electivityn.
/iːlɛkˈtɪvɪti/ ‘The property by which some substances attach themselves to certain anatomical tissues and not to others; as when carmine stains growing tissue and avoids formed substance. The act or property of selection.’ ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon)
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online January 2018).
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n.- to give one an inkling of something
- to give one as good as he brings or one gets
- to give one fifteen, etc, and a bisque
- to give one furiously to think
- to give one his kale through the reek
- to give one his own or his due
- to give one one's revenge
- to give one revenge
- to hit cross one over the thumbs
- to hit for six
- to hit for the cycle
- to hit home
- to hit in
- to hit in the eye
- to hit in the eyes
- to hit in the teeth with
- to hit it
- to hit it off
- to hit it on the button
- to hit it right on the button
- to hit off
- to hit off a fault
- to hit off the line
- to hit on
- to hit on all cylinders