† swagementn.
Obsolete. rare.
The fluting of a column.
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swagement1519
canaliculus1563
fluting1611
flute1660
1519 W. Horman Vulgaria xxix. f. 241 A playted pyller gatereth dust in the swagementis [in strigilis].
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n.1519- to wear one's fingers to the bone
- to wear one's heart on one's in one's mouth
- to wear one's heart on one's sleeve
- to wear one's heart on one's tongue
- to wear one's heart upon one's sleeve
- to wear one's learning lightly
- to wear oneself to a shadow
- to wear out
- to wear out, forth
- to wear papers
- to wear petticoats
- to wear the blanket
- to wear the breeches
- to wear the bull's feather
- to wear the goat'goat horns
- to wear the goat's horns
- to wear the green willow
- to wear the horn
- to wear the horns
- to wear the king's coat
- to wear the mat
- to wear the pants
- to wear the shirt
- to wear the trousers
- to wear the weight of learning lightly like a flower