jaden.1
/dʒeɪd/, U.S. /dʒeɪd/ 1.
a. A contemptuous name for a horse; a horse of inferior breed, e.g. a cart- or draught-horse as opposed to a riding horse; a roadster, a hack; a sorry, ill-conditioned, wearied, or worn-out horse; a vicious, worthless, ill-tempered horse; rarely applied to a donkey.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > equus caballus or horse > [noun] > inferior or old and worn-out
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jadec1386
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roila1529
tit1548
hilding1590
tireling1590
dog horsec1600
baffle1639
Rosinante1641
aver1691
keffel1699
runt1725
hack horse1760
rip1775
kadisha1817
dunghill1833
pelter1854
crow-bait1857
caster1859
plug1860
knacker1864
plug horse1872
crock1879
skate1894
robbo1897
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > temperament > [noun] > vicious or bad-tempered
jadec1386
miller1825
savage1859
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > [noun] > equus asinus (ass) > domesticated ass or donkey
neddy1545
jade1600
cuddy1714
donkey1785
Jerusalem pony1806
moke1839
cardophagus1858
Jerusalem1872
donk1916
c1386 G. Chaucer Nun's Priest's Prol. 46 Be blithe though thou ryde vp-on a Iade, What thogh thyn hors be bothe foule and lene.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 233/2 Iade a dull horse, galier.
1576 G. Gascoigne Steele Glas sig. H.iijv When horsecorsers, beguile no friends with Iades.
1589 Pappe with Hatchet (1844) 35 If like a restie Iade thou wilt take the bitt in thy mouth, and then runne ouer hedge and ditch, thou shalt be broken.
1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus Geogr. Hist. Afr. ii. 309 You are much deceived..that thinke mine asse to be dead: for the hungrie iade knowing his masters necessity hath wrought this sleight.
1605 R. Verstegan Restit. Decayed Intelligence vii. 205 Not fit for gentlemennes horses, but for carters iades.
1666 King Charles II in J. M. Cartwright Madame (1894) 237 I shall have much ado to mounte my selfe with so much as jades for this summer's hunting.
a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) II. 495 The swiftest Race-horse will not perform a long Journey so well as a sturdy dull Jade.
1711 A. Pope Ess. Crit. 35 False Steps but help them to renew the Race, As after Stumbling, Jades will mend their Pace.
1816 W. Scott Antiquary I. i. 15 The expected vehicle, pressing forward with all the dispatch to which the broken-winded jades that drew it could possibly be urged.
1819 L. Hunt Indicator 22 Dec. 82 He palmed upon the owners a sorry jade of an ass.
b. Sometimes used without depreciatory sense, playfully, or in generalized sense: = Horse.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > equus caballus or horse > [noun]
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mareOE
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roussin1602
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cheval1609
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neigher1649
quadruped1660
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prad1703
jig1706
hoss1815
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gee-gee1869
quadrupedant1870
rabbit1882
gee1887
neddy1887
nanto1889
prod1891
goat1894
skin1918
bang-tail1921
horsy1923
steed-
1553 J. Bale Vocacyon in Harl. Misc. (Malh.) I. 362 The Kearnes, the Galloglasses, and the other brechelesse souldiers, with horses and their horse gromes, sum time iij waitinge vpon one jade.
1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft xvi. viii. 484 You shall not heare a butcher or horssecourser cheapen a bullocke or a iade.
1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge iii. i. sig. E3 The black iades of swart night trot foggy rings Bout heauens browe.
1653 H. More Antidote against Atheism in Coll. Philos. Writings (1712) iii. ix. 118 Cantius his Horse..(which was a lusty-bodied Jade).
a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Jade, a horse. We do not always use it in a contemptuous sense, as it is in general use... A clown will somtimes call a fine hunter ‘a brave jade’. Cart horses are very commonly called so, though they be by no means despicable. Nay, even fine teams of Suffolk punches.
c. In figurative applications.
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1575 G. Gascoigne Complaint Greene Knight in Posies 180 And bad Repentance holds the reines, to rule the brainsicke iade.
1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie iii. 17 They play the ouer~pampered Iades which fall to kicking against their maisters.
1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing i. i. 138 You alwayes end with a iades tricke. View more context for this quotation
1657 H. Crouch Welsh Traveller 8 Fortune often plaies the Jade.
1768 O. Goldsmith Good Natur'd Man i. 2 This same philosophy is a good horse in the stable, but an errant jade on a journey.
2.
a. A term of reprobation applied to a woman. Also used playfully, like hussy or minx.
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the world > people > person > woman > [noun]
wifeeOE
womaneOE
womanOE
queanOE
brideOE
viragoc1000
to wifeOE
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ladyc1225
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fairc1450
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femininea1513
tega1529
sister?1532
minikinc1540
wyec1540
placket1547
pig's eye1553
hen?1555
ware1558
pussy?a1560
jade1560
feme1566
gentlewoman1567
mort1567
pinnacea1568
jug1569
rowen1575
tarleather1575
mumps1576
skirt1578
piga1586
rib?1590
puppy1592
smock1592
maness1594
sloy1596
Madonna1602
moll1604
periwinkle1604
Partlet1607
rib of man1609
womanship?1609
modicum1611
Gypsy1612
petticoata1616
runniona1616
birda1627
lucky1629
she-man1640
her1646
lost rib1647
uptails1671
cow1696
tittup1696
cummer17..
wife1702
she-woman1703
person1704
molly1706
fusby1707
goody1708
riding hood1718
birdie1720
faggot1722
piece of goods1727
woman body1771
she-male1776
biddy1785
bitch1785
covess1789
gin1790
pintail1792
buer1807
femme1814
bibi1816
Judy1819
a bit (also bundle) of muslin1823
wifie1823
craft1829
shickster?1834
heifer1835
mot1837
tit1837
Sitt1838
strap1842
hay-bag1851
bint1855
popsy1855
tart1864
woman's woman1868
to deliver the goods1870
chapess1871
Dona1874
girl1878
ladykind1878
mivvy1881
dudess1883
dudette1883
dudine1883
tid1888
totty1890
tootsy1895
floozy1899
dame1902
jane1906
Tom1906
frail1908
bit of stuff1909
quim1909
babe1911
broad1914
muff1914
manhole1916
number1919
rossie1922
bit1923
man's woman1928
scupper1935
split1935
rye mort1936
totsy1938
leg1939
skinny1941
Richard1950
potato1957
scow1960
wimmin1975
womyn1975
womxn1991
1560 Nice Wanton in W. C. Hazlitt Dodsley's Sel. Coll. Old Eng. Plays (1874) II. 179 Such a jade she is, and so curst a quean, She would out-scold the devil's dame I ween.
1584 R. Wilson Three Ladies of London i.
1584 R. Wilson Three Ladies of London 257 When I could not thrive by all other trades, I became a squire to wait upon jades.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. xi. sig. Z3v The Squyre..Snatcht first the one, and then the other Iade [sc. the hags Impotence and Impatience].
1668 S. Pepys Diary 14 Jan. (1976) IX. 24 [Mrs] Pierce says that she [sc. Miss Davis] is a most homely jade as ever she saw.
1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 130. ¶1 You see now and then some handsome young Jades among them [sc. the Gypsies].
1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 343. ⁋7 Being marry'd to an expensive Jade of a Wife.
1780 S. Crisp Let. in F. Burney Diary 27 Apr. Sarah Marlborough,..though much of the jade, had undoubtedly very strong parts.
1787 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 214 How..Zipporah, the scauldin jad, Was like a bluidy tiger.
1790 R. Burns Tam o' Shanter 182 in Poems & Songs (1968) II. 563 A souple jade she was, and strang.
1812 G. Crabbe Tales xiii. 235 A lying, prying, jilting, thievish jade.
1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet I. x. 216 Are ye at it again wi' the siller, ye jadd?
1850 J. G. Saxe Poems 110 A laughing jade of not ungentle mould.
1883 Times 1 Jan. 4/2 A procession of scamps and jades, who marched through Paris wearing in mockery vestments robbed from the churches.
b. Applied to Fortune, Nature, etc. personified.
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the mind > will > necessity > fate or destiny as determining events > [noun]
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fatec1374
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jade1594
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ananke1860
1594 R. Carew tr. J. Huarte Exam. Mens Wits xiii. 218 These crie out vpon fortune, and cal her blind buzzard, and iade.
1791 J. Wolcot Loyal Odes vi. ii But error, what a meretricious jade.
1807 Salmagundi 18 Apr. 144 Confound the Jade,..what a pity nature had not been of the masculine instead of the feminine gender.
1813 H. Smith & J. Smith Horace in London ii. iii. 119 When Fortune, fickle jade's unkind.
1871 C. Gibbon For Lack of Gold I. xiii. 194 Poverty is a stern jade to fight.
c. Rarely applied to a man: usually in some figure drawn from sense 1.
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the world > people > person > man > [noun]
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rinkeOE
wapmanc950
heOE
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ledeOE
seggeOE
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manOE
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mother sona1250
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mister mana1325
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man of mouldc1330
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fellowa1393
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sergeant?a1400
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her1488
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gentlemana1513
horse?a1513
mutton?a1513
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child1551
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sorrya1555
knavea1556
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rat1571
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jade1608
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Roger1631
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Mr1753
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Charley1825
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brother-man1839
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Joe1846
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gadgie1865
mug1865
kerel1873
stiff1882
snoozer1884
geezer1885
josser1886
dude1895
gazabo1896
jasper1896
prairie dog1897
sport1897
crow-eater1899
papa1903
gink1906
stud1909
scout1912
head1913
beezer1914
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bimbo1919
bozo1920
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1608 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 138 A iolly Prater, but a Iade to doo.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) i. ii. 249 Gre. What, this Gentleman will out-talke vs all. Luc. Sir giue him head, I know hee'l proue a Iade. View more context for this quotation
1616 S. Ward Coal from Altar (1627) 49.
Compounds
attributive and in other combinations.
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1598 J. Marston Scourge of Villanie ii. Proem. sig. D8v Though roguie thoughts doe force some iade-like Moile.
1752 H. Fielding Amelia I. i. v. 41 Had not Fortune played one of her Jade Tricks.
Derivatives
ˈjadery n. behaviour characteristic of a jade.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > temperament > [noun] > vicious or bad-tempered > quality of being
jadishness1594
jaderya1625
milling1897
a1625 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Two Noble Kinsmen (1634) v. vi. 81 The hot horse..seekes all foule meanes Of boystrous and rough Iadrie, to dis-seate His Lord. View more context for this quotation
ˈjadeship n. the personality of a jade.
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1621 J. Taylor Motto in Wks. (1630) ii. 44/1 Marry gep With a horse night-cap doth your Iadeship skip? Although you kicke..and spurn, Yet all your Colts-tricks will not serue your turn.
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jaden.2
/dʒeɪd/, U.S. /dʒeɪd/ A name given to two distinct minerals which from their hardness have been used for implements and ornaments. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Jade, a greenish Stone, bordering on the Colour of Olive, much esteem'd for its Hardness... This Stone applied to the Reins, is said to be a Preservative from the Nephritic Cholic.1751 J. Hill Hist. Materia Medica iv. 271 The Jade or Divine Stone..is a true Species of Jasper.1777 G. Forster Voy. round World I. 161 A piece of green nephritic stone, or jadde.1823 J. Rutter Delineations of Fonthill 51 A sceptre of jad, brought from China.1863 C. Lyell Geol. Evid. Antiq. Man 20 Here, also..hatchets and wedges of jade have been observed.1868 J. D. Dana Syst. Mineral. (ed. 5) 293 Jadeite is one of the kinds of pale stones used in China for making ornaments, and passing under the general name of jade or nephrite.1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) III. 6 A third mineral, originally described by H. B. de Saussure as a jade, was termed Saussurite by T. de Saussure: this was the jade tenace of Haüy and the early French mineralogists.1881 F. W. Rudler in Encycl. Brit. XIII. 540/1 Under the name of ‘oceanic jade’, M. Damour has described a fibrous variety found in New Caledonia and in the Marquesas Islands..differing from ordinary nephrite in the proportion of lime and magnesia which it contains.1881 F. W. Rudler in Encycl. Brit. XIII. 540/2 If this oceanic jade be recognized as a distinct variety, the ordinary nephrite may be distinguished as ‘oriental jade’.
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a. nephrite, a silicate of lime and magnesia, a hard, translucent stone, in colour light green, bluish, or whitish.
b. jadeite, a silicate of sodium and aluminium, closely resembling nephrite in appearance. Sometimes also applied to saussurite n. oceanic jade, oriental jade (see quots. 18811, 18812).
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the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > silicates > tectosilicate > [noun] > feldspar > mixed or intergrowth feldspars
jade1595
granitone1811
saussurite1811
aventurine feldspar1816
perthite1843
myrmekite1911
aventurine sunstone-
the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > silicates > inosilicates single chain > [noun] > pyroxene > clinopyroxenes > jadeite
jade1595
jade-stone1775
jadeite1868
society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > jade > [noun]
nephritic stone1653
greenstone1658
jade1728
pounamua1771
jade-stone1775
nephrite1794
jadeite1868
ox-stone1877
kawa-kawa1880
mutton fat1912
spinach jade1958
1569 N. Monardes Cosas de las Indias sig. Fvv (heading) De la piedra de la Yjada.
1569 N. Monardes Cosas de las Indias sig. Fviiv Tiene esta piedra por propriedad oculta,..de preseruar que no caygan en el dolor de la yjada.]
1595 W. Raleigh Discov. Guiana 24 A kinde of greene stones, which the Spaniards call Piedras Hijadas, and we vse for spleene stones.
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Iada, a kinde of precious stone like an emerauld.
1633 Voiture Wks., Let. to Mdle. Paulet (1665) 47 Ainsi pour ce coup, l'Ejade a eu pour vous vn effet que vous n'attendiez pas d'elle.]
1657 J. Davies tr. V. de Voiture Lett. i. xxiv. 37 So that for this time, L'Ejade hath had for you an effect which you expected not from it.
1657 J. Davies tr. V. de Voiture Lett. i. xlii. 79 I perceive there must be found out for me some more substantial remedies than the Ejade [printed Ejacle].
c. A colour resembling that of jade; jade-green. Also attributive.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > [noun] > shade or tint of green > other greens
beech-greenc1450
frost on green1559
sap1572
apple green1648
sap-green1686
myrtle green1717
Brunswick green1790
pistachio1791
pistachio green1793
mountain green1794
lettuce green1834
copper-green1843
canard1872
myrtle1872
leaf-green1880
cress-green1883
cresson1883
watercress green1883
lizard-green1897
jade1921
apple1923
laurel1923
mango1930
laurel-green1938
lettuce1963
mint1967
1921 H. Walpole Young Enchanted iv. iv. 391 The faint jade of the fading light.
1926 M. Leinster Dew on Leaf iii. 42 The jade rabbit (moon) nibbles the clouds.
1928 Manch. Guardian Weekly 31 Aug. 175/3 A faint breeze blowing in from a North Sea of misty jade.
1972 Guardian 5 Dec. 11/2 Toga dress..in..midnight blue, jade, red, sapphire.
Compounds
C1. attributive (as a material of ornaments and implements, especially of prehistoric times).
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > mineral material > [adjective] > made of or containing specific mineral material
jet1444
pozzolanic1811
jade1869
1869 J. Lubbock Prehist. Times (ed. 2) v. 155 A square chamber, in which were eleven beautiful jade celts.
1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) III. 7 The so-called jade pebbles of Iona are nothing more than serpentinous marble.
1880 ‘Ouida’ Moths II. 92 She sent a malachite cabinet and some grand jade vases.
1881 Nature 20 Oct. 599/1 This is the first find of jade implements in graves in Russia.
1881 F. W. Rudler in Encycl. Brit. XIII. 540/2 Jade celts have been found by Dr. Schliemann among the relics of the oldest of the cities at Hissarlik.
C2. jade-carver, jade-quarry; jade-coloured, jade-green adjs. Also jade-stone n.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > [adjective] > other greens
beech-greenc1450
viper-greenc1602
sap-green1658
pea-green1752
leaf-green1810
lettuce green1834
Kendal green1866
jade-green1868
pistachio1875
lizard-green1897
mango1991
1868 G. M. Hopkins Jrnls. & Papers (1959) 178 The Aar sallow and jade-coloured.
1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) III. 7 The jade-quarries on the Kara-kash River have been visited and described by Dr. Cayley.
1880 Daily Tel. 18 Sept. The rarest handicraft of the jeweller, the jade-carver.
1892 R. Kipling in Pall Mall Gaz. 24 Mar. 3/2 The jade-green rivers with the oily swirls in them that run through the bush.
1926 A. Huxley Ess. New & Old 17 The brown or jade-coloured water.
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jadev.
/dʒeɪd/, U.S. /dʒeɪd/ 1. transitive. To make a jade of (a horse); to exhaust or wear out by driving or working hard; to fatigue, weary, tire.
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society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > ride (a horse or other animal) [verb (transitive)] > exhaust (a horse) by excessive riding
override1609
jade1615
blow1651
to ride down1682
to sew up1826
to stump up1853
bucket1856
stump1883
the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > [verb (transitive)] > work animals
labourc1405
pinea1425
jade1615
slave1699
drive1889
the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > weary or exhaust [verb (transitive)]
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travailc1300
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taryc1375
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labour1496
overwearya1500
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to wear out, forth1525
fatigate1535
stress1540
overtire1558
forwaste1563
to tire out1563
overwear1578
spend1582
out-tire1596
outwear1596
outweary1596
overspend1596
to toil out1596
attediate1603
bejade1620
lassate1623
harassa1626
overtask1628
tax1672
hag1674
trash1685
hatter1687
overtax1692
fatigue1693
to knock up1740
tire to death1740
overfatigue1741
fag1774
outdo1776
to do over1789
to use up1790
jade1798
overdo1817
frazzlea1825
worry1828
to sew up1837
to wear to death1840
to take it (also a lot, too much, etc.) out of (a person)1847
gruel1850
to stump up1853
exhaust1860
finish1864
peter1869
knacker1886
grind1887
tew1893
crease1925
poop1931
raddle1951
1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 64 Horses, which are beautifull to the eye,..but quickly iaded if held to a good round trot.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) iii. i. 34 The nere-yet beaten Horse of Parthia, We haue iaded out o' th' Field. View more context for this quotation
1798 Capt. Miller in Ld. Nelson Dispatches & Lett. (1846) VII. p. clvii My people were so extremely jaded, that, as soon as they had hove our sheet anchor up they dropped under the capstan-bars, and were asleep in a moment.
1837 J. E. Murray Summer in Pyrenees I. 306 Our horses were jaded—perfectly ‘done up’.
1857 J. Ruskin Arrows of Chace (1880) I. 43 Contemplation of works of art without understanding them jades the faculties and enslaves the intelligence.
2. intransitive. To become tired or worn out; to grow dull or languid; to flag.
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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > become weary or exhausted [verb (intransitive)]
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atirec1000
tirec1000
sowp1513
inweary1611
outwear1614
jade1627
fag1722
to knock up1771
to be sinking1782
1627 R. Sanderson Ten Serm. 302 As an horse that is good at hand, but naught at length, so is the Hypocrite; free and fiery for a spurt, but he iadeth and tyreth in a iourney.
1740 H. Bracken Farriery Improv'd (ed. 2) II. i. 27 He [sc. a horse] will be apt to jade and tire in any Exercise.
1794 R. Burns in J. C. Shairp Robert Burns (1879) vii. 159 When I feel my Muse beginning to jade, I retire to the solitary fireside of my study.
1856 E. Capern Poems (ed. 2) 154 We sit and pass the chilly night, The interest never jading.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > trickery, playing jokes > trick, hoax [verb (transitive)]
jape1362
bejape1377
play1562
jugglea1592
dally1595
trick1595
bore1602
jadea1616
to fool off1631
top1663
whiska1669
hocus1675
to put a sham upon1677
sham1677
fun?1685
to put upon ——1687
rig1732
humbug1750
hum1751
to run a rig1764
hocus-pocus1774
cram1794
hoax1796
kid1811
string1819
to play off1821
skylark1823
frisk1825
stuff1844
lark1848
kiddy1851
soap1857
to play it (on)1864
spoof1889
to slip (something) over (on)1912
cod1941
to pull a person's chain1975
game1996
a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) ii. v. 159 I do not now foole my selfe, to let imagination iade mee. View more context for this quotation
1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII iii. ii. 281 If we liue thus tamely, To be thus Iaded by a peece of Scarlet, Farewell Nobilitie. View more context for this quotation
a1625 J. Fletcher Womans Prize i. iii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Nnnnn3v/2 On my wedding night am I thus jaded?
1679 Poor Robins Intelligence in Sporting Mag. (1812) 39 61 Whosoever takes a horse upon his word is sure to be jaded.
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1641 [see jading n. and adj. at Derivatives]. 1766 [see jading n. and adj. at Derivatives].
Derivatives
ˈjading n. and adj.
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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > [noun] > becoming
swooningc1290
languishingc1384
droopingc1400
fainting1601
flagging1611
sinking1625
jading1641
collapsing1855
crocking1928
the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > [adjective] > causing weariness or exhaustion
wearyc1315
soakingc1440
tired1548
moilingc1566
wearisome1593
tiring1594
overtiring1598
tiresome1598
defatigating1634
defatigable1654
fatigable1656
fatiguing1708
fatiguesomea1734
jading1766
fagging1787
wearying1798
exhausting18..
taversome1808
harassing1833
killing1850
trashing1861
trachling1902
1641 in W. W. Wilkins Pol. Ballads (1860) I. 8 You grow poor, As any common whore That long hath been without her jading.
1670 G. Havers tr. G. Leti Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa i. i. 11 They..feel his goad at their sides, which keeps them both from tripping and jading.
1766 J. Fordyce Serm. Young Women I. ii. 65 Lament too late the jading course thou hast run.
1845 C. Darwin Jrnl. (ed. 2) xxi. 501 The jading feeling of constant hurry.
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