amphisbaenicadj.
Of the nature of an amphisbæna.
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amphisbaenic1820
amphisbaenian1873
1820 Shelley Prometheus Unbound iii. iv. 117 Yoked to it by an amphisbenic snake.
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adj.1820- to be off one's feed
- to be off one's game
- to be off one's legs
- to be off one's mark
- to be off one's nana
- to be off sick
- to be off the beam
- to be off the mark
- to be off the watch
- to be off to a —— start
- to be off with the old love
- to be off with the old love before one is on with the new
- to be old dog at
- to be old news
- to be on
- to be on a good wicket
- to be on a hiding to nothing
- to be on a person's ass
- to be on a person's case
- to be on a person's jack
- to be on a person's, the other side of the fence
- to be on a promise
- to be on a sticky wicket
- to be on a stint
- to be on about