† makanden.
Obsolete.
Comfort, ease.
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softa1400
makandec1450
self-ease1590
easefulnessa1639
snugness1766
comfortableness1783
comfort1814
cosiness1834
c1450 (?a1400) Parl. Thre Ages (BL Add. 31042) 278 (MED) Ese was me leuere, Als man in his medill elde his makande wolde haue.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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n.c1450- to give a person road
- to give a person roast meat and beat etc with the spit
- to give a person roast meat and beat her with the spit
- to give a person roast meat and beat him with the spit
- to give a person roast meat and beat with the spit
- to give a person rope
- to give a person rope to hang himself
- to give a person running shoes
- to give a person sauce
- to give a person shit
- to give a person some one's compliments
- to give a person some one's kind regards
- to give a person some one's love
- to give a person some slack
- to give a person some sugar
- to give a person swinge
- to give a person the air
- to give a person the bauble
- to give a person the big e
- to give a person the bird
- to give a person the black spot
- to give a person the boot or the order of the boot
- to give a person the bothered ear
- to give a person the bum's rush
- to give a person the bumps