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Outlander S5E9: English vocabulary

Season 5, Episode 9DramaSci-Fi & Fantasy

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  • sassenach

    Word

    a Scottish word for an English person, often used in a teasing or unfriendly way

  • utterer

    Word

    a person who says or speaks something

  • jemmy

    Word

    a short crowbar used for forcing doors or windows open

  • gangrenous

    Word

    affected by gangrene

  • billow

    Word

    a large wave or a swelling mass of water, smoke, or fabric

  • poultice

    Word

    a soft, moist mass put on the skin to ease pain or swelling

  • bairn

    Word

    a child

  • whosoever

    Word

    an old-fashioned word meaning 'whoever' or 'any person who

  • russet

    Word

    reddish-brown in color

  • amputate

    Word

    to remove part or all of a limb or finger by surgery

  • worser

    Word

    an old or nonstandard comparative of bad, meaning worse

  • purveyor

    Word

    a person or company that supplies or sells a particular kind of goods

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  • tripe

    Word

    the stomach of a cow or other animal, used as food

  • moldy

    Word

    covered with mold

  • berate

    Word

    to criticize someone angrily and at length

  • snide

    Word

    rude or mocking in an indirect way

  • gloat

    Word

    to feel or show smug pleasure about your own success or someone else's failure

  • leavings

    Word

    things that are left over after something is used, eaten, or finished

  • millstone

    Word

    a heavy stone used for grinding grain in a mill

  • silvering

    Word

    the process of turning silver in color

  • stave

    Word

    one of the wooden strips that make up the side of a barrel or cask

  • canvass

    Word

    to go from place to place asking people for opinions, votes, or support

  • marksman

    Word

    a person who is very skilled at shooting a gun or hitting a target

  • antler

    Word

    one of the branched bony growths on a deer, elk, or moose

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  • bodied

    Word

    having a body of a particular kind; used in compounds

  • reproach

    Word

    a feeling or expression of disapproval or disappointment

  • maggot

    Word

    the soft, legless larva of a fly

  • dyeing

    Word

    the process of coloring fabric or other materials

  • lass

    Word

    a girl or young woman, especially in Scottish English

  • bugger

    Word

    an annoying or unpleasant person

  • abler

    Word

    more able or skilled than someone or something else

  • indebted

    Word

    owing thanks or gratitude to someone

  • pining

    Word

    full of longing or sadness for someone or something

  • bequeath

    Word

    to leave money or property to someone in a will

  • laird

    Word

    a Scottish landowner, especially the owner of a large estate

  • orally

    Word

    by speaking, not in writing

  • evener

    Word

    something that makes a surface, line, or shape even or level

  • gallows

    Word

    a structure used for hanging people as a form of execution

  • venomous

    Word

    able to produce venom and inject it with a bite or sting

  • sledding

    Word

    the activity of riding on a sled or sled-like vehicle over snow

  • syringe

    Word

    a medical tool used to inject or remove liquid

  • necking

    Word

    kissing and touching someone in a sexual way

  • stroking

    Word

    the act of gently rubbing or stroking something

  • ominous

    Word

    giving a feeling that something bad is going to happen

  • penance

    Word

    something done to show regret for a wrong action, often as a religious duty

  • compel

    Word

    to force someone to do something, or make them feel they must do it

  • magpie

    Word

    a black-and-white bird with a long tail and a noisy call

  • smuggle

    Word

    to move goods secretly across a border or into a country illegally

  • viper

    Word

    a venomous snake with long fangs and a thick body

  • harvesting

    Word

    the act of gathering a crop from the fields

  • indigo

    Word

    a deep blue-purple color

  • passageway

    Word

    a narrow passage or corridor that lets people move from one place to another

  • hue

    Word

    a color or shade

  • overhear

    Word

    to hear something spoken by someone else without meaning to or without being invited to listen

  • Other Side

    Phrase

    the life or world believed to exist after death

  • rightful

    Word

    deserved or legally owned; having a valid claim to something

  • open the door

    Phrase

    to make it possible for something to happen

  • can wait

    Phrase

    a sarcastic way of saying someone does not have to wait

  • scold

    Word

    to speak to someone angrily because they did something wrong

  • venom

    Word

    a poisonous liquid or substance that some animals inject with a bite or sting

  • tracker

    Word

    a device or app that helps you find or follow the location of someone or something

  • shotted

    Word

    past tense and past participle of shoot

  • conceive

    Word

    to form or imagine an idea, plan, or situation in your mind

  • sac

    Word

    a small pouch or sac-like bag

  • healer

    Word

    a person who helps sick people get better, especially outside regular medicine

  • sled

    Word

    a small vehicle for moving over snow or ice

  • reload

    Word

    to load something again, especially a gun, printer, or web page

  • talk at

    Phrase

    to speak to someone in a way that ignores their replies or feelings

  • small wonder

    Phrase

    used to say that something is not surprising

  • bonnet

    Word

    a hat for a woman or child that ties under the chin and often frames the face

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • way out

    Phrase

    far away; at a great distance

  • elk

    Word

    a large deer with big antlers, found in North America and parts of Eurasia

  • obituary

    Word

    a newspaper notice about someone's death, often with a short life story

  • the finest

    Phrase

    the police

  • fang

    Word

    a long, pointed tooth, especially in a meat-eating animal

  • potent

    Word

    having a strong effect or influence

  • minded

    Word

    used in compounds to mean having a particular attitude or way of thinking

  • on earth

    Phrase

    used in questions to express surprise, emphasis, or strong curiosity

  • bedside

    Word

    the area next to a bed

  • inclined

    Word

    willing or likely to do something; having a tendency to do it

  • of age

    Phrase

    old enough to be legally an adult

  • bum

    Word

    a person who is lazy and avoids work

  • lie behind

    Phrase

    to be the hidden cause of something

  • lay behind

    Phrase

    to be located behind something

  • rite

    Word

    a religious ceremony or formal act

  • broth

    Word

    the liquid made by simmering meat, bones, or vegetables in water

  • occurrence

    Word

    an instance of something happening or existing

  • like that

    Phrase

    used to refer to something similar to the thing just mentioned

  • tickle

    Word

    to touch someone lightly in a way that makes them laugh

  • cobra

    Word

    a poisonous snake that can spread the skin around its neck into a hood when threatened

  • pick it up

    Phrase

    to speak or act more quickly

  • pitted

    Word

    having many small holes or dents on the surface

  • winding

    Word

    having many bends or turns

  • dusk

    Word

    the time in the evening when it is getting dark

  • tavern

    Word

    a place where people go to drink and eat

  • almighty

    Word

    having unlimited power or great power

  • have nots

    Phrase

    people who have little money or wealth

  • the way

    Phrase

    as; in the same way that

  • philosophical

    Word

    relating to the study of ideas about knowledge, reality, and existence

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