† nicotinianadj.
Chiefly literary. Obsolete.
= nicotian adj.
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tobaccical1604
nicotian1609
tobacconalian1835
tobacconian1835
tobaccoy1840
tobaccose1845
nicotinica1847
tobaccofied1846
nicotinian1864
tobaccoic1878
tobaccoed1893
1864 Harper's Mag. Sept. 505/2 It is almost exclusively frequented by the Nicotinian Sect, or the fraternity of tobacco-smokers, who here religiously assemble to offer up burnt-offerings of the sacred plant morning, noon, and night.
1879 Cope's Tobacco Plant July 356/1 The man that..is not sooth'd with Nicotinian herb.
1898 Daily News 20 Sept. 6/3 Thackeray..wrote and sang in nicotinian mood.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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adj.1864- to rush one's fences
- to rush round
- to rush the bucket
- to rush the can
- to rush the etc
- to rush the growler
- to rush to judgement
- to sack down
- to sack in
- to sack out
- to sacrifice a person at the altar of
- to sacrifice a person on the altar of
- to sacrifice a thing at the altar of
- to sacrifice a thing on the altar of
- to sacrifice at the altar of
- to sacrifice on the altar of
- to saddle a person's nose
- to saddle a person's nose with spectacles
- to saddle and bridle
- to saddle off
- to saddle up
- to safe hand
- to safeguard of
- to sag to leeward
- to sail all in one ship