present participle of make head or tail of

(ditransitive) to get (someone) off (an addiction), to rid (someone) of a habit

sexual intercourse

(chiefly in the negative) Due to a failure to make a significant enough effort.

Due to having been asked or invited to do something.

plural of stool of repentance

(historical) Synonym of cuttystool (“seat in Scottish churches where offenders sat for public rebuke by the minister”)

(ironic) indicates that the described action, although strongly desired or sought by someone, will be futile.

(colloquial) That which belongs to both of them; the possessive third-person plural pronoun used without a following noun.

A waterfall and railway station by Loch Awe, Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland; Cruachan Power Station and Ben Cruachan are nearby (OS grid ref NN0726).