ohm - the unit of electrical resistance homes
condenser - Electr. An apparatus for accumulating or increasing the intensity of an electric charge.
magazine battery - a voltaic battery with a magazine containing crystals to keep the solution saturated.
tune up - to put (a machine, a racing vessel, etc.) into the most efficient working order.
valvule - a small valve, in various senses; valve - Mech. A device of the nature of a flap, lid, plug, etc., applied to a pipe or aperture to control the passage of air, steam, water or the like, usually acting automatically by yielding to pressure in one direction only.
pipeline - a continuous line of pipes; spec. a channel of supply, information, communication, etc.
hydrocephalous* - affected with hydrocephalus (a disease of the brain especially incident to young children, consisting in an accumulation of serous fluid in the cavity of the cranium, resulting in gradual expansion of the skull, and finally inducing general weakness, with failure of the memory and mental faculties; water on the brain).
gain - Electronics. An increase in power, voltage, or current, expressed as the ratio of the increased quantity to the original quantity or (more commonly) as the logarithm of this; ....Gain control, device for varying the gain of an amplifier.
circumcentral* - around or about the centre
megacycle - one million cycles (of an oscillation or other periodic phenomenon); megahertz.
ranging - that ranges
antediluvian* - concerning or referring to the period before the Flood
leastways - at least
bring about - to cause to happen; brung - dial. pa. tense and pa. pple. of bring (v.)
pip - a short, high-pitched sound, esp. one produced electronically
lin = line; linn (waterfall)
auricular - of or pertaining to the ear
particle* - a very minute portion or quantity of matter
manufactured* - fabricated from raw material; fraudulently invented or brought into existence.
tympan = tympanum (obs.) - Anat. The drum of the ear
founder - a maker or creator (obs.)
Eustachian tube* - a canal leading from the upper part of the pharynx to the cavity of the tympanum, which it appears to supply with air.
BAILE ÁTHA CLIATH* - Dublin ("Town of the Ford of the Hurdle")
conch - Anat. The external ear; the spiral shell of any of the larger gastropods.
culpable - deserving blame or censure, blameworthy capable
conduct* - to transmit, act as a conductor of, serve as a channel or vehicle for.
guild - a company or fellowship of any kind
ropemaker - one who makes ropes
reunion - a meeting or social gathering of persons acquainted with each other, or having some previous link of connexion.
variegated* - many-coloured, vari-coloured; marked or characterized by variety, diverse.
peddler* - one who goes about carrying small goods for sale (usually in a bundle or pack); a travelling chapman or vendor of small wares.
Yahoo* - a name invented by Swift in Gulliver's Travels for an imaginary race of brutes having the form of men; hence transf. and allusively, a human being of a degraded or bestial type.
lall - to say 'lal, lal'; to speak childishly lull
bygone - belonging to past times
dozed - stupefied; drowsy, sleepy days
arborize* - to make tree-like formations
buckling - a young buck; a smoked herring back
hummer - a thing or person that hums hammer
en ville - away from home anvil
stirrup* - a contrivance suspended from the side of a saddle to serve as a support for the foot of the rider.
woman; mane - transf. Applied to a person's long hair.
lill - to loll or hang (the tongue) out till
to the bitter end* - to the last and direst extremity; to death itself; lubber - a big, clumsy, stupid fellow; an unseamanlike fellow.
otological - of or pertaining to otology (that branch of science which treats of the ear, its anatomy, functions, and diseases).
house of call - a house where journeymen of a particular trade assemble, where carriers call for commissions, or where various persons in request may be heard of; gen. a house at which one is wont to call or pay a visit.
cartomancy* - divination by playing-cards
hallucinate - to affect with hallucination; to produce false impressions or perceptions in the mind of.
erection - that which is built up or reared; a building, structure
mummery - ridiculous ceremonial or 'play-acting'; a performance of mummers memory
immerge - to dip, plunge, put under the surface of a liquid; to plunge into a state of action or thought, way of living, etc.
mirage - Originally, and still most commonly, that species of optical illusion, common in hot countries, and especially in sandy deserts, which consists in the appearance of a sheet of water at some distance from the spectator, where no water actually exists; now frequently extended to include other forms of optical illusions similarly produced by atmospheric conditions, e.g. the appearance in the sky of a reflected image of a distant object.
watthour - the work done by one watt in one hour
bilaw - obs. form of by-law belows
till time - to the time that, until such time as, till (obs.)
jing - to ring
host - a man who keeps a public place of lodging or entertainment; the landlord of an inn.
battlefield* - the field or ground on which a battle is fought
bulkily - in a bulky manner
hulk - a big, unwieldy person; wight - a human being, person. Now arch. or dial.
bout - a 'round' at any kind of exercise, a turn or spell of work
bulge - to stave in the bottom of a ship, cause her to spring a leak; stave - to break up (a cask) into staves, to break into and let out the contents; Of a barrel: To fall to pieces; to break a hole in (a boat); to stave in, to crush inwards, make a hole in.
seethe* - Of a liquid: To rise, surge or foam up, as if boiling; to form bubbles or foam.
lucky dog* - someone considered by others to be lucky; bock - a strong dark-coloured variety of German beer. Also, a glass of this or any other beer.
stoup - a drinking-vessel, of varying dimensions; a cup, flagon, tankard.
whilom - at the same time, meanwhile, while (obs.)
Canterbury* - a city of England famous from ancient times as the see of the Archbishop and Primate of all England. The shrine of Thomas à Becket (St. Thomas of Canterbury) who was murdered in the cathedral 29 Dec., 1170, was in pre-Reformation times a favourite object of pilgrimage; and it was a company of pilgrims to this shrine that Chaucer made the narrators of his 'Canterbury Tales', to which some of the attributive uses refer.
teller - one who counts or keeps tally; now esp. one who counts money.
Ostmen* - the name given in Ireland and Iceland to invaders or settlers from Denmark and Norway; esp. the Northmen or 'Danes' in Ireland and their descendants settled in some towns on the East coast of that country.
Scand* - colloq. abbrev. of Scandinavian
Aleman* - ale-house keeper
tug - an act or the action of tugging; a forcible or violent pull
fistfull - as much as a fist will hold, a handful
Pythagorean* - of or pertaining to Pythagoras, an ancient Greek philosopher and mathematician of Samos (6th c. b.c.)
moiety* - one's 'better half', i.e. a wife (jocularly.)
joyant - feeling or showing joy, joyous
foamer - one who foams
dispensation - the action of dispensing or dealing out, distribution or administration to others; Theol. A religious order or system, conceived as divinely instituted, or as a stage in a progressive revelation, expressly adapted to the needs of a particular nation or period of time.
pull up - to lift up, raise with an effort
turkeycock* - the male of the turkey
gobble - the noise made by a turkey-cock
Loch Ness* - the name of a loch in Scotland used attrib. of a water-monster alleged to exist in its waters.
praise; praises be to our Holy Father, the pope gave his solemn benediction, or papal bull, and led a movement of Catholic Emancipation.
hoary - Of the hair, head, or beard: Grey or white with age holy
pop - a name for any effervescing beverage, esp. ginger-beer or (later) champagne, from the sound made when the cork is drawn from the vessel containing it
sullen - Of a sound or an object producing a sound: Of a deep, dull, or mournful tone.
bilge - to stave in a ship's bottom, cause her to spring a leak
sled - to travel in a sledge with
cathartic* - cleansing, purifying, purging