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aslake, v. Obs. or arch. (əˈsleɪk) [OE. aslacian, asleacian, f. a- prefix 1 + slacian, sleacian: see slake v.] † 1. intr. To become slack; to become feeble, grow less; to diminish, abate. Obs.c 1000 ælfric Hom. I. 610 Gif we asleaciað fram gódum weorcum. c 1386 Chaucer Miller's T. 367 The water scha...
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Creake Abbey
By 1503 the work was well advanced and lands given by Walter Aslake were used for the completion of the north side of the quire. Further reading
Reference to the abbey and its benefactor Walter Aslake in:
Peter M. Barber & Michelle P.
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eslake
† eˈslake Obs. [var. of aslake or y-slake.] = slake.1514 Barclay Cyt. & Uplondyshm. (Percy Soc.) p. xxxvi, No drop thou gettest for to eslake thy lust.
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mitigative
mitigative, a. and n. Now rare or Obs. (ˈmɪtɪgeɪtɪv) [ad. L. mītigātīvus, f. mītigāre: see mitigate v. and -ive. Cf. F. mitigatif.] A. adj. Tending to mitigate or alleviate; lenitive; also const. of.c 1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 235 Þou schalt ȝeue him medicyns..þat ben mitigatif for to take awey þe aky...
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slake
▪ I. slake, n.1 (sleɪk) Also 4 slak. [f. slake v.1] 1. The act of slacking or slackening in some respect; an instance of this.a 1300 Cursor M. 23618 Sua sal þe wreches..for þair sak, Be stad in pine wit-vten slak. 16.. Robin of Portingale in Percy's Folio MS., Ball. & Rom. I. 238 At the wakening of ...
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what-call-ye-him
† what-call-ye-him Obs. Also simply what-call. = what-d'ye-call-'em -um, -her, -him, -it.1473 Sir J. Paston in P. Lett. III. 104 Ber the cuppe evyn, as What-calle-ye-hym seyde to Aslake. 1592 Nashe P. Penilesse Wks. (Grosart) II. 130 His Page shal say..he is so busie with my L. How-call-ye him, and ...
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purge
▪ I. purge, n. (pɜːdʒ) [f. purge v.1, or (in sense 2) a. F. purge (14th c in Hatz.-Darm.) = It., Sp. purga. Sense 1 is not cited in Fr. before 1690.] 1. That which purges; spec. an aperient medicine, a purgative.1563 T. Hill Art Garden. (1593) 164 Rubarbe, Scamonie,..and such like purges. 1641 Hinde...
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mourning
▪ I. mourning, vbl. n.1 (ˈmɔənɪŋ) [f. mourn v.1 + -ing1.] 1. The action of mourn v.1; feeling or expression of sorrow; sorrowing, lamentation. Also with a or in pl.a 1225 Ancr. R. 342 Heui murnunge. c 1250 Gen. & Ex. 3205 For swinc and murning hem was on. a 1310 in Wright Lyric P. xvi. 54 For hire l...
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