Law A writ requiring the appearance of a person in court. …

(a) A Christian festival, a day consecrated to religious observances, a day of rest; any holy day, including Sunday; (b) any Hebrew holy day, including Saturday; (c) fig. a day sacred to Cupid, a……

Risk everything, shoot the works; -- used fig. …

(a) The greeting of Gabriel to the Virgin Mary; (b) the prayer Ave Maria. …

Out of couples!; -- a hunting cry on uncoupling hounds in the field. …

(a) As noun: til ille hail, to perdition; with ille hail, with a curse on you!; (b) as adj.: misfortunate, unlucky, ill-fated; (c) as adv.: misfortunately, unluckily, disastrously; (d) as interj.: bad……

(a) Malevolence, hostility, ill will; il wil of, ill will towards (sb.); (b) ?as adj. = il-willed. …

(a) As far as, as much as; but in as muche as, only to the extent that, only so far as; (b) correlated with in) so muche in the main clause: according as, in proportion as. …

Added to names of relationship to indicate that, for contracting a marriage, the person designated has in canon law that same relationship or degree of affinity; brother in laue, doughter in laue,……

In the first place, firstly. …

In the beginning; -- first words of a formula used by begging friars [cp. John 1.1]. …

Certainly, indeed. …

?Bestir yourself; ?clothe yourself, prepare yourself. …

Naut. Some kind of rope in the rigging of a ship. …

Tit for tat; pleien lille for lalle, ?to sport (with sb.). …

A little bit, only a little; small things [quot.: a1121]; a small matter, a trifle [quot.: a1300]. …

A little bit; a litwhat, somewhat. …

?Each of two, the one and the other, both. …

My lady: (a) used as a respectful form of address, usually to a woman of the upper classes; (b) used as part of a title; (c) in the name of a dish; ?in the title of a dance tune. …

Far-fetched stories, tall stories. …