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▪ I. † ˈgrounden, ppl. a. Obs. Forms: see grind v.1 [pa. pple. of grind v.1] 1. Of weapons: Sharpened by grinding.a 1300 Cursor M. 21437 Scarp grunden knijf in hand he bar. c 1400 Rowland & O. 57 A Saraȝene..With grymly grownden gare. c 1400 Melayne 1554 Full grym strokes he ouer þam satt, With grow...
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grounded
▪ I. grounded, ppl. a.1 (ˈgraʊndɪd) [f. ground v. or n. + -ed1 or -ed2.] 1. a. Deeply or strongly founded; firmly fixed or established; resting upon a good basis. Chiefly fig. of immaterial things.1548 Gest Pr. Masse in H. G. Dugdale Life (1840) App. i. 98 It is a grounded proufe of falshode. 1553 B...
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rishew
† ˈrishew Obs. Forms: 5 riss(c)hew, rissheu; ryssheue, rysschew, ruschew. [ad. AF. *russeau (pl. russeaulx: see below), var. of OF. ruissolle, etc.] A rissole.[c 1400 Chart. Barking Monastery in Dugdale (1817) I. 443 For russeaulx in Lenton. Ibid. 445 Also sche must remembir russheaulx in Lenton.]c ...
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scabious
▪ I. scabious, n. (ˈskeɪbɪəs) Forms: 5 scabyouse, 5–8 -iose, 6 -yous, -iouse, skabious, 6–8 scabius, 6– scabious. [ad. med.L. scabiōsa (sc. herba), fem. sing. of scabiōsus (see next). Cf. F. scabieuse.] 1. Any of the herbaceous plants of the genus Scabiosa (N.O. Dipsaceae), formerly believed to be e...
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disguisily
† disˈguisily, adv. Obs. [f. disguisy a. + -ly2.] Strangely, extraordinarily.c 1325 Orfeo & H. 322 in D. Laing Sel. Rem. (1822), An hundred tours ther were about, Degiselich and bataild stout. c 1350 Will. Palerne 485 Desparaged were i disgisili ȝif i dede in þis wise. c 1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode i. l...
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squame
squame (ˈskweɪm) Also 5 swame, 7 squamme. [ad. OF. esquame (escame, also scame, squamme, mod.F. squame) or L. squāma squama.] † 1. A scale (of iron, or on the skin or eyes).c 1386 Chaucer Can. Yeom. Prol. & T. 206 What schulde I..besy me to telle yow the names, As orpiment, brent bones, yren squames...
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quatrefoil
quatrefoil, n. and a. (ˈkætəfɔɪl) Forms: 5 quaterfoile, -foyl(e, katir-, katerfoil, quarterfoyle, (9 -foil), 6 quaterfoille, -foyle, -fold, caterfoyle, 7 -foile, 8– quadre-, quatrefoil, (9 -feuil-le). [a. OF. type *quatrefoil, f. quatre four + foil leaf, foil n.1 Cf. cinquefoil.] † A. adj. Having fo...
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Pharisee
▪ I. Pharisee, n. (ˈfærɪsiː) Forms: α. 1–2 fari-, phariseus, 3 pharisewus, farisew, 4 phariseu, -isew, -ysu, farizeu, 5 pharysew. β. (3 pharise), 4 far-, 4–6 pharise, -isey; 4– pharisee. γ. pl. 5 pharisen, -ysen. [αOE. fari-, phariseus (gen. sing. -ees, pl. -eas), in 13th c. pharisewus; thence ME. f...
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knead
▪ I. knead, v. (niːd) Pa. tense and pple. kneaded. Forms: see below. [Orig. a strong vb.: OE. cnedan, pa. tense cnæd, pl. cnǽdon, pa. pple. cneden, = OS. knedan (found in pa. pple. giknedan: MDu. and Du. kneden), OHG. chnetan, cnetan (MHG. kneten, Ger. kneten):—OTeut. type *kned-, knad-, knǽdum, kne...
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grindle stone
grindle stone Obs. exc. dial. Also 3 grindelstane, 4 gryndelston, 5 gryndylston, gryndulstone, 6 gryndel(l stone, 7–8 grindle stone, 8 grindel stone, 9 dial. grindlestun, grunnleston. [prob. repr. OE. *grindelstán, f. *grindel (instrumental n., f. grindan to grind) + stán stone.] † 1. = grindstone 1...
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litharge
litharge (ˈlɪθɑːdʒ) Forms: α. 4–6 litarge, 5–6 lytarge, 6 lethargy, lytherge, 6–7 litargy, littarge, 7 lithargie, -y, lytharge, (littorage, lytoridge, lyturgy), 8 litargie, letharge, litherage, (liturge), 5– litharge. β5 litargirij, 6 lithargirye, lythurgyry, 7 lithargiry. [a. or ad. OF. litarge, li...
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hopper
▪ I. hopper1 (ˈhɒpə(r)) [f. hop v.1 + -er1. OE. type *hoppere, implied in the feminine hoppestre. Sense 3 is naturally accounted for; but the origin of sense 5 is not clear, unless derived from resemblance to the mill-hopper, which is not favoured by the chronology of existing quotations.] 1. a. One...
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trefoil
trefoil, n. (a.) (ˈtriːfɔɪl, ˈtrɛfɔɪl) Forms: α. 5–7 trifolie, 5 tryfolye, 5–6 -foly, 6 -folly, 6–7 (9 arch.) trifoly. β. 5 treyfoyle, (iij.foill), 6 treifoile; traif-, treff-, (terf-, treef-), tryfoyle; 6–7 tri-, tre-, -foil(e, -foyl(e, 7 trey-, (tree-) foile, 5– trefoil. γ. 5 trey-, trayfole, (6 -...
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