This page gathers the 4,340 dictionary entries of which at least one sense is labelled “Dated” by Wiktionary. The definition shown is that sense; each word leads to its full entry. Page 33 of 44: from “saccharine” to “sea monk”.
- saccharine adj Of or relating to sugar; sugary.
- sack noun A kind of loose-fitting gown or dress with sleeves which hangs from the shoulders, such as a gown with a Watteau back or sack-back…
- sacrifice verb To sell (something) at less than its value, thus incurring a monetary loss.
- saddie noun A saddle.
- sadly adv Very much (of a desire etc.); dearly; urgently.
- safe noun A ventilated or refrigerated chest or closet for securing provisions from noxious animals or insects.
- safety noun A safety bicycle.
- safety bicycle noun A style of bicycle that superseded the penny farthing or ordinary and is now the most common type of bicycle.
- sail noun A sailing vessel; a vessel of any kind; a craft.
- sailorize verb To do the work of a sailor.
- sais noun usually syce: chauffeur, driver.
- salify verb To react so as to form a salt
- Salii noun Synonym of Salians, the Salian people, especially in ancient Roman contexts.
- Salish noun The Bitterroot Salish people specifically.
- saloon noun A lounge bar in an English public house, contrasted with the public bar.
- saloop noun An aromatic drink originally prepared from salep and later from sassafras bark with other ingredients such as milk and sugar added, which…
- salt away verb To salt (something) for preservation and then store it away for winter.
- salt down verb To salt (something) to slow decomposition, such as to prepare food, treat wood or preserve a corpse.
- salty dog noun A sexually promiscuous man; a male sexual partner.
- salve verb To salvage.
- sample room noun A grogshop.
- san noun A sanatorium.
- sand noun Personal courage.
- sandhiller noun A poor white person; white trash
- sandwich class noun The middle class; specifically those who are too wealthy to qualify for welfare schemes but not rich enough to afford non-subsidized…
- sango noun A sandwich.
- sap fagot noun A short fascine, approximately three feet in length, employed in sapping operations to fill gaps between gabions prior to the construction…
- sap roller noun A large gabion, six or seven feet long, filled with fascines, which the sapper sometimes rolls along before him for protection from the…
- Saracen noun A Muslim, especially one involved in the Crusades.
- sarcoid adj Resembling sarcoma.
- sardel noun A sardine.
- sate noun satay
- satire noun Severity of remark.
- satisfy verb To convince by ascertaining; to free from doubt.
- Saturday-night special noun An unexpected takeover bid that gives its opponents little time to respond.
- sauce noun Cheek; impertinence; backtalk; sass.
- savanilla noun A fish (Atlantic tarpon, Megalops atlanticus).
- savvey verb Dated form of savvy.
- sawdust trail noun The route followed by an itinerant Christian preacher in the United States.
- Saxon noun A size of type between German and Norse, 2-point type.
- scag noun A cigarette.
- scalie noun A strikebreaker.
- scallywag noun A disreputable fellow, a good-for-nothing, a scapegrace, a blackguard
- scalping knife noun Any of a loosely defined class of ample-bellied knives that largely overlaps with other classes such as hunting knife, butcher knife, and…
- scaly adj low, mean.
- scamp verb To skimp; to do something in a skimpy or slipshod fashion.
- scant adv With difficulty; scarcely; hardly.
- scarecrow noun Synonym of crow scarer (“a farmhand employed to scare birds from the fields”).
- scarf noun A neckcloth or cravat.
- scarper verb Chiefly in scarper the letty: to depart quickly or run away from (a place); to flee.
- scenario noun An outline of the plot of a dramatic or literary work.
- scentingly adv allusively; indirectly
- schismatize verb To cause to break apart by way of schism.
- schizophrenic adj Exhibiting more than one personality; having a wildly changeable personality.
- schlich noun The finer portion of crushed ore, as of gold, lead, or tin, separated by the water in certain wet processes.
- schmoop noun Fan fiction, or part of a fan fiction, which is sweetly romantic or cute, usually to a degree considered maudlin.
- scholarship noun The first year of high school, often accompanied by exams that needed to be passed before advancement to the higher grades.
- science verb To cause to become versed in science; to make skilled; to instruct.
- science-fictioneer noun Creator of science fiction.
- scientific romance noun Science fiction, especially its early form in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
- scincoid noun A skink.
- sciolism noun The practice of expressing opinions on something which one knows only superficially or has little real understanding of; also, shallow or…
- Sciot adj Of or relating to the Greek island of Scio (now Chios).
- scissoring noun A clipping; something cut out (e.g. of a newspaper) with scissors.
- scissors intj Cry of anguish or frustration.
- Sclavonian adj Dated form of Slavonian.
- scoop noun A haul of money made through speculation.
- scopeloid adj Relating to fishes of the former genus Scopelus, or the former family Scopelidae, including many lanternfish.
- scoper noun Synonym of spastic (“stupid, clumsy person”).
- scorch verb To ride a bicycle furiously on a public highway.
- scorcher noun A bad person.
- scorp noun A resident of Gibraltar.
- scotch adj Of or from Scotland; Scottish.
- scours noun A place where wool was washed and cleaned.
- scout noun A swift sailing boat.
- scrambles noun motocross (racing game)
- scratch verb To score, not by skillful play but by some fortunate chance of the game.
- scratchback noun A toy which imitates the sound of tearing cloth, used by drawing it across the back of unsuspecting persons.
- scratchband noun A group of musicians who play scratch music.
- screamer noun A bouncer.
- screecher noun A bird of the former category Picariae, distinguished from the songbirds.
- screed verb To rend, to shred, to tear.
- screen peek verb To look at another player's portion of a television screen during a competitive multiplayer game in which multiple players are sharing a…
- screw verb To examine (a student) rigidly; to subject to a severe examination.
- screw up verb To squint.
- screwed adj Intoxicated.
- scribbler noun A machine for coarse carding or teasing of wool.
- scrieve verb To glide or move smoothly.
- scrobe noun A groove or pit in the outer anatomy of organisms, such as in the head capsule or along the outer side of the mandible of some insects, for…
- scrofulous adj Of, related to, or suffering from scrofula (form of tuberculosis tending to cause enlarged lymph nodes and skin inflammation).
- scroll verb To flood a chat system with numerous lines of text, causing legitimate messages to scroll out of view before they can be read.
- scrummage noun Dated form of scrimmage (“a rough fight”).
- scrump verb To have sex.
- scufter noun A policeman.
- scug noun A lower-school or inferior boy.
- scumbag noun A condom.
- sea calf noun the young of the manatee and dugong.
- sea cow noun Alternative spelling of sea cow.
- sea dragon noun An ichthyosaur (dinosaur-age delphine marine reptile)
- sea monk noun Monk seal.