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halpace
@@@LINK=haltpace Oxford English Dictionary
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halt-pace
halt-pace var. of halpace, Obs. Oxford English Dictionary
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haltpace
† halpace, haltpace Obs. Forms: α. 6 hault-, halt-pase. β. 6 halpace, hal(l)pas. [a. 16th c. f. hault pas, haut pas, lit. ‘high step’; see also half-pace, haut-pas.] = haut-pas; half-pace 1.α 1540–1 Elyot Image Gov. 60 a (Stanf.) A haulte pase..at the ende of the Theatre, where the emperour shoulde ... Oxford English Dictionary
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haut-pas
‖ haut-pas Now only as Fr. (hopɑ). Forms: 5 hautepase, haught passe, 6 hautepace, haulte pace, 7 haute pass, 7– haut-pas. [F. haut pas, lit. ‘high step’; in common use in 15–16th c. and anglicized in the form halpace, whence also the corrupted forms half-, hath-, hearth-pace.] A part of the floor of... Oxford English Dictionary
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patible
▪ I. † ˈpatible, n. Obs. [ad. L. patibulum a fork-shaped yoke placed on the necks of criminals, a fork-shaped gibbet, etc., f. patē-re to lie open + -bulum, forming names of instruments or utensils.] A gibbet, a cross; the horizontal bar of a cross.1428–9 Rec. St. Mary at Hill (E.E.T.S.) 70 Also pay... Oxford English Dictionary
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half-pace
half-pace [In 1, app. a corruption of earlier haultpace, haltpace, halpace, q.v. In 2, app. f. half + pace, but prob. an extension of sense 1.] 1. A step, raised floor, or platform, on which something (e.g. a throne, dais, etc.) is to be placed or erected. b. The platform at the top of steps, on whi... Oxford English Dictionary
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pace
▪ I. pace, n.1 (peɪs) Forms: 3–5 pas, 4–5 paas, pass(e, 4–7 pase, 5 pasce, 5–6 Sc. pais(s, 6 Sc. paice, 4– pace. [ME. a. OF. pas:—L. passum (nom. passus) a step, pace, lit. a stretch (of the leg), f. pass-, ppl. stem of pandĕre to stretch, extend.] I. A step, and derived senses. 1. a. A single separ... Oxford English Dictionary
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