† Perkinistn.
Medicine. Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
An advocate or follower of Perkinism.
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1851 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (ed. 8) 657/2 Perkinist, a believer in and practiser of Perkinism.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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n.1851- as large as the life
- as lean as a rail
- as lean as a rake
- as lecherous as a goat
- as level
- as lief
- as lief as
- as light as a feather
- as light as air
- as light as ditch-water
- as light as ditchwater
- as light as leaf on etc
- as light as leaf on lind
- as light as leaf on linden
- as light as leaf on tree
- as light ie easy as ditch-water
- as light ie easy as ditchwater
- as like
- as like a person as etc can stare
- as like a person as he can stare
- as like a person as she can stare
- as like as
- as like as an apple to an oyster
- as like as etc can stare
- as like as he can stare