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sailyard (ˈseɪljɑːd) Forms: see sail and yard. [f. sail n.1 + yard n.] 1. Naut. One of the yards or spars on which the sails are spread.c 725 Corpus Gloss. 588 Antemna, seᵹlᵹerd. c 1050 Suppl. ælfric's Gloss. in Wr.-Wülcker 182/3 Cornua, þa tweᵹen endas þære seᵹlᵹyrde. 1295 in 9th Rep. Hist. MSS. Co...
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betas
† betas Obs. rare—1. [a. ON. beiti-áss sailyard, ? f. beita to make the ship catch the wind, to tack + áss pole, yard; cf. windlass, in ME. windas, in ON. vindáss.] A sailyard.c 1330 R. Brunne in Layamon III. 396 Som aforced the wyndas, Som the lofe, som the betas.
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List of English words of Old English origin
sadfishing
sadness
saddle
saddlebill
saddlebow
saddlecloth
saddleless
saddlelike
saddletree
sail
sailboard
sailboat
sailcloth
sailfish
sailing
sailor
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yard
▪ I. yard, n.1 (jɑːd) Forms: 1 ᵹeard, 4–5 ȝerd(e, 4–6 ȝard(e, yerde, 4–8 yerd, 4–9 yaird, (4 ȝherd, 5 ȝeard, ȝord, yorde, 6 ȝharde, 7 yearde, 8 Sc. yeard), 5–6 ȝaird, 6–7 yarde, 3– yard. [OE. ᵹeard str. masc. fence, dwelling, house, region = OS. gard enclosure, field, dwelling, MDu., Du. gaard garde...
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tee
▪ I. tee, n.1 (tiː) [The origin of senses 2 and 3 is obscure: possibly they do not belong here.] I. 1. a. The name of the letter T; also applied to objects having the form of this (T or ⊦). See also T (the letter) 2.1610 J. Guillim Heraldry iv. v. (1611) 199 He beareth Argent, a cheveron betweene th...
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ship
▪ I. ship, n.1 (ʃɪp) Forms: 1–5 scip, (1, 4 scipp, 1–3 scyp, 3 sip), 3–4 schup, ssip, 3–7 schip, 4–5 s(c)hyp, shipp, schype, schippe, (4 schypp, shup, scippe, shyppe, schepe, 5 chip(pe, schyppe, shep), 4–6 schipp, 4–7 shippe, 5–6 shyppe, s(c)hipe, shype, shepe, 5–7 shipp, (6 sheppe, Sc. scheip(e), 4...
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