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wouhleche
† wouhleche Obs.—1 [f. wouh-, repr. OE. wóᵹ-, stem of wóᵹian to woo + -lēche -ledge.] Wooing, courtship. So also † wouhlechung.a 1225 Ancr. R. 96 No wouhleche nis so culuert ase is o pleinte wis. Ibid. 388 He uor wouhlecchunge sende hire his sonden.
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culvert
▪ I. † ˈculvert, a. Obs. Also 4 culvart, -vard; and see colward. [a. OF. culvert, colvert, late L. collībertus fellow-freedman, in Middle Ages a serf, villain, one whose condition was intermediate between slavery and freedom, but nearer the former; hence, adj. abject, wretched, villainous, vile, inf...
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-lock
-lock, suffix in mod. Eng. occurring only in wedlock, represents OE. -lác, the second element of numerous compounds (usually neuter: rarely masc.) in which the first element is a n. OE. had about a dozen of these compounds (those in which -lác means ‘offering’, lake n.1, are not counted); in all the...
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plaint
▪ I. plaint, n. (pleɪnt) Forms: α. 3–4 pleinte, 4–5 pleynte, 5–6 playnte, plainte, (5 plancte, playnthe, 6 plente). β. 4 pleint, 4–6 pleynt, playnt, 4–6 plant, 5 playntt, 5–6 plent, 4– plaint. [In ME. two words: αpleinte, plainte, a. OF. plainte, in med.L. plancta (Du Cange), n. from fem. pa. pple. ...
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