† foraminoseadj.
Obsolete.
‘Full of holes’.
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1727 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II
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adj.1727- to beat a person at his own game
- to beat a person black and blue
- to beat a person into fits
- to beat a person on the draw
- to beat a person senseless
- to beat a person stupid
- to beat a person to the draw
- to beat a person to the punch
- to beat a person's head off
- to beat a retreat
- to beat a signal
- to beat a tattoo
- to beat a the bargain
- to beat a thing into one's head
- to beat a thing into one's mind
- to beat a track
- to beat a trade
- to beat a tree
- to beat about
- to beat about the bush
- to beat all
- to beat all creation
- to beat all to nothing
- to beat all to sticks
- to beat an air