† microgermn.
Obsolete. rare.
A (pathogenic) microbe.
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1887 A. M. Brown Treat. Animal Alkaloids iii. ii. 150 It is..an absurdity to introduce micro-germs into the question.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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n.1887- to give one's hands
- to give one's hat
- to give one's head for the polling
- to give one's head for the washing
- to give one's honour
- to give one's life
- to give one's mind to
- to give one's mother for a maid
- to give one's name to
- to give one's right arm to do something
- to give one's right arm to for something
- to give one's sense
- to give one's testimony
- to give one's vote
- to give one's wind
- to give one's word
- to give oneself airs
- to give oneself ill
- to give oneself satisfaction
- to give oneself wonder
- to give onset
- to give open ear
- to give or do one to understand
- to give or do to understand
- to give or get the shaft