ETYM Old Eng. darnel, dernel, of uncertain origin; cf. dial. French darnelle, Swed. dar-repe; perh. named from a supposed intoxicating quality of the plant, and akin to Swed. dara to infatuate, OD. door foolish, German thor fool, and Ee. dizzy.
Weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous; SYN. tare, bearded darnel, cheat, Lolium temulentum.
Tall, awned grass, a weed of corn-fields.

Darnel; ryegrass; Also called: genus Lolium.

ETYM Old Eng. darnel, dernel, of uncertain origin; cf. dial. French darnelle, Swed. dar-repe; perh. named from a supposed intoxicating quality of the plant, and akin to Swed. dara to infatuate, OD. door foolish, German thor fool, and Ee. dizzy.
Weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous; SYN. tare, bearded darnel, cheat, Lolium temulentum.
Tall, awned grass, a weed of corn-fields.

ETYM Old Eng. se, see, Old Fren. se, sed, sied, from Latin sedes a seat, or the kindred sedere to sit. Related to Sit, Siege.
(Homonym: sea).
The place within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located.

1. Changing location by moving back and forth; SYN. swinging.
2. A sweeping blow or stroke
3. A state of steady vigorous action that is characteristic of an activity
4. An apparatus for children to play on, consisting of a seat suspended by ropes from a horizontal bar.
SYN. swing music, jive.

ETYM Latin vacillatio: cf. French vacillation.
The act of vacillating; a moving one way and the other; a wavering.

ETYM A word of Indian origin: cf. Spanish hamaca; mentioned by Christopher Columbus.
(Homonym: hummock).
A hanging bed of canvas or rope netting (usually suspended between two trees); swing easily; SYN. sack.

A chair mounted on rockers; SYN. rocker. rockingchair, rocking-chair

1. To hold gently and carefully.
2. To rock or place in or as if in a cradle; SYN. rock.
3. To bring up from infancy.
4. To cut grain with a cradle scythe.
5. To run with the stick, in the sport of lacrosse.
6. To wash in a cradle (said of gold).

1. To move (a baby) up and down in one's arms or on one's knees.
2. To pet, as of a small child.

1. To cause to dangle or hang freely.
2. To hang freely; SYN. swing, drop.

(Irregular preterit, past participle: swung).
1. To change direction with a swinging motion; turn.
2. To make a big sweeping gesture or movement; SYN. sweep, swing out.
3. To move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner; SYN. sway.
4. To move in a curve.
5. To change drastically.
6. To hit or aim at with a sweeping arm movement.
7. To influence decisively; SYN. swing over.
8. To live in a lively, modern, and relaxed style.
9. To be a social swinger; socialize actively; SYN. get around.

1. To move (a baby) up and down in one's arms or on one's knees.
2. To pet, as of a small child.

1. To cause to dangle or hang freely.
2. To hang freely; SYN. swing, drop.

1. To move back and forth, like a ship; SYN. sway, shake.
2. To rouse to excitement (as by performing rock music)
3. To become moved backward and forward under often violent impact; also; to move gently back and forth
4. To move forward at a steady pace; also; to move forward at a high speed
5. To sing, dance to, or play rock music

(Irregular preterit, past participle: swung).
1. To change direction with a swinging motion; turn.
2. To make a big sweeping gesture or movement; SYN. sweep, swing out.
3. To move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner; SYN. sway.
4. To move in a curve.
5. To change drastically.
6. To hit or aim at with a sweeping arm movement.
7. To influence decisively; SYN. swing over.
8. To live in a lively, modern, and relaxed style.
9. To be a social swinger; socialize actively; SYN. get around.

1. To move one way and the other; to reel or stagger; to waver.
2. To fluctuate in mind or opinion; to be unsteady or inconstant; to waver.
3. Fluctuate in opinion or resolution
4. Waver; fluctuate.

1. To move or proceed with an irregular rocking or staggering motion or unsteadily and clumsily from side to side.
2. Ttremble, quaver.
3. Waver, vacillate.
4. To cause to wobble.

1. A repeated motion from side to side; SYN. waggle, shake.
2. To move from side to side, as of fingers and tails; SYN. waggle.

ETYM AS. cradel, cradol, prob. from Celtic; cf. Gael. creathall, Irish craidhal, W. cryd a shaking or rocking, a cradle; perh. akin to Eng. crate.
1. A baby's bed with sides and rockers.
2. Birth of a person.

A projection like a fin extending from the hull near the turn of the bilge on either side to check rolling.
Either of two lengthwise fins attached along the outside of a ship's bilge; reduces rolling. bilge-keel