† by-versen.
Obsolete.
A verse that passes current, a rhymed saw or maxim.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > saying, maxim, adage > [noun] > in verse
by-verse1655
motto1824
1655 T. Moffett & C. Bennet Healths Improvem. xv. 130 The Dutchmen have a by-Verse amongst them to this effect.
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n.1655- to take the voices
- to take the vows
- to take the wall
- to take the wall of a person
- to take the water
- to take the waters
- to take the way
- to take the weight off
- to take the weight off one's feet
- to take the whiff
- to take the white veil
- to take the will for the deed
- to take the wind out of the sails of
- to take the wire edge off
- to take the woe with the weal
- to take the word
- 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