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excur, v. rare. (ɛkˈskɜː(r)) Also 7 excurre. [ad. L. excur-rĕre, f. ex- out + currĕre to run.] † 1. intr. To go out of or beyond the ordinary or proper course or path; to digress; to go to an extreme. Obs.1656 M. Casaubon Enthus. iii. 80 Beyond which not to excurre..is my chiefest care. 1669 Flamste...
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excursory
† exˈcursory Obs. rare—1. [f. L. excurs- ppl. stem of excurrĕre (see excur) + -ory.] A rambling speech.1590 Greenwood Answ. Def. Read Prayers 12 To this ignorant excursorie I answered, that all false..worship..was Idolatrye.
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excursus
excursus (ɛkˈskɜːsəs) Pl. excursus, after Lat.; now usually excursuses. [a. L. excursus, n. of action f. excurrĕre lit. ‘to run out’: see excur and cf. excursion n.] 1. The Lat. word is used by editors of the classics to signify: A detailed discussion (usually in the form of an appendix at the end o...
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scurrier
▪ I. † ˈscurrier Obs. Forms: α. 5 scurrour, 6 scurrer, skurrer, skyrrer; β. 6 scurreour, -iour, -ior, -yer, scurier, 6–7 scurrier. [App. aphetic a. OF. descouvreor discoverer; cf. the Sc. forms discurrour, discuriour (14–16th c.), and the 14th c. skouerour s.v. scourer1. The coincidence of sense wit...
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excurrent
excurrent, a. (ɛkˈskʌrənt) [ad. L. excurrent-em, pr. pple. of excurrĕre: see excur.] 1. That runs out or forth. Of arterial blood: That flows from the heart.1826 Kirby & Sp. Entomol. xxxii. (1828) III. 293 The excurrent (or arterial) stream took its course along the inner margin. Ibid. xxxix. IV. 92...
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excurse
▪ I. † exˈcurse, n. Obs. rare—1. [ad. L. excurs-us: see excursus.] An outrush, raid, hostile sally.1586 J. Hooker Girald. Irel. in Holinshed II. 15/1, I am to require thee that thou doo retire and withdraw these excurses of strangers.▪ II. excurse, v. (ɛkˈskɜːs) [f. L. excurs- ppl. stem of excurrĕre...
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excursive
excursive, a. (ɛkˈskɜːsɪv) [f. L. excurs- ppl. stem of excurrĕre (see excur) + -ive; very common in 18th c.] 1. a. Of the nature of an excursion; consisting of excursions or sallies (obs. in literal sense). b. Of reading, etc.: Desultory; varied in direction.1673 Ray Journ. Low C., Montpellier 463 F...
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scorse
▪ I. † scorse, n. Obs. rare—1. [f. scorse v.1] Barter, exchange.1590 Spenser F.Q. ii. ix. 55 Yet liuely vigour rested in his mind, And recompenst him with a better scorse: Weake body well is chang'd for minds redoubled forse.▪ II. scorse, v.1 Obs. exc. dial. (skɔːs) Also 6 scorss, skose, skoase, 6–8...
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excursion
excursion, n. (ɛkˈskɜːʃən) [ad. L. excursiōn-em, n. of action f. excurrĕre to run out: see excur. Cf. F. excursion.] † 1. a. The action of running out; escape from confinement; ‘progression beyond fixed limits’ (J.); running to extremes; an instance thereof.1579 Twyne Phisicke agst. Fortune ii. Ep. ...
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after-
after- in comb. is used in various relations prepositional, adverbial, and adjectival, not always easy to separate, and in various senses. In some of these the combination is very loose, the use of the hyphen being mainly syntactical, i.e. to show that the grammatical relation between after and the ...
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sorry
▪ I. sorry, a. (ˈsɒrɪ) Forms: α. 1 sariᵹ, sarᵹ-, 1–3 sari, 3 særȝ-, særi, seri; north. and Sc. 4–5 sari, 4–6, 8 sarie, sary, 8–9 sairy, 6, 9 sairie. β. 3–5 sori, 3–7 sorie, sory, 6 sorye, soarye; 5– sorry, 6–7 sorrie. [OE. sáriᵹ (f. sár sore n.1), = OS. sêrag (MLG. sêrich, LG. sêrig), OHG. sêrag (MH...
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snow
▪ I. snow, n.1 (snəʊ) Forms: α. (Latterly north. and Sc.) 1– snaw, 4–6, 8–9 snawe; 1 snauw, 1–4, 6 snau, 5 snaue; 1, 9 sna, 9 snaa. β. 3– snow (3 snou, snov), 3–7 snowe (5 sknowe), 9 dial. sno, snoo. γ. 3–4 snouh, 3 snovȝ, 4 snowh, snowȝ, snoȝ. [Common Teutonic: OE. snáw, = OFris. *snê (WFris. snie,...
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