† effigiumn.
Obsolete. rare.
= effigies n.
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ylikenesseOE
likenessOE
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1564 W. Bullein Dialogue against Fever Pestilence f. 61 It was the picture or Effigium of a noble man.
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n.1564- to wax to man's estate
- to wax up
- to weaken the hands of
- to wear a crown, diadem, mitre, palm, the purple
- to wear a forker
- to wear a green bonnet
- to wear a wire
- to wear another to a shadow
- to wear buff
- to wear down
- to wear goat'goat horns
- to wear goat's horns
- to wear late, short
- to wear many hats
- to wear motley
- to wear on
- to wear on or to the thread
- to wear one's arm in a scarf or sling
- to wear one's fingers to the bone
- to wear one's heart on one's in one's mouth
- to wear one's heart on one's sleeve
- to wear one's heart on one's tongue
- to wear one's heart upon one's sleeve
- to wear one's learning lightly
- to wear oneself to a shadow