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ivy-bush
ivy-bush A bushy branch of ivy; fig. a place of concealment or retirement. † b. spec. A bush of ivy or a representation of it, placed outside a tavern as a sign that wine was sold there; often in phrase good wine needs no ivy-bush; hence, the tavern itself (obs.). Cf. bush n.1 5. † Hence fig. A sign... Oxford English Dictionary
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ivy-tod
ˈivy-ˈtod arch. [See tod.] = ivy-bush.1579 Spenser Sheph. Cal. Mar. 67 At length within an Yuie todde..I heard a busie bustling. 1603 Drayton Heroic. Ep. xiii. 158 Roosted all day within an Ivy Tod. 1798 Coleridge Anc. Mar. vii. v, When the ivy-tod is heavy with snow. 1885 Tennyson Balin & Balan 330... Oxford English Dictionary
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ivy
▪ I. ivy, n. (ˈaɪvɪ) Pl. ivies (ˈaɪvɪz). Forms: α. 1 {iacu}fiᵹ, {yacu}fiᵹ, 3 ivi, 4 yvi, 4–5 yve, yvy, 5–6 ivye, 5–7 ivie, 6 yvie, (ive), 4– ivy. β. 1 {iacu}feᵹn, 5 iwen, -yn, 5 iven, 6 yven, 9 dial. ivin, (hivin), ivvens. γ. 9 dial. ivory, ivery, iv'ry. [OE. {iacu}fiᵹ, obscurely related to OHG. eba... Oxford English Dictionary
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owl
▪ I. owl, n. (aʊl) Forms: α. 1–3 {uacu}le, 4–6 oule, 5–7 owle, (5 owele, 5–6 owll(e, 7 oole), 6– owl. β. 5–6 howle, 5 howylle, 6 houle. [Com. Teut.: OE. {uacu}le wk. fem., = OLG. *ûla (MDu., MLG., LG. ûle, Du. uil):—*ûlôn, from *ûwlôn: cf. OHG. ûwila (MHG. iuwel, iule, Ger. eule, mod.Fl. uwele), ON.... Oxford English Dictionary
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volary
volary Now rare. (ˈvəʊlərɪ) Also 7 volarie, vollary, 7–8 volery. [app. ad. F. volière, after types in -ary, -ery.] 1. A large bird-cage; an aviary. Also fig. and in fig. context.1630 B. Jonson New Inn v. i, She..now sits penitent and solitary, Like the forsaken turtle, in the volary Of the light Hea... Oxford English Dictionary
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tod
▪ I. tod, n.1 Sc. and north. dial. (tɒd) Also 5 tode, 6 todd(e, toad, 7 todd. [A northern word of unknown origin; ‘app. not from Norse’ (Biörkman). The suggestion that this word may be identical or connected with tod n.2, and have reference to the bushy or tufted tail of the fox, is at variance with... Oxford English Dictionary
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killer
▪ I. killer (ˈkɪlə(r)) [f. kill v. + -er1.] 1. a. One who or that which kills; a slayer, butcher.1535 Coverdale Tobit iii. 9 Thou kyller of thy huszbandes. 1552 Huloet, Kyller of mise and rattes, myoph[o]nos. 1696 Statutes (Scottish) c. 33 title, Act against killers of black fish, and destroyers of ... Oxford English Dictionary
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wine
▪ I. wine, n.1 (waɪn) Forms: 1–4 win, (2–3 uin), 3–6 wyn, 4–6 (7 Sc.) wyne (4 wyin, vyn, 4–5 wijn(e, 4, 6 Sc. vyne, 5 wynne, wyen(e, wyyn(e, wiyn, whyne, whyene, 6 Sc. wynn, vine), 4– wine. [OE. w{iacu}n = OFris., OS., MLG., MDu. wîn (Du. wijn), OHG., MHG. wîn (G. wein), ON. v{iacu}n (Sw., Da. vin),... Oxford English Dictionary
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and blue
▪ I. red, a. and n. (rɛd) Forms: 1 réad, 2–6 read(e, 3 ræd(en, 3–6 rede, reed(e, 4–6 redd(e, (compar. 4 raddore, 5 -ur), 4–8 Sc. reid, (6 rid), 2– red. [Comm. Teut.: OE. réad = OFris. râd, OS. (M.Du., MLG.) rôd (Du., LG. rood), OHG., MHG. rōt (mod.G. roth, rot), ON. rauðr (Sw., Da. röd), Goth. rauþs... Oxford English Dictionary
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