† earestayn.
Obsolete.
Perhaps: = kersey n.
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1611 in J. C. Jeaffreson Middlesex County Rec. (1887) II. 71 Unam peciam linei vocatam Earestayes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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n.1611- to break, knock etc, or go, to smash
- to break, snap etc short
- to break, snap etc short off
- to break, snap short
- to break, snap short off
- to breast it out
- to breast oneself against something
- to breast oneself to something
- to breast the tape
- to breathe a sigh of relief
- to breathe a vein
- to breathe after
- to breathe again
- to breathe down neck
- to breathe down someone's neck
- to breathe down the back of neck
- to breathe down the back of someone's neck
- to breathe easily
- to breathe easy
- to breathe fire
- to breathe fire and sword
- to breathe freely
- to breathe in
- to breathe into life
- to breathe it all in