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feald
feald dial. [? var. of fold; cf. fad, fawd.] A bundle of straw.? 14.. Carle of Carlile 239 in Sir Gawayne (1839) 264 Had itt not beene for a feald of straw Kayes backe had gone in 2.
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Wivelshire
Picken, who believes the names to be derived from the Saxon twi-feald-scir, meaning 'two-fold shire.'
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twentyfold
twentyfold, a., adv., and v. (ˈtwɛntɪfəʊld) [f. twenty + -fold. Cf. OE. twentiᵹfeald.] A. adj. Twenty times as many or as great; multiplied by twenty; twenty times repeated.1610 Holland Camden's Brit. (1637) 679 Rye with twenty fold encrease. 1653 T. C. in Blithe Eng. Improv. Impr. To Capt. W. B. C ...
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Exhaust manifold
The word manifold comes from the Old English word manigfeald (from the Anglo-Saxon manig [many] and feald [fold]) and refers to the folding together of
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onefold
onefold, a. (ˈwʌnfəʊld) [f. one + -fold. OE. had ánfald, -feald, whence ME. north. anfald, afald, south. ofold, q.v. A single instance of oone-fold (perh. a scribal alteration of northern anfald) is recorded in 5; but the extant word seems to be a new formation.] 1. Consisting of only one member or ...
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fivefold
fivefold, a. and adv. (ˈfaɪvfəʊld) Forms: 1–3 fiffeald, (fifeald), 2–3 fiffald, -fold, 6 fivefolde, -fould, 7– fivefold. [OE. f{iacu}ffeald, f. f{iacu}f five + -feald -fold.] A. adj. 1. Consisting of five together, comprising five things or kinds.c 1000 ælfric Gram. (Z.) 284 Quinarius, fiffeald. c 1...
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twelvefold
twelvefold, a. and adv. (ˈtwɛlvfəʊld) [f. twelve + -fold. Cf. OE. twelf-feald adj.] A. adj. a. Twelve times as great or as much. b. Composed of twelve parts or divisions, or (in quot. 1854) of twelve kinds.1557 Recorde Whetst. B ij, Duodecupla, 12 to 1:..Twelue⁓fold. c 1586 C'tess Pembroke Ps. lxxvi...
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hundfold
† ˈhundfold, a., adv., and n. Obs. Also hunfold. [f. hund + -feald, -fald, -fold.] = hundredfold.c 1000 ælfric Hom. I. 338 Hundfeald ᵹetel is fulfremed. c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 21 Hunfold mare is cristes eie. Ibid. 147 Heo sculen underfon hundfalde mede.
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afald
† ˈafald, a. Obs. or dial. Forms: 1 ánfeald, 1–3 anfald, 4–6 afald(e, 5–6 anefald, 6 afauld, efald, 7 effa(u)ld, 8– aefauld; all north. after 2. Rare midl. form 5 oonefold. [f. a adj.1, an, one + fold; cogn. w. OS. and OFris. énfáld, ON. einfalldr, Goth. ainfalps, mod.G. einfalt-ig. Confined after 1...
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fawdome
▪ I. fawd dial. Also faud. [Of obscure origin; cf. fad n.1, feald; also fawdom, Sc. var. of fathom.] A bundle.1641 Best Farm. Bks. (Surtees) 18 Wheare you see that the water gets yssue..yow may thrust in and ramme downe fawdes of strawe. 1876 Whitby Gloss., Faud, a truss of straw; as much as the two...
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hundredfold
hundredfold, a., adv., and n. (ˈhʌndrədfəʊld) Forms: see hundred; also 2–4 -fald, 3 -feald, 3–4 -feld(e, 4 -foold, -uald, 4–6 -folde. [f. hundred + -fold. Cf. ON. hundrað-falda, MHG. hundertvalt, Ger. hundertfalt, -fältig. OE. had hundfeald.] A. adj. A hundred times as much or as many.c 1200 Trin. C...
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Inlet manifold
The word manifold comes from the Old English word manigfeald (from the Anglo-Saxon manig [many] and feald [repeatedly]) and refers to the multiplying of
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threefold
threefold, a., adv. (n.) (ˈθriːfəʊld) Forms: see three and -fold. [OE. þr{iacu}feald, þr{yacu}feald: = OFris. thr{iacu}fald, obs. Du. drijvoud, OHG., MHG. drivalt, ON. þr{iacu}faldr: see three and -fold.] A. adj. 1. Consisting of three combined in one, or one thrice repeated; comprising three kinds,...
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manifoldly
manifoldly, adv. Now only literary. (ˈmænɪfəʊldlɪ) [OE. maniᵹfealdl{iacu}ce, f. maniᵹfeald manifold: see -ly2.] In manifold ways; † occas. in the proportion of many to one.c 825 Vesp. Psalter lxii. 2 Multipliciter, moniᵹfaldlice. c 950 Lindisf. Gosp. John x. 10 Abundantius, moniᵹfal[d]⁓lice. c 1450 ...
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thereto
thereto, adv. Now formal or arch. (ðɛəˈtuː, ˈðɛətʊ) [OE. þǽr tó, þǽrtó: see there 17 and to prep.] To that (or those things), to it (or them). 1. To that place, thing, affair, etc. in various senses of to prep.c 1000 ælfric Hom. II. 378 Þæt he us ᵹebringe to his ecan ᵹebeorscipe, seðe þurh his to-cy...
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