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girth-web
ˈgirth-ˌweb [f. girth n. + web n.] Woven material of which girths are made; a strong broad tape used by upholsterers and others; a band made of this material.1381–2 Durham MS. Hostill. Roll, In Girth Webbys Capistris flokkys [etc.]. 1410 Nottingham Rec. II. 84, j. gerthweb, jd. 1571 Wills & Inv. N.C...
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girse
▪ I. † girse Obs. [var. girth n.1, prob. from pl. gir(th)s.] 1. A saddle-girth; = girth n.1 1.[1417–18 Abingdon Acc. (Camden) 88 Et in frenis, capistris, singulis, gurs' emptis..iiijs. viijd.] 1591 Harington Orl. Fur. xxiii. lxvi, Orlando..With all his strength bestrides the saddle fast, Yet did the...
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garth
▪ I. garth1 (gɑːθ) Also 5 gerth, 5–6 garthe, 9 dial. gaath, gaith. [a. ON. garð-r (Da. gaard, Sw. gård) yard, courtyard, fence = OE. ᵹeard yard. The word is still current in the eastern and northern dialects of English, but is obsolete in Scottish.] 1. a. A small piece of enclosed ground, usually be...
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girt
▪ I. girt, n. (gɜːt) [var. girth n.1, in use chiefly in the 17th and 18th c.] 1. A saddle-girth; = girth n.1 1. Obs. exc. dial.1563 Fulke Meteors (1571) 30 b, Her horse laye dead with his bridle and girtes vntied. a 1616 Beaum. & Fl. Wit without M. ii. v, Ile give um leave to cut my girts, and flay ...
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webbing
webbing, vbl. n. (ˈwɛbɪŋ) [f. web v. + -ing1.] 1. The action or process of weaving. ? Obs.c 1440 Promp. Parv. 519/1 Webbynge, of wullyne clothe, lanificium... Webbynge, of lynnyne, linificium. 1463–4 Rolls of Parlt. V. 501/2 Withoute dyversite in webbyng, fullyng, knottyng and burlyng. 1483 Vulgaria...
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skeine
▪ I. skein, n.1 (skeɪn) Forms: α. 5–7 skeyne, 7– skein. β. 5 skayn(e, 6–7 skaine, 6–8 skain; 6 scayne, 7 sc(h)aine, 8 scain. γ. 6 scan (Sc. sc-, skanȝe), skane, 7 scane. δ. 6 sken(e, Sc. skenye, -ȝe, 7 skiene, skeane, 9 skean. [ad. OF. escaigne (1354 in Godefroy; mod.Picard dial. écaigne, écagne), o...
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web
▪ I. web, n. (wɛb) Forms: 1 web, 1–2 webb, 3 weob, 3–8 webb, 4–5 veb(b, 4–7 webbe, 5–7 webe, 6 wabe, 3– web. Also Sc. and north. 6 vob, wobb(e, 6–9 wob, 7 woob, 8– 9 wab. [OE. web(b neut., corresp. to OFris. web, wob (WFris. web, webbe, NFris. wêb, wäb), OS. webbi (MLG. and LG. webbe), MDu. and Du. ...
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