† carityn.
Obsolete.
Dearness, dearth.
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the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > [noun] > state of being limited in amount > scarcity, dearth, or deficient supply of anything
littleOE
dear cheapc1325
dearth1340
scanta1350
scantityc1386
scarcenessa1387
scarcitya1400
chertea1420
penury?a1425
poverty?1440
penuritya1500
geason1509
carity1530
scantness1543
famishment1569
fewty1596
famine1611
stint1651
grutch1815
society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > high price or rate > [noun] > dearness
chertea1420
carity1530
dearness1530
dearth1604
expensefulnessa1613
expensiveness1655
1530 in State Papers Henry VIII (1830) I. 367 A gret carystye in Italye of all maner of grayn.
1620 T. Venner Via Recta iii. 56 Notwithstanding the raritie and caritie of it.
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Carity, dearth, scarcity, dearness.
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