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achate
▪ I. achate, n.1 arch. (ˈækət) [a. OFr. acate, achate, ad. L. achātes, a. Gr. ἀχάτης. The unchanged L. achates was also in common use. In end of 6 the form agate, agath was adopted from the Fr., and is now the ordinary form.] An agate, a kind of precious stone. (It was occasionally confounded from s... Oxford English Dictionary
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rechace
▪ I. † rechace Obs. rare—1. [ad. OF. rachas nom. of rachat f. re- re- + achat achate n.2] The act of buying back or redeeming.c 1460 Sir R. Ros La Belle Dame, etc. 324 He þat ones to loue dothe his omage, Full often tyme, der boght is the rechace.▪ II. rechace variant of rechase n. and v. Oxford English Dictionary
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sardachate
† ˈsardachate Obs.—0 [ad. L. sardachātēs; see sard n.1 and achate n.1] (See quots.)1706 Phillips (ed. Kersey), Sardachates, a kind of Agate, of a Cornelian Colour. 1828–32 Webster, Sardachate, the clouded and spotted agate, of a pale flesh color. In some recent Dicts. Oxford English Dictionary
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acat
acat obs. form of achate and agate. Oxford English Dictionary
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acate
† acate Obs. 4–7, also acat, achat, achate. [a. early OFr. (11th c.) and Norman acat (later OFr., 12th c., achat) purchase; stem of acater, achater (mod.Fr. acheter) to buy:—late L. accaptā-re to acquire, f. ac- = ad- to + captāre to seize, catch at. The original Eng. form acat, acate, under later F... Oxford English Dictionary
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dendro-
dendro- before a vowel dendr-, combining form of Gr. δένδρον tree, as in ˈdendrachate (-əkeɪt) [see achate n.1], a variety of agate with tree-like markings. † dendraˈnatomy, the anatomy of trees (obs.). dendranthroˈpology (nonce-wd.), ‘study based on the theory that man had sprung from trees’ (Davie... Oxford English Dictionary
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adductive
adductive, a. (əˈdʌktɪv) [f. L. addūct- ppl. stem of addūc-ĕre + -ive, as if ad. L. *addūctīvus: see adduce.] Tending to lead towards, bringing to something else. Formerly applied spec. to the change said to be wrought in transubstantiation.1638 Featley Transubst. 182 Suarez drives this nayle to the... Oxford English Dictionary
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agate
▪ I. agate, n. (ˈægət) Forms: 6–7 agath, agget, agot, 6–8 agat, 7 agett, aggott, (nagget), 8 aggat, aggot, 7– agate. [a. 16th c. Fr. agathe, ad. It. ágatha, ágata, f. L. achātes (a. Gr. ἀχάτης), whence earlier Fr. acate, acathe, and Eng. achate, also in use.] 1. a. A precious stone; a name applied t... Oxford English Dictionary
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cot
▪ I. cot, n.1 (kɒt) Also 5–9 cott. [OE. cot neut. (pl. cotu), in Lindisf. Gosp. also ? cott (dat. cotte, cottum) = MDu. cot (infl. cōte), Du. kot, MLG. and mod.LG. kot; also ON. kot (infl. koti) neut.:—OTeut. type *kuto{supm}. Beside this is found in same sense OE. cote (see cote) = MDu. cōte, MLG. ... Oxford English Dictionary
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buying
buying, vbl. n. (ˈbaɪɪŋ) [f. buy v. + -ing1.] 1. a. The action of the verb buy; purchase.a 1225 Ancr. R. 362 Me ne mei..nout two þongede scheon habben, wiðuten buggunge. c 1380 Wyclif Wks. (1880) 25 Þei han desceyued hem in byynge of here catel. 1509–10 Act 1 Hen. VIII, xx. §1 That they coste at the... Oxford English Dictionary
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nigh
▪ I. nigh, adv., a., and n. (naɪ) Forms: α. 1 néah, (néaᵹ-), néh, 2 neoh, 3 næh; 2–4 neh, 3 nehȝ, 3–4 nehi; 3–5 neȝ, (3 neȝt, 4 neȝh, neeȝh), 4–5 neȝe, negh(e; 3 (5–6 Sc.) ne, 6 nee. β. 3–4 neih, (3 neiþ, 4 neich), nei, (4 neie), 3–5 neiȝ, (4 neiȝe), 4 neigh(e, 6 neight; 3 neyh, 4–6 ney(e, 4 neythe,... Oxford English Dictionary
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packing
▪ I. packing, vbl. n.1 (ˈpækɪŋ) [f. pack v.1 + -ing1.] I. The action of pack v.1 1. a. The putting (of things) together compactly, as for transport, preservation, or sale; the filling (of a receptacle) with things so put in.1389 Act 13 Rich. II, c. 9. §1 Null merchant nautre homme achate ses leynes ... Oxford English Dictionary
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stroken
▪ I. stroke, n.1 (strəʊk) Forms: α. 3–4 stroc, 4–7 strok, 4–5 strook, 5–8 strooke, 6 strocke, 6–7 stroake, 6–8 strock, 7–8 stroak, 9 dial. strauk, 4– stroke. β. Sc. and north. 4–6 strak, 4–8 strake, Sc. 5–9 straik, 6 strack, strek, strayk, pl. strax. [ME. (late 13th c.) strōk, north. strāk, prob. re... Oxford English Dictionary
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semi-
semi-, prefix (ˈsɛmɪ, U.S. ˈsɛmaɪ) Also 4–7 semy-, 5–6 seme-, 6–7 semie-. [repr. L. sēmi- (whence F., It., Sp., Pg. semi-) = Skr. sāmi-, Gr. ἡµι-, OHG. sâmi-, OS. sâm-, cogn. w. OE. sam- (see sam-):—Indogerm. *sēmi-.] = half-; cf. demi-, hemi-. L. sēmi- (occas. shortened to sēm- before a vowel, e.g.... Oxford English Dictionary
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value
▪ I. value, n. (ˈvæljuː) Forms: 4–5 valu, 4– value (4 ualue, 5 walue, valwe), 4 valuwe; 4, 7 valeu, 5 -ieu, -eue, 7 valleu; 5–7 valewe (5–6 walew, 5 -ewe, -ywe); 4–5 valow(e; 9 dial. vally. [a. OF. value (13th c.), vallue (F. dial. vaillue), fem. pa. pple. of valoir to be of worth:—L. valēre. Cf. me... Oxford English Dictionary
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