† biscotn.
Obsolete.
A fine formerly exacted from the owners of marsh lands for failure to repair banks, ditches, etc.
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society > authority > punishment > fine > [noun] > other fines
forfangc1250
green wax1440
window fine1529
biscot1662
1662 W. Dugdale Hist. Imbanking & Drayning Fens 254 a.
1691 Blount's Νομο-λεξικον (ed. 2) (at cited word) And if he should not by a second day given him, accomplish the same; then he should pay for every Perch ijs, which is called Bi-scot.
1790 Bailey's Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (ed. 25) Biscot, a Fine..to be paid on Default of repairing of Banks, Ditches, etc.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
† biscotv.
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To caress amorously.
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the mind > emotion > love > action of caressing > caress [verb (transitive)]
freeOE
coy1340
daunsel1362
to fawn on, upon1477
daut?a1513
cherish1568
fona1586
minion1598
flatter1599
ingle1599
biscot1653
ningle1659
fond1676
smuggle1679
fondle1686
caress1697
nauntle1828
smudge1844
1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 2nd Bk. Wks. xxiii. 156 Wheresoever they should biscot and thrum their wenches.
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