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▪ I. roist dial. variant of rice n.11736 Pegge Kenticisms (E.D.S.), Roist, a switch to beat a dog with; or long wood, for brushwood, before it is made up. Called also Rice.▪ II. roist obs. form of roast n. and v.▪ III. † roist, v. Obs.—1 Also 6 (9 arch.) royst. [Back-formation from roister n.1] intr...
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Feusdorf
In 1604, Philipp Roist von Weers was enfeoffed with holdings at Feusdorf by Count Arnold von Manderscheid.
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roisting
▪ I. † ˈroisting, vbl. n. Obs. [f. roist v.] = roistering vbl. n.c 1560 Ingelend Disobedient Child E ij, What cryinge was there for Cardes and Dyce! What roysting, what rufflyng made they within! 1584–7 Greene Carde of Fancie Wks. (Grosart) IV. 14 What trouble can torment mee worse, then to see my s...
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T. Rowland Hughes
Tydi a luniaist gân i'r nant
A si i'r goedwig werdd,
Tydi a roist i'r awel dant
Ac i'r ehedydd gerdd,
O cadw ni rhag dyfod dydd
Na yrr ein calon gân yn
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roister
▪ I. roister, n.1 Now arch. (ˈrɔɪstə(r)) Also 7–9 royster. [ad. F. rustre († ruistre), ‘a ruffin, royster, hackster, swaggerer’ (Cotgr.), var., with excrescent r, of ruste:—L. rustic-um rustic a.] 1. A swaggering or blustering bully; a riotous fellow; a rude or noisy reveller. Very common c 1550–170...
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Brute
† Brute, n.2 Obs. Also 6 bruit. [In sense 1, a variant of Brett or Britt, influenced by the Brutus myth; in 2, app. = Brut, Brutus, itself. From the Old Celtic (and Latin) Britto, Briton, there was subsequently formed the proper name of an eponymous hero, the reputed first king and founder of Britai...
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threte
▪ I. † threte, n. Sc. Obs. In 6 threit, pl. thretis. Origin and meaning obscure. Occurs app. only in Douglas's æneis, where it is expletive, answering to nothing in the Latin. Referred in Ruddiman's Glossary, 1710, to threat n., and explained as ‘a throng, crowd, haste, speed’. Jamieson takes it in ...
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roast
▪ I. roast, n. (rəʊst) Forms: 4–7 roste, rost, 4–6 roost, 5–6 Sc. roist, 6– roast. [In sense 1, a. OF. rost masc. (mod.F. rôt: cf. Prov. raust, Catal. rost, It. arrosto) or roste fem., roasting, roast meat, vbl. n. from rostir roast v. In sense 2, a subst. use of the pa. pple. of roast v. In other s...
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roost
▪ I. roost, n.1 (ruːst) Forms: 1 hrost, 4 rooste, 5 roist, 6 roust, rowst, ruste (7 roest), 6– roost. [OE. hróst, = MDu. and Flem. roest, and prob. OS. hrôst the spars of a roof (cf. sense 3). The further relationship is uncertain.] 1. a. A perch for domestic fowls; also gen. a perching- or resting-...
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laureate
▪ I. laureate, a. and n. (ˈlɔːrɪət) Also 4–5 lauriat, 5–6 lawreat, 5–7 lawriat(e, 4–9 laureat. [ad. L. laureāt-us crowned with laurel, f. laurea laurel-tree, laurel crown, fem. of laureus made of laurel, f. laur-us: see laurel.] A. adj. 1. a. Crowned with laurel, wearing a laurel crown or wreath (as...
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farce
▪ I. farce, n.1 Forms: 4–5 fars, 7–8 farce. [a. OF. farce, f. farcir, farsir:—L. farcīre to stuff.] Force-meat, stuffing.? c 1390 Form of Cury (1780) 75 Make a Coffyn an ynche depe & do þe fars þerin. c 1430 Two Cookery-bks. 45 Take of the fars, and lay on þe cake. 1727 Bradley Fam. Dict. s.v. Calve...
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mould
▪ I. mould, n.1 (məʊld) Forms: 1–6 molde, 3– (now U.S.) mold, 5 moold, 5–6 mulde, 6 moulde, Sc. muild, 6– mould. [OE. molde wk. fem = OFris. molde, MDu. moude, mouwe (Du. moude, LG. mold), OHG. molta fem., also molt masc. (MHG. molte, molde, mod.Ger. dial. molt, molten masc.), ON. mold (Sw. mull, Da...
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loose
▪ I. loose, n. (luːs) Also 6 lose, lowse, 7 lewse, 8 louse. [f. loose v. and a.] 1. Archery. The act of discharging an arrow1519 W. Horman Vulg. 283 b, Geue a smarte lose with thyn arowe and thy stryng. 1526 Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 160 b, In the loose of the stryng..the..arowe is caryed to the ...
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