annuentadj.
Nodding; spec. applied to the muscles which nod the head.
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1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Annuentes Musculi,..a Pair of transverse Muscles, at the Root of the Vertebræ of the Back.]
1849 B. H. Smart Walker's Pronouncing Dict. Annuent, Adapted for nodding, as when one assents.
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adj.1849- to come the possum over
- to come the possum over a person
- to come the raw prawn
- to come the raw prawn etc
- to come the raw prawn over
- to come the raw prawn with
- to come the rothschild
- to come the —— over a person
- to come the —— with
- to come thereby
- to come through
- to come through the hard
- to come through the hards
- to come through the heckle pins
- to come through with flying colours
- to come till a person's ear
- to come till a person's ears
- to come to
- to come to a bearing
- to come to a grabble
- to come to a head
- to come to a juddering halt
- to come to a killick
- to come to a person's bow
- to come to a person's ear