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eel-spear
ˈeel-spear [f. eel n. + spear.] A forked or pronged instrument for catching eels by transfixing them as they lie in the mud. (See quots.)1555 Eden Decades W. Ind. (Arb.) 197 Speares..lyke vnto troute speares or yele speares. 1610 J. Guillim Heraldry (1679) 235 He beareth..3 Eel-spears argent. 1785 S... Oxford English Dictionary
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elger
† ˈelger Obs. [? f. OE. ǽl eel + gár spear. Cf. Flem. aalgeer, elger, an eel-spear, of which the Eng. word may possibly be an adoption.] An eel-spear: see algere.c 1440 Promp. Parv. 138 Elyer, or elger, fyscharis instrument; anguillaris, fuscina, fragidica, dentata. Ibid. 186 Garfangyl, or elger: an... Oxford English Dictionary
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eel
▪ I. eel, n. (iːl) Forms: 1 ǽl, eol, 1–6 ele, 5–7 eele, 6 Sc. eill, (5 ȝele, 6 ye(e)le, 7 yeel), 6– eel. [Com. Teut.: OE. ǽl = MDu. ael (Du. aal), OHG. âl (Ger. aal), ON. áll (Da. aal, Sw. ål):—OTeut. *æ̂lo-z. The ultimate etymology is unknown; the hypothesis that the word is cogn. with the synonymo... Oxford English Dictionary
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algere
† algere Obs. [? f. OE. ǽl eel + gár spear. Cf. Fl. aalgeer, elger, instrumentum dentibus mucronatum, quo anguillæ figuntur. H. Hettema in Trans. Phil. Soc. 1858, p. 145.] An eel-spear: see elger.a 1500 MS. in Promp. Parv. 186 Contus, an algere, a shaft, a dartt, a polloure. Fuscina, a hoke for fyss... Oxford English Dictionary
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trout
▪ I. trout, n.1 (traʊt) Forms: 1–2 truht, 3 troit, 4 trouȝt(e, trouhte, troȝte, 4–5 trote, 4–6 trute, trowte, 4–7 troute, 5 trowȝt(e, trowyt, troughte, trouth(e, troyte, (tryotht), 6–7 trowt, trought, (7 trowet, troot), 6– trout. [OE. truht, ad. late L. tructus, tructa, truta, trutta, etc. = Gr. τρώ... Oxford English Dictionary
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dart
▪ I. dart, n. (dɑːt) Also 4–6 darte, 7 Sc. dairt. [a. OF. dart, accus. of darz, dars. in 15th c. dard = Pr. dart, Sp. and It. dardo.] 1. a. A pointed missile weapon thrown by the hand; a light spear or javelin; also applied to pointed missiles in general, including arrows, etc.c 1314 Guy Warw. (A.) ... Oxford English Dictionary
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speare
▪ I. spear, n.1 (spɪə(r)) Forms: α. 1–7 spere (3 spære), 3–6 sper (5 sperre), 5–7 speere. β. 5–6 speir, 5 speire, speyre, spayre, 6 spair. γ. 6–7 speare, 7– spear. [OE. spere, = OFris. spiri, spere, sper (WFris. spear), MDu. spere, speer (Du. speer), OS. and MLG., OHG. and MHG. sper (G. speer), ON. ... Oxford English Dictionary
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tine
▪ I. tine, n.1 (taɪn) Forms: α. 1, 3–6 tind, 4–6 tynde, 5 tyynde, 6 (9 dial.) tynd. β. (5 tene), 5–9 tyne, 6– tine. [OE. tind = MHG. zint sharp point, ON. tindr tine (Sw. tinne, Da. dial. tind tooth of a rake):—OTeut. *tind-i{supz}. (To the same root prob. belongs OHG. zinna merlon of a wall:—OTeut.... Oxford English Dictionary
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picke
▪ I. pick, n.1 (pɪk) Forms: 4 pikk, 4–6 pyk(k, 4–8 pic, 5 pikke, pykke, 6 pict, pycke, 6–7 picke, 7 pik, 6– pick. [app. a collateral form, with short vowel, of pike n.1 (Cf. the collateral forms pick and pike in pick v.1) Pick is the form in general English use in sense 1; in other senses it is eith... Oxford English Dictionary
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prick
▪ I. prick, n. (prɪk) Forms: 1 pric(c)a, price, (pryce), 2, 5–6 prike (5 pryke); 3–7 pricke, 4– prick (4–6 prikke, prik, 5 prykke, prikk, 5–7 pryck, -e, pryk). [OE. prica, pricca m., price f. = mod.Du. prik m. († prick Kilian) a sharp point or stick, prickle, etc.; LG. prik a dot, spot, point, prik,... Oxford English Dictionary
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sun
▪ I. sun, n.1 (sʌn) Forms: 1–7 sunne, (1 sunna), 3–7 sonne, 4–5 (6 Sc.) sune, 4–7 sone (chiefly Sc.), sunn, 5–6 son, (3 seonne, 4 sonn, Kentish zonne, Sc. sowne, swn, 5 soen, swne, Sc. soune, 6 Sc. soun), 4– sun. β. Sc. 4 sene, 6 syn, 7–8 sin, 8 sinn. [Com. Teut. wk. fem.: OE. sunne = OFris. sunne, ... Oxford English Dictionary
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