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† ˈdecener Obs. Forms: 6 decenier, disener, 7 deciner, -or, 7–8 decenner. [a. AngloFr. decener = OF. decenier, mod.F. dixenier, dizenier, dizainier, in med.L. decēnārius (improp. decennārius), f. decēna, in OF. dizeine, -aine, Pr. desena, Sp. decena, a group of ten, a tithing.] 1. One in command of ...
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dizener
† ˈdizener Obs. Also 5–6 disener. [a. 15th c. F. disenier (later dizeinier, dizainier), f. OF. dizeine, later dizaine group of ten, in med.L. decēna, Sp. decena, Pr. desena, whence also med.L. decēnārius, OF. decenier: see decener, and cf. douzener, dozener.] A foreman or captain of a group of ten m...
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disener
disener var. of decener, Obs.1489 Caxton Faytes of A. ii. xxx. 141 Eueryche shal haue undre hym a dyzener of carpenters and a dyzener of helpers and also thre diseners of laborers.
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decinary
▪ I. † ˈdecinary1, a. Obs. Properly decenary. [f. med.L. decēnāri-us, f. decēna body of ten; cf. deciner, var. of decener.] Divisible by ten.1650 Ashmole Chym. Collect. 88 That so in a Decinary number, which is a perfect number, the whole Work may be consummate. Ibid. 92.▪ II. decinary2, -ner see de...
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desiner
desiner var. of decener, Obs.1591 Garrard Art Warre 14 Under the charge of a Desiner or chiefe of a chamber.
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decenary
deˈcenary improp. deˈcennary, a. and n. [ad. med.L. decēnārius (decennārius), f. med.L. decēna (decenna) a tithing: see decener.] A. adj. Of of pertaining to a decēna or tithing.1752 Fielding Causes Incr. Robbers §5 (R.) To prevent idle persons wandering from place to place..was one great point of t...
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dozener
dozener (ˈdʌz(ə)nə(r)) Also 6 dussiner, 7 dozinier, doziner, (7 decennier, 7–9 deciner). [In sense 1, a. AF. dozeyner, dozainer, a corrupt form of dizeyner (dizener): cf. dozen n. 4. In sense 2 prob. the same; but cf. dozen 3.] 1. a. A member of a tithing: see dozen 4. b. The head of a dozen.1617 Mi...
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frithborh
† ˈfrithborh Law. Only OE. and Hist. Also frithborg, -burg, frichborgh, fridburgh, friborg(h, -burg(h, -bourg, freoborg, freeborgh. [OE. *friðborh lit. ‘peace-pledge’: see frith n.1 and borrow n.; the word, though found in no document earlier than the spurious ‘Laws of Edward the Confessor’ (app. th...
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