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 6 of 44: from “broadbrim” to “callboy”.
- broadbrim noun A Quaker.
- broadtail noun Any of various parrots in the genus Platycercus.
- Brodie knob noun A knob attached to the steering wheel of a motor vehicle or tractor, especially before the widespread availability of power steering…
- brogue noun A heavy shoe of untanned leather.
- bromide noun A dose of bromide taken as a sedative, or to reduce sexual appetite.
- bronzen adj Made of, or relating to, bronze.
- broom up verb To strike (a length of wood) repeatedly such that the top of it becomes frayed and worn.
- brought up to a bitter adj Of a ship, stopped or held fast when its cable or rope is run out until it reaches the post (the bitts) on the ship's deck used to secure…
- brown bomber noun A laxative.
- brown stew noun A stew in which the meat is browned before being added
- brownette noun A person, especially a woman, with light brown hair.
- brunette adj Of a dark brown color or tone.
- brush off verb To depart with a sweeping motion; to rush away.
- brushing adj Brisk; light.
- brutalise verb To live or behave like a brute.
- bubby noun A woman's breast.
- buck noun A black or Native American man.
- buck out verb To murder (someone).
- buck up intj Hurry up; make haste.
- bucket of blood noun Former name of bloody mary (“cocktail”).
- bucket shop noun A travel agency selling discounted airfares, usually in defiance of existing minimum fare arrangements. Now usually refers to any small…
- buckra noun A poor white person.
- bud noun A pretty young girl.
- buffer noun A dog.
- bug noun Synonym of oil bug.
- bug man noun A micropaleontologist, particularly a foraminiferologist.
- bugger noun A damn, anything at all.
- buglet noun A corner case scenario not anticipated by the developer.
- bulb noun The medulla oblongata.
- bulger noun Anything very large; a whopper.
- bull verb To publish in a papal bull.
- bull butter noun margarine
- bulldoze verb To intimidate; to restrain or coerce by intimidation or violence; used originally of the intimidation of black voters in Louisiana.
- buller noun A member of the Bullingdon Club.
- bullpup noun A bullpuppy, a bulldog puppy (of either sex).
- bully adj Very good.
- bully boy noun A familiar male associate who is regarded rather fondly, especially one who is spirited and genial.
- bum noun A humming noise.
- bum factory noun An establishment that sells alcoholic drinks, such as a saloon or liquor store.
- bummaree noun A porter or dealer of fish at Billingsgate Fish Market in London.
- bummer noun An idle, worthless fellow, without any visible means of support; a dissipated sponger.
- bummle noun An idle fellow.
- bump noun The faculty itself.
- bumper noun A covered house at a theatre, etc., in honour of some favourite performer.
- bundle verb To sleep on the same bed without undressing.
- bundle of nerves noun A lively, continually active person.
- bunk noun Bunkum; senseless talk, nonsense.
- bunkum noun Senseless talk; nonsense; a piece of nonsense.
- bunny noun A menstrual pad.
- bunya noun A banyan, a member of a specific Hindu caste.
- burlesque adj Parodical; parodic
- burn verb To combine energetically, with evolution of heat.
- burn the candle at both ends verb To waste or expend resources twice over; to be doubly profligate.
- burn up verb To ride a motorcycle or other vehicle at high speed.
- burning glass noun A magnifying lens, as used to focus sunlight on to an object.
- burnup noun A high-speed ride in or on a motorcycle or other vehicle.
- bursary noun The treasury of a religious order or public institution.
- burst up verb To explode.
- bus noun Any motorized vehicle, such as a motorbike or car.
- bushwhacker noun Someone who attacks without warning.
- bust noun A spree, unrestrained revel, or wild party.
- bust out noun An attempt at cheating, such as gambling with weighted dice.
- buster noun A broncobuster.
- Buster Brown suit noun A belted, double-breasted tunic or jacket worn with a large round collar, floppy bow, and shorts or knickerbockers, popular for young boys…
- butcheress noun A female butcher (dealer in meat).
- butt noun The direction from which the wind blows.
- butt-rock noun Hair metal.
- butter-and-egg man noun A prosperous dairy farmer (or other wealthy rural citizen), seen as coming into the big city and ostentatiously living it up.
- buttload noun A large amount carried in a butt.
- button noun A clove (of garlic).
- buttoner noun A con man's apprentice.
- buttons noun A boy servant, or page.
- butty adj Resembling a heavy cart.
- buxom adj Full of health, vigour, and good temper.
- buy out verb To avoid a punishment or escape a difficult situation.
- buzzard noun The insignia of a colonel, or a petty officer within the navy.
- by intj Dated form of bye (“goodbye”).
- by Jove intj minced oath for by God, Jove referring to Jupiter.
- by Jupiter intj by God.
- bya symbol billion years ago (long scale):10¹² years ago: a trillion years ago (short scale).
- byembye noun by and by
- c̣ symbol An orthographic ⟨c⟩ with a diacritic that marks it as being the consonant /s/, as in the word "celestial".
- caballing noun Secret plotting.
- cabin boy noun A boy or young man who is employed to serve as an attendant for passengers or crew members on a ship.
- cabinet edition noun An edition of a book that is smaller and cheaper than a library edition, but still elegant in format.
- cacuminal noun A sound pronounced using a retroflexed tongue.
- cafeterie noun Cafeteria.
- cager noun A basketball player, from the time when games were played in a wire mesh enclosure.
- cahier noun A roll of sheets of paper put loosely together, especially one of the successive portions of a work printed in numbers.
- Cajun noun Any uneducated, poor Francophone in French Louisiana.
- cake-bread noun A type of bread prepared in flattened cakes.
- cake-eater noun A well-off person who indulges himself or herself; a playboy or playgirl.
- cakes and ale noun The simple material pleasures of life.
- calcedon noun Any common mineral, such as chalcedony or calcite, that is found as an intrusion or vein in another stone, especially in a precious stone.
- calculate out verb To calculate (something).
- calculus noun Calculation; computation.
- calf noun An awkward or silly boy or young man; any silly person; a dolt.
- caliber noun Degree of importance or station in society.
- calk verb Alternative spelling of caulk.
- callboy noun A bellhop.