1380 Wyclif Wks.

(1880) 300 Poul telliþ here a rewele þat cristen men shulden
holde. 1592   G. Harvey Foure Lett. 30   Then to read that profound Quotation, Hei
mihi, quam paucos hæc mea dicta mouent? Which was thought Patheticall out of crie.
1947 ‘H. MacDiarmid’ Kist of Whistles 19 Come, let us drink, beloved. You have
brimmed my glass With a supernaculum of a cherry bounce. 1601 Shakes. All's Well
ii. iii. 271, I thinke thou wast created for men to breath themselues vpon thee.
1790 M. Tuomy tr. Euripides Hippolytus & Iphigenia 9 The game-destroying hounds
springing on the dappled stags pursue them. 1670 Eachard Cont. Clergy 107 The
service ‥ is read by some ten or *twelve-pound-man [who] has but just skil enough to
reade the lessons with twice conning over. 1651 Bedell Life Erasm. in Fuller's
Abel Rediv. 61 These conimbrums, whether Reall or Nominall, went downe with Erasmus
like chopt hay. 1864 J. H. Lupton Wakefield Worthies 242 The supposition ‥ that Low
Hill is a Druidical remain. 1594 R. Crompton L'Auth. des Covrts, Purpresture may
be called ‥ turning comon waters from the right course. 1555 Eden Decades (Arb.)
390 We must tary vntyll the poynt or style of the clocke do exactly come to the
poynt of sum houre. 1958 Listener 9 Oct. 563|2 The new knowledge ‥ may ultimately
enable us to produce made-to-measure mutant viruses. 1863 Kingsley Water-Bab. 31
When she had put her head out of the window, her *night-wig fell into the garden.
1713 Young Last Day i. 35 Leviathans but heave their cumb'rous mail, It makes a
tide. 1873 E. Spon Workshop Receipts Ser. i. 424|2 Put in the *maple eyes by hand.
1873 E. Brennan Witch of Nemi 118 Flames that made crimson all the *night-wrapt
sky. 1860 Tyndall Glac. i. xxiii. 162 Against some of the windows ‥ the snow was
also piled, obscuring more than half their light. 1601 ― All's Well iv. v. 93
Madam, I was thinking with what manners I might safely be admitted. 1699 Burnet 39
Art. i. (1700) 21 Every part of it is at quiet till it is put in motion. 1914 J.
T. Richards Romance on El Camino Real xxxiii. 292 The game stew was even better
than its bouquet portended. 1893 Law Times XCV. 305|2 If she wished to be sure of
her income she should ‥ avoid dabbling in the shares of new companies. 1598 B.
Jonson Ev. Man. in Hum. iv. ii, Nay, Boy, never look askance at me for the matter.
1475 Harl. Contin. Higden (Rolls) VIII. 491 A pestilence ‥ folowede soone after at
Cantebrigge, causynge moche peple to dye as sodenly as madde men withowte the
sacramentes of the churche. 1861 M. Pattison Ess. (1889) I. 39 With Northern
Germany our connexion was, from the earliest times, most intimate. 1645 Quarles
Sol. Recant. ix. 6 Short miles, and *way⁓beguiling Company. 1386 Chaucer Man of
Law's T. 556 The Constable and his wyf also And Custance han ytake the righte way
Toward the see. 1563–83 Foxe A. & M. 2097|1 The said wicked Gardiner ‥ bent all hys
deuises, to bring this our happy and deare soueraigne out of the way. 1879
Crockford Cler. Directory 469|1 Six Preacher of Cant. Cathl. 1874. 1908 Dec. 21
Act 8 Edw. VII, c. 66 §1 An act to prevent disturbance of Public Meetings…§2 This
Act may be cited as the Public Meeting Act, 1908. 1598 R. Charnock in T. G. Law
Archpriest Controv. (1896) I. 66 Good disposed catholickes. 1712 Addison Spect.
No. 407 ⁋4 How much more they would have been alarmed, had they heard him actually
throwing out such a Storm of Eloquence. 1000 Ælfric Gen. xxxi. 5 Ic ᴁeseo on
eowres fæder þeawum, þæt he nys swa wel wið me ᴁeworht, swa he wæs ᴁyrstan dæᴁ and
þis æran dæᴁ. 1456 Sir G. Haye Law Arms (S.T.S.) 222 Charlis Maygne ‥ transportit
the study out of Rome and brocht it to Paris, ‥ [and] has gevin to the study of
Paris sa mony notable privilegis that clerkis suld joys thare. 1840 F. Marryat
Poor Jack xliii. 315 You think no one knows any thing about you; but every thing
has been discovered by me; and I cannot help thinking that it has been made known
providentially, and for your good. 1947 C. MacKenzie Whisky Galore i. 4 The bank
agent's complexion grew darker with embarrassment. 1990 Glycobiol. 1 39/1 The
results provide evidence that the mis-expression of glycosyltransferases can be
used to interfere with the normal pattern of glycosylation in whole organisms.
1615 Crooke Body of Man 236 The torne Membranes ‥ do somtimes hang downe on either
hand in the sides by the cleft like vnto values ‥ or *leafe-gates. 1549 Registr.
Aberdon. (Maitl. Club) I. 434 Togyddyr with seruice in ostijng and vthir generall
raidis furneist þairto efter þe forme and styill of þe schyir. 1769 De Foe's Tour
Gt. Brit. (ed. 7) I. 161 This ancient Remain is situated about a Quarter of a Mile
to the right of the great Road leading from Rochester to Maidstone. 1375 Sc. Leg.
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W. Herschel Sci. Papers (1912) I. 162, I call it Gaging the Heavens, or the *Star-
Gage. It consists in repeatedly taking the number of stars in ten fields of view of
my reflector very near each other, and by adding their sums, and cutting off one
decimal on the right. 1701 N. Rowe Ambitious Step-mother iv. iii Will you be good
And think with Pity on the lost Cleone? 1841 Safety of Jersey  iii. 40 Do you
observe that personage, with a ducketty-mud sort of shooting coat and a would-be
white cravat. 1240 Ureisun 46 in O.E. Hom. I. 193 Mid englene wille. 1894 Outing
(U.S.) XXIV. 173|2 The house was ‥ held together nominally by a little mud and
mortar, in reality by virtue of being laid in the gravity line. 1966 G. Greene
Comedians i. iii. 88 I was already a hundred and fifty dollars to the good. 1755
W. Hay tr. Martial Select Epigrams ii. xlviii. 13 Wine, and good fare. 1633 G.
Herbert Temple, The Bag iv, Many a brunt He did endure to cancell sinne: And having
giv'n the rest before, Here he gave up his life to pay our score. 1919 Oakland
(Calif.) Tribune 6 Apr. x. 2/6 (advt.) Telephone soliciting and orders taken for
professional and business men by educated, experienced business woman who is a good
talker. 1868 Lockyer Elem. Astron. vii. (1879) 261 The direction of the Earth's
motion in its orbit, called the Earth's Way. 1926  H. MacDiarmid Drunk Man looks
at Thistle  90 Syne ither systems ray on ray Skinkle past in quick array. 1579
Fulke Heskins' Parl. 382 The fiue and twentieth Chapter proceedeth vpon the same
text. 1554 J. Proctor Hist. Wyates Rebellion sig. G.viiiv One of them beinge a
gentleman, beganne to shewe hys game before all the cardes were full dealed. 1897
G. du Maurier Martian iv. 183 Is it still Skinner who builds for you? 1963 Times
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Where as Naso recordeth ‥ But percell eke of the vnkyndnesse Of this Jason. 1599
Hakluyt Voy. II. 81 The captaine caused to make the traverses upon the wall whereas
the breach was. 1470 Henry Wallace x. 32 Nane off that place had power for to
found. 1850 J. S. Jenkins U.S. Exploring Exped.: Voy. of Exploring Squadron i. ii.
50 The unsightly daddocks, which so often mar the beauty of northern scenery, are
rarely encountered [in Brazil]. 1930  D. H. Lawrence Mod. Lover(1934) 178 The
Reverend Mr. Flewitt is newly arrived on the circuit, and wants to sweep the chapel
very clean of sin, being a new broom. 1783 H. Blair Lect. Rhetoric I. x. 186 We
are pleased with an author..who carries us through his subject without any
embarrassment or confusion. 1801 Latham Gen. Synop. Birds Suppl. II. 204 Silent
Tanager. ‥ Inhabits the thick woods of Guiana. ‥ A solitary bird. 1897 C. Durand
Reminisc. 83 We made our household sugar, and luscious maple molasses, not mixed as
it is now too often with water and common Muscovado sugar. 1808 Scott Marm. vi.
xxvii, Now low, now high, The pennon sunk and rose. 1676 Dryden Aurengz. iii. 33
Too truly Tamerlain's Successors they, Each thinks a World too little for his sway.
1910 E. M. Forster Howards End xxiii, If Drayton were with us again to write a new
edition of his incomparable poem, he would sing the nymphs of Hertfordshire as
indeterminate of feature, with hair obfuscated by the London smoke. 1375 William
of Palerne (1867) l. 1334 (MED) Þe messangeres..gretten hire godli whan þei þat
gode seie. 1938 N. Streatfeild Circus is Coming viii. 132 Using the side of the
steps as a *practice bar and raising her right leg in an arabesque. 1880 Times 9
Feb. 11|6 [In] St. Petersburg ‥ all ‥ vehicles which carry lamps ‥ are compelled to
light their lamps simultaneously with the lighting of the street lamps. Should the
coachman fail to comply with this regulation, the police draw up a ‘protocol’ of
the case, which is handed to a justice of the peace. 1856 ‘Stonehenge’ Brit.
Sports ii. iv. §340 The Walks for the Young Hounds should be chosen in such
situations as that they shall be accustomed to all sorts of company from children
to horses. 1877 W. Bruce Comm. Revelation 87 Tell him that his natural Enemies are
not designed in the promise. 1513 Bradshaw St. Werburge i. 200 The ‥ ryuer and
water of Mersee ‥ Mesurynge and metynge the bondes ‥ Bitwene chesshyr & lancashyr.
1790 J. Fisher Poems 102 Ae simmer e'en baith wale an' trig, About the mirkning.
1837 Carlyle Fr. Rev. I. i. ii, Of these ages *World-History can take no notice.
1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xii. 221 The one who had the largest share of
James's good graces seems to have been Cartwright. 1840 Thirlwall Greece VII. 245
The insight and the effort came too late to be of any avail. 1824 S. E. Ferrier
Inher. I. xxxi. 344 [A bride] sobbed aloud ‥ although, as Bob and Davy afterwards
declared, that was all in the eye. 1742 C. Cibber Let. to Pope 47 To slip his
little Homer, as he call'd him, at a Girl of the Game. 1809 Susan I. 155 The
conception ‥ had
inculcated itself ‥ into her mind. 1400 Sir Perc. 50 Wolde he none forsake, The
rede knyghte ne the blake. 1904 Blackwood's Mag. Jan. 31/1 A strong case would be
made out against the over-assiduous attentions of the preparatory school game-
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gudesone of ane obligacioun of sex hundreth markkis. 1594 in Nichols Progr. Q.
Eliz. (1823) III. 284 All requisite service, be it *night-service or otherwise, ‥ to
all ladis. 1531   H. Latimer Let. Dec. in J. Foxe Actes & Monuments (1563)
1325/2   It were to long to tel you what blyndnes I haue been in, and howe longe it
were er I coulde forsake suche foly, it was so corporate in me. 1879 Spon's
Encycl. Indust. Arts 1102 The feature which distinguishes the ‘hat’ from other
forms of head-dress is the possession of a brim. 1612 Woodall Surg. Mate Pref.,
Wks. (1653) 11 By death all mens thoughts perish, and so doth every mans private
inventions and practises. 2002 Richmond (Va.) Times Disp.(Nexis) 3 Apr. e1 The
third-generation baker made religieuse and mousse for the masses. 1952 A. L. Rowse
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Trestonne, with empressement, when introduced to Lady Cynthia and Miss Bowen. 1951
Jrnl. Royal Aeronaut. Soc. 55 526/2 To avoid embarrassment to the pilot, the sudden
increase of power on the wave-off signal should not be accompanied by violent
changes of trim. 1573–80 Baret Alv. H 206 Haruest was so plentifull, that barnes
would not hold it. 1398   J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De
Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) iv. iii. 81   What is drawen and is lyke therto
is corporate and onyd therto. 1677 Barrow Wks. (1687) I. viii. 94 It was a
satyrical answer (that of Aristotle) ‥ who being asked ‥ What doth the soonest grow
old? replied ‥ Thanks. 1671 Milton P.R. iv. 80 All Nations now to Rome obedience
pay. 1876 Rogers Pol. Econ. (ed. 3) ix. 81 The privileges accorded ‥ to the
merchants of the Hanse Towns. 1905 N. Davis Northerner 93 It will be just—what was
it you said—pie?—pie for them, won't it. 1549 Latimer 6th Serm. bef. Edw. VI
(Arb.) 158 (heading), Sermon ‥ whych he preached before the kynges Maiesty wyth in
hys Graces Palaice at Westminster. 1597 Morley Introd. Mus. 184 Ye tearmeth he
musick a perfect knowledge of al sciences and disciplines. 1948 Nature 17 Apr.
597/1 Visual estimates..gave Quadrantid velocities of 32–46 km./sec. 1526 Pilgr.
Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 162 b, Let vs not come to ye chirche by vse & custome, as the
oxe to his stalle. 1712 tr. Pomet's Hist. Drugs I. 26 Of a strong smell, very much
like Spike or Lavender. 1919 W. Deeping Second Youth xxxiv. 288 When the real
job's finished we just throw up our caps and shout. I wish the red-hat element
would try to understand that. 1762 Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Paint. (1786) III. 59
His exuberant pencil was ready at pouring out gods, goddesses, [etc.] over those
public surfaces on which the eye never rests long enough to criticize. 1882 Besant
All Sorts xviii, And he made no more way with his wooing. That was stopped,
apparently, altogether. 1863 Faber Hymn, ‘I was wandering’, As He came along His
way. 1845 Lancet 19 July 63/2 Secondly, from the cerebro-spinal system; pain and
weakness of the limbs, titubation, vertigo. 1819 Moore Tom Crib's Mem. Congress 2
All my eye, Betty. 1864 Bowen Logic vi. 149 Every correct step of Reasoning,
considered simply as such, or in reference to its Form. 1926 Scribner's Mag. Sept.
8|2 The Foundation is accumulating a body of literature on Positive Health, for the
use of individuals and organized *study groups. 1706 Royal Proclam. 11 Apr. in
Lond. Gaz. No. 4218|1 It is High Treason for any ‥ Persons to put in Practise to
Absolve, Perswade or Withdraw any of Our Subjects ‥ from their ‥ Obedience to Us.
1889 G. M. Hopkins Poems (1918) 89 We are *leafwhelmed somewhere with the hood Of
some branchy bunchy bushybowered wood. 1668 Sir W. Waller Div. Medit. (1839) 146
In this my day, or rather in this my now. 1905 G. B. Shaw Let. 27 Nov. (1972) 583,
I do not know yet exactly how you get your effects, except that it is not in my
rather rhetorical, public⁓speaker kind of way. 1702 Rowe Ambit. Step-Mother i. i,
With heedless steps they unawares Tread on the Lyons walk. 1675 R. Baxter Treat.
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day, are in danger of being in a bad to morrow. OE Wærferð tr. Gregory Dialogues
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þæt gehwilc man ete & drince & bruce þære blisse of his agnum weorce & gewinne.
1884 Rae Contemp. Socialism vii. 281 This idea of a ‘genial anarchy’ ‥ has always
been the favourite social remedy of the Russian revolutionary party. 1891 Fur, Fin
& Feather Mar. 170 They were a big party of cinnamons harvesting their way back
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Templeton Locomot. Engine 13 The stays ‥ are generally of 3|4ths round copper, ‥
being for the purpose of rendering the flat surfaces of the fire box capable of
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Thewe ‥ bought ‥ all maner of merchandise ‥ and kept ane oppin Schoopp for Retailling
of the same. 1855 Bain Senses & Intell. i. i. §3 (1864) 5 Volition is separated
from Feeling, by superadding the characteristic of action, or the putting forth of
energy to serve an end. 1855 Orr's Circ. Sci., Inorg. Nat. 236 Some natural
exposure on a cliff, in a valley, by a stream, or wherever—in a word—the surface
coating of soil being absent, the underlying rock can be seen. 1891 Mag. Christian
Lit. Apr. 28 The full sum has been paid, the house in question has been bought:
there shall be no retractation or annulment of the contract. 1847 Helps Friends in
C. (1854) I. 116 It takes away much of the favour of life. 1852 tr. R. de Maistre
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say, bad books written by excellent men deceived. 1930 Economist 6 Sept. 454|2
There are obviously wide undeveloped markets, of which Britain should be able to
secure at least a proportion ‥ if English manufacturers can compete with those of
America in the matter of ‘service’. 1450 Merlin xxxii. 655 Gawein com thourgh the
presse makinge wey with the trenchaunt suerde. 1980 C. S. French Computer Sci. vi.
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on the make and model of computer. 1855 Tennyson Maud i. i. iv, I heard The
shrill-edged shriek ‥ divide the shuddering night. 1763 C. Johnstone Reverie(new
ed.) II. 16 How can you intrude so rudely into a lady's ruelle? You see I have set
out my toilet. 1917 E. F. Phillips Beekeeping ix. 203 German bees are especially
subject to European foul brood, Carniolans swarm excessively..and Caucasians
propolize badly. 1509 Hawes Past. Pleas. xxi. (Percy Soc.) 99 With knottes
*sixeangled, gay and glorious, The rofe did hange.