† petauristicadj.
Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
Performing acrobatics.
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1656 T. Blount Glossographia Petauristick, tumbling, vaulting, running upon ropes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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adj.1656- to keep a neat, tidy, etc, house
- to keep a newspaper
- to keep a noise
- to keep a person at staff's end
- to keep a person at stave's end
- to keep a person at stick's end
- to keep a person at the stick's end
- to keep a person company
- to keep a person dark
- to keep a person forthcoming
- to keep a person guessing
- to keep a person honest
- to keep a person in countenance
- to keep a person in gammon
- to keep a person in hand
- to keep a person in the dark
- to keep a person in the dark about
- to keep a person in the dark as to
- to keep a person in the dark etc
- to keep a person on ice
- to keep a person on the edge of her seat
- to keep a person on the edge of his seat
- to keep a person play
- to keep a person's house
- to keep a person's stead