trewsman

 

a Highlander

trest

trest m

1. punishment

trepidancy

trepidancy ‎(uncountable)
(rare) Trembling caused by fear or nervous agitation.

Trephiner

Trephiner

A near-extinct term for a surgeon who performed trephination as practiced in the Middle Ages, in which holes were bored in the skull and other body sites to allow “evil humours” a place of egress.

VAXen

VAXen
 
Plural form of VAX (a computer system of the 1970s). Humorous modern use of -en from Middle English.

quinzhee

A quinzhee or quinzee /ˈkwɪnziː/ is a shelter made by hollowing out a pile of settled snow. This is in contrast to an igloo, which is made from blocks of hard snow. The word is of Athabaskan origin, and entered the English language by 1984.

sump

A sump (American English and some parts of Canada: oil pan) is a low space that collects any often-undesirable liquids such as water or chemicals. A sump can also be an infiltration basin used to manage surface runoff water and recharge underground aquifers.^[1] Sump can also refer to an area in a cave where an underground flow of water exits the cave into the earth.

Soteriology

Soteriology (/səˌtɪəriˈɒlədʒi/; Greek: σωτηρία sōtēria "salvation" from σωτήρ sōtēr "savior, preserver" and λόγος logos "study" or "word"^[1]) is the study of religious doctrines of salvation. Salvation theory occupies a place of special significance in many religions.
In the academic field of religious studies, soteriology is understood by scholars as representing a key theme in a number of different religions and is often studied in a comparative context; that is, comparing various ideas about what salvation is and how it is obtained.

plenipotentiary

The word plenipotentiary (from the Latin, plenus + potens, full + power) has two meanings. As a noun, it refers to a person who has "full powers." In particular, the term commonly refers to a diplomat fully authorized to represent a government as a prerogative (e.g., ambassador). As an adjective, plenipotentiary refers to something—an edict, assignment, etc.—that confers "full powers."

Jus legationis

Jus legationis is a Legal Latin term meaning the capacity to send and receive consuls and diplomats.

épater le bourgeois

épater le bourgeois

1. (literary) To scandalize, provoke the middle class.

throw shapes

throw shapes

1. (Ireland, idiomatic, slang) To act tough or put up a front. For example, to threaten a person by making "karate chops" at them, without actually doing harm or knowing karate.
2. (Ireland, idiomatic, slang) To dance.

tear up the pea patch

tear up the pea patch

1. (idiomatic) To put on a notable performance, especially in sports; to go on a rampage.

turn to custard

turn to custard

1. (New Zealand) To go badly awry.

waltz Matilda

waltz Matilda
(Australia) To travel on foot carrying a swag (belongings wrapped in a cloth); to so travel looking for work.

to yield the ghost

to yield the ghost

1. (idiomatic) To give up the ghost.

to vent one's spleen

to vent one's spleen

1. To openly express pent-up anger, often on an unrelated matter or person.

to unring a bell

to unring a bell

1. (idiomatic) To reverse the irreversible; to perform the impossible.

trip the light fantastic

trip the light fantastic

1. To dance or to move rhythmically to musical accompaniment, especially in a graceful or nimble manner.

piss it down

piss it down

1. (slang, vulgar) To rain heavily; piss down.

   I'm not going to the shops now. It's pissing it down.

put the cat among the pigeons

put the cat among the pigeons

1. (idiomatic) To cause alarm.  

make common cause

make common cause
 To cooperate, to enter into an alliance for a shared goal.

offer affordances

offer affordances

1. (idiomatic) To give elbow room or leeway (for something to happen).

teach grandma how to suck eggs

teach grandma how to suck eggs

1. To tell an expert how to do things. Usually phrased in the negative.  

knit one's brows

knit one's brows

1. (idiomatic) To scowl, indicating anger, worry, or puzzlement.

hop it

hop it
To leave; to go away.  

include me out

include me out

1. (nonstandard, humorous) Do not include me; leave me out; exclude me.

hit the skids

hit the skids

1. (intransitive, idiomatic) to fail; decline

send to Coventry

send to Coventry

1. (transitive, idiomatic) To ostracize, or systematically ignore someone.

   The group decided to send the unpopular members to Coventry.

    

    Some believe that the phrase dates from the English Civil War, when a military prison was located in that city. Others say it dates from the 18th century, when Coventry was the nearest town to London that lay outside the jurisdiction of the Bow Street Runners and so London criminals would flee to Coventry to escape arrest.

make a leg

make a leg

1. (idiomatic, Britain) To make a deep bow with the right leg drawn back.

know shit from Shinola

know shit from Shinola
(US) To have the most basic level of intelligence or common sense.  A colloquialism which dates back to the early 1940s in the United States, sometimes ended with "that's why your shoes don't shine". [1] Shinola was a popular brand of shoe polish, which had a color and texture not unlike feces.