† stinen.
Obsolete. rare.
? Support.
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sustenancea1398
sustentation?a1425
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supportation1496
support1594
supporture1609
fulciment1640
undersustentation1650
a1475 Liber Cocorum (Sloane) (1862) 34 Take floure and rere þo cofyns fyne, Wele stondande withouten stine.
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n.a1475- to take the words out of a person's mouth
- to take the worse and leave the better
- to take the worse and scorn the better
- to take the wrong pig by the ear
- to take the wrong pig by the tail
- to take their cloots
- to take things as one finds them
- to take things as they come
- to take thought
- to take through
- to take through hand
- to take through hands
- to take til heart
- to take till
- to take time
- to take time by the forehead
- to take time by the forelock
- to take time by the forelock formerly forehead
- to take time by the forelock formerly foretop
- to take time by the forelock formerly top
- to take time by the foretop
- to take time out
- to take time, opportunity, etc by the forelock
- to take to
- to take to bed