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whitleather
whitleather (ˈhwɪtˌlɛðə(r)) Forms: 4 witleȝtr', 5 whittlether, 5–7 whit(-)lether, 7–9 whit-leather, 6– whitleather. [white a. 2 (with normal shortening in comb.) and leather n. For illustration of white leather see 1 β.] 1. a. Leather of a white or light colour and soft pliant consistence, prepared ...
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whittawer
whittawer Now only Hist. or dial. (ˈhwɪtɔːə(r)) Forms: 4 whitetawier, white-tawyer, whit(t)awyer, 5 whytetawyer, 5–7 white tawyer, (7 whiteaw{supr}), 5– whittawer, 6–8 white tawer, 7–8 white-tawer, 9 whitawer, dial. w(h)ittor, whittaw, etc. [f. white a. + tawer1. (Cf. the synonymous MDu. witgaerwer,...
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taxwax
taxwax Now dial. (ˈtækswæks) Also 9 taxy waxy. [Var. of paxwax.] The tendon of the neck: = paxwax.1709 Blair in Phil. Trans. XXVII. 78 From above this Tax-Wax in the Neck, do arise two Muscles. 1713 Derham Phys.-Theol. vi. iii. 362 That strong tendinous and insensible Aponeurosis, or Ligament—Called...
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paxwax
paxwax Now dial. and colloq. (ˈpækswæks) Also 5 paxwex, paswax, 6 pixwex, 7 pax-waxe, 7–9 packwax, 9 paxywaxy. [A word used in many dialect forms, e.g. fix-fax, fic-fac, fig-fag, etc., the earliest known being fax-wax or fex-wex (W. de Bibbesworth 13..), which appears to contain OE. feax, ME. fex, f...
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white
▪ I. white, n.1 (hwaɪt) Forms: see white a. [Various absolute uses of white a. Cf. L. album, F. blanc blank n.] 1. The translucent viscous fluid surrounding the yolk of an egg, which becomes white when coagulated; = albumen 1. Usually in full, the white of an egg (or, as a substance, white or the wh...
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