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9221 Etymology dictionary, p. gila monster (n.).2
… , which runs through its habitat in Arizona. The river name probably is from an Indian language, but it is unknown now which one, or what the word meant in it.
9222 Etymology dictionary, p. give (v.).3
… ;" meaning "run out, break down" is from 1520s. Give up "surrender, resign, quit" is mid-12c. To give (someone) a cold seems to reflect the old belief that one could be cured …
9223 Etymology dictionary, p. glass (n.).3
Restricted sense of "drinking glass" is from early 13c. and now excludes other glass vessels. Meaning "a glass mirror" is from 14c. Meaning "glass filled with running sand to measure time" is from 1550s; meaning "observing instrument" is from 1610s.
9224 Etymology dictionary, p. grand prix.2
1863, French, literally "great prize," originally in English in reference to the Grand Prix de Paris, international horse race for three-year-olds, run every June at Longchamps beginning in 1863.
9225 Etymology dictionary, p. grease (v.).2
… things run smoothly" (mid-15c.). To grease (someone's) palm is from 1580s. Expression greased lightning, representing something that goes very fast, is American …
9226 Etymology dictionary, p. Gretna Green.2
town in Scotland just across the border, proverbial from late 18c. as the customery place for English couples to run off and be married without parental consent.
9227 Etymology dictionary, p. ground (n.).2
… in run aground ), from Proto-Germanic *grundu-, which seems to have meant "deep place" (source also of Old Frisian, Old Saxon, Danish, Swedish grund, Dutch grond, Old …
9228 Etymology dictionary, p. ground (n.).3
… ). To run to ground in fox-hunting is from 1779. Ground rule (1890) originally was a rule designed for a specific playing field ( ground or grounds in this sense attested …
9229 Etymology dictionary, p. ground (v.).2
… , "to run into the ground," from mid-15c. (intransitive), transitive sense from 1650s. Of arms, from 1711. Electrical sense from 1881. Meaning "deny privileges" is 1940s …
9230 Etymology dictionary, p. guard (n.).2
… and running beside the rail on the outside; the guide-rail running between the rails.
9231 Etymology dictionary, p. gully (n.).2
"channel in earth made by running water," 1650s, possibly a variant of Middle English golet "water channel" (see gullet ). Gully-washer, American English colloquial for "heavy rainstorm," attested by 1887.
9232 Etymology dictionary, p. gutter (n.).2
… by running water" is from 1580s. Meaning "trough under the eaves of a roof to carry off rainwater" is from mid-14c. Figurative sense of "low, profane" is from 1818 …
9233 Etymology dictionary, p. gutter (v.).2
late 14c., "to make or run in channels" (transitive), from gutter (n.). Intransitive use, in reference to candles (1706) it is from the channel that forms as the molten wax flows off. Related: Guttered; guttering .
9234 Etymology dictionary, p. heat (n.).3
… meaning "run given to a horse to prepare for a race" (1570s). The latter word over time was extended to "division of a race or contest when there are too many contestants …
9235 Etymology dictionary, p. heel (n.1).3
… "to run away."
9236 Etymology dictionary, p. hit-and-run (adj.).1
hit-and-run (adj.)
9237 Etymology dictionary, p. hit-and-run (adj.).2
1940, in reference to military raids, etc., from hit (v.) + run (v.). As a noun phrase, Hit and run is from 1899 as a baseball play, 1924 as a driver failing to stop at an automobile accident he caused.
9238 Etymology dictionary, p. home front (n.).2
also homefront, 1918, from home (n.) + front (n.) in the military sense. A term from World War I; popularized (if not coined) by the agencies running the U.S. propaganda effort.
9239 Etymology dictionary, p. home run (n.).1
home run (n.)
9240 Etymology dictionary, p. hooky (n.).2
also hookey, in the truant sense, 1848, American English (New York City), only in the phrase play hooky; from Dutch hoekje "hide and seek;" or else from hook it, attested since 14c. as "make off, run away," originally "depart, proceed."