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/ɛː/, /ɑː/, U.S. /ɛr/, /ɑr/ The unit of superficial measurement in the French metric system; a square of which the side measures ten metres, equal to 119·6 square yards.
ΚΠ
1819 J. Q. Adams in C. Davies Metr. Syst. 147.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
† arev.
Obsolete.
To show grace or clemency to, respect, spare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > compassion > feel pity for [verb (transitive)] > have mercy upon
sparec825
milceeOE
arec1000
i-milcec1000
to have (also take) mercy on (also upon, of)a1225
to show (also do) mercy (to)a1225
methec1225
savea1382
miltha1400
tender1442
to take to (also into) mercy1523
mercify1596
bemercy1660
to give (or cut) (a person) some slack1968
c1000 Ælfric Joshua ix. 21 Ac árodon heora life.
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 1462 Swa þatt tu mihht wel arenn himm. Þatt iss ȝæn þe forrgilltedd.
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 5704 & drihhtin..Shall arenn himm.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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v.c1000- feeding-rod
- feeding-room
- feeding-stead
- feeding-stuff
- feeding-time
- feeding-trace
- feeding-trough
- feeding-tube
- feeding-vessel
- feeding-work
- feedingbarley
- feedingbottle
- feedingbox
- feedingcake
- feedingcloth
- feedingcock
- feedingcup
- feedingdrum
- feedingengine
- feedingground
- feedinghabit
- feedinghead
- feedinghole
- feedinghouse
- feedingland