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† stramazon Fencing. Obs. Also 6–7 stramazone, 6, 9 -zoun, 7 -son, -zoon, stramison, 9 strama{cced}on. [ad. It. stramazzone (also stramazzo) a knock-down blow, f. stramazzare to knock (a person) down, f. stramazzo straw mattress, straw strewn on the floor, f. strame:—L. strāmen straw. Some of the fo...
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estramazone
estramaˈzone [var. of stramazon; cf. Fr. estrama{cced}on.] A slashing cut in fencing.1820 Scott Monast. xxvii, Being eager to punish him, I made an estramazone.
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stramash
▪ I. stramash, n. Chiefly Sc. (strəˈmæʃ) Also Sc. straemash. [Belongs to stramash v.] 1. An uproar, state of noise and confusion; a ‘row’.1821 Galt Ann. Parish xii. 124 This stramash was the first time that I had interposed in the family concerns of my people. 1823 ― R. Gilhaize xiv, There's like to...
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swashing
▪ I. swashing, vbl. n. (ˈswɒʃɪŋ) [f. swash v. + -ing1.] 1. Ostentatious behaviour; swaggering. (Cf. swash n.1 7, 8, swash a.1 2, swash v. 3, swasher2, swashing ppl. a. 1.)1556 Olde Antichrist 138 b, The ruffling and ioyly swashing of a princes courte. 1587 Greene Carde of Fancie Wks. (Grosart) IV. 1...
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