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Traditional English :: numbles
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numbly.html - n.pl. Brit. archaic a deer's entrails. [ME f. OF numbles, nombles loin etc., f. L lumbulus dimin. of lumbus loin: cf. UMBLES] |
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English Idioms :: number
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numbly.html - See: A NUMBER, ANY NUMBER, DAYS ARE NUMBERED, GET ONE'S NUMBER, HOT NUMBER, QUITE A FEW or QUITE A NUMBER. |
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English Idioms :: number among
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numbly.html - {v. phr.} Consider as one of; consider to be a part of. * /I number Al among my best friends./ |
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English Idioms :: Number One(1)
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numbly.html - {n. phr.}, {informal} Yourself; your own interests; your private or selfish advantage. Usually used in the phrase "look out for number one". * /He was well known for his habit of always looking out for number one./ |
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English Idioms :: number one(2)
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numbly.html - {adj. phr.} 1. Of first rank or importance; foremost; principal. * /He is easily America's number one golfer./ 2. Of first grade; of top quality; best. * /That is number one western steer beef./ |
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Traditional English :: numb
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numbly.html - adj. & v. --adj. (often foll. by with) deprived of feeling or the power of motion (numb with cold). --v.tr.
1 make numb.
2 stupefy, paralyse. numb-fish = electric ray. numbly adv. numbness n. [ME nome(n) past part. of nim take: for -b cf. THUMB] |
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