Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Stout; active.

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Examples

  • UK-based Alpha D’lish is actually a division of Alpha Catering Services Limited, a company that currently provides tens of millions meals a year to around 100 airlines, which means that more travelers may soon be able to try out the Alpha D’lish service.

    Rapid Growth of Feeder Businesses | Impact Lab 2006

  • Even if you don't have fillies suitable now, if your estab'lish'ment impresses me, I'm willing to wait to look at the new crop in the fall.

    The Otherworld Lackey, Mercedes 1992

  • "Ye can speak of what ye d-- please, but ye can't talk ab'lish'n har, by --," he said, again applying his hand to the table, till the plates and saucers jumped up, performed several jigs, then several reels, and then rolled over in graceful somersaults to the floor.

    Among the Pines or, South in Secession Time James R. Gilmore

  • 'Ye can speak of what ye d---- please, but ye can't talk ab'lish'n har, by G----,' he said, again applying his hand to the table, till the plates and saucers jumped up, performed several jigs, then several reels, and then rolled over in graceful somersaults to the floor.

    The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 2, February, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various

  • My nonprofitagency, Alianza, Inc., has begun raising funds to estab lish small radio stations in the state of Oaxaca tyo enable indigenous people in small communities to better communicate.

    Radio stations in Oaxaca 2010

  • My nonprofitagency, Alianza, Inc., has begun raising funds to estab lish small radio stations in the state of Oaxaca tyo enable indigenous people in small communities to better communicate.

    Radio stations in Oaxaca 2010

  • Blocked from entering many Eng - lish-reading homes because of Times 'dual-fold bundling strategy, DNA had no choice but to drop its annual subscription price to bring in the numbers.

    Bucking the Times of India Rohin Dharmakumar 2010

  • My nonprofitagency, Alianza, Inc., has begun raising funds to estab lish small radio stations in the state of Oaxaca tyo enable indigenous people in small communities to better communicate.

    Radio stations in Oaxaca 2010

  • My nonprofitagency, Alianza, Inc., has begun raising funds to estab lish small radio stations in the state of Oaxaca tyo enable indigenous people in small communities to better communicate.

    Radio stations in Oaxaca 2010

  • My nonprofitagency, Alianza, Inc., has begun raising funds to estab lish small radio stations in the state of Oaxaca tyo enable indigenous people in small communities to better communicate.

    Radio stations in Oaxaca 2010

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