griefheadn.
Explained as: Sadness. Error for greenhead n.1, due to reading grenehede (Chaucer Man of Law's T. 65) as greuehede (taken to be from greue grief n. + -hede -head suffix).
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1890 Cent. Dict.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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n.1890- to beat the liver and lights out of
- to beat the liver and lights out of a person
- to beat the liver and lights out of a thing
- to beat the living daylight out of
- to beat the living daylights out of
- to beat the living shit, hell, etc, out of
- to beat the living shit, hell, etc, out of a person
- to beat the living shit, hell, etc, out of a thing
- to beat the market
- to beat the nail back
- to beat the pants off
- to beat the pants off a person
- to beat the pistol
- to beat the price
- to beat the rap
- to beat the rappel
- to beat the record
- to beat the reveille
- to beat the soul case out of
- to beat the stream
- to beat the streets
- to beat the stuffing out of
- to beat the system
- to beat the tar out of
- to beat the trade