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rake-hell
rake-hell, n. Now arch. (ˈreɪkhɛl) Also 6 rack-. See also rakel. [See rake v.1 6 c.] 1. A thorough scoundrel or rascal; an utterly immoral or dissolute person; a vile debauchee or rake. (In common use c 1550–1725.)1554 Bale Declaration (1561) Pref. A j b, After the mischeuous example of Cain, and th...
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rakehelly
rakehelly, a. and n. (ˈreɪkˌhɛlɪ) [f. prec. + -y1. See also rakely.] A. adj. 1. Of persons: Of the nature of, or resembling, a rakehell, or rakehells.1579 E. K. Ded. Spenser's Sheph. Cal., The rakehellye route of our ragged rymers. 1698 Farquhar Love & Bottle ii. i, I am a Rakehelly Rascal not worth...
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Robert Gentilis
He was described by Anthony Wood as having "turned a rake-hell" and become "king of the beggars for a time", "given up to sordid liberty, if not downright
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rakeshame
rakeshame Now rare (? U.S.). (ˈreɪkʃeɪm) [f. rake v.1 + shame n.; perh. suggested by rake-hell.] One who covers himself with shame; an ill-behaved, disorderly, or dissolute fellow. (Common in 17th c.)1599 Broughton's Lett. v. 15 It is an easie matter for euery rakeshame to reuile an innocent. 1621 B...
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rakel
▪ I. ˈrakel Obs. exc. dial. Abbrev. of rake-hell.1622 Boys Wks. 413 This rakel-like behauiour is not in imperfect words only, but in scornful gestures of contempt. a 1661 Fuller Worthies (1840) III. 207 In Cambridge, where (when a youth) he was a Rakel in grain. 1670 Cotton Espernon iii. xi. 545 A C...
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Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy
According to author and historian Nikolai Tolstoy, a distant relative:His father had been a rake-hell cavalry officer, whose rowdy excesses proved too
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nouns
† nouns Obs. Also 6 nownes, 7–8 nowns, 7 nounz. A perversion of wounds (see god n. 14 a) used as an oath: cf. zounds. In early examples in the fuller forms Cock's nouns and Od's nouns.a 1553 Udall Royster D. i. iv, Kock's nownes, what meanest thou man? tut, a whistle. 1598 Shakes. Merry W. iv. i. 25...
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hoax
▪ I. hoax, v. (həʊks) [Appears shortly before 1800; supposed to be a contracted form of hocus v. This origin suits sense and form, but there is no direct evidence of connexion, and 18th c. quotations for hocus v. are wanting: see that word.] trans. To deceive or take in by inducing to believe an amu...
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souse
▪ I. souse, n.1 Now chiefly dial. and U.S. (saʊs) Forms: 4 sows, 5–9 sowse (5 sowsse), sowce; 5–8 souce, 5 sovse, 6– souse. [a. OF. sous (souz, soulz, soult, = Prov. soutz, sols), or souce, ad. OHG. sulza, OS. sulta, or directly f. the Germanic stem sult- (see salt v.1 and silt n.), whence also It. ...
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plain
▪ I. plain, n.1 (pleɪn) Forms: see plain a.1 [a. OF. plain:—L. plān-um a plain, prop. neut. of plān-us plain a.1] 1. a. A tract of country of which the general surface is comparatively flat; an extent of level ground or flat meadow land; applied spec. (in proper or quasi-proper names) to certain ext...
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