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broiden
broiden, pple. a. Obs. Also 3 ibroiden, ibroyde, 5 broydyn. [A pa. pple. of braid v. (cf. abraid, which had also abroiden), and thus a doublet of browden, which was the normal form, since OE. oᵹ became ow, ou in ME. But the combination was very rare before a consonant: so that evidence is wanting to...
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browd
† browd, v. Obs. Also broud. [a. OF. brouder, broder to stitch, embroider; but, from the beginning, its pa. pple. brouded, browded, was evidently associated with the native browden, pa. pple. of braid v., owing to contiguity of form and meaning. Cf. brawde, broid, broider. Fr. broder is a Common Rom...
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browden
† ˈbrowden, pa. pple. Obs. Forms: 1 (ᵹe)-broᵹden, -broden, 4–7 browden, 4 broud, (4–5 browdyn, 5–6 -in, 6 broudin); 4–5 brawden, brauden. (Also 4–5 broiden, broydyn.) [OE. broᵹden, bróden, pa. pple. of breᵹdan, brédan to braid. In use almost exclusively northern. The ow forms are regular from *oᵹ; t...
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broid
† broid, v.1 Obs. Also 6 broyde. [A variant of braid v., app. owing its form to the pa. pple. broiden, q.v. for the oi.] trans. To plait, intertwine, interweave. Hence ˈbroided ppl. a., ˈbroiding vbl. n.c 1386 Chaucer Knt.'s T. 1051 Hir yelow heer was broyded [So 4 MSS., 1 breided, 2 browded] in a t...
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broidery
broidery Now poetic. (ˈbrɔɪdərɪ) Forms: 4–5 brouderie, -ri, -ry, browdrye, 5 brawdrye, broodery, broiderie, -rye, 6 broadery, 7–8 brodery, 7 broydery, 7– broidery, (9 poet. broidry). [a. OF. brouderie, broderie (14th c. in Littré), f. brouder, broder; see broider and -ery. The form broidery (for the...
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bridal
bridal, n. (a.) (ˈbraɪdəl) Forms: 1 br{iacu}d-ealo, -ealu, 2–6 brydale, bridale, 3, 7– bridal. Also (3 bridel), 3–4 (s.w.) brudale (y), 3–7 bridall, 4 bruydale (bruytale, bridhale), 4–5 (Kent) bredale, 5 bredeale, 6 brydall, brideall, brydeale, brideale, (7 bride hall). [OE. br{yacu}d-ealo (infl. -e...
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braid
▪ I. braid, n. (breɪd) Forms: 1 bræᵹd-, brǽd-, bréd-, (1–2 ᵹebreᵹd, ᵹebræᵹd), 3–6 breid(e, 4–5 breyd(e, 4–6 brayd(e, braide, 5–6 brade, 6 (bray), 6–7 breade, 7 (bredd), 4– braid. [Partly:—OE. bræᵹd- = ON. bragð neut.:—OTeut. bragdo-m, f. str. vb. *bregdan, bragd (see braid v.1), and partly aphet. fo...
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collar
▪ I. collar, n. (ˈkɒlə(r)) Forms: 3–6 coler, 5–7 coller, 5–6 colar, 5– collar; also 4–5 colere, 5 coleer, collere, (colyer), 6 collare, (choller, 7 choler, couller, collor, colour). [ME. coler, a. AF. coler = OF. colier (later collier) = Pr. colar, Sp. collar, It. collare:—L. collāre, f. coll-um nec...
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for-
▪ I. for-, prefix1 Also 1 fær-, 3 Orm. forr-, 3–4 south. vor-, ver-, 4 fur-, 6–7 fore-. [OE. for-, fær- = OFris. for-, far-, OS. for-, far- (Du. ver-), OHG. far-, fir-, fer- (MHG. and mod.G. ver-), ON. for- (Sw. för-, Da. for-); the ON. fyrer- (see fore- prefix) though formally distinct, often corre...
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