obessen.
Apparently a compositorial misreading of Chesse, variant of chess n.1
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a1629 C. Cornwallis Disc. Prince Henry (1641) 17 Hee..would sometimes play at Obesse at Biliors and at Cards.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
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n.a1629- to have have someone where one wants her
- to have have someone where one wants him
- to have have where one wants her
- to have have where one wants him
- to have heard of
- to have heavy miss of
- to have hips
- to have hollow leg
- to have hollow legs
- to have homage
- to have hot pants
- to have hot pants for a person
- to have i-wald
- to have ideas
- to have in a hate
- to have in a person's governing
- to have in a string
- to have in abomination
- to have in chertee
- to have in common
- to have in contempt
- to have in custom
- to have in deliciis
- to have in disdain
- to have in estimation