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ale-wife
▪ I. ˈale-wife1 [ale- 4 + wife in sense of woman.] A woman that keeps an ale-house.1393 Langl. P. Pl. C. ix. 330 Þe best and brounest · þat brewesters [v.r. c 1400 ale-wiuys] sellen. a 1500 Carp. Tools 43 in Hazl. E.P.P. I. 81 He wones to nyȝe the ale-wyffe. 1587 Harrison Engl. i. ii. vi. 161 Such s... Oxford English Dictionary
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The Crabfish
This song has also variants under other names such as "Old She-Crab," "The Crayfish," "A Combat Between an Ale-Wife and a Sea Crab," "The Fishy Crab," wikipedia.org
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Taunton turkey
Taunton turkey U.S. (ˈtɔːntən ˈtɜːkɪ) The name of Taunton, Massachusetts, used attrib. to designate the ale-wife, Pomodorus pseudoharengus, a fish resembling a herring found in marine or fresh water in eastern North America; = ale-wife2.1851 A. Allin Home Ballads 18 ‘Taunton turkeys’ are so thick, W... Oxford English Dictionary
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Little Bo-Peep
For example, in 1364, an ale-wife, Alice Causton, was convicted of giving short measure, for which crime she had to "play bo peep thorowe a pillery". wikipedia.org
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gaspereau
gaspereau Canad. (ˈgæspərəʊ, gæspəˈrəʊ) Also gaspereaux, gasperot. [Canadian F. gaspareau, gasparot.] = ale-wife2.1703 tr. Lahontan's New Voy. N. Amer. I. 243 Gasperots, a small Fish like a Herring. 1890 in Webster. 1912 Sea Fisheries E. Canada (Commission of Conservation) 105 The gaspereaux..is mos... Oxford English Dictionary
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Wilmcote
Sly, the drunken tinker, beseeches the Lord: "Ask Marian Hacket, the fat ale-wife of Wincot, if she know me not" [Ind.2.18–19]. wikipedia.org
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ale
ale (eɪl) Forms: 1 alu (WS. ealu, ealo), 2– ale (5 aale, aylle, 5–6 alle, Sc. 6–7 ail, aill; in mod. dial. yale, yall, yaäle, yell, yill). [OE. alu, cogn. w. OS. alo, ON. öl (:—alu), has been shown by Mr. J. Platt to be a -t stem:—*alut, hence gen. and dat. aloð, ealoð, 12th c. aleð:—*alutaz, aluti:... Oxford English Dictionary
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Worth, Kent
Here he fell in love with a local "ale-wife", where they ended up living together at the local inn. supposedly as to why the Crispin Inn (pictured) of wikipedia.org
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kayak
▪ I. ‖ kayak1 (ˈkaɪək) Also 8 kaiak, kiack, 8–9 kajak, 9 kayac(k, kya(c)k, kaiack, kajac, cayak. [Eskimo; the term is common to all the dialects, from Greenland to Alaska. The k's have a deep guttural sound, sometimes represented by k, rk, or rkr.] a. The canoe of the Greenlanders and other Eskimo, ... Oxford English Dictionary
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St Laurence's Church, Ludlow
One shows a figure drawing ale from a cask and another shows a dishonest ale-wife being carried off to hell by demons, one of whom plays bagpipes. wikipedia.org
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wife
▪ I. wife, n. (waɪf) Pl. wives (waɪvz). Forms: sing. α. 1–5 (6 Sc.) wif, 3–5 wijf, 3–6 wyf, 4–6 wyff(e, wyfe, (chiefly Sc.) vif, vyf(e, 5–6 wiff(e, 6 Sc. vyff, (1, 4 wiif, 4 vijfe, whife, wieffe, wyefe, weyffe, 4–5 weife, wiue, wyue, 5 wyif, wyyfe, wyȝffe, whyf(f)e, 5–7 wiefe, 6 wieff, 6–7 wief), 4–... Oxford English Dictionary
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polling
▪ I. polling, vbl. n. (ˈpəʊlɪŋ) [f. poll v. + -ing1.] The action of the verb poll, in various senses. I. † 1. The cutting of hair; shearing, clipping, cropping. Obs.1439 Litt. Red Bk. Bristol (1900) 153 That no Craftesman..do not ocupye his seid Crafte in schavyng nor polling..in non Sonday. 1585 Ab... Oxford English Dictionary
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petty
▪ I. petty, a. (n.1) (ˈpɛtɪ) Forms: 4–7 pety, petti, 6–7 pettie, petie, pittie, (6 peti, pyty), 6– petty. [In late ME. pety; phonetic spelling, after Fr. pronunciation, of petit, which finally took the place of the earlier form.] A. adj. † 1. Small (in size or stature); below the ordinary or normal ... Oxford English Dictionary
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nick
▪ I. nick, n.1 (nɪk) Also 5 nyke, 6 nycke, 6–7 nicke, 7 nic, nike, 8 knick. [Of obscure origin: appears earlier than the corresponding verb, but may be derived from it.] I. 1. a. A notch, groove, or slit, cut into, or present in, something; an incision or indentation.1483 Cath. Angl. 255/1 A Nyke, t... Oxford English Dictionary
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river
▪ I. river, n.1 (ˈrɪvə(r)) Forms: α. 4 riuere, rivere, 4, 6–7 riuer, 5– river (6 Sc. -eir); 5–6 ryuere (Sc. -were), 5 -yre; 4–6 ryuer (5 -eer), ryver (6 Sc. ryuir, ryvir, rywir). β. 4–5 reuere (5 -ire), 4–6 revere (5 -yre); 4–5 reuer (5 -ir, 6 Sc. -ar), 5 revyr, 5–6 rever (5 Sc. -eir, -ar, 5–6 -ir).... Oxford English Dictionary
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