ProphetesAI is thinking...
healme
Answers
MindMap
Loading...
Sources
healme
† healme Obs. [a. obs. F. heaulme, heaume helmet, ‘the Helmet cherrie, Heart-cherrie, French cherrie’ (Cotgr.): see helm.] A kind of cherry.1574 T. Hill Planting 86 Ye may well begin to graffe..at Christmas..and principally the healme or great Cherrie. 1575 Art of Planting 15 The great healme cherry...
Oxford English Dictionary
prophetes.ai
goynire
† goynire Obs.—1 [ad. OF. guinier (F. guignier), f. guine (F. guigne: see gean) a small kind of cherry.] A kind of cherry-tree.1572 L. Mascall Art of Planting & Graffing 16 The healme Cherrie, which is graft on the wilde goynire (which is an other kinde of grate Cherrie).
Oxford English Dictionary
prophetes.ai
tabernacled
ˈtabernacled, ppl. a. (-æk(ə)ld) [f. tabernacle n. + -ed2, perh. after a med.L. *tabernāculātus.] Made with tabernacle-work, having a carved canopy.c 1468 in Archæol. (1846) XXXI. 333 Over the court gate..was a riche healme, richelye tabernacled of golde, subtilie gravin things in pinacles. 1905 Ath...
Oxford English Dictionary
prophetes.ai
helmet
▪ I. helmet, n. (ˈhɛlmɪt) Forms: 5– helmet, (6 helmette, healmet, Sc. hewmet, hewmond, heumont, 7 helmit). [a. obs. F. healmet, helmet, dim. of helme (see heaume and helm n.1).] 1. A defensive cover for the head; a piece of armour, usually made of, or strengthened with, metal, which covers the head ...
Oxford English Dictionary
prophetes.ai
crest
▪ I. crest, n.1 (krɛst) Forms: 4–7 creste, 4– crest; also 4–6 creest(e, 4–7 crist(e, 5 krest(e, creyste, 5–7 creast, 6 Sc. creist. [ME. a. OF. creste (13th c. in Littré, also creiste), mod.F. crête, = Pr., Sp., It. cresta:—L. crista tuft, plume.] 1. a. A ‘comb’, a tuft of feathers, or similar excres...
Oxford English Dictionary
prophetes.ai
helm
▪ I. helm, n.1 (hɛlm) Forms: 1– helm; also 3 hælm, healm, 4–7 helme, 6 healme. [Com. Teut.: OE. helm str. masc. = OFris., OS. (LG., MDu., Du.), OHG. (MHG., Ger.) helm, ON. hjalmr (Sw., Da. hjelm), Goth. hilms:—OTeut. *helmo-z:—pre-Teut. *kelmo-s, f. root kel- to cover, conceal (see hele v.). OF. hel...
Oxford English Dictionary
prophetes.ai
stern
▪ I. stern, n.1 (stɜːn) Forms: 1 stearn, stearno, stærn, stern; 7 sterne, 9 stern, 9 dial. starn. [OE. stearn, glossing L. beacita, fida, gavia and also sturnus. Cf. Fris. stern (steern); stern-k; stern-s (stirn-s, starn-s) sea-swallow, tern. The mod.E. vowel, if genuine, is probably the result of l...
Oxford English Dictionary
prophetes.ai
sight
▪ I. sight, n.1 (saɪt) Forms: α. 1 sihð, 2–3 sihðe (3 sihh-), 4 siþe, 4–5 sith, syth, 5 sythte; 1 sighð, 3 sig(ð)he, sihȝeðe, 4 ziȝþe, zyȝþe, 5 syȝth, 6 sygth. β. 2–3 syhte, 2–4 siht(e, 3 seht(e, sichte, 4–6 Sc. sicht, sycht, 7 Sc. seicht; 3–4 seȝt (4 seiȝt), 3–5 siȝt(e, 4 -tte), siȝhte, syȝt(e; 3 s...
Oxford English Dictionary
prophetes.ai
watch
▪ I. watch, n. (wɒtʃ) Forms: 1 wæcce, wæce, -æ, wecce, 2 wæcche, 3–5 wecche, 5 wecch, 3–6 weche, 5 wetche, 3–5 wacche, 4 wachche, 4–6 wache, 5–6 wach, (6 wash(e), 4–6 Sc. vach, 6 Sc. vatche, wyche, 5 waicche, waiche, waycche, 5–7 watche, (6 wash(e, wattch), 7 wauch, 6– watch. [OE. wæcce wk. fem., f....
Oxford English Dictionary
prophetes.ai
sit
▪ I. sit, n.1 (sɪt) [f. the vb. Cf. Fris. sit, Du. zit, MLG. sit, MHG. and G. sitz seat, sitting.] 1. a. The manner in which an article of dress, or some part of one, is disposed or fits the person.1776 Mrs. Thrale Let. Johnson 16 May, Long lectures about the sit of a cap, which you will not give me...
Oxford English Dictionary
prophetes.ai