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pelfry
† pelfry Obs. Forms: α. 5 pelfere, 6 -fre, -frey, -fray, -fery, -fary, -pelfry. β. 5–6 pil-, pylfre. [a. ONF. *pelferie, instanced 14–15th c. in forms peuferie, peufferie, mod. Norm. peuferie, peufrie (Godef.) frippery. See also pilfery.] 1. Things pilfered; booty, spoil.c 1460 Promp. Parv. 391/1 (M... Oxford English Dictionary
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pilfery
† ˈpilfery Obs. Forms: 5 pylfry, 6–7 pilfry, -rie, pilfery, -erie, 7 pilfrey. [app. in origin a variant of pelferie, pelfry (a. OF. *pelferie, peuferie); but from the first denoting the action of F. pelfrer ‘to pillage, plunder, rob’, rather than the concrete ‘booty, spoil’, and afterwards associate... Oxford English Dictionary
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patch
▪ I. patch, n.1 (pætʃ) Forms: 4 pacche, 4–6 patche, 5 pahche, pacch, 5–6 pache, pachch(e, 6– patch. [ME. pacche, patche, of unascertained origin. If native, its OE. form would be *pæcce. Some have conjectured an earlier *platche, with subsequent loss of l, comparing mod.Sc. platch, q.v., but for thi... Oxford English Dictionary
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