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9081 Etymology dictionary, p. anadromous (adj.).2
"ascending," especially "ascending a river to spawn" (as salmon and other fishes do), 1753, from Latinized form of Greek anadromos "running upward," from ana "up, upward" (see ana- ) + dromos "a running," from dramein "to run" (see dromedary ).
9082 Etymology dictionary, p. anchorman (n.).2
1903, "last man of a tug-of-war team," from anchor (n.) + man (n.). Later, "one who runs last in a relay race" (1934). Transferred sense "host or presenter of a TV or radio program" is from 1958.
9083 Etymology dictionary, p. Aragon.2
medieval northern Spanish kingdom, named for a river that runs through it, probably from a PIE root meaning "water." Related: Aragonese (late 14c., Arragounneys ); Middle English also had a noun Aragoner .
9084 Etymology dictionary, p. Avis.2
U.S. car rental company, according to company history founded 1946 at Willow Run Airport in Detroit by U.S. businessman Warren Avis and named for him.
9085 Etymology dictionary, p. bail (n.1).4
To go to (or in ) bail "be released on bail" is attested from mid-15c. In late 18c. criminal slang, to give leg bail meant "to run away."
9086 Etymology dictionary, p. Balkan (adj.).2
1835, "of or pertaining to the Balkans " (q.v.) or to the mountain range that runs across them.
9087 Etymology dictionary, p. bawd (n.).4
… who runs errands," or Germanic *strutt (see strut (v.)). There was an Old French baudestrote, baudetrot of the same meaning (13c.), and this may be the direct source of …
9088 Etymology dictionary, p. beach (v.).2
"to haul or run up on a beach," 1814, from beach (n.). Related: Beached; beaching .
9089 Etymology dictionary, p. belay (v.).2
… a running rope round a cleat or pin to secure it" (also transferred to mountain-climbing), attested by 1540s; but this is possibly from Dutch cognate beleggen …
9090 Etymology dictionary, p. bend (n.2).2
… . Ordinarily running from the right top to the left bottom; the bend sinister runs along the other diagonal.
9091 Etymology dictionary, p. blank verse (n.).2
"unrhymed decasyllables," commonly used in English dramatic and epic poetry, generally iambic in run, 1580s; the thing itself is attested in English poetry by mid-16c. and is classical in origin.
9092 Etymology dictionary, p. boom (n.3).2
… spar run out to extend the foot of a sail" — a ship "booming" being one in full sail. But it could just as well be from boom (n.2) on the notion of "sudden burst." The verbal …
9093 Etymology dictionary, p. boom (n.1).2
… spar run out from a ship" (1660s), from Scottish boun, borrowed from Dutch boom "tree, pole, beam," from a Middle Dutch word analogous to German Baum, English beam (n …
9094 Etymology dictionary, p. bowery (n.).2
… 1787), running from the built-up part of the city out to the plantations in middle Manhattan; the city's growth soon overran it, and by 1840 it was a commercial …
9095 Etymology dictionary, p. bozo (n.).3
… was running advertisements warning of imitators. His act, performed with partner Blanche Belford, saw him playing a drunken tramp in pantomime. In a 1926 …
9096 Etymology dictionary, p. bulldog (n.).2
… earliest run of a daily paper.
9097 Etymology dictionary, p. bye (n.).2
in sporting use, a variant of by (prep). Originally in cricket, "a run scored on a ball that is missed by the wicket-keeper" (1746); later, in other sports, "position of one who is left without a competitor when the rest have drawn pairs" (1868).
9098 Etymology dictionary, p. caddie (n.).2
… who runs errands;" meaning "golfer's assistant" is from 1851. A letter from Edinburgh c. 1730 describes the city's extensive and semi-organized "Cawdys, a very …
9099 Etymology dictionary, p. Canton.2
… British-run, Hong Kong-based Chinese postal system.
9100 Etymology dictionary, p. capillary (adj.).3
… not run through it" (1742). From 1809 in reference to the phenomena of the rise of liquids in tubes, etc., by surface tension, on the notion of "taking place in capillary …