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tawny-moor
† ˈtawny-moor Obs. [f. tawny + Moor n.2: cf. Blackamoor.] A name given to the tawny or brown-skinned natives of foreign lands; prob. originally to natives of northern Africa.1603 Owen Pembrokeshire v. (1892) 42 They seeme more like tawney Moores, then people of this lande. 1650 R. Stapylton Strada's...
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tawny
tawny, a. and n. (ˈtɔːnɪ) Forms: α. 4–7 tauny, 5– tawny; also 4 tawne, (4–5 taunde), (6 tawneye, 6–7 -ie, 6–9 -ey). β. (chiefly north. and Sc.) 5 tannye, tannee, 5–6 tanne, tany, 5–7 tanny; see also tenne. [ME. tauny, tawne, a. AF. taune, OF. tané (12–13th c. in Godef. Compl.), later tanné, ‘foncé c...
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swarf
▪ I. swarf, n.1 Sc. (swarf) Forms: 5, 8 swarff, 6 swerfe, suerf, 6–9 swerf, 7 swarfe, 7– swarf. [Related to swarf v.] A swoon, a fainting-fit; a state of faintness or insensibility.c 1470 Henry Wallace vii. 349 The Sotheron..Throuch full gluttre in swarff swappyt lik swyn. 1508 Dunbar Tua Mariit Wem...
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