figurative sense
41Savage Aural Hotbed — (abbreviated as SAH) is a Minneapolis, MN based found object band. Formed in 1988, SAH is a four member band that performs instrumental percussive and ambient music. They are heavily influenced by Japanese Taiko drumming, but also features usage… …
42ardent — (adj.) early 14c., of alcoholic distillates, brandy (ardent spirits), etc., from O.Fr. ardant (13c.) burning, hot; zealous, from L. ardentem (nom. ardens) glowing, fiery, hot, ablaze, also used figuratively of passions, prp. of ardere to burn,… …
43bait — {{11}}bait (n.) food put on a hook or trap to lure prey, c.1300, from O.N. beita food, related to O.N. beit pasture, O.E. bat food, lit. to cause to bite (see BAIT (Cf. bait) (v.)). Figurative sense anything used as a lure is from c.1400. The… …
44gloss — {{11}}gloss (n.1) luster, 1530s, from Scandinavian (Cf. Icelandic glossi flame, related to glossa to flame ), or obsolete Du. gloos a glowing, from M.H.G. glos; probably ultimately from the same source as O.E. glowan (see GLOW (Cf. glow)).… …
45hand — {{11}}hand (n.) O.E. hond, hand hand; side; power, control, possession, from P.Gmc. *khanduz (Cf. O.S., O.Fris., Du., Ger. hand, O.N. hönd, Goth. handus). The original Old English plural handa was superseded in Middle English by handen, later… …
46hooker — (n.) prostitute, often traced to the disreputable morals of the Army of the Potomac (American Civil War) under the tenure of Gen. Fighting Joe Hooker (early 1863), and the word might have been popularized by this association at that time (though… …
47lean — {{11}}lean (adj.) thin, spare, with little flesh or fat, c.1200, from O.E. hlæne lean, thin, possibly from hlænan cause to lean or bend, from P.Gmc. *khlainijan, which would connect it to O.E. hleonian (see LEAN (Cf. lean) (v.)). But perhaps… …
48side — {{11}}side (n.) O.E. side flanks of a person, the long part or aspect of anything, from P.Gmc. *sithon (Cf. O.S. sida, O.N. siða, M.Du. side, O.H.G. sita, Ger. Seite), from adjective *sithas long (Cf. O.E. sid long, broad, spacious, O.N. siðr …
49spark — {{11}}spark (n.) O.E. spearca, from P.Gmc. *spark (Cf. M.L.G. sparke, M.Du. spranke, not found in other Germanic languages). Electrical sense dates from 1748. Slang sense of a gallant, a beau, a lover (c.1600) is perhaps a figurative use, but… …
50tailor — {{11}}tailor (n.) late 13c., from Anglo Fr. tailour, O.Fr. tailleor tailor, lit. a cutter, from tailler to cut, from M.L. taliator vestium a cutter of clothes, from L.L. taliare to split, from L. talea a slender stick, rod, staff, a cutting, twig …
