add to something
Enhance or increase something
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add up
to make sense or be logical when considered together
added to the list
A euphuism current among sporting writers implying that a horse has been gelded. As, "Sabinus has been ADDED TO THE LIST." Another form of expression in reference to this matter is that "the knife has been brought into requisition." "ADDED TO THE LIST" is simply a contraction for "added to the list of geldings in training."
added value
Additional benefit or feature that enhances something
addison's disease
A state of anaemia, languor, irritable stomach, etc., associated with disease of the suprarenal glands: so named from Dr. Thos. Addison, of Guy's Hospital (1793-1860), who first described it.
addisonian termination
The name given by Bishop Kurd to the construction which closes a sentence with a preposition, such as — "which the prophet took a distinct view of." Named from Joseph Addison, who frequently employed it.
addition and subtraction
Basic arithmetic operations
addle egg
An egg which has no germ ; also one in which the chick has died. Hence, fig., addle-headed, addle-pate, empty-headed. As an addle-egg produces no living bird so an addle-pate lacks brains.
addle pate
An inconsiderate foolish fellow.
addle plot
A spoil-sport, a mar-all.
addlepate
A foolish fellow, a dullard.
addy
Adderall.
adlay
an eshay
admiral of the narrow seas
One who from drunkenness vomits into the lap of the person sitting opposite to him. SEA PHRASE.
admiral of the red
A person whose very red face evinces a fondness for strong potations.
admiration is the daughter of ignorance
English proverb; full definition pending editorial review.
Admiration: our polite recognition of another man's resemblance to ourselves. (Ambrose Bierce)
Admiration is insincere praise for someone who resembles us
Adonis River
A stream which flows from Lebanon to the sea near Byblos which runs
adoption by baptism
Being godfather or godmother to a child. The child by baptism is your godchild.
adoption by hair
Boson, King of Provence (879-889), is said to have cut off his hair and to have given it to Pope John VIII as a sign that the latter had adopted him.
Adoption Controversy
Elipand, Arch- bishop of Toledo, and Felix, Bishop of Urgel (in the 8th century), maintained that Christ in his human nature was the son of God by adoption only (Rom. viii, 29), though m tus pre-existing state he was the "begotten Son of God" in the ordinary catholic acceptation. Duns Scotus, Durandus, and Calixtus were among the Adoptionists who supported this view, which was condemned by the Council of Frankfort in 794.
Adoptive Emperors
In Roman history, the five Emperors — Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, and Marcus Aurelius — each of whom (except Nerva, who was elected by the Senate) was the adopted son of his pre- decessor. Their period (96-180) is said to have been the happiest in the whole history of Rome.
adorn oneself with borrowed plumes
To take credit for someone else's achievements
adrenaline rush
A thrilling and exhilarating experience
adrift
Loose, turned adrift, discharged. SEA PHRASE.
Adulterous Bible
The "Wicked Bible" Affinity Bible, of 1923, which contains a table of affinity with the error: "A man may not marry his grandmother's wife.
adversarial collaboration
Collaboration where participants have opposing goals or interests
adversity makes strange bedfellows
People form unlikely alliances during difficult times
advice most needed is least heeded
People often ignore the advice they need to hear the most.
advise none to marry or go to war
English proverb; full definition pending editorial review.
advisers run no risks
People who give advice do not face the consequences of their suggestions.
advowson appendant
A right of presenta- tion which belongs to and passes with the manor. This usually had its origin in the ownership of the advowson by the person who built or endowed the church.
advowson coilative
In which the bishop himself is patron and, as he cannot "present" to himself, does by the act of "collation" or conferring the benefice all that is done in other cases by presentation and institution.
advowson donative
In which a secular patron (usually the Crown) has the right of disposing of the benefice to any legally qualified person without institution or induction or examination by the bishop or ordinary.
advowson in gross
An advowson which has become legally separated from the manor to which it was appendant. See GROSS.
advowson presentative
In which the patron (who may be a layman) presents to the bishop who, unless he is satisfied that there is sufficient legal or ecclesiastical disability, must "in- stitute" the clerk.
Aemilian Law
A law made by the praetor Aemilius Mamercus empowering the eldest praetor to drive a nail in the Capitol on the ides of September. This was a ceremony by which the Romans supposed that a pestilence could be stopped or a calamity averted.
Aerated Waters
Effervescent waters charged (either artificially or naturally) with carbon dioxide.
affair partner
A person with whom one has a romantic or sexual relationship outside of marriage or a primary partnership
affidavit men
Knights of the post, or false witnesses, said to attend Westminster Hall, and other courts of justice, ready to swear any thing for hire.
affygraphy
"It fits to an AFFYGRAPHY," i.e., to a nicety—to a T.
afraid of one's own shadow
Excessively timid or fearful
africa in general
The Romans used the word sometimes as synonymous with Africa, and sometimes for the fringe containing Carthage. Libya was occupied by the Italians in 1911- 12, and by the Treaty of Ouchy (1912) the sovereignty of the province was transferred from Turkey to Italy. The Italians began its colonization, and so late as 1938 some 16,000 emigrants left Genoa for the province.
african origin
The Spanish Basques are their nearest modern representatives.
after all
used to indicate a final decision or conclusion
after dark
A bookmaker's clerk.
after my own heart
Just what I like; in accordance with my wish. Be of good heart. Cheer up. From the bottom of one's heart.
after one's own heart
Sharing similar interests or values
after the fact
Done or happening after an event has occurred
after the Lord Mayor's show
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
after-clap
A demand after the first given in has been discharged; a charge for pretended omissions; in short, any thing disagreeable happening after all consequences of the cause have been thought at an end.
afternoon farmer
One who wastes his best opportunity, and drives off the large end of his work to the little end of his time.
again and again
Repeatedly, many times
against all odds
Succeeding despite very low chances
against the collar
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
against the hair
Against the grain, contrary to its nature. If you should fight, you go against the hah" of your professions.— Merry Wives of Windsor, ii, 3.
against the law
Not allowed by the rules or laws of a country
against the run of play
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
against the world
Opposed or resisted by everyone
age before beauty
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
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