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sow-gelder
sow-gelder Also 9 -gilder. [f. sow n.1] One whose business it is to geld or spay sows.c 1515 Cocke Lorell's B. 4 Here is gylys Iogeler of ayebery, And hym sougelder of lothe bery. 1530 Palsgr. 273/1 Sowe geldre, chastrevx de trvyes. 1596 Nashe Saffron Walden Wks. (Grosart) III. 169 Vpon euerie stage...
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The Enraged Musician
Behind these characters, a host of street vendors noisily announce their services: a dustman with a basket on his back rings a handbell, a sow-gelder blows
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gruntle
▪ I. gruntle, n. Sc. (ˈgrʌnt(ə)l) Also 6–8 gruntill, 9 grunkle. [f. gruntle v.] 1. The snout of a pig, or other animal.1535 Lyndesay Satyre 2109 Heir is ane relict..The gruntill of Sanct Antonis sow, Quhilk buir his haly bell. a 1557 Diurn. Occurr. (Bannatyne Club) 235 Xiij grysis, off the quhilkis,...
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gelders rose
▪ I. gelder (ˈgɛldə(r)) [f. geld v.1 + -er1.] 1. One who gelds or castrates (animals, etc.). Also in Comb., as dog-gelder, horse-gelder, sow-gelder.c 1440 Promp. Parv. 190/1 Geldere of beestys, castrator. 1598 Florio, Castracane, a dog gelder. 1655 Moufet & Bennet Health's Improv. (1746) 143 Even Na...
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sow
▪ I. sow, n.1 (saʊ) Forms: α. 1 suᵹu, suᵹa, 3 suȝe-, 4 zoȝe, 5 sogh(e, sowhe, 5, 7, 9 sough. β. 2 suwa, 3 suwe, 3–4 souwe, 4–6 soowe, 4–7 sowe, 4– sow, 6, 9 Sc. sou. γ. north. dial. 5–7, 9 sew. δ. 6, 9 dial. soo. [OE. suᵹu, = WFris. sûch, NFris. sögg, su, MDu. soge, seuge (Du. zeug) and soch, such (...
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