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1. yester-dai adv.
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yesterdai
46 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) On the day preceding the present one, yesterday; also, just recently, only lately;
(b) at some time in the past; also, formerly; as yester-dai.
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2. mid-dai n., adj., & adv.
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middai
110 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) The middle of the day, the period around noon; devel of mid-dai, devil who is abroad in the middle of the day; in the time of mid-dai, in the middle of the day; in morwe and mid-dai and even-tide……
5. Mọ̄̆ne-dai n.
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Monedai
38 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The second day of the week, Monday; (b) blak Mone-dai, Easter Monday; perilous monedaies, inauspicious Mondays for the birth of a child; Mone-dai lond, a lord's land on which tenants worked every……
6. resten-dai n.
8. dai-werk, -work, daies werk n. & phr.
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daiwerk, dai-work, daiwork, daies werk
11 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A normal day's work; a day's customary service; also, a day's fighting; (b) as a land measure: a plot of land that can be plowed by one team in one day [appar. from 3 to 5 poles].
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9. dọ̄mes-dai n.
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domesdai
41 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) The day of the Last Judgment, Judgment Day, Doomsday; (b) into (til) domes-dai, bitwene this and domes-dai, to the end of the World, till Doomsday.
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13. hā̆lī̆-dai, hālī dai n. & phr.
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halidai, hali dai
65 quotations in 3 senses
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(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……
15. Thūres-dai n.
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Thuresdai
46 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The fifth day of the week, Thursday; also, the fourth day of the Creation [quot. c1390]; (b) in adv. usage: the (than) Thures-dai, on Thursday, on Thursdays, Thursdays; (c) the word 'Thursday'……