† casbaldn.
Obsolete.
A term of reproach (addressed in places quoted to Mary Magdalene).
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the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > inferior person > [noun] > held in reproach > female
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c1440 York Myst. xxxiv. 194 Go home, casbalde with þi clowte.
a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xxii. 284 Go home, thou casbald, with that clowte!
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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n.c1440- to make a etc slight
- to make a etc slight of
- to make a etc too hot for
- to make a face
- to make a false step
- to make a fare
- to make a fathom
- to make a feast of
- to make a feast upon
- to make a federal case out of
- to make a feint
- to make a fend
- to make a field
- to make a fight
- to make a figure
- to make a fine
- to make a fine show
- to make a fist
- to make a flutter
- to make a fool of
- to make a fool of oneself
- to make a full sethe
- to make a funny face
- to make a fuss about
- to make a fuss of or over