† lion-piecen.
Obsolete.
(See quot. 1611.)
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1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Filière,..a Lyon-peece, or Ridge-peece, of timber; a side-wauer. [Hence in Halliwell as lion.]
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n.1611- to break wind
- to break with
- to break, burst, etc in or into shivers
- to break, crack tryst
- to break, crush, a fly upon the wheel
- to break, cut off the entail
- to break, cut the entail
- to break, etc into sherds
- to break, knock etc, or go, to smash
- to break, snap etc short
- to break, snap etc short off
- to break, snap short
- to break, snap short off
- to breast it out
- to breast oneself against something
- to breast oneself to something
- to breast the tape
- to breathe a sigh of relief
- to breathe a vein
- to breathe after
- to breathe again
- to breathe down neck
- to breathe down someone's neck
- to breathe down the back of neck
- to breathe down the back of someone's neck