† martretn.
Obsolete. rare.
A polecat.
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polecat1320
foumartc1400
fitchew1418
fethok1424
martretc1450
boussyng1481
flewen1494
fitchet1535
fitch1550
fitchock1616
thummart1696
c1450 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 582/28 Fecontria [read fetontrici], a martret.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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n.c1450- to play the part of
- to play the peacock
- to play the percentages
- to play the personage of
- to play the piano
- to play the pope-holy
- to play the popeholy
- to play the prodigal
- to play the puck with
- to play the race card
- to play the reverse
- to play the rex
- to play the rhinoceros
- to play the sophister
- to play the strumpet
- to play the the devil
- to play the the very devil
- to play the traveller
- to play the traveller upon
- to play the traveller upon a person
- to play the truant, -s
- to play the truant, s
- to play the unthrift
- to play the very buggane
- to play the very buggane with a person