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boistous
† ˈboistous, a. Obs. Forms: 3–6 boistous, boystous, buystous(e, (also 4 booistous, boystoyse, 5 boistose, boistoys, boistez, boysteis), buystuous, boystyous, (bostuous, bioustious), 5–6 boystows(e, boi-, boysteous, -ious, 6 buistous, boystuous(e, (bostyous). Also, North. 4 bostwys, bustwys, (boustes...
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encrampish
† enˈcrampish, -ise, v. Obs. rare. [f. en-1 + cramp a. + -ish, after words like impoverish.] trans. To cramp, hamper. Hence enˈcrampised ppl. a., cramped, distorted.c 1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode II. (1869) 108 I hatte Peresce, þe goutous, þe encrampised, þe boistous, þe maymed. 1523 Skelton Garl. Laurel...
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borrel
▪ I. borrel, borel, a. arch. (ˈbɒrəl) Forms: 4 borel(l, burel(l, 5 borelle, 6 borrell, Sc. burell, burrell, 7–9 borrel, borel. [Conjectured to be an attrib. use of borel, burel n. ‘coarse clothing’; the adj. and the n. appear in the same forms in 14th c., but in Eng. writers from Caxton onwards the ...
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manward
manward, adv. and a. (ˈmænwəd) [See -ward.] A. adv. (In early use to manward, also to menward.) a. Towards man, in the direction of man. b. In relation to man.c 1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode iv. iv. (1869) 176 Sithe þat man hath ouercome þee, þou shuldest not afterward be so boistous to manward. 1526 Tind...
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boisterous
boisterous, a. (ˈbɔɪstərəs) Forms: 5–8 boistrous, 6–7 boystrous, boysterous, 6 bou-, bowstrous, 6– boisterous. [Used in the same sense as the earlier boisteous, boistuous, boistous, of which it appears to be a variant modified by some obscure analogy.] I. Rough or coarse in quality. † 1. Rough, coar...
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werre
▪ I. werre variant of vere Obs. spring-time.1436 Libel Eng. Policy in Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 194 In tyme of wynter and of werre [v.r. veer] Whan boistous wyndes put see-men into ferre.▪ II. werre obs. f. very, war, ware a., worry v.
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innerest
† ˈinnerest, a. Obs. Forms: 3 (Orm.) innresst, 3–4 inrest(e, 4–5 innerest, (-yste), 5 inerest, 6 yndrest. [f. inner a. (q.v.) + est; cf. OHG. innarôst (MHG. innerest, G. innerst), MDu. innerst, inrest, inderst; all which show a superl. formed apparently on a comparative, after the latter had to a ce...
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ere
▪ I. ere, n. pseudo-arch. rare—1. (See quot.)1866 G. W. Dasent Gisli 23 They went out of their booth to the point of the ‘ere’ [footnote, ‘Ere’ old English for a sandy spit of land; from the Icelandic eyri].▪ II. ere, adv., prep. and conj. (ɛə(r)) Forms: α. 1–3 ær, (3 ære), 1–6 er, 3–4 her, (3 heer)...
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rude
▪ I. rude, a. and adv. (ruːd) Forms: 4 ruide, 4–5 ruyde (5 Sc. royde), 5 ruyd, 6 Sc. ruid; 5 reude, 5–6 rewde; 4– rude. [a. OF. ruide, rude (F. rude), or ad. L. rudis unwrought, unformed, inexperienced, etc. Cf. MDu. ruud-, ruut. In some ME. and early Sc. texts there appears to be a certain amount o...
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