crinosity (iou) and soldier(1) (iou)

crinosity (iou)

crinosity noun. rare. M17.
[from Latin crinis hair: see -OSITY.]
Hairiness.

soldier noun. . ME.
[Old French soud(i)er, so(l)dier (medieval Latin sol(i)darius), from sou(l)de SOLD noun: see -IER.]
I.
A person who serves or has served in an army; esp. (more fully common soldier) a member of the ordinary rank and file, a private, a non-commissioned officer. ME.
b. A person of military skill and experience. E17.
c. A small model of a soldier, esp. as a child's toy; = toy soldier (a) s.v. TOY noun. L19.
fig. A person who fights for a cause (usu. specified or understood contextually). ME.
Shakespeare Pericles Be A soldier to thy purpose. J. W. Warter No mean soldier of the Church Militant.
a. A worthless seaman; a loafer, a shirker. Nautical slang (orig. and chiefly US). M19.
b. A member of the Salvation Army. L19.
c. A rank-and-file member of the Mafia. M20.
II.
water soldier, freshwater soldier, an aquatic plant, Stratiotes aloides, of the frogbit family, with white flowers and rosettes of sword-shaped spiny serrate leaves. L16.
a. More fully soldier-crab. A hermit crab. M17.
b. Any of various fishes likened to soldiers, esp. because of red colouring; esp. (in full soldier-fish) = SQUIRREL noun 3. E18.
c. More fully soldier ant, soldier termite. A wingless ant or termite with a large head and jaws, specialized for fighting in defence of its colony. L18.
d. A red spider, beetle, or similar animal; spec. (in full soldier beetle) any of various reddish carnivorous beetles of the family Cantharidae. M19.
a. A red smoked herring. arch. slang. E19.
b. A strip or finger of bread or toast. colloq. M20.
P. Scott He cut his buttered bread into soldiers.
Building etc. Each of an orderly series of upright bricks, timbers, etc., suggestive of a line of soldiers on parade. E20.
Phrases: blow that for a game of soldiers & vars., colloq. in imper., expr. impatience or exasperation with, or rejection of, a situation, course of action, etc. common soldier: see sense 1 above. dead soldier N. Amer. slang an empty bottle. foot-soldier: see FOOT noun. freshwater soldier: see sense 4 above. old soldier fig. a person who is or pretends to be practised or experienced in something (come the old soldier over: see COME verb). private soldier: see PRIVATE adjective. regular soldier: see REGULAR adjective. soldier of Christ an active or proselytizing Christian. soldier of fortune: see FORTUNE noun. tin soldier: see TIN noun & adjective. toy soldier: see sense 1c above. Unknown Soldier: see UNKNOWN adjective. water soldier: see sense 4 above.
Comb.: soldier ant: see sense 5c above; soldier arch Building a flat or gently curved arch made from upright bricks; soldier beetle: see sense 5d above; soldier bird Austral. = noisy miner s.v. NOISY 1; soldier-bug a predacious N. American pentatomid bug of the genus Podisus, esp. the yellowish-brown P. maculiventris; soldier course Building a course of bricks set on end with their narrower long face exposed; soldier-crab: see sense 5a above; soldier-fish: see sense 5b above; soldier-fly (orig. US) any of various often brightly coloured dipteran flies constituting the family Stratiomyidae; soldier orchid, soldier orchis = military orchid s.v. MILITARY adjective; soldier palmer a kind of artificial fly used in angling; soldier-termite: see sense 5c above; soldier's farewell slang an abusive farewell (cf. SAILOR's farewell); soldier's heart Medicine a psychosomatic syndrome characterized by throbbing in the chest, shortness of breath, fatigue, etc; soldier's wind Nautical slang a wind which serves either way.
soldieress noun (rare) a female soldier E17.
soldierhood noun the essential qualities of a soldier; the condition of being a soldier: M19.
soldierize verb (rare) (a) verb intrans. & trans. (with it) = SOLDIER verb 1; (b) verb trans. make into a soldier: L16.
soldierlike adjective & adverb soldierly M16.
soldiership noun the state or condition of being a soldier; the qualities of a soldier; military experience or skill: M16.

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