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and "The definition of xxxx is ..." (usually inaccurate, as decent dictionaries give various senses and subsenses for words). And here: (2) appropriate dictionary definitions of 'definition' would perhaps take up twenty to thirty lines for all the senses, four per 'definition', whereas an answer to (1) could run to pages.
Therefore, by definition, a square is a type of rectangle. In other words, the expression 'by definition' has a narrow scope It means that what you are about to say must be true. Not just is true, or happens to be true, but must be. To return to the examples you have given.
In itself and of itself are loan translations from Latin in se and per se.In the fields of philosophy and law these have very precise technical meanings, and the combined phrase in and of itself should be left unmodified when used by an expert speaking of matters in those fields.
The Oxford English Dictionary has a definition for "Come" that first developed in 1440 that may have the answer for the double entendre that is "Cum." When roasting certain grains during the malting process, the malt rises at the top and sometimes shoots off. This was referred to as the "come."
The phrase "pros and cons" is often used to weigh the positive and negative effects that would result from taking a particular course of action.
Left in its wake are the would-be superlative overwhelm (which, rather than actually meaning "more than whelmed", has simply taken over its parent's definition) and its opposite underwhelm. The only contact I've had with the word has been in the hymn The Solid Rock: His oath, his covenant, his blood support me in the whelming flood.
The second definition in JoeBright's answer is correct: thot is an acronym that stands for "That Ho Over There." The word has a negative connotation and is such sometimes used as an affectionate insult to close friends, but is almost always used to describe women.
Here's a definition. "the 'nineties' refers of course to the 1890s. Supplement to Rural Dialect of Grant County, Indiana, in the 'nineties. Waldo Lee McAtee, 1942 - Americanisms. discombobulate, v., put out of order, upset plans.
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The definition given is from the building trade, where it is said to mean timber with one or more surfaces planed smooth; wrought or dressed timber. The OED entry for the word relates it to wood and the building trades, but nothing concerned with any metals in either the definition or the quotations: wrot, n. Pronunciation: /rɒt/