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stoater Racing. (ˈstəʊtə(r)) [Of obscure origin: ? identical with stoter.] A heavy stake.1860 Sporting Mag. Nov. 306 Owners back their horses for such ‘stoaters,’..that [etc.]. 1861 Ibid. Dec. 448 We did not back her for ‘a stoater,’ or get ‘on’ for ‘a monkey,’ or ‘a century,’ or even wager that one...
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stoter
▪ I. † ˈstoter, n.1 Obs. rare—1. [f. stote v. + -er1.] One who stutters.c 1440 Promp. Parv. 477/2 Stotare, tituballus, blesus.▪ II. † ˈstoter, n.2 Obs. slang. Also 8 stoater, stouter. [a. Du. stooter, f. stooten to knock, push.] A violent blow.1694 Motteux Rabelais iv. lxvii, Vinet lent him such a s...
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century
▪ I. century (ˈsɛntjʊərɪ) Also 6–7 -ie. [a. F. centurie or ad. L. centuria, an assemblage or division of one hundred things, a company of 100 men, one of the 193 orders into which Servius Tullius divided the Roman people.] 1. a. Rom. Hist. A division of the Roman army, constituting half of a maniple...
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souse
▪ I. souse, n.1 Now chiefly dial. and U.S. (saʊs) Forms: 4 sows, 5–9 sowse (5 sowsse), sowce; 5–8 souce, 5 sovse, 6– souse. [a. OF. sous (souz, soulz, soult, = Prov. soutz, sols), or souce, ad. OHG. sulza, OS. sulta, or directly f. the Germanic stem sult- (see salt v.1 and silt n.), whence also It. ...
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