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A Letter of Prayer (A Pistle of Prayer), which survives in seven manuscripts. (Online);
A Letter of Discretion of Stirrings (A Pistle of Discrecioun of Stirings).
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pistlett
▪ I. † pistle, n. Obs. Forms: 1 pistol, 2–6 pistel, 4 pistol, pystol, 4–5 pystil(l, 4–6 pistell(e, pistil, -ill(e, pystyl, -yll(e, 4–7 pistle, 5 pistul, -yl(l, 5–6 (8 Sc.) pystle, pystel(l. [OE. pistol, aphetic form of epistol, ad. L. epistola epistle.] 1. A communication in writing, a letter; a lit...
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pistler
† ˈpistler Obs. Also 6 pystiller, 6–7 pisteler, pistoler. [f. pistle n. + -er1.] One who reads the Epistle at the Communion: = epistler 2, epistoler 2.a 1520 Skelton Ware the Hauke 121 These be my gospellers, These be my pystillers. 1577–87 Holinshed Chron. III. 920/2 A pistler: of singing priests t...
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pystell
pystel, pystell, -il(l, -le etc., obs. ff. pestle, pistle.
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pistelarie
† ˈpistelarie Obs. rare—1. [ad. med.L. epistolārium; cf. pistle.] = epistolar n.1431 Rec. St. Mary at Hill 27, ij masse bokes and a pistelarie.
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pistil
▪ I. pistil Bot. (ˈpɪstɪl) Forms: α. 6–7 pestill, 7 pestle (see pestle). β. 8–9 in L. form pistillum (pl. -a). γ. 8– pistil. [In sense 1, the same word as pestle, OF. pestel:—L. pistillum. For sense 2, the L. word itself was first used, the place of which a 1750 began to be taken by its Fr. adaptati...
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usward
usward, adv. Now arch. (ˈʌswəd) [f. us. See -ward, toward, and cf. her-, him-, meward.] Orig. (and chiefly) to usward, = toward us. Also from usward.(a) c 1391 Chaucer Astrol. i. §17 Thanne bygynnyth the sonne to come agayn to vs-ward. 1420 in Rymer Fœdera (1709) IX. 907/1 The Letters..enseled undir...
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unvenial
unˈvenial, a. (un-1 7.)1589 Nashe Almond for Parrat B ij b, He wil be-pistle thee so peuishly, with allegations of vnuenidall [sic] sinnes. 1644 Milton Divorce (ed. 2) Pref. A 4 b, His venial and unvenial dispences.
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impinge
impinge, v. (ɪmˈpɪndʒ) [ad. L. imping-ĕre (only trans.) to push, strike, drive (at or into), thrust, strike, or dash (against), f. im- (im-1) + pangĕre to fix, drive in.] 1. trans. To force or thrust (a thing) upon any one; to fasten or fix on forcibly. rare.1535 Joye Apol. Tindale 1 This with other...
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epistle
▪ I. epistle, n. (ɪˈpɪs(ə)l) Forms: 1, 5–6 epistole, (5 -toll), 4–5 epistel(l(e, 4–6 episti(l, (4 apistille), 6 epystole, epystle, 3– epistle. [a. OF. epistle, epistole (mod.F. épitre), ad. L. epistola, a. Gr. ἐπιστολή, f. ἐπιστέλλειν, f. ἐπί on the occasion of + στέλλειν to send. The OE. epistole w...
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pistol-shot
ˈpistol-shot [f. pistol n. + shot n.] 1. A shot from a pistol.1662 J. Davies tr. Olearius Voy. Ambass. 267 M. Mandelslo..kill'd the Leader of the Indian party with a Pistol⁓shot. 1796 Helen M. Williams Lett. France IV. 137 (Jod) Several pistol-shot were fired at the president. 1899 T. M. Ellis Three...
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pistol
▪ I. pistol, n. (ˈpɪstəl) Also 6 pistolle, 6–7 pistoll, 7 pistle. [a. obs. F. pistole (1566 in H. Estienne) a pistol. So It., Sp. pistola (? from Fr.). App. a shortened form of pistolet, which was earlier both in Fr. and Eng., and in Fr. has out-lived pistole. See pistolet1.] 1. a. A small fire-arm,...
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