† scummerfaren.
Obsolete. rare.
Piracy.
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > piracy > [noun]
scummerfare1358
pirating1526
piratry1526
piracya1552
rovery1575
roving1585
picarooning1727
sea-roving1841
piratism1882
1358 in S. P. H. Statham Dover Charters (1902) 86 Que bona et quanta cepissent per Skomerfare, tempore quo dictus Custos optinuerit ballivam suam.
1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 321 Out of a barge faste by, Which hidd was ther on Scomerfare, Men sterten out.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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n.1358- to look on formerly also to the bright side of
- to look on formerly also to the bright side of something
- to look on formerly also to the dark side of
- to look on formerly also to the dark side of something
- to look on formerly also to the etc side of
- to look on formerly also to the etc side of something
- to look on the black side
- to look on the bright side
- to look on the bright side of
- to look on the bright side of something
- to look on the dark side
- to look on the dark side of
- to look on the dark side of something
- to look on the etc side
- to look on the etc side of
- to look on the etc side of something
- to look on the gloomy side
- to look on the positive side
- to look on the wine when it is red
- to look on with a different eye
- to look on with another eye
- to look one way and row another
- to look one's age
- to look one's best
- to look one's last