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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
English \Eng"lish\, noun
1. Collectively, the people of England; English people or persons.
2. The language of England or of the English nation, and of their descendants in America, India, and other countries.
Note: The English language has been variously divided into periods by different writers. In the division most commonly recognized, the first period dates from about 450 to 1150. This is the period of full inflection, and is called Anglo-Saxon, or, by many recent writers, Old English. The second period dates from about 1150 to 1550 (or, if four periods be recognized, from about 1150 to 1350), and is called Early English, Middle English, or more commonly (as in the usage of this book), Old English. During this period most of the inflections were dropped, and there was a great addition of French words to the language. The third period extends from about 1350 to 1550, and is Middle English. During this period orthography became comparatively fixed. The last period, from about 1550, is called Modern English.
3. A kind of printing type, in size between Pica and Great Primer. See {Type}.
Note: The type called English.
4. (Billiards) A twist or spinning motion given to a ball in striking it that influences the direction it will take after touching a cushion or another ball.
{The King's English} or {The Queen's English}. See under {King}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
English \Eng"lish\, adjective [AS. Englisc, fr. Engle, Angle, Engles, Angles, a tribe of Germans from the southeast of Sleswick, in Denmark, who settled in Britain and gave it the name of England. Cf. {Anglican}.] Of or pertaining to England, or to its inhabitants, or to the present so-called Anglo-Saxon race.
{English bond} (Arch.) See 1st {Bond}, noun, 8.
{English breakfast tea}. See {Congou}.
{English horn}. (Mus.) See {Corno Inglese}.
{English walnut}. (Bot.) See under {Walnut}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
English \Eng"lish\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Englished}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Englishing}.]
1. To translate into the English language; to Anglicize; hence, to interpret; to explain.
Those gracious acts . . . may be Englished more properly, acts of fear and dissimulation. --Milton.
Caxton does not care to alter the French forms and words in the book which he was Englishing. --T. L. K. Oliphant.
2. (Billiards) To strike (the cue ball) in such a manner as to give it in addition to its forward motion a spinning motion, that influences its direction after impact on another ball or the cushion. [U.S.]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
English
adjective: of or relating to or characteristic of England or its culture; "English history"; "the English landed aristocracy"; "English literature"
noun
1: an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the Commonwealth countries [syn: {English language}]
2: the people of England [syn: {English people}, {the English}]
3: the discipline that studies the English language and literature
4: (sports) the spin given to a ball by striking it on one side or releasing it with a sharp twist [syn: {side}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
328 Moby Thesaurus words for "English": Abnaki, Afghan, Afghani, Afrikaans, Ainu, Akan, Akkadian, Albanian, Aleut, Algonquin, Amharic, Andaman, Annamese, Anzanite, Apache, Arabic, Aramaic, Araucanian, Arawak, Armenian, Assamese, Austral, Avestan, Aymara, Aztec, Balinese, Baluchi, Bashkir, Basque, Batak, Bellacoola, Bengali, Berber, Bhili, Bihari, Bikol, Bini, Blackfoot, Brahui, Buginese, Burmese, Burushaski, Buryat, Byelorussian, Cantonese, Carolinian, Castilian, Catalan, Cham, Cheremis, Cherokee, Chibcha, Chin, Chinese, Chuvash, Coptic, Cornish, Cuman, Czech, Dafla, Dalmatian, Danish, Dinka, Dutch, Dyak, Edo, Efatese, Egyptian, Elamitic, Eskimo, Estonian, Ethiopic, Euskarian, Ewe, Faeroese, Faliscan, Fijian, Finnish, Flemish, Fox, French, Frisian, Fula, Fulani, Gadaba, Gaelic, Galcha, Galla, Garo, Gaulish, Geez, Georgian, German, Gold, Goldi, Gondi, Gothic, Greek, Guanche, Guarani, Gypsy, Haida, Haitian Creole, Hausa, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Hindustani, Hittite, Ho, Hopi, Hottentot, Iban, Ibanag, Ibo, Icelandic, Igorot, Illyrian, Irish, Italian, Ivatan, Kachin, Kafiri, Kalmuck, Kamasin, Kamchadal, Kanarese, Kara-Kalpak, Karamojong, Karankawa, Karelian, Kashmiri, Kashubian, Keres, Ket, Khamti, Kharia, Khasi, Khmer, Khondi, Khosa, Khowar, Kickapoo, Kiowa Apache, Kirghiz, Kiriwina, Kodagu, Kohistani, Koiari, Kolami, Komi, Konkani, Korean, Korwa, Koryak, Kui, Kuki, Kumyk, Kunama, Kurdish, Kurukh, Kutchin, Kutenai, Ladino, Lahnda, Lampong, Lamut, Lao, Lapp, Latin, Latvian, Lettish, Libyan, Ligurian, Limbu, Lithuanian, Livonian, Low German, Lusatian, Luwian, Lycian, Lydian, Macedonian, Madurese, Magyar, Malagasy, Malay, Malayalam, Maltese, Manchu, Mandarin, Mandingo, Mangarevan, Manobo, Manx, Maori, Marathi, Maya, Meithei, Mende, Messapian, Middle English, Middle Greek, Middle High German, Middle Persian, Mishmi, Mishongnovi, Misima, Miskito, Mon, Mongolian, Mordvin, Mordvinian, Moro, Mru, Muong, Mura, Murmi, Muskogee, Naga, Nepali, Newari, Ngala, Ngbaka, Niasese, Nicobarese, Niuean, Nogai, Nootka, Norwegian, Oraon, Oriya, Oscan, Osmanli, Ossetic, Ostyak, Pahlavi, Palaic, Palau, Palaung, Pali, Pampango, Pangasinan, Pashto, Paya, Persian, Phrygian, Plattdeutsch, Polabian, Polish, Portuguese, Prakrit, Punic, Punjabi, Quechua, Romaic, Romansh, Romany, Russian, Ruthenian, Sabellian, Saharan, Sakai, Samoan, Sanskrit, Sardinian, Sasak, Selung, Serbo-Croatian, Shan, Shilha, Shluh, Siamese, Sinhalese, Slovak, Slovene, Slovenian, Sogdian, Sorbian, Soyot, Spanish, Sumerian, Susian, Swahili, Swedish, Syriac, Syryenian, Tagalog, Tagula, Tahitian, Tajiki, Takelma, Tamashek, Tamaulipec, Tavgi, Taw-Sug, Tigre, Tipura, Tocharian, Toda, Tuareg, Tulu, Tungus, Turkish, Turkoman, Uighur, Umbrian, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Visayan, Vote, Votyak, Wa, Welsh, White Russian, Xhosa, Yakut, Yiddish, Yoruba, Yurak, Zenaga, Zulu, construe, render, transcribe, translate, transliterate, turn into
From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:
English
1. n. obs. The source code for a program, which may be in any language, as opposed to the linkable or executable binary produced from it by a compiler. The idea behind the term is that to a real hacker, a program written in his favorite programming language is at least as readable as English. Usage: mostly by old-time hackers, though recognizable in context. Today the preferred shorthand is simply {source}. 2. The official name of the database language used by the old Pick Operating System, actually a sort of crufty, brain-damaged SQL with delusions of grandeur. The name permitted {marketroid}s to say "Yes, and you can program our computers in English!" to ignorant {suit}s without quite running afoul of the truth-in-advertising laws.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
English
1. (Obsolete) The source code for a program, which may be in any language, as opposed to the linkable or executable binary produced from it by a compiler. The idea behind the term is that to a real hacker, a program written in his favourite programming language is at least as readable as English. Usage: mostly by old-time hackers, though recognisable in context. 2. The official name of the {database} language used by the {Pick} {operating system}, actually a sort of crufty, brain-damaged {SQL} with delusions of grandeur. The name permits {marketroid}s to say "Yes, and you can program our computers in English!" to ignorant {suit}s without quite running afoul of the truth-in-advertising laws. ["Exploring the Pick Operating System", J.E. Sisk et al, Hayden 1986]. [{Jargon File}]
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
English, IN (town, FIPS 21214) Location: 38.33302 N, 86.46328 W Population (1990): 614 (260 housing units) Area: 3.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 47118
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
English, IN -- U.S. town in Indiana Population (2000): 673 Housing Units (2000): 341 Land area (2000): 3.052318 sq. miles (7.905466 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 3.052318 sq. miles (7.905466 sq. km) FIPS code: 21214 Located within: Indiana (IN), FIPS 18 Location: 38.335626 N, 86.460564 W ZIP Codes (1990): 47118 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: English, IN English
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