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▪ I. † ˈegall, a. Obs. Also 5–6 egalle, 6 eguall, 6 egal. [a. OF. egal (esgal, igal, mod.F. égal):—L. æquālem equal.] = equal. Also quasi-n.c 1374 Chaucer Troylus iii. 88 To have right as you list comfort, Under your yerde egall to mine offence. c 1450 Crt. of Love 1041 Thy birth and hers they be no...
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inegal
† inegal, a. Obs. [a. F. inégal (Oresme, 14th c.) f. in- (in-3) + égal equal, egall, after L. inæquālis inequal.] Unequal.1484 Caxton Chivalry 82 Pryde is a vyce of Inequalyte or to be inegal to other and not lyke.
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unegall
† unˈegall, a. Obs. [un-1 7, 5 b: cf. WFris. on-, ûnegael, and unequal a.] Unequal. Also † unˈegally adv., † unˈegalness.1508 Fisher 7 Penit. Ps. li. Wks. (1876) 104 Is not my waye good and egall, & yours shrewed nought & more *vnegall [L. prava]. 1589 Puttenham Eng. Poesie i. xx. (Arb.) 57 Not onel...
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equate
equate, v. (ɪˈkweɪt) Also 7 æquate. [f. L. æquāt- ppl. stem of æquā-re: see equate pa. pple.] † 1. trans. To make (bodies) equal; to balance. Obs. rare.1530 Palsgr. 539/1 They were nothyng egall, but he hath nowe equated them. 1755 B. Martin Mag. Arts & Sc. 394 The Guinea and large Piece of Cork..se...
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vidzt
† vidz(t obs. variants of viz. = videlicet.1589 Puttenham Eng. Poesie ii. iv. (Arb.) 85 Both verses be of egall quantitie, vidz. seauen sillables a peece. 1616 in Eastland Co. (Camden) 158 That the same [allowance] be raysed vidzt to twenty nobles apeece. 1669 Mrs. A. Thornton Autobiog. (Surtees) 80...
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triquet
† triquet, n. and a. Obs. rare. Also 6 tricquet. [f. L. triquetrus: see triquetrous.] a. n. A triangle; in quot., a set of verses arranged in the form of a triangle. b. adj. Triangular.1589 Puttenham Eng. Poesie ii. xi. (Arb.) 105–6. Ibid. 107–8 Of the Triangle or Triquet... A certaine great Sultan ...
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nocent
nocent, a. and n. Now rare. (ˈnəʊsənt) [ad. L. nocent-, nocens, pres. pple. of nocēre to hurt.] A. adj. 1. Harmful, injurious, hurtful.c 1485 Digby Myst. (1882) ii. 321 Infecte with venom nocent. 1568 G. Skeyne The Pest A iij, The maist nocent Sterres to mankynd. 1597 A. M. tr. Guillemeau's Fr. Chir...
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Marrucinian
Marrucinian, n. and a. (mæruːˈsɪnɪən) Also Mar(r)ucine, Marucian, Marusian. [f. L. Marrucini + -an.] A. n. a. A member of an Oscan-Umbrian people living near Teate in ancient Eastern Italy. b. The language of this people. B. adj. Of or pertaining to this people or their language.1578 tr. Appian's Au...
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letment
† ˈletment Obs. [f. let v.1 + -ment.] Letting.1574 tr. Littleton's Tenures 52 If the particion so made betwene them were such, y{supt} at tyme of lettement were egall of yerely value.
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rigorously
ˈrigorously, adv. [f. prec. + -ly2.] 1. With rigour or severity.1375 Barbour Bruce iv. 88 To the castell [they] went in hy, And assegit it rygorusly. Ibid. vi. 136 He smat the first sa rygorusly Vith his spere. c 1407 Lydg. Reson & Sens. 6628 Rygorously to denovnce Hys curse vpon the folkys all Whic...
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haut-pas
‖ haut-pas Now only as Fr. (hopɑ). Forms: 5 hautepase, haught passe, 6 hautepace, haulte pace, 7 haute pass, 7– haut-pas. [F. haut pas, lit. ‘high step’; in common use in 15–16th c. and anglicized in the form halpace, whence also the corrupted forms half-, hath-, hearth-pace.] A part of the floor of...
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egality
eˈgality Obs. [ME. egalite, a. F. égalité: see egall a. and -ity.] = equality (in 14th c. with sense ‘equanimity’). (Re-formed as a nonce-wd. by Tennyson, to convey the modern associations connected with the Fr. word.)c 1374 Chaucer Boeth. ii. iv. 42 Al fortune is blisful to a man by þe agreablete o...
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deraign
▪ I. † deˈraign, n. Obs. In 4–5 dereyne, 5 derenȝe, -rayn, 6 derene. [a. OF. des-, der-, deraisne, -resne, -raigne, regne, -rene, f. desraisnier to deraign. In Laws of William I. latinized as disraisnia.] The action of vindicating or maintaining one's right, esp. by wager of battle; hence, a challen...
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wether
▪ I. wether (ˈwɛðə(r)) Forms: α. 1, 3 weðer, 3–4 weþer, 4–5 wethur, -ir, 5 wethyr, -ire, 6 wethar, 6–9 weather, 4– wether; 4–5 whethir, -ur, 4–6 whether, 5 whetther. β. 4, 6 weder, wedir, 5 wedyr, wedor; 5–9 wedder (5 -ur, -yr); Sc. 5–6 vedder, weddir, 6 wadder, wodder, weadder. [Common Teutonic: OE...
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