Gram. & rhet. (a) Formation or construction of a sentence; rightful (order of) construccioun, normal order of syntactic elements; (b) a rhetorical figure; figure of construccioun. …

(a) The act or processes of splitting or breaking up; branching (of arteries, streams); (b) separability, divisibility; (c) math. the process of dividing numbers, division; (d) hunt. the ceremonious……

Rhet. Hyperbole. …

Rhet. Hyperbolical. …

(a) The action or process of fastening together; also fig.; (b) sticking together; sticking (to sth.); (c) copulation; (d) a hostile encounter, fight; (e) building or making by fastening parts……

(a) A joint between bones; either the place where bones meet or the structure holding them together; also, a suture between bones; (b) a limb or part of the body; (c) something which fastens or……

(a) The act of sitting down; also, the fact of being seated or an instance of it; sitting place (stede), place of sitting, a place where one sits, a seat; kepen the same stondinges and sittinges, to……

(a) Copying, transcription; (b) rhet. a figure, usu. metaphor or simile; also, the use of metaphor. …

(a) Movement about an axis or central point, rotation, revolution; also, a whirling about; also, the circular passage of time; an annular cycle; turning abouten; turning up and doun; (b) in cpds. and……