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cloth-yard
ˈcloth-yard The yard by which cloth was measured: chiefly in cloth-yard shaft, applied in ballads to an arrow of the long bow. This is now the statute yard of 36 inches; according to Act 3 & 4 Edward VI c. 2 §8 ‘cloth was to bee meten and measured by the yard, adding to every yard one inch of the ru... Oxford English Dictionary
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Merchant Taylors' Hall, London
All that remains from these early days are the Corporate Seal of the Company (about 1502), the Cloth-yard (before 1509), the 16th-century ceremonial mace wikipedia.org
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shaft
▪ I. † shaft, n.1 Obs. Forms: 1 sceaft (also with ᵹe-), scæft, 2–3 sceft-e, saft-e, 2–3 Ormin. shafft, 2–4 scaft, 3 seft, 3–4 schafte, (scaf Cursor M.), 3–5 shafte, schaft, 4 chaft, pl. schefte, Ayenb. ssepþe, (ssefþe), 2–5 shaft. [OE. sceaft, ᵹesceaft fem.:—OTeut. *(ga)skapti-z f. *skap- to make, c... Oxford English Dictionary
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preface
▪ I. preface, n. (ˈprɛfəs) Also 4–5 prefas, 6–7 præface. [a. F. préface (14–15th c. in Hatz.-Darm.), app. ad. med.L. prefātia (prephatia in Du Cange), substituted for L. præfātio a saying beforehand, etc.: see prefation.] I. 1. In the Liturgies of Christian Churches: The introduction or prelude to t... Oxford English Dictionary
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yewe
▪ I. yew, n. (juː) Forms: 1 iuu, iw, eow, eoh, 4–7 ewe, 4–8 ew, (4 w, hw, hue, 5 hew, uu, uv, new), 5–6 u, 5–7 eu, 6 yeue, yue, yow(e, iewe, eughe, u(g)he, 6–7 ewgh, 6–8 ugh, yeugh, eugh, 7 yugh, yewgh, eue, 6– yew. Also 6 veiwe, 6–7 vewe, 7– view, etc.: see vew. [OE. {iacu}w, éow, late éoh, str. ma... Oxford English Dictionary
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kindly
▪ I. kindly, a. (ˈkaɪndlɪ) Forms: see kind. [OE. ᵹecyndel{iacu}c, f. ᵹecynde, kind + -l{iacu}c, -ly1.] I. Pertaining to nature or birth. † 1. Natural, in various senses. Obs. a. That is, exists or takes place according to natural laws; consonant or congruent with nature; natural, as opposed to artif... Oxford English Dictionary
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tailor
▪ I. tailor, n. (ˈteɪlə(r)) Forms: see below. [ME. a. AF. taillour = OF. tailleor, -eur (oblique case of tailler(r)e); in mod.F. tailleur = Pr. talador (nom. talaire), Cat. tallador, Sp. tallador engraver, tajador cutter, It. tagliatore cutter:—late L. or Com. Romanic tāliātōr-em (nom. tāliātor) cut... Oxford English Dictionary
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yard
▪ I. yard, n.1 (jɑːd) Forms: 1 ᵹeard, 4–5 ȝerd(e, 4–6 ȝard(e, yerde, 4–8 yerd, 4–9 yaird, (4 ȝherd, 5 ȝeard, ȝord, yorde, 6 ȝharde, 7 yearde, 8 Sc. yeard), 5–6 ȝaird, 6–7 yarde, 3– yard. [OE. ᵹeard str. masc. fence, dwelling, house, region = OS. gard enclosure, field, dwelling, MDu., Du. gaard garde... Oxford English Dictionary
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