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assewer
† aˈssewer Obs. [A difficult word: used on the one hand as identical with asseour, he who sets the table; on the other identified with sewer, as if it were a compound of the latter, or the latter an aphetic form of assewer. (Sewer occurs earlier.) Cf. also assayer 2.] An officer who superintended th... Oxford English Dictionary
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asseour
† asseour Obs. [OF. ‘Asseour, en parlant du service de la table, qui fait asseoir,’ Godefroy; f. asseoir to seat, set.] An officer who superintended the laying of the king's table for dinner. Cf. assayer 3 and assewer.[c 1315 Househ. Ord. Ed. II, transl. 1601 (1876) §§49–51 The asseour of the kinges... Oxford English Dictionary
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assayer
assayer (əˈseɪə(r)) Also 5 assayar, 5–7 assaier, -or, -our. [a. AF. assaior, -our, f. assayer to assay. See -er1.] 1. One who tries, finds out by trial, or attempts.1398 Trevisa Barth. De P.R. v. xlii. (1495) 158 Wyse men and assayers telle that..that gutte..is alwaye founde voyde and empti. c 1449 ... Oxford English Dictionary
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sewer
▪ I. sewer, n.1 (ˈs(j)uːə(r)) Also 5 suer(e, 6 sewar, souer, 7 sewre, sure, 7 seward. See also syre, syver (Sc.; prob. unconnected), and shore n.4 [a. OF. (north-eastern) se(u)wiere channel to carry off overflow from a fishpond (latinized seweria, 1264 in Du Cange):—L. type *exaquāria (cf. med.L. ex... Oxford English Dictionary
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surveying
▪ I. surveying, vbl. n. (səˈveɪɪŋ) [f. survey v. + -ing1.] The action of the verb survey. 1. The action of viewing or examining in detail (esp. officially); † the exploration (of a country).1467–8 Rolls of Parlt. V. 598/2 The surveying aswell of the Veerte as of the Venyson of oure Forest. 1577 V. L... Oxford English Dictionary
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