† anti-tonen.
Phonetics. Obsolete.
The second most prominently stressed or accented syllable in the pronunciation of a polysyllabic word; the secondary stress. Cf. tone n. 6b.
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1874 A. B. Davidson Introd. Hebrew Gram. §10. 20 This secondary accent or anti-tone is very often marked by a sign called Metheg (bridle).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022).
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n.1874- to be left
- to be left at the post
- to be left holding one's cock
- to be left holding one's dick
- to be left in the basket
- to be left in the laps
- to be left out of the cart's arse
- to be lent
- to be let down
- to be let in on the ground floor
- to be lifted off the hook
- to be light in one's loafers
- to be light in one'the loafers
- to be light on
- to be light on one's feet
- to be lighted
- to be lighted of a child
- to be lighter
- to be lighter of
- to be like
- to be like a dog with a bone
- to be like a fish out of water
- to be like getting blood out from a stone
- to be like getting blood out from a turnip
- to be like getting blood out of a stone