Unscramble: stairway

stairway [{'id': '314f320a51', 'def': 'a way of access (upward and downward) consisting of a set of steps', 'synonyms': ['staircase'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}] ₁₄

airway [{'id': '336ca56426', 'def': 'a commercial enterprise that provides scheduled flights for passengers', 'synonyms': ['airline'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': '0f65167b6b', 'def': 'a duct that provides ventilation (as in mines)', 'synonyms': ['air passage', 'air duct'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': '63f0732cc4', 'def': 'the passages through which air enters and leaves the body', 'synonyms': ['respiratory tract'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': '5264ad8d4d', 'def': 'a designated route followed by airplanes in flying from one airport to another', 'synonyms': ['air lane', 'flight path', 'skyway'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}] ₁₂

arista [{'id': '65b01563c1', 'def': 'bristlelike process near the tip of the antenna of certain flies', 'speech_part': 'noun'}] ₆

astray [{'id': 'b0382f26f8', 'def': 'away from the right path or direction', 'example': 'I was led astray.', 'speech_part': 'adverb'}, {'id': '34d99c0c4e', 'def': 'far from the intended target', 'synonyms': ['wide'], 'speech_part': 'adverb'}] ₉

strawy [{'def': 'Of or pertaining to straw; made of, or resembling, straw. Shak.'}] ₁₂

swarty [{'def': 'Swarthy; tawny. [Obs.] Burton.'}] ₁₂

tarsia [{'def': 'A kind of mosaic in woodwork, much employed in Italy in the fifteenth century and later, in which scrolls and arabesques, and sometimes architectural scenes, landscapes, fruits, flowers, and the like, were produced by inlaying pieces of wood of different colors and shades into panels usually of walnut wood.'}] ₆

arist [{'def': 'of Arise, for ariseth. [Obs.] Chaucer.'}] ₅

astay [{'def': 'An anchor is said to be astay, in heaving it, an acute angle is formed between the cable and the surface of the water.'}] ₈

astir [{'id': '220094bd88', 'def': 'on the move', 'synonyms': ['about'], 'speech_part': 'adjective'}, {'id': '35c64ea43c', 'def': 'out of bed', 'synonyms': ['up'], 'speech_part': 'adjective'}] ₅

await [{'id': '46906bccdc', 'def': 'to look forward to the probable occurrence of', 'example': 'I eagerly awaited their return.', 'synonyms': ['look'], 'speech_part': 'verb'}] ₈

riata [{'id': 'd038c44d68', 'def': 'a long noosed rope used to catch animals', 'synonyms': ['lasso'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}] ₅

satyr [{'id': '6588481124', 'def': 'one of a class of woodland deities', 'synonyms': ['forest god'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': '043713c6db', 'def': 'man with strong sexual desires', 'synonyms': ['lecher', 'lech', 'letch'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}] ₈

sitar [{'id': 'ded83f5ee4', 'def': 'a stringed instrument of India', 'speech_part': 'noun'}] ₅

stair [{'id': 'b2ef59f95a', 'def': 'support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway', 'synonyms': ['step'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}] ₅

straw [{'id': '1934da9db1', 'def': 'of a pale yellow color like straw', 'example': 'straw-colored', 'speech_part': 'adjective'}, {'id': 'cc9da08ff3', 'def': 'a thin paper or plastic tube used to suck liquids into the mouth', 'synonyms': ['drinking straw'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': 'b6e96b6cdc', 'def': 'a variable yellow tint', 'synonyms': ['pale yellow', 'wheat'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': '7d4da4db07', 'def': 'material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds', 'synonyms': ['stalk'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': '8ff479cdee', 'def': 'plant fiber used e.g. for making baskets and hats or as fodder', 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': 'a05b983aa0', 'def': "spread by scattering ('straw' is archaic)", 'synonyms': ['strew'], 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': '1e414ce918', 'def': 'cover or provide with or as if with straw', 'example': 'cows were strawed to weather the snowstorm', 'speech_part': 'verb'}] ₈

stray [{'id': '9b23965958', 'def': 'not close together in time', 'synonyms': ['isolated'], 'speech_part': 'adjective'}, {'id': 'b91e4cc6f1', 'def': 'an animal having no home or having wandered away from home', 'example': 'A stray kitten turned up at the door looking for food.', 'speech_part': 'adjective'}, {'id': 'b499d1af4c', 'def': 'an animal that has strayed (especially a domestic animal)', 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': '1cbef7b542', 'def': 'lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking', 'synonyms': ['digress', 'divagate', 'wander'], 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': '7e5d20b366', 'def': 'move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment', 'synonyms': ['cast'], 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': '2b8d1a1667', 'def': 'wander from a direct course or at random', 'example': 'The child strayed from the path and their parents lost sight of them.', 'synonyms': ['drift', 'err'], 'speech_part': 'verb'}] ₈

stria [{'id': '0cc420b684', 'def': 'a stripe or stripes of contrasting color', 'synonyms': ['banding'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': '5ae601c89d', 'def': 'any of a number of tiny parallel grooves such as: the scratches left by a glacier on rocks or the streaks or ridges in muscle tissue', 'synonyms': ['striation'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}] ₅

swart [{'id': 'ee77eaddc9', 'def': 'naturally having skin of a dark color', 'synonyms': ['dark-skinned'], 'speech_part': 'adjective'}] ₈

tarsi [{'def': 'pl. of Tarsus.'}] ₅

tayra [{'id': 'd21b18e8bc', 'def': 'long-tailed arboreal mustelid of Central America and South America', 'synonyms': ['taira'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}] ₈

tiara [{'id': '257fc5ad00', 'def': 'a jeweled headdress worn by women on formal occasions', 'speech_part': 'noun'}] ₅

tisar [{'def': 'The fireplace at the side of an annealing oven. Knight.'}] ₅

trays [{'def': 'Traces. [Obs.] Four white bulls in the trays. Chaucer.\n\nSee Trais. Chaucer.'}] ₈

trias [{'def': 'The formation situated between the Permian and Lias, and so named by the Germans, because consisting of three series of strata, which are called in German the Bunter sandstein, Muschelkalk, and Keuper.'}] ₅

waist [{'id': '23b97c14d7', 'def': 'the narrow part of the shoe connecting the heel and the wide part of the sole', 'synonyms': ['shank'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': '526e88c66f', 'def': 'the narrowing of the body between the ribs and hips', 'synonyms': ['waistline'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}] ₈

warty [{'id': '8f38d8dbd8', 'def': '(of skin) covered with warts or projections that resemble warts', 'synonyms': ['verrucose'], 'speech_part': 'adjective'}] ₁₁

wrist [{'id': '63e131b1a1', 'def': 'a joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bones', 'synonyms': ['carpus', 'wrist joint', 'radiocarpal joint', 'articulatio radiocarpea'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}] ₈

airs [{'id': '797d7d0259', 'def': 'affected manners intended to impress others', 'example': "don't put on airs with me", 'synonyms': ['pose'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}] ₄

airt [{'id': '7177edbc10', 'def': 'to channel into a new direction', 'labels': [{'name': 'British', 'is_dialect': True}, {'name': 'UK', 'parent': {'name': 'British', 'is_dialect': True}, 'is_dialect': True}], 'example': 'I airted the hunting party.', 'synonyms': ['redirect'], 'speech_part': 'verb'}] ₄

airy [{'id': 'bde9f45391', 'def': 'characterized by lightness and insubstantiality', 'synonyms': ['aery', 'ethereal', 'aeriform', 'aerial'], 'speech_part': 'adjective'}, {'id': 'e701d13a98', 'def': 'having little or no perceptible weight', 'speech_part': 'adjective'}, {'id': '1f62c7d15c', 'def': 'not practical or realizable', 'synonyms': ['windy'], 'speech_part': 'adjective'}, {'id': 'f557ff994d', 'def': 'open to or abounding in fresh air', 'example': 'airy rooms', 'synonyms': ['aired'], 'speech_part': 'adjective'}] ₇

aria [{'id': 'e143880e15', 'def': 'an elaborate song for solo voice', 'example': 'That was a beautiful aria.', 'speech_part': 'noun'}] ₄

arts [{'id': '7a8db33c6c', 'def': 'studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills, rather than occupational or professional skills', 'example': 'The college of arts and sciences prepares many people for successful careers. ', 'synonyms': ['humanistic discipline'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}] ₄

arty [{'id': '2b423fff80', 'def': 'showily imitative of art or artists', 'speech_part': 'adjective'}] ₇

atar [{'id': '1a53744b4f', 'def': 'essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers', 'synonyms': ['attar'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}] ₄

away [{'id': '886a34ec49', 'def': "from a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete)", 'example': 'ran away from the lion', 'synonyms': ['forth'], 'speech_part': 'adverb'}, {'id': '04ef1c0cf3', 'def': "from one's possession", 'synonyms': ['out'], 'speech_part': 'adverb'}, {'id': '8929d91191', 'def': 'in reserve', 'synonyms': ['aside'], 'speech_part': 'adverb'}, {'id': '49c8078ec9', 'def': "out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts)", 'synonyms': ['aside'], 'speech_part': 'adverb'}, {'id': '6150e5bf6f', 'def': 'out of existence', 'example': 'the music faded away', 'speech_part': 'adverb'}, {'id': 'bb4c137e5e', 'def': 'indicating continuing action', 'speech_part': 'adverb'}, {'id': '43c961560e', 'def': 'in a different direction', 'synonyms': ['aside'], 'speech_part': 'adverb'}, {'id': '3c3e17c0a4', 'def': 'in or into a proper place (especially for storage or safekeeping)', 'example': 'put the toys away', 'speech_part': 'adverb'}, {'id': 'b32dcc6a63', 'def': 'at a distance in space or time', 'example': 'the boat was 5 miles off (or away)', 'synonyms': ['off'], 'speech_part': 'adverb'}, {'id': '44e746ad80', 'def': 'so as to be removed or gotten rid of', 'example': 'cleared the mess away', 'speech_part': 'adverb'}, {'id': '718c8792ee', 'def': 'freely or at will', 'example': 'fire away!', 'speech_part': 'adverb'}, {'id': '63b84b5c88', 'def': '(of a baseball pitch) on the far side of home plate from the batter', 'example': 'the pitch was away (or wide)', 'synonyms': ['outside'], 'speech_part': 'adjective'}, {'id': 'c244a0f3a9', 'def': "used of an opponent's ground", 'example': 'an away game', 'speech_part': 'adjective'}, {'id': 'e1d9dc83ad', 'def': 'not present', 'speech_part': 'adjective'}] ₁₀

awry [{'id': '245bcca9f6', 'def': 'away from the correct or expected course', 'example': 'something has gone awry in our plans', 'synonyms': ['amiss'], 'speech_part': 'adverb'}, {'id': 'd251d34d59', 'def': 'turned or twisted to one side', 'synonyms': ['askew', 'skew-whiff'], 'speech_part': 'adverb'}, {'id': '13fc87ed39', 'def': 'not functioning properly', 'synonyms': ['amiss'], 'speech_part': 'adjective'}, {'id': '0d7baae10c', 'def': 'turned or twisted toward one side', 'synonyms': ['askew'], 'speech_part': 'adjective'}] ₁₀

raia [{'def': 'A genus of rays which includes the skates. See Skate.'}] ₄

rais [{'def': 'Same as'}, {'def': 'Reis.'}] ₄

rata [{'def': 'A New Zealand forest tree (Metrosideros robusta), also, its hard dark red wood, used by the Maoris for paddles and war clubs.'}] ₄

rist [{'def': 'pers. sing. pres. of Rise, contracted from riseth. Chaucer.'}] ₄

sari [{'id': '16559cd2a2', 'def': 'a dress worn primarily by Hindu women', 'synonyms': ['saree'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}] ₄

sart [{'def': 'An assart, or clearing. [Obs.] Bailey.'}] ₄

star [{'id': '6f5b04a977', 'def': 'indicating the most important performer or role', 'synonyms': ['leading'], 'speech_part': 'adjective'}, {'id': '3aa6578547', 'def': 'the topology of a network whose components are connected to a hub', 'synonyms': ['star topology'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': 'a82c7d1a12', 'def': 'a star-shaped character * used in printing', 'synonyms': ['asterisk'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': 'e993f2bce8', 'def': '(astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior', 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': '975ad4bff4', 'def': 'any celestial body visible (as a point of light) from the Earth at night', 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': '3619741497', 'def': 'someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field', 'synonyms': ['champion'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': '5b28c3998f', 'def': 'a performer who receives prominent billing', 'synonyms': ['headliner'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': '739bc52a57', 'def': 'an actor who plays a principal role', 'synonyms': ['lead'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': 'b4a80b86a0', 'def': 'a plane figure with 5 or more points', 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': 'c67fe6f66f', 'def': 'mark with an asterisk', 'example': 'Linguists star unacceptable sentences', 'synonyms': ['asterisk'], 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': 'a68f29c302', 'def': 'be the star in a performance', 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': 'c196296fe3', 'def': 'feature as the star', 'example': 'The movie stars Dustin Hoffman as an autistic man', 'speech_part': 'verb'}] ₄

staw [{'def': 'To be fixed or set; to stay. [Prov. Eng.]'}] ₇

stay [{'id': '0a93cf1901', 'def': 'continuing or remaining in a place or state', 'example': 'they had a nice stay in Paris', 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': 'c3d2c08c94', 'def': '(nautical) brace consisting of a heavy rope or wire cable used as a support for a mast or spar', 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': '6aeb88b646', 'def': 'a thin strip of metal or bone that is used to stiffen a garment (e.g. a corset)', 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': '70ffa0b13a', 'def': 'a judicial order forbidding some action until an event occurs or the order is lifted', 'example': 'the Supreme Court has the power to stay an injunction pending an appeal to the whole Court', 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': '0d1baf0467', 'def': 'the state of inactivity following an interruption', 'synonyms': ['check'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': 'f7ecf3f02e', 'def': 'stay the same', 'synonyms': ['rest', 'remain'], 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': '9e88e8a0ee', 'def': 'stop or halt', 'example': 'Please stay the bloodshed!', 'synonyms': ['delay', 'detain'], 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': '75361709e4', 'def': 'overcome or allay', 'synonyms': ['quell', 'appease'], 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': '522cbef39f', 'def': 'fasten with stays', 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': 'f0b4b6a02a', 'def': 'stay put (in a certain place)', 'example': 'We are staying in Detroit', 'synonyms': ['stick', 'stick around', 'stay put'], 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': '97e2c384cc', 'def': 'remain behind', 'example': 'I had to stay at home and watch the children', 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': '2e660a02ce', 'def': 'stop a judicial process', 'example': 'The judge stayed the execution order', 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': 'ddf985d36a', 'def': 'hang on during a trial of endurance', 'synonyms': ['outride', 'last out', 'ride out'], 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': '54442147ce', 'def': 'dwell', 'example': 'You can stay with me while you are in town', 'synonyms': ['abide', 'bide'], 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': 'ca30c48108', 'def': 'continue in a place, position, or situation', 'example': 'After graduation, they stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser.', 'synonyms': ['remain', 'continue', 'stay on'], 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': '04b4876195', 'def': 'stay behind', 'example': 'The smell stayed in the room', 'synonyms': ['remain', 'persist'], 'speech_part': 'verb'}] ₇

stir [{'id': 'd25d014d15', 'def': 'a rapid active commotion', 'synonyms': ['bustle', 'hustle', 'flurry', 'ado', 'fuss'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': 'd69338072a', 'def': 'emotional agitation and excitement', 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': 'fd3028943d', 'def': 'a prominent or sensational but short-lived news event', 'synonyms': ['splash'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': '95e8028c65', 'def': 'mix or add by stirring', 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': 'a3733b60e9', 'def': 'summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic', 'synonyms': ['raise'], 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': '9f9db1543b', 'def': 'stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of', 'synonyms': ['shake'], 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': '582b875769', 'def': 'affect emotionally', 'example': 'A stirring movie', 'synonyms': ['touch'], 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': 'd1a1db56f6', 'def': 'move very slightly', 'synonyms': ['shift'], 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': 'f41f8fe11f', 'def': "to begin moving, 'As the thunder started the sleeping children began to stir'", 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': '54589d4da3', 'def': 'move an implement through', 'example': 'stir the soup', 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': '6ef92ca2d9', 'def': 'stir feelings in', 'synonyms': ['stimulate', 'excite'], 'speech_part': 'verb'}] ₄

swat [{'id': '940773fcfe', 'def': 'a sharp blow', 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': '306544031d', 'def': 'hit swiftly with a violent blow', 'speech_part': 'verb'}] ₇

sway [{'id': '21c7989b72', 'def': 'pitching dangerously to one side', 'synonyms': ['careen'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': '3748982c62', 'def': 'controlling influence', 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': '6e3d565371', 'def': 'move back and forth or sideways', 'synonyms': ['shake'], 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': 'c7710e92fa', 'def': 'cause to move back and forth', 'synonyms': ['rock'], 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': '05efd1f097', 'def': 'move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner', 'synonyms': ['swing'], 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': '1b9a2fc03f', 'def': 'win approval or support for', 'synonyms': ['carry'], 'speech_part': 'verb'}] ₁₀

syrt [{'def': 'A quicksand; a bog. [R.] Young.'}] ₇

taws [{'def': 'A leather lash, or other instrument of punishment, used by a schoolmaster. [Written also tawes, tawis, and tawse.] [Scot.] Never use the taws when a gloom can do the turn. Ramsay.'}] ₇

tiar [{'def': 'A tiara. [Poetic] Milton. Tennyson.'}] ₄

tray [{'id': '44e072aada', 'def': 'an open receptacle for holding, displaying, or serving articles or food', 'example': 'I placed the food on the tray and offered it to my guests.', 'speech_part': 'noun'}] ₇

tsar [{'id': 'd95db61df1', 'def': 'a male Slavic monarch or emperor, most commonly used with regard to Russia prior to 1917', 'example': 'The tsar enjoyed some caviar at dinner.', 'speech_part': 'noun'}] ₄

tway [{'def': 'Two; twain. [Obs.] Spenser.'}] ₁₀

wair [{'def': 'A piece of plank two yard Bailey.'}] ₇

wait [{'id': 'f7fa3e74b7', 'def': 'the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something)', 'example': 'the wait was an ordeal for him', 'synonyms': ['waiting'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': '63494ab9f4', 'def': 'time during which some action is awaited', 'synonyms': ['hold'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': '6205f65c88', 'def': 'look forward to the probable occurrence of', 'synonyms': ['look'], 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': 'ee6fdc22c2', 'def': 'serve as a waiter or waitress in a restaurant', 'example': "I'm waiting on tables at Maxim's", 'synonyms': ['waitress'], 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': '00c742a72f', 'def': 'stay in one place and anticipate or expect something', 'example': 'I had to wait on line for an hour to get the tickets', 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': '76c7670a5f', 'def': 'wait before acting', 'synonyms': ['hold off', 'hold back'], 'speech_part': 'verb'}] ₇

wart [{'id': 'c970dff236', 'def': '(pathology) a firm abnormal elevated blemish on the skin', 'synonyms': ['verruca'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': '9f7a5b48ad', 'def': 'any small rounded protuberance (as on certain plants or animals)', 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': 'c2621522b4', 'def': 'an imperfection in someone or something that is suggestive of a wart (especially in smallness or unattractiveness)', 'speech_part': 'noun'}] ₇

wary [{'id': '69b6795d28', 'def': 'marked by keen caution and watchful prudence', 'example': 'they were wary in their movements', 'speech_part': 'adjective'}, {'id': 'c6f4aab582', 'def': 'openly distrustful and unwilling to confide', 'synonyms': ['suspicious', 'leery', 'mistrustful', 'untrusting'], 'speech_part': 'adjective'}] ₁₀

wast [{'def': 'The second person singular of the verb be, in the indicative mood, imperfect tense; -- now used only in solemn or poetical style. See Was.'}] ₇

ways [{'id': '9a423a6b69', 'def': 'structure consisting of a sloping way down to the water from the place where ships are built or repaired', 'synonyms': ['shipway'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}] ₁₀

wiry [{'id': '8061c7655b', 'def': 'of hair that resembles wire in stiffness', 'example': 'wiry red hair', 'speech_part': 'adjective'}, {'id': 'ea730617cd', 'def': 'lean and sinewy', 'synonyms': ['stringy'], 'speech_part': 'adjective'}, {'id': '767d15dbf3', 'def': 'of or relating to wire', 'speech_part': 'adjective'}] ₁₀

wist [{'def': 'Knew.'}] ₇

wits [{'id': '9b74766088', 'def': 'the basic human power of intelligent thought and perception', 'example': 'They used their wits to get ahead.', 'synonyms': ['marbles'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}] ₇

wray [{'def': 'To reveal; to disclose. [Obs.] To no wight thou shalt this counsel wray. Chaucer.'}] ₁₀

writ [{'id': '14f1553b00', 'def': '(law) a legal document issued by a court or judicial officer', 'synonyms': ['judicial writ'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}] ₇

yaws [{'id': 'b6853827e1', 'def': 'an infectious tropical disease resembling syphilis in its early stages', 'synonyms': ['frambesia', 'framboesia'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}] ₁₀

ywis [{'def': 'Certainly; most likely; truly; probably. [Obs. or Archaic] "Ywis," quod he, "it is full dear, I say." Chaucer. She answered me, "I-wisse, all their sport in the park is but a shadow to that pleasure that I find in Plato." Ascham. A right good knight, and true of word ywis. Spenser. Note: The common form iwis was often written with the prefix apart from the rest of the word and capitalized, as, I wis, I wisse, etc. The prefix was mistaken for the pronoun, I and wis, wisse, for a form of the verb wit to know. See Wis, and cf. Wit, to know. Our ship, I wis, Shall be of another form than this. Longfellow.'}] ₁₀

air [{'id': 'd2aee317fc', 'def': 'travel via aircraft', 'example': 'air travel involves too much waiting in airports', 'synonyms': ['air travel'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': '187d5cdc0d', 'def': 'a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing', 'example': 'an air of mystery', 'synonyms': ['aura', 'atm', 'atmosphere'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': 'ad3b585b89', 'def': 'medium for radio and television broadcasting', 'example': 'the program was on the air from 9 til midnight', 'synonyms': ['airwave'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': '832b0cc837', 'def': 'a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence', 'example': 'The music teacher hummed an air from a recognizable symphony.', 'synonyms': ['strain', 'line', 'tune', 'melody', 'melodic line', 'melodic phrase'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': '240e112ab8', 'def': 'the mass of air surrounding the Earth', 'synonyms': ['atm', 'atmosphere'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': '8d282c31a8', 'def': 'the region above the ground', 'example': 'I caught the ball in the air.', 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': '74b5b0f2aa', 'def': 'a slight wind (usually refreshing)', 'synonyms': ['breeze', 'zephyr', 'gentle wind'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': '357daa0bb8', 'def': 'a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing', 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': '22e8844e3b', 'def': 'once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles)', 'synonyms': ['fire', 'earth', 'water'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': '56d1177692', 'def': 'to expose to cool or cold air so as to cool or freshen', 'labels': [{'name': 'transitive verb', 'is_dialect': False}], 'example': 'It was a hot day, so I opened the doors to try and air my apartment.', 'synonyms': ['vent', 'ventilate', 'air out'], 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': 'bd3c32b3b0', 'def': 'to expose to warm or heated air, so as to dry', 'example': "Let's air these wet boots.", 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': 'a118340f79', 'def': 'to make public', 'labels': [{'name': 'transitive verb', 'is_dialect': False}], 'example': 'They aired their opinions on controversial topics.', 'synonyms': ['bare', 'publicize', 'publicise'], 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': '9a32ca3e40', 'def': 'to broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television', 'labels': [{'name': 'transitive verb', 'is_dialect': False}], 'example': 'We cannot air this garbage.', 'synonyms': ['beam', 'broadcast', 'send', 'transmit'], 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': '4211b326e8', 'def': 'to be broadcasted', 'example': 'This show will air Saturdays at 2 P.M.', 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': '5745332df3', 'def': 'to expose to fresh air', 'labels': [{'name': 'transitive verb', 'is_dialect': False}], 'example': 'I aired my laundry in the spring breeze.', 'synonyms': ['aerate', 'air out'], 'speech_part': 'verb'}] ₃

ait [{'def': 'An islet, or little isle, in a river or lake; an eyot. The ait where the osiers grew. R. Hodges ('}, {'def': '). Among green aits and meadows. Dickens.\n\nOat. [Scot.] Burns.'}] ₃

ara [{'def': 'The Altar; a southern constellation, south of the tail of the Scorpion.\n\nA name of the great blue and yellow macaw (Ara ararauna), native of South America.'}] ₃

art [{'id': '76d7928f38', 'def': 'the creation of beautiful or significant things', 'example': 'art does not need to be innovative to be good', 'synonyms': ['artistic creation'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': '2a5af7e293', 'def': 'the products of human creativity', 'example': 'works of art collectively', 'synonyms': ['fine art'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': 'dafd0de2ed', 'def': 'a superior skill that you can learn by study and practice and observation', 'example': 'the art of conversation', 'synonyms': ['artistry', 'prowess'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': 'cf3fa6f50b', 'def': 'photographs or other visual representations in a printed publication', 'example': 'the publisher was responsible for all the artwork in the book', 'synonyms': ['graphics', 'artwork', 'nontextual matter'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}] ₃

asa [{'def': 'An ancient name of a gum.'}] ₃

ira [{'id': 'd96cd82396', 'def': 'belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins)', 'synonyms': ['wrath'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}] ₃

its [{'def': 'Possessive form of the pronoun it. See It.'}] ₃

ras [{'def': 'See'}, {'def': 'Reis.'}] ₃

rat [{'id': '7d3163b4c2', 'def': 'any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse', 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': '4e325f7e7a', 'def': "a pad (usually made of hair) worn as part of a woman's coiffure", 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': '117de3e222', 'def': 'one who reveals confidential information in return for money', 'synonyms': ['squealer', 'betrayer', 'informer', 'blabber'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': 'b98658026a', 'def': 'a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible', 'synonyms': ['stinkpot'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': '5cddd54266', 'def': 'someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike', 'synonyms': ['scab', 'strikebreaker', 'blackleg'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': 'dee6680936', 'def': 'give away information about somebody', 'synonyms': ['shop'], 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': 'e807f72f43', 'def': 'catch rats, especially with dogs', 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': '2a04dd0a24', 'def': 'give (hair) the appearance of being fuller by using a rat', 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': '520e7b1b1c', 'def': 'take the place of work of someone on strike', 'synonyms': ['scab', 'fink', 'blackleg'], 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': 'cdcd1c3a89', 'def': 'employ scabs or strike breakers in', 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': 'aaefe399b3', 'def': "desert one's party or group of friends, for example, for one's personal advantage", 'speech_part': 'verb'}] ₃

raw [{'id': '9e2cf46eca', 'def': 'not processed or subjected to analysis', 'example': 'raw data', 'synonyms': ['crude'], 'speech_part': 'adjective'}, {'id': '5b2a01b40d', 'def': 'completely unclothed', 'labels': [{'name': 'informal', 'is_dialect': False}], 'example': "The artist sketched the model's raw form.", 'synonyms': ['bare'], 'speech_part': 'adjective'}, {'id': '6935360acd', 'def': 'not treated with heat to prepare it for eating', 'speech_part': 'adjective'}, {'id': '95d3e6dd55', 'def': 'lacking training or experience', 'synonyms': ['new'], 'speech_part': 'adjective'}, {'id': 'fca990d190', 'def': 'brutally unfair or harsh', 'example': 'They received raw treatment from their friends.', 'speech_part': 'adjective'}, {'id': '783972a222', 'def': 'unpleasantly cold and damp', 'synonyms': ['cutting', 'bleak'], 'speech_part': 'adjective'}, {'id': '8bd975b7ee', 'def': 'having the surface exposed and painful', 'example': 'a raw wound', 'speech_part': 'adjective'}, {'id': 'd743b2b2ed', 'def': 'devoid of elaboration or diminution or concealment', 'synonyms': ['naked'], 'speech_part': 'adjective'}, {'id': '5e70910af5', 'def': 'hurting', 'synonyms': ['sore'], 'speech_part': 'adjective'}, {'id': '3feb85fb21', 'def': 'untempered and unrefined', 'example': 'raw talent', 'speech_part': 'adjective'}, {'id': 'fb670dc50a', 'def': 'not processed or refined', 'example': 'raw sewage', 'speech_part': 'adjective'}, {'id': '43aec6c9ec', 'def': 'informal terms for nakedness', 'example': 'in the raw', 'synonyms': ['altogether', 'birthday suit'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': 'c8d1ce0f07', 'def': 'used of wood and furniture', 'synonyms': ['unsanded'], 'speech_part': 'adjective'}, {'id': 'deffdcf0bf', 'def': '(used especially of commodities) being unprocessed or manufactured using only simple or minimal processes', 'synonyms': ['natural'], 'speech_part': 'adjective'}] ₆

ray [{'id': '4a5706cb3c', 'def': 'cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside', 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': '38f678b6a1', 'def': 'any of the stiff bony spines in the fin of a fish', 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': '34e57ae296', 'def': 'the syllable naming the second (supertonic) note of any major scale in solmization', 'synonyms': ['re'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': 'a233de5547', 'def': 'a column of light (as from a beacon)', 'synonyms': ['irradiation'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': '0ed2141458', 'def': 'a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation', 'synonyms': ['beam', 'electron beam'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': '91135b194e', 'def': 'a branch of an umbel or an umbelliform inflorescence', 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': 'e093480d6c', 'def': '(mathematics) a straight line extending from a point', 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': '546873f445', 'def': 'expose to radiation', 'synonyms': ['irradiate'], 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': '645fc22c16', 'def': 'extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center', 'synonyms': ['radiate'], 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': '20f9df70df', 'def': 'emit as rays', 'example': 'That tower rays a laser beam for miles across the sky', 'speech_part': 'verb'}] ₆

rit [{'def': 'pers. ssing. pres. of Ride, contracted from rideth. Chaucer.'}] ₃

rya [{'id': 'b7b84685bb', 'def': 'a shag rug made in Sweden', 'synonyms': ['rya rug'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}] ₆

sai [{'def': 'See Capuchin,'}, {'def': '(a).'}] ₃

sat [{'def': 'imp. of Sit. [Written also sate.]'}] ₃

saw [{'id': '5706a51792', 'def': 'a power tool for cutting wood', 'synonyms': ['power saw'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': '8aca95d6d2', 'def': 'hand tool having a toothed blade for cutting', 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': '88bc3975b3', 'def': 'a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people', 'synonyms': ['proverb', 'adage', 'byword'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': '64e3815d45', 'def': 'cut with a saw', 'example': 'saw wood for the fireplace', 'speech_part': 'verb'}] ₆

say [{'id': 'b75d35df94', 'def': 'the chance to speak', 'example': 'Let me have my say!', 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': '8b32464335', 'def': 'give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority', 'synonyms': ['order'], 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': 'c68ac24324', 'def': 'express a supposition', 'example': 'Let us say that they did not tell the truth.', 'synonyms': ['suppose'], 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': '5e76daf88c', 'def': 'indicate', 'example': 'The clock says noon', 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': '6bf78442e9', 'def': 'communicate or express nonverbally', 'example': 'What does this painting say?', 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': '92867aeb86', 'def': 'recite or repeat a fixed text', 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': '46c4505826', 'def': 'speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way', 'synonyms': ['articulate'], 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': '3392d75c29', 'def': 'utter aloud', 'synonyms': ['cry'], 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': '95bf0b473b', 'def': 'express in words', 'synonyms': ['state'], 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': 'f2e49e7387', 'def': "state as one's opinion or judgement", 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': '6c7ee542e6', 'def': 'report or maintain', 'synonyms': ['allege'], 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': '208992e5fa', 'def': 'have or contain a certain wording or form', 'synonyms': ['read'], 'speech_part': 'verb'}] ₆

sir [{'id': 'c3f06e1087', 'def': 'term of address for a man', 'speech_part': 'noun'}] ₃

sit [{'id': '17977a8323', 'def': 'serve in a specific professional capacity', 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': 'de9bdb653b', 'def': 'be seated', 'synonyms': ['sit down'], 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': 'ce8f1ca8ea', 'def': 'show to a seat', 'synonyms': ['seat'], 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': '1d979ba9e4', 'def': 'sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions', 'synonyms': ['ride'], 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': '09610a00f9', 'def': 'take a seat', 'synonyms': ['sit down'], 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': 'c2b903c781', 'def': 'be in session', 'example': 'When does the court of law sit?', 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': '5b818bb178', 'def': 'assume a posture as for artistic purposes', 'synonyms': ['pose'], 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': '6b180b77f0', 'def': 'work or act as a baby-sitter', 'example': 'I cannot baby-sit tonight', 'synonyms': ['baby-sit'], 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': '55bc39b690', 'def': 'be located or situated somewhere', 'example': 'The White House sits on Pennsylvania Avenue', 'synonyms': ['lie'], 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': '56bb7ffcfc', 'def': 'be around, often idly or without specific purpose', 'synonyms': ['sit around'], 'speech_part': 'verb'}] ₃

sty [{'id': '07541d6fbb', 'def': 'a pen for swine', 'synonyms': ['pigsty', 'pigpen'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': 'b52f6f5eaa', 'def': 'an infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid', 'synonyms': ['stye', 'hordeolum', 'eye infection'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}] ₆

swa [{'def': 'So. [Obs.] Chaucer.'}] ₆

tai [{'def': 'Designating, or pertaining to, the chief linguistic stock of Indo-China, including the peoples of Siamese and Shan speech.\n\nA member of one of the tribes of the Tai stock. The Tais first appeared in history in Yunnan, and from thence they migrated into Upper Burma. The earliest swarms appear to have entered that tract about two thousand years ago, and were small in number. Census of India,'}, {'def': '.'}] ₃

tar [{'id': 'e98de04b70', 'def': 'a man who serves as a sailor', 'synonyms': ['gob'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': '8fad2f8f4d', 'def': 'any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue', 'synonyms': ['pitch'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': '06527da8ed', 'def': 'coat with tar', 'example': 'tar the roof', 'speech_part': 'verb'}] ₃

tas [{'def': 'A heap. [Obs.] "The tas of bodies slain." Chaucer.\n\nTo tassel. [Obs.] "A purse of leather tassed with silk." Chaucer.'}] ₃

taw [{'id': '9d5f30eba1', 'def': 'a large marble used for shooting in the game of marbles', 'synonyms': ['shooter'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': 'e3457e7080', 'def': 'the 23rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet', 'speech_part': 'noun'}] ₆

try [{'id': '6b8e89ba50', 'def': 'earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something', 'synonyms': ['effort'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': 'e6f499fe84', 'def': 'put on a garment in order to see whether it fits and looks nice', 'synonyms': ['try on'], 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': '49a14742fb', 'def': 'melt (fat or lard) in order to separate out impurities', 'example': 'try the yak butter', 'synonyms': ['render'], 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': '6603af74b3', 'def': 'take a sample of', 'synonyms': ['taste', 'sample', 'try out'], 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': '1b117b6f0a', 'def': 'test the limits of', 'example': 'You are trying my patience!', 'synonyms': ['strain'], 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': '174422b598', 'def': 'give pain or trouble to', 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': 'ef1a38afa8', 'def': 'examine or hear (evidence or a case) by judicial process', 'synonyms': ['hear'], 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': 'e0693627a3', 'def': 'put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of', 'synonyms': ['judge', 'adjudicate'], 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': '8c69635e70', 'def': 'make an effort or attempt', 'synonyms': ['attempt'], 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': '2965b6764e', 'def': 'put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to', 'synonyms': ['test'], 'speech_part': 'verb'}] ₆

war [{'id': 'e1e40c7d0a', 'def': 'a concerted campaign to end something that is injurious', 'example': 'the war on poverty', 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': '26a9e11689', 'def': 'the waging of armed conflict against an enemy', 'example': 'thousands of people were killed in the war', 'synonyms': ['warfare'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': 'bd9916ae1a', 'def': 'an active struggle between competing entities', 'example': 'a price war', 'synonyms': ['warfare'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': 'cb6e64fc37', 'def': 'a legal state created by a declaration of war and ended by official declaration during which the international rules of war apply', 'example': 'war was declared in November but actual fighting did not begin until the following spring', 'synonyms': ['state of war'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': '1dcb15e5ab', 'def': 'make or wage war', 'speech_part': 'verb'}] ₆

was [{'def': 'The first and third persons singular of the verb be, in the indicative mood, preterit (imperfect) tense; as, I was; he was.'}] ₆

way [{'id': '6d1b528c1c', 'def': 'to a great degree or by a great distance', 'synonyms': ['right smart'], 'speech_part': 'adverb'}, {'id': 'bfaf50d7ad', 'def': 'how a result is obtained or an end is achieved', 'synonyms': ['means'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': 'e5282d0173', 'def': 'a journey or passage', 'example': 'they are on the way', 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': 'a90833edd5', 'def': 'a course of conduct', 'synonyms': ['path'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': 'eb0fb3cbeb', 'def': 'a road or path affording passage from one place to another', 'example': 'We were just looking for the way out.', 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': 'e452e5755e', 'def': 'how something is done or how it happens', 'synonyms': ['fashion'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': '46fcca4095', 'def': 'the property of distance in general', 'example': "it's a long way to Moscow", 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': '03e99b5f54', 'def': 'doing as one pleases or chooses', 'example': 'if I had my way', 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': '636886dc5f', 'def': 'a general category of things', 'example': "used in the expression `in the way of'", 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': '8ce18a9789', 'def': 'a line leading to a place or point', 'synonyms': ['direction'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': 'e85bf7e62c', 'def': 'a portion of something divided into shares', 'example': 'they split the loot three ways', 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': '112e09bf30', 'def': 'space for movement', 'synonyms': ['room', 'elbow room'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': '8504535519', 'def': 'the condition of things generally', 'example': "that's the way it is", 'speech_part': 'noun'}] ₉

wis [{'def': 'Certainly; really; indeed. [Obs.] "As wis God helpe me." Chaucer.\n\nTo think; to suppose; to imagine; -- used chiefly in the first person sing. present tense, I wis. See the Note under Ywis. [Obs. or Poetic] "Howe\'er you wis." R. Browning. Nor do I know how long it is (For I have lain entranced, I wis). Coleridge.'}] ₆

wit [{'id': 'b7d8175d29', 'def': 'mental ability', 'synonyms': ['brain'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': '276a619ea9', 'def': 'a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter', 'synonyms': ['humour'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': '4cb3ddd7f0', 'def': 'a witty amusing person who makes jokes', 'synonyms': ['wag'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}] ₆

wry [{'id': 'ad745d9646', 'def': 'humorously sarcastic or mocking', 'synonyms': ['ironic'], 'speech_part': 'adjective'}, {'id': 'ce50b80b57', 'def': 'bent to one side', 'example': 'a wry neck', 'speech_part': 'adjective'}] ₉

yaw [{'id': 'b1d503e094', 'def': 'to rotate along the vertical axis in the horizontal plane', 'labels': [{'name': 'technical', 'is_dialect': False}, {'name': 'scientific', 'parent': {'name': 'technical', 'is_dialect': False}, 'is_dialect': False}, {'name': 'mathematical', 'parent': {'name': 'technical', 'is_dialect': False}, 'is_dialect': False}], 'example': 'The plane yawed to the left to match the new heading.', 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': 'a537a3ec98', 'def': 'a direction of rotation along the vertical axis in the horizontal plane', 'labels': [{'name': 'technical', 'is_dialect': False}, {'name': 'scientific', 'parent': {'name': 'technical', 'is_dialect': False}, 'is_dialect': False}, {'name': 'mathematical', 'parent': {'name': 'technical', 'is_dialect': False}, 'is_dialect': False}], 'example': 'The yaw of the plane was affected by the unbalanced thrust.', 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': '8c49612b54', 'def': 'an erratic deflection from an intended course', 'synonyms': ['swerve'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': 'b1b5da8467', 'def': 'to swerve off course momentarily', 'example': 'The ship yawed when the huge waves hit it.', 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': '012b2e2664', 'def': 'to deviate erratically from a set course', 'example': 'The car with the flat started to yaw away from the road.', 'speech_part': 'verb'}, {'id': 'e695dbb135', 'def': 'to be wide open', 'example': 'The chasm yawed in front of them.', 'synonyms': ['yawn'], 'speech_part': 'verb'}] ₉

yis [{'def': 'Yes. [Obs.] "Yis, sir," quod he, "yis, host." Chaucer.'}] ₆

aa [{'id': 'b2abe0477f', 'def': 'a dry form of lava resembling clinkers', 'speech_part': 'noun'}] ₂

ai [{'id': '6767f9d67d', 'def': 'a sloth that has three long claws on each forefoot and each hindfoot', 'synonyms': ['three-toed sloth'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}] ₂

ar [{'id': '34bcf14f67', 'def': 'a unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters', 'synonyms': ['are'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}] ₂

as [{'id': '5863e4a3f7', 'def': "to the same degree (often followed by `as')", 'synonyms': ['equally'], 'speech_part': 'adverb'}] ₂

at [{'id': '4f9e6576af', 'def': '100 at equal 1 kip in Laos', 'speech_part': 'noun'}] ₂

ay [{'def': 'Ah! alas! "Ay me! I fondly dream `Had ye been there.\'" Milton.\n\nSame as Aye.\n\nYes; yea; -- a word expressing assent, or an affirmative answer to a question. It is much used in viva voce voting in legislative bodies, etc. Note: This word is written I in the early editions of Shakespeare and other old writers.\n\nAlways; ever; continually; for an indefinite time. For his mercies aye endure. Milton. For aye, always; forever; eternally.'}] ₅

is [{'def': 'The third person singular of the substantive verb be, in the indicative mood, present tense; as, he is; he is a man. See Be. Note: In some varieties of the Northern dialect of Old English, is was used for all persons of the singular. For thy is I come, and eke Alain. Chaucer. Aye is thou merry. Chaucer. Note: The idiom of using the present for future events sure to happen is a relic of Old English in which the present and future had the same form; as, this year Christmas is on Friday. To-morrow is the new moon.'}, {'def': 'Sam. xx.'}] ₂

it [{'def': "The neuter pronoun of the third person, corresponding to the masculine pronoun he and the feminine she, and having the same plural (they, their of theirs, them). Note: The possessive form its is modern, being rarely found in the writings of Shakespeare and Milton, and not at all in the original King James's version of the Bible. During the transition from the regular his to the anomalous its, it was to some extent employed in the possessive without the case ending. See His, and He. In Dryden's time its had become quite established as the regular form. The day present hath ever inough to do with it owne grief. Genevan Test. Do, child, go to it grandam, child. Shak. It knighthood shall do worse. It shall fright all it friends with borrowing letters. B. Jonson. Note: In the course of time, the nature of the neuter sign i in it, the form being found in but a few words, became misunderstood. Instead of being looked upon as an affix, it passed for part of the original word. Hence was formed from it the anomalous genitive it, superseding the Saxon his. Latham. The fruit tree yielding fruit after his (its) kind. Gen. i."}, {'def': '. It is used, --'}, {'def': 'As a substance for any noun of the neuter gender; as, here is the book, take it home.'}, {'def': 'As a demonstrative, especially at the beginning of a sentence, pointing to that which is about to be stated, named, or mentioned, or referring to that which apparent or well known; as, I saw it was John. It is I; be not afraid. Matt. xiv.'}, {'def': '. Peter heard that it was the Lord. John xxi.'}, {'def': 'Often, in such cases, as a substitute for a sentence or clause; as, it is thought he will come; it is wrong to do this.'}, {'def': 'As an indefinite nominative for a impersonal verb; as, it snows; it rains.'}, {'def': 'As a substitute for such general terms as, the state of affairs, the condition of things, and the like; as, how is it with the sick man Think on me when it shall be well with thee. Gen. xl.'}, {'def': '.'}, {'def': 'As an indefinite object after some intransitive verbs, or after a substantive used humorously as a verb; as, to foot it (i. e., to walk). The Lacedemonians, at the Straits of Thermopylæ, when their arms failed them, fought it out with nails and teeth. Dryden. Whether the charmer sinner it, or saint it, If folly grows romantic, I must paint it. Pope. Its self. See Itself.'}] ₂

ra [{'def': 'A roe; a deer. [Obs.] Chaucer.'}] ₂

si [{'id': '03242ac7d4', 'def': 'the syllable naming the seventh (subtonic) note of any musical scale in solmization', 'synonyms': ['ti'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}] ₂

sr [{'id': '01e972ac3b', 'def': "the unit of solid angle adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites", 'synonyms': ['steradian'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}] ₂

ta [{'def': 'To take. [Obs. or Scot.] Cursor Mundi. Used by Chaucer to represent a peculiarity of the Northern dialect.'}] ₂

ti [{'id': '839c14a7ed', 'def': 'the syllable naming the seventh (subtonic) note of any musical scale in solmization', 'synonyms': ['te', 'si'], 'speech_part': 'noun'}, {'id': 'd86c0708b8', 'def': 'shrub with terminal tufts of elongated leaves used locally for thatching and clothing', 'speech_part': 'noun'}] ₂

ya [{'def': 'Yea. [Obs.] Chaucer.'}] ₅

yt [{'def': ', an old method of printing that (AS. æt, edhæt) the "y" taking the place of the old letter "Þ"). Cf. Ye, the.\n\nan old method of printing that (AS. þæt, ðæt) the "y" taking the place of the old letter "thorn" (þ). Cf. Ye, the.\n\nan old method of printing that (AS. þæt, ðæt) the "y" taking the place of the old letter "thorn" (þ). Cf. Ye, the.'}] ₅