An ordinary person or thing; something commonplace.
One of the standard geometric designs placed across the center of a coat of arms, such as a pale or fess.
A part of the Christian liturgy that is reasonably constant without regard to the date on which the service is performed.
A rule, or book of rules, prescribing the order of service, especially of Mass.
A person having immediate jurisdiction in a given case of ecclesiastical law, such as the bishop within a diocese.
The chaplain of Newgate prison, who prepared condemned prisoners for death.
A meal provided for a set price at an eating establishment.
A penny farthing bicycle.
A judge with the authority to deal with cases himself or herself rather than by delegation.
The usual course of things; normal condition or health; a standard way of behaviour or action.
Having no special characteristics or function; everyday, common, mundane; often deprecatory.
Being part of the natural order of things; normal, customary, routine.
Having regular jurisdiction; now only used in certain phrases.
Bad or undesirable.
One who consorts with disreputable people, including prostitutes.
Any activity that uses physical exertion or skills competitively under a set of rules that is not based on aesthetics.
A friend or acquaintance (chiefly used when speaking to the friend in question)
Term of endearment used by an adult for a child, usually a boy.
A sportsman; a gambler.
A person who exhibits either good or bad sportsmanship.
A toy; a plaything; an object of mockery.
Gaming for money as in racing, hunting, fishing.
Somebody who behaves or reacts in an admirably good-natured manner, e.g. to being teased or to losing a game; a good sport.
A plant or an animal, or part of a plant or animal, which has some peculiarity not usually seen in the species; an abnormal variety or growth. The term encompasses both mutants and organisms with non-genetic developmental abnormalities such as birth defects.
To display; to have as a notable feature.
To close (a door).
To mock or tease, treat lightly, toy with.
To assume suddenly a new and different character from the rest of the plant or from the type of the species; said of a bud, shoot, plant, or animal.
To amuse oneself, to play.
To practise the diversions of the field or the turf; to be given to betting, as upon races.
To divert; to amuse; to make merry.
To represent by any kind of play.