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soaken
▪ I. † ˈsoaken, v. Obs. In 6–7 soken. [f. soak v. + -en5.] trans. To soak.1577 Frampton Joyful News i. (1596) 20 They leaue it so vntill the water bee sokened into it. 1580 ― Dial. Yron & Steele 155 When it is well sokened. 1632 J. Hayward tr. Biondi's Eromena 36 The pith of bread sokened in Spanish... Oxford English Dictionary
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water-soaken
ˈwater-ˌsoaken, ppl. a. = water-soaked.1783 Jrnl. Ho. Comm. XLVII. 372/2 Oak..frequently becomes so Water-soaken, as scarce ever to dry again. 1791 Smeaton Edystone L. §172, I laid them in a damp place upon a water soaken brick. 1803 Malthus Popul. i. iii. (1806) 34 A piece of water-soaken wood. c 1... Oxford English Dictionary
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soken
▪ I. soken Now Hist. (ˈsəʊk(ə)n) Forms: 1 (9) socn, 3 socne, sockne, 6 socon(e; 4 so(o)kne, sokene, 5 sokyn, 5– soken. [OE. sócn, = ON. and Icel. sókn (Norw. sokn; Sw. socken, Da. sogn parish), Goth. sōkns search, enquiry (cf. OHG. sôhni), f. sōk- stem of OE. sécan, ON. sœ́kja, etc., to seek. See al... Oxford English Dictionary
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bigly
▪ I. † ˈbigly, a. Obs. Also bygly, byggly. [f. big v. to inhabit + -ly1.] Habitable, fit or pleasant to dwell in; hence gen. pleasant.c 1325 E.E. Allit. P. A. 962 Bryng me to þat bygly bylde, & let me se þy blysful bor. c 1440 York Myst. vi. 42 To byggly blys we bothe were brought. c 1440 Bone Flor.... Oxford English Dictionary
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soak
▪ I. soak, n. (səʊk) Also 6–7, 9 dial., soke. [f. the vb.] 1. a. The condition or process of being or becoming soaked; a spell of soaking. Chiefly in the phr. in soak: cf. a-soak adv.1598 Florio, Abombare,..to steepe or lay in soke. 1687 Miége Gt. Fr. Dict. ii. s.v. Soke, You need give it but one go... Oxford English Dictionary
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soaking
▪ I. soaking, vbl. n. (ˈsəʊkɪŋ) [f. soak v.] 1. a. The action of the vb. in various senses.c 1440 Promp. Parv. 463/2 Sokynge, or longe lyynge in lycure, infusio, inbibitura. 1576 Fleming Panopl. Epist. 442 These beautifull shapes..not consuming by the soaking of sicknesse. 1611 Cotgr., Tremprement, ... Oxford English Dictionary
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smoothness
smoothness (ˈsmuːðnɪs) Also 4 smoþe-, 5–6 smothnesse. [f. smooth a.] 1. The quality of being smooth or of having a smooth, level, or even surface; calmness (of water).c 1374 Chaucer Boeth. v. met. 4 (1868) 166 Lettres emprentid in þe smoþenesse or in þe plainesse of þe table of wex. 1495 Trevisa's B... Oxford English Dictionary
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up-
up-, prefix representing OE. up-, upp- (see below) and corresponding to OFris. op-, up- (WFris. op-, NFris. üp-, ap-), MDu. and Du. op-, OS., MLG., and LG. up-, OHG. and MHG. ûf- (G. auf-), ON., Icel., and Norw. upp-, MSw. up-, upp- (also op-, opp-), Sw. upp-, MDa. and Da. op-. The prefix is identic... Oxford English Dictionary
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