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201. up-the-dǒun adverbial phr.
Additional spellings:
upthedoun, up the doun
4 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Upside down; casten up-the-doun, to capsize (a ship);
(b) into a state of ruin; into a state of confusion;
(c) from top to bottom, all over, everywhere.
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202. up-tọ̄̆-dǒun adverbial phr.
Additional spellings:
uptodoun, up to doun
3 quotations in 1 sense
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Upside down; headfirst [1st quot.]; casten up-to-doun, to capsize (a ship); also, turn over (soil), ?scatter.
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203. venīre facias n. phr.
6 quotations in 1 sense
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Law A writ directing a sheriff to summon a jury; also, a writ requiring a person indicted of a misdemeanor to appear in court.
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204. vǒuchen sauf v. phr.
89 quotations in 3 senses
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To grant (sth.), bestow, provide, give;—also without obj., chiefly in as clauses; offer (scorn); deign to provide (a candidate for a vacant position); vouchen sauf on, grant (sth.) to (sb.)……
205. vǒuching sāf ger. phr.
1 quotation in 1 sense
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Consenting, agreeing.
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206. West-sexene lawe phr.
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Westsexene lawe
4 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) An Anglo-Saxon code of laws, West Saxon law;
(b) the area governed under this code of laws in OE and early ME times.
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207. wīlde bēst(e phr. & n.
Additional spellings:
wilde beste
26 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) An untamed or undomesticated animal; also, a game animal; also, a wild animal kept for display or entertainment; also in fig. context
(b) a savage beast, ferocious animal; also in fig. context;……
208. wīlde brēde phr. & n.
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Roasted game; also, ?coll. game animals [2nd quot.].
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210. wīlde dẹ̄r phr. & n.
24 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) An undomesticated beast in contrast to a domesticated counterpart, a woodland creature, wild animal; also, a dumb beast, brute [1st quot.]; wilde der kin, any creature representing the general……
211. wīlde fīr(e phr. & n.
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wilde fire
30 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Raging fire; a conflagration; a bonfire [quot. c1440 Perceval]; also, flames breathed out by a dragon [quot. c1440 Morte Arth.]
(b) a highly combustible and not easily extinguished substance used……
212. wīlde fǒul(e phr. & n.
Additional spellings:
wilde foule
17 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) An undomesticated bird in contrast to a domesticated bird; a wild bird, esp. a game bird;—also coll.; also, a bird of prey, a scavenging bird [1st quot.]
(b) the carcass or flesh of a wild bird……
214. wīlde wāre phr. or n.
9 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Coll. Furs, pelts, or skins taken from wild animals, as a commodity or raw material for clothing, trim, etc.; ?also, wild animals [last quot.];
(b) ornamental fur decoration.
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215. wīlde werk phr. or n.
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Peltry of wild, as opposed to domesticated, animals.
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216. wīlde wọ̄de phr. & n.
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(a) A natural forest; also, a trackless woodland, esp. one regarded as dangerous; also, a forest preserve [quot. a1382, 2nd]; a stand of trees, grove [quot. c1384]
(b) in comb., with diminished……
218. witen sauf v. phr.
8 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To bestow (sth. on sb.);—used without obj.; also, furnish (consolation for sth.);
(b) to deign (to do sth.), see fit; consent (to do sth.); also, see fit to allow it [1st quot.].
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219. wrōther hēle phr. & n.
37 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Destruction, ruin; disaster, harm;—sometimes used as an exclamation; also, in tmesis: to wrother here hele, to their disadvantage
(b) in phrase: to wrother hele, preceded by dat. pers. pron.: to……
220. yēkes ters phr.
7 quotations in 1 sense
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The cuckoopint (Arum maculatum); also, an orchid of some kind [cp. yek n. (b)]; ?also, black hellebore (Helleborus niger) [quot. a1325].
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