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gentlewomanlike
gentlewomanlike, a. (ˈdʒɛnt(ə)lwʊmənˌlaɪk) [f. prec. + like.] a. Of persons: Having the manners, appearance, or air of a gentlewoman. b. Of conduct, etc.: Appropriate to a gentlewoman.1591 Horsey Trav. (Hakluyt Soc.) 213 A gentilweomanlike maiden..delivered me a curious white wraught hand⁓kercher. 1...
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gentlewomanly
gentlewomanly, a. (ˈdʒɛnt(ə)lwʊmənlɪ) [f. as prec. + -ly1.] = gentlewomanlike.1824 Miss Mitford Village Ser. i. (1863) 217, I imbibed..a love of strong green tea, for which gentlewomanly excitation Mossy had a remarkable predilection. 1831 J. Porter Sir E. Seaward's Narr. I. 289, I saw her restored ...
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ungentlewomanlike
unˈgentlewomanlike, a. (un-1 7 c.)1789 A. Seward Lett. (1811) II. 295 Vulgarisms, of most ungentlewomanlike choice, and most unscholar-like frequency.
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pump
▪ I. pump, n.1 (pʌmp) Also 5–7 pompe, pumpe, (5–6 pomp, poompe, 6 poumpe): see also plump n.2 [Late ME. pumpe, pompe, = early mod.Du. pompe, Du. pomp, LG. pumpe, pump, mod.Ger. pumpe; whence Da. pompe, Sw. pump; also Fr. pompe. Machines for raising water were in ancient and mediæval use, but no trac...
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