mod

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"I don't think I'd be fighting now if I met a mod. I'm 71," he said.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2014

The word “gravel” is adapted from the O. Fr. gravele, mod. gravelle, dim. of grave, coarse sand, sea-shore, Mod.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" by Various

Hence in mod. tongue Kímiyáwi, an alchemist, means a coiner, a smasher.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 08 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

"Ta'ám," which has many meanings: in mod. parlance it would signify millet holcus seed.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 02 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

It may be connected with an O. Fr. grave, mod. gr�ve, shore.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" by Various