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† ˈglibbery, a. Obs. [Corresponds to Du. glibberig (not found in MDu.), late MLG. glibberich (mod. LG. glibbrig). Cognate forms are Eng. glib a.; Du. (dial.) glib curds; Eng. glibber a. and v. = Du. glibber adj., glibberen vb.; cf. also Du. glippen, glipperen to slip, slide, glipperig slippery. It i...
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glibber
▪ I. glibber, a. dial. (ˈglɪbə(r)) [See glibbery a.] (See quot.)1847–78 Halliwell, Glibber, worn smooth. North.▪ II. † ˈglibber, v. Obs.—1 [See glibbery a.] intr. To slip; to slide.1599 A. M. tr. Guillemeau's Fr. Chirurg. A iv b, This bullet-drawer is dentified, becaus the bullet being therin, it sh...
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gliff
▪ I. gliff, n. Now only Sc. or north. (glɪf) [f. gliff v.] 1. A passing view; a glance, glimpse.1570 Levins Manip. 117/29 A Glyffe, respectus. 1730 T. Boston Mem. App. 45 But the first gliff as we call it is the worst. a 1743 Relph in Songs & Ballads Cumberld. (1866) 16 Here it was..That first I gat...
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2013 Canadian honours
Fauchon
Warnakulasuriya Raja Fernando
Constable Warren Neil Fo Sing
Marc-André Forgues
Constable Joel Edward Fraser
Constable Shawn Fraser
Keith Glibbery
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lubrical
ˈlubrical, a. ? Obs. [Formed as prec. + -al1.] = prec. in various senses; also, voluble.1601 B. Jonson Poetaster v. i, What, shall thy Lubricall and glibbery Muse Liue, as she were defunct, like Punque in Stewes! 1656 Blount Glossogr., Lubrical, Lubricious, slippery, deceitful, incertain; stirring, ...
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1976 New Year Honours
Frank Phillips Glibbery. For services to the British community in Portugal.
Paul Bevan Gotch, lately British Council Representative in the Lebanon.
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glib
▪ I. glib, n.1 Hist. (glɪb) Also 6 glibe, 6, 9 glyb(be, 7 gleb, 6, 7, 9 glib(b(e. [a. Irish glib.] A thick mass of matted hair on the forehead and over the eyes, formerly worn by the Irish.1537 Act 28 Hen. VIII, c. 15 Stat. Irel. (1678) 92 No person..shall..use the wearing of haire upon their heads,...
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mortgage
▪ I. mortgage, n. (ˈmɔːgɪdʒ) Forms: 4–7 morgage, 6 mortegage, 6– mortgage. [a. OF. mortgage (13th c.) lit. ‘dead pledge’ (see mort a. and gage n.): whence med.L. mortuum vadium and mor(t)gagium. For the explanation of the etymological meaning of the term current among 17th c. lawyers, see the follow...
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who
▪ I. who, pron. (n.) (huː, unemphatic hʊ) Forms: 1–3 hwa, (1 hua), 2–3 hwo, hwoa, 2–4 wa, (2 wua, 3 whæ, wæ, wea, wah, hwoo, ȝwo), 3–5 hoo, 3–6 wo, 3–5, 6– Sc. wha, (4 huo), 4–6 ho, whoo, 4, 9 dial. whe, 5 woo, (Sc. vho, 5–9 dial. how, 6 hou, Sc. vha), 6–7 whoe, (9 Sc. whae), 3– who; 3–5 quo, (3 quu...
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round
▪ I. round, n.1 (raʊnd) Forms: α. 4 roonde, 6 Sc. ronde, runde, 9 Sc. roond; 5 rownde, 5–7 rownd; 5–6 rounde (6 rovnde), 6– round (7 rovnd). β. 5–7 rowne, 5 rown, 8–9 dial. roun', roon'. [Partly a. F. rond masc. or ronde fem., and partly absolute uses of round a. Cf. Du. rond, Da. and Sw. rund, G. r...
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