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Traditional English :: squirt
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squirt.html - v. & n. --v. 1 tr. eject (liquid or powder) in a jet as from a syringe.
2 intr. (of liquid or powder) be discharged in this way.
3 tr. splash with liquid or powder ejected by squirting. --n. 1 a a jet of water etc. b a small quantity produced by squirting.
2 a a syringe. b (in full squirt-gun) a kind of toy syringe.
3 colloq. an insignificant but presumptuous person. |
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Traditional English :: squire
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squirt.html - n. & v. --n. 1 a country gentleman, esp. the chief landowner in a country district.
2 hist. a knight's attendant.
3 Brit. colloq. a jocular form of address to a man.
4 US a magistrate or lawyer.
5 Austral. a young snapper fish. --v.tr. (of a man) attend upon or escort (a woman). squiredom n. squirehood n. squirelet n. squireling n. squirely adj. squireship n. [ME f. OF esquier ESQUIRE] |
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Traditional English :: squirearch
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squirt.html - n. a member of the squirearchy. squirearchical adj. (also squirarchical). [back-form. f. SQUIREARCHY, after MONARCH] |
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Traditional English :: squirearchy
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squirt.html - n. (also squirarchy) (pl. -ies) landowners collectively, esp. as a class having political or social influence; a class or body of squires. [SQUIRE, after HIERARCHY etc.] |
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Traditional English :: squireen
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squirt.html - n.
Brit. the owner of a small landed property esp. in Ireland. |
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Traditional English :: squirl
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squirt.html - n.
colloq. a flourish or twirl, esp. in handwriting. [perh. f. SQUIGGLE + TWIRL or WHIRL] |
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