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▪ I. errable, a. arch. rare. (ˈɛrəb(ə)l) [f. err v. + -able.] Fallible, liable to err.1665 J. Sergeant Sure-footing 217 Experience teaching that men..are errable. 1705 Hickeringill Priest-cr. iv. (1721) 219 The punishment of Schismaticks, that are Deserters from an errable Church, is unaccountable n...
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errability
errability (ɛrəˈbɪlɪtɪ) [f. errable: see -ity.] Liability to err.1705 Hickeringill Priest-cr. ii. i. 8 How durst Church of England..confess Errability and Fallibility? 1850 D. Thomas Crisis of Being vi. 101 Errability is an attribute of our common nature.
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arable
arable, a. (ˈærəb(ə)l) [ad. (perh. through F. arable, 15th c. in Littré) L. arābilis, f. arā-re to plough. Preceded in use by a word erable (also in 16th c. errable, earable, aerable), referred to the cogn. Eng. vb. ere, ear, of which arable was perh. at first intended as a correction after L. In 17...
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the Mary–marry–merry merger which makes word pairs like Barry/berry, Carrie/Kerry, hairy/Harry, perish/parish, etc. as well as trios like airable/errable
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peccable
peccable, a. (ˈpɛkəb(ə)l) [a. F. peccable (13th c. in Littré) or ad. med.L. peccābilis, f. peccāre to sin, after L. impeccābilis sinless (cited from Gellius).] 1. Capable of sinning, liable to sin.1604 T. Wright Passions v. §4. 210 All men by nature are sinners, are peccable, the iust offend often. ...
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unerrable
† unˈerrable, a. Obs. [un-1 7 b and 5 b.] = inerrable a.1616 Sheldon Mirac. Antichrist vii. 142 This puddle of Pope Ioane, whereout the ignominy of your vnerrable See is so liuely discouered. 1664 H. More Myst. Iniq. xviii. 67 The ancient Types..already made use of by his choice who was unerrable. 1...
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earable
† ˈearable, a. Obs. exc. dial. Forms: 5–7 erable, 5 errabull, 6–7 errable, (herabul), ereable, 6–7 earable. [f. ear v.1 + -able.] Capable of being ploughed; fit for tillage. Also absol. as quasi-n. Cf. arable.1475 Caxton Jason (1477) 118 Good londe erable and fayr medowes plente. 1486 Bk. St. Albans...
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outwood
ˈoutˌwood [out- 1, 3.] a. A wood lying outside a park or demesne. b. The outer border of a wood or forest.1449 Lett. Marg. Anjou & Bp. Beckington (Camden) 98, x oks of tymbre, to be taken in yo{supr} outwods of Kenelworth. 1485 Rolls of Parlt. VI. 359/1 The Graunte of Kepyng of the Parke called the ...
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hedging
hedging, vbl. n. (ˈhɛdʒɪŋ) [f. hedge v.] 1. The action of the verb hedge; the construction or repair of hedges.c 1380 Wyclif Serm. Sel. Wks. I. 28 For dichying and hegging, and delvynge of tounes. 1481–93 Howard Househ. Bks. (Roxb.) 366 For woode makynge and hedgynge. 1663 Gerbier Counsel (1664) 52 ...
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gorsy
gorsy, a. (ˈgɔːsɪ) Also 6 gorsty, 7 gorssie, 9 gorsey. [f. gorse + -y1.] a. Abounding in, covered with gorse. b. Of or pertaining to gorse.1523 Fitzherb. Surv. xxv. (1539) 49 Gorsty grounde, the whiche hath ben errable grounde. 1613 New Direct. Planting Timber A 4 b, For the planting in Barren, Cham...
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hide
▪ I. hide, n.1 (haɪd) Forms: 1 h{yacu}d, 3 hude (ü), huide, 3–4 hid, 3–8 hyde, 4 hidd, 4–5 huyde, 4–6 hyd, 6 hydd, 4– hide. [OE. h{yacu}d str. fem. = OFris. hûd, OS. hût (MDu. hut, huut (d), Du. huid), OHG., MHG. hût, Ger. haut, ON. h{uacu}ð, Goth. *hûþs:—OTeut. *hūði-z:—pre-Teut. *kūti{p}s: cf. L. ...
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seat
▪ I. seat, n. (siːt) Forms: 2 Kent. sate, 2–3 sæte, 3–5 seete, 3–6 sete, sette, 4–5 seet, Sc. set, 5–6 Sc. seit(t, (5 Sc. seytte, 6 Sc. saitt, sate), 5–7 seate, Sc. sait, 6– seat. [a. ON. sǽti = OHG. gasâȥi (MHG. gesæȥe, mod.G. gesäss), MDu. gesaete, gesete (mod.Du. gezeet):—OTeut. *(ga)sǣtjo-m, f. ...
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shoot
▪ I. shoot, n.1 (ʃuːt) Forms: 6 s(c)hute, 6 schote, 5 schoyt, 6 shote, 6 showt, 6–7 shoote, 7 shout, 5– shoot. [f. shoot v. In early examples it is sometimes difficult to distinguish this word from certain other derivatives of the same root. In the early 16th c. the spellings shote and shoot(e are b...
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