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cockal
cockal ? Obs. (ˈkɒkəl, ˈkɒkɔːl) Forms: 6 cok all, 6–8 cock-all, 7 cockeall, coccal, cockle, 7–8 cockall, 7–9 cockal. [app. it was orig. two words cock all; but no evidence as to the derivation appears to have come down.] 1. The ‘knuckle-bone’ or astragalus; esp. that of a sheep, etc., used for playi...
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coccal
▪ I. coccal, a. (ˈkɒkəl) [f. coccus: see -al1.] Of, pertaining to, or resembling a coccus; spherical or nearly spherical in form.1928 Lancet 8 Dec. 1193/1 A blood culture was taken.., the organism grown being coccal in character. 1964 S. Duke-Elder Parsons' Dis. Eye (ed. 14) xxxv. 550 Of the coccal ...
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bicched
† ˈbicched, ppl. a. Obs. Also 5–6 byched, 6 bychyde, biched. Origin (see below) and precise meaning unknown: in general the sense ‘Cursed, execrable, shrewed,’ suits the context.a 1400 Alexander (Stev.) 165 [The basiliske] A straȝtill and a stithe worme stinkande of elde, And es so bitter, and so br...
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dib
▪ I. dib, n.1 dial. [A variant of dip n.: cf. dib v.1] A dip; a small hollow in the ground.1847–78 Halliwell, Dib, a valley. North. 1869 Lonsdale Gloss., Dib, a dip. 1876 F. K. Robinson Whitby Gloss., Dib, a slight concavity on the ground's surface. 2. Comb. dibboard, the dip or inclination of a sea...
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