figurative sense
71safety — c.1300, from O.Fr. sauvete, earlier salvetet (11c.), from M.L. salvitatem (nom. salvitas) safety, from L. salvus (see SAFE (Cf. safe)). Meaning trigger lock on a gun is attested from 1881. As a N.Amer. football position, first recorded 1881.… …
72sappy — full of sap, Late O.E. sæpig, from sæp (see SAP (Cf. sap) (n.1)). Figurative sense of foolishly sentimental (1660s) may have developed from an intermediate sense of wet, sodden (late 15c.). Earlier, now obs., figurative senses were full of… …
73tee — (n.) in golf, 1721, back formation from teaz (1673), taken as a plural; a Scottish word of uncertain origin. The original form was a little heap of sand. The verb meaning place a ball on a golf tee is recorded from 1673; figurative sense of to… …
74thirst — {{11}}thirst (n.) O.E. þurst, from W.Gmc. *thurstus (Cf. O.S. thurst, Fris. torst, Du. dorst, O.H.G., Ger. durst), from P.Gmc. *thurs , from PIE root *ters dry (see TERRAIN (Cf. terrain)). Figurative sense of vehement desire is attested from… …
75track — {{11}}track (n.) late 15c., footprint, mark left by anything, from O.Fr. trac track of horses, trace (mid 15c.), possibly from a Germanic source (Cf. M.L.G. treck, Du. trek drawing, pulling; see TREK (Cf. trek)). Meaning lines of rails for… …
76unbind — (v.) O.E. unbindan, to free from binding, from UN (Cf. un ) (2) + BIND (Cf. bind) (v.). Cf. Ger. entbinden, Du. ontbinden. Literal and figurative senses both present in Old English. Suæ huæt ðu unbindes ofer eorðu bið unbunden in heofnum.… …
77yo-yo — (n.) 1915, apparently from a language of the Philippines. Registered as a trademark in Vancouver, Canada, in 1932, the year the first craze for them began (subsequent fads 1950s, 1970s, 1998). The toy itself is much older and was earlier known as …
78aftermath — The original sense in agriculture (a second or later mowing or the crop of grass which springs up after the first mowing) is 16c (along with aftercrop and aftergrass) and the figurative sense is 17c. In its figurative meaning, aftermath usually… …
79land — {{11}}land (n.) O.E. land, lond, ground, soil, also definite portion of the earth s surface, home region of a person or a people, territory marked by political boundaries, from P.Gmc. *landom (Cf. O.N., O.Fris. Du., Ger., Goth. land), from PIE… …
80List of English words of Dutch origin — This is a list of words of Dutch language origin. However, note that this list does also include some words of which the etymology is uncertain, and that some may have been derived from Middle Low German equivalents instead or as well. Some of… …
