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carue
† carue Old Law. Also 6 carewe, (7– erron. carve). [a. ONF. carue (mod.F. charrue = Pr. carruga, It. carruca):—L. carrūca (med.L. carrūca, carrūga, carrūa), used already in the Salic Law in the sense ‘plough’. See note to carucate. Mod.F. charrue is both plough and plough-land (or carucate), whence ...
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carrucate
† carucate, carrucate Feudal Syst. (ˈkærjuːkeɪt) [ad. med.L. car(r)ūcāta plough-gate, plough-land, f. car(r)ūca plough (see carue). The ONF. regular repr. of carrūcāta was car(r)uée, central F. char(r)uée: see -ate1. L. carrūca (f. carr-us car) was originally ‘a sort of state coach or chariot’; this...
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carve
▪ I. carve, v. (kɑːv) Forms: 1 ceorfan, 2 keruen, 2–3 keoruen, 3 keorfen, (curuen), 4 cerue, 4–6 kerue, 5–7 kerve, 6–7 karve, 5– carve. pa. tense. α. 1 cearf, 3–5 carf, 3 kerf, (subj. kurue), 4 karf, karue, carue, corue, 4–5 carfe, 5 kerue, carff; pl. 1 curfon, 3–4 corue(n, 4 corwen. β. 4 keruet, 5 ...
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unexpressive
unexˈpressive, a. [un-1 7 and 5 b.] † 1. = inexpressive a. 1. Obs.1600 Shakes. A.Y.L. iii. ii. 10 Run, run Orlando, carue on euery Tree, The faire, the chaste, and vnexpressiue shee. 1629 Milton Hymn Nativ. xi, Harping in loud and solemn quire, With unexpressive notes to Heav'ns new-born Heir. 1637 ...
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excusator
excusator Obs. exc. Hist. (ɛkskjuːˈzeɪtər) [a. late L. excūsātor, agent-n. f. excūsāre to excuse.] One who makes an excuse, defence, or apology; esp. a person officially authorized to present an excuse.a 1661 Fuller Worthies (1840) III. 543 King Henry..despatched him thither [to Rome] for his excusa...
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issuant
issuant, a. (n.) (ˈɪʃ(j)uːənt, ˈɪsjuː-) [f. issue v. + -ant1, after F. pr. pples. in -ant.] 1. Issuing or proceeding from a place or source. Now rare.1634 Sir T. Herbert Trav. 7 Out of that Cloud is issuant so forcible a whirle-wind, as breeds feare and admiration. 1642 tr. Perkins' Prof. Bk. i. §13...
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unvalued
unˈvalued, ppl. a. [un-1 8, 5 b.] 1. Not estimated or fixed in value; extremely great or valuable. Now rare.1586 Marlowe 1st Pt. Tamburl. i. ii, Whatsoeuer you esteeme of this successe, and losse vnvallued, Both may inuest you Empresse of the East. 1594 Spenser Amoretti lxxvii, There in a siluer dis...
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quaintly
quaintly, adv. (ˈkweɪntlɪ) Forms: as quaint a. + 3–5 -lich(e, -lych(e, -li, 4–6 -lye, 4– -ly. compar. 4 queyntlyer, 7 quaintlier. superl. 4 queyntlokest, quoyntelucst. [f. quaint a. + -ly2.] † 1. Skilfully, cleverly, ingeniously, so as to accomplish some act or attain some end. Obs.1297 R. Glouc. (R...
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groop
▪ I. groop, n. Now dial. (gruːp) Forms: 5 grope, groupe, growpe, 5, 7, 9 dial. grupe, 6–7 groope, 8–9 Sc. gruip, 9 grup, groop. [a. MDu. groepe (Du. groep) = OFris., LG. grôpe; cf. also Icel. gróp groove, Norw., Sw. grop hollow, cavity, Da. dial. grob ditch. Cf. grip n.2 In some dialects the word is...
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indenting
▪ I. indenting, vbl. n.1 (ɪnˈdɛntɪŋ) [f. indent v.1 + -ing1.] The action of indent v.1, or the result produced by this. 1. = indentation 1 and 2.c 1386 Chaucer Pars. T. ¶343 The cost of embrowdynge, the degise, endentynge, barrynge..and semblable wast of clooth in vanitee. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 261/1 ...
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lisp
▪ I. lisp, n.1 (lɪsp) [f. lisp v.] The action or an act of lisping.a 1625 Fletcher & Massinger Elder Bro. ii. ii, Love those that love good fashions, Good clothes and rich, they invite men to admire'm That speake the lispe of Court, Oh, 'tis great learning! 1676 G. Etherege Man of Mode i. i, Bell. W...
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insculp
insculp, v. Now rare or Obs. (ɪnˈskʌlp) Pa. pple. insculpt, insculped. [ad. L. insculpĕre to carve or engrave on, f. in- (in-2) + sculpĕre to carve, or its F. repr. insculper (15–16th c. in Godef.). Used at first in pa. pple. insculpt, ad. L. insculpt-us; the finite vb. may have arisen in part from ...
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sokeman
sokeman Now Hist. (ˈsəʊkmən) Also 6–7 erron. -mayn, -main. [a. AF. sokeman or ad. Anglo-Lat. sokemannus (also sok-, socke-, sochemannus), f. the OE. word represented by soke1 and soken + man n.1] A tenant holding land in socage; a socman.[a 1066 Laws Edw. Confess. xii. (Thorpe), Manbote in Danelaᵹa,...
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capon
▪ I. capon, n. (ˈkeɪpən) Forms: 1, 3 capun, 4 capoun, (kapoun, chapon), 4–6 capone, 5 capun(e, (capvne), capoone, 4– capon. [OE. capun, ad. L. capōn-em in same sense, whence also ONF. capun, capon (F. chapon, Pr. and Sp. capon, It. cappone), which prob. reinforced the Eng. word.] 1. A castrated cock...
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