- scar (v.)
- 1550s, from scar (n.1). Figurative use from 1590s. Related: Scarred; scarring.
- orderly (adj.)
- "arranged in order," 1570s, from order (n.) + -ly (1).
- page (v.2)
- "to turn pages," 1620s, from page (n.1). Related: Paged; paging.
- multifloral (adj.)
- 1875, from Late Latin multiflorus (see multiflora) + -al (1).
- summer (v.)
- "to pass the summer," mid-15c., from summer (n.1). Related: Summered; summering.
- bull (v.)
- "push through roughly," 1884, from bull (n.1). Related: Bulled; bulling.
- bull-headed (adj.)
- also bullheaded, "obstinate," 1818, from bull (n.1) + head (n.).
- carding (n.)
- "wool-dressing," late 15c., verbal noun from card (v.1).
- cramp (v.1)
- "to contract" (of muscles), early 15c., from cramp (n.1). Related: Cramped; cramping.
- dam (v.)
- late 15c., from dam (n.1). Related: Dammed; damming.
- pintail (n.)
- type of duck, 1767, from pin (n.1) + tail (n.).
- atrial (adj.)
- by 1860 in the medical sense, from atrium + -al (1).
- processional (adj.)
- "pertaining to a procession or processions," 1610s, from procession (n.) + -al (1).
- Christer (n.)
- "overly-zealous Christian," 1910, originally sailors' slang, from Christ + -er (1).
- vault (n.2)
- "a leap," especially using the hands or a pole, 1570s, from vault (v.1).
- queenly (adj.)
- mid-15c., from queen (n.) + -ly (1). Related: Queenliness.
- quieten (v.)
- 1828, "to make quiet;" 1890, "to become quiet," from quiet (adj.) + -en (1).
- pool (v.2)
- of liquid, "to form a pool or pools," 1620s, from pool (n.1).
- pop-gun (n.)
- type of child's toy, 1620s, from pop (n.1) + gun (n.).
- repairable (adj.)
- "able to be fixed," late 15c., from repair (v.1) + -able.
- ribband (n.)
- 1711, in shipbuilding, from rib (n.) + band (n.1).
- rhinal (adj.)
- "pertaining to the nose," 1857, from rhino- + -al (1). Related: Rhinally.
- ridgepole (n.)
- also ridge-pole, 1670s, from ridge (n.) + pole (n.1).
- sox (n.)
- altered plural of sock (n.1), 1905, originally in commercial jargon.
- soundless (adj.)
- c. 1600 from sound (n.1) + -less. Related: Soundlessly; soundlessness.
- shadow-box (n.)
- protective display case, 1892, from shadow (n.) + box (n.1).
- shagbark (n.)
- type of hickory, 1751, from shag (n.) + bark (n.1).
- schooled (adj.)
- "taught, trained, disciplined," 1821, past participle adjective from school (v.1).
- school-book (n.)
- also schoolbook, 1745, from school (n.1) + book (n.).
- signboard (n.)
- also sign-board, 1630s, from sign (n.) + board (n.1).
- rock-bottom (adj.)
- "lowest possible," 1884, from noun (1815), from rock (n.1) + bottom (n.).
- roof-top (n.)
- also rooftop, 1610s, from roof (n.) + top (n.1).
- rose-colored (adj.)
- "optimistic," 1854, from rose (n.1) on the notion of "something uncommonly beautiful."
- roughen (v.)
- 1580s, from rough (adj.) + -en (1). Related: Roughened; roughening.
- scouting (n.)
- 1640s, verbal noun from scout (v.1). Boy Scout sense from 1908.
- schoolboy (n.)
- 1580s, from school (n.1) + boy. As an adjective from 1874. Related: Schoolboyish.
- sidearm (adj.)
- also side-arm, 1908, from side (adj.) + arm (n.1).
- smokeless (adj.)
- "emitting little smoke," 1580s, from smoke (n.1) + -less.
- sock (n.2)
- "a blow, a hit with the fist," 1700, from or related to sock (v.1).
- stay-at-home (n.)
- 1836, from adjectival stay-at-home (1806); see stay (v.1).
- steepen (v.)
- 1847, from steep (adj.) + -en (1). Related: Steepened; steepening.
- stickball (n.)
- also stick-ball, 1824, from stick (n.) + ball (n.1).
- stinkpot (n.)
- also stink-pot, 1660s, from stink + pot (n.1).
- story-book (n.)
- 1711, from story (n.1) + book (n.). As an adjective from 1844.
- unfunded (adj.)
- 1776, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of fund (v.).
- unguided (adj.)
- 1580s, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of guide (v.).
- tosspot (n.)
- "heavy drinker," 1560s, from toss (v.) + pot (n.1).
- tail-bone (n.)
- also tailbone, 1540s, from tail (n.1) + bone (n.).
- tail-hook (n.)
- 1861, in angling, from tail (n.1) + hook (n.).
- taphouse (n.)
- also tap-house, c. 1500, from tap (n.1) + house (n.).
