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sack-butt
† ˈsack-butt Obs. [f. sack n.3 + butt n.2] A butt of sack.1600 Heywood 2nd Pt. Edw. IV, Wks. 1874 I. 93 Will no man thrust the staue into a sack-but? 1623 Markham Eng. Housew. ii. 149 The depth of euery Sack-Butt is the foure pricks next to the puncheon. 1657 Trapp Comm. Ezra ix. 6 But he is past gr...
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sack
▪ I. sack, n.1 (sæk) Forms: 1 sacc, sæcc, 3–4 sac, seck(e, (3 sec, 6 north. seik), 3–6 sakke, 3–7 sacke, 4–5 sak, sekke, 4–6 sek, (5 sac, cek, sache, sake, saccke, Sc. secke, 7 Sc. seck), 5– sack. [OE. sacc masc., ad. L. sacc-us bag, sack, sackcloth (F. sac, from 11–12th c., Pr. sac, Sp., Pg. saco, ...
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steep
▪ I. steep, n.1 (stiːp) Forms: (5 stipe), 6 stepe, (steppe), 6–7 steepe, (8 stip, stiep), 7– steep. [f. steep v.] 1. The process of steeping or soaking; the state of being steeped, esp. in phr. (to lay) † a steep (obs.), † in a steep (obs.), in steep.c 1430 Two Cookery-bks. i. 16 Take þe brothe, þe ...
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