† firstheadn.
Obsolete.
The position of a person who is first, primacy. Also: a person who is first or before all things.
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the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > pre-eminence > [noun] > pre-eminent position
firstheada1382
lead1570
pride of place1824
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Ecclus. xxiv. 10 In alle folc of kinde the firsthed [L. primatum] I hadde.
a1425 (?a1400) Deonise hid Diuinite (Harl.) (1955) 2 Þou vnbigonne & euerlastyng Wysdome..arte þe souereyn-substancyal Firstheed.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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n.a1382- railroadiana
- railroading
- railroadings
- railroadish
- railroads
- railroadscalper
- railroadship
- railroadtrack
- railroadwrecking
- rails
- rails of the head
- rails run
- railside
- railslide
- railsplitter
- railsplitting
- railthegn
- railthegnster
- railunder
- railway
- railway accident
- railway act
- railway age
- railway arch
- railway bank