† espynen.
Scottish. Obsolete.
A long boat.
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float-boat1322
cocka1400
cockboat1413
longboat1421
cogc1430
cog boat1440
espyne1487
jolywat1495
barge1530
fly-boat1598
gondola1626
cocket-boat1668
yawl1670
whale-boat1682
pinnace1685
launch1697
jolly-boat1728
cutter1745
gig1790
pram1807
jolly1829
whaler1893
1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xvii. 719 The gynour Hit in ane hespyne [1489 Adv. ye aspyne; 1571 Edinb. ane aspyne; 1616 Hart an Aspine] with a stane.
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n.1487- to have a good time of formerly on it
- to have a good time of it
- to have a good war
- to have a great loss in
- to have a great loss of
- to have a great mind
- to have a great miss of
- to have a green bonnet
- to have a green thumb
- to have a grey head and a green tail
- to have a grudge against
- to have a grudge against at
- to have a grudge against to
- to have a gust of
- to have a hand at
- to have a hand for
- to have a hand in
- to have a hand in the dish
- to have a hand in the pie
- to have a hank on or over any one
- to have a hard-on for
- to have a hardon for
- to have a hatch before the door
- to have a hate against
- to have a hate on