warningn.1
/ˈwɔːnɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈwɔrnɪŋ/ The action of warn v.1† 1. Taking heed, precaution. Obsolete.Spenser's use suggests that the antithesis of ‘warning’ and ‘weird’ (fate) may have survived proverbially.figurative.1828 W. Scott Aunt Margaret's Mirror Introd. A little group of trees, that still grace the eastern end,..have just received warning to quit, expressed by a daub of white paint.† 7. Previous notice of being called upon to perform some duty. Obsolete.† 8. † b. a by warning: a private hint or prompting to do something. Obsolete.† c. A notice or signal that a certain hour has come, or that it is time to do something. Obsolete.† 9. A summons, command for attendance. Obsolete.† 10. The action of advertising (lost property).† 11. Law. = garnishment n. Obsolete.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > caution > [noun]
wareness971
warelinessc1000
warningc1000
beseeing1340
cautel1531
warefulness1548
wariness1552
chariness1571
circumspectness1581
circumspection1598
warisomeness1607
guard1609
cautionateness1619
cautelousnessa1624
cautiona1639
cautiousness1649
guardedness1807
cacannyness1917
pussy-footedness1917
pussyfooting1956
leeriness1961
c1000 Solomon & Saturn 427 Full oft ic frode menn fyrn gehyrde Secgan..hwæðer wære twegra..strengra, wyrd ðe warnung.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. iv. sig. Ff3 But ah, who can deceiue his destiny, Or weene by warning to auoyd his fate?
2.
a. Previous intimation or threat of impending evil or danger. Phrase, to give warning (to), to warn. Also Scottish to make warning.Scarborough warning: see Scarborough warning n. at Scarborough n. 1a.
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > warning of imminent danger or evil > [noun]
warningOE
warnishinga1400
monition?a1475
premonition1533
animadvertencec1550
preadmonition1652
animadvertisement1655
forewarning1659
premunition1693
warna1851
warnishment1894
OE Crist III 921 Þæt mæg wites to wearninga þam þe hafað wisne geþoht, þæt se him eallunga owiht ne ondrædeð.
a1300 Cursor Mundi 2993 O þis warning he þam tald, And þai þam dred both yong and ald.
1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 8764 To opene my mouþ y ne dar ne may, Bot hit be a byhouely þyng at nede, Þat were warnyng of tokene of dede.
c1430 Syr Gener. (Roxb.) 2279 Of treason first I gaf him warnyng, Therfor I haue lost my living.
1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) v. 502 Thai maid him mony tyme varnyng, Quhen that thai his tynsale mycht se.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. ccxiv The erle of Warwycke..wrote to the Marques Montacute..geuynge hym warnyng, and aduertesyng him in what perill their whole affayres stode in.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. xi. sig. K3v As two broad Beacons..Send forth their flames..And warning giue, that enimies conspyre, With fire and sword the region to inuade.
c1600 Timon (1980) i. ii. 6 I gyue thee fayre warning.
1656 N. Bernard Life J. Usher 91 So great a Prophet..might have at some speciall times more then ordinary motions and impulses in doing the Watch-mans part, of giving warning of Judgements approaching.
1681 H. Prideaux Lett. (1875) 91 They talk nothing now but of wageing war with ye King... However they thought fit first to give his Majesty some warneing.
c1718 M. Prior Paulo Purganti 160 I give you warning: You'll die before to-morrow morning.
1759 D. Hume Hist. Eng. under House of Tudor I. 84 He gave his master warning of the danger [later edd. He made warning of the danger to his master].
1815 W. Scott Lord of Isles iv. xxvi. 163 ‘In murderous strife,’ Said Bruce, ‘his warning saved my life.’
1846 A. Marsh Father Darcy II. xvi. 276 [Tresham] insisted vehemently that warning should be given to the Lord Mounteagle, his kinsman.
1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xviii. 229 The banished oppressor had at least given Englishmen fair warning.
b. A sign or portent of coming evil.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > an omen, sign, portent > [noun] > of evil
warningc1325
portent1562
urchin showa1616
urchin blast1637
menetekel1649
omening1796
mene mene tekel1840
fate1850
c1325 Yesterday 55 in Minor Poems fr. Vernon MS. 676 Nis non so fresch on fote to fare..Ne non so bold, Beores to bynde Þat he naþ warmynges [read warnynges] to beo ware.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) ii. ii. 80 And these does she apply, for warnings and portents, And euils imminent. View more context for this quotation
a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1680 (1955) IV. 235 Comets..may be warnings from God, as they commonly are for-runners of his Annimadversions.
1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho I. vi. 183 But I have heard it these many years, and outlived the warning.
1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VII. 767 This is called the ‘warning’ of the attack, or in medical terminology, the ‘aura’.
3. Advice to beware of a person or thing as being dangerous.
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > warning of imminent danger or evil > [noun] > warning to beware of a person or thing
warninga1250
a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Nero) (1952) 27 Al holi writ is ful of warningge of eie. Dauid seide. auerte oculos meos ne uideant uanitatem.
1842 C. Dickens Amer. Notes II. viii. 243 There we all stood, watching this revolving light upon the rock at Holyhead, and praising it for its brightness and its friendly warning.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xi. 83 Urged by the warnings of our..guide, we..began the descent.
1870 A. R. Wallace Contrib. Theory Nat. Select. (1871) 118 Some..perceived signal was therefore necessary to serve as a warning to birds never to touch these uneatable kinds [of caterpillars].
1888 F. Hume Madame Midas i. i. 19 The result of this blind confidence justified the warnings of her friends.
4.
a. Deterrent counsel; cautionary advice against imprudent or vicious action, or neglect of duty.
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the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > advice > [noun] > cautionary advice or admonition
warningc1000
monishinga1382
admonition?c1400
monitionc1400
advertisementc1475
monishment1483
premonishment?1548
document1549
caveat1557
warner1565
commonition1566
monitory?1567
commonefaction1576
memento1580
lessoning1583
alarm1608
beacon1609
cautiona1616
documentation1753
heads up1977
the mind > will > motivation > demotivation > [noun] > deterring > deterrent counsel
warningc1000
c1000 Ælfric De Veteri et de Novo Test. (Gr.) 7 [The Book of Proverbs is] wisdomes bigspell and warnung wið disig.
c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 378 He had many grete warnyngis of hydousnes & perille of þis synne.
1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. iv. 431 The kyng [sc. Saul] spared, For-bar hym and hus beste bestes..Otherwise than god wolde by warnyng of the prophete.
c1400 Brut 116 Þe gode man warnede ham ofte-tymes þat folie to lete; but his warnyng availede litel for þe loue bituene ham was so miche.
c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 8 Þou..awȝtyst gretly to desyre to heryn his warnyng & his teching.
?1473 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Recuyell Hist. Troye (1894) II. lf. 268v O what pyte was hyt, That the Troyans beleuyd not this warnyng and Amonycion.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Prov. x. A A wyse man wil receaue warnynge, but a foole wil sooner be smytten in the face.
1540 J. Palsgrave in tr. G. Gnapheus Comedye of Acolastus i. i. sig. Diijv Surely he were a gaye gyuer of warnynge, yf his aduyse were ought worthe.
1642 J. Taylor Whole Life Henry Walker sig. A3 But all these faire warnings could not make M. Walker give over writing, lying and Libelling.
1713 N. Rowe Jane Shore iv. 47 Oh! should'st thou wrong her Just Heav'n shall double all thy Woes upon thee, And make 'em know no End—Remember this As the last Warning of a dying Man.
1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xix. 344 ‘My Lord,’ said the King,..‘you will live to repent the part which you are taking in this matter.’ The warning was disregarded.
1858 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) II. ix. 322 History is never weary of repeating its warnings against narrow judgements.
1907 F. P. Verney & M. M. Verney Mem. Verney Family 17th Cent. (ed. 2 reissued) II. 54 Abstaining from a single word of reproach for the past or of warning for the future.
b. An experience, sight, etc. that serves as a caution; a deterrent example.
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the mind > will > motivation > demotivation > [noun] > deterring > a deterrent example
mirrora1350
ensamplea1400
samplea1400
warning1613
caution1878
1613 J. Saris Jrnl. in Voy. Japan (1900) 41 They laye a good while aboard of hir, and charged them to take this for a wardning [sic], and giue ouer there scoffing of them, or the next time they would teach them better manner.
1684 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 2nd Pt. 96 Let Christian's slips before he came hither, and the Battels that he met with in this place, be a warning to those that come after. View more context for this quotation
1771 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. lxvii. 305 It deserves to be recorded for the curiosity of the fact, and should be given to the public as a warning to every honest member of society.
1857 F. D. Maurice Epist. St. John xi. 170 Such a man is a spectacle and a warning to us all.
c. to take warning: to alter one's course of action when warned of its danger. Const. by (another's ill-fortune, etc.).
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the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > vigilance > be vigilant or on one's guard [verb (intransitive)] > take warning
to take warning1550
to give (also take, raise) the alarm1570
1550 R. Crowley One & Thyrtye Epigrammes sig. Civv An example thou shalt be That all stouburne priestes may take warnyng by the.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) iii. i. 26 He wold embrace no counsell, take no warning by my comming. View more context for this quotation
1684 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 2nd Pt. 61 I think it is well that they hang so near the High-way that others may see and take warning . View more context for this quotation
1859 Ld. Tennyson Enid in Idylls of King 81 Girl, for I see you scorn my courtesies, Take warning.
d. the usual warning: the caution that a police officer making an arrest is bound to give, viz. that anything the suspect says may be taken down and used in evidence against him or her.
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society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > arrest > [noun] > caution given by arresting officer
caution1888
the usual warning1931
1919 Gregg & McGrath Police Constable's Guide (ed. 3) p. xlix Persons in custody should not be questioned without the usual caution being first administered.]
1931 ‘G. Trevor’ Murder at School xiii. 255 I gave her the usual warning, of course, but she began to talk, all the same.
1975 ‘R. Player’ Let's talk of Graves v. 181 Holding my warrant in my right hand, I then gave her the usual warning and arrested her.
e. The action or an instance of warning (someone) off: see warn v.1 6d.
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the mind > will > motivation > demotivation > [noun] > deterring
deterring1642
determent1646
deterrence1861
warning1977
1977 K. Benton Red Hen Conspiracy ix. 56 He gets an ambiguous warning-off from the Embassy, but that doesn't stop him.
1980 D. Francis Reflex xv. 181 They could have half-killed me... All they were truly delivering was a warning off.
1981 Times Lit. Suppl. 30 Jan. 108/5 The warning off of the racing correspondent of the Morning Post.
5.
a. Previous notice of an event whether good or bad. †in warning: by way of warning. Also, time allowed for preparation, interval between the notice and the event (e.g. in long warning, short warning, a day's warning, etc.).
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society > communication > information > intimation or making known > intimate or make known [phrase]
to warn beforec1275
in warningc1370
to warn custos1558
to give (also to have) notice1582
to give warning of1611
the world > time > [noun] > stretch, period, or portion of time > period of time between events or interval > between notice and event
warningc1370
society > communication > information > intimation or making known > [noun] > previous notice (of an event (good or bad))
prewarning1603
warninga1616
pre-noticea1680
pre-notification1765
pre-intimation1770
advance notice1859
c1370 Kyne Roberd of Cysille 464 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. (1864) I. 286 The aungelle gaf hym in warnynge Of the tyme of hys levynge.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 21879 He sends us þis all in warning, For to be warr of his cuming.
?1471 in C. L. Kingsford Stonor Lett. & Papers (1919) I. 117 A pryve seall..was delivered to him on Munday..which as your maystership knoweth well was right shorte warnyng.
1560 F. Allen in Lodge Illustr. Brit. Hist. (1791) I. 345 The Quene's Mate hathe sworne that the daye and tyme shall be kepte secrete to herself,..so as the very tyme..will be so shorte and sodeyne that men are like to have small warninge of the matter.
c1590 C. Marlowe Faustus 391 Thou art at an houres warning whensoeuer or wheresoeuer the diuell shall fetch thee.
1607 Statutes in M. H. Peacock Hist. Free Gram. School Wakefield (1892) 59 Lawfull warninge of the daye of the election.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) iv. iv. 59 The worst is this,—that at so slender warning, You are like to haue a thin and slender pittance. View more context for this quotation
1617 F. Moryson Itinerary ii. 44 The truce..was then concluded..till the Calends of May, except either of them should give fourteen daies warning of their purpose to breake the same.
1640 J. Fletcher & J. Shirley Night-walker iv. sig. H2 But this will be reveng'd in a short warning.
a1701 H. Maundrell Journey Aleppo to Jerusalem (1703) 103 Where an Angel gave the Blessed Virgin three days warning of her Death.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iv. 479 At a moment's warning the Sheriff adjourned the poll to Newport Pagnell.
b. In some clocks, the rattling or whirring noise which precedes the striking.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > vibratory sound > [noun] > whirr > specifically of clock
warning1775
1775 J. Berridge Let. 11 Apr. in Wks. (1864) 388 This, like the warning of a clock, prepares for the stroke.
1843 Penny Cycl. XXVII. 107/1 From that time till the hand comes to 60 the clock is on the warning.
1850 E. B. Denison Rudimentary Treat. Clock & Watch Making i. lxxxix. 119 The noise made by this is called giving warning.
1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2724/2 The warning-piece, by starting the fly, causes a rustling noise, which is the precursor of the striking, and is called the warning.
c. U.S. local. (See quot. 1807) ? Obsolete.
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the world > life > death > obsequies > [noun] > a funeral > morning or day before
warning1807
1807 C. W. Janson Stranger in Amer. 422 On such occasions [sc. burial of the dead] what they call ‘warnings’ is the day before, or early in the morning, given of the funeral.
d. A signal given by means of a siren, etc., to indicate that an air attack is imminent, an air-raid warning. Cf. alert n. 1b.
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society > armed hostility > military organization > signals > [noun] > signal of air attack
Mournful Mary1917
maroon1918
Mournful Maria1925
Moaning Minnie1939
alert1940
warning1940
1917 Flying 1 Aug. 18/2 The Home Secretary stated..that air-raid warnings would be given by signal rockets.
1938 Lancet 9 July 90/2 The current theory is that there will be an air-raid warning, after which the population will go to shelters..and stay there till the all-clear signal.
1940 H. Nicolson Diary 7 Sept. (1967) 111 The all-clear sounds at 6, but there is another warning at 8 which actually lasts till 5.30 a.m.
1953 R. Lehmann Echoing Grove 284 There are several regulars who bustle along the moment the Warning goes and don't stick their noses out again till the All-clear.
1982 T. Fitzgibbon With Love i. viii. 57 The air-raid siren had sounded..but a warning about a week previously had amounted to very little.
6. Notice of the termination of a business relation, given by one of the parties to the other; esp. by a landlord to a tenant, a master to a servant, an employer to an employee, or vice versa.
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society > communication > information > intimation or making known > [noun] > agreement to terminate at specified time
warning1432
notice1765
time notice1892
1432 Paston Lett. I. 33 The said Erle desireth that..he may, by warnyng to my Lordes..be and stande freely discharged of the saide occupation..about the Kinges persone.
1562–3 Act 5 Eliz. c. 4 §4 That no suche Mr Mrs or Dame shall put awaye any suche Servante..without one quarter warning gyven before thende of his sayd terme.
1571–2 Reg. Privy Council Scotl. II. 125 It salbe leful to ayther of the saidis partiis to use warningis for removing fra landis and heretabill possessioun.
1577 J. Dee 26 June in Private Diary (1842) 3 Elen Lyne gave me a quarter's warning.
a1646 T. Hope Minor Practicks (1726) § 294 116 The Objections against the Lawfulness of the Warning, are, That the Parties are not lawfully warned personally, or at their Dwelling-Place, and upon the Ground of the Lands,..or that the Warning is stoped, &c.
1666 S. Pepys Diary 30 Mar. (1972) VII. 85 Up, and away goes Alce, our cook-maid..and would go away of her own accord, after having given her mistress warning fickly for a quarter of a year together.
1676 Office of Clerk of Assize 112 If any Master hath put away his Servant before the end of his term, without a quarter warning, he shall forfeit forty shillings.
1697 J. Vanbrugh Relapse ii. 40 You shou'd never take a Lease of a House you can hire for a Quarter's Warning.
1716 J. Addison Drummer i. 1 Coachman. I'll give Madam warning, that's flat—I've always liv'd in Sober Families.
1741 S. Richardson Pamela III. xxx. 209 I had talk'd to Mrs. Jervis to induce the Girl (to whom, in hopes of frightening her, I had given Warning..) to desire to stay.
1799 R. Bell Syst. Forms of Deeds Scotl. II. 389 There is first a precept of warning given by the landlord; it is in this form... I..lawfully premonish, warn, and charge C. D. tenant and possessor of the lands of [blank], to flit and remove himself [etc.]
1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xxxi. 335 I'll pay her [the landlady] what I owe her, and give her warning to-morrow morning.
1872 Punch 6 Apr. 141/2 Mary Dishley gave her mistress warning: no fault to find with her place, but wanted a change.
1884 Punch 22 Nov. 246 Cook, I give you a Month's Warning from To-day.
1886 J. Barrowman Gloss. Sc. Mining Terms 70 Warning, notice, given or received, of a workman leaving his employment.
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society > communication > information > intimation or making known > [noun] > notice or signal that it is time to do something > previous notice (to do something)
warning1459
1459 Rolls of Parl. V. 369/2 He had..a commaundement fro youre Highnes, to be redy to come..with his said fel[y]ship, upon a day warning.
1477 Rolls of Parl. VI. 194/2 To be redy in harnays within an Houre warnyng.
1549 W. Thomas Hist. Italie f. 74v For there [i.e. at the Arsenal of Venice] they haue well neere two hundred galeys in suche an ordre, that vpon a verie small warnyng they maie be furnisshed out vnto the sea.
1554–5 in A. Feuillerat Documents Office of Revels Edward VI (1914) 170 In a redines to serve vpon further warnynge.
1556 Ld. Wharton in Lodge Illustr. Brit. Hist. (1791) I. 220 I called the gentilmen, freholders, and rulers of men, and declared unto them the Quenes Matie's comaundement for their servyse, and reddynes upon an hower's warnyng.
1759 W. Robertson Hist. Scotl. I. iii. 256 For this purpose she summoned him to appear before her on a short warning.
a. Intimation, notification of a fact or a present occurrence. to give warning of: to call attention to. Obsolete.
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society > communication > information > intimation or making known > [noun]
warningc1386
knowinga1398
notice1415
notification1415
advisement?a1425
advertisement1426
intimation1442
advertising1525
note1597
card1761
society > communication > information > intimation or making known > intimate or make known [phrase]
to warn beforec1275
in warningc1370
to warn custos1558
to give (also to have) notice1582
to give warning of1611
c1386 G. Chaucer Canon's Yeoman's Prol. 40 Sires, now in the morwe tyde, Out of youre hostelrie I saugh you ryde And warned heer my lord,..Which to ryden with yow is ful fayn..Frend, for thy warnyng god yeue thee chance.
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. ii. i. 59 By warnynge [emended in ed. to seruynge] of aungelis men knowiþ Goddes wille, and so aungelis is a name of offys and nouȝt of kynde.
c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 89 If of this consideracioun no mensioun and waarnyng were bi me or bi sum other in writing bifore mad.
c1500 Lyfe Roberte Deuyll 787 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. (1864) I. 250 And whan thy synnes be cleane forgeuen the, By an Aungell god wyll sende the warnynge.
1611 M. Smith in Bible (King James) Transl. Pref. ⁋17 Many other things we might giue thee warning of (gentle Reader) if wee had not exceeded the measure of a Preface alreadie.
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1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 25 When..his familiar coumpaignions gaue hym a by warnynge to auenge suche a naughtie touche..with his tenne comaundementes: gayly saied [etc.].
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the world > time > instruments for measuring time > signal marking the time > [noun]
warning1389
time signal1839
society > communication > information > intimation or making known > [noun] > notice or signal that it is time to do something
warning1389
society > communication > indication > signalling > [noun] > signal > signal that time has come
warning1389
last post1845
1389 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 7 Alle þe breþeren schulle be redy at here warnynge.
?1566 J. Alday tr. P. Boaistuau Theatrum Mundi sig. S 3 A Diall, the which..gave warning with a stroke unto him that did weare it of everie houre.
1573 J. Sanford tr. L. Guicciardini Hours Recreat. (1576) 67 The swallowe againe giveth them warning to go away.
1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 iv. ii. 105 The sherris..illumineth the face, which as a beakon, giues warning to al the rest of this little kingdom man to arme. View more context for this quotation
a1637 B. Jonson Tale of Tub i. vi. 10 in Wks. (1640) III He sat up at Play, and watch'd the Cock, Till his first warning chid him off to rest. View more context for this quotation
1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant i. 162 These Timbrels..serve not only to chear up the Camels..but also to give warning to those that stay behind.
1821 J. Baillie Malcolm's Heir in Metrical Legends liv And aye, when the midnight warning sounds, He hastens his beads to tell.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > command > command or bidding > [noun] > summons or summoning > a summons
stevena900
crya1300
summonsc1300
warninga1400
citationa1640
provoke1842
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 16022 Mony gedered of þe toun: bi certeyn warnynge.
1461 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 520 If this lordes above wayte aftyr more pepill in this cuntre, be lyklynes it woll not be easy to get wyth-owt a newe comission and warnyng.
c1495 King Henry VII in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. I. 21 We praye you herein ye wol make suche delegens as that ye be redy with your said nombre to come unto us uppon any our sodein warnyng.
1496 Cov. Leet. Bk. 573 The Craft shall mete on seynt Anne day..and what persones þat be absent þat day vppon warnyng shall pay xij d.
1509 Reg. Privy Seal Scot. I. 271/2 He..durst nocht cum to the said burgh to hald the said court without warnyng, support and supple of his frendis.
1600 in F. J. Furnivall Child-marriages, Divorces, & Ratifications Diocese Chester (1897) 173 That the said Pattrick shalbe ready to appeare within xij howres before the said maior, vppon warninge geuen at any of the houses of the said Roberte Bennett & Randle Ince.
1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. ii A Warning to appeare to a court. Citation.
1784 Acts & Laws Connecticut 179 A Copy of this Paragraph of this Act,..published on the Sign-Post in said Town..at least three Days before said second Monday of March next, shall be a legal Warning of the Freemen of said City to attend said first meeting.
1793 N. Chipman Rep. & Diss. i. 11 It does not appear, that the warning for the proprietor's meeting was published according to law.
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society > communication > information > publishing or spreading abroad > advertising > advertising specific thing > [noun] > lost property
warningc1610
c1610 in Mem. G. Heriot (1822) App. vii. 218 To the gold~smith's officer for warning of her Majestie's diamond, which was lost at Salisburie, 6s. 8d.
ΘΚΠ
society > law > administration of justice > process, writ, warrant, or order > [noun] > notification
monitionc1460
signification1533
warning1579
garnishment1585
intimation1632
factorizing1809
originating notice1881
legal1896
1579 Rastell's Expos. Termes Lawes (new ed.) 98 b Warninge is when an actyon of detinue of charters is brought against one, & the defendant saieth, yt the charters were deliuered to him by the plaintife, and by an other vpon certein conditions and praiethe yt the other may be warned to pleade with the plaintife whether the conditions be performed or noe, and therevppon a write of Scire facias shall goe forthe against him.
Compounds
C1. General attributive.
a.
warning light n.
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > warning of imminent danger or evil > [noun] > device for warning > light on machinery, etc.
warning light1937
idiot light1968
society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > parts and equipment of motor vehicles > [noun] > warning light
marker1906
warning light1937
1937 Motor Catal. (East London Rubber Co. Ltd.) 131 Ignition replacements..warning lights.
1962 Which? Car Suppl. Oct. 130/2 The Fiat 1500 had a particularly comprehensive array of warning lights, including lights to show when choke, side lights and hand brake were in use.
1972 J. Aiken Butterfly Picnic i. 6 The encircling mountains outlined by small red warning lights.
1974 ‘W. Haggard’ Kinsmen xiii. 126 The warning lights were out and flashing. Her mother had some absurd new plan.
b.
warning-giver n.
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1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iv. f. 166 The best watchmen, and also the best warnyng geuers in the nyght tyme.
C2. Also warning-piece n.† warning-arrow n. Obsolete (cf. warning-gun n.).
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > arrow > [noun] > other types of arrow
reedOE
broad arrow1372
peacock arrowc1387
bob-tail1545
forehand1545
livery arrow?a1549
standard1557
dog bolt1593
warning-arrow1628
1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. xii. sig. I7v The sight of vice in others, is like a warning-Arrow, shot, for vs to take heed.
warning bell n. (a) a bell for giving alarm of fire or invasion; (b) a bell announcing the imminent departure of a vessel; (c) a bell alerting people to prepare for a meal, etc.; (d) figurative an alarm-bell sounded ‘in the head’, giving a presentiment of danger.
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > warning of imminent danger or evil > [noun] > warning arousing the unwary > device for sounding alarm > bell
larum bellc1453
warning bell1511
alarm bell1548
call bell1673
tocsin1842
society > communication > indication > signalling > audible signalling > ringing of bells as signal > [noun] > as alarm signal > warning or alarm bell
larum bellc1453
warning bell1511
alarm bell1548
storm-bell1837
fray-bell1864
the world > food and drink > food > meal > meal-time > [noun] > summons to meal
dinner bella1635
kale-bell1776
dinner call1799
tea-bell1836
breakfast-bell1842
warning bell1849
soupy1899
warning gong1938
society > travel > travel by water > [noun] > departure of ship > bell announcing
warning bell1864
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > warning of imminent danger or evil > [noun] > a warning sign, event, etc.
watchwordc1475
sea-mark1589
buoya1603
warning sign1628
red light1790
tocsin bell1823
tocsin1842
danger-signal1848
yellow light1940
warning bell1951
amber light1956
1511 in E. Hobhouse Church-wardens' Accts. (1890) 61 Item for the warnyng bell and iiij polysse, iis. viiid.
1594 T. Lodge & R. Greene Looking Glasse sig. D4 Foresee in time the warning bell doth towle.
1606 J. Day Ile of Guls sig. B1 I heare the warning bell, some strangers are ariued.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) iv. ii. 39 Harke, harke, the Dolphins drumme, a warning bell, Sings heauy Musicke to thy timorous soule. View more context for this quotation
1849 C. Dickens David Copperfield (1850) xxi. 212 The warning-bell will ring at nine; the family take breakfast at halfpast nine.
1853 C. Kingsley Hypatia II. vi. 140 Having disposed his sentinels, [he] took his station on the top of his tower, close by the warning bell.
1864 G. A. Lawrence Maurice Dering II. 233 The ‘Tigris’ was on the point of getting under way, and the first warning-bell had rung.
1951 E. Coxhead One Green Bottle vii. 202 Somewhere, right at the back of her head, there rang a little warning bell.
1951 Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. xvi. 68 Warning bell, a signal made to warn that it is time to saddle the horses entered in the next race.
1981 S. Brett Situation Trag. ii. 26 ‘I'll join you.’ Something rang warning bells for Charles. ‘Well, no.’
1984 Times 5 June 23 (heading) Another warning bell for the secretaries.
warning district n. one of a number of districts into which a country is divided for the purpose of publishing warnings.
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1922 Encycl. Brit. XXX. 92/1 It becomes necessary..to divide up the country into ‘warning districts’.
warning gong n. rare = dressing gong n. at dressing n. Compounds 2a.
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the world > food and drink > food > meal > meal-time > [noun] > summons to meal
dinner bella1635
kale-bell1776
dinner call1799
tea-bell1836
breakfast-bell1842
warning bell1849
soupy1899
warning gong1938
1938 D. Smith Dear Octopus iii. i. 116 Ring the warning gong, will you, dear?
warning-gun n. a gun sounded as an alarm or announcement.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > piece of artillery > [noun] > signal or ceremonial gun
chamber1540
chamber piece1547
warning-piece1591
alarm gun1706
morning gun1724
larum gun1757
alarm cannon1777
sunset gun1797
warning-gun1830
joy-gun1851
sunrise gun1872
1830 G. P. R. James Darnley III. xi. 251 The warning gun was fired from the castle of Guisnes, giving notice that the King of England was ready to set out.
warning-lever n. Horology the lever that sets in motion the warning-wheel.
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the world > time > instruments for measuring time > clock > [noun] > part(s) of
nut1428
peise1428
plumbc1450
Jack1498
clockwork1516
larum1542
Jack of the clockhouse1563
watch-wheel1568
work1570
plummeta1578
Jack of the clock1581
snail-cam1591
snail-work1591
pointer1596
quarter jack1604
mainspring1605
winder1606
notch-wheel1611
fusee1622
count-wheel1647
jack-wheel1647
frame1658
arbor1659
balance1660
fuse1674
hour-figure1675
stop1675
pallet1676
regulator1676
cock1678
movement1678
detent1688
savage1690
clock1696
pinwheel1696
starred wheel1696
swing-wheel1696
warning-wheel1696
watch1696
watch-part1696
hoop-wheel1704
hour-wheel1704
snail1714
step-wheel1714
tide-work1739
train1751
crutch1753
cannon pinion1764
rising board1769
remontoire1774
escapement1779
clock jack1784
locking plate1786
scapement1789
motion work1795
anchor escapement1798
scape1798
star-wheel1798
recoil escapement1800
recoiling pallet1801
recoiling scapement1801
cannon1802
hammer-tail1805
recoiling escapement1805
bottle jack1810
renovating spring1812
quarter-boy1815
pin tooth1817
solar wheel1819
impulse-teeth1825
pendulum wheel1825
pallet arbor1826
rewinder1826
rack hook1829
snail-wheel1831
quarter bell1832
tow1834
star pulley1836
watch train1838
clock train1843
raising-piece1843
wheelwork1843
gravity escapement1850
jumper1850
vertical escapement1850
time train1853
pin pallet1860
spade1862
dead well1867
stop-work1869
ringer1873
strike-or-silent1875
warning-piece1875
guard-pin1879
pendulum cock1881
warning-lever1881
beat-pin1883
fusee-piece1884
fusee-snail1884
shutter1884
tourbillion1884
tumbler1884
virgule1884
foliot1899
grasshopper1899
grasshopper escapement1899
trunk1899
pin lever1908
clock spring1933
1881 F. J. Britten Watch & Clockmakers' Handbk. (ed. 4) 116 The pin in the rack pulls over the hour warning lever.
warning-pipe n. an overflow pipe serving to show when a cistern is too full.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > conveyor > [noun] > conduit, channel, or tube > pipe > to carry off excess liquid > showing when cistern is too full
warning-pipe1833
1833 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Cottage Archit. §1808 To put a half-inch warning-pipe from the cistern to a convenient place near the pump.
warning triangle n. a triangular red frame carried by motorists, and set up on the road as a danger signal to warn approaching drivers of the proximity of a broken-down vehicle or other hazard.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > parts and equipment of motor vehicles > [noun] > warning triangle
warning triangle1971
1971 Good Motoring Sept. 23/3 It is essential for motorists to carry warning triangles for use in case of accident or breakdown.
warning-wheel n. Horology the wheel that produces the ‘warning’ (see 5b).
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the world > time > instruments for measuring time > clock > [noun] > part(s) of
nut1428
peise1428
plumbc1450
Jack1498
clockwork1516
larum1542
Jack of the clockhouse1563
watch-wheel1568
work1570
plummeta1578
Jack of the clock1581
snail-cam1591
snail-work1591
pointer1596
quarter jack1604
mainspring1605
winder1606
notch-wheel1611
fusee1622
count-wheel1647
jack-wheel1647
frame1658
arbor1659
balance1660
fuse1674
hour-figure1675
stop1675
pallet1676
regulator1676
cock1678
movement1678
detent1688
savage1690
clock1696
pinwheel1696
starred wheel1696
swing-wheel1696
warning-wheel1696
watch1696
watch-part1696
hoop-wheel1704
hour-wheel1704
snail1714
step-wheel1714
tide-work1739
train1751
crutch1753
cannon pinion1764
rising board1769
remontoire1774
escapement1779
clock jack1784
locking plate1786
scapement1789
motion work1795
anchor escapement1798
scape1798
star-wheel1798
recoil escapement1800
recoiling pallet1801
recoiling scapement1801
cannon1802
hammer-tail1805
recoiling escapement1805
bottle jack1810
renovating spring1812
quarter-boy1815
pin tooth1817
solar wheel1819
impulse-teeth1825
pendulum wheel1825
pallet arbor1826
rewinder1826
rack hook1829
snail-wheel1831
quarter bell1832
tow1834
star pulley1836
watch train1838
clock train1843
raising-piece1843
wheelwork1843
gravity escapement1850
jumper1850
vertical escapement1850
time train1853
pin pallet1860
spade1862
dead well1867
stop-work1869
ringer1873
strike-or-silent1875
warning-piece1875
guard-pin1879
pendulum cock1881
warning-lever1881
beat-pin1883
fusee-piece1884
fusee-snail1884
shutter1884
tourbillion1884
tumbler1884
virgule1884
foliot1899
grasshopper1899
grasshopper escapement1899
trunk1899
pin lever1908
clock spring1933
1696 W. Derham Artific. Clock-maker i. 6 The next is the Third, or Fourth-Wheel (according as it is distant from the First-Wheel) called also the Warning-Wheel.
1881 F. J. Britten Watch & Clockmakers' Handbk. (ed. 4) 112 The last wheel of the striking train, called the warning wheel.
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warning sign n. a sign that gives warning of some impending danger or hazard; (often figurative) an indication that a bad or dangerous situation or event is likely to develop or occur.Some examples included here may be interpreted as uses of warning adj. a.
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > warning of imminent danger or evil > [noun] > a warning sign, event, etc.
watchwordc1475
sea-mark1589
buoya1603
warning sign1628
red light1790
tocsin bell1823
tocsin1842
danger-signal1848
yellow light1940
warning bell1951
amber light1956
1628 J. Dyke Serm. preached at Publicke Fast 9 When his [sc. God's] Ministers are killing..it is a warning signe that enemyes shall come to doe the like.
1716 J. Gay Trivia ii. 33 Does not each Walker know the warning Sign When Wisps of Straw depend upon the twine Cross the close Street, that then the paver's art Renews the ways.
1846 Newcastle Guardian & Tyne Mercury 6 June 8/6 After this impediment to our navigation is removed, the warning sign will also be withdrawn.
1883 Harper's Mag. Dec. 27/2 He died very suddenly, with scarce a warning sign of illness.
1953 Tracks Mar. 54/2 An arthritic condition is often a warning sign that something else is wrong.
2017 Hamilton Mountain (Ont.) News (Nexis) 4 July 1 We got sued for injuries sustained by a tobogganer who ignored the warning signs.
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† warningn.2
Obsolete.
Refusal, denial.
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the mind > language > statement > refusal > [noun]
warningc1000
refusea1393
refusing?a1400
naying1430
denyingc1450
refusal1474
repulsec1475
denegation1489
denial1528
deny?1529
refute1535
nay-saya1598
recusancy1597
detrectation1623
vetation1623
renuence1654
detraction1660
recusance1700
nayword1817
turn-down1902
c1000 Laws of Athelstan ii. iii. (Lieberm.) 152 Be rihtes wærnunge. Se hlaford se rihtes wyrne ond for his yfelan mon licge.
a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Nero) (1952) 149 He ne mei uor reouðe wernen hire. ne sweamen hire heorte mid wernunge.
c1330 Arth. & Merl. 5522 Ac þat þou graunt ous now a þing, & þer of no make werning.
a1366 Romaunt Rose 1142 For al his purpos..Was for to make greet dispense, Withouten werning or defence.
c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 2253 Bot styȝtel þe vpon on strok, & I schal stonde stylle & warp þe no wernyng to worch as þe lykeȝ, no-whare.
c1420 Wyntoun Cron. iii. viii. 977 Þar sulde be made hym na warnynge Off qwhat thynge he made askynge.
c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 506 Summe comaundementis of God ben negatyues, that is to seie, weernyngis or forbodis.
c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 380 That preestis and othere clerkis mowen weel withoute weernyng of Holi Scripture..be endewid with temporal and vnmouable godis.
1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xvi. 260 Thai fand nane that thame varnyng [1489 Adv. obstakill] maid.
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warningadj.
/ˈwɔːnɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈwɔrnɪŋ/ a. That warns, in senses of the verb.
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > warning of imminent danger or evil > [adjective]
monitoryc1475
warning1552
portentous1553
forewarning1576
admonitory1577
cautionary1638
premonitory1647
precautionary1648
noutheticala1652
cautional1656
cautioning1747
monitorial1816
pre-warning1892
heads up1979
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Warnynge, or geuynge warnynge, monitorius.
1796 W. Scott tr. G. A. Bürger Chase ix, in Chase & William & Helen 4 To-day the warning spirit hear, To-morrow thou may'st mourn in vain.
1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake iii. 98 The warning note.
1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop ii. lxvii. 181 The warning lights and fires upon the river were powerless beneath this pall [of fog].
1857 D. Livingstone Missionary Trav. S. Afr. xxiv. 476 (note) A deluging shower, which began without warning-drops.
1891 F. W. Farrar Darkness & Dawn I. xiii. 110 She raised her hand with a warning gesture.
b. spec. in Biology of coloration or other distinctive marks found in caterpillars, etc.
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the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > colour or texture > [adjective] > warning coloration or markings
warning1869
1869 J. J. Weir in Trans. Entom. Soc. i. 21 The birds were deceived into tasting them [sc. the larvae] because the characteristic warning hairs were undeveloped.
1877 A. R. Wallace in Macmillan's Mag. XXXVI. 396 Theory of Protective Colours... Theory of Warning Colours—These differ greatly from the last class, inasmuch as they present us with a variety of brilliant hues, [etc.].
1887 Poulton in Proc. Zool. Soc. 194 Instances of very distasteful species which have no warning colours, but, on the other hand, are well disguised by protective tints and markings.
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n.2c1000
adj.1552- rumtitoo
- rumtitum
- rumtum
- rumty iddity
- rumule
- run
- run a banker
- run a bluff on
- run a book
- run a buck
- run a bye
- run a close race
- run a coup
- run a fever
- run a fortune
- run a game
- run a good foot
- run a good horse, dog, etc
- run a great horse, dog, etc
- run a hazard
- run a line in the sand
- run a mile
- run a millstone
- run a number
- run a person a close race