially in order to steal from them).
To play a trick on, to trick (someone); to hoax; to cheat.
houck
huaco
hucho
louch
lucho
mouch
mouch
verb
Dated form of mooch.
pouch
pouch
noun
(botany) A silicle, or short pod, as of the shepherd's purse.
(slang, dated, derogatory) A protuberant belly; a paunch.
(zoology) An organic pocket in which a marsupial carries its young.
A bulkhead in the hold of a vessel, to prevent grain etc. from shifting.
A cyst or sac containing fluid.
A small bag usually closed with a drawstring.
Any pocket or bag-shaped object, such as a cheek pouch.
verb
(obsolete) To pocket; to put up with.
(obsolete, rare) To pout.
(of fowls and fish) To swallow.
(transitive) To enclose within a pouch.
(transitive) To transport within a pouch, especially a diplomatic pouch.
schou
thuoc
touch
touch
noun
(Australian rules football) A disposal of the ball during a game, i.e. a kick or a handball.
(UK, plumbing, dated) Tallow.
(bell-ringing) A set of changes less than the total possible on seven bells, i.e. less than 5,040.
(music) The particular or characteristic mode of action, or the resistance of the keys of an instrument to the fingers.
(obsolete) A brief essay.
(obsolete) A touchstone; hence, stone of the sort used for touchstone.
(obsolete) Act or power of exciting emotion.
(obsolete) An emotion or affection.
(obsolete) Examination or trial by some decisive standard; test; proof; tried quality.
(obsolete) Personal reference or application.
(shipbuilding) The broadest part of a plank worked top and but, or of one worked anchor-stock fashion (that is, tapered from the middle to both ends); also, the angles of the stern timbers at the counters.
(slang) An act of borrowing or stealing something.
A distinguishing feature or characteristic.
A little bit; a small amount.
A relationship of close communication or understanding.
A single stroke on a drawing or a picture.
An act of touching, especially with the hand or finger.
Form; standard of performance.
The ability to perform a task well; aptitude.
The children's game of tag.
The faculty or sense of perception by physical contact.
The part of a sports field beyond the touchlines or goal-lines.
The style or technique with which one plays a musical instrument.
verb
(intransitive) Of a ship or its passengers: to land, to make a short stop (at).
(intransitive) To come into physical contact, or to be in physical contact.
(intransitive) To deal with in speech or writing; briefly to speak or write (on or upon something).
(intransitive) To make physical contact with a thing.
(intransitive, nautical) To be brought, as a sail, so close to the wind that its weather leech shakes.
(intransitive, obsolete) To fasten; to take effect; to make impression.
(nautical) To bring (a sail) so close to the wind that its weather leech shakes.
(nautical) To keep the ship as near (the wind) as possible.
(obsolete) To infect; to affect slightly.
(transitive or reflexive) To sexually excite with the fingers; to finger or masturbate.
(transitive) To affect emotionally; to bring about tender or painful feelings in.
(transitive) To cause to be briefly in contact with something.
(transitive) To come close to; to approach.
(transitive) To come into (involuntary) contact with; to meet or intersect.
(transitive) To concern, to have to do with.
(transitive) To consume, or otherwise use.
(transitive) To imbue or endow with a specific quality.
(transitive) To make intimate physical contact with a person.
(transitive) To make physical contact with; to bring the hand, finger or other part of the body into contact with.
(transitive) To physically affect in specific ways implied by context.
(transitive) To physically disturb; to interfere with, molest, or attempt to harm through contact.
(transitive, Scottish history) To give royal assent to by touching it with the sceptre.
(transitive, always passive) To disturb the mental functions of; to make somewhat insane; often followed with "in the head".
(transitive, archaic) To deal with in speech or writing; to mention briefly, to allude to.
(transitive, computing) To mark (a file or document) as having been modified.
(transitive, dated) To affect in a negative way, especially only slightly.
(transitive, in negative constructions) To be on the level of; to approach in excellence or quality.
(transitive, now historical) To lay hands on (someone suffering from scrofula) as a form of cure, as formerly practised by English and French monarchs.
(transitive, slang) To obtain money from, usually by borrowing (from a friend).
To influence by impulse; to impel forcibly.
To mark or delineate with touches; to add a slight stroke to with the pencil or brush.
To perform, as a tune; to play.
To strike; to manipulate; to play on.
To try; to prove, as with a touchstone.
vouch
vouch
noun
(archaic or obsolete) An assertion, a declaration; also, a formal attestation or warrant of the correctness or truth of something.
verb
(archaic or obsolete) To assert, aver, or declare (something).
(archaic) Synonym of vouchsafe (“to condescendingly or graciously give or grant (something)”)
(obsolete) To guarantee legal title (to something).
Followed by over: of a vouchee (a person summoned to court to establish a warranty of title): to summon (someone) to court in their place.
In full vouch to warrant or vouch to warranty: to summon (someone) into court to establish a warranty of title to land.
To affirm or warrant the correctness or truth of (something); also, to affirm or warrant (the truth of an assertion or statement).
To back, confirm, or support (someone or something) with credible evidence or proof.
To bear witness or testify to the nature or qualities (of someone or something).
To bear witness or testify; to guarantee or sponsor.
To call on (someone) to be a witness to something.
To cite or rely on (an authority, a written work, etc.) in support of one's actions or opinions.
To express confidence in or take responsibility for (the correctness or truth of) something.