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1.
cot-sēt(e
n.
Additional spellings:
cotset, cot-sete, cotsete
5 quotations in 1 sense
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A cotter;
cot-set lond
, a cottage holding or the land belonging to it.
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2.
burgh
n.(1)
205 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) A town, a city; also, a small village; (b) in various
fig.
senses:
burgh of bale
, hell;
burgh of heven
, the celestial city;
middelerdes burgh, worldes burgh
, the world; (c)
hegh burgh
, great city…
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3.
sẹ̄ten
n. plural
1 quotation in 1 sense
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In phrase:
dorchestre seten
, the people of Dorchester.
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