James Cook named the Sandwich Islands after his benefactor, John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich. Cook reported that the native name for the Islands we now know as Hawai'i was Owyhee. The so-named county in SW Idaho is derived from Cook's term, and recalls 3 Hawaiian trappers who were lost in that region.
Visuals are fairly representative of this part of Idaho.
“He is aflame, from the edge of his collar -- a patent clerical guillotine of washable xylonite, purchased at a famous travellers 'emporium in the Strand -- to the thin, silky rings of dark hair that are wearing from his high, pale temples.” --Richard Dehan, The Dop Doctor. London, Wm. Heinemann Ltd., 1910.
I think of two things when I see this word: (1), a Bavarian tourist shop full of cuckoo clocks, the ticks, tocks and cuckoos all competing with eachother; (2) the diner in Gainesville FL named "The Clock" that has dozens of clocks on the walls, none of them telling the correct time.
fbharjo, just a straightforward first-letters anagram. The terms themselves fall within a broad rubric that also encompasses the looked-for word/phrase.
A term coined by Seattle food expert Jon Rowley to describe the combination of subtle local variations in underwater environments that affect the flavor of Pacific oysters and other seafoods. Cf. terroir.
Don't know if wire lettuce's time has come, but in the season between the muddy winter thaw and the ripening of foxtail and June grasses (whose prickly awned fruits cling and burrow mercilessly into pantlegs, bootlaces, and stockings), I enjoy tramping the remote and desolate hills and dry treeless vales of Malheur County Oregon.
In my rock-climbing days we called obvious and protruding hand-sized rocks and knobs that even a non-climber could employ as a handhold chicken heads. We didn't have a comparable ice term for our ice-climbing of frozen waterfalls and curtains of ice on cliff faces.
-- A History of Agriculture and Prices in England from the Year after the Oxford Parliament (1259) to the Commencement of the Continental War (1793), Arthur George Liddon Rogers, ed., 1887, p.749.
See jarp. Also termed egg-tapping, egg fight, egg knocking, shackling, dumping. All the King's horses and all the King's men... From the folk who gave us conkers.
One for ruzuzu's list of Panvocalic Pants. Each of the vowels occurs but once; in this case alphabetically. The definition given for tackle twill has etymological/provenance information. This fabric type does not yet appear on any of the Wordnik fabric lists.
Railroad telegraphers' term for the phrase "Will furnish funds for immediate expenses". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906. I wish someone would front me funds for a long and distant fly-fishing trip.
In the abbreviated jargon of railroad telegraphy, faceguard stood for the phrase "Failure cannot be prevented". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
Railroad telegraphers' shorthand for "We have booked all the tonnage at present prices that we can take care of". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
Railroad telegraphers used eidolon as shorthand for the phrase "On account of _____, until further advised, we cannot accept _____ for points on the". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
Railroad telegraphers' shorthand for "Draft not properly endorsed; send duplicate or second with proper endorsement". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
In the terse language of railway telegraphers, dragonwort stood for the phrase "Has dividend been cleared?" - US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
"Is their any special reason for declining?" in the jargon of telegraphic railroad communications. --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
CD&C defines the term as hurtfulness. To railroad telegraphers, damnosity meant "day after to-morrow". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
Railroad telegraphers' notation meaning "Not on account of contract". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906. What? we didn't order a crocodile. Who put that in the boxcar?
A nickname for the puffin. In the abbreviated jargon of railway telegraphers, coulterneb signified the phrase "Consignee will agree to". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
Railroad telegraphers used the word corpulent to signify the phrase "Can you obtain written consent?" --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
In the abrupt jargon of railroad telegraphy, cornball stood for the phrase "will not be confirmed". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
Railroad telegraphy shorthand for the phrase "Shipment delivered in good order without exception". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
Railroad telegraphers' shorthand for "Advise if _____ stock has arrived; If so, what is condition?" --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
Railroad telegraphers' shorthand for the phrase "Will not make any concession". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906. Compare conjugal.
Railroad telegraphers' shorthand for the phrase "Must make a concession of at least" --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906. compare connubial.
US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906: The term concertina stood for the phrase "There is no competition" in the language of railroad telegraphers.
The word complect stood for the interrogative "Who are the principal competitors?" in the abbreviated jargon of railroad telegraphy. --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906. The word concertina was one answer to this question.
Railway telegraphers' shorthand for the phrase "Minimum weight _____ pounds each". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906. Yours is a little on the heavy side, by the way.
In railroad telegraphers' shorthand, communist stood for the phrase "knocked down flat in bundles. --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906. Crushed fascicles ==> fascists?
In the language of railroad telegraphy, comedown stood for "Do not pay any commission". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906. Bummer, dude.
In the abbreviated shorthand of the railway telegrapher, colon meant "Cost, insurance and commission". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
To a railroad telegrapher, cobstone meant "Have closed in accordance with terms agreed upon. Confirm at once". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
"Claim has been received; will have prompt attention", in railroad telegraphers' abbreviated shorthand. --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
In railway telegraphy, circumvent stood for the phrase "Is claimant willing to accept a less sum than the full claim in settlement?" --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
This word meant "Cannot be had under any circumstances" in the abbreviated jargon of railroad telegraphers. --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
"Property described above is being held for payment of charges at _____", in railroad telegraphers' shorthand. --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
An outdated article of women's undergarments. In the abbreviated communications of railroad telegraphy, chemiloon meant "Do not change". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
In railroad telegraphers' shorthand the word meant "Absorb lighterage charge(s)". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906. Compare chawstick.
Akin to Bambicide. However, in the abbreviated jargon of railroad telegraphers, cervicide meant "Let cars go forward as consigned". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
In the shorthand of railroad telegraphers carapato meant "Private baggage car(s) of the Theatrical Company ______". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
Otherwise, the term refers to a South American tick.
In the language of railway telegraphers, "Buy materials per your wire and make emergency requisition to cover". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
One of several heraldry terms I've encountered in the railroad telegraphers' cipher code. In the latter, the term means "Are prepared to handle the business same as before quarantine restrictions were put into effect". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
The term that initially led me to investigate terms used in railroad telegraphy, where the term carries the meaning "inclusive of all brokerage". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906. Compare bodrag.
"Banks will not advance money", in the shorthand code used by railroad telegraphers. --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906. See bathtub.
"You must be careful to insert complete route on strap tag", in the abbreviated language of railroad telegraphers. --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906: Railroad telegraphers' shorthand notation for the question "Was baggage forwarded on same train with owner?"
US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906: Railroad telegraphers' shorthand for the statement "Report to this office promptly all delays of baggage".
US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906: Railroad telegraphers' shorthand for "Authorize you to act on our behalf". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906: Railroad telegraphers' shorthand for "Assistance wanted immediately". The visual provided by Wordnik seems to bear this out.
A word that pricks the long ears of certain Wordnik marsupials. I expect bilby to pop in any second. In the meantime, the word was used in railroad telegraphs to signify "Appearances are doubtful". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
I sent telegrams when I lived in Mexico. I was chargedbytheword, so I sentmanymessages composed of longwords. The cipher book cited here mentions efficiency and secrecy as well. I suppose those secrets ranged from corporate strategies to the protection of presidents, payrolls, and Pinkerton men.
Railroad telegraphers' shorthand for "Every party to agreement should sign and acknowledge before a notary public". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
Very economical railroad telegraph shorthand for "Advertising 1000-mile tickets, great care should be used in phraseology, in order that no exceptions can be taken by our competitors". --US Railway Assn. Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
I find it amusing that the term abstinent was used in telegraphic communications as shorthand for "will not be able to accommodate". --1906 US Railway Assn. Standard Cipher Code. Of course, "to accommodate" in these communications meant to find lodgings or seats on a train for the agent(s) or person(s) referred to.
A disease of sheep, in which the intestines are distended with air, or rather affected with a violent inflammation. It occurs immediately after shearing. --from the definitions.
"His mouthfull of ecstasy (for Shing–Yung-Thing in Shina from Yoruyume across the Timor Sea), herepong (maladventure!) shot pinging up through the errorooth of his wisdom (who thought him a Fonar all, feastking of shellies by googling Lovvey, regally freytherem, eagelly plumed, and wasbut gumboil owrithy prods wretched some horsery megee plods coffin acid odarkery pluds dense floppens mugurdy) as thought it had been zawhen intwo." --Finnegans Wake
It's a tree. Delabechea Lindl., as a genus name, is currently recognized as a synonym of Brachychiton Schott & Endl. of the family Malvaceae. Some systematists place this genus in the Sterculiaceae.
In heraldry, a black band, supposed to represent the knightly belt, charged with the arms of the defunct, and painted on the wall of a church or chapel at the time of the funeral. This variety of the funeral achievement was formerly considered a mark of very high dignity. It is now nearly abandoned.
I like how this word (though I'd spell it differently) appears with uncomeatable in the same sentence. Both are candidates for yarb's lists of human traits.
...one of the small bubbles which form in imperfectly fused glass, and which, when the glass is worked, assume elongated or ovoid forms, resembling the shapes of some seeds.
"The walls of the bungalow, previously described, are topped by an overhanging roof covered with spruce shingles, which have been dipped in oil to produce a rich, warm color, and are laid wide to the weather." --from "A Craftsman Bunglaow: Craftsman House Series of 1905, Number III", in The Craftsman, Gustav Stickley, Editor, 7:336. 1905.
"The slates themselves may be 2" or more in thickness at the eaves, and as wide as 42" anywhere on the roof proper, and still produce a pleasing appearance, granting that the slate is not laid so wide to the weather that the roof is thrown out of scale to the building it is protecting." --House and Garden, 32:33, 1917.
See also the 1919 quotation from Dwellers in Arcady in the examples under building-paper.
In my area, now called bull trout, just to further confuse the name of this threatened species of char. Last winter I caught and released a big one while fishing for steelhead in Idaho's Salmon River.
"A guy extending from the end of a gaff to the ship's rail on each side, and serving to steady the gaff." --from the definitions. How'd the poor guy get to the end of the gaff in the first place?
Goropism, coined by Leibniz. Also Goropianism, after the dutch armchair linguist Johannes Goropius Becanus (1519-1572), who posited that the Brabantic language spoken in the vicinity of Antwerp was the original language from which all others evolved.
Welcome to the Wordnik community! Next to the search bar (where you can look up words) is your screen name. Click on your name to go to your dashboard, create a list, etc. You can add any word you look up to any of your lists or to a new list you can name and create from that word's page.
A quotation from Finnegans Wake seems to me a collaboration between Wordniks bilby and fbharjo: "Go in for scribenery with the satiety of arthurs in S.P.Q.R.ish and inform to the old sniggering publicking press and its nation of sheepcopers about the whole plighty troth between them, ma-lady of milady made melodi of malodi, she, the lalage of lyon — esses, and him, her knave arrant. To Wildrose La Gilligan from Croppy Crowhore."
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hernesheir commented on the list four-consecutive-consonant-strings
*ndsp sandspout.
February 10, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word stank-hen
It's a bird.
February 10, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word Russell's teapot
Why isn't the media reporting this threat to world security? Who is behind the conspiracy? Why has the White House been silent on this issue?
February 10, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word Owyhee
James Cook named the Sandwich Islands after his benefactor, John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich. Cook reported that the native name for the Islands we now know as Hawai'i was Owyhee. The so-named county in SW Idaho is derived from Cook's term, and recalls 3 Hawaiian trappers who were lost in that region.
Visuals are fairly representative of this part of Idaho.
February 10, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word akule
It's a fish.
February 10, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word uhuula
It's a fish.
February 10, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word kolea
Charming definition, to which should be appended "while sipping mojitos from a cruise ship deckchair".
February 10, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word chew the scenery
*loved*
February 10, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word sea-panther
It's a fish.
February 10, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word botoque
pelele
February 10, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word thundersnow
Thundersnow thunders now in New England's 2/8/2012 blizzard.
February 9, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word khamaseen
One for those who list the winds of the world.
February 9, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word kast
Compare German Kiste.
February 8, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word ex store
A place at which to shop for others' former spouses.
February 8, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word springhouse
My father sometimes uses this term for outhouse.
February 8, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word vintry
A pantry, but for vin.
February 8, 2013
hernesheir commented on the list four-consecutive-consonant-strings
*rkwr arkwright
February 8, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word humidostat
Cf. humidor.
February 8, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word clerical guillotine
“He is aflame, from the edge of his collar -- a patent clerical guillotine of washable xylonite, purchased at a famous travellers 'emporium in the Strand -- to the thin, silky rings of dark hair that are wearing from his high, pale temples.” --Richard Dehan, The Dop Doctor. London, Wm. Heinemann Ltd., 1910.
February 8, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word lactite
Cf. galalith and ivoroid.
February 8, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word Fleur du Maquis
Just lovely, qroqqa!
February 8, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word peachery
Get thee to a peachery, ma chérie.
February 8, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word ailantery
A grovecrop of Ailanthus (Tree of Heaven) trees.
February 8, 2013
hernesheir commented on the list wordnik-puzzle--neat-porters
Great job ruzuzu. Who goes next?
February 8, 2013
hernesheir commented on the list wordnik-puzzle--neat-porters
How about rotten pears?
February 7, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word mydaleine
Don't name your daughter mydaleine.
There is a herring connection, ruzuzu!
February 7, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word foliation
Sounds like a fancy air filter, ruzuzu.
February 7, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word bandicoot
Is bandie a nickname for bandicoot, bilby?
February 7, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word imp of the perverse
T.S. Eliot was imp of the purr-verse in his work Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats.
February 7, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word coff
The offal of pilchards.
February 7, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word almond
One of the tonsils. --from the definitions.
February 7, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word transient lunar phenomenon
Very moony.
February 7, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word minkery
Get thee to a minkery, minx.
February 7, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word dyssynchronous
I think of two things when I see this word: (1), a Bavarian tourist shop full of cuckoo clocks, the ticks, tocks and cuckoos all competing with eachother; (2) the diner in Gainesville FL named "The Clock" that has dozens of clocks on the walls, none of them telling the correct time.
February 7, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word tinclad
A boat.
February 7, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word hemistater
Cf. stater.
February 7, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word stater
One for the coin listers.
February 7, 2013
hernesheir commented on the list glove-making
Just added tanekaha as an obliquely-related term.
February 7, 2013
hernesheir commented on the list thank-you--hernesheir
You're welcome, friend. Thank you in return.
February 7, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word Aranyaka
Something for a nemophilist to get lost in.
February 7, 2013
hernesheir commented on the list romanticism
Nice list! Many of these terms would apply to the poets and their works as well.
February 7, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word cacohony
Methinks this word is missing a "p".
February 7, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word creep-mouse
I'm an adjective you don't meet every day.
February 7, 2013
hernesheir commented on the list sugar
Just added sugar-teat.
February 7, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word floirac
A red wine from Bordeaux.
February 7, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word falerno
A white wine grown near Napoli.
February 7, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word épineuil
A local French red wine, from the village of that name.
February 7, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word corton
A type of red wine.
February 7, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word asprino
An Italian wine that incorporates aspirin so you won't get headache.
February 7, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word antignana
Another varietal wine, for the oenology listers.
February 7, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word BANANA
A shout-out to, well, you know who you are. Each of you.
February 7, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word dar-lch'og
See citation at prayer flag.
February 7, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word verdea
A variety of Italian wine grape; one for Wordnik's oenology listers.
February 7, 2013
hernesheir commented on the list wordnik-puzzle--ictus-aromas
Whilst I slept ruzuzu guessed the answer: causa mortis. Congrats ruzuzu. Thanks for playing and trying and trying fbharjo.
February 7, 2013
hernesheir commented on the list wordnik-puzzle--ictus-aromas
Not there yet...
February 7, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word smasher
A small gooseberry pie. --from the definitions.
February 7, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word replete
Etymology and word roots at the bottom of the page....
February 7, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word adag
It's a fish. haddock
February 7, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word bandie
It's a fish, too.
February 7, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word ailsa-cock
It's called a puffin, too.
February 7, 2013
hernesheir commented on the list wordnik-puzzle--ictus-aromas
fbharjo, just a straightforward first-letters anagram. The terms themselves fall within a broad rubric that also encompasses the looked-for word/phrase.
February 7, 2013
hernesheir commented on the list wordnik-puzzle--ictus-aromas
Not quite, @ry! Thanks for your indulgence!
February 7, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word lung butter
A morbid species of phlegm.
February 7, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word baby-killer
This derogatory term has been re-purposed several times.
February 7, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word machan
Nice, bilby. Thanks!
February 6, 2013
hernesheir commented on the list wordnik-puzzle--ictus-aromas
This list is a little word game. Welcome.
February 6, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word grief tourist
I wish I were on a plane to the Solomon Islands today to observe life after the 90cm tsunami that resulted from the 8.0 earthquake.
February 6, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word nahuatlato
This would look nice on my tombstone, right after fiddler.
February 6, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word machan
A tree-stand from which to ambush a tiger. Unless Tiger got there first and is waiting in the tree.
February 6, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word asphaleia
A deus ex machina hydraulica, for one?
February 6, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word driver reviver
Could I get a neck massage too?
February 6, 2013
hernesheir commented on the list on-rye
Bologna stone, pudding-stone, pudding-granite, rock-cress, liver of sulfur
February 6, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word nanotaggant
See definitions at microtaggant, taggant.
February 6, 2013
hernesheir commented on the list four-consecutive-consonant-strings
*rchd archdapifer
February 6, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word carolin
One for the coin and currency listers.
February 6, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word rapakivi
See the better definition at rapakiwi.
February 6, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word cratch cradle
scratch cradle, cat's cradle.
February 6, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word merroir
A term coined by Seattle food expert Jon Rowley to describe the combination of subtle local variations in underwater environments that affect the flavor of Pacific oysters and other seafoods. Cf. terroir.
February 6, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word hushion
Worn inside a Hessian, perhaps?
February 6, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word Hangtown fry
Placerville CA was called Hangtown in those days, as were others, I suppose.
I remember seeing a scarecrow-like effigy in miner's clothing hanging from an old downtown building in the 1980's.
February 6, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word ball-seater
(Mind where you place the hyphen.)
February 6, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word ansation
The art of making handles.
February 6, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word versiera
A nice illustration and nicer animation of the Witch of Agnesi are given at its Wikipedia citation, which see.
February 5, 2013
hernesheir commented on the list fun-with-apocopes
The maths term semicontinuum and its definition seems appropriate here, in a tangential way.
February 5, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word dermorhynchous
"It's no skin off my nose."
February 5, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word baby boomlet
A bumped-up birthrate.
February 5, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word rum shrub
"Bartender! Another rum shrub for my landscaper friend!"
February 5, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word borhame
It's a fish.
February 5, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word osier-holt
Contrast willow-garden.
February 5, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word king under the car park
See Richard III.
February 5, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word Richard III
The king under the car park. BBC World News, 2/5/2013.
February 5, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word ℟
It's also a palindrome, says Wordnik.
February 5, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word jew-balance
It's a fish.
February 4, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word hammer-oyster
This bivalve may be successfully opened with an oyster-hammer.
February 4, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word oyster-hammer
For performing more intricate work than may be accomplished by an oyster-sledgehammer.
February 4, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word padlette
Cf. paillette, papilette.
February 4, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word skookum
Skookumchuck Creek is a tributary of the Salmon River in Idaho.
February 4, 2013
hernesheir commented on the list four-consecutive-consonant-strings
*nthr unthrive
February 4, 2013
hernesheir commented on the list verrines-of-random-palavery
Full enough, and a pain to page down to to add a word....
February 4, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word misopogonistically
Like a beard-hater. Really.
February 3, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word galeophobia
Fear of catsharks? Cf. selachophobia.
February 3, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word broth of a man
Cf. broth of a boy.
February 3, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word potential
Po-Te-N-Ti-Al (polonium, tellurium, nitrogen, thallium, aluminium).
February 3, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word masqueradish
Just thought you'd like to know, it's neither radish nor radicchio.
February 3, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word malheur wire lettuce
Don't know if wire lettuce's time has come, but in the season between the muddy winter thaw and the ripening of foxtail and June grasses (whose prickly awned fruits cling and burrow mercilessly into pantlegs, bootlaces, and stockings), I enjoy tramping the remote and desolate hills and dry treeless vales of Malheur County Oregon.
February 3, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word zanzibug
The bles'séd Wiktionary definition of zanzibug employ's the pos's'es's'ive *mosquito's* us'ed, deplorably, a's a plural.
February 3, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word schism
Sc-H-I-Sm (scandium, hydrogen, iodine, samarium).
February 3, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word suggestio falsi
I never looked at this phrase, and don't recall making this comment.
February 3, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word latah
Great Jumping Frenchmen with their miryachit affections!
February 3, 2013
hernesheir commented on the user JuniperOK
It's all free. And fun. And useful!
February 3, 2013
hernesheir commented on the list four-consecutive-consonant-strings
*tchg matchgate
February 3, 2013
hernesheir commented on the list cribbage
Just added game-hole.
February 3, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word poi
Po - I (polonium, iodine). And to some, that's what poi tastes like.
February 2, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word Fonk
F -O - N - K (fluorine, oxygen, nitrogen, potassium).
February 2, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word bistered
Better bistered than blistered.
February 2, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word knowbot
Rhymes with robot.
February 2, 2013
hernesheir commented on the list fantastic-places
Cockaigne, for an example from the Middle Ages.
February 2, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word government stroke
Definitions include a URL and an ISBN. And references to Australia, bilby.
February 2, 2013
hernesheir commented on the list model-organisms
Added C. elegans to the list.
February 2, 2013
hernesheir commented on the list four-consecutive-consonant-strings
*ndsb moschellandsbergite
February 2, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word bech-de-mer
bêche-de-mer
February 2, 2013
hernesheir commented on the list formerly-used-in-medicine
Just added bitumen and coal tar. Oh, and radium too.
February 2, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word treacle
I'm imagining the softly glowing pearly sausages mentioned in the quotation below.
February 1, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word surette
It's a moderate tree.
February 1, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word omphalelcosis
Pus in your pupik. Or an onion. U pick.
February 1, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word Bambi bucket
Nice visuals.
February 1, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word bepepper
Well I'll bejiggered.
February 1, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word gizzard-fallen
I always wondered about those pigeon-fanciers.
February 1, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word bech-de-mer
Vanuatu pidgin, for one.
February 1, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word hurtard
An old term for ram, a male sheep.
February 1, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word hoggerel
Rhymes with doggerel.
February 1, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word rose-noble
One for the coin listers. Compare rose-rial.
February 1, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word stick (of eels)
Eels were sold by the stick in old England. 25 eels to the stick.
February 1, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word chicken heads
In my rock-climbing days we called obvious and protruding hand-sized rocks and knobs that even a non-climber could employ as a handhold chicken heads. We didn't have a comparable ice term for our ice-climbing of frozen waterfalls and curtains of ice on cliff faces.
February 1, 2013
hernesheir commented on the list four-consecutive-consonant-strings
*ftst toftstead
February 1, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word jercion
A two-year old ewe. Compare hoggaster, hoggerel, hog.
February 1, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word bois durci
Not to be confused with the various trees and woods called bloodwood.
January 31, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word Lollardy
lollardism
January 31, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word grudgins
grudgings
January 31, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word bullimung
A mixture of oats, peas, and vetches.
January 31, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word bigg
From Old Norse bygg; Middle English big, bigge: barley.
January 31, 2013
hernesheir commented on the list rearmyourselftexas
Armless is harmless, Texas.
January 31, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word crab
I think of verjuice and crabstick.
January 31, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word septennate
A species of itch that some people cannot resist scratching.
January 31, 2013
hernesheir commented on the list seeds-from-an-abdelavi
Words, figuratively seeds of ideas. The abdelavi is a type of melon from Arabia and North Africa.
January 31, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word Mashriq
mashriq
January 31, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word adargue
One for the bladed weapons listers.
January 31, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word marabotin
Another for the coin listers.
January 31, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word senegal gum
Another for the gums and resins listers.
January 31, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word Yamani
yamani
January 31, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word commassee
Another one for the coin listers.
January 31, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word larin
One for the coin and currency listers.
January 31, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word falus
One for the coin listers.
January 31, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word retama raetam
Duly noted: the species epithet, raetam is an anagram of the generic name, Retama.
January 31, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word lerp
Rhymes with Derp.
January 31, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word sarcocol
One for the gums and resins listers.
January 31, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word dungiyah
One for those who list all things nautical.
January 31, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word corona obsidionalis
See examples for grass crown.
January 30, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word grudgings
--Arthur George Liddon Rogers, ed. A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, Clarendon Press, 1887, p.313.
January 30, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word ullier
Shetland Islands: The water which flows from a dunghill.
January 30, 2013
hernesheir commented on the list four-consecutive-consonant-strings
*nthr wanthrift
January 30, 2013
hernesheir commented on the list rearmyourselftexas
Armless is harmless, Texas.
January 30, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word handywarp
One for the fabric listers.
January 30, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word nibbit
Scots. Two slices of oat bread, buttered and laid face-to-face.
January 30, 2013
hernesheir commented on the list archaic-placenames
Hispalis - (Seville)
January 30, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word mum
-- A History of Agriculture and Prices in England from the Year after the Oxford Parliament (1259) to the Commencement of the Continental War (1793), Arthur George Liddon Rogers, ed., 1887, p.749.
January 30, 2013
hernesheir commented on the list archaic-placenames
Ruthenia, Rus?
January 30, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word egg-jarping
See jarp. Also termed egg-tapping, egg fight, egg knocking, shackling, dumping. All the King's horses and all the King's men... From the folk who gave us conkers.
January 30, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word caliver
One for the weapons listers.
January 30, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word demicastor
Another one for the hat-listers.
January 30, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word riding-hat
One for the hat-listers.
January 30, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word spur-royal
One for the coin and currency listers.
January 30, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word shroud
involucrum cadaverale
January 30, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word liminal
Railroad telegraphers' shorthand for the phrase Supreme Court of the United States. --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906, p.317.
January 30, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word tomtate
It's a fish.
January 30, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word cottonwick
It's a fish.
January 30, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word grunt
New England: A dessert made by stewing fruit topped with pieces of biscuit dough, which steam as the fruit cooks.
January 30, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word huzz
Hum + buzz.
January 29, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word orping
Mutters and murmurs.
January 29, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word hubbubboo
I like my toads fire-bellied and spade-footed. A knot of toads is a little overwhelming, however.
January 29, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word crepitation
In entomology, the act of ejecting a pungent fluid from the anus, with a slight noise.
January 29, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word hubbubboo
I like how the oddly palindromic string *bbubb just sits there like a blunt toad in this word..
January 29, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word leather-lunged
Better leather-lunged than leather-lipped? You pick.
January 29, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word cank
Talk, cackle.
January 29, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word squawk
The American night-heron; quawk.
January 29, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word catermaul
caterwaul
January 29, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word night-stool
This lidded movable names that which it is intended to safely contain.
January 29, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word squelch
A homographic homophonic autoantonym that means to silence, or to make a (squishy) sound.
January 29, 2013
hernesheir commented on the list the-other-side-of-silence
My favorites so far are elfmill, tin cry and croyn.
January 29, 2013
hernesheir commented on the list this-list-is-redacted
Thanks for tagging, ruzuzu!
January 29, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word poplar leaf
One of the common names of the copperhead snake. chunkhead
January 28, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word cantil
Common name of a pit viper of Mexico and Central America known also as the Mexican moccasin. Genus Agkistrodon.
January 28, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word huille
Trinidadian common name for the anaconda.
January 28, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word boitatá
A Brazilian name for the mythical giant anaconda.
From Old Tupi mbói.
January 28, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word centipede-eater
Snakes of the genus Aparallactus are called centipede-eaters.
January 28, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word cropsick
I'm an adjective you don't meet every day.
January 28, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word hot-livered
hot-headed
January 28, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word cake-urchin
A marine fuflun. Hands a few to ruzuzu with a long-handled dipnet.
January 28, 2013
hernesheir commented on the list possesive-phrases
Janet's method occurs in a list of similar medical eponyms.
January 28, 2013
hernesheir commented on the list four-consecutive-consonant-strings
*pspl sheepsplit
January 28, 2013
hernesheir commented on the list possesive-phrases
God's bodkin
January 28, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word anticlinoria
Plural of anticlinorium; anticlines.
January 27, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word bina
Zing went the strings.
January 27, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word morbidness
Same context: stunting boorishness.
January 27, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word bum-skimming
Sporty.
January 26, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word imagine
Railroad telegraphers' shorthand for "How soon can you obtain the information?" --US Railroad Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 26, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word mud-fat
As fat as mud; very fat: as, “veal, mud-fat and tender as a chicken, worth a shilling a pound,” --Century Dictionary & Cyclopedia
January 25, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word chicken
Embroidery, especially embroidery upon muslin.
January 25, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word kaisersmarm
a caramelized pancake similar to a Dutch Baby, but
January 25, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word tumeric
This is how my mother says it.
January 25, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word hikuli
In Náhuatl: péyotl.
January 24, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word ortygan
It's a bird.
January 24, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word neoumbilicoplasty
Construction of a different sort of "new one".
January 24, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word tackle twill jodhpurs
One for ruzuzu's list of Panvocalic Pants. Each of the vowels occurs but once; in this case alphabetically. The definition given for tackle twill has etymological/provenance information. This fabric type does not yet appear on any of the Wordnik fabric lists.
January 24, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word eckle
Ice-eckle.
January 24, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word squirrel
I knew you'd find3 your squirrels3 list.
January 24, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word country-box
A place in which to think outside the box.
January 24, 2013
hernesheir commented on the list take-me-to-your-whosit
kadilesker, fool-killer.
January 24, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word illbred
Railroad telegraphers' shorthand for the phrase "What is the rate of increase?" --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 24, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word icicle
"What importance do they attach to?", in the odd shorthand of railroad telegraphy. --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 24, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word ichnology
Railway telegraphy term meaning "Of no importance". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 23, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word henpeck
Railroad telegraphers' term meaning "You are wanted at home". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906, p.268.
January 23, 2013
hernesheir commented on the list will-do-in-a-pinch
Sure, ry, those are all great. One would think the top of the list would be duct tape, the handy-man's secret weapon.
January 23, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word heartburn
Railroad telegraphers' shorthand for the phrase "Not a holiday". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 23, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word vis major
Cerberus ate my homework.
January 23, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word nephelococcygia
This word belongs in the Wordnik lists of imagined places and destinaitons.
January 23, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word bubbling jock
It's a bird. See jake.
January 23, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word activated sludge
Yes, one for the list. Because the visuals move me.
January 23, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word gloom-stove
For drying gunpowder granules. Kind of like toasting sesame seeds or kasha. When you get it too hot it becomes a Kaboom!-stove.
January 23, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word gownman
"Cannot give guarantee required", in the shorthand notation of railroad telegraphy. --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 22, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word flyrod
Railroad telegraphers' term for the phrase "Will furnish funds for immediate expenses". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906. I wish someone would front me funds for a long and distant fly-fishing trip.
January 22, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word faceguard
Cinematic is right. In black and white.
January 22, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word flimflam
"Can a fund be provided for?, in the terse shorthand of railroad telegraphy. --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 22, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word firepan
Railroad telegraphers' shorthand for "Get freight off as soon as possible". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 22, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word felfit
Railroad telegraphers' shorthand for "Following goods have been forwarded". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
For the bird nickname felfit, see also fieldfare.
January 22, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word faxwax
In the language of railroad telegraphs, "What will you forward?" --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 22, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word faskidar
Railroad telegraphers' shorthand for the phrase "Not doing a good business". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 22, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word faceguard
In the abbreviated jargon of railroad telegraphy, faceguard stood for the phrase "Failure cannot be prevented". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 22, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word exodion
Railroad telegraphers' shorthand for "Cannot explain by wire; await letter". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 22, 2013
hernesheir commented on the list adverbia
Thanks marky for vibrationally!
January 22, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word fool-plough
Plough Monday
January 22, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word excision
Railway telegraphers' shorthand for the phrase "Why has no explanation been made?" --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 22, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word evensong
"This expense should be discontinued at once". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906. Railroad telegraph shorthand.
January 22, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word ethician
Railroad telegraphers' abbreviated jargon meaning "Will shippers bear expense of cooperage?" --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
ethicist
January 22, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word ervum
"What are the expectations?", in the shorthand of railroad telegraphy. --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 22, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word epigeous
Railroad telegraph shorthand for "Will report as soon as examination is completed". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 22, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word ensuant
Railroad telegraphers' shorthand for the phrase "Have you any evidence?" --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 22, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word endogamy
"Will engine require coal?" --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 22, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word enchant
"Engine off the track". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 22, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word encamp
"Engine is completely broken down". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 22, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word empark
Railroad telegraphers' shorthand for "We have booked all the tonnage at present prices that we can take care of". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 22, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word elknut
"Reduction of force", in the shorthand of railroad telegraphers. --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 22, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word eidolon
Railroad telegraphers used eidolon as shorthand for the phrase "On account of _____, until further advised, we cannot accept _____ for points on the". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 22, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word edulious
"Until an additional effort is made", in the shorthand of railroad telegraphers. --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 22, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word eclampsia
Railroad telegraphers' terse jargon for the phrase "will have the same effect". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 22, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word earworm
"What has caused the decrease in earnings?", in the shorthand of railroad telegraphy. --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906, p.217.
January 22, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word dwaum
Railroad telegraphers' shorthand for "Send all duplicates".US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 22, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word duncedom
Railroad telegraphers' shorthand for "Draft not properly endorsed; send duplicate or second with proper endorsement". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 22, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word dryly
"Why has draft not been honored?, in the abbreviated jargon of the railroad telegrapher. --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 22, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word drunkwort
Railroad telegraphers' code for the phrase "Refuses to surrender documents. --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 22, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word druidical
US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906: Railway telegraphers' shorthand for "Try to secure the documents".
January 22, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word dropsical
"Documents must be sent with draft". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 22, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word drinking
"Cannot do it without", in the shorthand jargon of railroad telegraphers. --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906, p.205.
January 22, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word dragonwort
In the terse language of railway telegraphers, dragonwort stood for the phrase "Has dividend been cleared?" - US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 22, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word doomstar
"Expect to have difficulty", in the shorthand of railroad telegraphy. --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906, p.195.
January 22, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word donjon
Railroad telegraphers' shorthand for the phrase "What does the difference amount to?" --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 22, 2013
hernesheir commented on the list cribbage
This list makes me smile.
January 22, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word crowd of canvas
A stack of sail; a substantial deployment of a sailing ship's canvas. Or something like that.
January 22, 2013
hernesheir commented on the list cribbage
proil
January 22, 2013
hernesheir commented on the list cribbage
Don't get left in the lurch!
January 22, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word nipple-wrench
Don't worry, it was a gunsmith's tool.
January 22, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word sagakomi
Put some of this in your tobacco pipe.
January 22, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word tun-belly
Why not ton-belly?
January 22, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word euergetism
List this term in the good -isms column.
January 22, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word cire
cire perdue
January 22, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word divine
"Will not deliver", in the jargon of railroad telegraphy. --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 22, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word disentomb
Railroad telegraphers' shorthand for the phrase "Explain fully and quickly cause of delay". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 22, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word discharm
"Is their any special reason for declining?" in the jargon of telegraphic railroad communications. --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 22, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word dirgeful
Railroad telegraphers' shorthand for "What is the total amount of debit? --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 22, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word dinar
"6:15 p.m. today" in the terse coded jargon of railroad telegraphy. --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906, p. 177.
January 22, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word chimpanzee fire
Next comes smelting, then guns.
January 22, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word didrachma
And dinar = 6:15 p.m. today.
January 21, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word dalailama
All these railroad telegraph terms are genuine. Odd, but genuine.
January 21, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word diluvium
Railroad telegraph shorthand notation meaning "10:45 p.m. yesterday." --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906, p. 177.
January 21, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word didrachma
Railroad telegraphers' shorthand for "3:30 a.m. to-morrow. US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906, p.176.
January 21, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word daredevil
"Time stated is too short". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 21, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word dandycock
US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906: "Have plenty of time". See dandy-cock.
January 21, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word damnosity
CD&C defines the term as hurtfulness. To railroad telegraphers, damnosity meant "day after to-morrow". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 21, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word dalailama
Railroad telegraphers' shorthand for the phrase "Any day next week (except)". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 21, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word dainteous
"Damage has not been repaired". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 21, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word daffadilly
"Freight damaged by water from leaky roof". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 21, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word dabchick
"In what respect is the freight damaged?" --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 21, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word cypsela
Railroad telegraphers' code for the phrase "in anticipation of a small crop". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 21, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word cynogale
"Crop largest on record", in railroad telegraphers' terms. --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 21, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word cyclopean
"Will not need wrecking crew(s)" in the shorthand code of railway telegraphers. --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 21, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word vireosylvia
creation!
January 21, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word curettage
"For what amount shall we open credit?", in the abrupt notation of railroad telegraphy. --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 21, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word curatelle
"Your course is approved". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 21, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word culverin
Railroad telegraphers' term meaning cost, duty, and all commissions. --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 21, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word crocodile
Railroad telegraphers' notation meaning "Not on account of contract". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906. What? we didn't order a crocodile. Who put that in the boxcar?
January 21, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word cripple
"Cannot contract yet; market too excited". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 21, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word cretinism
"Subject to regular contract conditions". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 21, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word creation
"Contract must be cancelled", in the terse language of railroad telegraphers. --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 21, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word crayonist
"Can contract on terms proposed if you will authorize me to". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 21, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word coulterneb
A nickname for the puffin. In the abbreviated jargon of railway telegraphers, coulterneb signified the phrase "Consignee will agree to". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 21, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word corselet
Railway telegraphers' shorthand for "You have our consent". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 21, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word corpulent
Railroad telegraphers used the word corpulent to signify the phrase "Can you obtain written consent?" --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 21, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word cornball
In the abrupt jargon of railroad telegraphy, cornball stood for the phrase "will not be confirmed". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 21, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word coquillage
Railway telegraphers' jargon meaning "Whom shall we confer with?". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 21, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word copesmate
US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906: Railroad telegraphers' shorthand for the phrase "No change in conditions".
January 21, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word cooingly
"We accept conditions proposed". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 21, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word convulsed
Railroad telegraphy shorthand for the phrase "Shipment delivered in good order without exception". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 21, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word contagious
Railroad telegraphers' shorthand for "Advise if _____ stock has arrived; If so, what is condition?" --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 21, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word connubial
Railroad telegraphers' shorthand for the phrase "Will not make any concession". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906. Compare conjugal.
January 21, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word conjugal
Railroad telegraphers' shorthand for the phrase "Must make a concession of at least" --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906. compare connubial.
January 21, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word condemn
"What do you advise in reference to the complaint?" --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 21, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word concertina
US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906: The term concertina stood for the phrase "There is no competition" in the language of railroad telegraphers.
January 21, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word complect
The word complect stood for the interrogative "Who are the principal competitors?" in the abbreviated jargon of railroad telegraphy. --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906. The word concertina was one answer to this question.
January 21, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word companion
Railway telegraphers' shorthand for the phrase "Minimum weight _____ pounds each". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906. Yours is a little on the heavy side, by the way.
January 21, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word communist
In railroad telegraphers' shorthand, communist stood for the phrase "knocked down flat in bundles. --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906. Crushed fascicles ==> fascists?
January 21, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word comical
"No commission has been paid". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 21, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word comedown
In the language of railroad telegraphy, comedown stood for "Do not pay any commission". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906. Bummer, dude.
January 21, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word combjelly
"Cannot allow commission". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 21, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word colon
In the abbreviated shorthand of the railway telegrapher, colon meant "Cost, insurance and commission". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 21, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word collard
In the shorthand of railway telegraphers, collard stood for the phrase "What are commissions, costs and charges?"
January 21, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word colcannon
US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906: "When shall we commence?"
January 21, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word coffeepot
"The passenger department will make proper collections", in the jargon of railway telegraphers. --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 21, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word cobstone
To a railroad telegrapher, cobstone meant "Have closed in accordance with terms agreed upon. Confirm at once". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 21, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word clotpate
In railroad telegraphers' shorthand, clotpate meant "Will not settle the claim unless". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 21, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word clathrate
"Claim has been received; will have prompt attention", in railroad telegraphers' abbreviated shorthand. --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 21, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word circumvent
In railway telegraphy, circumvent stood for the phrase "Is claimant willing to accept a less sum than the full claim in settlement?" --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 21, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word cigar
This word meant "Cannot be had under any circumstances" in the abbreviated jargon of railroad telegraphers. --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 21, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word Christmas
Railroad telegraphers' shorthand meaning "Charges have not been guaranteed". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 21, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word chisled
"Property described above is being held for payment of charges at _____", in railroad telegraphers' shorthand. --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 21, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word chemiloon
An outdated article of women's undergarments. In the abbreviated communications of railroad telegraphy, chemiloon meant "Do not change". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 21, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word chawstick
"Change of line", in railway telegraphers' shorthand. --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906. Cf. chewstick.
January 21, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word chewstick
It's a tree.
In railroad telegraphers' shorthand the word meant "Absorb lighterage charge(s)". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906. Compare chawstick.
January 21, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word cheval
"What charge is made for this delivery?", in the abbreviated jargon of railroad telegraphy. --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 21, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word ribaudequin
One for the listers of weaponry and war-engines.
January 21, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word charade
US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906: "Are you certain?" in railroad telegraphers' shorthand.
January 21, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word cervicide
Akin to Bambicide. However, in the abbreviated jargon of railroad telegraphers, cervicide meant "Let cars go forward as consigned". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 21, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word cernuous
"Forward _____ cars on Yardmaster's card waybill", in railroad telegraphers' shorthand. --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 21, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word centurion
US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906: Railroad telegraphers' shorthand for "Cars cannot be supplied".
January 21, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word caucasian
"Unable to ship owing to scarcity of cars", in the shorthand notation of railroad telegraphers. --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 21, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word carapato
In the shorthand of railroad telegraphers carapato meant "Private baggage car(s) of the Theatrical Company ______". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
Otherwise, the term refers to a South American tick.
January 21, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word captured
Railroad telegraphers' shorthand meaning "emigrant car(s)". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 21, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word consul
A local representative of a cyclists' touring club. --from the definitions.
January 21, 2013
hernesheir commented on the list take-me-to-your-whosit
lictor, a Roman fascist of sorts.
consul
January 21, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word capital
"Tank car(s), pickle and vinegar", in the language of railway telegraphers. --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 21, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word capable
"Refrigerator car(s), beer", in the shorthand jargon of railroad telegrahpy. --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 21, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word caboodle
US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906: Railroad telegraph shorthand for "When can you call?"
January 21, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word buttock
Railroad telegrahpers' code for "Do not buy on joint account". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 21, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word burglar
US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906: Railroad telegraphers' notation meaning "Stop buying and report purchases".
January 21, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word bullhead
In the language of railway telegraphers, "Buy materials per your wire and make emergency requisition to cover". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 21, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word bruising
"At what price can you buy?", in the shorthand of railroad telegraphy. --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 21, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word browbeat
US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906: Railroad telegraph shorthand for "No chance for business on this basis".
January 21, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word breadnut
"Locate business and secure", in railway telegraphers' shorthand. --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 21, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word bozon
One of several heraldry terms I've encountered in the railroad telegraphers' cipher code. In the latter, the term means "Are prepared to handle the business same as before quarantine restrictions were put into effect". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 21, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word dumb bomb
Thanks, WordNet. Heard this term on telly today.
January 21, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word botfly
US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906: Railroad telegraph term meaning "Seller will not pay brokerage; we must look to buyer for it."
January 21, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word boredom
"Send brokerage statement for", in the shorthand of railway telegraphers. --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 21, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word bordrag
The term that initially led me to investigate terms used in railroad telegraphy, where the term carries the meaning "inclusive of all brokerage". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906. Compare bodrag.
January 21, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word booby
Railroad telegraphers' term for the interrogative "Who will pay brokerage?" --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906
January 21, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word binnacle
Ha!
January 20, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word bodybag
"Bought with the privilege of the lot", in railroad telegraphers' shorthand. -- US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 20, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word bodrag
"Bought subject to your consideration", in railroad telegraphy. --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906. But see bordrag.
Irish buadrech, buaidhreadh "a disturbance". Raids or incursions from across the border.
January 20, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word blatched
Railroad telegraphers' shorthand for "Road blockaded by snow". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 20, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word binnacle
Railroad telegraph shorthand for "To whose order is bill drawn? --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 20, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word bicuspid
"Bill of lading not endorsed", in the abbreviated jargon of railway telegraphers. --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 20, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word behemoth
In the shortened language of railroad telegraphers, "Are bills of lading used as collateral? --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 20, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word beebalm
US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906: Railroad telegraphers' shorthand for "Bid has been withdrawn".
January 20, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word bebung
Railroad telegraphers' shorthand meaning "Can do better (by)". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 20, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word beatitude
It means "is generally not believed", in the shorthand notation of railway telegraphers. --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 20, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word battybird
Railroad telegraphers' shorthand for "Have you heard any rumors about our bank at your place?" --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 20, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word batman
"Banks will not advance money", in the shorthand code used by railroad telegraphers. --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906. See bathtub.
January 20, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word bathtub
"Bank refuses to pay", in railway telegraphers' shorthand. --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906. Compare batman.
January 20, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word basilisk
Railroad telegraphers' shorthand for "What is to be done with the balance? --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 20, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word barking
"You must be careful to insert complete route on strap tag", in the abbreviated language of railroad telegraphers. --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 20, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word SINGLE
Stress is now gone, loneliness ensues.
January 20, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word barehand
US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906: Railroad telegraphers' shorthand notation for the question "Was baggage forwarded on same train with owner?"
January 20, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word barbecue
Railroad telegraphers' shorthand for the phrase "Shipped to you to-day by baggage". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 20, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word baptism
US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906: Railroad telegraphers' shorthand for the statement "Report to this office promptly all delays of baggage".
January 20, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word ballfield
Railway telegraphers' shorthand for "Did you agree to forward this baggage to destination?" --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 20, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word bagpiped
US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906: Shorthand used by railroad telegraphers for the phrase "baggage was not found".
January 20, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word badinage
Railroad telegraphers' shorthand for Baggage referred to in your letter of". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 20, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word backstrap
US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906: Railroad telegraphers' shorthand for Baggage has been taken by officers, on a writ served at".
January 20, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word Babylon
Railroad telegraphers' shorthand for "Advise material of theatrical company(ies) in trunks". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 20, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word babatard
Railroad telegraphers' shorthand for the phrase "Advise check number of baggage from". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 20, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word auklet
US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906: Railroad telegraphers' shorthand for "Authorize you to act on our behalf". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 20, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word augur
Railroad telegraphers' shorthand for the phrase "Authority can be given". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 20, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word augean
Railroad telegraph shorthand for the question "What will you authorize?" --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 20, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word audible
Railway telegraphers' shorthand for "By what authority?" --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 20, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word atwistward
US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906: telegraphers' shorthand for "Will pay particular attention to".
January 20, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word attract
Railroad telegraphers' shorthand for "Show every attention". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 20, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word attitude
Railway telegraphers' shorthand for the phrase "Pay particular attention to". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 20, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word goutwort
Hey ruzuzu....... one for your worts list and all.
January 20, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word ashweed
Railroad telegraph shorthand for "am on the committee". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
Otherwise, see goutwort and goutweed.
January 20, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word ascarid
US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906: Railroad telegraphers' shorthand for "Assistance wanted immediately". The visual provided by Wordnik seems to bear this out.
January 20, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word apollo
Railroad telegraphers' shorthand for "Likely to meet with approval. --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 20, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word aphemia
US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906: telegraph shorthand for the phrase "Can you secure the appointment?".
January 20, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word apehood
Railway telegraphers' shorthand for "Will prepare the application". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 20, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word apedom
Railroad telegraphers' shorthand meaning "Will not prepare the application of". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906. Compare apehood.
January 20, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word aorta
US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906: railroad telegraph shorthand for "Has not made application".
January 20, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word antipode
A word that pricks the long ears of certain Wordnik marsupials. I expect bilby to pop in any second. In the meantime, the word was used in railroad telegraphs to signify "Appearances are doubtful". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 20, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word anosmia
Term once used in railroad telegraph communications to mean "Does not answer". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 20, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word anserous
anserine
January 20, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word anserine
Railroad telegraphers' shorthand meaning "has been answered". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 20, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word aneurism
Railroad telegraphers' shorthand for "Is any further amount necessary? --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 20, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word obongo
This is a racist slur term exposing the half-wit who repeats it. The Wordnik lister excepted.
January 20, 2013
hernesheir commented on the list 1906-railway-cipher-code
I apologize for flooding the Comments feed with repetitive citations from the Standard Cipher Code.
January 20, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word anchovy
Railroad telegraphers' shorthand for "Can it be altered?" --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 20, 2013
hernesheir commented on the list 1906-railway-cipher-code
I sent telegrams when I lived in Mexico. I was chargedbytheword, so I sentmanymessages composed of longwords. The cipher book cited here mentions efficiency and secrecy as well. I suppose those secrets ranged from corporate strategies to the protection of presidents, payrolls, and Pinkerton men.
January 20, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word arabesque
Railroad telegraphers' shorthand notation for "Everything can be satisfactorily arranged". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 19, 2013
hernesheir commented on the list culi---wine-tasting-adjectives
See the list Wine Tasters' Notes to see examples of some of these terms in use.
January 19, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word apricot
US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906: Telegraphers' shorthand notation meaning "advise what arrangement you make".
January 19, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word appletart
Railway telegraphers' shorthand for "Has any arrangement(s) been made? --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 19, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word anthrax
Railroad telegraphers' notation meaning "When may we expect an answer?" --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 19, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word anthem
US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906: railroad telegraphers' shorthand for "Unable to give definite answer".
January 19, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word antennule
Railway telegraphers' shorthand meaning "If we have no answer by". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 19, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word annular
US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906: Railroad telegraphers' shorthand notation for "Cannot reduce the amount".
January 19, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word annoyous
Railroad telegraphers' shorthand meaning "Amount is not correct". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 19, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word anhinga
US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906: Telegraphers' shorthand for "amount in question is"...
January 19, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word angleworm
Railroad telegraphers' shorthand notation meaning "What is the total amount of debit? --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 19, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word angina
Railway telegraphers' shorthand for "What is correct amount?" --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 19, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word androgyn
US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906: Railroad telegraphers' notation meaning "You must alter".
January 19, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word anarchism
Railroad telegraphers' shorthand notation meaning "should not be allowed". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 19, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word anapest
US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906: Railway telegraphers' shorthand meaning "Has not been allowed (to)".
January 19, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word amphibious
Railroad telegraphers' notation meaning "Will you allow? --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 19, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word amorous
US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906: Railroad telegraphers' notation meaning "What will you allow (for)?"
January 19, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word amnesia
Railroad telegraphers' shorthand notation meaning "Can you make an allowance on account of?" --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 19, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word amicably
US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906: railroad telegraphers' shorthand for "car equipped with air brake".
January 19, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word amenable
Railroad telegraphers' shorthand meaning "will make no agreement". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 19, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word ambrosia
US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906: telegraphers' shorthand for "No agreement probable (unless)".
January 19, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word amaranth
Railway telegraphers' shorthand for "Agreement cannot be cancelled". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 19, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word altruism
US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906: telegraphers' shorthand for "usual terms of agreement".
January 19, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word alphabet
Railroad telegraphers' shorthand for "likely to reach an agreement. --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 19, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word alpaca
US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906: telegraphers' shorthand for "Insist on the adoption of the agreement as advised".
January 19, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word almond
Railroad telegraphers' shorthand for "Every party to agreement should sign and acknowledge before a notary public". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 19, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word alluvium
Railroad telegraphers' shorthand for "are willing to agree". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 19, 2013
hernesheir commented on the list the-rolling-stones
Andrew Loog Oldham
January 19, 2013
hernesheir commented on the list the-rolling-stones
Jagger/Richards = The Glimmer Twins
January 19, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word alkanet
US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906: telegraphers' shorthand for "Why did you not agree?"
January 19, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word alizarin
Railroad telegraphers' shorthand for "What are terms of agreement?" --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 19, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word aliquot
US Railway Assn. Standard Cipher Code, 1906: telegraphers' shorthand for "Is a special agreement necessary?".
January 19, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word alimony
Railway telegraphers' shorthand for "Do they agree to?". --US Railway Assn. Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 19, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word alienist
US Railway Assn. Standard Cipher Code, 1906; railroad telegraphers' shorthand for "Your agent has not settled".
January 19, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word alevin
Railroad telegraphers' shorthand for "Would like the following agents to meet me (at) (on)". --US Railway Assn. Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 19, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word alcohol
1906 US Railway Assn. Standard Cipher Code; telegraphers' shorthand for "Make transfer of agency at".
January 19, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word albuminoid
Railway telegraphers' shorthand for "Have wired general freight agent". --US Railway Assn. Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 19, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word alate
US Railway Assn. Standard Cipher Code, 1906; telegraphers' shorthand for "agent's balance sheet shows large balance; investigate and report".
January 19, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word ailment
Railroad telegraphers' shorthand for "May we appoint agent for you?. --US Railway Assn. Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 19, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word aglossal
US Railway Assn. Standard Cipher Code, 1906; telegraphers' shorthand for "advice(s) from _____ not satisfactory".
January 19, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word phaneroglossal
Having a conspicuous tongue. The rock band Kiss leaps to mind.
January 19, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word aghast
Railroad telegraphers' shorthand for "Will advise you promptly of any change". --US Railway Assn. Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 19, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word afflatus
US Railway Assn. Standard Cipher Code, 1906; telegraph shorthand for "Advise us what to do".
January 19, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word afflict
Railroad telegraph shorthand for "advise what can be done" --US Railway Assn. Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 19, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word adventist
Railway telegraphers' shorthand for "Do you think it advisable (to)?" --US Railway Assn. Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 19, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word adverb
Railroad telegraphers' shorthand for "Have you acted under legal advice?". --1906 US Railway Association Standard Cipher Code.
January 19, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word adroit
1906 US Railway Association Standard Cipher Code; telegraph shorthand for "Shall we change the advertisement?".
January 19, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word adoral
Very economical railroad telegraph shorthand for "Advertising 1000-mile tickets, great care should be used in phraseology, in order that no exceptions can be taken by our competitors". --US Railway Assn. Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 19, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word adobe
1906 US Railway Assn. Standard Cipher Code; telegraph shorthand for "will take advantage of".
January 19, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word adiposity
Railroad telegraphers' shorthand for "willing to make advance on terms offered. --1906 US Railway Association Standard Cipher Code.
January 19, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word adequately
1906 US Railway Assn. Standard Cipher Code, telegraph shorthand for "goods are in demand and price will advance">.
January 19, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word adelphous
Railroad telegraph shorthand for "advance on cost and charges. --US Railway Assn. Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 19, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word actinoid
1906 US Railway Assn. Standard Cipher Code used in telegraphic communications to mean "The action you have taken is not approved".
January 19, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word acrobat
Railroad telegraphers' shorthand for "action taken is not satisfactory" --1906 US Railway Association Standard Cipher Code.
January 19, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word acrimony
1906 US Railway Assn. Standard Cipher Code, shorthand for telegraph communications and meaning "action deferred until further notice".
January 19, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word acorn
Railway telegraphers' shorthand for "take immediate action and advise". --1906 US Railway Assn. Standard Cipher Code.
January 19, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word acid
1906 US Railway Assn. Standard Cipher Code meaning "action taken is satisfactory".
January 19, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word achieve
Railroad telegraphers' shorthand for "What will be the expense of action?" --1906 US Railway Assn. Standard Cipher Code.
January 19, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word acetylene
1906 US Railway Assn. Standard Cipher Code shorthand meaning "Have you begun action?"
January 19, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word acetate
Shorthand for "you can deliver here following freight to relieve accumulation". --1906 US Railway Association Standard Cipher Code.
January 19, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word accursed
1906 US Railway Assn. Standard Cipher Code meaning "your account is debited with".
January 19, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word abstinent
I find it amusing that the term abstinent was used in telegraphic communications as shorthand for "will not be able to accommodate". --1906 US Railway Assn. Standard Cipher Code. Of course, "to accommodate" in these communications meant to find lodgings or seats on a train for the agent(s) or person(s) referred to.
January 19, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word absinth
1906 US Railway Assn. Standard Cipher Code, shorthand for "expect you to accomodate".
January 19, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word abrasive
Shorthand code for the phrase "accident reported to our No. _____ was caused by". --1906 US Railway Association. Standard Cipher Code.
January 19, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word aboveboard
1906 US Railway Assn. Standard Cipher Code, shorthand for "Would advise you not to accept".
January 19, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word abominate
1906 US Railway Assn. Standard Cipher Code meaning "do not accept until all conditions are satisfactory".
January 19, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word abnormal
US Railway Assn. Standard Cipher Code for the phrase "your modified conditions acceptable".
January 19, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word ablative
1906 US Railway Assn. Standard Cipher Code, shorthand for "subject to immediate acceptance".
January 19, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word abiology
US Railway Assn. Standard Cipher Code for "As soon as accepted".
January 19, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word abdominal
US Railway Assn. Standard Cipher Code meaning "When will we receive abstracts of freight _____ for month of _____?"
January 19, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word abetting
US Railway Association Standard Cipher Code for "Will you accept?"
January 19, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word glassworks
Added to The Glassworks list for ruzuzu.
January 19, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word nanodynamite
Wow cool bilby! Thanks.
January 17, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word salmon
“And be that semeliminal salmon solemonly angled, ingate and outgate.” --Finnegans Wake
January 17, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word semeliminal
“And be that semeliminal salmon solemonly angled, ingate and outgate.” --Finnegans Wake
January 17, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word stere
5°F at 9:00 this a.m. I could sure use a stere or two of cordwood just now.
January 17, 2013
hernesheir commented on the list distinguishing-marks
I appreciate your contributions, ry.
January 17, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word nanosandwich
For example; nanopastrami; nanoclub; nanocheeseburger.
January 17, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word hot-windy
Thanks, bilby.
January 17, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word wind
A disease of sheep, in which the intestines are distended with air, or rather affected with a violent inflammation. It occurs immediately after shearing. --from the definitions.
January 17, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word perflatile
Exposed to the wind; open to the breeze.
January 17, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word hot-windy
What do you make of the definition, bilby?
January 17, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word non-scrabble
Yes non-scrabble is not a valid Scrabble word.
January 17, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word hornypipe
You said it, Man.
January 17, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word googling
"His mouthfull of ecstasy (for Shing–Yung-Thing in Shina from Yoruyume across the Timor Sea), herepong (maladventure!) shot pinging up through the errorooth of his wisdom (who thought him a Fonar all, feastking of shellies by googling Lovvey, regally freytherem, eagelly plumed, and wasbut gumboil owrithy prods wretched some horsery megee plods coffin acid odarkery pluds dense floppens mugurdy) as thought it had been zawhen intwo." --Finnegans Wake
January 17, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word jack-in-a-bottle
It's a bird.
January 17, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word hedge-jug
It's a bird.
January 17, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word feather-poke
It's a bird.
January 17, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word archilowe
Mac: "I shall return."
Arnie: I'll be back."
January 17, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word gouty-stem
It's a tree.
January 17, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word drift-bottle
A bottle used for the same purpose as a drift-cask (which see).
January 16, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word bottle-cod
It's not a fish. Or a bottle.
January 16, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word delabechea
It's a tree. Delabechea Lindl., as a genus name, is currently recognized as a synonym of Brachychiton Schott & Endl. of the family Malvaceae. Some systematists place this genus in the Sterculiaceae.
January 16, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word bottle to throttle rule
Among pilots: No flying within 24 hours of consuming alcohol.
January 16, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word George
n. obsolete A kind of brown loaf.
Not sure if this is a loaded word of a more specific type.
January 16, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word katagelasticism
Nice find, ruzuzu!
January 16, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word crackle
Hey! Read that definition yesterday while looking at glass terms!
January 16, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word fantasticate
Hode: Lord, please fantasticate this meal of which we are about to partake.
Clevis: Hank, You know you caint fantasticate grits any more than they already are.
January 16, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word sphincter of Oddi
Almost a collective. A sphincter of oddities in ein ampulla of kaltes Vater.
January 16, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word litre
In heraldry, a black band, supposed to represent the knightly belt, charged with the arms of the defunct, and painted on the wall of a church or chapel at the time of the funeral. This variety of the funeral achievement was formerly considered a mark of very high dignity. It is now nearly abandoned.
January 16, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word antiguggler
Never mind the fork. Stick an antiguggler in it.
January 16, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word unamalgamatible
I like how this word (though I'd spell it differently) appears with uncomeatable in the same sentence. Both are candidates for yarb's lists of human traits.
January 16, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word there’s so
sap sucker - My Dad's favorite euphemism.
January 15, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word seed
...one of the small bubbles which form in imperfectly fused glass, and which, when the glass is worked, assume elongated or ovoid forms, resembling the shapes of some seeds.
January 15, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word flash
Interesting tidbits from the definitions:
To cover with a thin layer, as objects of glass with glass of a different color.
To expand, as blown glass, into a disk.
A preparation of capsicum, burnt sugar, etc., used for coloring brandy and rum, and giving them a factitious strength.
A language, created by a repressed minority to maintain cultural identity, that cannot be understood by the ruling class; for example, Ebonics.
January 15, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word cistern
The receptacle into which glass is ladled from the pots to be poured on the table in making plate-glass, or in casting glass; a cuvette.
January 15, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word lutjang
It's a fish.
January 15, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word hemdurgan
It's a fish.
January 15, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word punt
milen
January 15, 2013
hernesheir commented on the list salt-and-pepper
bitnoben
January 15, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word salt
In heraldry, a bearing representing a high decorative salt-cellar, intended to resemble those used in the middle ages.
January 15, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word fining
n. The act of imposing a fin�. --from the definitions.
January 15, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word flag
Another coinc - this one the British fourpence or groat.
January 15, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word siege
n. Stool; excrement; fecal matter. Wouldn't last long on
n. The floor of a glass-furnace.
January 15, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word muff
A blown cylinder of glass which is afterward flattened out to make a sheet. --from the definitions.
January 15, 2013
hernesheir commented on the list the-glassworks
The list 2300°F also contains glassmaking terms.
January 15, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word poppywash
coincwash
January 15, 2013
hernesheir commented on the list traits--bad
scumbaggery?
January 15, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word gazzettino
One for the listers of coinc and currencies.
(next day edit: Was going to correct typo to coins, but laughingly decided to leave it coinc).
January 15, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word besan
chickpea
January 15, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word wide to the weather
"The walls of the bungalow, previously described, are topped by an overhanging roof covered with spruce shingles, which have been dipped in oil to produce a rich, warm color, and are laid wide to the weather." --from "A Craftsman Bunglaow: Craftsman House Series of 1905, Number III", in The Craftsman, Gustav Stickley, Editor, 7:336. 1905.
"The slates themselves may be 2" or more in thickness at the eaves, and as wide as 42" anywhere on the roof proper, and still produce a pleasing appearance, granting that the slate is not laid so wide to the weather that the roof is thrown out of scale to the building it is protecting." --House and Garden, 32:33, 1917.
See also the 1919 quotation from Dwellers in Arcady in the examples under building-paper.
January 15, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word ferroics
Brave deeds accomplished with the use of iron implements or weapons.
January 14, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word Dolly Varden
In my area, now called bull trout, just to further confuse the name of this threatened species of char. Last winter I caught and released a big one while fishing for steelhead in Idaho's Salmon River.
January 14, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word upland trout
I've been hunting these for years with no success.
January 14, 2013
hernesheir commented on the list lost-for-word
At one time I called one of those folks my major professor, ruzuzu. Perhaps amnesioplagiarist. But see cryptomnesia and it's examples.
January 14, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word vang
"A guy extending from the end of a gaff to the ship's rail on each side, and serving to steady the gaff." --from the definitions. How'd the poor guy get to the end of the gaff in the first place?
January 14, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word cologne umber
One for the pigment listers. Yoinked to the list In the Colorhouse.
January 14, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word corneous lead
A chlorocarbonate lead mineral. phosgenite.
January 14, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word stegosaurus
Same context: once-fine ex-girlfriend
January 14, 2013
hernesheir commented on the list list-of-heraldry-terms
Thanks for wastel, ry!
January 14, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word anismus
Never to be confused with animism.
January 14, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word goropism
Glad you picked up on the Leibniz connection so quickly, ruzuzu.
January 14, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word Goropism
goropism
January 14, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word Goropianism
goropism
January 14, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word goropism
Goropism, coined by Leibniz. Also Goropianism, after the dutch armchair linguist Johannes Goropius Becanus (1519-1572), who posited that the Brabantic language spoken in the vicinity of Antwerp was the original language from which all others evolved.
January 14, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word melassigenic
Perhaps ruzuzu might consider this word for her sugar list.
January 12, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word jean dimmock
soot-black
January 12, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word fairhead
Nice visuals for this valid Scrabble word, especially that of the dog crossing the fallen stone plinth skybridge.
January 12, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word cow tree
Pass the cocoa please.
January 12, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word jean dimmock
tumtum?
January 12, 2013
hernesheir commented on the list curry--1
Just the food words. I don't need combs, brushes, or favors.
January 12, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word bindwith
Ethnobotanist: "What do you use this plant for?"
Informant: "To bind with."
January 12, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word pisang-ayer
It's a tree, Palmer.
January 12, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word heckler's veto
Sorry, can't hear you over the shouting.
January 12, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word quadricovariant
A Hessian, bare and bootless in the mathematics dodge.
January 12, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word Wronskian
See definition at wronskian...a Pole.
January 12, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word farce
Ha. Great one, bilby!
January 12, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word pogonion
Why yes, it is a metal protruberance. A Schrade Uncle Henry pocket knife, of middling size. Now Uncle Henry belongs on another list I can think of.
January 11, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word Ring of the Fisherman
The wearer of which being the Pope. Piscatory Ring, Annulus Piscatoris, Anello Piscatorio.
January 11, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word NOD
In some or many cases, an understatement for sure.
The etymology provided illustrates how dumb and undiscerning computers have remained.
January 11, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word sowdwort
I'd like to find other attested words containing the string *wdw.
January 11, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word sowdwort
One for ruzuzu's wort list.
January 11, 2013
hernesheir commented on the list four-consecutive-consonant-strings
*mbcl crumbcloth
January 11, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word poundwort
One for ruzuzu's worty list.
January 11, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word crepitation râle
See crepitation rale.
January 11, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word boxberry
One for the berry listers.
January 11, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word pogonion
Chopping a pogonion makes the eyes water.
January 10, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word janus cloth
Because it's January.
January 10, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word kakalaioa
It's a tree.
January 10, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word nicker-pecker
You're correct to guess this names a certain bird.
January 10, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word double daric
See the definition of daric, an ancient Persian coin.
January 10, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word adelfisch
...lavaret (which see).
January 10, 2013
hernesheir commented on the list oats
oat of allegiance. Haha bilby. Am not aware of gluten-free varieties. I should, given the *celiacs* in my sphere.
January 10, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word gammoning-fish
It's not a fish.
January 10, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word kowhai
It's a tree. With nice visuals. And birds in.
January 9, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word sinapize
To impregnate with mustard...
January 9, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word suggillation
ecchymosis
January 9, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word karaoke-thon
Like the example says.
January 9, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word telescope-word
See, spyglass is not a telescope-word.
January 9, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word water-quintain
A sporting game like ski-joring, but on water, from a canoe.
January 9, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word tilter
A tilt-up or tip-up used in ice-fishing.
January 9, 2013
hernesheir commented on the user judithce
Welcome to the Wordnik community! Next to the search bar (where you can look up words) is your screen name. Click on your name to go to your dashboard, create a list, etc. You can add any word you look up to any of your lists or to a new list you can name and create from that word's page.
January 9, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word nation of sheepcopers
See first comment under S.P.Q.R.ish.
January 9, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word megafundum
I like the way megafundum and microchasm play off one another in the example sentence from Finnegans Wake. A bit of method to his madness.
January 9, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word S.P.Q.R.ish
A quotation from Finnegans Wake seems to me a collaboration between Wordniks bilby and fbharjo: "Go in for scribenery with the satiety of arthurs in S.P.Q.R.ish and inform to the old sniggering publicking press and its nation of sheepcopers about the whole plighty troth between them, ma-lady of milady made melodi of malodi, she, the lalage of lyon — esses, and him, her knave arrant. To Wildrose La Gilligan from Croppy Crowhore."
January 9, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word carberry
gooseberry
January 9, 2013
hernesheir commented on the list four-consecutive-consonant-strings
*thbl - frothblower
January 9, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word warrandice lands
See warrandice.
January 9, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word sac-a-lait
It's a fish.
January 9, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word wait-a-while
It's a wattle. Tree, that is.
January 9, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word cap-a-pie
Same context: codpiece, ornithopter, hovercar.
January 9, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word rat-tat-too
Dude, seriously. You didn't mean rat tattoo?
January 9, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word felon-herb
From the definitions: "Either of two plants reputed to cure felons:"... (which see)
January 9, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word prickshaft
It's an arrow.
January 9, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word worm-punch
While this term has to do with spirituous liquors, neither tequila nor punchbowl is involved.
January 9, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word painted turtle
The only North American turtle whose native range extends from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
January 8, 2013
hernesheir commented on the list turtles
My nascent list of turtle terms.
The fine list of tortoises and turtles by kalayzich is well-worth a visit.
January 8, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word stink-rat
It's a turtle.
January 8, 2013
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