† squalln.1
Obsolete.in extended use.1614 A. Gorges tr. Lucan Pharsalia ix. 405 As his owne breed those [young ones that can look at the sun] he [the Eagle] affects: But euery wincking squall reiects.
1. A small or insignificant person. Usually as a term of abuse.
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the world > life > the body > bodily height > shortness > [noun] > person
dwarfeOE
congeonc1230
go-by-ground?a1300
smalla1300
shrimpc1386
griga1400
gruba1400
murche1440
nirvil1440
mitinga1450
witherling1528
wretchocka1529
elf1530
hop-o'-my-thumb1530
pygmy1533
little person1538
manikin1540
mankin1552
dandiprat1556
yrle1568
grundy1570
Jack Sprat1570
squall1570
manling1573
Tom Thumb1579
pinka1585
squib1586
screaling1594
giant-dwarf1598
twattle1598
agate1600
minimus1600
cock sparrow1602
dapperling1611
modicum1611
scrub1611
sesquipedalian1615
dwarflinga1618
wretchcock1641
homuncio1643
whip-handle1653
homuncule1656
whippersnapper1674
chitterling1675
sprite1684
carliea1689
urling1691
wirling1691
dwarf man1699
poppet1699
durgan1706
short-arse1706
tomtit1706
Lilliputian1726
wallydraigle1736
midge1757
minikin1761
squeeze-crab1785
minimum1796
niff-naff1808
titman1818
teetotum1822
squita1825
cradden1825
nyaff1825
weed1825
pinkeen1850
fingerling1864
Lilliput1867
thumbling1867
midget1869
inch1884
shorty1888
titch1888
skimpling1890
stub1890
scrap1898
pygmoid1922
lofty1933
peewee1935
smidgen1952
pint-size1954
pint-sized1973
munchkin1974
1570 Mariage Witte & Sci. v. iii. sig. Eiiiv This it is that makes me loke so leane, That lettes my groth, and makes me seene a squall.
1589 Rare Triumphes Loue & Fortune iv. sig. E But sirra, you must know that squall is the Dukes sonne.
1591 J. Harington tr. L. Ariosto Orlando Furioso xliii. iv. 359 Some miser, base deformed squall That saue his riches, hath no worthy parts.
1607 T. Middleton Michaelmas Terme iii. sig. E2 Who would thinke now this fine Sophisticated squal came out of the Bosome of a Barne, and the loynes of a Hay-tosser.
?1638 E. Ford Merry Disc. i. xi A woman that is mighty tall, And yet her Spouse a little squall.
2. Applied to a girl: (see quots.).
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the world > people > person > child > girl > [noun]
maiden-childeOE
maidenOE
maidc1275
maid-childc1275
wenchc1290
thernec1300
lassc1325
maidenkinc1330
child-womana1382
girlc1400
pucelle1439
maidkin1440
mawther1440
mop1466
woman-child?1515
bonnea1529
urchina1535
kinchin-mort1567
dandiprat1582
prill1587
sluta1592
little girl1603
maggie1603
tendril1603
squall1607
childa1616
filly1616
vriester1652
miss1668
gilpie1720
lassie1725
laddess1768
jeune fillea1777
bitch1785
girly?1786
gal1795
ladyling1807
missikin1815
colleen1828
girleen1833
snowdrop1833
pinafore1836
chica1843
fillette1847
charity-girl1848
urchiness1852
Mädchen1854
gel1857
pusill1884
backfisch1888
girly-girly1888
cliner1895
tittie1918
weeny1929
bobby-soxer1944
1607 T. Middleton Michaelmas Terme i. sig. B3v Wouldst thou a pretty beautifull—Iuicy squall liue in a poore thrumbd house i' th cuntry.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Obeseau,..a young minx, or little proud squall.
1630 J. Taylor Wks. ii. 112 The rich Gull Gallant calls her Deare and Loue, Ducke, Lambe, Squall, Sweetheart, Cony, and his Doue.
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squalln.2
/skwɔːl/, U.S. /skwɔl/, /skwɑl/ 1.
a. A discordant or violent scream; a loud, harsh cry.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry of emotion or pain > [noun] > scream or shriek
squealingc1325
skriking1340
shrikingc1374
shritchingc1374
skrikea1400
blaringc1440
shritch1470
scritchinga1500
shrikea1500
screak1513
skirl1513
wauling1533
wrawling1533
screamingc1540
scritch1548
skreighc1550
shright1558
screech1560
screaking1565
screeching1589
shriek1590
shrill1591
shirl1598
shrieking1602
screama1616
squalling1677
squall1709
squeal1747
skelloch1808
skreighing1816
skirling1820
sharming1823
shriekery1865
squee1938
1709 W. King Misc. Prose & Verse 518 Betty distorts her Face with hideous Squawl, And Mouth of a Foot wide begins to bawl.
1768–74 A. Tucker Light of Nature (1834) II. 443 Very bad music, badly executed, being rather roars or squalls than songs.
1787 ‘P. Pindar’ Lyric Odes to Royal Academicians (ed. 5) xiii. 33 My lovely strangers, one and all, Gave, all at once, a diabolic squawl.
1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel I. 94 The crowing pheasant..Betrays his lair with awkward squalls.
1833 H. Martineau Manch. Strike (new ed.) vi. 69 The passing squalls of the baby, who, however, allowed himself to be quickly hushed.
1883 Cent. Mag. XXVIII. 189 Away up the cañon, a wild-cat welcomed us with three discordant squalls.
b. The action or habit of squalling or talking in a shrill voice.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > quality of voice > [noun] > piercing or shrill quality > utterance
pipingc1275
shrilling1639
pipping1750
squall1755
wheep1860
1755 Connoisseur No. 51. ⁋3 He was determined, that the babe..should be put out to nurse,—he hated the squall of children.
1825 T. Creevey in H. Maxwell Creevey Papers (1904) II. 87 Altho' these young ladies..have all more or less of the quality squall, yet their manners are particularly correct.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > [noun]
reirdOE
voicec1330
stevenc1369
sound1385
laita1400
lively voice1532
pipe1567
live voice1610
vocalities1667
squall1725
vox1869
Hobson's choice1937
1725 New Canting Dict. Squawl, a Voice; as, The Cove as a bien Squawl, the Fellow has a good Voice.
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squalln.3
/skwɔːl/, U.S. /skwɔl/, /skwɑl/ 1. in combination.1898 Daily News 19 Apr. 3/2 The squall-beaten shores of the Basque Provinces.figurative and in extended use.?1878 B. Harte Man on Beach i. 7 A sudden flurry and gray squall of sand pipers.1887 R. L. Stevenson Misadv. J. Nicholson vi Squalls of anger and lulls of sick collapse.
a. A sudden and violent gust, a blast or short sharp storm, of wind. Originally Nautical.
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > bad weather > [noun] > a disturbance of the elements > sudden and violent
pirrie1440
fuddera1522
fret1582
squall1719
flaw1791
williwaw1832
willy1832
line-squall1887
1719 Boyer's Royal Dict. (rev. ed.) Rafale, Rafal,..squall.
1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World i. 140 It blew..not only by Squals and sudden Flaws, but a settled terrible Tempest.
1745 P. Thomas True Jrnl. Voy. South-Seas 346 A very violent and sudden Squall took us quite a-head.
1820 W. Scoresby Acct. Arctic Regions I. 402 The squalls continued from five minutes to half an hour at a time.
1841 M. Elphinstone Hist. India II. vi. i. 7 He was drowned, with all his family, in a sudden squall on the Indus.
1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 4 Oct. 8/2 A fishing boat..was upset by a squall on the same day, and its three occupants perished.
b. Const. of (wind, rain, snow, etc.).
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1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson i. viii. 78 We had frequent squalls of rain and snow.
1777 W. Robertson Hist. Amer. (1783) I. 55 A sudden squall of wind..landed them on an unknown island.
1845 H. H. Wilson Hist. Brit. India 1805–35 I. vi. 347 Captain Cole landed..in a heavy squall of wind and rain, which effectually concealed his movements.
1879 J. Beerbohm Wanderings in Patagonia v. 68 We encountered squalls of hailstones of unusual size.
c. With distinctive premodifiers (see quots.).
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1801 Naval Chron. 6 91 A white squall passed over.
1823 G. Crabb Universal Technol. Dict. (at cited word) A black squall is attended with a dark cloud, in distinction from a white squall, where there are no clouds, and a thick squall, accompanied with hail, sleet, &c.
1846 A. Young Naut. Dict. 293 The Arched Squall..is usually distinguished by the arched form of the clouds near the horizon.
1846 A. Young Naut. Dict. 293 The Descending Squall issues from clouds which are formed in the lower parts of the atmosphere near the observer.
1889 R. L. Stevenson Lett. (1899) II. 136 We had a black squall astern on the port side and a white squall ahead to starboard.
2. figurative. A disturbance or commotion; a quarrel; a storm:
a. In general use. (Chiefly Scottish)
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society > society and the community > dissent > lack of peacefulness > [noun] > a disturbance caused by dissension
tirpeilc1330
to-doc1330
affraya1393
frayc1420
tuilyiea1500
fraction1502
broil1525
ruffle1534
hurly-burly1548
embroilment1609
roil1690
fracas1727
row1746
the devil among the tailors1756
noration1773
splorea1791
kick-upa1793
rumption1802
ruction1809
squall1813
tulyie-mulyie1827
shindy1829
shine1832
donnybrook1852
shiveau1862
roughhouse1882
ruckus1885
shemozzle1885
turn-up1891
rookus1892
funk1900
incident1913
potin1922
shivoo1924
furore1946
shindig1961
the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > commotion, disturbance, or disorder > [noun] > instance of
viretotec1386
moving?a1439
reela1450
stir1487
songa1500
pirrie1536
hurly-burly1548
make-a-do1575
confusions1599
the hunt is upa1625
ruffle1642
fuss1701
fraction1721
fizza1734
dust1753
noration1773
steeriea1776
splorea1791
rook1808
piece of work1810
curfuffle1813
squall1813
rookerya1820
stushie1824
shindy1829
shine1832
hurroosh1836
fustle1839
upsetting1847
shinty1848
ructions1862
vex1862
houp-la1870
set-out1875
hoodoo1876
tingle-tangle1880
shemozzle1885
take-on1893
dust-up1897
hoo-ha1931
tra-la-la1933
gefuffle1943
tzimmes1945
kerfuffle1946
1813 G. Bruce Poems, Ballads, & Songs 19 Keep out o' ilka squall aye.
1826 D. Anderson Poems in Sc. Dial. 69 In raisin' or in reddin' squals [they] Met wi' their death.
1900 ‘A. Raine’ Garthowen i There was a squall when that was found out.
b. In the phrase look out for squalls. Originally Nautical.
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > warning of imminent danger or evil > expression of warning [phrase]
have at (among) you, harpers1546
look out for squalls1836
1836 F. Marryat Snarleyyow xxiv, in Metropolitan Nov. 231 Look out for squalls, that's all.
1850 F. E. Smedley Frank Fairlegh xxxi. 261 Mind your eye, and look out for squalls, for that's a rasper, and no mistake.
1902 E. Banks Autobiogr. Newspaper Girl 299 Ah! Now, I suppose, we must look out for squalls. I suppose in this book you..are going to pay off old scores.
c. U.S. A bad temper.
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the mind > emotion > anger > manifestation of anger > [noun] > fit(s) or outburst(s) of anger
wratha1200
wrethea1400
hatelc1400
angerc1425
braida1450
fumea1529
passion1530
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ruff1567
pelt1573
spleen1590
blaze1597
huff1599
blustera1616
dog-flawa1625
overboiling1767
explosion1769
squall1807
blowout1825
flare-up1837
fit1841
bust-up1842
wax1854
Scot1859
pelter1861
ructions1862
performance1864
outfling1865
rise1877
detonation1878
flare-out1879
bait1882
paddy1894
paddywhack1899
wingding1927
wing-dinger1933
eppie1987
1807 Salmagundi 20 Mar. 116 The old gentleman came home in quite a squall.
Compounds
squall line n. a line along which high winds and storms are occurring (see also quot. 1950).
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > bad weather > [noun] > stormy weather > a storm > cyclonic > path of
storm track1838
storm-path1850
squall line1906
1906 Q. Jrnl. Royal Meteorol. Soc. 32 264 From the Kew curves we might be led to suppose that the velocity in the squall was approximately of the same magnitude as the velocity of the squall line.
1923 W. N. Shaw Air & its Ways 75 The surface boundary of the polar front in this region is called the ‘squall line’.
1950 Jrnl. Meteorol. 7 21/1 The term squall line is among the oldest in meteorology and is perhaps the least clearly defined. Prior to the general adoption..of the frontal theory of cyclones, it was customary to designate as a squall line any line of storms projecting in a general southerly and easterly direction from a depression... With the advent of the frontal theory, some of these lines of storms were redesignated more descriptively as cold fronts... There remained the lines of storms which appear in general in the warm sector of cyclones, roughly parallel to the cold front, and along which there is intense convective activity.
1979 L. J. Battan Fund. Meteorol. ix. 187 Most often the storms regarded as being in the organized class are those that form in lines or bands of thunderstorms, sometimes called squall lines... They commonly are initiated along a cold front, or ahead of, and nearly parallel to it.
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squalln.4
local.
A boggy or springy piece of ground.
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the world > the earth > land > landscape > marsh, bog, or swamp > [noun]
marsheOE
fenc888
sladec893
moorOE
mossOE
marshlandlOE
lay-fena1225
lay-mirea1225
moor-fenc1275
flosha1300
strother?a1300
marish1327
carrc1330
waterlanda1382
gaseync1400
quaba1425
paludec1425
mersec1440
sumpa1450
palus?1473
wash1483
morass1489
oozea1500
bog?a1513
danka1522
fell1538
soga1552
Camarine1576
gog1583
swale1584
sink1594
haga1600
mere1609
flata1616
swamp1624
pocosin1634
frogland1651
slash1652
poldera1669
savannah1671
pond-land1686
red bog1686
swang1691
slack1719
flowa1740
wetland1743
purgatory1760
curragh1780
squall1784
marais1793
vlei1793
muskeg1806
bog-pit1820
prairie1820
fenhood1834
pakihi1851
terai1852
sponge1856
takyr1864
boglet1869
sinkhole1885
grimpen1902
sphagnum bog1911
blanket bog1939
string bog1959
1784 Ann. Agric. 2 43 In many of their fields they are troubled with springs; they call the wet spots squalls.
1794 Gen. View Agric. Essex (Messrs. Griggs) 21 Where there are squails [sic], with sand or drift gravel, the passages are apt to choak in a short time.
1794 P. Foot Gen. View Agric. Middlesex 45 (E.D.D.) The water..appears at the foot or in the middle of a declivity, and causes a spew, a squall, or boggy piece of ground.
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squallv.1
/skwɔːl/, U.S. /skwɔl/, /skwɑl/ 1. intransitive. To scream loudly or discordantly:
a. Of birds or animals.
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the world > animals > by noises > voice or sound made by animal > make sound [verb (intransitive)] > shriek
shritcha1250
scritcha1300
screamc1340
shriek1567
screech1577
screak1607
squall1630
sweara1728
stridulate1838
1630 M. Drayton Noahs Floud in Muses Elizium 113 The rauen crokes, the caryon Crow doth squall, The Pye doth chatter, and the Partridge call.
a1721 M. Prior Turtle & Sparrow (1723) 422 Begone..And hear thy dirty Off-spring Squawl From Bottles on a Suburb-Wall.
1759 Ann. Reg. 1758 65 They said, that as he squalled like a cat, they would dispatch him likewise.]
1842 Ld. Tennyson Day-dream in Poems (new ed.) II. 156 The parrot scream'd, the peacock squall'd.
1859 A. Cary Pictures Country Life 263 A flock of geese swimming in a shallow pond and squalling when he comes near.
1883 R. L. Stevenson Treasure Island iii. xiii. 107 They..gave a cheer that..sent the birds once more flying and squalling round the anchorage.
b. Of persons, esp. children.The common usage. Frequently with a touch of contempt.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry of emotion or pain > [verb (intransitive)] > scream or shriek
screama1200
shrikec1200
shreamc1230
shritcha1250
scritcha1300
squeala1300
skrike1340
skirlc1400
wrawlc1440
sharmc1485
screak?a1500
shrighta1542
shriek1567
screech1577
waul1601
bawl1605
squall1688
skreigh1718
screel1730
skelloch1808
squalino1810
to scream (also cry, yell, etc.) blue murder1828
rescream1858
1688 G. Miege Great French Dict. ii. sig. Sss2/1 The least Thing that ails him makes him squawl.
1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Squawl,..to cry aloud.
1727 J. Swift Corinna in Misc. Last vol. ii. 227 She seem'd to laugh and squawl in Rhimes.
1762 O. Goldsmith Citizen of World II. 85 If they be for war,..I should advise them to have a public congress, and there fairly squall at each other.
1835 Politeness & Gd.-breeding 76 If any thing unpleasant happens at table,..do not squall out.
1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xxxix. 357 Seated at the piano with the utmost gravity, and squalling to the best of her power.
1883 R. L. Stevenson Treasure Island i. v. 40 Don't stand here squalling.
2. transitive. To utter or sing in a loud discordant tone. Also with out.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry of emotion or pain > [verb (transitive)] > scream or shriek
screak1569
shriek1593
screech1639
squall1703
scream1710
skreigh1786
1703 T. Baker Tunbridge-walks i. sig. B2v - B3 To hear a parcel of Italian Eunuchs, like so many Cats, squawll out somewhat you don't understand.
1763 Philos. Trans. 1762 (Royal Soc.) 52 475 The woman squalled out, all of a sudden, that an adder..had stung her by the finger.
1779 Mirror No. 34 She sung, or rather squalled, a song of Sacchini's.
1835 Court Mag. 6 25/1 One of the common-place psalm tunes, squalled by charity children.
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† squallv.2
Obsolete. rare.
1. intransitive. To turn the feet outwards in walking.
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the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk, tread, or step [verb (intransitive)] > turn toes in or out
squalla1661
toe1877
a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Wales 54 He was not onely what the Latines call Compernis, knocking his Knees together, and going out squalling with his feet, but also haulted a little.
2. transitive. (See quot. 1699.)
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1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Squawl, to throw a wry.
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