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blandishing
▪ I. blandishing, vbl. n. (ˈblændɪʃɪŋ) [f. as prec. + -ing1.] Blandishment, flattery.c 1305 St. Kath. 165 in E.E.P. (1862) 94 Al þi blandisinge Ne þi tourmentz ne schulle ene fram him myn hurte bringe. a 1340 Hampole Psalter ii. 3 Dispise we thaire bloundisynges & thaire manaunces. 1485 Caxton Curia... Oxford English Dictionary
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blanditude
† ˈblanditude Obs. rare. [f. L. blandus bland a. + -tude; but with reference to blandish.] Flattering or blandishing behaviour; blandness.1689 T. Plunket Char. Gd. Command. Ded., Yet shall you meet with..Rubs, Censures, Cavils, and base blanditude. Ibid. 24 Blanditude Desert shall overthrow. 1922 Ob... Oxford English Dictionary
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blandish
▪ I. blandish, v. (ˈblændɪʃ) Forms: 4 blandise, -isshe, -ische, blaundise, -isshe, bloundise, -iss, 4–6 blaundysh, 5 blandysh(e, -yss, -yssh, blaundish, -iss, -yssh, 6 ? blandesh, Sc. blandyis, 5– blandish. [a. F. blandiss- lengthened stem of blandir:—L. blandīri to flatter, f. blandus smooth, soft:... Oxford English Dictionary
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soothering
soothering, ppl. a. dial. and U.S. [f. soother v. + -ing2.] Blandishing, cajoling.1866 Mrs. E. Lynn Linton Lizzie Lorton II. i. 13 Thee 'se gitten a soothering tongue in thee head, lad. 1884 [see softy a.]. 1898 G. Bartram White-Headed Boy 5 A kind of gentle look in them—a ‘soodherin'’ look, as we s... Oxford English Dictionary
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blanding
▪ I. † ˈblanding, vbl. n. Obs. [f. bland v.2 + -ing1.] Flattery, blandishment.c 1315 Shoreham 14 That he may nauȝt y-weid be With blanding ne with boste. 1340 Ayenb. 10 Þet is zenne of blondingge, oþer of lozengerie.▪ II. † ˈblanding, ppl. a. Obs. [f. as prec. + -ing2.] Flattering, blandishing.c 131... Oxford English Dictionary
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smoothing
▪ I. smoothing, vbl. n. (ˈsmuːðɪŋ) [f. smooth v.] 1. a. The action of the verb, in various senses; an instance of this. Also with out and fig.1577 B. Googe Heresbach's Husb. i. (1586) 33 b, The Meale which the people in old tyme dyd vse for the smoothing of their skinnes. 1663 Gerbier Counsel d iij,... Oxford English Dictionary
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soothing
▪ I. soothing, vbl. n. (ˈsuːðɪŋ) [f. soothe v.] The action of the verb, in various senses.a 1400 Minor Poems fr. Vernon MS. xlix. 185 For ȝif þou woldest hit putte to soþing Þat he seyde ouur niȝt vppon þe morwening. c 1400 Destr. Troy 11495 Thus sotelly with sothyn he set hom a cas, What fortune mi... Oxford English Dictionary
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coy
▪ I. † coy, n.1 Obs. exc. dial. (kɔɪ) Also 6–7 quoy(e. [a. Du. kooi, formerly côye, in same sense, a parallel form to MDu. couwe = MHG. kouwe, köuwe:—WGer. cawia, cauwia, a. L. cavea hollow, enclosure, cage.] 1. A place constructed for entrapping ducks or other wild-fowl; a decoy.1621 [see coy-duck]... Oxford English Dictionary
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