| ABRIDGMENT | • abridgment n. (US) The act of abridging; reduction or deprivation. • abridgment n. (US) The state of being abridged or lessened. • abridgment n. (US) An epitome or compend, as of a book; a shortened or abridged form; an abbreviation. |
| ARBITRAGED | • arbitraged v. Simple past tense and past participle of arbitrage. • ARBITRAGE v. to exploit the market in this way. |
| BARTENDING | • bartending v. Present participle of bartend. • bar-tending v. Present participle of bar-tend. • BARTENDING n. the act of keeping a bar. |
| BETREADING | • betreading v. Present participle of betread. • BETREAD v. to walk upon. |
| BIGHEARTED | • bighearted adj. Noble, kind and generous. • big-hearted adj. Alternative form of bighearted. • BIGHEARTED adj. generous, charitable. |
| DEARBOUGHT | • DEARBOUGHT adj. precious. |
| DRYBEATING | • DRYBEAT v. (Shakespeare) to beat without drawing blood. |
| GOATSBEARD | • goatsbeard n. Alternative spelling of goat’s-beard. • goat's-beard n. A woodland plant of the family Rosaceae, Aruncus dioicus. • goat's-beard n. A yellow-flowered Eurasian plant, of the genus Tragopogon. |
| GOLDBEATER | • goldbeater n. A craftsman who creates gold leaf by hammering gold bars. • gold-beater n. A person whose trade is to beat gold into gold leaf. • GOLDBEATER n. one who beats gold into gold leaf. |
| GROUNDBAIT | • groundbait n. Fishing bait that is cast into the water, rather than secured to a hook, in order to attract fish to… • GROUNDBAIT n. bait dropped to the bottom to bring fish to the neighbourhood. • GROUNDBAIT v. to bait with groundbait. |
| GRUBSTAKED | • grubstaked v. Simple past tense and past participle of grubstake. • GRUBSTAKE v. to provide with funds for an enterprise. |
| OBDURATING | • obdurating v. Present participle of obdurate. • OBDURATE v. to make obdurate, harden physically. |
| OBJURGATED | • objurgated v. Simple past tense and past participle of objurgate. • OBJURGATE v. to scold or rebuke sharply, to berate. |
| OUTBRAGGED | • outbragged v. Simple past tense and past participle of outbrag. • OUTBRAG v. to surpass in bragging. |
| REDBAITING | • redbaiting v. Present participle of redbait. • red-baiting n. (US) The (ad hominem) practice of accusing someone of being a communist, socialist or anarchist with… • REDBAIT v. to denounce as Communist. |
| SUBROGATED | • subrogated v. Simple past tense and past participle of subrogate. • SUBROGATE v. to substitute for another with regard to a legal right or claim. |