† metoposcopern.
Obsolete.
= metoposcopist n.
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1569 J. Sanford tr. H. C. Agrippa Of Vanitie Artes & Sci. xxxv. f. 51v A certaine man..did so passingly depainte the likenesses of Images, that by them the Metoposcoper hath tolde the yeares of death paste or to come.
1649 J. Bulwer Pathomyotomia ii. iii. 146 Whatsoever inward..affection of the mind is..observed by Metoposcopers and others to appeare in the Forehead.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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n.1569- to grind out
- to grind the coffee mill
- to grind the faces occasionally face of
- to grind the faces of
- to grint with the teeth
- to grip to
- to grip up
- to gripe with
- to groan down
- to groan in oneself
- to groan in the spirit
- to groan inwardly
- to groan one's heart out
- to groan with the heart
- to groom up
- to groove into
- to grope a gull
- to grope and grabble
- to lay violent hands on
- to lay violent hands upon
- to lay wait
- to lay waste
- to lay watch
- to lay wed
- to lay weight upon