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ewerer
ˈewerer [f. ewer1 or ewer-y + -er1.] A servant who supplied guests, etc. at table with water to wash their hands.c 1450 MS. Sloane 1986. 40 The ewerer [v.r. euwer] schal hele his lordes borde With dowbull napere at on bare worde. 1851 Turner Dom. Archit. III. iii. 79 When the ewerer brought water. 1...
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ewer
▪ I. † ˈewer1 Obs. Forms: 4–7 ewer(e, 5 ewar(e, euwere, 6 y(ewre. [a. OF. ewer (Cotgr. eauïer):—L. aquārius, f. aqua (OF. ewe, mod. eau) water.] = ewerer.1361 in Nichols Royal Wills 53 Davy, q'est Barber et Ewer. c 1450 Bk. Curtasye in Babees Bk. 641 An euwere in halle þere nedys to be..He schalle g...
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selvedge
▪ I. selvage, selvedge, n. (ˈsɛlvɪdʒ) Forms: [? 5 corruptly sultviche], 6 silvadge, 6–7 silvage, selvege, 7 selvedg, self edge, 7–9 selvidge, selfedge, self-edge, 8–9 salvage, 5– selvage, 7– selvedge. [Apparently f. self + edge n., after the equivalent early mod.Du. selfegghe (Kilian), now zelfegge ...
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