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composture
▪ I. † composture Obs. or dial. (kəmˈpɒstjʊə(r)) [a. F. composture, ad. L. compos[i]tūra, f. composit- ppl. stem of compōnere: see composition. Cf. posture, imposture(= imposition). Med.L. compostūra, and OF. composture were chiefly in sense 2.] 1. Composition, composure (of action or state).1614 Se...
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compasture
† compasture Obs. rare—1. [? error for composture; but perh. altered by association with pasture.] See compost, composture.1627 Speed England xvii, These Heaths by the Compasture of the Sheepe (which we call Tathe) are made so rich with Corne they..match the fruitfullest grounds. ¶ Error for compost...
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exposture
† exˈposture Obs. rare—1. [f. expose n.1 or L. exposit- (see exposition), on the analogy of posture, composture, etc.] = exposure.1607 Shakes. Cor. iv. i. 36 A wilde exposture, to each chance That start's i' th' way before thee.
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discomposture
† discomˈposture Obs. [ad. Sp. descompostura disorder (Minsheu 1599), f. descomponer to discompose. Cf. composture.] = next.1622 Mabbe tr. Aleman's Guzman D'Alf. i. 76 Daraxa never gaue way by any dis-composture or vnjointed behaviour, or any other occasion whatsoever. 1626 Bacon Sylva §836 This is ...
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delineament
† delineament Obs. (dɪˈlɪniːəmənt) [f. L. dēlīneā-re: see -ment; cf. lineament.] The action of delineating, or an instance of this; delineation.1593 Nashe Christ's T. (1613) 57 The delineament of wretchednesse. 1612 Selden Drayton's Poly-olb. xi. Notes 181 For similitude of delineaments and compostu...
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couch
▪ I. couch, n.1 (kaʊtʃ) Forms: 4–6 couche, cowch(e, (5 kouche, cuche, 6 choche, cooch, 7 coutch), 7– couch. [a. F. couche (13th c.), earlier OF. culche, f. coucher: see couch v.1] 1. a. A frame or structure, with what is spread over it (or simply a layer of some soft substance), on which to lie down...
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