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▪ I. feague, n.1 dial. (fiːg) Also 7 feak. [Cf. Du. feeks of same meaning, referred by native etymologists to the vb. vegen (see feague v.). Also cf. ME. vecke.] (See quot. 1781.)1664 Bold Poems 134 Three female idle feaks who long'd for pig's head. 1781 Hutton Tour to Caves Gloss., Feague, a dirty,...
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feak
▪ I. feak, n. (fiːk) [Perh. related to feak v.3; possibly a sing. inferred from feax, fax n.1, mistaken for a pl.] A dangling curl of hair.1548 Thomas Ital. Gram., Ciocca, a feake, or quantitie of heare. 1598 Marston Pygmal. Sat. i. 138 He that..Can dally with his Mistres dangling feake, And wish th...
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ginger
▪ I. ginger, n. and a.1 (ˈdʒɪndʒə(r)) Forms: 1 ᵹingiber, ᵹingifer(e, 3 gingivere, (3 gingevir, 4 gyngure, gyngyvre), 4–6 gynger(e, 5 gingere, gyngour, gyngevere, (zenzyber, gingivre, -ver, gyngangre, -yre), 4– ginger. [The OE. ᵹingiber, ᵹingifer(e are directly a. late L. gingiber = the earlier zingi...
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fig
▪ I. fig, n.1 (fɪg) Forms: 3–5 fige, 4–6 fyg(g(e, (4 fijg), 5–8 figg(e, 6–9 Sc. and 9 dial. feg, 9 dial. vig, 5– fig. [a. OF. fige, figue, ad. Prov. figa, figua = Sp. higa (obs. rare), It. fica (rare):—popular Lat. *fīca fig, f. L. fīcus (u-stem) fig-tree, fig. The L. fīcus was taken into OE. as f{i...
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fake
▪ I. fake, n.1 Naut. (feɪk) Also 7, 9 fack. [Of obscure origin; cf. fake v.1 The MHG. vach had the sense ‘fold’ in addition to those of ‘appointed place, portion of space or time, compartment’; if a similar sense belonged to the etymological equivalents OE. fæc (recorded in sense ‘space of time’), M...
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fag
▪ I. fag, n.1 (fæg) [f. the vb.] 1. That which causes weariness; hard work, toil, drudgery, fatigue. colloq.1780 F. Burney Diary & Lett. 13 Apr., This was my fag till after tea. 1798 Nelson Lett. (1814) II. 233 As no fleet has more fag than this, nothing but the..greatest attention can keep them hea...
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fire
▪ I. fire, n. (faɪə(r)) Forms: 1 f{yacu}r, 2–4 fur(e, 3–5 fuyr(e, 4 fuir(e, 5 feure, 2–5 fer(e, 3 south. ver(e, (5 feer), 2–7 fier(e, (3 feir), 4–6 fyr(e, (5 fyyr, 5– 7 fyer(e, (5 feyer, 6 fyar, fieare), 2–5 fir, 3– fire. [Com. WGer.: OE. f{yacu}r str. neut. = OFris. fiur, fior, OS. fiur (Du. vuur, ...
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