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downmost, adv. and a. (ˈdaʊnməʊst) Also dial. downermost: cf. the obs. comparative downermore: see down adv. VIII.1790 Blagden in Phil. Trans. LXXX. 342 So poised as that a certain part should be always downmost. 1822 Coleridge Lett., Convers., etc. II. 92 Set the jewel in the marriage ring with the...
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-most
-most, suffix (məʊst, məst) forming adjs. in the superlative degree (many of which are also used as advs.), is an altered form of OE. -mest (= Goth. -umist), a combination of two distinct OTeut. (and Indogermanic) superlative suffixes, -mo- (which occurs, e.g., in OE. forma first, hindema last, and ...
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headlong
▪ I. headlong, adv. and a. (ˈhɛdlɒŋ) Also 5–6 hedlong. [Alteration of the earlier headling, by erroneous assimilation to -long: cf. sidelong.] A. adv. 1. Head foremost, in falling or plunging; head downmost.1482 Monk of Evesham xli. (Arb.) 85 Oftyn times he fylle down hedlong. 1548 Udall, etc. Erasm...
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headstoops
† ˈheadstoops, adv. Obs. In 5 hedstoupis. [f. head n.1 + -stoupes an advb. genitive, from root of ME. stoupen, OE. st{uacu}pian, to stoop: lit. ‘with the head falling’.] Head downmost; headlong.c 1400 Destr. Troy 6638 Mony hurlit doun hedstoupis to þe hard vrthe. Ibid. 7434 Hedstoupis of his horse h...
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down
▪ I. † down, n.1 (daʊn) Forms: 1 d{uacu}n, 2–4 dun, 4–5 doun(e, 4–7 downe, 4– down. [OE. d{uacu}n fem., hill = ODu. d{uacu}na (MDu. d{uacu}ne, Du. duin, whence mod.LG. düne sandhill, F. dune). Supposed to be of Celtic origin: cf. OIr. d{uacu}n hill, hill-fort, Welsh din, and place-names in -dūnum. S...
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heele
▪ I. heel, n.1 (hiːl) Forms: 1 héla, hǽla, (hél), 3 heale, 3–6 hele, 4–5 heill, 4–7 heele, 5–7 heille, (5 hyelle, 6 helle, hiele, 7 eel), 6–7 heal(e, 4– heel. [OE. héla, hǽla wk. masc. = OFris. hêla fem., MDu. hiele m. and f., Du. hiel m.; cf. ON. hǽll m. (Sw. häl, Da. hæl):—*hâhil:—*hanhil, deriv. ...
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