† hempteryn.
Obsolete.
Hempen fabric.
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1570 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 156 I beqwethe to my dawghter Jone..one payer of shetes of hempteren..to my dawghter Anne..one payer of sheets of hemptery..to John Kanam my sonne..one payer of shetes of hemptre.
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n.1570- to pull stripes
- to pull take a rabbit out of a hat
- to pull the chestnuts out of the fire
- to pull the devil by the tail
- to pull the feathers off
- to pull the feathers off a person's fame
- to pull the labouring oar
- to pull the lever
- to pull the long bow
- to pull the or one's pud
- to pull the pin
- to pull the pin on
- to pull the plug
- to pull the ropes
- to pull the rug from under
- to pull the rug out from under
- to pull the skin over a person's ears
- to pull the string of the shower bath
- to pull the strings
- to pull the wires
- to pull through
- to pull to
- to pull to bits
- to pull to pieces
- to pull together