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21dish — [OE] Like dais, desk, and disc, dish comes ultimately from Greek dískos ‘quoit’. As their diversity of form and meaning suggests, they were acquired at various times and by various routes. English got dish around 700 AD from Latin discus, in… …
22dish — [OE] Like dais, desk, and disc, dish comes ultimately from Greek dískos ‘quoit’. As their diversity of form and meaning suggests, they were acquired at various times and by various routes. English got dish around 700 AD from Latin discus, in… …
23dish out — 1) serve food from a large bowl or plate He began to dish out the food as soon as the guests arrived. 2) treat or criticize roughly He likes to dish out criticism to others but he doesn t like to hear criticism about himself …
24dish drain — /ˈdɪʃ dreɪn/ (say dish drayn) noun a drain or gutter which is curved like a dish; designed to entrap water flow …
25dish — I n Pretty woman. Now, that Bobby Sue, she s a real dish! 1940s II n Something you like. Playing quoits on a Sunday afternoon is not quite my cup of tea. 1930s …
26dish-cradle — a wooden utensil for wooden dishes, much in use in the Nortli of England, commonly made like a cube, some times like a parallelipipidon. N …
27dish·wa·ter — /ˈdıʃˌwɑːtɚ/ noun [noncount] : water in which dishes have been or are going to be washed (as) dull as dishwater US informal : very boring or dull The conversation was as dull as dishwater. [=(Brit) as dull as ditchwater] like dishwater …
28satellite dish — Dish Dish (d[i^]sh), n. [AS. disc, L. discus dish, disc, quoit, fr. Gr. di skos quoit, fr. dikei^n to throw. Cf. {Dais}, {Desk}, {Disc}, {Discus}.] 1. A vessel, as a platter, a plate, a bowl, used for serving up food at the table. [1913 Webster]… …
29To dish out — Dish Dish, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dished}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dishing}.] 1. To put in a dish, ready for the table. [1913 Webster] 2. To make concave, or depress in the middle, like a dish; as, to dish a wheel by inclining the spokes. [1913 Webster] 3 …
30To dish up — Dish Dish, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dished}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dishing}.] 1. To put in a dish, ready for the table. [1913 Webster] 2. To make concave, or depress in the middle, like a dish; as, to dish a wheel by inclining the spokes. [1913 Webster] 3 …
