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barbed-cat
† barbed-cat Obs. A military engine; see quot.1489 Caxton Faytes of A. ii. xxix. I vj b, For to make a werrely holde that men calle a barbed catte, and a bewfray that shal have ix. fadome of lengthe and two of brede, and the said catte six fadome of lengthe and two of brede.
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▪ I. cat, n.1 (kæt) Forms: 1 catte, catt, 2–7 catt, 4–6 catte, (3–7 kat, 6 katte), 1– cat. [The ME. and mod. cat corresponds at once to OE. cat and ONF. cat. The name is common European of unknown origin: found in Lat. and Gr. in 1–4th c., and in the modern langs. generally, as far back as their rec...
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