CommonParlance
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Ordinary-language usages. Seeded from the Open English WordNet (OEWN) 2025, CC BY 4.0.
Context admission
Admitted. Context admission is separate from purpose assessments and factual verdicts.
Why maintain this knowledge?
No justification recorded. This does not mean the knowledge is unjustified; no applicable assessment has been adopted.
Particular uses
These assessments concern specific investigations, audiences, or applications. They do not replace the default justification or authorize other uses.
No particular uses recorded here.
Review or propose an assessment
Purpose authoring is optional. Propose a more specific default or a particular use only when there is something more specific to say. Each proposal includes its scope and reasoning in one market.
Purpose assessments are separate from factual reasoning and context admission. A missing or denied purpose does not change a factual verdict or prevent context creation.
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battlewagon in CommonParlance
- definition large and heavily armoured warship
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battue in CommonParlance
- definition a hunt in which beaters force the game to flee in the direction of the hunter
- definition indiscriminate slaughter
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batty in CommonParlance
- definition informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
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batwing in CommonParlance
- definition formed or shaped like a bat's wing
- definition one of a pair of swinging doors (as at the entrance to a western saloon)
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batwoman in CommonParlance
- definition a female orderly assigned to serve a British military officer
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bauble in CommonParlance
- definition a mock scepter carried by a court jester
- definition cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing
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baud in CommonParlance
- definition (computer science) a data transmission rate (bits/second) for modems
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baud rate in CommonParlance
- definition (computer science) a data transmission rate (bits/second) for modems
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baulk in CommonParlance
- definition the area on a billiard table behind the balkline
- definition something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress
- definition one of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof
- definition refuse to comply
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baulk-line in CommonParlance
- definition line across a billiard table behind which the cue balls are placed at the start of a game
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baulker in CommonParlance
- definition a person who refuses to comply
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bauxite in CommonParlance
- definition a clay-like mineral; the chief ore of aluminum; composed of aluminum oxides and aluminum hydroxides; used as an abrasive and catalyst
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bauxitic in CommonParlance
- definition resembling or containing bauxite
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bawbee in CommonParlance
- definition an old Scottish coin of little value
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bawd in CommonParlance
- definition a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money
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bawdily in CommonParlance
- definition in a bawdy manner
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bawdiness in CommonParlance
- definition the trait of behaving in an obscene manner
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bawdry in CommonParlance
- definition lewd or obscene talk or writing
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bawdy in CommonParlance
- definition humorously vulgar
- definition lewd or obscene talk or writing
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bawdyhouse in CommonParlance
- definition a building where prostitutes are available
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bawl in CommonParlance
- definition shout loudly and without restraint
- definition make a raucous noise
- definition cry loudly
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bawl out in CommonParlance
- definition censure severely or angrily
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bawler in CommonParlance
- definition someone who communicates vocally in a very loud voice
- definition a loud weeper
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bawling in CommonParlance
- definition loud cries made while weeping
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bawling out in CommonParlance
- definition a severe scolding