(archaic) The piece by which an object is attached to something, such as the frog of a scabbard or the metal loop at the back of a buckle by which it is fastened to a strap.
Alternative form of chappe (“rainguard”) (piece fitted to a sword's crossguard).
The lower metallic cap at the end of a sword's scabbard.
cheap
cheap
adj
(finance) Trading at a price level which is low relative to historical trends, a similar asset, or (for derivatives) a theoretical value.
(slang, of an action or tactic in a game of skill) Underhand or unfair.
Low and/or reduced in price.
Of little worth.
Of poor quality.
adv
Cheaply.
noun
(obsolete) A low price; a bargain.
(obsolete) A market; marketplace.
(obsolete) Trade; traffic; chaffer; chaffering.
Cheapness; lowness of price; abundance of supply.
Price.
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To trade; traffic; bargain; chaffer; ask the price of goods; cheapen goods.
(transitive, obsolete) To bargain for; chaffer for; ask the price of; offer a price for; cheapen.
(transitive, obsolete) To buy; purchase.
(transitive, obsolete) To sell.
cheep
cheep
intj
The short, high-pitched sound made by a small bird.
noun
A short, high-pitched sound made by a small bird.
A similar-sounding short high-pitched sound
verb
Of a small bird, to make short, high-pitched sounds.
To express in a chirping tone.
chelp
chelp
verb
(intransitive, Northern England) To gossip, particularly in a forthright manner.
(intransitive, Northern England) To speak rudely or out of turn.
epoch
epoch
noun
(chronology, astronomy, computing) A specific instant in time, chosen as the point of reference or zero value of a system that involves identifying instants of time.
(geology) A geochronologic unit of hundreds of thousands to millions of years; a subdivision of a period, and subdivided into ages (or sometimes subepochs).
(machine learning) One complete presentation of the training data set to an iterative machine learning algorithm.
A notable event which marks the beginning of such a period.
A particular period of history, or of a person's life, especially one considered noteworthy or remarkable.
verb
(sciences, transitive) To divide (data) into segments by time period.
peach
peach
adj
Of or pertaining to the color peach.
Particularly pleasing or agreeable.
noun
(color) A light moderate to strong yellowish pink to light orange color.
(informal) A particularly admirable or pleasing person or thing.
(mineralogy, obsolete, Cornwall) A particular rock found in tin mines, sometimes associated with chlorite.
(often in plural) buttock or bottom
A tree (Prunus persica), native to China and now widely cultivated throughout temperate regions, having pink flowers and edible fruit.
The soft juicy stone fruit of the peach tree, having yellow flesh, downy, red-tinted yellow skin, and a deeply sculptured pit or stone containing a single seed.
peach:
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To inform on someone; turn informer.
(transitive, obsolete) To inform against.
pechs
pechs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pech