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englishing |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: English \Eng"lish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Englished}; p. pr & vb n. {Englishing}.] 1. To translate into the English language; to Anglicize; hence to interpret; to explain. Those gracious acts . . . may be Englished more properly, acts of fear and dissimulation. --Milton. Caxton does not care to alter the French forms and words in the book which he was Englishing. --T. L. K. Oliphant. 2. (Billiards) To strike (the cue ball) in such a manner as to give it in addition to its forward motion a spinning motion, that influences its direction after impact on another ball or the cushion. [U.S.]
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