Scottish. An idea or shrewd suspicion about something; a tentative suggestion or hint. Obsolete.

A hint, a slight intimation, or suggestion; usually to give (one) an inkling (ofsomething).

The action of making known or expressing merely; an expression by sign or token, an indication; a suggestion, a hint.

The suggestion or hinting of anything indirectly, covertly, or by allusion or implication. Also with plural, an indirect or covert suggestion.

(cf. by-talk, n. and by-, comb._form affix 2c): A casual word, a hint; a word beside the matter in hand. Obsolete.

A statement, maxim, or admonition such as was commonly introduced by the word item; a saying with a particular bearing. Hence, generally, an…

figurative. A sign or intimation when to speak or act; a hint or guiding suggestion how to act, etc.

Breath; also figurative. Obsolete.

A hint or whisper of something. Obsolete. rare.

A whispering in the ear; an insinuation.

A slight indication intended to be caught by the intelligent; a suggestion or implication conveyed in an indirect or covert manner.

figurative. The ‘throwing in’ or active introduction of something from without, as of an idea into the mind, or of a statement into an argument…

The action of indicating, pointing out, or making known; that in which this is embodied; a hint, suggestion, or piece of information from which more…

Insidious suggestion, insinuation. Obsolete.

figurative. An indirect or brief reference; a passing allusion.

figurative. An underlying feeling, influence or foundation; an undercurrent. Chiefly in negative contexts.

An act of touching on or mentioning something briefly; a brief account or discussion of a subject; a reference or allusion to something; a hint. Obs…

A view of something from the side; a drawing, photograph, etc., depicting the side of something; a profile. in side view: in profile, side-on. Also…

A passing critical remark about someone or something; = sideswipe, n. 2.

An implied, indirect, or passing reference to a person or thing; (in later use more widely) any reference to someone or something. Also: the action…

A faint intimation of something undesirable; a peripheral region of uncertain extent; a group of things only partially belonging to some central…

figurative. A sign, hint, or suggestion of something, regarded in terms of its influence or effect.

A sly or covert allusion. rare.

A suggestion or help to the solution of a puzzle; esp. each of the words in an acrostic puzzle which must be deduced in order to reveal the letters…

figurative. In various uses: An impulse given to make a person or thing move or act more quickly; a ‘push’ or exertion of influence to get a person…

An indication of the presence or existence (of something); a hint, an inkling.

Something not expressed but left to be understood by the hearer or reader.

Originally and chiefly U.S. A suggestion or piece of advice; a hint; a tip. Cf. pointer, n. 16. In later use only in phrases; see to give points to…

= sideswipe, n. (literal and figurative).

figurative. A hint, intimation.