† obseratev.
Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
transitive. To bolt, to lock up.
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the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > close or shut [verb (transitive)] > close (a door, window, etc.) > bolt, bar, or lock
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pena1200
louka1225
bara1300
shutc1320
lockc1325
clicketc1390
keyc1390
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sneckc1440
belocka1450
spare?c1450
latch1530
to lock up1549
slot1563
bolt1574
to lock to?1575
double-lock1594
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obserate1623
padlock1722
button1741
snib1808
chain1839
1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Obserate, to locke or shut with bolt or key.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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v.1623- to have a way with
- to have a way with one
- to have a way with words
- to have a white feather in one's tail
- to have a white feather in one's wing
- to have a white head and a green tail
- to have a whitey
- to have a will of one's own
- to have a wise head on one's shoulders
- to have a wise head upon one's shoulders
- to have a wold
- to have a woman's maidenhead
- to have a word
- to have a, any, no, etc suspicion, or suspicions
- to have ado
- to have ado with
- to have aid of
- to have all one's buttons
- to have all one's buttons on
- to have all one's marbles
- to have all one's work cut out
- to have all steam on
- to have all the answers
- to have all the earmarkings of
- to have all the luck