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swarty, a. Now rare or Obs. (ˈswɔːtɪ) [f. swart a. + -y1.] = swarthy a.11572 J. Jones Bathes Buckstone 1 b, It should not onely bee of another collour marly yellow, or swarty greene. 1582 Stanyhurst æneis iii. (Arb.) 72 With black weede the altar is hanged, With tree swartye Cipers. 1600 Shakes. Tit...
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swarthy
▪ I. swarthy, a.1 (ˈswɔːðɪ, ˈswɔːθɪ) [Obscure variant of swarty: cf. swarth a., swarf a., swarfish, swarfy.] Of a dark hue; black or blackish; dusky. a. gen. = swart a. 1 a.1577 [implied in swarthiness]. 1596 Gosson Quippes Upstart Gentlewom. 99 in Hazl. E.P.P. IV. 254 The swarthie-blacke, the grass...
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shacklock
† ˈshacklock Obs. [? Contr. of *shackle-lock, f. shackle n.1 + lock n.] A fetterlock. The surname Shacklock is known in Derbyshire.1613–16 W. Browne Brit. Past. i. v. 98 The swarty Smith..bids his Man bring out..His shackles, shacklockes, hampers, giues and chaines.
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marly
▪ I. marly, a.1 (ˈmɑːlɪ) Also 6, 8 -ey, 7–8 -ie. [f. marl n.1 + -y.] Resembling, or partaking of the qualities of, marl; composed of marl; abounding with marl.c 1420 Pallad. on Husb. i. 252 Lond is best for whete If hit be marly, thicke, and sumdel weete. 1572 J. Jones Bathes Buckstone 1 b, It shoul...
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enring
enring, v. poet. (ɛnˈrɪŋ) Also 7 inring. [f. en-1 + ring n.] trans. To put within a ring. 1. To form a ring round; to surround, encircle. lit. and fig. Also, to form into a ring.1589 Warner Alb. Eng. vi. xxxiii. (1612) 162 Inringed by his complices, their chearefull Leader said. 1594 Carew Tasso (18...
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buck-horn
buck-horn (ˈbʌkhɔːrn) Also buck's horn. [f. buck n.1 + horn.] † 1. a. The horn of a buck. b. The horn of a goat used for blowing a blast. Obs.1447–8 J. Shillingford Lett. (1871) 36 Whiche bukhorn was presented to my lord on Candelmasse day. 1548 Compl. Scot. (1801) 65 Hudit hirdis blauuand ther buc ...
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-y
▪ I. -y suffix1 (Forms: 1 -iᵹ, 2–5 -i, 4–6 -ye, 4–7 -ie, 4– -y, 6– now only in certain cases -ey), descending from the OE. adj. suffix -iᵹ, which represents under a common form two OTeut. suffixes *-ī̆ᵹa-, -aᵹa-, still distinguishable in OE. by the presence or absence respectively of mutation of the...
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