† psalmyadj.
Obsolete. rare.
Suggestive of or resembling a psalm; psalm-like. Also: inclined to read or sing a psalm.
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1856 C. Sangster St. Lawrence & Saguenay 13 The psalmy waves that roll Before the hurricane.
1858 P. J. Bailey Age 113 When once a man feels sermonish or psalmy.
1872 N.Y. Herald 21 June 10/2 The voices dragged in many places, not responding to the baton of the conductor, and the effect was psalmy.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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adj.1856- to give a loose occasionally give loose to
- to give a loose to
- to give a lurch
- to give a matter time
- to give a miss
- to give a miss in baulk
- to give a motherfuck
- to give a mouthful
- to give a name to
- to give a oneself swinge
- to give a or the foil
- to give a or the shake or the cold shake
- to give a packing penny to
- to give a pain
- to give a pain in the etc
- to give a pain in the in the arse
- to give a pain in the neck
- to give a pass
- to give a pause
- to give a period to
- to give a person a backie
- to give a person a bloody nose
- to give a person a clean chit
- to give a person a credit for
- to give a person a dead leg