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▪ I. sleave, n. (sliːv) [See next and sleave-silk.] † 1. A slender filament of silk obtained by separating a thicker thread; silk in the form of such filaments; floss-silk. Obs.1591 Sylvester Du Bartas i. v. 955 Those slender sleaves (On ovall clews) of soft, smooth, Silken flakes. 1611 Cotgr., Cada...
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† sleave-silk Obs. Also 6 slaye-, 7 slea-, 8 sleeve-. [f. sleave v. 1.] Silk thread capable of being separated into smaller filaments for use in embroidery, etc.α 1588 in Antiquary XXXII. 373, ii ounce of slaye sylke, xvid. 1676 Rainbow Funeral Serm. C'tess Pembroke (1677) 38 A Prime..Wit [marg. Dr....
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sleft
sleft, ppl. a. rare. [f. sleave v.] † 1. Slashed, cut. Obs.—11627 Drayton Agincourt cclxxix, Here a sleft shoulder, there a clouen scull. 2. sleft silk, sleaved silk.1752 tr. Gemelli-Careri's Voy. round World iv. i. viii. (Churchill), Some being of a cane colour,..others yellow, but soft as any slef...
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sleaving
ˈsleaving rare. Now dial. [f. sleave v. Cf. slaving n.] A slip taken from a tree by splitting or pulling.c 1440 Pallad. on Husb. iii. 163 Yf thow sette a plaunte or a sleuyng, Putte in a lytel moysty molde amonge. 1839 Sir G. C. Lewis Gloss. Heref., Sleaving, a twig sleaved off.
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slaven
† slaven, ppl. a. Obs. rare. [irreg. f. sleave v. or slive v. Cf. slave v.2] Split.1688 Holme Armoury iii. xvii. (Roxb.) 116/2 In the bent of this Bow..is placed an arrow slaven; halfe an arrow it cannot properly be termed, but the side of an arrow.
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sleeve
▪ I. sleeve, n. (sliːv) Forms: α. 1 sliefe, slife, slyf(e, 5–6 slyue (5 sclyue, -ve). β. 1, 4–5 slefe, 6 Sc. sleffe (5 scl-), sleif. γ. 3–6 sleue, 4 slieue, 4, 6–7 sleeue, 6 Sc. sleiue; 4–7 sleve (5 slewe), 6– sleeve (6, 8 sleave, 6 Sc. sleive, sleyve, 7 sleev). δ. 5 skleve, 5–6 scleve, 6 Sc. sclewe...
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pigsney
pigsney, -ny arch. and dial. Forms: α. 4 piggesneyȝe, 4–6 piggesnye, 6 pyggysny, pygges nye, pigges-ny, pygs(-)nie, pygsnye, pigesnie, 6–8 pigs(-)nye, 7 pigsneye, pignie, 8 pig-nye, 6– pigsny, pigs(-)nie, pigs(-)ney; β. 6 pigseie, 9 (dial.) pigsy. [ME. f. pigges pig's + neyȝe, var. of eyȝe, eye with...
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Hippocrates
Hippocrates (hɪˈpɒkrətiːz) Name of a famous ancient Greek physician born about 460 b.c. † Hippocrates' bag, Hippocrates' sleeve [tr. L. manica Hippocratis] = prec. 2. Obs.1626 Bacon Sylva §6 Passing it [Ippocrasse] through a Wollen Bagge, which they call Hippocrates Sleeue. 1696 Phillips (ed. 5), Hi...
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thrum
▪ I. † thrum, n.1 Obs. Forms: 1 þrymm, 1–2 þrym, 3–4 þrum, 4 þrom, 4–5 throm, throme, 5 thrumme. [app. OE. þrymm a host, a great body of people, a multitude (also strength, might, majesty, glory); cf. OS. thrumme in mid heruthrummeon ‘with hostile power or strength’; cf. OS. thrimman to swell; also ...
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slave
▪ I. slave, n.1 (and a.) (sleɪv) Forms: α. 4–6 sclaue, 5 sclave, 6 sklaw, sklaue, sklave, Sc. sclayff. β. 6 Sc. slawe, slaif, 6–7 slaue, 6– slave. [ad. OF. esclave (also mod.F.), sometimes fem. corresponding to the masc. esclaf, esclas (pl. esclaz, esclauz, esclos, etc.), = Prov. esclau masc., escla...
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ink
▪ I. ink, n.1 (ɪŋk) Forms: 3–4 enke, (5 enk, henk), 3 inc, 3, 6–7 inck, 4–6 ynk(e, 4–7 inke, (6 incke, 6–7 yncke), 3– ink. [a. OF. enque (11th c. in Hatz.-Darm.; in mod.F. encre):—late L. encaustum, a. Gr. ἔγκαυστον the purple ink used by the Greek and Roman emperors for their signatures, f. ἐγκαίει...
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