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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 18h

An't. A contraction for and it, or rather and if it; as, an’t please you; that is, and if it please you. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1773/ant

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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

QUODLIBET. n.s. [Latin.] A nice point; a subtilty. He who reading on the heart, When all his quodlibets of art Could not expound its pulse and heat, Swore, he had never felt it beat. Prior. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1755/quodlib...

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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Linchpin. n.s. An iron pin, that keeps the wheel on the axle-tree. Dict. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1773/linchpi...

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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Moneyed. adj. [from money.] Rich in money: often used in opposition to those who are possessed of lands. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1755/moneyed...

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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

To CONDENSE. v.a. [condenso, Latin.] To make any body more thick, close, and weighty; to drive or attract the parts of any body nearer to each other. To inspissate; opposed to rarefy. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1773/condens...

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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Peeper. n.s. Young chickens just breaking the shell. Dishes I chuse, though little, yet genteel; Snails the first course, and peepers crown the meal. Bramst. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1755/peeper_ns

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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

REMORA. n.s. [Latin.] 1. A let or obstacle. 2. A fish or a kind of worm that sticks to ships, and retards their passage through the water. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1773/remora_ns

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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

To Feague. v.a. [Gower uses To feige, free to censure; fegen, German, to sweep; fyken, Dutch, to strike.] To whip; to chastise; to beat. In Scottish feake, to slutter; to be idly or officiously busy. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1755/feague_va

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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Jumble. n.s. [from the verb.] Confused mixture; violent and confused agitation. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1773/jumble_ns

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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Gruntling. n.s. [from grunt.] A young hog. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1755/gruntli...

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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Infective. adj. [from infect.] Having the quality of acting by contagion. True love, well considered, hath an infective power. Sidney. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1773/infecti...

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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Pudency. n.s. [pudens, Lat.] Modesty; shamefacedness. A pudency so rosy, the sweet view on’t Might well have warm’d old Saturn. Shakesp. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1755/pudency...

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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Underpuller. n.s. [under and puller.] Inferiour or subordinate puller. The mystery of seconds and thirds is such a master-piece, that no description can reach. These underpullers in destruction are such implicit mortals as are not to be matched. Collier. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1773/underpu...

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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

JOY. n.s. [joye, French; gioia, Italian.] 1. The passion produced by any happy accident; gladness; exultation. 2. Gaiety; merriment; festivity. 3. Happiness; felicity. 4. A term of fondness. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1755/joy_ns

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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

CITY. n.s. [cité, French, civitas, Latin.] 1. A large collection of houses and inhabitants. 2. [In the English law.] A town corporate, that hath a bishop and a cathedral church. Cowel. 3. The inhabitants of a certain city, as distinguished from... johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1773/city_ns

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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Unbegot. Unbegotten. adj. [from begot.] 1. Eternal; without generation. 2. Not yet generated. 3. Not attaining existence. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1755/unbegot...

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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Brimstony. adj. [from brimstone.] Full of brimstone; containing sulphur; sulphureous. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1773/brimsto...

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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

To COMMUTE. v.a. [commuto, Latin.] 1. To exchange; to put one thing in the place of another; to give or receive one thing for another. 2. To buy off, or ransom one obligation by another. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1755/commute...

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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

REPREHENSIBLE. adj. [reprehensible, Fr. reprehensus, Lat.] Blameable; culpable; censurable. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1773/reprehe...

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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

To Bespice. v.a. [from spice.] To season with spices. Thou might’st bespice a cup To give mine enemy a lasting wink. Shakesp. Winter’s Tale. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1755/bespice...

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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Informer. n.s. [from inform.] 1. One who gives instruction or intelligence. 2. One who discovers offenders to the magistrate. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1773/informe...

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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Birthday. n.s. [from birth and day.] 1. The day on which any one is born. 2. The day of the year in which any one was born, annually observed. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1755/birthda...

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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Napery. n.s. [naperia, Italian.] Table-linen. Dict. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1773/napery_ns

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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Over-head. adv. [over and head.] Aloft; in the zenith; above; in the cieling. Over-head the moon Sits arbitress, and nearer to the earth Wheels her pale course. Milton’s Par. Lost, b. i. The four stars over-head, represent the four children. Addis. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1755/over-he...

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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

To Tine. v.a. [tynan, Saxon.] 1. To kindle; to light; to set on fire. 2. [tinan, Saxon, to shut.] To shut. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1773/tine_va

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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

To SATURATE. v.a. [saturo, Latin.] To impregnate ’till no more can be received or imbibed. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1755/saturat...

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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Boyishly. adv. [from boyish.] Childishly; triflingly. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1773/boyishl...

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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Lavishly. adv. [from lavish.] Profusely; prodigally. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1755/lavishl...

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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

N, A semivowel, has in English an invariable sound: as, no, name, net; it is sometimes after m almost lost; as, condemn, contemn. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1773/n

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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Visnomy. n.s. [corrupted from physiognomy.] Face; countenance. Not in use. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1755/visnomy...

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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Full-bottomed. adj. [full and bottom.] Having a large bottom. I was obliged to sit at home in my morning-gown, having pawned a new suit of cloaths and a full-bottomed wig for a sum of money. Guardian. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1773/full-bo...

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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Even back in 1755, Doctor Johnson waved the white flag. Within his pioneering dictionary, Johnson defined pink as ‘‘a colour used by painters’’. While blue was ‘‘one of the seven original colours’’, akin to explaining an apple as an enduring snack... www.pressreader.com/australia/th...

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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Embrasure. n.s. [embrasure, French.] An aperture in the wall, through which the cannon is pointed; battlement. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1755/embrasu...

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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Innuendo. n.s. [innuendo, from innuo, Latin.] An oblique hint. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1773/innuend...

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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

To EXICCATE. v.a. [exsicco, Latin.] To dry; to dry up. Dict. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1755/exiccat...

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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Repentant. adj. [repentant, Fr. from repent.] 1. Sorrowful for the past. 2. Sorrowful for sin. 3. Expressing sorrow for sin. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1773/repenta...

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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Ravenous. adj. [from raven.] Furiously voracious; hungry to rage. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1755/ravenou...

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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Shirtless. adj. [from shirt.] Wanting a shirt. Linsey-woolsey brothers, Grave mummers! sleeveless some, and shirtless others. Pope. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1755/shirtle...

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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Unmeasurable. adj. Boundless; unbounded. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1773/unmeasu...

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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Gyre. n.s. [gyrus, Latin.] A circle described by any thing moving in an orbit. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1773/gyre_ns

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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Misdeed. n.s. [mis and deed.] Evil action. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1755/misdeed...

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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

To Drag. v.n. To hang so low as to trail or grate upon the ground. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1755/drag_vn

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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Tripos. n.s. A tripod. See Tripod. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1773/tripos_ns

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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Consentaneous. adj. [consentaneus, Latin.] Agreeable to; consistent with. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1773/consent...

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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Charioteer. n.s. [from chariot.] He that drives the chariot. It is used only in speaking of military chariots, and those in the ancient publick games. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1755/chariot...

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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Dewdrop. n.s. [dew and drop.] A drop of dew which sparkles at sun-rise. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1755/dewdrop...

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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Guider. n.s. [from guide.] Director; regulator; guide. Obsolete. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1773/guider_ns

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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

BRISTLE. n.s. [bristl, Sax.] The stiff hair of swine. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1773/bristle...

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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Unmoistened. adj. Not made wet. The incident light that meets with a grosser liquor, will have its beams more or less interruptedly reflected, than they would be if the body had been unmoistened. Boyle. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1755/unmoist...

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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

BULWARK. n.s. [bolwercke, Dutch; probably only from its strength and largeness.] 1. A fortification; a citadel. 2. A security. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1755/bulwark...

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