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pillow-bere
pillow-bere arch. (ˈpɪləʊbɪə(r)) Forms: first element: see pillow; second, 4– -beer, 6–8 bear, (6–7 -beare), 6– -ber, -bier, (6 -beier), 5– -bere: see bear n.4 (Also 7 phillaber, 8 pillyber.) [f. pillow n. + bear n.4] = pillow-case.c 1386 Chaucer Prol. 694 Ne was ther swich another Pardoner For in h...
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Minnie Bere
Bere also had coolies under her direction. In her 14th letter to the Angus and Mearns Council, Bere states that "besides spring-cleaning, I have fresh mattress, pillow, and screen covers to make
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pilliver
ˈpilliver Now north. dial. Forms: 1 pylewer, 2 pulewar, 4 peloware, pylwere, 6–7 (9 dial.) pilliver, 7 pillover. [app. f. OE. pyle, pillow + ON. ver case, cover: cf. ON. koddaver pillow-case = codware2. (But the element -war, -ware may have a different origin; with the forms in -ver cf. pillowber, p...
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Whitburn, Tyne and Wear
Other possible origins are Kwit-Berne, an Anglo-Saxon word for a tithe barn, or hwīt + bere-ærn, Old English for "white barn". Michael Matthew is represented on the tomb as an elderly gentleman lying down, his head on a pillow, and holding a book with the inscription shall not
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pillyon
pillyber, pillycane, pillyon obs. forms of pillow-bere, pelican n., pillion n.2
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bear
▪ I. bear, n.1 (bɛə(r)) Forms: 1 bera, 2–7 bere, (3 beore, ? bore, 4 beeyr, 4–5 beere, 5 barre, beer, 6 Sc. beir, 6–7 beare, 7 bare), 7– bear. [OE. bera = OHG. bero, pero, MHG. ber, mod.G. bär, MDu. bere, Du. beer:—OTeut. *beron-. The ON. björn:—*bern-oz seems to be an extended form. Supposed by Fic...
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