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quotha
quotha, int. Now arch. (ˈkwəʊθə) Also 6 catha, quod a, quodha. [For quoth he (see a pron.).] The phrase ‘said he?’, used with contemptuous or sarcastic force in repeating a word or phrase used by another; hence = indeed! forsooth!1519 Interl. Four Elem. (Percy Soc.) 24 Thre course dysshes, quod a. 1...
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quoth
quoth, v. (pa. tense) Now arch. or dial. (kwəʊθ) [Pa. tense of quethe v. to say.] Said. 1. Used with ns., or pronouns of the first and third persons, to indicate that the words of a speaker are being repeated. The vb. is always placed before the subject, and the clause is commonly inserted parenthet...
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kether
kether dial. corr. of quotha.1698 Unnat. Mother (N.) Hei, hei! handsom, kether! sure somebody has been rouling him in the rice.
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Dorothy L. Sayers
For her translation Sayers chose to use modern colloquial English, and as she described, "to eschew 'Marry, quotha!'
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thumble
▪ I. thumble, v.1 dial. (ˈθʌmb(ə)l) [f. thumb n.: cf. handle.] trans. To touch with or as with the thumb; to handle clumsily; to fumble.1623 Wily Beguiled C iv b, Stay quotha? To bee yauld and iauld at, and tumbled and thumbled [ed. 1606 tumbled and tumbled], and tost and turn'd as I am by an old Ha...
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quod-a
▪ I. quod, n.1 slang. (kwɒd) Also quad. [Of uncertain origin; commonly regarded as identical with quod quad n.1, but there is no evidence that this is really the case. See quot. a 1700.] Prison; spec. in phr. in quod.a 1700 B. E. Dict. Cant. Crew, Quod, Newgate; also any Prison, tho' for Debt. 1752 ...
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ka
▪ I. † ka, v.1 Obs. exc. dial. Forms: 6–7 ka, 6 kawe, 6–7 kaw, kay, k, 7–8 kae, 9 kaa. [Of obscure origin: the synonymous claw me, claw thee is found earlier (see claw 5 b). The various forms agree curiously with the various names of the letter K, which is itself used in quot. 1605, where there is a...
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jowl
▪ I. jowl, jole, n.1 (dʒəʊl, dʒaʊl) Forms: α. 1 ceafl, (? ceáfl), 3 cheafl, chefl, chæfl, (? chouel), 3–4 chauel, chavel, cheuel, chevel, 4 chawl, chaul, 4–5 chavyl(l, 4–7 chaule, 5 chawylle, 6 chall(e, 5–7 chawle; 9 dial. chole. β. 6 ioule, 7 jowle, joll, 9 jole, jowl. [OE. ceafl (? ceáfl), corresp...
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marryce
▪ I. marry, v. (ˈmærɪ) Inflected marrying, married. Forms: 3–4 (6 Sc.) mari, 3–7 marie, 4 mariȝe(n, 4–5 marie(n, 4–6 marye, 4–8 mary, 5 marye(n, (maryyn), 6 mareye, marrye, (mariy), 6–7 marrie, 6– marry. [a. F. marier = Pr., Sp., Pg. maridar, It. maritare:—L. marītāre, f. marītus ppl. adj., married ...
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