Swissn.adj.
/swɪs/, U.S. /swɪs/ A. n.
1. (Plural the Swiss; †formerly the Swisses.) A native or an inhabitant of Switzerland.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > the Swiss > [noun]
Swiss1515
the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > the Swiss > [noun] > native or inhabitant of Switzerland
Swiss1515
Swisser1530
Swissener1542
Switzer1577
Muff1585
Helvetian1593
cantonera1670
plural.(a)
plural.(b)1678 S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt. iii. iii. 220 Lawyers..make their best advantages, Of other quarrels, like the Swiss.a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1646 (1955) II. 494 I..pass'd the Guard of Swisse.1799 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 2 494 The Swiss are indebted, it is thought, to the vigorous tone of their digestive organs, for the long preservation of their lives.1831 J. Sinclair Corr. II. 404 The Scots and the Swiss have always felt a strong predilection for each other.singular.1632 P. Massinger & N. Field Fatall Dowry i. sig. C2 And thou thy selfe slaue to some needy Swisse.1770 Ld. Huntingdon in 3rd Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1872) 430/2 The imputation..of being an accommodating man, that voted like a Swiss with every administration.1829 W. Scott Anne of Geierstein III. v. 123 ‘I set at all,’ said the daring young Swiss.1515 R. Pace in State Papers Henry VIII (1849) VI. 39 I be this day butt forti milis fromme the Swisses.
1522 Bp. J. Clerk Let. in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1846) 3rd Ser. I. 312 He shewed me also that the Bastard of Savoy was with the Swices.
1535 Lincoln Diocese Documents 251 After them came the swesses euery man with his Javelinge in his hande.
1577–8 W. Davison in Nicolas Mem. Sir C. Hatton (1847) 45 He..solicited the succour and assistance of..the Swisses.
1687 J. Dryden Hind & Panther iii. 83 Those Swisses fight on any side for pay.
1735 G. Berkeley Querist §324 What sea-ports or foreign trade have the Swisses?
1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) II. 314 The Swisses speak a bastard French.
1801 ‘Gabrielli’ Mysterious Husband IV. 265 The Swisses excepted.
2. The Swiss dialect of German or other language spoken by the Swiss. rare.
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the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Germanic > German > Swiss German
Swiss1846
Schweizerdeutsch1934
Swiss-German1964
1846 J. E. Worcester Universal Dict. Eng. Lang. Swiss, a native, or the language, of Switzerland.
1949 J. C. Herold Swiss without Halos i. 15 There are several popular misconceptions concerning the language situation in Switzerland. Some believe that the Swiss speak a language called Swiss.
1972 L. P. Johnson in M. Pasley Germany i. 19 Alsatian, Swabian and Swiss are forms of Alemannic.
3. Short for Swiss muslin n. at Compounds. Frequently dotted Swiss.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > cotton > [noun] > fine, light, or delicate > muslin > from other country
mousseline1696
Swiss1895
1895 Montgomery Ward Catal. Spring & Summer 19/1 Imported Curtain Swiss, white with woven coin spots.
1897 Sears, Roebuck Catal. No. 104. 214/1 Shirt..With wide pleated puff bosom of snow white dotted Swiss.
1909 Public Ledger (Philadelphia) 24 June 5/7 50c. for 75c. to $1. Dressing Sacques: Lawns and Swisses.
1910 Daily Chron. 12 Mar. 7/3 A short sash curtain of dotted swiss or dimity is easier to handle.
1924 C. E. Mulford Rustlers' Valley vi. 68 He thought he could make out an oval face drawing back from the dotted Swiss.
1948 E. B. White Let. June (1976) 294 Mrs. Dow has just entered this room bearing fresh dotted Swiss curtains.
1978 J. Updike Coup (1979) iv. 157 An overheated room with..dotted Swiss curtains.
4. A tournament, usually of bridge or chess, played in accordance with the Swiss system (see B. b below).
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > board game > chess > [noun] > type of game or match
match game1857
lightning tournament1902
Swiss1953
all-play-all1956
simul1969
society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > bridge > [noun] > contest or tournament
bridge four1904
bridge drive1908
Swiss1953
1953 Brit. Chess Federation Year Bk. 1951–2 150 Do not expect the Swiss to do more than it is capable of doing.
1965 Listener 29 Apr. 651/2 It is usual, for publicity purposes, to pair the favourite with one of the local hopes in the first round of a Swiss.
1975 Games & Puzzles June 4/2 A 5-round Swiss would make an excellent final.
B. adj.
a. Of, belonging to, or characteristic of the Swiss or Switzerland; native to, or coming from, Switzerland. Also Swiss-French, Swiss-German adjs. and nouns, (designating) the dialect of French or German spoken in Switzerland, or a speaker of this. Cf. French-Swiss adj. at French adj. and n. Compounds 1a(a), German-Swiss adj. and n. at German n. and adj. Compounds 2b(a) at first element.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > the Swiss > [adjective]
Swiss1530
Switzer1598
Helvetic1708
the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > postulated Italo-Celtic > Romance > French > varieties of
Gascon1642
Walloon1642
langue d'oïla1682
Limousin1706
Picard1758
Scottish-French1789
Negro-French1819
Poitevin1845
Acadian French1850
Anglo-French1862
Swiss-French1941
Québécois1952
Lyonnais1955
Norman French1990
the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [adjective] > Indo-European > Germanic > German > of varieties of
Francic1687
Ripuarian1880
Swiss-German1961
the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Germanic > German > Swiss German
Swiss1846
Schweizerdeutsch1934
Swiss-German1964
the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Germanic > German > Swiss German > one who speaks
Swiss-German1970
the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [adjective] > Indo-European > Italic > of Romance languages > French > of dialects of
Poitevin1611
Anglo-Norman1735
Occitanic1847
Occitanian1873
Anglo-French1884
Occitan1945
parigot1974
Swiss-French1979
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 278/1 Swyce or swycers pype, fleuste dalemant.
1613 G. Chapman Memorable Maske Inns of Court sig. A3v A strange person..half French, halfe Swizz.
1707 G. Farquhar Beaux Stratagem v. 65 My Valour is down right Swiss; I'm a Soldier of Fortune and must be paid.
1843 Penny Cycl. XXVI. 32/1 A dialect of the Swiss-German is the language of the country.
1846 J. Lindley Veg. Kingdom 707 Arnica montana, a Swiss herb, called in our gardens Mountain Tobacco.
1897 Church Times 20 Aug. 186/1 I never yet saw a Swiss breakfast without a bowl of honey on the table.
1941 M. F. K. Fisher in As they Were (1983) 58 She..stood close against the stone, saying, ‘Oh, you are adorable, adorable’..in..Swiss-French.
1961 L. F. Brosnahan Sounds of Lang. vii. 166 [pf, ts] and [kx] are still almost exclusively characteristic of High German, the former two in the standard language, the last confined to a few of the Swiss-German dialects.
1964 M. A. K. Halliday et al. Ling. Sci. 83 Germanic speakers in Switzerland regard themselves..as speaking a distinct ‘Swiss-German’.
1969 ‘R. Petrie’ Despatch of Dove i. i. 19 Her French was fluent, without the savoyard singsong you could so often detect in Swiss-French.
1970 Guardian 2 June 15/4 Mr Schwarzenbach is a Swiss-German.
1979 T. Barling Olympic Sleeper i. 17 Her accent could have been Swiss-French.
b. Designating a system of organizing tournaments, usually of bridge or chess, under which each player or team is matched, in each round except the first, against an opponent with a similar score, but no two opponents may meet more than once.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > board game > chess > [adjective] > type of game or match
blindfold1790
simultaneous1883
over-the-board1924
all-play-all1952
Swiss1953
society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > bridge > [adjective] > type of tournament
Swiss1953
match-pointed1958
1953 Brit. Chess Federation Year Bk. 1951–2 150 The Swiss system in the last few years..has become increasingly popular.
1964 R. L. Frey & A. F. Truscott Official Encycl. Bridge 599/1 Swiss system (for multi-session team-of-four events), a method which has been used successfully for many years in major chess tournaments. When insufficient time is available for a complete round robin, a partial round robin is played.
1965 Listener 29 Apr. 651/1 The most popular method of deciding a large tournament is now the Swiss system, a hybrid of the conventional all-play-all event and a knock-out.
1973 Jewish Chron. 19 Jan. 43/2 This is the first time the English Bridge Union have held a ‘Swiss’ teams event.
Compounds
In names of things, animals, etc. actually or reputedly coming from Switzerland (see quots.).
Swiss bank n. a bank in Switzerland, often chosen by international clients, whose anonymity and security are preserved by a system of numbered accounts (see numbered account n. at numbered adj. Compounds).
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society > trade and finance > financial dealings > banking > [noun] > bank > other types of bank
merchant bank1620
land-bank1696
private bank1696
paper bankc1720
national bank1736
bank of circulation1767
bank of deposit1767
corporate bank1780
state bank1791
branch bank1796
reserve bank1816
investment bank1824
bank of issue1831
commercial bank1838
red dog1838
wild cat1838
central bank1841
national bank1864
investment house1878
issue house1878
clearing-bank1883
issuing house1890
member bank1914
custodian1915
merchant banker1924
Swiss bank1949
development bank1950
Transcash1982
telephone bank1985
bancassurer1991
1949 M. Cranston Introd. Switzerland v. 54 To have one's money in a Swiss bank is to have it somewhere secure against wars and revolutions.
Swiss banker n.
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1949 M. Cranston Introd. Switzerland v. 54 Capital flowed into Switzerland during the two decades between the wars, and Swiss bankers were able to take advantage of this.
1962 Sayers & Linder in R. S. Sayers Banking in Western Europe 188 The Swiss banker does not regard bonds as a really attractive use of resources.
1981 P. O'Donnell Xanadu Talisman ix. 187 Your Swiss banker telephones confirmation of receipt.
Swiss banking n.
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1982 D. Wiltse Wedding Guest xvi. 215 The reputation of the entire Swiss banking community, depends on reliability in following procedures the client stipulates.
Swiss cambric n.
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1882 S. F. A. Caulfeild & B. C. Saward Dict. Needlework 467/1 Swiss Cambric. This is a cotton material, manufactured at Zurich and St. Gall for a long period before muslins..was produced in England.
Swiss chalet n.
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1879 I. L. Bird Lady's Life Rocky Mts. v. 58 A small house, which bore a delightful resemblance to a Swiss châlet.
1970 ‘D. Halliday’ Dolly & Cookie Bird iii. 33 The story..about Diana doing her Swiss chalet housekeeping last winter.
Swiss chard n. = silver beet n. at silver n. and adj. Compounds 2e(b).
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the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > root vegetable > [noun] > beet or beetroot > chard-beet or chard
chard1653
Swiss chard1832
silver beet1882
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > root vegetables > beet > beet plants
sea-beet1713
scarcity1787
leaf beet1830
Swiss chard1832
spinach beet1842
sea-kale beet1882
wurzel1888
1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Beet The Swiss or Chard Beet.]
1832 E. Lankester Veg. Substances Food 252 The footstalks and midribs of the leaves [of white beet]..are stewed and eaten under the name of Swiss chard.
1900 Cycl. Amer. Hort.: A–D 289/1 This vegetable is also known as Sea-kale Beet and Swiss Chard.
1950 N.Z. Jrnl. Agric. Jan. 10/1 Silver beet also called Swiss chard and sea kale beet is grown for its foliage.
1980 Times 23 June 16/5 The Swiss chard, a spinach-like green, was developing brown dry spots on the leaves.
Swiss clock n.
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1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. i. 16 Manchester cottons and shawls, Swiss clocks, and..vividly coloured china.
1982 R. Ludlum Parsifal Mosaic xix. 306 ‘Pretty punctual, huh?’ ‘Like a Swiss clock.’
Swiss copper n.
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1881 Dalpayrat Limoges Enamels 8 Of the kind called virgin or Swiss Copper.
Swiss cottage n. a chalet; hence, a type of tent.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > tent > [noun] > other types of tent
tenticle1548
pal1656
marquee1690
gourbi1738
marquise1749
yurt1780
bell-tent1785
kibitka1799
shuldari1808
fly-tent1816
Swiss cottage1820
skin house1826
big tent1843
ridge tent1846
brush tent1862
dog tent1862
shelter tent1862
wall-tent1862
wedge tent1862
pup tent1863
A tent1863
tupik1864
tentlet1879
choom1889
pyramid1889
tortoise tent1890
safari tent1926
tent-sack1940
tent-trailer1963
tepee1970
trailer tent1971
Whillans box1971
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > a house > types of house > [noun] > summer house or holiday house
summer houseOE
pleasure house1590
mahal1610
aestivation1625
summer cottage1638
cottage1805
Swiss cottage1820
summer home1821
casita1822
chalet1853
bathing-box1883
rest home1889
dacha1896
housekeeping cottage1901
weekend cottage1911
weekender1921
bach1940
hafod1952
gite1964
getaway1968
vacation home1969
timeshare1974
share1984
1820 M. Wilmot Let. 1 Aug. (1935) 75 A beautiful Swiss Cottage, built in the most correct manner.
1884 T. H. Lewin Fly on Wheel iv. 117 The ‘Swiss cottage’ tent, on which I decided [in 1862], as it had the advantage of being divisible into two compartments, with, in addition, a small bathing-room, and large outer flaps which served as shelter for my servants.
1968 Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 27 July 40/1 Take the omnibus..to the Swiss Cottage—the play~chalet which Prince Albert designed for his children.
1971 A. D. Gorwala Queen of Beauty 70 In the snug well~lighted Swiss Cottage tent that was his itinerant home and office for weeks on end while on tour.
1971 A. D. Gorwala Queen of Beauty 77 There were quite a number of places at which the old Swiss Cottage proved useful.
Swiss cream n. a type of trifle.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > confections or sweetmeats > [noun] > other confections or sweet dishes
pionade1302
spinee1381
pokerouncea1450
strawberry cream1523
pannag1540
alkermes1547
sugar-bread1587
snow1597
flammick1600
Norfolk fool1623
fool1653
chocolate cream1702
meringue1706
steeple cream1747
trifle1755
snowball1769
sweet bread1777
marrangle1809
meteor1820
mimpins1820
Nesselrode1835
meringué1845
Swiss cream1845
turban1846
coconut cream1847
panforte1865
yokan1875
bombe1892
Eton mess1896
meringue Chantilly1901
streusel1909
rocky road1920
ringocandy1922
stem ginger1922
dulce de leche1923
kissel1924
some-more1925
cream-crowdie1929
Pavlova cake1929
s'more1934
cranachan1946
sugar-on-snow1947
calavera1948
suji halwa1955
vacherin1960
zuppa inglese1961
brûlée1966
pav1966
delice1967
banoffi1974
macaroon1985
Nanaimo1991
macaron1993
1845 E. Acton Mod. Cookery xx. 527 (heading) Swiss cream, or trifle. (Very good.)
1861 I. M. Beeton Bk. Househ. Managem. xxix. 748 Swiss Cream..1/ 4lb. of macaroons or 6 small sponge-cakes, sherry, 1 pint of cream, 5 oz. of lump sugar, 2 large tablespoonfuls of arrowroot, the rind of 1 lemon, the juice of 1/ 2 lemon, 3 tablespoonfuls of milk.
1903 J. Joyce Let. 26 Feb. (1966) II. 31 Today for dejeuner I had some cold ham, bread and butter, Swiss cream with sugar.
Swiss darning n.
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1882 S. F. A. Caulfeild & B. C. Saward Dict. Needlework 467/1 Swiss Darning. The method of reproducing Stocking-web by means of a darning needle and a thread of yarn worked double.
Swiss deal n.
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1843 C. Holtzapffel Turning & Mech. Manip. I. 107 The sounding boards of..most..instruments, are made of the Swiss deal.
Swiss drill n. a cylindrical drill with the cutting point shaped into two pyramidal planes.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > piercing or boring tools > [noun] > drill > other drills
jumper1769
screw drill1821
stop-drill1843
hand drill1845
Swiss drill1846
traverse-drill1853
crown borer1854
pin drill1858
foot drill1860
perforator1861
pin-bit1873
Archimedean drill1889
paddy1895
stope drill1908
stem1914
screw gun1945
1846 C. Holtzapffel Turning & Mech. Manip. II. 547 It is sometimes called the Swiss drill, and was employed..for making the numerous small holes, in the delicate punching machinery for manufacturing perforated sheets of metal and pasteboard.
Swiss embroidery n.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > sewn or ornamented textile fabric > [noun] > embroidery or ornamental sewing > broderie anglaise
broderie anglaise1852
Swiss embroidery1882
1882 S. F. A. Caulfeild & B. C. Saward Dict. Needlework 467/1 Swiss Embroidery. This Embroidery is the same as is known as Broderie Anglaise, Irish Work, and Madeira Work.
Swiss file n. (see quot. 1964).
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society > occupation and work > equipment > shaping tools or equipment > file > [noun] > fine
smooth-file1678
rat-tail file1744
rat's tail file1777
rat-tail1820
rat-tail rasp1827
rat's taila1830
Swiss file1960
dead-file-
1960 E. L. Delmar-Morgan Cruising Yacht Equipm. & Navigation xiv. 163 The Swiss files are most useful for repair jobs.
1964 S. Crawford Basic Engin. Processes i. 8 Needle files or Swiss files, small fine-cut files of various cross-sections, used for instrument work and in the match-making industry.
Swiss flute n.
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1852 tr. J. J. Seidel Organ & its Constr. 105 Swiss flute is an open flue-register.
Swiss franc n.
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1934 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Swiss franc.
1938 M. Muggeridge In Valley ix. 62 I wrote a cheque for twenty Swiss francs.
1973 ‘G. Black’ Bitter Tea i. 11 She had just made quite a killing..and had invested her take in Swiss francs.
Swiss guard n. a member of the body of mercenary soldiers from Switzerland used as a special bodyguard by former sovereigns of France and other monarchs: still employed at the Vatican.
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society > armed hostility > warriors collectively > lifeguard or bodyguard > [noun] > specific
praetorya1387
pretoira1393
Switzer1591
Scots Guard1602
palatines1623
Swiss guardc1660
yeomanry1673
immortal1803
household brigade1814
Varangian Guard1831
c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1644 (1955) II. 187 In this Palace..the Duke ordinarily resides, living with his Swisse Guards.
1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward I. Introd. p. xxxix With his usual attendants of two files of Swiss guards preceding, and the same number following him.
Swiss Itch n. U.S. slang (see quot. 1967).
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1959 Life 7 Dec. 51/1 The technique..was..old stuff to mature Americans who in Prohibition days had used it, complete with salt, as the safe way to take bathtub gin, then called ‘Swiss Itch’.
1967 Amer. Notes & Queries June 152/1 ‘Swiss Hitch’.., I believe the correct form is Swiss Itch, and I suspect that there is more than one recipe, but I have always heard the term applied to the process by which one places a pinch of salt on the back of the hand, then licks it off, and takes immediately a jigger of tequila, and follows that by immediately biting into a segment or a slice of lime.
Swiss lace n.
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1865 Reading Industr. Exhib. Catal. in Reading Mercury (1968) 17 Aug. 11 Swiss lace, tambour muslin, leno and every description of curtain materials.
1882 S. F. A. Caulfeild & B. C. Saward Dict. Needlework 467/1 Swiss Lace. Lace was manufactured in Switzerland during the sixteenth century.
Swiss melilot n. a plant, Trigonella cœrulea.
Swiss milk n.
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1889 Girl's Own Paper Summer No. 13/1 A small tin, which everyone supposed was Swiss milk, but which proved to be a shilling tin of cream.
1898 Jrnl. School Geogr. (U.S.) Oct. 296 He had brought up a family of thirteen children entirely on Swiss milk and American flour.
Swiss muslin n.
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1832 T. S. Fay Dreams & Reveries I. 155 If I had any~thing to say about bobbinet or Swiss muslin collars, I should at least wait till he had reached some passage not particularly remarkable for beauty.
1882 S. F. A. Caulfeild & B. C. Saward Dict. Needlework 467/2 Swiss Muslin. Muslin was manufactured at St. Gall and Zurich long prior to the production of the textile in England. It is a coarse description of buke or book muslin, much used for curtains, made with raised loose work in various patterns, and also plain.
Swiss patchwork n.
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1882 S. F. A. Caulfeild & B. C. Saward Dict. Needlework 384/2 This [sc. raised patchwork] is also known as Swiss Patchwork, and is made by stuffing the patches out with wadding so that they are well puffed up.
Swiss pigeon n.
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1855 Poultry Chron. 3 140/1 (Pigeons) Gulls or Swallows, Shields, Swiss.
1881 J. C. Lyell Fancy Pigeons 101 The Swiss pigeon..also goes by the name of moon, crescent, and badge of honour pigeon.
Swiss pile-driver n.
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1879 Man. Siege & Garrison Artillery Exercises 71 Swiss pile drivers.
Swiss pine n.
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1896 A. J. Hipkins Descr. & Hist. Pianoforte 122 Swiss Pine, a name applied by pianoforte makers to the finer qualities in growth and grain of Abies Excelsa, the Spruce Fir.
Swiss plover n. the grey plover, Pluvialis squatarola.
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the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > [noun] > family Charadriidae > genus Pluvialis > pluvialis squatarola (grey plover)
sea plover1634
whistling plover1668
strand plover1772
squatarole1819
whistling field bird1819
grey plover1838
whistling field plover1872
Swiss plover1874
pilot1880
1874 E. Coues Birds Northwest 449 Black-bellied, Gray and Swiss Plover.
Swiss roll n. a ‘sweet’ consisting of sponge cake rolled up with a layer of jam.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > cake > [noun] > a cake > roll-shaped cake
jelly roll1895
Swiss roll1897
1897 Econ. Confect. Bk. 13 Swiss Roll. Ingredients. 1/ 2 lb. of Flour. 1/ 2 lb. of Castor Sugar. 9 eggs. A pinch of Volatile Salts. 6 drops Essence of Lemon.
Swiss sandpiper n. = Swiss plover n.
Swiss shell n.
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1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Trumpet-Shell The rough buccinum, called the Swiss-shell.
Swiss steak n. U.S. a steak (usually round) cooked by dipping in flour, pounding and braising, and served with vegetables; hence, a steak (usually a less tender cut) suitable for cooking in this way.
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the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > beef > [noun] > steak or fillet
beef-steak1711
entrecôte1840
filet de bœuf1841
porterhouse steak1842
porterhouse1854
bifteck1861
fillet steak1877
tournedos1877
pope's eye1885
filet mignon1906
minute steak1910
T-bone1916
churrasco1917
Swiss steak1932
strip steak1962
shell steak1968
hanger steak1988
the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > meat dishes > [noun] > steak dishes
Scots collops1657
Scotch collops1664
porterhouse steak1842
Chateaubriand1877
plank steak1904
steak tartare1911
churrasco1917
Swiss steak1932
tournedos Rossini1937
pepper steak1939
cheesesteak1941
steak au poivre1953
steak Diane1957
carpet-bag steak1958
peppered steak1960
1932 E. Craig Cooking with E. Craig 175 Swiss Steak... Take a..2 pound slice of steak. Sprinkle thickly with flour. Pound... Brown steak on both sides.
1947 L. P. De Gouy Gold Cookery Bk. vi. 345 Swiss Steak. The original name of this recipe was ‘Schmor Braten.’ It is three centuries old.
1973 Black Panther 12 May 10/1 Safeway was charged with..mislabeling swiss steaks as round steak for an extra profit of ten cents per pound.
Swiss stone-pine n. see stone-pine n.
Swiss sword n. a basket-hilted sword used in the 16th cent. by Swiss foot-soldiers.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > side arms > sword > [noun] > hilted sword > basket-hilted sword
sheephead sword1707
basket1773
Swiss sword1860
1860 J. Hewitt Anc. Armour III. 617 The basket-hilted sword does not appear till the middle of the [sixteenth] century. It is often called by old writers the ‘Swiss sword’.
Swiss tapeworm n. the broad tapeworm, Bothriocephalus latus.
Swiss tea n. an infusion of several herbs of the genus Achillea, common in the Swiss Alps.
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the world > food and drink > drink > infused leaves, flowers, or fruit > [noun] > others
coltsfoota1627
sage tea?1706
pippin tea1709
lemon-tea1725
foltron1748
camomile-tea1753
sassafras tea1783
spruce tea1783
mountain tea1785
cow-slip tea1796
miserable1842
peppermint tea1844
violet tea1853
Swiss tea1860
coffee-tea1866
Jesuits' tea1866
St. Helena tea1875
cotton-leaf tea1881
tamarind watera1883
tamarind tea1883
mullein tea1887
rosehip tea1947
1860 Chambers's Encycl. I. 29/1 The inhabitants of the Alps..use them [sc. leaves of Achillæa] for making what is called Swiss Tea.
Swiss watch n.
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1885 C. M. Yonge Two Sides of Shield I. iii. 28 Her mother's little Swiss watch.
1977 H. Kaplan Damascus Cover (1978) xvi. 174 The Colonel had honed the movements of the two Israeli agents with the precision of a Swiss watch.
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Swiss Army knife n. (also Swiss Army penknife) a penknife typically incorporating multiple blades and other tools; (also figurative) a thing with multiple purposes or applications.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > cutting tool > knife > [noun] > penknife
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desk-knife1833
Swiss Army knife1935
1891 Woodland (Calif.) Daily Democrat 25 Sept. 2/1 The officers of the Swiss Army have decided that every soldier of that country shall carry a pocket knife of a certain form and shape, and which shall contain four blades.., and also provided with a can opener and a corkscrew.]
1935 N.Y. Times 23 Dec. 8 (advt.) Swiss Army Knife... 5.00.
1972 Last Whole Earth Catal. (Portola Inst.) 269 Swiss army knives, made in Switzerland from tough, rust-proof, corrosion-proof Stainless Steel.
1988 Times 9 Mar. 6/2 Scout knives and Swiss army penknives would be protected under the legislation.
1995 Daily Tel. 1 Mar. 35/1 The modern portable has become the Swiss Army knife of computing, bristling with secret compartments and pop-out gadgets.
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Swiss shower n. a shower consisting of several powerful water jets from nozzles positioned at various heights; a health treatment involving such a shower.
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1961 N.Y. Times 5 Nov. xx. 14 (advt.) Superb penthouse spa—featuring 2 luxurious oversize Roman Pools! 14 aerojet pools, Swiss showers.
1982 People (Nexis) 17 May 129 Guests..receive a comprehensive medical checkup.., hair and skin treatments, herbal wraps, Swiss showers, saunas and Turkish baths.
2002 Caribbean World Summer 48/1 Spa Palace Resort–an extensive spa menu with hydrotherapy, Swiss showers, facials,..[etc.].
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