(law, now historical) Crushing, an old form of punishment (torture) in which the prisoner's body was pressed with heavy weights.

The successful side of an election in which victory is not based on numerical majority but where greater weight has been given to the votes of some electors based on their authority, intellectual prowess, moral standing, purity of intent, and fairness of judgment.

(Quebec, ice hockey) The Montreal Canadiens ice hockey club.

And all this kind.

And everything of that sort.

(law, dated) An ancient privilege granted to forest officers to take for their own any thorns, brushwood, and windfalls within their own precincts.

(uncountable, linguistics) The study of the historical development of languages, particularly as manifested in individual words.

The Ethiopian Empire, from c. 1270 to 1974; Abyssinia. / Italian Ethiopia, from 1936 to 1941. / Provisional Military Government of Socialist Ethiopia, from 1974 to 1987; Derg.

(by extension) The medium breathed by human beings; the air. / (by extension) The sky, the heavens; the void, nothingness.

(transitive, slang) To viciously humiliate or insult.