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▪ I. † whatkin, n. Obs. rare—1. [f. what D. 1 + -kin.] A little ‘something’; a minute particle.1674 N. Fairfax Bulk & Selv. 112 It self [sc. a leasting or atom] being an unthroughfaresom whatkin.▪ II. † ˈwhatkin, -kins, a. Sc. and north. dial. Obs. (Sometimes as two words.) Forms: see what pron. and...
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fierdhalf
† ˈfierdhalf Obs. [f. fierd, fourth + half.] A fourth part, a quarter.1674 N. Fairfax Bulk & Selv. 21 Such a kind of some⁓whatkin, as truckles beneath the very tinyness of an half nothing, and is forsooth a fierdhalf nothing.
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thissen
thissen, adv. dial. (ˈðɪs(ə)n) Also 9 this'ne, this(-)en, thisn, this'ns. [perh. reduced from thiskin: cf. dial. siccan = swilk-kin, that'n what'n = whatkin.] In this way or manner. Usually a thissen or thissens, in this way, thus. (Some so understand Bottom's Thisne in Shakes. Mids. N. i. ii. 54.)a...
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tininess
tininess (ˈtaɪnɪnɪs) Also 7 tinyness. [f. as prec. + -ness.] The quality of being tiny; extreme smallness; minuteness.1674 N. Fairfax Bulk & Selv. 21 'Tis such a kind of some⁓whatkin, as truckles beneath the very tinyness of an half nothing. 1830 J. G. Strutt Sylva Brit. 7 When we consider the tinin...
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kin
▪ I. kin, n.1 (kɪn) Forms: 1 cyn(n, cinn, 1–6 kyn(n; 2–3 cun, 3–4 kun; 2 cen-, 2–4 ken(ne; 4–6 kynne, Sc. kine, kyne, 5–7 kinne, 3– kin. [Com. Teut.: OE. cyn(n, neuter, = OFris. kin, ken, kon, OS. kunni (MDu. kunne, konne, Du. kunne), OHG. chunni (MHG. künne, kunne), ON. kyn (Da., Sw. kön), Goth. ku...
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what'n
what'n, whatten, a. Sc. and north. dial. (ˈhwɒt(ə)n) Forms: 6 quhaten, quhattane, -in(e, whattin, 9 whaten, -an, whatten. Also β. (with indef. art.) what'n a, whatna. [Reduced form of whatkin a.; cf. that'n, thissen.] Properly, What kind of; hence, what.a 1510 Douglas K. Hart i. 245 Quhat will ȝe sa...
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kind
▪ I. kind, n. (kaɪnd) Forms: [1 ᵹecynde, ᵹecynd, 2–3 i-cunde, i-kunde, (2 i-chinde);] 1 cynd, 2–4 cunde, 2 cuinde, 3 kuinde, kund, 3–4 kuynde, kunde, 3–5 kende, (5 keende), 3–6 kynd, 3–7 kinde, 4–7 kynde, (5 kyynde), 3– kind. [OE. ᵹecynde n., ᵹecynd fem. and n., f. ᵹe- (see i-, y-) + *cynd(e:—*kundi...
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