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lion-drunk
† lion-drunk, a. Obs. Said of a man in the second of the proverbial four stages of drunkenness, in which he becomes violent and quarrelsome. The mediæval saying was that wine makes a man successively resemble a sheep, a lion, an ape, and a sow. (See Skeat's note to Chaucer Manciple's Prol. 45.)1592 ...
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martin
▪ I. martin1 (ˈmɑːtɪn) Also 5 martoune, 6, 9 marten, 7 martyn. [Presumably a use of Martin (a. F. Martin, ad. L. Martīnus), a male Christian name common in Western Europe after St. Martin bishop of Tours (4th c.), whose festival is 11th Nov. (Martinmas). The name is applied in Fr. to various birds, ...
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sheep
▪ I. sheep, n. (ʃiːp) Forms: α. 1 scéap, scǽp, scép, 2 sceæp, 2–3 sceap, 2–4 scep, (3 se(e)p, seop), 3–4 scepe, 3–5 (6 in comb.) schep, shep, 3–6 schepe, (4 ssep, schiep), 4–5 scheep, chepe, 4–6 shepe, (5 sheppe, Sc. scheipe, 6 sheip(pe, shiepe), 6–7 sheepe, Sc. scheip, (7 in comb. shepp), 4– sheep....
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