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Today's word from the OED has the following earliest quotation: 1867 F. S. COZZENS Sayings of Dr. Bushwacker xxii. 165 To pass..from Claret, Burgundy and Champagne..to..Rudesheimer, and even Piesporter, without a groan.
Wed, 07/28/2010 - 07:00
Today's word from the OED has the following earliest quotation: c1487 J. SKELTON tr. Diodorus Siculus Bibliotheca Historica V. 384 Dame Ceres..made to hym euydent exposicion how he sholde demene hym-self in thoffycyous admynystracion of thobseruauncis & sacrefyse.
Tue, 07/27/2010 - 07:00
Today's word from the OED has the following earliest quotation: 1610 G. MARKHAM Maister-peece II. xii. 239, I haue seene many a slothfull and heauy horse brought to be moone eyed by the folly of his rider.
Mon, 07/26/2010 - 07:00
Today's word from the OED has the following earliest quotation: a1393 GOWER Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) II. 2105 Thei ben the slyeste of alle..To feigne and schewe thing withoute Which is revers to that withinne.
Sun, 07/25/2010 - 07:00
Today's word from the OED has the following earliest quotation: c1487 J. SKELTON tr. Diodorus Siculus Bibliotheca Historica III. 184 Many fruytes there [sc. in Ynde] grow of theire owne nature without tilthe or any other labour iconomycall [L. cum & sua sponte nascantur fructus].
Sat, 07/24/2010 - 07:00
Today's word from the OED has the following earliest quotation: OE Blickling Homilies 205 Is hit ealles gerisnost {th}aet hit sy on {edh}aem daege {edh}e se sige onseald waes.
Fri, 07/23/2010 - 07:00
Today's word from the OED has the following earliest quotation: 1646 SIR T. BROWNE Pseud. Ep. II. vi. 97 A dry and flosculous coat [of the nutmeg], commonly called Mace.
Thu, 07/22/2010 - 07:00
Today's word from the OED has the following earliest quotation: 1648 H. PARKER Of Free Trade 21 All other English Merchants..may buy, and vend again all sorts of English Wares that are fully manufactured.
Wed, 07/21/2010 - 07:00
Today's word from the OED has the following earliest quotation: 1961 Grocer 4 Nov. 36/3 Doubling the selling space..was not..the greatest expense. It was the..new sectional shelving, eight dump bins, and..the new self-service refrigerator.
Tue, 07/20/2010 - 07:00
Today's word from the OED has the following earliest quotation: 1594 WILLOBIE Avisa xlv. 17 The smothered flame, too closely pent, Burnes more extreame for want of vent.
Mon, 07/19/2010 - 07:00
Today's word from the OED has the following earliest quotation: 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. lxxxiiiiv, In it was the whole spere [= sphere] portrated.
Sun, 07/18/2010 - 07:00
Today's word from the OED has the following earliest quotation: c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) 1085 {Th}e prelat..plungede him sone {th}er-on; {th}an was cristned sir Firumbras.
Sat, 07/17/2010 - 07:00
Today's word from the OED has the following earliest quotation: OE Brussels Gloss. in T. Wright & R. P. Wulcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 296 Bobonica, hratele.
Fri, 07/16/2010 - 07:00
Today's word from the OED has the following earliest quotation: a1460 Knyghthode & Bataile (Pembr. Cambr. 243) 97 O Jesse flour..Mankyndys lyfe is mylitatioun; And she, thi wife, is named Militaunce, Ecclesia.
Thu, 07/15/2010 - 07:00
Today's word from the OED has the following earliest quotation: 1857 H. B. FARNIE Golfer's Man. iii. 19 It is called a Niblick; has a tough yet effective driving shaft ; and an exceedingly small head well-spooned back.
Wed, 07/14/2010 - 07:00
Today's word from the OED has the following earliest quotation: 1908 Q. Jrnl. Med. 2 105 Erythraemia... Vaquez's disease, Osler's disease.
Tue, 07/13/2010 - 07:00
Today's word from the OED has the following earliest quotation: c1449 PECOCK Repr. II. viii. 186 Wherfore, alle thingis seen, this..reule or supposicion is trewe.
Mon, 07/12/2010 - 07:00
Today's word from the OED has the following earliest quotation: c1300 Vision St. Paul (Laud) in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1874) 52 37 {Th}e soules {th}at comez in {th}at prisoun, Of heom nis no mencion.
Sun, 07/11/2010 - 07:00
Today's word from the OED has the following earliest quotation: a1300 Cursor M. 3345 On morn wit godds beniscon Was mai rebecca lede o ton.
Sat, 07/10/2010 - 07:00
Today's word from the OED has the following earliest quotation: 1658 J. SPENCER Kaina kai Palaia 222 Leud debauched Ministers, whose doctrin and lives are as distant, as the two Polar Lines, cosmographically described on the Globe terrestriall.
