† devotressn.
Obsolete.
A female devotee; a votaress.
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1624 Gag for Poe 68 Nuns and other deuotresses.
1662 J. Evelyn Sculptura ii. 20 Aristotle mentions Daphne a certain Devotresse of Apollo.
1689 J. Carlile Fortune-hunters iii. ii. 35 Cruel Devotress, will you rob the World of the but one sweet Angel they have left, to add to those vast Millions are above?
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n.1624- to dip one's fingers in a matter
- to dip one's pen in gall
- to dip one's toe in
- to dip one's toe in the water
- to dip one's wick
- to dip sheep
- to dip snuff
- to dip wick
- to disadvantage
- to disappear into the ether
- to disappear up one's own arse
- to disappear up one's own ass
- to disavail oneself of
- to discharge and recharge
- to disclaim to hold of
- to disclaim to hold of a person
- to discover check
- to discretion
- to dish about
- to dish it out
- to dispatch out of life
- to dispatch out of the way
- to dispatch the life of
- to dispatch the world
- to dispend land