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skair
▪ I. skair, n. Sc. and north. dial. (skɛə(r)) Also 6 scair, 8–9 skare. [var. of share n., but the sk- is difficult to account for.] A share, portion.c 1573 Satir. Poems Reform. xlii. 556 That ressoun is bot vane, To say a man may do na mair, But serue a kirk vntil his skair. 1585 Jas. I Ess. Poesie ...
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And bad the trig made maidens come
A sightly joe to seek
At Hallow-fair, whare browsters rare
Keep gude ale on the gantries,
And dinna scrimp ye o' a skair
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ranting
▪ I. ranting, vbl. n. (ˈræntɪŋ) [-ing1.] 1. The action of the vb. rant in various senses.1653 Nissena 40 [He] was the scandal of all Nicocia, though his ranting..made him [etc.]. 1672 Gregory in Rigaud Corr. Sci. Men (1841) II. 231, I am afraid ye will find these Cogitationes..to be but ranting. 176...
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scrimp
▪ I. scrimp, a. and adv. (skrɪmp) [This and the related scrimp v. first appear in the 18th c. The origin is obscure; cognate forms are Sw., Da. skrumpen shrivelled, MHG. schrimpfen (Mid.Ger. schrimpen str. vb.) to contract, trans. to wrinkle up (the nose), G. schrumpfen to shrivel; also shrimp n., i...
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samen
▪ I. † ˈsamen, a. Sc. Obs. Forms: 4 saymne, 4–6 sammyn(e, 4–7 samyn, 4–9 samine, 5–6 samin, samyne, 6 sammin, samyng, 7–8 samen. [A derivative of same a.; the formation is obscure; possibly due to the influence of next.] = same.1375 Barbour Bruce i. 252 And in the samyn tym come him to His wyff. c 1...
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to-
▪ I. to-, prefix1 the prep. and adv. to used in combination with verbs, ns., adjs., and advbs. in the sense of motion, direction, or addition to, or as the mark of the infinitive: see in their alphabetical places, to-come, to-do, to-draught, to-gainst, together, to-midst, to-when, to-while, etc. Als...
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scar
▪ I. scar, n.1 (skɑː(r)) Forms: 4–5 skerre (5 sckerre), skarre, 4–6 skar, 4–5, 7 scarre, 5 skyrre, 7 scarr, 7– scar, (8–9 dial. skeer, 9 Sc. skair). Also scaur. [App. a. ON. sker neut. (Da. skjær, Sw. skär) recorded only in the sense of a low reef in the sea, a skerry (cf. sense 3). Cf. Gael. sgeir ...
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share
▪ I. share, n.1 (ʃɛə(r)) Forms: 1 scær, scear, scer, 3 ssare, 4 schar, shaar, (pl. scharres, -is, sharris), 4, 6 shar, 4–6 schare, (7 shere, sheare, 8 sharr), 4– share. [OE. scear, scær (masc. or neut.) = OFris. skere, schere, MLG. schar neut., schare fem. (Da. skær from LG.), OHG. scar, scaro masc....
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green
▪ I. green, a. and n. (griːn) Forms: 1 grœ́ni, gréne, 2–7 grene, 4–6 grenn(e, greyn(e, 4–7 greene, gren, 6 greane, grein(e, gryne, 7 grien, 5– green. [OE. gréne = OFris. grêne, OS. grôni (MDu. grone, Du. groen), OHG. gruoni, kruoni (MHG. grüene, G. grün), ON. grœnn (Da. gr{obar}n Sw. grön):— OTeut. ...
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