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belace
▪ I. belace, v.1 (bɪˈleɪs) [f. be- + lace v. and n.] 1. trans. To border or adorn with lace. Usually in ppl. a. belaced.1648 J. Beaumont Psyche ii. 48 How to belace and fringe soft love. † 2. To streak, stripe. Obs.1648 Earl Westmorld. Otia Sacra (1879) 88 The Crimson streaks belace the Damaskt West...
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belaced
belaced, ppl. a. (bɪˈleɪst) [f. belace v.1 + -ed1.] Bordered or adorned with lace.1648 J. Beaumont Psyche xvi. x. (N.) In thy bravest And most belaced servitude. 1879 Mrs. Oliphant Reign Geo. II, II. 78 His ‘long lean’ form bepowdered, belaced, bescented.
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damasked
damasked, ppl. a. (ˈdæməskt) [f. prec.] 1. Of silk, fine linen, and other fabrics: Woven with richly-figured designs.1599 Middleton Micro-Cynicon iii. Wks. (1886) VIII. 124 Sitting at table..All covered with damask'd napery. 1607 Topsell Four-f. Beasts (1673) 206 The outward appearance of the said s...
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belage
† beˈlage, v. Naut. Obs. [Either ME. belegge, obs. form of belay, or, what is not improbable, ad. Du. beleggen, in same sense. (It is also possible that it may have originated as a misprint or misreading of belaye. See also belace v.2)]1678 Phillips, Belage in Navigation is to fasten any running Rop...
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dapple
▪ I. dapple, n. (ˈdæp(ə)l) Also 6 dappell. [Unless this is the first element in dapple-grey (q.v.), it is not known until late in the 16th c., being preceded somewhat by examples of the adj. of the same form, and followed by those of the vb. in the simple tenses; the (? ppl.) adj. dappled however ap...
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calcine
▪ I. † ˈcalcine, a. Obs. rare—1. [? ad. med.L. calcineus, or ? *calcinus, f. calx lime.] Of lime.1576 Baker Gesner's Jewel of Health 206 a, An oyle will then issue, which shall be named the calcine oyle.▪ II. calcine, v. (kælˈsaɪn, ˈkæl-) Also 4 calcene, 4–5 calcyne. [ad. med.L. calcināre, a term of...
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