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cheston
▪ I. cheston ? Obs. [acc. to Dicts., from resemblance to a chestnut; see chesteine.] ‘A species of plum’ (J.).1755 in Johnson; and in mod. Dicts.▪ II. cheston var. of chesteine, Obs., chestnut.
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chesten
† chesteine, chesten Obs. Forms: α. 4–5 chastein(e, 5 chasteyn(e, 5–7 chasten, 6 chastayne. β. 4 chesteine, -ene, kesteyn, 4–7 chesten, 5 chestan, 5–6 chesteyn(e, chestayn(e, 5–7 cheston, 6 chestin. See also castane. [ME. chasteine (commonly chesteine, etc.), a. OF. chastaigne, -aine (= ONF. castaig...
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chasten
▪ I. chasten, v.1 (ˈtʃeɪs(ə)n) [f. chaste v. + -en2: taking the place of the earlier chaste v.] 1. trans. To inflict disciplinary or corrective punishment on; to visit with affliction for the purpose of moral improvement; to correct, discipline, chastise. (Usually of Divine chastisement.)1526 Tindal...
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chestnut
chestnut, chesnut, n. (and a.) (ˈtʃɛsnʌt) Forms: 6 chesten nut, chest nut, chestnutte, chestnot-(tree), chesse nut(te, ches-nut, chesnutte, 6–7 chesse-nut, 6–8 chest-nut, 7 chessenut, 8 chessnut, 6– chestnut, chesnut. [f. chesten, late form of chesteine + nut. Chesten-nut was soon reduced to chesten...
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rein
▪ I. rein, n.1 (reɪn) Forms: 4–5 rene, 5 reene, ren, 5–6 rean(e; 4–7 reyn(e, rayne, rain(e, 7–8 reign, 6–7 reine, 6– rein; 5–6 Sc. renȝe, rengȝe. [a. OF. rene (mod.F. rêne), regne, raigne, rainne, etc., earlier resne and (AF.) redne, usually regarded as repr. a Common Romanic *ˈretina, f. L. retinēr...
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