OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20168, 21 February 1931, Page 13

OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY.

WORDS FOR SUPPLEMENT.

' The following is the third instalment of the latest list of words to be treated in the Supplement to the Oxford English Dictionary, s The editors of the Dictionary invite illustrative- quotations of earlier date than that or, where none is given, quotations of any. date. The most convenient size of slip for quotation ; according to the editors, is Gin by"~4in. Full reference should be given to author, title, volume, chapter, etc., df tho book ' excerpted, and th©\j edition used. Each slip should bear the catchword ,in the top-left-hand corner, and nil communications should 'be addressed to the secretary, Clarendon Press, Oxford, marked O.TS.D. , flush (vb. , fool-proof ' . . 1902 sHeep-rear- ■■■■■■ foot (archery) : ing) .. 1886 foot (vb., as, flash binder , 1902 the boat , flush spring was footing fute-bit . • 1908 splendidly) , utter (Share- foot-acted .. 1908 market) 1900 footage (minflutter* (vb. i njf ) .. 1889 Racing slang) footage (general 4luvio-glaeial 1900 sense) ' fluviology foot-binding . 188(5 fluxor 1 fodt-brake .. 1009 -at (no .flies foot-cattdle on or about) 1888 f o ot-aJutch .. 1905 fly (a &$ in foot-drop the t oint- . foot-fault meat) 1823 (tenniß) .. 1902 fly .( i=r 4 j. i foot-run .. ,1871 tee fly) .. 1864 f 00 tgak fly ( —. "is- • foot-second . . 1903 tridt *of J tse" fobt-slog, slogtie fly) . • 1868 ger ~ IDOd fly, ( , foot-tone ingleip) , for (to bo for fly (to fly,an- it) \ . 1915 aircraft) . 1018 f orco (■ fly (to-fly the stroke at . Channel, ' tennis. 'or .hotkey) - : -l fly (to. Ay forced draught 1887 Berwick) forced feed _ - fly s: (make f i : lubrication . 1907 fox fly) force majeure 1883fly -(to fly at forcive _ _ one's throat;, (physics) -1899 flyable (tWh- fore-bitter iJig) fote-caddie 1897 fly-bed fore-conScious 1921 fly-.flop 1893, foreglow ... 1879 fly iioter .. 1895 forehand flyer" -(kaiiga- (tennis) . . 1909 Irod) >. ,18*8 forehandedriefw 1898 fly. frame. .. loJo foreigner (Share "fly-fruited ■ mttrket) ~.■« • i 1898 •flyjhalf - (foot? foreignnesa .. 1891J .. ball) • .. 1922 fbre milk .. 1904 flying-boat foreset flying deck ~ , fore shift (vb.) flyirig-grouna 1009 forester gteen. 1904 , flying' , forestian . machine forestology .. 1902 . (ait) ..>IBOS /ore tellable .. 1912 flying sQtaAd forge scale .. 1883 flying start forge test fly less ( 1904 forging (in a flyness . ■ , 18°® horse s -walk) 1893 fly-nut lo<so forgivablenesa 1898 fiy-dVer' foi-gotttanesß 1924 fly-past - fork (positibn {fly-post (vb.) 1908 in chess), 'fly-up (adj.) fork (bicycle) 1898 fly-water ; fork-crown .. 1898 fly-weight .. 19-a iotk dria . 18a § fly-wing forlornity ; 1004 tog ( form ( = young salmon) flower-bud .fog chamber ol fcottdu. fog-horn (ap- plaitt) .. 1896 plied to a .form (vb. olec* , voice) tricity) fogring post' 190-3 forinalin .. 18B» fog limit forina)inize .. 1907 Fokker 1918 £ o r® alit .'i .»%}» 1901 8855 (ft. iDtO member of " °/ 1875 fomlac'tor folF(=fok form genus.. 1888 toim letter folk-craft .. 1009 fe™* „ • I®°® foHt'dbnce, , •' 1818 . jirfhcmsr fotm < (inshty ' iolk-IoW .. 1898 !«P n .. 1898 folk-play .. 1905 0 folk-singer .. 1900 fomulf«risin ' fnllrv ■ . ' 1921 fortnularist .. 1895 follii ", 1879 fdimulatdr ' V follow ( = - fotßythii (tree) 1814 -second help- forthtcll, -feling ia cafes) 1910 I®' , •» , 1894 follbW ( = , , fdrtune- ' to ' attend favoured .. 189 a ,- • fuher&l) , forty-eight - follotf "(to fol- ' (printing) 1908 low. through) . forty-eight follow-action , (music) ridj;) fonvard f s= - follow-after ' » "high") (sb.) • forwardal following' edge ' - forwardation (propbllor) fos&» ( following . foussa) " 'quarter - ' fossildom 1898 (aatrbnomy) , foul brood (bees)' follow-on ■ foul-hooked 1902 (golf) ' fountaining ' follow-through (adj.) .. , 1904 J golf) 1900 four-ball (adj. * follow'tlirough golf)/ .. 1904 (tennis). fonrcbette iolloW-HP ( = •, t Jf9B action bf fourfar (cricket) 1970 folldWinfe up) foutreau .. 1021 .■ fontinal ■■ fours ( ie- . '} n hd cara . 1918 " freshments at . loott faddist foilr d'felock) 1886 -fSSd ! plfcnt".. ,1901 four-strode ' food-tax, tfcxet 1903 fourth-dimen- , • food-valuea' ;10J0, aional 1008 * foO"£o0 7 (AA j 188 ft