† prebearingn.
Heraldry. Obsolete.
The fact of a particular charge, device, etc., being borne already.
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1562 G. Legh Accedens of Armory 200 Then the Herehaught shal..tricke hym out a congruent cote of armes, hauing alwaies a regarde to prebearing.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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n.1562- mushing
- mushmouth
- mushmouthed
- mushrat
- mushroom
- mushroom anchor
- mushroom bed
- mushroom body
- mushroom cap
- mushroom cloud
- mystery writer
- mystery-man
- mystery-monger
- mystery-mongering
- mystery-piety
- mystery-priest
- mysterying
- mysteryman
- mysterymonger
- mysterymongering
- mysterypiety
- mysterypriest
- mystes
- mystic
- mystic testament