This page gathers the 10,476 dictionary entries of which at least one sense is labelled “Obsolete” by Wiktionary. The definition shown is that sense; each word leads to its full entry. Page 86 of 105: from “skid” to “snag”.
- skid noun A sovereign (old coin).
- skidoo noun A light that flashes on and off to make it more eye-catching.
- skiffer noun Slate.
- skift verb To shift; to move or remove.
- skill noun Discrimination; judgment; propriety; reason; cause.
- skilly noun Skillygalee.
- skillygalee noun A type of gruel made from oatmeal, oft-served historically in poorhouses, sailors' ships, etc.
- skimmington noun A person impersonating his/her offending spouse in a procession with the aim of ridicule.
- skin verb To sneak off.
- skin job noun A hastily or shoddily done piece of work.
- skin merchant noun A recruiting officer.
- skin the lamb noun The game of lansquenet.
- skink noun A soup or pottage made from a boiled shin of beef.
- skipjack noun An upstart.
- skipper noun A young, thoughtless person.
- skippet noun A small boat; a skiff.
- skit noun A wanton girl; a wench.
- skite noun A sudden hit or blow; a glancing blow.
- skulk noun One who avoids an obligation or responsibility.
- skull noun The head or master of a college.
- sky noun In an art gallery: the upper rows of pictures that cannot easily be seen; also, the place where such pictures are hung.
- sky blue noun Milk excessively diluted with water, or from which the cream was too closely skimmed.
- slab noun A bird, the wryneck.
- slack verb To mitigate; to reduce the strength of.
- slade noun The sole of a plough.
- slake verb Of a person: to become less energetic, to slacken in one's efforts.
- slam noun A type of card game, also called ruff and honours.
- slang noun A fetter worn on the leg by a convict.
- slant noun A sarcastic remark; shade, an indirect mocking insult.
- slash noun A wet or swampy place overgrown with bushes
- slatch noun The period of a transitory breeze; a wind shift
- slate verb To knock the hat of (someone) forward over their eyes as a joke.
- sleepwaker noun A sleepwalker; one who walks in their sleep.
- sleeveless adj Wanting a cover, pretext, or palliation; unreasonable; profitless; useless.
- sleigh adj Sly.
- sleighty adj cunning; sly
- slender noun A simple country gentleman.
- sleuth noun An animal’s trail or track.
- slidder adj Slippery.
- slide verb To pass inadvertently.
- sliding pond noun A frozen pond on which people skate.
- slight noun Sleight.
- slim adj Sly, crafty.
- slime noun Human flesh, seen disparagingly; mere human form.
- slink noun A bastard child, one born out of wedlock.
- slip verb To omit; to lose by negligence.
- slipper adj slippery
- slippery adj Liable to slip; not standing firm.
- slipshod adj Wearing slippers or similarly open shoes.
- slipthrift noun A spendthrift.
- slive verb To cut; split; separate.
- slock verb To poach (a servant) from another household.
- slogan noun A battle cry among the ancient Irish or highlanders of Scotland.
- slop noun A loose outer garment; a jacket or overall.
- slop shoot noun A waste disposal shoot.
- slope adj Sloping.
- sloper noun An assistant or apprentice cutter.
- slops noun Loose trousers.
- slot verb To bar, bolt or lock a door or window.
- sloth verb To be idle; to idle (away time).
- sloven noun An immoral woman.
- slug verb To move slowly or sluggishly; to lie idle.
- slug out verb To print (something) using slugs (A piece of type metal imprinted by a linotype machine).
- sluggy adj Sluggish.
- slughorn noun Obsolete spelling of slogan (“a battle cry among the ancient Irish or highlanders of Scotland”).
- slum noun Nonsense; humbug.
- slumber verb To lay to sleep.
- slushy noun A ship's cook.
- slut noun A bold, outspoken woman.
- small verb To make little or less.
- small coal noun Charcoal.
- smash verb To pass counterfeit money.
- smasher noun One who passes counterfeit money.
- smatch noun A smack or taste.
- smatter verb To make (someone or something) dirty; to bespatter, to soil.
- smearer noun A person without skill or education who attempts to cure diseases.
- smeeth verb To smooth.
- smegmatic noun A cleansing substance.
- smell verb To give heed to.
- smell-smock noun A promiscuous man.
- smelt noun A fool; a simpleton.
- smirk adj smart; spruce; affected; simpering
- smirky adj Smart; spruce.
- smish noun A shirt or chemise.
- smit verb To infect.
- smitham noun Small lumps of ore which free miners scavenged because small quantities were exempt from payment of taxes. The practice ended in 1760 when…
- Smithfield bargain noun A bargain in which the buyer of something is taken advantage of; a rip-off.
- smittle verb To infect.
- smoke verb To fill or scent with smoke; hence, to fill with incense; to perfume.
- smoke-talk noun The traditional Aboriginal use of smoke to send messages; smoke-signalling.
- smokeplate noun A plate fitted to the underside of a footbridge deck to deflect the smoke from a steam locomotive passing underneath.
- smoking noun A bantering; teasing; mockery.
- smoky adj Giving off steam or vapour.
- smoother noun A flatterer.
- smoulder noun smoke; smother
- smug verb To make smug, or spruce.
- smuggle verb To fondle or cuddle.
- snabble verb To plunder.
- snack noun A share; a part or portion.
- snag noun A light meal.