† biggandn.
Obsolete.
A builder.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > builder > [noun]
bigger1307
biggandc1350
builderc1380
edifiera1464
erectora1552
upbigger1562
structora1634
tectonist1634
architect1665
compiler1713
raiser1949
c1350 Psalter (BL Add. 17376) in K. D. Bülbring Earliest Compl. Eng. Prose Psalter (1891) cxvii. 20 (MED) Ðe stone which þe biggand [L. edificantes] reproued.
a1400 Psalter (Vesp.) cxvii. 21 in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1896) II. 250 Þe stane whilke biggand forsoke.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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