† pawsonn.
Obsolete. rare.
= diapason n. 3b.
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notec1300
warblec1374
moteta1382
tunea1387
measurea1393
modulationa1398
prolation?a1425
gammec1425
proportion?a1505
laya1529
stroke1540
diapason?1553
strain1579
cantus1590
stripe1590
diapase1591
air1597
pawson1606
spirit1608
melody1609
aria1742
refrain1795
toon1901
sounds1955
klangfarbenmelodie1959
1606 J. Reynolds Dolarnys Primerose sig. C2 His nimble hand, guided by supple veynes, With heauenly pawsons, clos'd his dolefull streynes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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n.1606- to lie by the wall
- to lie by the walls
- to lie dead
- to lie deep
- to lie doggo
- to lie down
- to lie fair
- to lie fallow
- to lie for
- to lie for the whetstone
- to lie forth
- to lie full low
- to lie hard
- to lie heavy
- to lie heavy at or to one's heart
- to lie heavy on one's stomach
- to lie heavy upon
- to lie heavy, cold, etc formerly on the stomach
- to lie heavy, cold, etc on the stomach
- to lie heavy, cold, etc simply to lie on the stomach
- to lie hull
- to lie in
- to lie in ambush
- to lie in common
- to lie in grant