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awbe
† awbe Obs. rare. Perhaps = alp2, bullfinch.1576 Gascoigne Philomene (Arb.) 88 The tatling Awbe doth please some fancie wel, And some like best, the byrde as Black as cole.
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subucula
‖ subucula (səˈbjuːkjʊlə) Also anglicized (rare) subucule. [L. dim. f. sub under + *uĕre to put, as in exuĕre, induĕre.] a. A kind of shirt or under-tunic worn by the ancient Romans. b. In the Anglo-Saxon Church, a tunic worn beneath the alb, serving as a kind of cassock.[Cf. c 1450 J. Capgrave Life...
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alb
alb (ælb) Forms: 1–9 albe, 4–7 aube, 5 awbe, awlbe, 5–6 aulbe, 6– alb. [OE. albe, ad. late L. alba, for tunica or vestis alba a white tunic or garment, a shirt. The form aube is a later adoption of the Fr. aube:—alba, and was the usual one in Eng. in the 14th and early 15th c.; in the 16th the two w...
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alp
▪ I. alp2 (ælp) Also alpe: see awbe, olp. [Origin unknown.] A bullfinch.c 1400 Rom. Rose 658 Alpes, fynches, and wodewales. 1440 Promp. Parv., Alpe, a bryde, Ficedula. 1678 Ray Ornith. Willughby 247 The Bulfinch, Alp or Nope, Rubicilla seu Pyrrhula. 1843 Yarrell Brit. Birds I. Index 13 Alp, a name f...
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sleeving
sleeving, vbl. n. (ˈsliːvɪŋ) [f. sleeve v.] 1. The action of the vb; the putting or fastening of sleeves to a garment.1495–6 Rec. St. Mary at Hill (1905) 219 For new slevyng of vj awbis & for parelyng of iij. 1502 Privy Purse Exp. Eliz. of York (1630) 22 For upper bodyeng, sleving, and lynyng of a g...
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tattling
▪ I. tattling, vbl. n. (ˈtætlɪŋ) [f. tattle v. + -ing1.] The action of the verb tattle. † 1. Faltering, stammering; prattling; baby-talk.1481 Caxton Reynard xxvii. (Arb.) 65 But who can gyue to his lesynge a conclusion, and prononce it without tatelyng [orig. ende seit sine woerden sonder tatelen]. ...
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