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toughe
▪ I. † toughe, towghe Irish Hist. Obs. Also 6 toghe. [repr. Ir. tuath (-th = -h) territory, district. Joyce Irish Names of Places ser. 2 (1875) 212, cites Tuoghnafall and Tuogh of the Fall from early 17th c. grants, as name of a district south of Belfast, now known as ‘The Falls’; the orig. Irish be...
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tuath
‖ tuath Irish Hist. (ˈtuəh) [Ir. tūath people, cognate with OE. þéod, Goth. þiuda, OTeut. *þeuđô, Indo-Eur. *teut{amacacu}; ME. thede, q.v.] A ‘tribe’ or ‘people’ in Ireland; hence, the territory or district of a tribe, in which sense written in 16th c. toghe, toughe, q.v.1873 W. K. Sullivan in O'Cu...
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ruption
ruption Now rare. (ˈrʌpʃən) Also 5 rupcioun, 6 -cyon, -tioun. [ad. obs. F. ruption, or late L. ruptio, noun of action f. rumpĕre to break.] 1. Breach of the peace; disturbance. rare.1483 in Lett. Rich. III & Hen. VII (Rolls) I. 51 How beit that oft tyme afore certain rupcioun, breke and distrublaunc...
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spartum
‖ ˈspartum rare. Also 7 erron. spartus. [L.] = spart1.1555 Eden Decades i. ii. (Arb.) 69 Certayne long and toughe rotes much lyke vnto the shrubbe called Spartum. 1654 R. Codrington tr. Iustine xliv. 514 There is also abundance of Flax and Spartus. 1673 Ray Journ. Low C. 458 Round thin baskets made ...
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gluish
gluish, a. (ˈgl(j)uːɪʃ) [f. glue n. + -ish.] Somewhat resembling glue; having some of the properties of glue.1382 Wyclif Exod. ii. 3 He..glewide it with glewishe cley. 1519 W. Horman Vulg. 178 b, If it [earth] be gluishe..it is a token of a fatte grounde. 1574 Newton Health Mag. 46 They loose muche ...
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tough
▪ I. tough, a. (adv., n.) (tʌf) Forms: α. 1 tóh, tóch, 3 tou, 3–5 touȝ, toȝ, 3–6 tow, 4 touh, towh, towȝ, toȝe, 4–5 togh, towe, 5 touȝe, towȝe, toghe, towghe, toogh, touhe, (towhhe), 5–6 towgh, toughe, 4– tough. β. Sc. 5–9 teuch, teugh, (5–6 tewch, 6 tuich, tewgh, teoch, twch, -e, twich). γ. (with i...
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stubborn
▪ I. stubborn, a. (ˈstʌbən) Forms: α. 4 stiborn(e, -(o)urne, styborn(e, 5 stiburn, styburne. β. 5–6 stoburne, 6 stobburne, stoberne, -orne. γ. 5 stuborn, 6 stubberne, -(o)urne, stuburne, 6–7 stubborne, (6 stouborne, -urne, 8 stouborn), 6– stubborn. [Of uncertain etymology. The commonly assumed deriv...
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tow
▪ I. tow, n.1 (təʊ, Sc. tʌu, tou) Forms: 4–7 towe, (5 toow, 6 toa, 7–8 toe), 5–6 tawe, 5– tow. [Known only from last quarter of 14th c. Origin doubtful: perh. related to ON. tó n. uncleansed wool or flax, unworked fibre of thread; which is doubtfully connected with OE. *tow- spinning, weaving, in to...
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clay
▪ I. clay, n. (kleɪ) Forms: 1 clǽᵹ, 4 clai, clei, 4–6 cley, 5–6 claie, 5–7 claye, 6 cleye, kley, 4– clay. [Common Teut.: OE. clǽᵹ (ǽ umlaut of á) corresponds to MDu. cleie fem., MLG., LG., Du., and Ger. klei, OFris. klai, mod.Fris. klay, klaey, pointing to an OTeut. *klaijâ- str. fem. (Gothic type *...
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suck
▪ I. suck, n.1 (sʌk) Also 4–5 souke, 6 Sc. sowk, sulk, 6–7 sucke, 8–9 dial. souk, sook. [f. suck v. Cf. sock n.3] 1. a. The action or an act of sucking milk from the breast; the milk or other fluid sucked at one time. at suck, engaged in sucking.13.. S. Gregory (Vernon MS.) 191 Whon heo hedde iȝiue ...
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stock
▪ I. stock, n.1 (stɒk) Forms: 1 stocc, 1–4, 6 stoc, 2–7 stoke, 3–7 stocke, stok(ke, (5 ? stolke), 5–6 stokk, 7 Sc. stouk, 4– stock. pl. 3 stocken, 4 stockus, stokez, stokken, stokkus, stoukz, 4– 5 stokkez, 4–6 stockys, stokkes, 4–7 stockis, stok(k)is, 5–6 stokkys, 6 stokys, 7 stox. [OE. stoc(c masc....
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