slang Offensive term for a lesbian who is noticeably masculine.
synonyms: butch, dike.
Roget 232:
inclosure,
envelope;
case
etc.
(receptacle)
191;
wrapper;
girdle
etc.
230.
pen,
fold;
pen fold,
in fold,
sheep fold;
paddock,
pound;
corral;
yard;
net,
seine net.
wall,
hedge,
hedge row;
espalier;
fence
etc.
(defense)
717;
pale,
paling,
balustrade,
rail,
railing,
quickset hedge,
park paling,
circumvallation†,
enceinte,
ring fence.
barrier,
barricade;
gate,
gateway;
bent,
dingle [U.S.];
door,
hatch,
cordon;
prison
etc.
752.
dike,
dyke,
ditch,
fosse†,
moat.
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Roget 259:
furrow,
groove,
rut,
sulcus [Anat.],
scratch,
streak,
striae,
crack,
score,
incision,
slit;
chamfer,
fluting;
corduroy road,
cradle hole.
channel,
gutter,
trench,
ditch,
dike,
dyke;
moat,
fosse†,
trough,
kennel;
ravine
etc.
(interval)
198;
tajo [U.S.],
thank-ye-ma'am [U.S.].
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Roget 374:
woman,
she,
her,
female,
petticoat.
feminality†,
muliebrity†;
womanhood
etc.
(adolescence)
131.
womankind;
the sex,
the fair;
fair sex,
softer sex;
weaker vessel.
dame,
madam,
madame,
mistress,
Mrs.
lady,
donna belle [Sp.],
matron,
dowager,
goody,
gammer†;
Frau [G.],
frow†,
Vrouw [Du.],
rani;
good woman,
good wife;
squaw;
wife
etc.
(marriage)
903;
matronage,
matronhood†.
bachelor girl,
new woman,
feminist,
suffragette,
suffragist.
nymph,
wench,
grisette†;
girl
etc.
(youth)
129.
[Effeminacy]
sissy,
betty,
cot betty [U.S.],
cotquean†,
henhussy†,
mollycoddle,
muff,
old woman.
[Female animal]
hen,
bitch,
sow,
doe,
roe,
mare;
she goat,
Nanny goat,
tabita;
ewe,
cow;
lioness,
tigress;
vixen.
gynecaeum†.
estrogen,
oestrogen.
consanguinity
etc.
166
[Female relatives],
paternity
etc.
11.
lesbian,
dyke [Slang].
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Roget 717:
defense,
protection,
guard,
ward;
shielding
etc.
v.;
propugnation†,
preservation
etc.
670;
guardianship.
area defense;
site defense.
self-defense,
self-preservation;
resistance
etc.
719.
safeguard
etc.
(safety)
664;
balistraria†;
bunker,
screen
etc.
(shelter)
666;
camouflage
etc.
(concealment)
530;
fortification;
munition,
muniment†;
trench,
foxhole;
bulwark,
fosse†,
moat,
ditch,
entrenchment,
intrenchment†;
kila†;
dike,
dyke;
parapet,
sunk fence,
embankment,
mound,
mole,
bank,
sandbag,
revetment;
earth work,
field-work;
fence,
wall dead wall,
contravallation†;
paling
etc.
(inclosure)
232;
palisade,
haha,
stockade,
stoccado†,
laager†,
sangar†;
barrier,
barricade;
boom;
portcullis,
chevaux de frise [Fr.];
abatis,
abattis†,
abbatis†;
vallum†,
circumvallation†,
battlement,
rampart,
scarp;
escarp†,
counter-scarp;
glacis,
casemate†;
vallation†,
vanfos†.
buttress,
abutment;
shore
etc.
(support)
215.
breastwork,
banquette,
curtain,
mantlet†,
bastion,
redan†,
ravelin†;
vauntmure†;
advance work,
horn work,
outwork;
barbacan†,
barbican;
redoubt;
fort-elage [Fr.],
fort-alice;
lines.
loophole,
machicolation†;
sally port.
hold,
stronghold,
fastness;
asylum
etc.
(refuge)
666;
keep,
donjon,
dungeon,
fortress,
citadel,
capitol,
castle;
tower of strength,
tower of strength;
fort,
barracoon†,
pah†,
sconce,
martello tower†,
peelhouse†,
blockhouse,
rath†;
wooden walls.
[body armor]
bulletproof vest,
armored vest,
buffer,
corner stone,
fender,
apron,
mask,
gauntlet,
thimble,
carapace,
armor,
shield,
buckler,
aegis,
breastplate,
backplate†,
cowcatcher,
face guard,
scutum†,
cuirass,
habergeon†,
mail,
coat of mail,
brigandine†,
hauberk,
lorication†,
helmet,
helm,
bassinet,
salade†,
heaume†,
morion†,
murrion†,
armet†,
cabaset†,
vizor†,
casquetel†,
siege cap,
headpiece,
casque,
pickelhaube,
vambrace†,
shako
etc.
(dress)
225.
bearskin;
panoply;
truncheon
etc.
(weapon)
727.
garrison,
picket,
piquet;
defender,
protector;
guardian
etc.
(safety)
664;
bodyguard,
champion;
knight-errant,
Paladin;
propugner†.
bulletproof window.
hardened site.
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Dutch: lesbi, lesbienne, lesbo, pot, schuurmeid, tribade
A barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea.
synonyms: dam, dike.
Roget 343:
land covered with water,
gulf,
gulph†,
bay,
inlet,
bight,
estuary,
arm of the sea,
bayou [U.S.],
fiord,
armlet;
frith†,
firth,
ostiary†,
mouth;
lagune†,
lagoon;
indraught†;
cove,
creek;
natural harbor;
roads;
strait;
narrows;
Euripus;
sound,
belt,
gut,
kyles†;
continental slope,
continental shelf.
lake,
loch,
lough†,
mere,
tarn,
plash,
broad,
pond,
pool,
lin†,
puddle,
slab,
well,
artesian well;
standing water,
dead water,
sheet of water;
fish pond,
mill pond;
ditch,
dike,
dyke,
dam;
reservoir
etc.
(store)
636;
alberca†,
barachois†,
hog wallow [U.S.].
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Dutch: sloot, stuwdam, dam, dijk, waterdam, waterkering
Polish: zapora wodna, tama, zapora