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▪ I. besprent, ppl. a. (bɪˈsprɛnt) [f. prec., where see forms.] Besprinkled. a. with moisture of any kind, or dust.c 1368 Chaucer Compl. Pite 10 To Pite ran I all bespreynt [v.r. besprente] with teres. 1483 Caxton Gold. Leg. 269/1 Thre stones besprenct with his bloode. Ibid. 353/1 Stones bespryncte ...
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wet
wet: 1 n wetness caused by water "drops of wet gleamed on the window" Synonyms: moisture Type of: wetness the condition of containing or being covered by a liquid (especially water) adj covered or soaked with a liquid such as water "a wet bathing suit" " wet sidewalks" " wet weather" Synonyms: bedewed , dewy wet with dew besprent sprinkled ...
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bespreng
† beˈspreng, v. Obs. exc. in pa. pple. Pa. pple. besprent. Forms: 1 besprengan, 2–4 bisprenge(n, 5 besprenge(n. pa. tense 3–5 bi-, bysprengede, 5 besprenged, 6 besprent. pa. pple. 3–5 bi-, bysprenged, 4–6 besprenct, 5 bysprincte, 4–5 bi-, bespreynt, 6 besprinct, -spraynte, -sprint, spreigned, 6–7 sp...
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Humfrey Wanley
John Gay introduced him, "from thy shelves with dust besprent" into his poem of "Mr. Pope's Welcome from Greece."
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tawhiri
‖ tawhiri (tɑːˈfiri, taˈwiːrɪ) Also tawiri. [Maori.] Native name of the New Zealand tree Pittosporum tenuifolium, noted for its fragrant white blossoms.1872 A. Domett Ranolf vi. i. 108 Its floor..with faint tawhiri-leaves besprent. 1884 T. Bracken Lays Maori 21 The early breeze that..stole the rich ...
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welked
welked, ppl. a. Obs. exc. dial. (wɛlkt) [f. welk v.1] a. Withered, faded, dried up. † b. Dulled in lustre.c 1250 Gen. & Ex. 2107 And .vii. lene [ears] riȝt ðor-bi, welkede, and smale, and druȝte numen. c 1386 Chaucer Pard. T. 410 For which ful pale and welked is my face. 1387–8 T. Usk Test. Love iii...
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freckle
▪ I. freckle, n. (ˈfrɛk(ə)l) Forms: 5–6 fracel, -le, frakel, -il, -le, 6 frekell(e, -le, -yll, 6–7 freck-(e)l, 7 frecle, -lle, 6– freckle. [Alteration of frecken.] 1. A yellowish or light-brown spot in the skin, said to be produced by exposure to the sun and wind.c 1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 189 Of clo...
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wanze
† wanze, v. Obs. Forms: 1 wansian, 3 Orm. wannsenn, 4 wanese, 5 wanyse, whanse, 4–5 wanse, (5 inf. wansyn, wanson, wanshon, wanschon, 6–7, 9 dial. wanze. [OE. wansian (also áwansian) trans., to diminish, f. wan, wane a. Cf. ON. vanse wk. masc. (Mid.Sw., Norw. vanse) want, defect.] 1. trans. To dimin...
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canous
† ˈcanous, a. Obs. rare. Also spelt -ois, -us, cannos. [f. L. cānus hoary.] Grey, hoary.1513 Douglas æneis v. vii. 97 Or that wnfreindlie eild had thus besprent My heid and halfettis baith with canus [ed. 1553 canous] hair. Ibid. v. xii. 144 To Troiane ingill, and the cannos [ed. 1553 canois] Veste.
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sprenge
▪ I. † sprenge, n. Obs.—1 [f. next.] Sprinkling.c 1380 Wyclif Serm. Sel. Wks. II. 287 Sprenge [v.r. spryngyng] of salt on þis flour is wisdom þat man haþ to serve God in clennesse.▪ II. sprenge, v. Obs. exc. arch. in pa. tense and pple. Pa. tense and pple. sprent. Forms: inf. 1 sprengan, sprængan, 3...
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dewfull
▪ I. dew, n. (djuː) Forms: 1 déaw, 2 dáw, 2–4 deu, deuȝ, 3 dæw (Orm.), 4 deew, dewȝ, deau, 4–6 dewe, deaw(e, 6 deow(e, due, 3– dew. [Common Teut.: OE. déaw, OFris. daw, OS. dau, MLG. dau, Du. dauw, OHG., MHG. tou (touwes), Ger. thau, tau, ON. dögg, gen. döggvar, Sw. dagg, Da. dug, Goth. *daggwa-:—OT...
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sprinkle
▪ I. sprinkle, n.1 (ˈsprɪŋk(ə)l) Forms: 4 sprynkil, 6 -kill, sprinkil(l; 5–6 sprenkylle (5 sprenkle), 6 spryn-, 6–7 sprinkell(e; 5 spryncle, 6–7 sprinc(k)le, 6– sprinkle. [Related to sprinkle v.1 Cf. MDu., MLG., obs. G. and Da. sprinkel, MDu. and Du., G. sprenkel, speckle, spot, freckle.] † 1. A spr...
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silver-coloured
silver-coloured, a. [silver n. 17.] Having the colour of silver; of a greyish white hue with a metallic lustre.1594 ? Greene Selimus 154 Aged winter hath besprent my head With a hoarfrost of silver-coloured hairs. 1611 Cotgr., Ravel,..a little sea-fish, that hath..a siluer-coloured bellie. 1679 M. R...
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land-end
land-end Now dial. A piece of ground at the end of a ‘land’ in a ploughed field. (See also quots. 1877, 1893.)1555 Stanford Churchw. Acc., Antiquary XVII. 119/2 For Reping doune ye corne yt growyde at mens landds endds y⊇ wich was sooyd to farre upon the comon viij{supd}. 1610 Quarter Sess. Rec. in ...
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knot-grass
knot-grass [f. knot n.1 + grass: from the knotted stem.] 1. The plant Polygonum aviculare, a common weed in waste ground, with numerous intricately-branched creeping stems, and small pale pink flowers; an infusion of it was formerly supposed to stunt the growth. Called by early herbalists † male kno...
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