† entailn.1
Obsolete.
I. Cutting, carving; pattern or shape.concrete.c1430 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes (1554) ii. xv. 54 b Nothing seyn of all the whole entaile.
1. Ornamental carving; sculpture. Also concrete.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > sculpture or carving > [noun]
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statuary1563
engravery1566
insculption1599
scalpture1656
tomice1662
manusculpture1704
tooling1815
sculpturing1842
sculpting1876
mudding1892
machine sculpture1970
c1300 K. Alis. 4671 A schryne, Of entaile riche and fyne.
c1400 Rowland & O. 412 Ane helme of riche entayle, Of precyouse stanes the appayrayle.
1430 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy i. vi A ryche ymage of sylver..of meruaylous entayle.
a1533 Ld. Berners tr. Arthur of Brytayn (?1560) xliii. sig. Hv Foure condytes meruaylously wrought by subtyll entayle.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 1650 Caruen in Cristall by crafte of Entaile.
2. transferred. ‘Cut’, fashion of a garment; shape, pattern, outline; figure, stature. Also, guise, semblance.
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the world > space > shape > [noun]
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figuration?a1475
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c1320 Seuyn Sag. (W.) 2671 Honge we him in his entaile.
c1325 Poems temp. Edw. II (Percy) lvi A new entaile have thei i-fend..The raye is turned overthwart.
c1400 Rom. Rose 1081 Aboute hir nekke of gentyl entayle Was shete the riche chevesaile.
c1430 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes (1554) ii. xxvii. 63 a Among which hilles..Been craggy roches most hidous of entaile.
?1577 F. T. Debate Pride & Lowlines sig. Ciiiiv Another was there much of his entaile.
3. The phrase of good (rich) entail (sense 1, 2) was apparently taken as = ‘of good quality’. Hence (persons) of entaile: of ‘quality’ or rank.
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c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace
c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 730 A smot him on þe helm an heȝ þat was of god entaille.
c1430 Syr Gener. (Roxb.) 3608 With ix hundreth knightes of good entaile.
c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (1840) 188 Cytryne of colour, lyke garnettes of entayle.
a1450 Le Morte Arth. 3273 And yiffe we may wyth spechys spede Wyth trew trowthes of entayle.
II. Reckoning by tallies.
4. The keeping accounts by tallies.
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society > trade and finance > management of money > keeping accounts > [noun] > keeping accounts by tallies
entailc1488
c1488 Liber Niger in Househ. Ord. 70 He [Chief Pantrer] receivythe the brede of the Sergeaunt of the bake-house by entayle.
c1488 Liber Niger in Househ. Ord. 77 Ale or beer..pourveyede by entayle.
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entailn.2
/ᵻnˈteɪl/, /ɛnˈteɪl/, U.S. /ˈɛnˌteɪl/ Law.
The action of entailing; the state of being entailed.† 3. plural. (See quot. 1790; apparently humorous use of phrase belonging to 1.)
1. The settlement of the succession of a landed estate, so that it cannot be bequeathed at pleasure by any one possessor; the rule of descent settled for any estate; the fixed or prescribed line of devolution. Also in phrases: to break, cut (off) the entail, statute of entails, entail male.
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society > law > transfer of property > settlement of property > [noun] > entailing or entail
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entailc1380
tailye1391
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entailmenta1641
c1380 [see sense 2a].
1467 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 47 I wylle that myn executors and myn feffeis see the best mene that they can in restoryng ageyn to the olde intaile of the seid place.
1467 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 50 Not conteynyd in myne dede of entayle.
1584 H. Llwyd & D. Powel Hist. Cambria 138 To his heires male by an especial Entaile aforesaid.
a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) iv. iii. 281 For a Cardceue he will..cut th' intaile from all remainders.
1660 R. Burney Κέρδιστον Δῶρον 54 Transcendent to the ordinary course of the Lawes in passing of Fines and cutting of the Entails.
1712 J. Arbuthnot John Bull Still in Senses iv. 16 His Sister Peg's Name being in the Entail, he could not make a thorough Settlement without her Consent.
1741 S. Richardson Pamela III. xxxviii. 405 My Father too..might have cut off the Intail.
1759 W. Robertson Hist. Scotl. (1802) I. i. 223 By introducing entails..to render their possessions unalienable and everlasting.
1813 J. Austen Pride & Prejudice III. viii. 142 This son was to join in cutting off the entail . View more context for this quotation
1839 T. Keightley Hist. Eng. (new ed.) I. 252 The statute of entails..is also to be referred to this reign.
1852 G. Bancroft Hist. Amer. Revol. II. iii. 54 Entails were not perpetual; but land was always in the market.
2. transferred and figurative in various senses:
a. The securing (an office, dignity, privilege) to a predetermined line of successors; a predetermined order of succession.
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the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > succession or following in time > [noun] > sequence or order of succession
entailc1380
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series1594
sequel1615
succession1708
c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 391 Men supposen þis entaile [of tithes] was not expresly confermyd bi criste.
a1555 J. Bradford in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) III. App. xlv. 131 Thoughe the Quene..disheryt the right Heyres apparent, or breake her Father's Intayle.
1622 F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII 12 So as the Entaile might seeme rather a personall favour to him, and his children, than a total Dis-inherison to the House of York.
a1699 E. Stillingfleet Serm. II. i. (R.) How comes the entail to be made to all his [St. Peter's] successors?
1827 H. Hallam Constit. Hist. Eng. II. xv. 532 Harley..zealously supported the entail of the crown on the princess Sophia.
b. The transmission, as an inalienable inheritance, of qualities, conditions, obligations, etc.
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society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > customs, values, or beliefs of a society or group > [noun] > custom of a society or group > transmission of
entail1706
1706 D. Defoe Jure Divino viii. 30 They're Traytors else to the Entails of Sense.
1780 E. Burke Speech Oeconomical Reformation 63 An entail of dependence is a bad reward of merit.
1866 J. Martineau Ess. Philos. & Theol. 1st Ser. 218 The natural entail of disease and character.
1879 ‘G. Eliot’ Theophrastus Such ii. 36 That entail of social ignorance.
c. Necessary sequence.
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the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > [noun] > logical or necessary consequence
entail1662
emanation1710
sequence1861
1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ ii. vi. §10 If God by his immediate hand of providence did not cut off the entail of effects upon their natural causes.
a1847 R. W. Hamilton Rewards & Punishm. (1853) ii. 82 The entail of vice upon the circumstances of the present life.
d. concrete. That which is entailed; a secured inheritance.
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society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > succession > [noun] > descent by inheritance > that which is inherited > a secured inheritance
entail1822
1822 Ld. Byron Werner ii. ii. 305 Ignorance And dull suspicion are a part of his Entail will last him longer than his lands.
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1790 W. Marshall Rural Econ. Midland Counties II. 151 When they [sc. the reapers] came near the finish, they cut off each other's ‘entails’,—or ends of the lands: the whole finishing together.
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† entailv.1
Obsolete.
1. absolute.1598 Chaucers Dreame in T. Speght Wks. G. Chaucer f. 355v/1 Couth wel entaile in Imagery.
a. transitive. To carve, sculpture; to make carvings upon, ornament with carvings; to portray or represent by carving.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > sculpture or carving > sculpt or carve [verb (transitive)]
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entailc1394
chisel1517
to cut out1548
insculp1578
cut1600
sculpturea1684
sculp1784
sculpt1864
under-carve1904
c1394 P. Pl. Crede 167 A curious cros craftly entayled.
c1400 Rom. Rose 140 Wel entailled With many riche portraitures.
1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde iii. xi. 158 In thyse grete colompnes or pylers..were entaylled & grauen the vii scyences.
1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 355/3 They wold not entaylle ne kerue hit [an ydolle].
1555 W. Waterman tr. J. Boemus Fardle of Facions ii. i. 117 Plate..curiously wrought and entallied.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. iii. sig. P2v Golden bendes, which were entayld With curious antickes.
1637 J. Anchoran Porta Linguarum 183 A Carver or an image maker, graves, carves, and entailes a statue.
b. transferred with reference to embroidery.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > sew or ornament textile fabric [verb (transitive)] > embroider or ornament with sewing
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stitcha1529
whip1548
bebroyde1582
imphrygiate1592
purfle1601
embroche1611
be-embroider1614
acupinge1623
c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 612 Tortors & trulofeȝ, entayled so þyk.
c. In passive (cf. mould v.1, carve v., etc.) of a living body.
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?1553 (c1501) G. Douglas Palice of Honour (London) i. l. 477 in Shorter Poems (1967) 36 His body weil entalȝeit [1579 Edinb. entailȝeit] euery steid.
2. To engrave in intaglio. rare as distinct sense.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > printmaking > engraving > intaglio printing > engrave in intaglio [verb (transitive)]
entaila1552
intaglio1847
to cut in1883
a1552 J. Leland Itinerary (1711) VII. 49 (Cornelines) and other Stonys wel entaylid for Seales.
1577 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Islande Brit. i. xvii. f. 47v/2, in R. Holinshed Chron. I Costlye stones already entailled for Seales.
3.
a. To cut into, make an incision in.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > cutting > cut [verb (transitive)]
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carvec1000
cutc1275
slitc1275
hag1294
ritc1300
chop1362
slash1382
cut and carvea1398
flash?a1400
flish?a1400
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race?a1425
raise?a1425
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scotch?c1425
ochec1440
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ranch?a1525
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rash?1565
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fent1589
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nick1592
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rescide1598
skice1600
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wriggle1612
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carbonade1634
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sneg1718
snick1728
slot1747
sneck1817
tame1847
bite-
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxvi. xi. 259 Leafed after the manner of passe-flowers..but that they be entailed or endented deeper.
b. absol.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > making holes or becoming holed > become or make perforated [verb (intransitive)] > make (a) hole(s) > with something sharp > as a sharp instrument
biteOE
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1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. vi. sig. R6 The mortall steele despiteously entayld Deepe in their flesh.
4. To cut notches in a ‘tally’; to keep an account by tally.
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society > trade and finance > management of money > keeping accounts > keep accounts [verb (intransitive)] > keep accounts by tally
entailc1488
c1488 Liber Niger in Househ. Ord. 78 The yomen of the pycher house..intayle with both buttlers of wyne & ale.
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entailv.2
/ᵻnˈteɪl/, /ɛnˈteɪl/, U.S. /ˈɛnˌteɪl/ 1. Law. transitive. To convert (an estate) into a ‘fee tail’ (feudum talliatum); to settle (land, an estate, etc.) on a number of persons in succession, so that it cannot be bequeathed at pleasure by any one possessor. Const. on, to, upon.
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society > law > transfer of property > settlement of property > settle (property) [verb (transitive)] > entail
entail1380
tail1425
tailyec1540
society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > compel [verb (transitive)] > force or impose something upon
to lay on11..
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1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 390 Lande entaylid by mannys lawe.
1466 Mann. & Househ. Exp. (1841) 341 The said Herry schalle bye and entayle v. markes worthe of londe to hym and his eyres.
1495 Act 11 Hen. VII c. 60 Preamble Londes and tenementis whiche were intailed to him and to his Auncestres.
1590 R. Greene Neuer too Late i. 56* What Landes to sell, howe they were eyther tyed by Statute, or Intailde?
1642 T. Fuller Holy State i. xiv. 45 The old man being onely Tenant for life, and the lands entaild on one young Gentleman.
1670 J. Milton Hist. Brit. vi. 245 An old craft of the Clergy to secure thir Church Lands, by entailing them on some Saint.
1765 Act 5 Geo. III c. 26 Pream. [They] should convey, settle, and intail the lands so to be purchased.
1826 M. R. Mitford Our Village II. 244 The house and park..were entailed on a distant cousin.
1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits xi. 194 They cannot sell them [sc. houses], because they are entailed.
2. † b. In occasional uses: To make (a person) ‘heir’ to a possession, condition, etc.; to cause a person to become permanently (something). Obsolete.
a. transferred and figurative. To bestow or confer as if by entail; to cause to descend to a designated series of possessors; to bestow as an inalienable possession.
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the mind > possession > giving > give [verb (transitive)] > cause to be possessed > give as inalienable possession
entail?1504
society > law > transfer of property > types of transfer > [verb (transitive)] > bestow as inalienable possession
entail?1504
?1504 S. Hawes Example of Vertu sig. gg.ii The other gardyn is celestyall..And is entayled to vs in generall.
1513 T. More Hist. Edward V 3 The Crowne of the Realme [was] entayled to the Duke of Yorke and his Heires.
1589 J. Lyly Pappe with Hatchet B Neuer entaile thy wit to the eldest.
1595 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 i. i. 195 I heere intaile the Crowne To thee and to thine heires.
1630 W. Prynne God no Impostor (rev. ed.) 2 The benefits of the Gospell are intayled vpon them alone.
1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. xii. 36 Nor then had the Pope the whole power herein intailed to his Tripple Crowne.
1682 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Rights Princes (new ed.) ii. 57 Bishops might have entailed their Sees to their Kinred or Friends.
1712 A. Pope tr. Statius First Bk. Thebais in Misc. Poems 12 Thou Fury, then, some lasting Curse entail.
1752 H. Fielding Amelia I. ii. iii. 113 Can I bear to think of entailing Beggary on the Posterity of my Amelia?
1800 P. Colquhoun Treat. Commerce & Police R. Thames Pref. p. vii Intails distress and obloquy on an innocent offspring.
1870 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows 214 Luther..entailed upon us the responsibility of private judgement.
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the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > transform [verb (transitive)]
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forshapeOE
workOE
awendOE
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fordo1624
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transmutate1632
distila1637
to make much (also little, something, nothing, etc.) of1637
transqualify1652
unconvert1654
simulate1658
spend1668
transverse1687
hocus-pocus1774
mutate1796
fancy1801
to change around1871
metamorphosize1888
catalyse1944
morph1996
1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. xxxvi. sig. O8v Either of these intaile a mans mind to miserie.
a1659 F. Osborne Characters (1673) 639 For he did undo By writing them, what Wit entayl'd thee to.
1683 in Pennsylvania Arch. (1852) I. 79 Amount to soe vast a sume as will entail me yor Perpetuall Debtor.
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1593 T. Nashe Strange Newes 63 It hath pleased M. Printer..to intaile a vaine title to my name.
1607 T. Heywood Woman Kilde with Kindnesse sig. A4v All his mad tricks were to his land intaild, And you are heire to al.
1647 J. Howell New Vol. of Lett. 33 Upon the latter of which the Musulman empire is entayld.
1669 J. Bunyan Holy Citie 89 His Name was always so entailed to that Doctrine.
1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. iv. xi. 188 The allotment of Food is..entailed to the very Constitution and Nature of Animals.
4. To impose (inconvenience, expense, labour) upon a person. Chiefly said of circumstances or actions; hence occasionally of personal agents.
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1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. iv. xix. sig. Hh6v Yet Custom has so Entail'd some ways of Expence upon some Stations in the World.
1771 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. xlii. 138 What an enormous expence is entailed..upon this unhappy country.
1826 W. Scott Provinc. Antiq. Which shall, so long as the building stands, entail disgrace on all who have had to do with it.
1838 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Ferdinand & Isabella I. i. i. 3 The long wars..which a disputed succession entailed on the country.
1851 W. E. Gladstone State Prosecutions Neapolitan Govt. 35 I..shall not entail upon your Lordship the charge of handing to and fro replications and rejoinders.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. §16. 104 The great amount of labour which this [assistance] might entail upon him.
5. Simply. To bring on by way of necessary consequence. Of premises: To involve logically, necessitate (a particular conclusion).
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the world > existence and causation > causation > [verb (transitive)] > bring about as a consequence or entail
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haveOE
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to draw inc1405
to leave behind1424
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to draw on1572
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to lead toa1770
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mean1841
issue1842
subinduce1855
1829 R. Southey Sir Thomas More I. 267 A conquest which brought with it no evil and entailed no regret.
1839 E. D. Clarke Trav. Var. Countries (new ed.) 134/1 The scheme..was found to entail greater evils than those he was labouring to put down.
1853 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes (1854) I. iii. 32 The weight of business which this present affliction entails.
1856 P. E. Dove Logic Christian Faith Introd. 4 That failure would not entail the conclusion that, etc.
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