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arunt
† aˈrunt, v. Obs. [Etymol. unknown.] To rail at, revile, scold, rate; or ? to drive away. (If the latter is the sense, cf. Shakespeare's aroint.)1399 Rich. Redeless iii. 221 ? Arounted [MS. has Arouutyd] ffor his ray [= array, dress] and rebuked ofte. 1496 Dives & Paup. (W. de W.) vii. iv. 280 Make ...
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arout
† aˈrout, v. Obs. [A doubtful word, the reading and sense being uncertain in both quotations. The first may read arounted, see arunt, or a-routed from rout; the second reads route in all the early MSS. If arout existed, it might represent OF. arouter to start (one) on his way, send away, f. à to + r...
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aroynt
aroint, aroynt (əˈrɔɪnt) [Origin unknown. Used by Shakespeare, whence by some modern writers.] 1. In aroint thee! (? verb in the imperative, or interjection) meaning apparently: Avaunt! Begone!1605 Shakes. Macb. i. iii. 6 Aroynt thee, Witch, the rumpefed Ronyon cryes. 1605 ― Lear iii. iv. 129 He met...
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runt
▪ I. runt, n. (rʌnt) Also 6 ront(e, 7 runte. [Of obscure origin. It seems unlikely that sense 2 is at all connected with MDu. runt (Du. rund) ox.] 1. a. An old or decayed stump of a tree. Also attrib., as runt-tree, runt-wood, and fig. (quot. a 1585). Now dial.1501 Douglas Pal. Hon. i. iii, Not thro...
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