† overthresholdn.
Obsolete. rare.
A door lintel.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > parts of door > [noun] > door lintel
overslayOE
overslaughta1225
overdornea1325
thresholdc1350
overthresholda1382
dernera1400
overcheekc1400
overway1430
headpiece1611
supercilium1816
paepae1937
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1959) Exod. xii. 22 Þe lytyll sprynkill of ysope wetiþ in blode þat is in þe neþer þreschwald & sprengiþ of it þe ouer þreschwald [a1425 Corpus Oxf. ouerthreswold; a1425 L.V. lyntel; L. superliminare].
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n.a1382- contextualised
- contextualises
- contextualising
- contextualism
- contextualist
- contextualistic
- contextualization
- contextualizations
- contextualize
- contextualized
- contextualizes
- contextualizing
- contextually
- contextural
- contexture
- contextures
- conticent
- contignate
- contignation
- contignations
- contigual
- contiguate
- contigue
- contiguities
- contiguity