† gestuoseadj.
Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
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‘Full of gesture’ (Bailey vol. II. 1727).
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gestuˈosity n. ‘Apishness in Gestures’ (Bailey vol. II. 1727).
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adj.1727- to select out
- to sell
- to sell a bill of goods
- to sell a dummy
- to sell a gold brick
- to sell a packet
- to sell a person a gold brick
- to sell a person a packet
- to sell a person a pup
- to sell a person down the river
- to sell a person south
- to sell a pig in a poke
- to sell a pup
- to sell and buy
- to sell another's act dear
- to sell another's an offence dear
- to sell any one a bargain
- to proclaim peace
- to proclaim something from the house-top
- to proclaim something from the house-tops
- to proclaim something from the housetop
- to proclaim something from the housetops
- to proclaim something on the house-top
- to proclaim something on the house-tops
- to proclaim something on the housetop