shouldern.
/ˈʃəʊldə/, U.S. /ˈʃoʊldər/ 1.
a. Each of the two corresponding portions (right and left) of the human body, including the upper joint of the arm with its integuments and the portion of the trunk between this and the base of the neck; esp. the curved upper surface of this; in plural often including the part of the back between the two. In quadrupeds, the upper part of the fore-limb and the adjacent part of the back.
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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [noun] > shoulder
shouldera700
boughc1000
the world > life > the body > external parts of body > trunk > back > shoulder > [noun]
shouldera700
axlec1000
spauld1305
asselea1500
spall1590
spule1803
a700 Epinal Gloss. 963 Scapula, sculdur.
971 Blickl. Hom. 127 Is þonne on westan medmycel duru þæt mannes heafod ge þa sculdro magan in.
c1000 Sax. Leechd. II. 198 & of þære stowe ofer ealle þa sidan astihð..oþ ðone swiþran sculdor þæt sar.
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 4776 All samenn. brest..& shulldre. & bacc. & side.
1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 7449 Hou longe ssolle hor luþer heued aboue hor ssoldren be.
1423 Kingis Quair xcvi Venus..that had A mantill cast ouer hir schuldris quhite.
1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) i. 386 Bot off lymmys he wes weill maid, With banys gret & schuldrys braid.
?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xxvv If thou shalt bye fatte oxen..se that they be soft..behynde the sholder, and vpon the hyndermast ryb.
1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie lviii. 161 You shall knowe him [sc. a male hare] if you marke his shoulders well before he ryse, for they are redder than a female Hares be.
1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. P3 I, euen from a childe..replide Scarlet, and made a mouth at him ouer his shoulder.
1611 Bible (King James) 1 Sam. xvii. 6 And he had..a target of brasse between his shoulders . View more context for this quotation
1722 A. Ramsay Tale Three Bonnets ii. 14 That braw blue Stringing That's at your Houghs and Shouders hinging.
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Horse The part from the withers to the top joint of the thigh, is called the shoulder.
a1777 S. Foote Cozeners (1778) ii. 37 Shoulders back, Toby; and chest a little more out!
1832 Ld. Tennyson Œnone in Poems (new ed.) 54 A leopard skin From his white shoulder drooped.
1845 G. Budd On Dis. Liver 84 A gnawing, aching pain, about the top of the shoulder.
1897 Earl of Suffolk et al. Encycl. Sport I. 329/2 [s.v. Dogs] Shoulder, the top of the shoulder blade, the point from which the height of a dog is measured.
b. In fishes (singular and plural), the upper part of the trunk, adjoining the head. cod's head and shoulders: see cod's head n. 2a.
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the world > animals > fish > parts of fish > [noun] > shoulder
nape1656
shoulder1820
the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > stupid person, dolt, blockhead > [noun]
asseOE
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stonea1400
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dastardc1440
dotterel1440
dullardc1440
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jobardc1475
nollc1475
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mulea1500
dull-pate15..
peak1509
dulbert?a1513
doddy-patec1525
noddypolla1529
hammer-head1532
dull-head?1534
capon1542
dolt1543
blockhead1549
cod's head1549
mome1550
grout-head1551
gander1553
skit-brains?1553
blocka1556
calfa1556
tomfool1565
dunce1567
druggard1569
cobble1570
dummel1570
Essex calf1573
jolthead1573
hardhead1576
beetle-head1577
dor-head1577
groutnoll1578
grosshead1580
thickskin1582
noddyship?1589
jobbernowl1592
beetle-brain1593
Dorbel1593
oatmeal-groat1594
loggerhead1595
block-pate1598
cittern-head1598
noddypoop1598
dorbellist1599
numps1599
dor1601
stump1602
ram-head1605
look-like-a-goose1606
ruff1606
clod1607
turf1607
asinego1609
clot-poll1609
doddiea1611
druggle1611
duncecomb1612
ox-head1613
clod-polla1616
dulman1615
jolterhead1620
bullhead1624
dunderwhelpa1625
dunderhead1630
macaroona1631
clod-patea1635
clota1637
dildo1638
clot-pate1640
stupid1640
clod-head1644
stub1644
simpletonian1652
bottle-head1654
Bœotiana1657
vappe1657
lackwit1668
cudden1673
plant-animal1673
dolt-head1679
cabbage head1682
put1688
a piece of wood1691
ouphe1694
dunderpate1697
numbskull1697
leather-head1699
nocky1699
Tom Cony1699
mopus1700
bluff-head1703
clod skull1707
dunny1709
dowf1722
stupe1722
gamphrel1729
gobbin?1746
duncehead1749
half-wit1755
thick-skull1755
jackass1756
woollen-head1756
numbhead1757
beef-head1775
granny1776
stupid-head1792
stunpolla1794
timber-head1794
wether heada1796
dummy1796
noghead1800
staumrel1802
muttonhead1803
num1807
dummkopf1809
tumphya1813
cod's head and shoulders1820
stoopid1823
thick-head1824
gype1825
stob1825
stookiea1828
woodenhead1831
ning-nong1832
log-head1834
fat-head1835
dunderheadism1836
turnip1837
mudhead1838
donkey1840
stupex1843
cabbage1844
morepork1845
lubber-head1847
slowpoke1847
stupiditarian1850
pudding-head1851
cod's head and shoulders1852
putty head1853
moke1855
mullet-head1855
pothead1855
mug1857
thick1857
boodle1862
meathead1863
missing link1863
half-baked1866
lunk1867
turnip-head1869
rummy1872
pumpkin-head1876
tattie1879
chump1883
dully1883
cretin1884
lunkhead1884
mopstick1886
dumbhead1887
peanut head1891
pie-face1891
doughbakea1895
butt-head1896
pinhead1896
cheesehead1900
nyamps1900
box head1902
bonehead1903
chickenhead1903
thickwit1904
cluck1906
boob1907
John1908
mooch1910
nitwit1910
dikkop1913
goop1914
goofus1916
rumdum1916
bone dome1917
moron1917
oik1917
jabroni1919
dumb-bell1920
knob1920
goon1921
dimwit1922
ivory dome1923
stone jug1923
dingleberry1924
gimp1924
bird brain1926
jughead1926
cloth-head1927
dumb1928
gazook1928
mouldwarp1928
ding-dong1929
stupido1929
mook1930
sparrow-brain1930
knobhead1931
dip1932
drip1932
epsilon1932
bohunkus1933
Nimrod1933
dumbass1934
zombie1936
pea-brain1938
knot-head1940
schlump1941
jarhead1942
Joe Soap1943
knuckle-head1944
nong1944
lame-brain1945
gobshite1946
rock-head1947
potato head1948
jerko1949
turkey1951
momo1953
poop-head1955
a right one1958
bam1959
nong-nong1959
dickhead1960
dumbo1960
Herbert1960
lamer1961
bampot1962
dipshit1963
bamstick1965
doofus1965
dick1966
pillock1967
zipperhead1967
dipstick1968
thickie1968
poephol1969
yo-yo1970
doof1971
cockhead1972
nully1973
thicko1976
wazzock1976
motorhead1979
mouth-breather1979
no-brainer1979
jerkwad1980
woodentop1981
dickwad1983
dough ball1983
dickweed1984
bawheid1985
numpty1985
jerkweed1988
dick-sucker1989
knob-end1989
Muppet1989
dingus1997
dicksack1999
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1820 Q. Rev. May 277 Here's a cod's head and shoulders With soles for upholders.
1847 T. R. Jones in Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. III. 958/1 The anterior extremity or pectoral fin comprehends the shoulder, which is an osseous semicircle composed of many bones, suspended at the upper part to the cranium or spine.
1859 Habits Good Society v. 222 The shoulder is the best part [of a fish], and should be first helped.
c. The upper part of the wing or wing-case of a bird, beetle, butterfly, etc. adjoining the point of articulation; of a bird, spec. the carpal joint.
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the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [noun] > wing or wings > part of
pinion?a1425
juck1575
shoulder1735
wrista1836
wing1867
propatagium1872
thumb1872
patagium1887
flight-muscle1890
the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > parts of insects > [noun] > wings(s) > upper part of wing or wing-case
shoulder1735
1735 J. Moore Columbarium 49 The Chain does not come down so low to the Shoulders of the Wings.
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Scarabæus The reddish beetle with two spots on the shoulders.
1832 T. Brown Bk. Butterflies, Sphinxes & Moths (1834) I. 174 The upper wings [of the butterfly] are..marked with two acute triangular patches of crimson on the shoulders.
1899 D. Sharp in Cambr. Nat. Hist. VI. ii. vi. 316 In some Sphingidae there is the unusual condition of a highly-developed shoulder coexisting with a perfect frenulum and retinaculum.
d. = shoulder-joint n. literal and figurative; chiefly in to put one's shoulder out.
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the world > life > the body > structural parts > joint > joints > [noun] > of shoulder
shoulder1611
shoulder-joint1726
the mind > emotion > anger > indignation or resentment > be or become resentful [verb (intransitive)]
to pick (also peck) mooda1225
disdaina1382
endeigna1382
indeign1382
risec1390
to take offencea1393
to take pepper in the nose1520
stomach1557
offenda1578
sdeigna1593
huff1598
to snuff pepper1624
check1635
to bear, owe (a person) a grudge1657
to take check1663
to take (‥) umbrage1683
to ride rusty1709
to flame out, up1753
to take a niff1777
niff1841
spleen1885
to put one's shoulder out1886
to have (or get) the spike1890
derry1896
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Espauler, to burst a shoulder, to put a shoulder out of ioynt.
1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II. (at cited word) A young lady who has unfortunately listened to the persuasions of the other sex, is said to have a slip of the shoulder.
1886 R. Holland Gloss. Words County of Chester at Shoother ‘To put one's shoulder out’ is an idiom meaning to take offence.
2. Phrases.† a. to be more, lower by the shoulders: to be head and shoulders taller or shorter in stature. Obsolete. (Cf. head n.1 Phrases 3o(a)(ii).) † e. Military. to come to (or from) the shoulder: (of a soldier) to bring one's rifle into (or away from) a position in which it is held upright against the shoulder. Obsolete.
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the world > life > the body > bodily height > [verb (intransitive)]
to be more, lower by the shouldersa1300
stand1797
to stand (a specified height) in one's stockings1853
the world > life > the body > bodily height > tallness > tall [verb (intransitive)]
to be more, lower by the shouldersa1300
a1300 Havelok 982 Þan was hauelok bi þe shuldren more Þan þe meste þat þer kam.
1470 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 415 He is..lower then my lytell Tom by the schorderys [sic].
b. over the shoulder, †over (the) shoulders: †(a) indicating that what is said is meant ironically for the reverse; ‘over the left’; (b) said of a remark aimed indirectly at some one.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > hidden or indirect meaning > [adverb]
sidelings?a1400
covertlyc1400
impliedlyc1449
by implicationa1575
implicatelya1575
implicatively1579
over the shoulder1596
interpretatively1602
implicitly1610
indirectly1613
insinuatively1617
enfoldedly1624
involvedly1624
tacitly1635
tacidly1640
by interpretation1692
adumbratively1753
inexplicitly1776
interpretively1867
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of meaning > [adverb] > ironically
ironiously1532
ironice1534
ironically1535
over (the) shoulders1596
(a)
(b)1847 A. Helps Friends in Council I. i. vii. 105 That which may be called criticism over the shoulder.1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. O2v By these complots.. Wolfe could not choose but bee a huge gainer, a hundred marke at least ouer the shoulder.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Espaule Par dessus l'espaule, ouer the shoulder,..and hence; Riche, ou vertueux, par dessus l'espaule; (signifies) a verie begger, or, an arrant knaue.
1631 S. Jerome Arraignem. Whole Creature x. §1. 74 They prove not bread unto them, as they thought, but Huskes which they thought not: they gaine over shoulders by them, when all their Cards are cast.
1675 V. Alsop Anti-Sozzo iii. 194 I think our Author has either lost money by his Discourse, or got it over the shoulders.
c. an old head on young shoulders: see head n.1 Phrases 3o(b). to have a good head on one's shoulders: see head n.1 Phrases 3o(c).
d. shoulder to shoulder: lit. of soldiers, so as to shoulder one another, in close conflict; also, in rank, in close formation; hence figurative of persons, with united effort, with mutual co-operation and support.
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society > society and the community > social relations > co-operation > [adverb]
mutually1531
shoulder to shouldera1586
in the (or a) quilla1616
in consort1634
concurrently1648
in harness1873
collectively1902
collaboratively1971
in tandem1974
the world > space > distance > nearness > near by [phrase] > close together
side by sidec1275
cheek by cheek?a1400
hand by hand?a1439
close1489
hand for hand1490
shoulder to shouldera1586
at (the) eye's end1628
knee to knee1760
corps à corps1890
society > armed hostility > armed encounter > contending in battle > [adjective] > fighting at close quarters
shoulder to shouldera1586
society > armed hostility > military operations > distribution of troops > formation > [adjective] > in close formation
shoulder to shouldera1586
pouldron to pouldron1598
serried1667
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) iii. xii. sig. Pp5 So as both the horses & men met shoulder to shoulder.
1625 G. Markham Souldiers Accidence 5 A Ranke..is a Row of men placed Pouldron to Pouldron, or Shoulder to Shoulder.
a1627 J. Hayward Life & Raigne Edward Sixt (1630) 32 The Scots..cloased and in a manner locked themselues together, shoulder to shoulder.
1888 A. Jessopp Coming of Friars iii. 118 We are..strongest when we are labouring shoulder to shoulder for some common object.
1894 C. H. W. Donovan With Wilson in Matabeleland 301 That band of heroes who died shoulder to shoulder.
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1735 J. Gittins Compl. Syst. Mil. Discipline 12 Take Care to Present your Arms. This is done..by coming from your Shoulder to your Rest.
1783 Advice to Officers Brit. Army (ed. 6) 131 The same effect may be produced by coming from the shoulder to the order, at two motions.
1802 J. Cuninghame Tactic Brit. Army 87 Shoulder Arms... The whole come to the Shoulder.
1883 Army Corps Orders in Standard 22 Mar. 3/3 The whole of the Infantry..will come to the ‘shoulder’ by battalions on entering the saluting base.
f. Horse Riding. (Cavalry.) shoulder forward!, right (or left) shoulders (in)! orders given for a rider to ‘bend’ his horse so that he moves obliquely to the right or left for alteration of position or direction in marching; also, the performance of this order.
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society > armed hostility > military organization > orders > order [interjection] > turn horse
shoulder forward!1796
right (or left) shoulders (in)!1833
society > armed hostility > military operations > evolution > [noun] > other evolutions
inversion1627
conversion1635
fronting1796
platoon1797
platoon exercise1797
half-face1833
right (or left) shoulders (in)!1833
three-quarters face1833
about-face1835
ployment1861
society > armed hostility > military organization > orders > [noun] > performance of specific order
right (or left) shoulders (in)!1833
stand easy1859
1796 Instr. & Regulations Cavalry 23 When the change [of direction] is to be made to the Pivot hand..the leader of the head division..will give the word (right or left shoulders).
1796 Instr. & Regulations Cavalry 178 The officer..gives a word, Shoulder (the outward one) forward! on which the man next to himself gradually turns his horse so as to arrive in the new line perfectly square in his own person.
1833 Regulations Instr. Cavalry i. 80 When he is properly bent in ‘Shoulder-in’, his whole body from head to tail is curved, and he will move in two lines parallel to the sides of the manege.
1844 Instr. & Regulations Cavalry I. 18 Bending Lesson. The Ride being in file... ‘Right Shoulder in.’ The horses' heads to be brought into the school with the (inward) or right rein [etc.].
g. (straight) from the shoulder: (of a blow) with the fist brought to the shoulder and then swiftly sent forward; (of pulling or other movements) with the arm kept straight, not ‘from the elbow’; also figurative.
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the world > movement > bodily movement > [phrase] > with arm kept straight
(straight) from the shoulder1856
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > sincerity, freedom from deceit > [adverb] > frankly
freelyeOE
unreservedly1708
candidly1762
outspokenly1855
straight1874
man to man1902
(straight) from the shoulder1904
squat1909
1856 C. Reade It is never too Late I. xv. 290 No! give me a chap that hits out straight from the shoulder.
1859 F. Lillywhite Guide to Cricketers (ed. 12) 17 Wriggling and twisting your body instead of letting your arms go from the shoulder.
1864 Bohn's Handbk. Games 516 The stroke should be made freely from the shoulder, and not in a cramped manner from the elbow.
1904 W. H. Smith Promoters v. 103 You'll..be in a shape to talk business, right from the shoulder.
1911 R. D. Saunders Col. Todhunter ix. 118 A man that talks old-fashioned American Democracy straight from the shoulder.
1922 H. Jenkins John Dene of Toronto ii. 36 We aren't so thin-skinned as not to be able to take it from the shoulder.
1926 N. Coward Easy Virtue i. 10 I must..have a talk to her... A straight-from-the-shoulder chat might make her see things in a better light.
1947 L. P. Hartley Eustace & Hilda xi. 182 That letter had been written straight from the shoulder, or the heart.
1963 V. Nabokov Gift iv. 214 He subsequently wrote it right down, straight from the shoulder, in three nights.
1977 Gramophone Aug. 291/3 As to the power and authority, he takes Beethoven at his word when he sees an ff mark and lets you have it right from the shoulder.
h. to rub shoulders with: see to rub shoulders at rub v.1 Phrases 4.
i. to weep (or cry) on (a person's) shoulder: to pour out one's troubles to a person; also in a shoulder to cry on, a sympathetic and consoling listener to a person's troubles.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > state of being consoled or relieved > [noun] > act, means, or source of consolation or relief > one who or that which consoles or relieves
comfortera1382
discharger?1537
consolatora1540
assuager1547
cheerer?1567
easera1592
tame-grief1606
lightener?1611
solacer1611
lenitive1614
swager1617
allayer1631
unbender1637
comfortable1650
alleviator1725
consoler1740
soother1780
reassurer1882
a shoulder to cry on1935
1935 H. L. Ickes Diary 10 Feb. in Secret Diary (1953) I. 292 I called Tugwell yesterday afternoon to tell him that if he wanted any shoulder to weep on, mine was a broad one.
1942 T. Bailey Pink Camellia iii. 19 She likes to talk of her troubles and weep on people's shoulders.
1966 L. Deighton Billion-dollar Brain xvi. 163 I'm always weeping on your shoulder.
1974 ‘J. le Carré’ Tinker, Tailor xviii. 158 I asked ‘What did he want?’ And Ann said ‘A shoulder to cry on.’ Bill..wanted to pour out his heart, she said.
j. off-the-shoulder (attributive phr.): of a dress, blouse, etc., that leaves the shoulders bare.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > other
smalleOE
lightc1230
round1402
side-necked1430
wanton1489
Spanish1530
tucked1530
lustya1555
civil1582
open-breasted1598
full1601
everlasting1607
sheeten1611
nothinga1616
burly1651
pin-up1677
slouching1691
double-breasted1701
negligée1718
translated1727
uniform1746
undress1777
single-breasted1796
unworn1798
mamalone1799
costumic1801
safeguard1822
Tom and Jerry1830
lightweight1837
fancy dress1844
wrap-1845
hen-skin1846
Mary Stuart1846
well-cut1849
mousquetaire1851
empire1852
costumary1853
solid1859
spring weight1869
Henri II1870
western1881
hard-boiled1882
man-of-war1883
Henley1886
demi-season1890
Gretchen1890
toreador1892
crossover1893
French cut1896
drifty1897
boxy1898
Buster Brown1902
Romney1903
modistic1907
Peter Pan1908
classic1909
Fauntleroy1911
baby doll1912
flared1928
flare1929
tuck-in1929
unpressed1932
Edwardian1934
swingy1937
topless1937
wraparound1937
dressed-down1939
cover-up1942
Sun Yat-sen1942
utility1942
non-utility1948
sudsable1951
off-the-shoulder1953
peasant1953
flareless1954
A-line1955
matador1955
stretch1956
wash-and-wear1959
layered1962
Tom Jones1964
Carnaby Street1965
Action Man1966
Mao-style1967
wear-dated1968
thermal1970
bondage1980
swaggery1980
hoochie1990
mitumba1990
kinderwhore1994
1813 J. Austen Let. 15 Sept. (1995) 220 Stays now are not made to force the Bosom up at all... I was really glad to hear that they are not to be so much off the shoulders as they were.]
1953 S. Kauffmann Philanderer xiv. 232 She was wearing an off-the-shoulder white blouse.
1960 Guardian 5 Jan. 6/7 A golden off-the-shoulder evening dress of only eight years ago.
1974 Country Life 17 Jan. 106/3 Off-the-shoulder and square necklines.
3. † d. Phrases (all Obsolete). to go to shoulder with: to set about pushing. to lend a shoulder, to put under one's shoulder: to help to lift or carry something. to set shoulder against, to set one's shoulder against: to oppose strongly or forcibly. narrow in the shoulders: incapable of bearing ridicule.
a. As the part of the body on which burdens are carried; also, as the seat of muscular strength employed in carrying, pushing, etc.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > trunk > back > shoulder > [noun] > strong, bearing burdens
shoulderc950
c950 Lindisf. Gosp. Luke xv. 5 & miððy gemoetað hia on-settað on scyldrum his gefeande.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 12033 Wit scholdur gaf he him a scou.
1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus Geogr. Hist. Afr. ix. 343 The shee apes carrie their whelpes vpon their shoulders.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 120 He Yokes himself, and..With his own Shoulders, draws the Waggon's weight. View more context for this quotation
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis ii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 254 Then all their Shoulders ply, 'Till from the Posts the brazen Hinges fly.
1842 Ld. Tennyson Morte d'Arthur in Poems (new ed.) II. 11 Make broad thy shoulders to receive my weight, And bear me to the margin.
b. transferred. Of things quasi-personified.
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1603 W. Shakespeare Hamlet i. iii. 56 Aboord, aboord, for shame, The winde sits in the shoulder of your saile.
1849 H. W. Longfellow Lighthouse in Seaside & Fireside 44 And steadily against its solid form Press the great shoulders of the hurricane.
1901 F. H. Trench Deirdre Wed 33 So a swimmer is uplifted Horsed on a streaming shoulder of the Sea.
c. figurative and in figurative context.
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c950 Lindisf. Gosp. Matt. xxiii. 4 Hia gebindas uutedlice byrðenna hefiga..& settas in scyldrum vel bæccum monna.
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isa. x. 27 And it shal be in that dai, shal be don awey his berthene fro thi shulder.
1533 W. Tyndale Souper of Lorde B vij Syr ye..haue taken to great a burden vpon your weke shoulders.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 (1623) ii. vi. 100 Ed. Euen as thou wilt sweet Warwicke, let it bee: For in thy shoulder do I builde my Seate. View more context for this quotation
1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd ii. 462 A Crown..Brings..sleepless nights To him..When on his shoulders each mans burden lies. View more context for this quotation
1775 Earl of Carlisle in J. H. Jesse G. Selwyn & his Contemp. (1844) III. 133 Thus this affair is off my shoulders for a little time.
1841 W. M. Thackeray Great Hoggarty Diamond x All the debts are put upon my shoulders, on account of my known wealth.
1860–70 W. Stubbs Lect. European Hist. (1904) i. viii. 97 Charles..was desirous..to rid his own shoulders of the pressure of imperial business.
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > oppose [verb (transitive)]
withgo743
to go again ——OE
withsayc1175
again-goc1275
withsitc1300
thwarta1325
to go against ——a1382
counter1382
repugnc1384
adversea1393
craba1400
gainsaya1400
movec1400
overthwart?a1425
to put (also set) one's face againsta1425
traversea1425
contrairc1425
to take again ——c1425
contraryc1430
to take against ——a1450
opposec1485
again-seta1500
gain?a1500
oppone1500
transverse1532
to come up against1535
heave at1546
to be against1549
encounter1549
to set shoulder against1551
to fly in the face of1553
crossc1555
to cross with1590
countermand1592
forstand1599
opposit1600
thorter1608
obviate1609
disputea1616
obstrigillate1623
contradict1632
avert1635
to set one's hand against1635
top1641
militate1642
to come across ——1653
contrariate1656
to cross upon (or on)1661
shock1667
clash1685
rencounter1689
obtend1697
counteract1708
oppugnate1749
retroact?1761
controvert1782
react1795
to set against ——1859
appose-
the world > movement > transference > [verb (transitive)] > convey or transport > carry > help to carry
to put under one's shoulder1551
the world > movement > impelling or driving > pushing and pulling > push and pull [verb (transitive)] > push > push at in order to move
thrust1535
to go to shoulder with1551
to shove at1607
the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > touchiness > [adjective] > sensitive to criticism
tender-eared1529
narrow in the shoulders1551
thin-skinned1680
skinless1823
weak-skinned1933
the world > movement > transference > [verb (intransitive)] > carry > help to carry
to lend a shoulder1656
1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia sig. Aiii An other is so narrow in [(ed. 2) betwene] ye sholders, that he can beare no iestes nor tawntes.
1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. II. iv. viii. sig. Kkkvi.v/2 Yt the doctrine of godlinesse shoulde be spread thoroughout the whole worlde,..maugre the might of the whole world setting shoulder against the same all in vaine.
1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie xvi. 94 That hee..shoulde not forbeare..to put vnder his shoulder (as they say) to beare a peece of the burthen.
a1640 T. Risdon Chorogr. Surv. Devon (1811) (modernized text) §330 341 All such whose wives have the sovereignty, should go to shoulder with that stone.
1656 R. Sanderson 20 Serm. 277 It may be..they will..lend a shoulder, ey, and sweat, to lift us up yet higher.
1681 Sanderson's XXXV Serm. 306 Though all the powers in earth and hell should..set to all their shoulders and strength against it.
e. to put (occasionally lay, set) one's shoulder to the wheel: (literally) so as to extricate the vehicle from the mire; hence figurative to set to work vigorously. So also to put, set one's shoulder to (work, a task, etc.).
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the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin action or activity [verb (intransitive)] > resolutely or energetically
to go to it1490
busklea1535
settle1576
to lay on1587
to put in (also get into) one's gearsa1658
to put (occasionally lay, set) one's shoulder to the wheel1678
yark1721
to get going1822
to pitch in1835
to roll up one's sleeves1838
square1849
to clap on1850
to wire in (also away)1864
to dig in1884
hunker1903
tie into1904
to get cracking1937
to get stuck in1938
to get weaving1942
to get it on1954
1678 A. Marvell Acct. Growth Popery (new ed.) 39 If it had hitherto seemed to go up-hill, there was a greater cause to put the whole shoulder to it.
1692 R. L'Estrange Fables ccxlvi. 213 Lay your Shoulder to the Wheel, and Prick your Oxen.
1792 F. Burney Diary 18 June in Jrnls. & Lett. (1972) I. 196 We must all put our shoulders to the Work.
1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. ii. v. 123 They..instead of pushing on, all shoulders at the wheel, will stand idle there.
f. to open the shoulders: to give free play to the muscles of the shoulders in making a stroke; to ‘let out’.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > batting > bat [verb (transitive)] > hit > give free play to shoulder muscles
to open the shoulders1882
1882 Daily Tel. 24 June Three overs later B— opened his shoulders in tremendous style.
1892 E. V. Lucas Songs of Bat 7 But the batsman knows a finer joy When he opens his shoulders and drives!
4.
a. The fore-leg and adjacent parts cut from the carcass of a deer, sheep or other animal; a joint consisting of this prepared for the table.
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the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > part or joint of animal > [noun] > shoulder
spauld1305
shoulderc1330
spule1803
c1330 (?a1300) Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 497 Þe forster for his riȝtes Þe left schulder [of a hart] ȝaf he.
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Exod. xxix. 27 And thou shalt halwe..the shuldre that thow seuerdist fro the wether.
1428–9 in H. Littlehales Medieval Rec. London City Church (1905) 71 Also payd for..a sholdere & a brist of moton iiij d ob.
1583–4 Shuttleworths' Acc. (Chetham Soc.) 19 Vnto a mane wch broughte a shoulder of a stagge frome Lyme xij d.
1641 J. Murrell Cookerie (ed. 5) 6 A Shoulder of Mutton with Oliues and Capers.
1738 J. Swift Compl. Coll. Genteel Conversat. 122 I'll help myself to a Slice of this Shoulder of Veal.
1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) vi. 43 The knife-boy was caught stealing a cold shoulder of mutton.
1913 Times 13 Sept. 18/6 Bacon continued fair... Shoulders were sparingly offered at full prices.
b. cold shoulder: see cold shoulder n., cold-shoulder v.
c. shoulder of mutton, used:† (a) proverbially. as good, wholesome, etc. as a shoulder of mutton to a sick horse: no good at all. one shoulder of mutton draws down another: eating induces eating. a shoulder of mutton for a sheep's head: something of worth for a substitute of comparatively little value. Obsolete.
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1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. vii. sig. K Thou art..As holsome a morsell for my comly cors, As a shoulder of mutton for a sycke hors.
1688 G. Miege Great French Dict. ii. sig. Ppp/1 One Shoulder of Mutton draws down another, (Prov.) en mangeant l'Appetit vient.
1700 T. Brown Amusem. Serious & Comical vii. 84 As two Shoulders of Mutton drive down one another, so two powerful Griefs destroy one another.
1725 N. Bailey tr. Erasmus All Familiar Colloquies 149 Ho! I find I was out in my Notion, to leave a Shoulder of Mutton for a Sheep's Head [L. Hem! pro thesauro carbones].
(b) attributive with similative notion. shoulder of mutton fist: a large, heavy, fleshy fist; hence shoulder-of-mutton fisted adj. shoulder of mutton sail: a triangular sail attached to a mast; hence shoulder of mutton rig.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > sail > [noun] > leg-of-mutton sail
shoulder of mutton sail1694
mutton ham1899
the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > extremities > hand > [noun] > fist > types of
club-fist1575
clod-fist1654
shoulder of mutton fist1694
raws1899
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > [noun] > arrangement of masts sails > types of
Bermudian rig1827
Bermuda rig1829
shoulder of mutton rig1831
Bermudan rig1863
cat-rig1867
square-rig1875
the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > extremities > hand > [adjective] > fist
folded1570
iron-fisted1599
hard-fisted1612
brawny-fisted1870
shoulder-of-mutton fisted1900
1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais Pantagruel's Voy.: 4th Bk. Wks. iv. xv. 64 The crippled Bum had struck him such a horrid thump with his Shoulder-of-Mutton-Fist.
1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 270 I..made a three Corner'd ugly Thing, like what we call in England, a Shoulder of Mutton Sail, to go with a boom at Bottom.
1831 E. J. Trelawny Adventures Younger Son III. xxxiv. 228 What sailors call, a shoulder-of-mutton rig, the larger part..being in the body of the boat.
1880 Harper's Mag. Aug. 350/2 But the Hampton boat—a modified pink-stern, with shoulder-of-mutton sails on its small masts—was the ‘abler’..to stand the exigencies of all sorts of weather.
1900 F. T. Bullen With Christ at Sea x. 194 A great raw-boned, shoulder-of-mutton fisted fellow.
1961 F. H. Burgess Dict. Sailing 187 Shoulder-of-mutton sail, name given to the triangular Bermudan sail.
5.
a. That part of a garment which covers the wearer's shoulder.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > covering spec parts of body > shoulder
shoulder1473
shoulder-piece1611
1473–4 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 25 Item..iij quarteris of blac for the Kingis gowne schulderis.
1696–7 Act 8 & 9 Will. III c. 30 §2 Upon the Shoulder of the right Sleeve of the uppermost Garment.
1855 Lady E. Finch Sampler (ed. 2) 103 Gather the shoulders and the back.
b. Leather trade. The portion of a hide between the butt and the cheeks. Also, see quot. 1858 .
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > skin or hide > [noun] > parts of hide
womb1400
rim-side1474
neck1552
butt1568
bend1599
shoulder1858
flank1874
belly1880
flesh-split1897
1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Shoulders, a name in the leather trade for tanned or curried hides and kips, as well as for English and foreign offal.
1885 H. R. Procter Text-bk. Tanning viii. 155 A piece called a ‘middle’ is sometimes taken between the butt and the shoulder.
6. † g. Each of the two stones adjacent to the keystone of an arch. Obsolete.
a. A projection or protuberance resembling the human shoulder in shape, position or function; that part of a thing where it widens or swells out to greater bulk from what may be viewed as its head or neck.
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the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > [noun] > a projecting part
hornc1275
outshooting1310
nosec1400
startc1400
spout1412
snouta1425
outbearingc1425
outstanding?c1425
relish1428
jeta1500
rising1525
shoulder1545
jutting1565
outshootc1565
prominence1578
forecast1580
projection1592
sprout1598
eye1600
shooting forth1601
lip1608
juttying1611
prominent?1611
eminence1615
butting1625
excursiona1626
elbow1626
protrusion1646
jettinga1652
outjetting1652
prominency1654
eminency1668
nouch1688
issuanta1690
out-butting1730
outjet1730
out-jutting1730
flange1735
nosing1773
process1775
jut1787
projecture1803
nozzle1804
saliency1831
ajutment1834
salience1837
out-thrust1842
emphasis1885
cleat1887
outjut1893
pseudopodiuma1902
1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus ii. f. 20v I call that the shoulder in a heade [of an arrow] whyche a mans finger shall feele afore it come to the poynte.
1587 L. Mascall Bk. Cattell (1596) 157 A nayle well made should haue no shoulder at all, but still lesser and lesser toward the poynt.
1680 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. xi. 197 The Rowler must also be so long between its Shoulders, that it may conveniently contain so many Diameters of String as shall be necessary.
1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship I. 157 The pin..with a shoulder on the upper side.
1839 F. A. Griffiths Artillerist's Man. 39 [Plate] Shoulder of the Trunnion.
1857 S. Birch Hist. Anc. Pottery (1858) II. 79 The neck [of the amphora] is not cylindrical, but slopes upon the shoulders.
1873 J. Bennett & ‘Cavendish’ Billiards 339 To make the hazard, play at the shoulder of the pocket.
1910 R. P. Spiers in Encycl. Brit. VIII. 420 The lintel of the Greek doorway projected on either side beyond the dressings, constituting what are known as the shoulders or knees.
b. A sudden inward curvature in the outline of something, from which it tapers to a point.
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the world > space > shape > curvature > curved surface > [noun] > concavity > concave part or object
hollowc897
bowla1398
pan1611
shoulder1618
wamea1765
scooping1862
1618 W. Lawson New Orchard & Garden x. 28 The graft is..with a sharpe knife fitted in the knot..with shoulders an ynch downeward, and so put into the stocke.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xv. 20/2 The end [of a pen] in which the slit is, is called the cheeks; and the shoulders is the highest cut.
1834 D. Low Elements Pract. Agric. iv. 150 [In ploughing] it is important that the ridge be formed with a uniform curvature, so that it shall not have what is technically termed a shoulder, or hollow part on each side of the crown.
1873 H. B. Tristram Land of Moab i. 3 Skirting the coast of the Dead Sea till they passed the shoulder of the Peninsula of the Lisan.
c. A rebate which serves as an abutment; a projection which serves as a support.
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the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > [noun] > a receding part
bay1582
recess1651
niche1662
shoulder1669
retirement1726
the world > space > relative position > support > [noun] > that which supports > a projection serving as a support
shouldering1388
shoulder1669
the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > [noun] > a projecting part > serving as a support
shouldering1388
shoulder1669
1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. v. xiii. 83 Then turn a Foot thereto with a Shoulder to put the Trunk upon.
1799 J. Robertson Gen. View Agric. Perth 272 The middle space is cut down..and well cleaned out, so that it has..six inches of firm ground for shoulders on each side. On these shoulders or abutments sods..are laid.
1812 P. Nicholson Mech. Exercises 172 To form the tenon; cut the shoulders in with the drawing knife.
1857 P. M. Colquhoun Compan. Oarsman's Guide 30 Those timbers which come up to strengthen the row~locks are called shoulders.
d. Fortification. = epaule n.
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society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > earthwork or rampart > [noun] > bastion > parts of
orecchionc1585
pome1598
face1648
orillon1648
gola1663
neck1668
gorge1669
neckline1672
shoulder1672
epaule1702
demi-gorge1706
pan1707
throat1728
1672 J. Lacey tr. A. Tacquet Mil. Archit. iv. 7 in T. Venn Mil. & Maritine Discipline ii The Bulwork will be very much straitned..and the Angle of the shoulders..made so much the less.
e. The flat surface below the letter, etc. on the shank of a type.
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society > communication > printing > types, blocks, or plates > relating to type > [noun] > parts of type
eye1611
face1683
foot1683
kern1683
shank1683
shoulder1683
counter1798
1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. Dict. 369 Beard of a Letter, is the outer angle of the Square Shoulder of the Shank.
1882 J. Southward Pract. Printing (1884) 12 Certain small capital letters..have nicks at the back of the stem near the shoulder.
f. The projection between the blade and the tang (of a knife, chisel, etc.) which abuts on the handle.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > tool > parts of tools generally > [noun] > shoulder
shoulder1683
shoulder-piece1811
1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. 187 A short piece of a Knife broken off about two Inches from the Sholder.
1810 C. James New Mil. Dict. (ed. 3) Shoulder, the upper part of the blade of a sword is so called.
1884 R. F. Burton Bk. of Sword 124 The tang,..the thin spike which projects from the shoulders or thickening of the blade.
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society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > disposition of stones or bricks > [noun] > specific stone or brick
hirne-stonec1000
parpen1252
coin1350
coin-stone1350
angler1365
parpal1369
corner-stonea1382
cunye1387
tuss1412
quoin1532
table stone1554
quoining1562
copestone1567
ground-stone1567
lock bandc1582
quinyie1588
perpender1611
whelmer1618
parpen stone1633
capstone1665
headera1684
through1683
quoin-stone1688
stretcher1693
closer1700
bed-stone1723
coping-brick1725
girder1726
footstone1728
heading brick1731
bossage1736
lewis-hole1740
shoulder1744
headstone1745
pawl1753
tail-bond1776
coping-stone1778
slocking-stone1778
throughband1794
through-stone1797
stretching-bond1805
core1823
keystone1823
tail-binder1828
stretching-stone1833
header brick1841
coign1843
pawl-stone1844
bay-stone1845
bonder1845
pillar-stone1854
bond-piece1862
stretcher-brick1867
toothing-stone1875
bond-stone1879
pierpoint1891
jumper1904
tush1905
padstone1944
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > arch > [noun] > parts of
coin1350
pendant1359
voussoir1359
springer1435
spandrel1477
spring?1553
pitch1615
kneeler1617
gimmalsa1652
face1664
of the third point1672
turn1677
sweep1685
hance1700
skew-back1700
summering1700
springing1703
tympan1704
hip1726
reins1726
rib1726
third point1728
quoin1730
archivolt1731
opening1739
soffit1739
shoulder1744
extrados1772
intrados1772
haunch1793
arch-stone1828
twist1840
coign1843
architrave1849
escoinçon1867
pulvino1907
pin1928
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > arch > [noun] > parts of > keystone > shoulder
shoulder1744
1744 R. North & M. North Life Sir D. North & Rev. J. North 198 To secure a Compass Arch, it was necessary by Weight, or some other Means, to keep down the Shoulders which, rising, let the Crown, or Key, fall in.
h. A comparatively gentle slope on the side of a hill and near the top.
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the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > hill > [noun] > shoulder
shoulder1817
1817 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 84/2 Millar..brought his drove over the shoulder of Wallace's hill.
1885 R. Bridges Eros & Psyche iv. xii. 44 The road, Which from the mountain shoulder o'er the plain Led to the city.
i. plural. The broadest part (of a bunch of grapes).
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > edible berries > grape > bunch or part of bunch
raisinc1300
wine-grapea1325
gripea1400
cluster-tenec1420
squitterer1737
shoulders1838
1838 Penny Cycl. XI. 357/1 A bunch [of grapes]..upwards of 21 inches in length, and 19 inches across the shoulders.
j. The edge of a road; spec. a strip at the side of the main carriageway on which vehicles may stop in an emergency. Cf. hard shoulder n. at hard adj. and n. Compounds 4; soft shoulder n. at soft adj. Compounds 2a originally U.S.
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society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > parts of road > [noun] > shoulder
soft shoulder1917
shoulder1933
hard shoulder1952
1933 Sun (Baltimore) 27 Dec. 8/7 I..stayed well over on the shoulder. But..only one of the numerous cars..bothered to move nearer the middle of the road. Repeatedly, I stepped back into the bushes and mud.
1942 Short Guide Great Brit. (U.S. War Dept.) 32 Shoulder, (of road)—verge.
1965 ‘E. McBain’ Doll (1966) x. 127 The road was winding and narrow... The shoulders were muddy and soft.
1979 G. Seymour Red Fox xii. 185 The engine coughed and died, barren of petrol... They were about to stop on the hard shoulder.
k. A poorly resolved subsidiary maximum interrupting a part of a graph otherwise having a fairly uniform or smoothly varying slope.
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the world > relative properties > number > graph or diagram > [noun] > graph > part of
peak1785
flatline1867
tail1895
upper bound1917
valley1935
trough1938
skirt1940
shoulder1956
spike1961
1956 Jrnl. Exper. Med. 103 657 The existence of the shoulder in the survival curve..is unequivocal and constitutes evidence for a multiple hit killing mechanism.
1964 Physics in Med. & Biol. IX. 167 If the log of the surviving fraction is plotted against dose on a linear scale, after an initial shoulder, a straight-line graph is obtained.
1977 Nature 17 Feb. 660/2 The asymmetry evident in the low resolution scan is revealed to be a shoulder at ∼ 10 cm—1 to lower energy than the main band which occurs at 1,528 cm—1.
l. Surfing. (See quots.)
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > water sports except racing > surfing > [noun] > types or parts of wave
pounder1927
dumper1933
take-off1935
greeny1940
beach break1954
beacher1956
big kahuna1959
greenback1959
close out1962
curl1962
shore break1962
shoulder1962
soup1962
tube1962
wall1962
face1963
peak1963
pipeline1963
set1963
reef break1965
surfable wave1965
point break1966
green room1968
slide1968
barrel1975
left-hander1980
A-frame1992
the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > wave > types of waves > [noun] > breaker > part
curl1962
shoulder1962
tube1962
1962 T. Masters Surfing made Easy 65 Shoulder, the unbroken section to the side of a breaking wave.
1963 S. Szabados in J. Pollard Austral. Surfrider ii. 20/2 Take this one near the ‘shoulder’, the unbroken part of the wave reached at the end of a slide.
1968 Surfer Jan. 65/1 Positively the shoulder-hoppers paradise.
7. An arched piece of wood or metal, or a frame of metal rods, placed under the shoulders of a coat or cloak to be hung up in a wardrobe, a shop-window, etc.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > [noun] > hanger for
gambrela1652
hanger1873
coat hanger1895
shoulder1899
clothes-hanger1934
1899 Westm. Gaz. 31 July 1/3 Clothes hung about on wooden ‘shoulders’.
1903 Daily Chron. 23 Nov. 4/4 A ‘shoulder’, the technical term for the wooden frame upon which ladies' mantles are hung by linen drapers.
8. Short for shoulder moth n. at Compounds 3.
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1809 A. H. Haworth Lepidoptera Britannica ii. 226 Noctua plecta (the flame Shoulder).
Compounds
General attributive. C1.
a. Simple attributive, ‘pertaining to the shoulder’.
shoulder band n.
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1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 97/2 [Seamsters terms] Shoulder Band.
shoulder belt n.
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1968 N.Y. Times 15 Sept. i. 46 A new safety seat, with built-in shoulder belts, is being developed by the General Motors Corporation.
1976 Billings (Montana) Gaz. 24 June 7- a/5 Ontario on Jan. 1 became the first jurisdiction on the North American continent to require the wearing of available lap or shoulder belts.
shoulder blanket n.
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1973 A. H. Whiteford N. Amer. Indian Arts 69 Shoulder blankets, worn by males, have checkered or tartan patterns.
shoulder brooch n.
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c1904 Encycl. Dict. Suppl. Shoulder brooch, the large brooch worn in the Highland costume, fastening the plaid on the left shoulder.
shoulder-fin n.
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1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis i. § v. i. 97 The Scate, or Angel-Fish. His Shoulder-Fins..expanded.
shoulder garment n.
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1608 A. Willet Hexapla in Exodum 651 The ephod or shoulder garment.
shoulder hackle n.
ΚΠ
1867 F. Francis Bk. Angling x. 299 [In a salmon fly]..g. the shoulder hackle.
shoulder harness n.
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1968 Time 5 Apr. 38 Padded roll bars and shoulder harnesses are standard on the Shelby Cobra.
1974 R. Hawkey & R. Bingham Wild Card xxii. 180 Wallcroft unfastened his seatbelt and shoulder harness and got out [of the car].
shoulder pad n.
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1868 C. L. Eastlake Hints Househ. Taste iii. 80 The ‘Cromwell’ chair..is..copied from examples of the seventeenth century... Both the seat and shoulder-pad are stuffed..with horsehair.
1904 Sci. Amer. 21 May 406/1 Every coat has a shoulder-pad of various thicknesses made of wadding.
1951 Sport 16–22 Mar. 14/3 A slight ‘teacup storm’ occurred in Yorkshire Rugby Union circles because a Leeds team were alleged to be wearing shoulder pads.
1979 R. Perry Bishop's Pawn iii. 51 He ripped seams, split shoulder pads and carved up shoes.
shoulder plaid n.
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1831 J. Logan Sc. Gaël I. 246 The shoulder plaid is worn by the present Highlanders chiefly for ornament.
shoulder sack n.
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1923 D. H. Lawrence Captain's Doll 232 Alexander was putting the bread back into his shoulder-sack.
1953 Scrutiny 19 289 He pulls out the picture from his shoulder-sack.
shoulder-socket n.
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1921 D. H. Lawrence Birds, Beasts & Flowers (1923) 81 Shall great wings flame from his shoulder-sockets Assyrian-wise?
b. With the meaning ‘having a shoulder’ (sense . 6).
shoulder-block n.
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1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship I. 156 Shoulder~block is a large single block, left nearly square at the lower end, or arse of the block.
shoulder bolt n.
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1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship I. 156 Mast-making Plate, Shoulder bolt.
shoulder screw n.
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1747 Gentleman's Mag. May 223/2 The bar..must be fixt to the plate..by a shoulder screw, allowing a little play between.
shoulder spike n.
C2.
a. Objective.
shoulder cutting adj.
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1883 W. S. Gresley Gloss. Terms Coal Mining Shoulder Cutting (South Staffordshire), cutting the sides of the upper lift of a working place in a Thick-coal colliery next the rib, preparatory to falling the coal.
b.
shoulder-shrugging adj.
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1840 W. M. Thackeray George Cruikshank in Wks. (1900) XIII. 293 A villainous race of shoulder~shrugging mortals are his Frenchmen indeed.
c. Locative.
shoulder-fired adj.
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1967 J. S. Tompkins Weapons of World War III viii. 105 There is also a shoulder-fired descendant of the bazooka called the LAW, or Light Antitank weapon.
shoulder galled adj.
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1694 London Gaz. No. 3010/4 A strong grey Gelding..Shoulder-gal'd.
shoulder-launched adj.
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1974 Times 5 Mar. 6/8 Guards now are equipped with the General Dynamics Redeye infra-red-guided, shoulder-launched anti-aircraft missile.
1977 Belfast Tel. 22 Feb. 17/4 Our new Blowpipe shoulder-launched missile which is in service with the armed forces of both the United Kingdom and Canada.
C3. Special combinations. Also shoulder blade n., shoulder-bone n., shoulder-joint n., shoulder-knot n., shoulder-piece n., shoulder-strap n. † shoulder-dash n. Obsolete a sharper's trick of throwing his liquor over his shoulder instead of drinking it.† shoulder-head n. Obsolete = shoulder-strap n. 1.† shoulder-knife n. Obsolete a huntsman's knife used to take out the shoulder in cutting up a deer.† shoulderlin n. literal Obsolete shoulder-linen, i.e. shoulder-piece (of the ephod). † shoulder pight adj. Obsolete = shoulder pitched adj.† shoulder-pinched adj. Obsolete† shoulder pinching n. Obsolete (see quots.).† shoulder pitch n. Obsolete = acromion n.† shoulder pitched adj. Obsolete (of animals) having the shoulder dislocated.† shoulder point n. Obsolete (a) the point of the shoulder; (b) a shoulder-knot (= aglet n. 2b).† shoulder-shake v. Obsolete (transitive) to shake the shoulders of.† shoulder-splate n. Obsolete = shoulder slip n.† shoulder-splate v. Obsolete† shoulder splated adj. Obsolete† shoulder-splating n. Obsolete † shoulder-splayed adj. Obsolete = shoulder-shotten adj.† shoulder-stick n. Obsolete a coach passenger carried by the method called ‘shouldering’ (see shoulder v. 14). † shoulder-torn adj. Obsolete = shoulder-shotten adj.
shoulder angle n. Fortification (see quot. 1835).
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society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > [noun] > construction of defensive works > angles
salient1828
shoulder angle1835
re-entrant1862
1835 Penny Cycl. IV. 16/2 The angles formed by the faces and flanks which are denominated shoulder angles.
shoulder-bag n. a bag carried by a strap or straps slung over the shoulder.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > bag > [noun] > carried on shoulder
shoulder-bag1912
carry bag1917
tote1959
sling-bag1965
1912 D. H. Lawrence Let. 19 Aug. (1932) 49 We walked from the Isarthal down here—F. and I—with our German shoulder-bags on our backs.
1960 L. Davidson Night of Wenceslas ii. 32 She was wearing a gaily coloured cotton frock and a shoulder bag.
1977 P. Theroux Consul's File 48 She sat down and threw her shoulder-bag on a side-table.
shoulder belt n. = bandoleer n.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > belt or sash > types of > worn across breast
baldricc1300
breast-bundlea1382
breast girdlea1425
bandoleera1577
vandaliroa1660
shoulder belt1668
vitta1726
cross-belt1797
shoulder-strap1870
1668 S. Pepys Diary 17 May (1976) IX. 201 Up, and put on my new stuff-suit with a shoulder-belt, according to the new fashion.
1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. viii. 85 Our track-lines and shoulder-belts replaced the warps.
shoulder board n. chiefly U.S. each of the two stiffened pieces of material worn at the shoulders of military uniform and bearing the insignia of rank.
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society > armed hostility > military organization > insignia > [noun] > patch or epaulette
wing1810
flash1918
shoulder board1949
shoulder tab1966
1949 J. Steinbeck Russ. Jrnl. 20 The uniforms were without insignia and without shoulder boards.
1980 ‘J. le Carré’ Smiley's People xxv. 295 I saw no shoulder-boards, the guards wore plain clothes.
shoulder-brace n. (see quot. 1875).
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1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Shoulder-brace (Surgical), an appliance for treating round shoulders or unconfirmed curvatures of the spine.
shoulder-butt n. a pistol butt shaped for firing from the shoulder.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > parts and fittings of firearms > [noun] > stock or shaft > parts of
shaft1626
side plate1680
pistol hand1702
club1720
heel plate1753
break-off1804
shoulder-butt1810
pistol-butt1814
rifle butt1826
pistol grip1841
nose cap1844
trap1844
trap-plate1844
receiver1851
bump1852
furniture1852
bend1859
comb1867
fore-end1881
furniture-pin1881
grip1881
1810 Sporting Mag. 36 273 A rifle pistol..furnished with a pistol shoulder-but.
shoulder cap n. (a) Armour a piece of armour covering the point of the shoulder (= epaulette n. 3); (b) Surgery see quot. 1895.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > body armour > [noun] > shoulder armour
pouldrona1396
spaudelera1400
ailettec1440
haute-piecea1500
pollet1548
shoulder-piece1580
epaulette1824
shoulder shield1824
shoulder cap1830
scale1846
shoulder plate1846
1830 S. R. Meyrick Engraved Illustr. Antient Arms & Armour I. Pl. xxii, Fig. 3. The gorget with shoulder caps.
1895 Catal. Surg. Instruments (Arnold & Sons) 777 Shoulder Cap, moulded leather for the after treatment of dislocation.
shoulder charge n. a charge in which the shoulder is directed at the target; hence as v. transitive.
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > [noun] > specific types of physical attack
charge1857
shoulder charge1930
stomping1958
rugby tackle1959
piping1971
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > make an attack upon [verb (transitive)] > charge
charge1582
shoulder charge1930
1930 Daily Express 6 Oct. 16/2 They exchanged good shoulder charges, and honours were about even.
1971 Sunday Austral. 8 Aug. 3/4 Twice outside the motel where the Springboks were staying they were shoulder~charged by police.
1973 Weekly News (Glasgow) 11 Aug. 7/2 He shoulder-charged the door pushing it open.
shoulder-clapped adj. arrested.
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society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > arrest > [adjective] > arrested
apprehended1595
attached1611
shoulder-clapped1796
popped1849
1796 Grose's Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (ed. 3) Shoulder Clapper, a bailiff, or member of the catch club. Shoulder-clapped; arrested.
shoulder-clapper n. an officer charged with the arrest of an offender, a bailiff, sheriff's officer. shoulder-clapping adjs.
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society > law > law enforcement > law-enforcement or peace-officer > [noun] > one whose duty is arresting offenders
provosta1382
alguazila1530
prévôt1577
shoulder-clappera1616
provo1692
trap1705
felon-setter1864
arrester1880
a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) iv. ii. 37 He's in Tartar limbo..: A back friend, a shoulder-clapper [hath him] . View more context for this quotation
shoulder-clapping n.
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society > law > law enforcement > law-enforcement or peace-officer > [adjective] > arresting offenders
shoulder-clapping1621
felon-setting1890
1621 J. Taylor Praise of Beggery sig. B2 He's free from shoulder~clapping Sergeants clawes.
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shoulder-cover n. Entomology = patagium n. 1 ( Cent. Dict. 1891).
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > card-sharping or cheating > [noun] > methods of
palm1664
high game1665
palming1671
slick1674
brief1680
gammoning1700
shoulder-dash1711
bridge1773
weaving1803
bridging1843
palmistry1859
slipping1864
stocking1887
big mitt1903
1711 J. Puckle Club 19 These brethren in iniquity using finger-shade, mouth-spirt, or shoulder-dash, drank little 'till the company were mellow.
shoulder-girdle n. Anatomy (see girdle n.1 4).
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the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > bony support for limbs > shoulder-girdle > [noun]
shoulder-girdle1868
1868 W. K. Parker (title) A Monograph on the structure and development of the shoulder-girdle and sternum in the Vertebrata.
shoulder-grafting n. (see quot. 1842).
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the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > management of plants > propagation of plants > [noun] > grafting > other methods of grafting
emplastering?c1425
emplastration?1440
infoliation1577
semination1589
emplaster1601
packing1615
shoulder-grafting1669
side grafting1704
crown grafting1706
root grafting1707
rind grafting1722
tipping1763
saddle grafting1792
wedge-grafting1838
1669 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ 108 The third way..that is made use of..is shoulder or Whip-grafting.
1842 J. C. Loudon Suburban Horticulturist 291 Sometimes also the scion is prepared with a shoulder..and this mode is called shoulder-grafting.
shoulder gun n. a gun which is fired from the shoulder, as distinguished from a stancheon or punt gun.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun] > other small arms
long gun1530
currier1558
crabut1626
long arm1675
bullet-guna1701
hand cannon1752
wall-gun1812
walking-stick gun1823
shoulder gun1824
safety gun1825
gas gun1856
self-cocker1857
bolt action1871
snap action gun1875
saddle gun1886
multibarrel1899
dane gun1900
clip-loader1901
pump-action1923
sleeve gun1944
laser gun1961
phaser1966
magnum1970
1824 P. Hawker Instr. Young Sportsmen (ed. 3) 298 Shoulder duck-guns.
1842 Lacy Mod. Shooter 103 A thin coat of olive oil is the best external application for a shoulder-gun.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > covering spec parts of body > shoulder > shoulder strap
shoulder-head1688
shoulder-strap1688
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 94/1 In a Woman's Gown..The Shoulder heads, or Shoulder straps; are two peeces that come over the Sholders.
shoulder-height adv. as high as one's shoulder.
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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > [adverb] > to specific height
breast-highc1330
neck-high1628
breast height1688
mountain high1693
masthead high1821
shoulder-height1825
shoulder-high1837
thigh-high1844
1825 W. Scott Betrothed vii, in Tales Crusaders II. 148 Many a fair knight would leap shoulder-height for leave to look on you as free as the brook may!
shoulder-high adv. and adj. (a) adv. = shoulder-height adv.; (b) adj. that is up to one's shoulder in height.
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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > [adjective] > specific
waist high1600
knee-high1742
mast-high1798
shoulder-high1837
horse-high1859
thigh-high1893
stride-high1906
treetop1945
the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > [adjective] > specific height
nose-high1567
navel high1663
breast-high1679
ankle-high1681
shoulder-high1837
thigh-high1894
the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > [adverb] > to specific height
breast-highc1330
neck-high1628
breast height1688
mountain high1693
masthead high1821
shoulder-height1825
shoulder-high1837
thigh-high1844
1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. iii. v. 125 No crowds now to carry you, shoulder-high, to the immortal gods.
1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. vi. 119 As I walk on through the now shoulder-high grass.
shoulder-hitter n. colloquial U.S. one who hits from the shoulder; hence a pugilist, a bully, rough.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [noun] > violent treatment or force > masterful or bullying > person
slasher1559
cutter1569
bangsterc1570
hackster1574
hacker1576
swish-swash1582
burgullian1601
bully1604
bully ruffian1653
huff1674
bully-back1693
bully beau1696
shoulder-hitter1856
shoulder-striker1860
whitecapper1887
Macoute1991
1856 J. Holbrook Ten Years among Mail Bags 27 Shoulder-hitter, who strikes from the shoulder, ruffian.
1864 J. R. Lowell Rebellion in Writ. (1890) V. 126 We remember our own roughs and shoulder-hitters at the beginning of the war.
shoulder holster n. a holster suspended from a shoulder-strap.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > equipment for use with firearms > [noun] > gun-case or sling
bendroll1598
holster1663
sling1711
gun-casea1762
gun-sling1812
shoulder holster1895
saddle scabbard1897
scabbard1923
gun slip1977
1895 Montgomery Ward Catal. Spring & Summer 481/2 Shoulder Holster, with breast and shoulder strap to wear under coat on left side.
1935 M. M. Atwater Murder in Midsummer xxi. 193 Mr. Henry Smith..buckled on his shoulder-holster, weighted by his old six-shooter.
1973 ‘I. Drummond’ Jaws of Watchdog xiii. 166 Sandro's own gun was in its shoulder-holster.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > equipment > [noun] > knife
wood-knife1426
shoulder-knife1575
saying-knife1852
scramasax1862
1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie xlii. 129 This beyng done, he shall first take out the right shoulder [of the deer] with his shoulder knyfe.
shoulder-lappet n. Entomology (see quot. 1899).
ΚΠ
1899 D. Sharp in Cambr. Nat. Hist. VI. ii. vi. 312 These appendages [the tegulae] are frequently erroneously called patagia, but have also been called scapulae,..and shoulder-tufts, or shoulder-lappets.
shoulder-length adj. of hair, etc., that reaches down to the shoulders.
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the world > life > the body > hair > hair of head > [adjective] > having shoulder-length
shoulder-length1951
1951 N. Marsh Opening Night iv. 90 I'm a shoulder-length natural ash-blonde and I've had to have an urchin cut and go black.
1976 C. Dexter Last seen Wearing xxix. 202 Long shoulder-length hair..brushed forward over her face.
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society > faith > artefacts > vestments > outer garments > [noun] > ephod > shoulder piece of
shoulderlin1916
1916–17 T. Eaton & Co. Catal. Fall–Winter 414/2 Semi-porcelain dinner set has..gold edges and green shoulder line.
1931 McCall's Mag. Sept. 74 A significant self-fabric cuff and a very notable shoulder line.
1979 Guardian 13 June 12/4 The best of this year's T-shirts..are loose with a dropped shoulderline.
shoulder line n. (a) a line drawn on the shoulder (of an object); (b) the line of a woman's garment over the shoulders.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > covering spec parts of body > shoulder > shoulder line
shoulder linec1175
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > decoration of china > [noun] > painting > specific designs
shoulder linec1175
willow pattern1829
blue willow1831
kylin1857
oeil-de-perdrix1865
Broseley dragon1878
prunus1878
hawthorn pattern1896
bocage1902
shishi1970
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 954 Off þatt preostess shulldrelin. & off hiss breostlin baþe.
shoulder-lyar n. Scottish a piece cut from the upper part of the fore-leg of a carcass of beef.
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the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > beef > [noun] > other cuts or parts
tild1342
ox foota1398
oxtaila1425
neat's foot?c1450
beef-flick1462
sticking piece1469
ox-tonguea1475
aitch-bone1486
fore-crop?1523
sirloin1525
mouse-piece1530
ox-cheek1592
neat's tongue1600
clod1601
sticking place1601
skink1631
neck beef1640
round1660
ox-heart1677
runner1688
sticking draught1688
brisket-beef1697
griskin1699
sey1719
chuck1723
shin1736
gravy beef1747
baron of beef1755
prime rib1759
rump and dozen1778
mouse buttock1818
slifta1825
nine holes1825
spauld-piece1828
trembling-piece1833
shoulder-lyar1844
butt1845
plate1854
plate-rand1854
undercut1859
silver-side1861
bed1864
wing rib1883
roll1884
strip-loin1884
hind1892
topside1896
rib-eye1926
buttock meat1966
onglet1982
1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm (1855) II. 693/1 The shoulder-lyar is a coarse piece, and fit only for boiling fresh to make into broth or beef-tea.
shoulder moth n. a collectors' name for certain moths of the family Noctuidæ (Cent. Dict.).
shoulder net n. a fishing-net with a long pole which slides over the shoulder of the user.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > net > [noun] > net on pole
pout net1443
sleeching-net1665
stick net1678
scoop-net1792
shoulder net1793
skimming net1806
stoop-net1806
dip-net1858
pole net1858
scoop1865
dipping-net1867
1793 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. IX. 322 Salmon, grilse and sea trouts, are caught in the night time, by what they term the fishing with the shoulder-nets.
shoulder note n. Typography a marginal note inserted at the top corner of a page.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary and textual criticism > literary criticism > commentary > [noun] > comment or note > marginal note > at top corner
shoulder note1882
1882 J. Southward Pract. Printing (1884) 248 Shoulder notes are placed at the top of a page.
1909 P. Vivian Campion's Wks. 373 (note) The custom is fully explained in a shoulder-note.
shoulder patch n. a patch attached to the shoulder of a garment and bearing an emblem or insignia.
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society > communication > indication > insignia > [noun] > badge > types of badge
favoura1616
field mark1653
cockade1709
star1830
button1837
pin1848
brassard1870
patch1884
shoulder patch1947
badging1983
1947 ‘A. P. Gaskell’ Big Game 82 He recalled their first issue of shoulder-patches.
1970 N. Armstrong et al. First on Moon v. 101 An Apollo 1 shoulder patch..would be left on the moon.
shoulder-pegged adj. (see quot. 1753).
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > body or parts of horse > [adjective] > having particular type of shoulders
shoulder-pegged1753
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Shoulder-pegged horses, called in French chevillées, are such as have their shoulders gourdy, stiff, and almost without motion.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of animals generally > [adjective] > dislocated shoulder
shoulder pight1566
shoulder-shot1600
shoulder-torn1610
shoulder-shottena1616
shoulder-splate1639
shoulder pitched1695
shoulder-slipped1695
shoulder splated1725
shoulder-shaken1844
shoulder-splayed1882
1566 T. Blundeville Order curing Horses Dis. cxiii. f. 83, in Fower Offices Horsemanshippe Of the shoulder pight. That is when the shoulder poynt or pitch of the shoulder is displaced.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of horses > [noun] > disorders of shoulders
shoulder-pinched1728
shoulder pinching1810
sweeny1813
1728 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (ed. 4) Shoulder Pincht, a Disease in Horses.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of horses > [noun] > disorders of shoulders
shoulder-pinched1728
shoulder pinching1810
sweeny1813
1810 C. James New Mil. Dict. (ed. 3) Shoulder-pinching, a misfortune which befals a horse by labouring or straining when too young.
shoulder pit n. [after arm-pit] the hollow under the shoulder of a sheep.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > Ovus Aries (domestic sheep) > body and parts of > hollow under the shoulder
shoulder pit1607
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 650 The greasie wooll which groweth in the shoulder pits of sheepe.
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the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > bony support for limbs > shoulder-girdle > [noun] > shoulder bone > acromion
acromion1578
shoulder pitch1585
1585 J. Higgins tr. Junius Nomenclator 36/1 Acromium,..the shoulder pitch or point.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of animals generally > [adjective] > dislocated shoulder
shoulder pight1566
shoulder-shot1600
shoulder-torn1610
shoulder-shottena1616
shoulder-splate1639
shoulder pitched1695
shoulder-slipped1695
shoulder splated1725
shoulder-shaken1844
shoulder-splayed1882
1695 London Gaz. No. 3081/4 One of her Coach Geldings..hath been shoulder Pitch'd.
shoulder plane n. Woodworking (see quot. 1954).
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society > occupation and work > equipment > shaping tools or equipment > plane > [noun] > other planes
rabat1440
long plane1665
strike-block1678
mitre plane1688
straight block1812
ice plane1823
side fillister1841
upright1842
scraping-plane1846
sun plane1846
beading plane1858
bead-plane1858
fluting-plane1864
panel plane1873
badger plane1874
shooting-plane1875
whisk1875
block planea1884
scraper-plane1895
chariot plane1909
shoulder plane1935
1935 N. R. Rogers Technol. Woodwork & Metalwork i. iv. 56 The Shoulder Plane is intended, as its name implies, for trueing tenon shoulders (end grain).
1954 W. E. Kelsey Carpentry, Joinery & Woodcutting Machinery i. 16 Shoulder planes..are metal rebate planes with a narrow mouth and a low-pitched cutter... They are used chiefly for planing against the end grain and are specially suitable for hardwoods.
1979 A. B. Emary Woodworking xxviii. 121 The bevelled portion of the mouldings can be made with a shoulder plane or a badger plane.
shoulder plate n. = shoulder-piece n. 1.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > body armour > [noun] > shoulder armour
pouldrona1396
spaudelera1400
ailettec1440
haute-piecea1500
pollet1548
shoulder-piece1580
epaulette1824
shoulder shield1824
shoulder cap1830
scale1846
shoulder plate1846
1846 F. W. Fairholt Costume in Eng. Gloss. Epauliere, epaullets, shoulder-plates.
1847 J. Leitch tr. K. O. Müller Ancient Art §257.238 The splendid shoulder-plates of a suit of armour.
shoulder pod n. [compare tripod n.] a support for a camera that rests against the shoulder.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > camera > parts and accessories of camera > [noun] > stands > support
pod1963
shoulder pod1963
1963 D. Botting in A. Smith Throw out Two Hands 263 It was possible to make hand-held movie shots (using pistol-grip or shoulder pod) with lenses of longer focus than usual.
1981 Birds Autumn 18/3 With miniaturisation and the wide use of telephoto lenses,..the stalking technique evolved, using shoulderpods rather than tripods.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > trunk > back > shoulder > [noun] > parts of
shoulder point1510
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > trimmings or ornamentation > epaulette or shoulder knot
shoulder pointa1627
shoulder-knot1676
epaulette1783
wing1810
tags1837
shell1847
1510 J. Stanbridge Vocabula (W. de W.) A iij Hec scapula, the sholder poynt.
a1627 J. Fletcher & T. Middleton Nice Valour iii. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Uuu2/1 Has hir'd meere Rogues..To beate the soldier..for wearing shoulder points, With longer taggs then his.
1740 W. Somervile Hobbinol i. 316 Then with quick Wheel oblique, his Shoulder-point Beneath his Breast he fix'd.
1910 D. W. Thompson tr. Aristotle Hist. Animalium i. 12 The part to the back of the neck is the epomis, or ‘shoulder-point’.
shoulder-pole n. a pole, each end of which rests upon a carrier's shoulder, the load being slung from the centre.
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1888 Cent. Mag. Nov. 35/1 A couple of fettered convicts carrying water in a large wooden bucket slung between them on a shoulder-pole.
shoulder-rest n. a rest for a rifle in experimental firing.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > equipment for use with firearms > [noun] > rest or support
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1868 Rep. Munitions War 44 That two rifles at a time should be shot for accuracy from two shoulder-rests, one on the right, the other on the left of the shooting-stand.
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shoulder-shake1649
1649 J. Cleveland Chron. Decoll. Car. iii Charles our dread Sovereign's murdered!—tremble and View what Convulsions shoulder-shake this Land.
shoulder-shaken adj. (of a beast) strained in the shoulder.
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shoulder-splate1639
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shoulder-shaken1844
shoulder-splayed1882
1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm II. 158 When the roads become very hard, they [beasts] are apt to become shoulder-shaken.
shoulder shield n. a shield-shaped piece of armour used to protect the shoulder.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > body armour > [noun] > shoulder armour
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shoulder-piece1580
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shoulder plate1846
1824 S. R. Meyrick Crit. Inq. into Antient Armour I. Introd. p. xvi Their [sc. the retiarii's] left arms were protected by padded linen..out of which issued a shoulder-shield high enough to guard the face.
1830 S. R. Meyrick Engraved Illustr. Antient Arms & Armour I. Pl. ix, Fig. 6. The shoulder shield which rendered unnecessary a grande-garde on the breast plate.
shoulder-shot adj.
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shoulder-shaken1844
shoulder-splayed1882
1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique i. xxiii. 126 Oxen..being either shoulder-shot [Fr. espaulez] or brused,..are fatted.
shoulder-shot n. a shot fired into the shoulder (of an animal).
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the world > food and drink > hunting > shooting > [noun] > shooting rights
deputation1749
shooting1848
shoot1861
stern shot1863
shoulder-shot1900
1900 F. T. Pollok & W. S. Thom Wild Sports Burma & Assam vi. 212 I gave this [bison] the shoulder-shot with the remaining barrel of my rifle.
shoulder-shotten adj. (of an animal) having a strained or dislocated shoulder (archaic).
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shoulder pight1566
shoulder-shot1600
shoulder-torn1610
shoulder-shottena1616
shoulder-splate1639
shoulder pitched1695
shoulder-slipped1695
shoulder splated1725
shoulder-shaken1844
shoulder-splayed1882
a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) iii. ii. 55 His horse hip'd..and shoulder-shotten . View more context for this quotation
1894 K. Grahame Pagan Papers 108 He [a horse] seems sorely shrunk and shoulder-shotten.
shoulder sling n. dialect a yoke for carrying (milk) pails.
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance by carrying > [noun] > by a person > yoke for carrying
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shoulder sling1813
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sap yoke1878
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1813 St. J. Priest Agric. Bucks 297 in W. Marshall Rev. Rep. to Board Agric. from Midland Dept. Eng. (1815) 545 [The milk is] carried home in pails hanging upon a wooden shoulder sling (as it is called).
shoulder slip n. a strain or dislocation of the shoulder-joint. Hence as adjective.
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shoulder-splate1621
shoulder-wrench1708
shoulder slip1745
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1745 J. Swift Direct. to Servants 71 The Horse will probably take so much Care of him self, as to come off with only a Strain or a Shoulder-slip.
1898 in New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon
shoulder-slipped adj.
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shoulder pight1566
shoulder-shot1600
shoulder-torn1610
shoulder-shottena1616
shoulder-splate1639
shoulder pitched1695
shoulder-slipped1695
shoulder splated1725
shoulder-shaken1844
shoulder-splayed1882
1695 London Gaz. No. 3100/4 Lost.., a black Nag above 13 hands,..lately shoulder slip'd.
1872 Ld. Tennyson Gareth & Lynette 48 They shock'd, and Kay Fell shoulder-slipt.
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shoulder-splate1621
shoulder-wrench1708
shoulder slip1745
shoulder-splating-
1621 J. Taylor Motto A 4 b The necke-cricke, spauins, shoulder~splat, and aches.
c1720 W. Gibson Farriers New Guide ii. lxvii. 263 It is called a Shoulder-splait.
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shoulder-splate1639
shoulder pitched1695
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shoulder-shaken1844
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1639 T. de Gray Compl. Horseman ii. xviii. 309 If your Horse be shoulder splat.
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shoulder splated1725
shoulder-shaken1844
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1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Soldiers Ointment An Ointment..for a Horse that is Shoulder Splaited.
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shoulder-shottena1616
shoulder-splate1639
shoulder pitched1695
shoulder-slipped1695
shoulder splated1725
shoulder-shaken1844
shoulder-splayed1882
1882 Ogilvie's Imperial Dict. (new ed.) Shoulder-splayed.
shoulder stand n. a position in which the body and legs are held up in the air and supported on the shoulders.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > gymnastics > [noun] > actions or positions
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shoulder stand1956
stand1956
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Tsukahara1972
1956 G. C. Kunzle & B. W. Thomas Freestanding iv. 44 Inverted shoulder stand. Start from back lying and raise the legs and hips until vertical.
1977 ‘M. Yorke’ Cost of Silence iv. 32 Sarah was practising the shoulder stand upstairs.
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > public passenger transport > [noun] > number of passengers using specific transport > unbooked coach passenger
cad1790
shoulder-stick1828
1828 Sporting Mag. 21 324 ‘Why do they call the opposition [coach] the Regulator?’ asked Joe Walton's shoulder-stick one day.
shoulder-striker n. U.S. = shoulder-hitter n.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [noun] > violent treatment or force > masterful or bullying > person
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1860 O. W. Holmes Professor at Breakfast-table ix No ‘shoulder-striker’ hits out straighter than a child with its logic.
shoulder-stripe n. a collectors' name for a variety of moth.
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1819 G. Samouelle Entomologist's Compend. 251 Genus Leucania... Sp. 1. Phalæna comma (shoulder stripe wainscot).
1869 E. Newman Illustr. Nat. Hist. Brit. Moths 165 The Shoulder Stripe (Anticlea badiata).
shoulder-striped adj. having a stripe of colour on the shoulder (indicating a species of moth).
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1869 E. Newman Illustr. Nat. Hist. Brit. Moths 264 The Shoulder-striped Wainscot (Leucania Comma).
shoulder tab n. each of the two pieces of material worn at the shoulders of military or other uniform and bearing insignia of rank.
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society > armed hostility > military organization > insignia > [noun] > patch or epaulette
wing1810
flash1918
shoulder board1949
shoulder tab1966
1966 D. Francis Flying Finish v. 66 Gold-braided shoulder tabs on his navy uniform jacket.
shoulder-tap n. the action (of a bailiff) of tapping a person on the shoulder; hence shoulder-tapping.
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society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > arrest > [noun]
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1842 S. Lover Handy Andy xlv If I could get on the press I'd quit the shoulder-tapping profession.
1881 W. Besant & J. Rice Chaplain of Fleet II. i. 14 There was no street..where I did not fear..the unfriendly shoulder-tap of a bailiff.
shoulder throw n. Judo (see quot. 1968).
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > martial arts > [noun] > judo or ju-jitsu > actions or positions
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corner throw1911
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o-goshi1932
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seoi nage1932
take-down1939
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tsukuri1941
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body drop1948
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jigotai1950
kuzushi1950
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tsugi ashi1950
hold-down1954
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shime-waza1954
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ude-gatame1954
uki-gatame1954
osotogari1956
shoulder throw1956
tsurikomi1956
ukemi1956
reap1968
1956 K. Tomiki Judo iii. 73 Seio-nage (Shoulder-throw).
1960 Oxf. Mail 10 Mar. 8/3 Milsom scored a half-point for a shoulder throw then full points for a hip throw and a stranglehold.
1968 K. Smith Judo Dict. 186 Shoulder throws, those made from a standing position and using principally the action of the hands and arms.
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shoulder-tippet n. Entomology = patagium n. 1 ( Cent. Dict.).
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shoulder pight1566
shoulder-shot1600
shoulder-torn1610
shoulder-shottena1616
shoulder-splate1639
shoulder pitched1695
shoulder-slipped1695
shoulder splated1725
shoulder-shaken1844
shoulder-splayed1882
1610 G. Markham Maister-peece ii. lix. 311 Of splayting the shoulder, or of shoulder torne.
1708 J. Kersey Dict. Anglo-Britannicum Shoulder-splaiting or Shoulder-torn, befalls a Horse by some dangerous Slip, so that the Shoulder parts from the Breast.
shoulder-tuft n. Entomology = shoulder-lappet n.
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1899Shoulder-tuft [see shoulder-lappet n.].
shoulder-wedge n. Building (see quot. 1887).
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > framework of building > [noun] > roof-beam > other roof supports
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shoulder-wedge1887
main tie1915
1887 Dict. Archit. (Archit. Publ. Soc.) Shoulder wedge..the block of wood secured to the upper side of the principal rafter of a roof truss, to sustain the purlin.
shoulder wing n. a monoplane wing mounted high on the fuselage but not in the highest position; usually attributive.
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society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > [noun] > plane or aerofoil > wing > types of wing
gull wing1932
shoulder wing1941
delta wing1946
swept wing1947
ogee wing1960
1941 R. A. Saville-Sneath Aircraft Recognition I. ii. 15 Variants of the high-wing type are..Shoulder-wing, a type in which..the wing-roots join the fuselage at the ‘shoulder’, i.e. lower than the normal high-wing but appreciably higher than the mid-wing position.
1962 L. Deighton Ipcress File v. 33 I noticed a twin-engined shoulder wing Grumman S2F-3.
1969 K. Munson Pioneer Aircraft 1903–14 149/1 The Type A was a single~seat, warp-controlled, shoulder-wing monoplane with a 50 h.p. gnome rotary.
shoulder-work n. carrying of burdens; also, continuously hard work.
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the world > movement > transference > [noun] > conveying or transporting > action of carrying > carrying of burdens
shoulder-work1715
the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > [noun] > labour or toil > steady, continuous, or dull
shoulder-work1715
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1715 R. South 12 Serm. IV. 61 It is observed of the Levites, though much of their Ministry was only Shoulder-work, that they had yet a very considerable Time for Preparation.
1886 R. Holland Gloss. Words County of Chester Shoother-wark (shoulder-work), any work that is continuously hard.
shoulder-wrench n. (see quot. 1898).
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shoulder-splate1621
shoulder-wrench1708
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1708 J. Kersey Dict. Anglo-Britannicum Shoulder-wrench, a Strain in a Horse's Shoulder.
1898 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Shoulder wrench, a wrench, sprain, or dislocation of the shoulder.
shoulder-yoke n. a yoke for carrying pails.
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance by carrying > [noun] > by a person > yoke for carrying
yoke-stickeOE
yokea1630
neck yoke1688
bangy1789
shoulder sling1813
shoulder-yoke1862
sap yoke1878
sap neckyoke1905
1862 J. Saunders Abel Drake's Wife x He..adjusted the shoulder-yoke, hooked on the pails, and rose.
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shoulder surf v. slang (originally U.S.) intransitive to engage in shoulder surfing.
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1990 Security Managem. Sept. 128/1 A competitor can find out your passwords by..‘shoulder surfing’ by looking over someone's shoulder as he or she types in the password.
1998 Chicago Tribune 11 Jan. viii. 2/4 Airport thieves can shoulder-surf or videotape you punching in your telephone calling-card number.
2004 ‘Dr. K.’ Hackers' Tales i. 25 The librarian wouldn't punch in the ID and passwords if you were looking over her shoulder, trying to shoulder-surf.
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shoulder surfer n. slang (originally U.S.) a person who engages in shoulder surfing.
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1991 Investor's Business Daily 10 Apr. 8 Shoulder surfers hang around banks of pay phones and copy down the numbers you punch on the keypad.
2001 Scotsman (Electronic ed.) 3 Mar. We are working hard to control the gangs of shoulder surfers in the area, but the problem is still prominent.
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shoulder surfing n. slang (originally U.S.) the practice of surreptitiously watching a person who is using a computer, cashpoint machine, etc., in order to obtain confidential information, such as a password or personal identification number, for fraudulent purposes.
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1985 Computer Decisions 15 July 32/3 Shoulder surfing, the stealing of passwords by watching users sign on to systems at their terminals, is generally a ploy of employees.
1995 Risks Digest (ACM Forum) (Electronic text) 25 Aug. It is easy to get credit card numbers through dumpster diving, shoulder surfing, dishonest retail employees, and telephone scams.
2001 Evening News (Edinb.) (Electronic ed.) 30 June The hapless banker was fooled out of his bank card and PIN number by thieves using the scam known as ‘shoulder surfing’.
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to stand on the shoulders of giants (and variants): to build on the discoveries, achievements, and understanding of the great scholars and thinkers of the past. Hence to stand on the shoulders of (any person or group): to benefit from the knowledge of one's predecessors.The phrase standing on the shoulders of giants is strongly associated with Sir Isaac Newton (1642–1727): see quot. 1676. Earlier in proverbial phrase a dwarf (also child, etc.) standing on the shoulders of a giant sees farther than the giant (now rare; in quot. 1608 as a simile). [Originally after post-classical Latin nanos gigantium humeris insidentes dwarves sitting on the shoulders of giants (12th cent.; attributed by John of Salisbury to Bernard of Chartres).]
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1608 J. White Way to True Church 325 Doctors of these later times..insisting in the steps of the ancient Fathers..are like children standing on the shoulders of giants,..they see further then they [sc. the Fathers] themselues.
1628 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 3) To Reader 8 Though there were many Giants of old in Physick and Philosophy, yet I say with Didacus Stella, A Dwarfe standing on the shoulders of a Giant, may see farther then a Giant himselfe.
1676 I. Newton Let. to R. Hooke 5 Feb. in Corr. (1959) I. 416 What Des-Cartes did was a good step. You have added much in several ways... If I have seen further it is by standing on ye sholders of Giants.
1775 A. Toplady Diss. conc. Sensible Qualitys of Matter in Scheme of Christian & Philos. Necessity Asserted 178 No Dishonor will accrue to this great Man..by observing, that..he stood on the Shoulders of his illustrious Forerunner in Science, Mr. Boyle.
1832 A. Campbell in G. Campbell et al. Sacred Writings Apostles & Evangelists of Jesus Christ (ed. 3) Pref. 54 We have their labors before us... We stand on the shoulders of giants, and, though of less stature, we can see as far as they.
1982 A. Edel Aristotle & his Philos ii. 22 The aphorism that even a dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant sees farther should not obscure what happen when a giant stands on the shoulders of a giant.
1999 Daily Tel. 18 Feb. (Connected section) 13/5 A key feature of technology is the ability to stand on the shoulders of previous generations, with creativity stacked layer on layer.
2021 Federal Way Mirror (U.S.) (Nexis) 23 July Most insect zapper companies do not spend on scientific research... Many..are standing on the shoulders of giants, relying on years of scientific proof to attract and kill mosquitos.
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shoulderv.
/ˈʃəʊldə/, U.S. /ˈʃoʊldər/ 1. figurative.1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie Serm. sig. Ciiij Thys byshoppe was a great man borne, and did beare suche a stroke, that he was able to shoulder the Lord Protectour.1606 J. Carpenter Schelomonocham xv. f. 64 Albeit the king hath been sometimes resisted and shouldered by Adoniah.figurative.1579 W. Wilkinson Confut. Familye of Loue f. 6v For all his..shouldring out the sonne of God.1617 tr. M. A. de Dominis Serm. upon Romanes xiii. 12 15 I conceiue not to what purpose Aristotle..troubled naturall Philosophie, by Shouldring in after Matter and Forme, Priuation for a third principle of naturall bodies.1638 J. Mede Rem. Apoc. iii, in Wks. (1672) 586 A Probability stands in place of a Demonstration, till a greater Probability can be brought to shoulder it out.1785 W. Cowper Task vi. 839 Custom and prejudice..That govern all things here, should'ring aside The meek and modest truth.1880 J. McCarthy Hist. our Own Times III. xxxii. 56 The..Briton began to monopolise the officers' posts every~where. The natives were shouldered out of the high positions.
a. transitive. To push against (a person or thing) with the shoulder; (of a crowd) to push shoulder against shoulder; hence, to push roughly, unceremoniously, or insolently; to thrust aside with the shoulder; to hustle, jostle. Now rare or Obsolete except as in 1b.
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c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) 1056 Þe chaunpiouns..Shuldreden he ilc oþer, and lowen.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 12034 Wiþ þat þer come a childe in hy. and shulderred ihesu with grete enuy.
?c1450 in G. J. Aungier Hist. & Antiq. Syon Monastery (1840) 259 If any schulder pusche or threten to smyte another.
1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. cccxlii. 537 And in the passyng by, Bernarde sholdred sir Langurantes horse in suche wyse, that the lorde fell out of the sadell.
c1592 Faire Em sig. C1v Lord Marques, you offerd me disgrace to shoulder me.
1629 F. Quarles Argalus & Parthenia iii. 142 So that both men, and horse Shouldring each other, with a double force Fell to the ground.
1713 N. Rowe Jane Shore v. i Around her, numberless, the rabble flowed, Shouldering each other, crowding for a view.
1802 R. Bloomfield Rural Tales 4 You shoulder'd me; then laugh'd to see Me and my Gotch spin down the Hill.
b. With adverb or adverbial phrase expressing the result of the action.
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the world > movement > impelling or driving > pushing and pulling > push and pull [verb (transitive)] > push > aside
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a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 13741 Ne wiste þai neuer quat to say. ilkan shuldered oþer a-way.
1573 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 50 Momus him self wil sooner be shouldrid out of heaven.
1607 G. Markham Cavelarice vi. 48 Now for the rules of foule play [in horse-racing], as..the striking your aduersaries horse thwart the face.., the shouldring him vp into vneuen pathes..whereby you may indanger to ouerthrowe him.
1624 T. Scott Belgick Souldier 31 They haue..by maine force shouldred open the Castillian gates.
1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering II. 261 The stranger..divided the press, shouldering from him..both drunk and sober passengers.
1835 L. Hunt Town (1848) iii. 160 Here at all events he [Dr. Johnson] walked and talked and shouldered wondering porters out of the way.
1846 C. Dickens Pictures from Italy 171 Ecclesiastics..having their humility gratified to the utmost, by being shouldered about.
1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) vi. 50 ‘Be off, you foolth!’ said this gentleman—shouldering off a great number of the crowd.
1850 C. Kingsley Alton Locke II. vii. 89 He skipped up by the speaker's side, and gently shouldered him down.
1887 M. Shearman Athletics & Football (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) 349 Trying to shoulder him round and send him staggering off the ball.
1889 F. E. Gretton Memory's Harkback 178 A French Marshal met an English Colonel in the street, and shouldered him off the causeway.
c. To ‘rub shoulders’ with, mix with. rare.
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society > society and the community > social relations > have social communication with [verb (transitive)]
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1851 M. Reid Scalp Hunters III. lvii. 221 I had shouldered society..enough to render me slightly sceptical of it [sc. love's purity].
2. transferred of inanimate things.
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the world > movement > impact > striking > striking in specific manner > strike in specific manner [verb (transitive)] > strike with pushing action > give a push to > jostle > specifically of things
shoulder1590
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. xi. sig. Lv The rolling billowes beat the ragged shore, As they the earth would shoulder from her seat.
1603 M. Drayton Barrons Wars vi. xxiv. 130 And when some brooke..By swelling waters proudly ouer-flow'd, Stoppeth his current, shouldreth downe his mound.
1625 N. Carpenter Geogr. Delineated i. ii. 23 The Water being the most ponderous and waighty,..shoulders out the Aire.
1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 494 Shouldering all the Northerne shore of the Caspian, it runneth along..by the high looking walls of China.
1644 K. Digby Two Treat. i. xix. 175 The latter graines were shouldered of by others that already besieged the superficies.
1796 Hist. Ned Evans I. 220 Neither could he conceal his indignation at the vile watch-house shouldering King William's statue.
1817 S. T. Coleridge Biogr. Lit. (Bohn) 15 Walls of rock..shouldering back the billows.
1866 W. R. Alger Solitudes Nature & Man i. 19 From the equator to the poles the waves shoulder their fellows.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. (at cited word) When a seaman..gives his ship too little cable to ride by, she may be thrown across tide, lift or shoulder her anchor, and drift off.
3. Of troops: To push, force, drive back (an opposing force); to manœuvre or turn.
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society > armed hostility > defence > holding out or making stand > hold [verb (transitive)] > repel
defendc1330
rebukec1380
rebut?a1425
rebatea1475
repel?a1475
repulse?a1475
rechasec1475
to set aside1522
push?1571
shoulder1581
to beat back1593
1581 T. Styward Pathwaie to Martiall Discipline i. 21 This battaile [i.e. disposition of troops] is of great force to shoulder and beate downe the enimie.
1887 Athenæum 24 Sept. 398/3 Thus rendering it possible two days later to shoulder the French off the direct road to Berlin.
4. figurative.1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 76/1 It is a sinne..for a mortall man to..shoulder against God, and fight against his glorie.1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 409 Not contented with such possessions..he began to shoulder for more roome.
a. absol. and intransitive. To push with the shoulder; to use the shoulders (in a struggle or contest). Const. against, at. Also to shoulder it.
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the world > movement > impact > striking > striking in specific manner > strike in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > strike with pushing action > give a push > with the shoulder
shouldera1440
a1440 Found. St. Barth. Hosp. ii. Prol. (1886) 77 And menne presydde hydder thykly for variawnte causys, and shuldrid to gider.
a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) ii. f. 51v And soch runners, as commonlie, they shoue and sholder to stand formost.
1688 J. Bunyan Good News for Vilest of Men 101 They shoulder and croud, and say, Pray give way... Wherefore up, and shoulder it, Man: Say, Stand away Devil.
1817 W. Scott Rob Roy I. v. 110 All tramped, kicked, plunged, shouldered, and jostled.
1894 R. D. Blackmore Perlycross III. ix. 174 Some working at his legs, and some shouldering at his loins.
b. To make one's way by pushing with the shoulders; more fully to shoulder one's way; also reflexive. With various prepositions and adverbs. Also transferred and figurative.
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society > travel > [verb (intransitive)] > forcibly
shovec888
thrustc1330
crowda1415
throngc1440
thrumble?a1513
to shoulder one's way1581
to make one's way1589
bear1594
push1602
jostle1622
force1653
way1694
squeeze1704
to push one's way1716
thrutchc1837
barge1888
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > forward movement > move forward or advance [verb (intransitive)] > with persistence, effort, or urgency
shovec888
thringc893
thresta1225
wina1300
thrustc1330
pressa1375
throngc1440
wrestc1450
thrimp1513
to put forward1529
intrude1562
breast1581
shoulder1581
haggle1582
strivea1586
wrestle1591
to push on (also along)1602
elabour1606
contend1609
to put on?1611
struggle1686
worry1702
crush1755
squeege1783
battle1797
scrouge1798
sweat1856
flounder1861
pull?1863
tank1939
bulldozer1952
terrier1959
1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 383 b [He] lyke a false Prophet shouldreth forewardes.
1615 T. Adams Blacke Devill 27 Hee [sc. Satan] shoulders to the barre, and pops in a forged euidence.
1720 N. Amhurst Epist. 9 On me they never cast an Eye, But take their Snuff and shoulder by.
a1806 H. K. White Remains (1807) II. 231 The design of shouldering himself into notice.
1835 W. Irving Tour on Prairies xxix As the ground was level, they [buffaloes] shouldered along with great speed.
1842 Ld. Tennyson Audley Court in Poems (new ed.) II. 42 Then we shoulder'd through the swarm.
1879 L. Stephen Hours in Libr. 3rd Ser. vii. 323 The Englishman..goes on trampling upon acuter sensibilities, but somehow shouldering his way successfully through the troubles of the universe.
1893 R. Kipling Many Inventions 12 A couple of junks came shouldering through from the north.
c. To ‘rub shoulders’, stand shoulder to shoulder with. ? Obsolete.
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the world > space > distance > nearness > be near to [verb (transitive)] > be in contact with > rub shoulders with
shoulder1690
to rub shouldersa1732
to rub elbows1750
1690 J. Dryden Don Sebastian iv. i. 74 What shall the People know their God-like Prince..Headed a Rabble, and profan'd his Person, Shoulder'd with Filth?
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Lagomorpha (rabbits and hares) > [verb (intransitive)] > occupy lair
shoulderc1486
form1575
seat1596
c1486 Bk. St. Albans f vij b An haare in her forme shulderyng or leenyng.
a. transitive. To put (soldiers) shoulder to shoulder in close rank. Also transferred. Also with up. Obsolete.
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the world > space > distance > nearness > be near to [verb (transitive)] > place near > place adjacent
to lay toa1382
shoulder1591
jowl1654
juxtaposita1680
neighbour1791
juxtapose1851
1591 E. Spenser Ruines of Rome in Complaints 213 Like as ye see the wrathfull Sea from farre, In a great mountaine heap't..Eftsoones of thousand billowes shouldred narre.
1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres iii. 40 The which [files] being shouldred vp close together.
1604 M. Drayton Moyses iii. 61 Which by the stroke of that commaunding wand, Shoulder the rough seas forcibly together.
b. intransitive. To stand shoulder to shoulder. Obsolete.
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the world > space > distance > nearness > be near [verb (intransitive)] > be in contact > be in close contact > in specific manner
shoulder1603
spoon1887
1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 200 The Christians..shouldering close together in their charge, would be like a rock of yron.
1781 W. Cowper Table Talk 137 If guards, mechanically form'd in ranks,..Should'ring, and standing as if struck to stone.
7. † c. transferred. Of a thing: To prop up. figurative. Of the terms of an argument: To back up. Obsolete.
a. transitive. To support with, bear up or carry on the shoulder or shoulders; to take or place on one's shoulder to be carried. Also spec. of a racehorse, to carry (a specified weight) on the back.
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the world > space > relative position > support > [verb (transitive)] > on the head or shoulders
shoulder1611
atlas1859
the world > movement > transference > [verb (transitive)] > convey or transport > carry > carry on back or shoulders > take on back or shoulders to be carried
shoulder1611
subhumerate1628
endorse1807
superhumerate1837
ship1910
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by purpose used for > [verb (transitive)] > carry rider > carry specific weight
shoulder1939
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Espauler,..to shoulder; to support with, or beare on the shoulders.
1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 180 They cut a whole Tree down, and..shoulder'd it with great Clamours.
1845 J. Coulter Adventures Pacific viii. 93 I determined..to shoulder my gun, and walk right round the island.
1851 W. Collins Rambles beyond Railways (1852) vii. 122 We shouldered our knapsacks, and started for the Lizard.
1865 R. S. Hawker in All Year Round XIII. 154/2 The people..gathered up fragments of the wreck for fuel, and shouldered them away.
1883 R. L. Stevenson Treasure Island vi. xxxii. 271 Hearing no further sound, they shouldered the tools and set forth again.
1939 Country Life 11 Feb. 156/2 Last year, when shouldering 10st. 2lb., he fell at Becher's Brook on the second circuit.
1977 Western Morning News 30 Aug. 11/7 The six-year-old was returning to the course of his previous success this season, and for that win was shouldering a 7lb. penalty.
b. figurative †To forward; to help or push on; to prop up; to second (obsolete). Also to take upon oneself as a burden (expense, responsibility, etc.).
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the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > furtherance > further [verb (transitive)]
furtherc888
to bring onc1230
advancea1250
speeda1300
nourishc1300
avaunt1393
promotec1433
pasture?a1439
advantage?1459
promove1475
preferc1503
conduce1518
to set forth1528
to set forward(s)1530
to take forth1530
fillip1551
help1559
farther1570
foster1571
shoulder1577
to put forward1579
seconda1586
foment1596
hearten1598
to put on1604
fomentate1613
succeed1613
expeditea1618
producea1618
maturate1623
cultivate1641
encourage1677
push1693
forward1780
progress1780
admove1839
the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > [verb (transitive)]
lasteOE
i-hentc1225
uphold?c1225
upbeara1300
sustainc1300
understand13..
uplift1338
maintainc1350
supporta1393
underset1395
buttressc1400
supprise1447
bolster1508
stay1526
stay1526
undershore?a1534
underpropa1535
to hold up by the chin1546
back1548
suborn1548
suffult?c1550
upshore?1567
shoulder1577
upstay1600
underwrite1609
abone1622
crutch1641
float1823
backstop1956
the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > [verb (transitive)] > support or stand by
sustainc1325
bear1535
to stand or fall1535
shoulder1577
society > morality > duty or obligation > responsibility > be responsible for [verb (transitive)] > take upon oneself as a responsibility
answera1200
to stand to ——1540
to charge oneself with1727
shoulder1900
1577 R. Stanyhurst Hist. Irelande iii. 102/1 in R. Holinshed Chron. I She began to incline to hir wooer his request, to the ende hir nephew should haue bene the better by his countenaunce shouldered.
1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis ii. 26 Thee Greeks assuraunce in Pallas whoalye remayned And with her assistaunce theyre wars were shouldered always.
1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. v. iii. §15. 511 The yong Nephew..regarded only..the much monie that his grand-father had laied out in vaine, to shoulder vp a falling house.
1685 C. Cotton tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. I. xli. 501 The greatest of Scipio's acts were in part due to Lelius, whose constant practice it was to advance and shoulder [Fr. seconder] Scipio's grandeur and renown.
1900 Westm. Gaz. 14 Nov. 2/2 The local Progressives are public-spirited enough to shoulder the expense.
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the world > space > relative position > support > [verb (transitive)]
to bear upeOE
underbearc950
bearOE
holdc1000
weighc1200
to hold up1297
upholda1300
sustainc1330
undersetc1330
comforta1382
underbear1382
upbear1390
sustaina1398
upkeepc1412
carrya1425
supporta1425
chargea1500
convey1514
avoke1529
confirm1542
stay1548
to carry up1570
bolster1581
lift1590
upstay1590
atlas1593
sustent1605
statuminatea1628
firm1646
appui1656
establish1664
shoulder1674
to keep up1681
upheave1729
withhold1769
the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > attest, bear witness [verb (transitive)] > support, corroborate
fasteneOE
i-sothea925
sustainc1325
witness1362
approvec1380
confirmc1384
affirma1393
justifya1393
to bear outa1475
corrobore1485
uphold1485
nourisha1522
underpinc1522
to countenance outa1529
favoura1530
soothe1544
strengthen1548
comfort1593
second1596
accredit1598
evidencea1601
warrantise1600
compact1608
back1612
thickena1616
accreditate1654
shoulder1674
support1691
corroborate1706
carry1835
to give (also lend) colour1921
1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 99 And though the ‘may be’ in the Argument came starveling alone without any thing of proof to back it, yet the ‘may not be’ in the Answer shall be thus shoulder'd up.
1675 C. Cotton Planters Man. 16 It is good also to shoulder or clod up the Tree for three foot about, and some four foot high.
8.
a. Military. To place (a weapon, etc.) upon the shoulder. Also absol. †Also in passive of a soldier: To have his musket shouldered. to shoulder one's or a rifle etc., is often used for: to join the ranks, to enlist as a soldier.
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society > armed hostility > military organization > enlistment or recruitment > enlist soldiers [verb (intransitive)] > enlist as a soldier
to take wages1338
shoulder1594
to take service1634
list1643
to take the shilling1707
enlist1776
to shoulder walnut1838
join1844
to join up1916
attest1917
society > armed hostility > military equipment > arming or equipping with weapons > arm or equip [verb (transitive)] > take up (arms)
to take on1565
shoulder1594
1594 J. Smythe Certen Instr. Militarie 5 They are then to say to the first ranke: Shoulder your piques and march; which is as much to say: Lay your piques vpon your right shoulders and march.
1625 G. Markham Souldiers Accidence 24 Shoulder your Musquet, and carry your Rest in the right hand.
1639 W. Barriffe Mil. Discipline (ed. 2) i. 4 Thus being armed, with Muskets shouldered, some account their Postures to begin from this place.
1639 W. Barriffe Mil. Discipline (ed. 2) i. 5 Thus having charged some men will shoulder and so from thence make ready.
1672 T. Venn Mil. Observ. 37 The Musquetteer being shouldered Command..Unshoulder your Musquet, and Poyse.
1770 O. Goldsmith Deserted Village 158 The broken soldier..shoulder'd his crutch.
1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. II. i. xi. 77 They have shouldered, soldier-wise, their shovels and picks.
1847 Infantry Man. (1854) 40 a Wait for the word of command of the officer to shoulder.
1859 J. M. Jephson & L. Reeve Narr. Walking Tour Brittany xiv. 234 Many a poor gentleman finds himself obliged to shoulder a musket.
b. to shoulder arms (esp. imperative as a word of command): to hold one's rifle in a nearly vertical position, the barrel resting against the shoulder and the butt in the hollow of the hand; also figurative in Cricket (see quot. 1966); hence at shoulder arms, at the position directed by this word of command.
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society > armed hostility > drill or training > [adverb] > positions of weapon
at the high port1833
at the ready1837
at shoulder arms1844
society > armed hostility > drill or training > drill [verb (intransitive)] > position weapons
recover arms (also swords)1685
to support arms1779
to secure arms1795
to shoulder arms1844
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > batting > bat [verb (intransitive)] > not attempt stroke
to shoulder arms1966
1844 Queen's Regulations & Orders Army 260 Shoulder Arms.
1847 Infantry Man. (1854) 30 Serjeants..will remain steady at Shoulder Arms.
1853 G. J. Whyte-Melville Digby Grand vii The brigade ‘shoulder arms’ preparatory to receiving..the time-honoured hero who is to inspect them.
1966 B. Johnston Armchair Cricket 111 Shoulder arms, an expression used to describe a batsman's action when he holds the bat aloft over his shoulder as he allows the ball to go by on the off-side without attempting a stroke.
1975 Daily Mirror 16 Aug. 28/2 Ross Edwards immediately walked into the next ball, shouldered arms and was leg before.
1977 Sunday Times 30 Jan. 30/3 The next ball hit Gaekwad on the pad as he shouldered arms.
a. To cut up the carcass of (a lamb, kid, etc.). Cf. shoulder-knife n. at shoulder n. Compounds 3. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > preparation of meat > dress animals for food [verb (transitive)] > cut up lamb or kid
shoulderc1486
c1486 Bk. St. Albans f vij b [Termys..of breekyng or dressyng of dyverse beestis..] a Lambe shulderide, a Kidde shulderide.
b. (See quot. 1844 at shouldering n. 1a.)
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1566 T. Blundeville Order curing Horses Dis. iii. f. 3v, in Fower Offices Horsemanshippe As when a horse is shouldered by meanes of some outwarde force, or his backe galled wyth the Saddle.
11.
a. To furnish (a thing) with a shoulder; to cut shoulders or a shoulder on; to fit into with a shoulder. Also with down, up.
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the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > project from (something) [verb (transitive)] > furnish with projecting part
shoulder1438
snout1753
fin1933
1438 [implied in: 1438 in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) I. 11 Schulderying de le gystes. (at shouldering n. 1a)].
1733 J. Tull Horse-hoing Husbandry xxiii. 168 The Tenon is also shoulder'd on each Side.
a1734 R. North Life Sir D. North & Rev. J. North (1744) 198 At Powis House..they shouldered and keyed the Portico Arches with Pieces of Stone.
1776 W. Marshall Minutes Agric. 9 May (1778) I shouldered the spikes,..leaving a small triangular shoulder at each angle of the square stump.
1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) IV. 206/1 The spokes are then shouldered down slightly taper-wise.
1884 R. F. Burton Bk. of Sword 142 The Sword should be tightly mounted and well shouldered-up before and behind.
1901 J. Black Illustr. Carpenter & Builder Ser.: Scaffolding 35 The staves must now be fitted..by shouldering them at the marks made.
b. Slating. (See quot. 1833.)
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1833 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Cottage Archit. §1122 The roofs to be covered with the best dark blue slate.., to be well shouldered in haired lime (the upper part of each row bedded in lime).
12. intransitive. Of inanimate things: To form a shoulder, project as a shoulder, or spread out into a shoulder; also with up.
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the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > project or be prominent [verb (intransitive)]
tootc897
shootc1000
to come outOE
abuta1250
to stand outc1330
steek?c1335
risea1398
jutty14..
proferc1400
strutc1405
to stick upa1500
issuec1515
butt1523
to stick outc1540
jut1565
to run out1565
jet1593
gag1599
poke1599
proke1600
boke1601
prosiliate1601
relish1611
shoulder1611
to stand offa1616
protrude1704
push1710
projecta1712
protend1726
outstand1755
shove1850
outjut1851
extrude1852
bracket1855
to corbel out1861
to set out1892
pier1951
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Espaulette Maçonnerie à espaulettes,..walls..left..shouldering, bearing, or standing out in one place more then in another.
1678 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. i. 5 Because the Chaps [of the Square Nos'd Hand-Vice] do not stand shouldering in the way.
1858 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 15 Jan. in French & Ital. Notebks. (1980) i. 39 Farther off, we could see blue hills, shouldering high above the intermediate ones.
1870 Daily News 12 Nov. The hill shoulders up very steeply for three-fourths its height.
13. transitive (Horticulture) To tie out the ‘shoulders’ of (bunches of grapes).
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > viticulture > [verb (transitive)] > tie out bunches of grapes
shoulder1842
1842 J. C. Loudon Suburban Horticulturist 461 Finished shouldering the Hamburgh, and thinning the Sweetwater and St. Peter's (neither of the two latter wants shouldering much).
14. slang. (See quots.)
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > public passenger transport > travel on (public vehicle) [verb (intransitive)] > take up unbooked passengers (of coachman)
shoulder1823
the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > embezzlement or misappropriation > embezzle or misappropriate [verb (transitive)] > rob by > a servant his master
shoulder1864
1823 ‘J. Bee’ Slang at Shouldering Among stage~coachmen, to shoulder, is to take up passengers on own account, without consulting the proprietors.
1864 J. C. Hotten Slang Dict. (new ed.) Shoulder, when a servant embezzles his master's money, he is said to shoulder his employer.
15. transitive. To cross the shoulder of (a mountain).
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1891 Harper's Mag. Sept. 578/1 Jo struck across country to shoulder Ouse Mountain.
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