A register or form of English that gives preference to words of Germanic origin over words of other (especially Latin, French, or Greek) origin.
Adjective
Of, in, or pertaining to this form of English.
ashling
ashling
noun
A small ash tree.
english
english
noun
(by extension, figurative) An unusual or unexpected interpretation of a text or idea, a spin, a nuance.
Spinning or rotary motion given to a ball around the vertical axis, as in billiards or bowling.
glashan
lashing
lashing
noun
As lashings: lots.
Something used to tie something or lash it to something.
The act of one who, or that which, lashes; castigation; chastisement.
verb
present participle of lash
lengths
lengths
noun
plural of length
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of length
longish
longish
adj
It was a longish time before I received a reply to my letter.
Somewhat long.
lushing
lushing
verb
present participle of lush
shingle
shingle
noun
(by extension) Any paddle used for corporal punishment.
A punitive strap such as a belt.
A rectangular piece of steel obtained by means of a shingling process involving hammering of puddled steel.
A small signboard designating a professional office; this may be both a physical signboard or a metaphoric term for a small production company (a production shingle).
A small, thin piece of building material, often with one end thicker than the other, for laying in overlapping rows as a covering for the roof or sides of a building.
Small, smooth pebbles, as found on a beach.
verb
(transitive) To beat with a shingle.
(transitive) To cover with small, thin pieces of building material, with shingles.
(transitive) To cut, as hair, so that the ends are evenly exposed all over the head, like shingles on a roof.
(transitive) To increase the storage density of (a hard disk) by writing tracks that partially overlap.
(transitive, manufacturing) To hammer and squeeze material in order to expel cinder and impurities from it, as in metallurgy.