(humorous, informal) A catchphrase, usually delivered in a mock German accent, implying a threat of torture to extract information.

(obsolete, derogatory, nonce word) scrivener

Obsolete form of makest.

To make no difficulty of (a given occurrence); to consider (a particular occurrence) as trifling or unimportant. / To fail to understand.

(nautical) To embark in a ship or other vessel.

(obsolete, chiefly in the negative) To intrude oneself into another person's concerns.

(idiomatic, archaic) To gain advantage or profit.

(nautical) To extend an additional quantity of sail (i.e. to spread a sail or sails). / (figuratively) To embark; start a voyage.

(horseracing) To lay bets (recorded in a pocketbook) against the success of every horse, so that the bookmaker wins on all the unsuccessful horses and loses only on the winning horse or horses.

(nautical) To sail in such shallow water that the ship's keel stirs the mud at the bottom.