† dactylaradj.
Obsolete. rare.
Pertaining to a dactyl; dactylic.
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c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 307 The .vj. is cleped dactilare for it is schape as it were þe stoon of a date.]
1828 in N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang.
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adj.1828- to sell short
- to sell smoke
- to sell snow to eskimos
- to sell someone a bill of goods
- to sell souse
- to sell south
- to sell the dummy
- to sell the family jewels
- to sell the family silver
- to sell the pass
- to sell up
- to sell upon the foot
- to sell wood upon the stock
- to send a bill upstairs
- to send a boy to do a man's job
- to send a grazing
- to send a message
- to send a person a-garsing
- to send a person agarsing
- to send a person back on her heels
- to send a person back on his heels
- to send a person down the road
- to send a person down the track
- to send a person over the road
- to send a person the mitten