extend one's hand
Offer help or friendship
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extensive
Frequently applied in a slang sense to a person’s appearance or talk; "rather EXTENSIVE that!" intimating that the person alluded to is showing off, or "cutting it fat."
extra pair of hands
Additional help or assistance
extract the urine
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
extracted
Placed on the list of "ELEGANT EXTRACTS."—Camb. Univ.
Extreme Unction
One of the seven sacraments of the Catholic Church, founded on James v, 14, "Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the Church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.
exy
Expensive.
eye
It's all my eye and Betty Martin. It's all nonsense, all mere stuff.
eye for an eye
Punishing someone in the same way they have punished others
eye of the beholder
Beauty is subjective and varies from person to person
eye of the storm
A calm period amidst a chaotic situation
eye sex
attractive and flirtatious eye contact
eye teeth
Supposed evidences of sharpness. A man is said to have, or have not, cut his EYE TEETH, according to possession or want of shrewdness.
eye up
To look at someone or something with interest or attraction
eye water
Gin. Term principally used by printers.
eye-sore
A disagreeable object. It will be an eye-sore as long as she lives, said by a limn whose wife was cut for a fistula in ano.
eyes and ears
A person who observes and listens carefully
eyes on the ground
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
eyes on the prize
Focus on the ultimate goal
eyes to the blind
A staff; perhaps in allusion to that given to Tiresias (q.v.) by Athene, to serve him for the eyes of which she had de- prived him.
eyewater
Gin.
ezekiei's cherub
It is the emblem of the priesthood, and was assigned to St. Luke Gy.v.) as his symbol because he begins his gospel with the Jewish priest sacrificing in the Temple.
F E R T
Fen (Lat. he bears) is an ancient motto of the House of Savoy; but the letters, have also been interpreted as standing for the initials of Fortitudo Ejus Rhodum Tenuit, in allusion to the succour rendered to Rhodes by Savoy in 1310; Fcedere et Religions Tenemur, on the gold doubloon of Victor Amadeus I (1718-1730); or, Fortitudo Ejus Rempublicam Tenet.
f in the chat
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
f is written on his face
The letter F used to be branded near the nose, on the left cheek of felons, on their being admitted to "benefit of clergy." The same was used for brawling in church. The custom was abolished by law in 1822.
f off
fuck off.
f sharps
Fleas. Compare B FLATS.
f-sharp
A flea.
Fabian Society
An association of socialists founded in January, 1884, by a small group of "intellectuals," which included George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) and Sidney Webb (1859-1947) among others. As an- nounced in its prospectus, it aims at "the reorganization of society by the emanci- pation of land and industrial capital from individual and class ownership and the vesting of them in the community for the general benefit" . . .
face
Credit at a public-house, impudence, confidence, brass; thus a BRAZEN-FACE. "To run one’s FACE," is to obtain credit in a bounceable manner. "He’s got some FACE," i.e., he has got lots of impudence.
face down
to confront or deal with something difficult or unpleasant
face entry
The entrée to a theatre. From the FACE being known, as distinguished from free-list entry.
face facts
Accept and deal with reality, no matter how unpleasant
face like the back end of a bus
having a very ugly face
face that would stop a clock
an extremely ugly face
face to face
In the immediate presence of each other; two or more persons facing each other.
face value
to accept something as true without questioning
face-making
Begetting children. To face it out; to persist in a falsity. No face but his own: a saying of one who has no money in his pocket or no court cards in his hand.
faced
drunk
facehole
The mouth.
faceless bureaucrat
An official who makes decisions without considering individual circumstances
faceless man
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
facepaw
A facepalm.
facer
A bumper, a glass filled so full as to leave no room for the lip. Also a violent blow on the face.
facer
A blow on the face. In Ireland, a dram.
fact is
In reality, actually
fact of life
An unpleasant or unavoidable situation
factor in
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
factor space
A set of factors or variables considered together
Factory King
The name given to Richard Oastler (1789-1861), of Bradford, who devoted his life to the betterment of factory conditions, especially to the prohibition of child-labour and to the promotion of a Ten Hours Bill.
facts and figures
Statistical information and numerical data
facts on the ground
Realities that exist and must be dealt with
fad
A hobby, a favourite pursuit.
fade
A fight.
fade out
To gradually become less noticeable or disappear
fadge
It won't fadge; it won't do. A farthing.
fadge
To suit or fit; "it wont FADGE," it will not do. Used by Shakspeare, but now heard only in the streets.
fadger
A glazier’s frame. Otherwise called a "frail," perhaps in reference to the fragile nature of its contents.
fag
A schoolboy who performs a servant’s offices to a superior schoolmate. From FAG, to become weary or tired out. Low German, FAKK, wearied.
fagged
Exhausted.
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