† defoulingdefoilingn.
Obsolete.
The action of defoul v.:
a. Trampling down.
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society > authority > rule or government > oppression > [noun]
threat971
duressc1320
defoulc1330
tyrantry1340
tyrannyc1368
oppressinga1382
overleadinga1382
tyrandisea1382
overlayingc1384
oppression1387
oversettinga1398
thronga1400
overpressingc1450
impressionc1470
tyrantshipc1470
tyrannesse?a1475
aggravation1481
defouling1483
supprissiona1500
oppressmentc1537
conculcation1547
iron hand?1570
thrall1578
tyrannizing1589
tyranting1596
ingrating1599
pressure1616
regrate1621
overpressure1644
slavishness1684
iron heel1798
1483 Cath. Angl. 94 A Defowlynge, conculcacio, pollucio, etc.
b. Violation, deflowering.
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society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > loss of chastity > [noun] > defilement of chastity or woman
brucheeOE
corruption1340
defoulingc1380
stuprea1382
deflorationc1400
defloweringc1400
violationc1450
vitiating1547
devirgination1606
vitiation1635
unmaidening1693
c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 200 No defoulynge þerof may askape unpeyned.
1440 J. Shirley Cron. Dethe James Stewarde (1818) 5 Yn dispusellyng and defowlyng of yong madyns.
1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 124 For the defoulling of his dochter deir.
c. Defiling, pollution, defilement.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > pollution or defilement > [noun]
solwinessa1300
befiling1340
filing1340
sulpinga1350
defouling1382
defoula1387
pollutionc1422
inquination1447
contagya1513
coinquination?1550
defiling1585
dirting1591
tainture1609
impuration1614
conspurcation1616
contamination1620
empoisonment1626
defilement1637
contagion1662
dirtying1674
polluting1897
society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > degrading or impairing morally > [noun] > polluting or defiling
wemming1100
sulpinga1350
defouling1382
pollutionc1422
pollutinga1449
deturpation1490
defiling1585
commaculation1637
defilement1637
sullage1641
infoedation1661
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) 2 Sam. xxii. 5 There han envyround me the defoulyngis of deeth.
14.. Prose Legends in Anglia VIII. 158 Made dule for defoylinge of chirches.
1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) xvii. cxxiii. sig. S.v/1 [Pitch] defoyllyth whyte colour & whyte clothes & clene. And suche defoyllyng [a1398 BL Add. defoule] is vneth taken awaye from clothe.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. ccxlvijv The bytyng of her tethe..defoulynge of her tayle.
d. Disfigurement.
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the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > disfigurement > [noun]
disfigurec1386
deformationc1440
defoulinga1450
disfiguring1526
deforming1552
disfiguredness1565
disgrace1581
defiguration1585
defeature1593
disfigurement1637
disfiguration1653
reprobation1774
uglification1820
desightment1828
deform1831
disfeaturement1884
a1450 Knt. de la Tour 23 That defoulyng of her uisage.
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