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burn-beat
ˈburn-beat, v. Also -bait, -bate. [f. burn v. + beat n.3 or v.2: the latter part is inflected; pr. pple. burnbeating pa. pple. burnbeat.] trans. To pare off and burn the rough turf or sod of moorland or fallow ground in order to improve it. Hence ˈburn-baited ppl. a.; ˈburnbeating vbl. n.1669 Worlid...
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Prendergast (surname)
b became p due to fortition and gast (cf. geest) from a Germanic word for wasteland or dry and infertile land meaning the location could have been a burn-beat
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Denshire
Denshire, v. (ˈdɛnʃə(r)) Also 7 Devonshire, -sher, Densher, Densure, 9 Denshare. [A syncopated form of Devonshire used as a vb.; the method having been originally practised there. c 1630 Risdon Surv. Devon (1810) 2 Devonshire; now, by a vulgar speech, Denshire. Ibid. §96 (1810) 92 In our Denshire sp...
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beat
▪ I. beat, v.1 (biːt) Pa. tense beat (biːt). Pa. pple. beaten (ˈbiːt(ə)n), beat. Forms: inf. 1–2 béat-an, 2–3 beat-en, 3–5 bet-en, 4 beet-e(n, 4–6 bete, 5 beite, 5–6 bette, 5–7 beate, 7– beat. pa. tense 1–4 béot, 3 biet, 3–7 bet, 4–6 bett, bete, 4 but, 4–7 bette, 5 bote, 6– beat, 7 Sc. bet; also 3–6...
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