from misdeed (from Old English misdǽd ) + -y 13.. - Cursor Mundi (see below) From: Cursor Mundi (The Cursor O the World)
A Northumbrian Poem of the XIVth Century Edited by the Rev. Richard Morris Part III, 1876 P. 1047
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1831 - Library of Useful Knowledge, British Husbandry, Anon. (John F. Burke) - see below From: British Husbandry
John French Burke, 1840 Farm Reports, County of Sutherland from Latin allevāt- ppl. stem of allevāre to lift up, raise, relieve, lighten 1613 - A Table Alphabeticall, Robert Cawdrey - ALLEVATE - asswage, or make more easie and light From: Money Masters All Things:
Or, Satyrical Poems, Shewing the Power and Influence of Money over All Men. of what Profession or Trade forever they be. By L. Meriton, 1698 LX. On Dancing Masters P. 39 definition 1: from gig (n.) a joke, whim (obsolete) + -ish definition 2: from gig (n.) a two-wheeled carriage + -ish definition 1: 1523 - A Ryght Delectable Tratyse Upon a Goodly Garlande or Chapelet of Laurell. John Skelton (see Example below) definition 2: 1837 - New Monthly Magazine (for definition 1)
From: The Poetical Works of John Skelton Edited by the Rev. Alexander Dyce Volume I, 1843 A Ryght Delectable Tratyse Upon a Goodly Garlande or Chapelet of Laurell. P. 410 hares are said to sleep with their eyes open a 1700 - A New Dictionary of the Terms Ancient and Modern of the Canting Crew, B.E. Hare-sleep "with Eies a'most open" From: Tales, Anecdotes and Letters
Translated from the Arabic and Persian By Jonathan Scott, 1800 Letters, Letter VIII Aurungzebe to Sultaun Shujah from Latin pudendus shameful, disgraceful + -ous 1680 - Counterplots - see below, from E-NED From: Two Letters on the Subject of the Catholics.
By Peter Plymley, 1807 Letter II. P. 29 from Latin protervus forward, bold, pert, wanton, impudent Etymology of Latin protervus doubtful. Walde suggests after Fröhde pro-pterguos, from pro- + cogn. of Greek πτέρυξ wing. (From A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, James Murray) 1382 - Wyclif - see below from E-NED From: Satirical Poems of the Time of the Reformation,
Edited by James Cranstoun, Volume I, 1891 Ane Exhortation derect to my Lord Regent and to the Rest of the Lordis accomplisis from Latin ubi ubi (where) + -ty 1624 - A Replie to Jesuit Fishers Answere, Francis White - see below from E-NED
(for definition 1)
From: An Exmoor Scolding In the Propriety and Decency of Exmoor Language Between Two Sisters, Wilmot Moreman and Thomasin Moreman As they were Spinning A New Edition, 1839 Bout the Second. P. 12 from Latin præcellentem, pres. pple. of præcellĕre to surpass 1382 - Wyclif (see below from E-NED) From: Original Letters, Illustrative of English History;
Including Numerous Royal Letters. Edited by Sir Henry Ellis, Third Series, Vol. II, 1846 Letter CCXXIII Andrew Boorde to Secretary Cromwell from Bordeaux. Intelligence of "synystrall matters." from tire (vb.) + -y 1611 - Coryat Crudities (see below) From: Coryat's Crudities
Reprinted from the Edition of 1611 With His Letters from India &c Volume I. 1776 P. 37 from Greek πολυ- (poly), combining form of πολύς, πολύ, much + Greek τόπος (topos) place 1611 - B. Johnson in Coryat Crudities (see below) From: Coryat's Crudities
Reprinted from the Edition of 1611 With His Letters from India &c. Volume I. 1776 P. xxii from Latin dispendiōsus hurtful, prejudicial, from dispendium Cf. modern French dispendieux expensive definition 1: 1557 - Ecclesiastical Memorials, Pole in Strype (see below) definition 2: 1727 - Bailey (for definition 1)
From: Ecclesiastical Memorials Relating Chiefly to Religion and the Reformation of it. By John Strype Volume III. Part II. 1822 Historical Memorials, Ecclesiastical and Civil, of Events under the Reign of Queen Mary I A Catalogue of Originals Number LXXX. Cardinal Pole to Queen Mary P. 535 a rhyming jingle upon medley 1646 - Poems, John Hall (see below) From: Poems
By John Hall, 1646 The First Book A Satire P. 32 from un- + hight (vb.) to beautify, adorn (obsolete) a 1387 (see below) From: Chronicles and Memorials of Great Britain and Ireland during The Middle Ages
Polychronicon Ranulphi Higdin Monachi Cestrensis Together with the English Translations of John Trevisa and of an Unknown Writer of the Fifteenth Century Edited by Churchill Babington Volume I, 1865 P. 11 irregular from heavy a. + -ty c 1400 (Chaucer's Legende of Goode Women - see below) From: Chaucer's Legende of Goode Women
Edited by Hiram Corson, 1864 P. 87 1670 (A Collection of English Proverbs, John Ray, as per E-NED; an earlier example can be found below) From: Lexicon Tetraglotton,
An English-French-Italian-Spanish Dictionary By James Howell, 1660 Proverbs or Old Sayed-Sawes, and Adages in the English Toung. P. 6 From: The English Dialect Dictionary, Joseph Wright.
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