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shire-land
shire-land rare. [shire n.] a. = shire-ground. b. transf. (? nonce-use.) A land under regular administration.1852 Mundy Antipodes (1857) 19 Lands beyond the shire⁓land of New South Wales. 1910 19th Cent. Mar. 428 Queen Elizabeth turned the country into shireland.
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gildable
gildable, a. and n. Hist. (ˈgɪldəb(ə)l) Also guildable. [f. gild v.2 + -able; cf. geldable.] A. adj. Subject to taxation.1495 Act 11 Hen. VII, c. 9 §1 The seid lordshippe..[shall be] from hensforth gildable and parte of the Shire of Northumbreland aforeseid. 1556 in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxford ...
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shire
▪ I. shire, n. (ʃaɪə(r)) Forms: 1–3 sc{iacu}r, (1 sciir, sc{yacu}r, -sc{iacu}re, 2 -sir, ? scur, 3 ssire), 3–7 schire, 4–7 schyre, (5 schere, -shir, shyr, sher, chyer), 5–6 schyr, (5–7 sheere), 5–9 shyre, (6 schier, schyir, scyre, shyere, sheyre, 6–7 sh(i)ere, shyer, sheire, 7, 9 dial. sheer), 4– sh...
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