† aboastv.
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To address in a boastfully defiant manner.
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c1390 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Vernon) (1867) A. vii. 142 (MED) A Brutiner, A Braggere A-Bostede him [ C abosted peers] Alse, And bad go pisse him with his plouh.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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v.c1390- to curry favour
- to curry friends
- to curry good will
- to curry pardon
- to curry the skin coat of
- to curse by bell, book, and candle
- to curse one's stars
- to curtail a etc of
- to curtail a person of
- to curtail in
- to curtail of
- to cushion the blow
- to cut a a person to ribbons
- to cut a bosh
- to cut a caper on nothing
- to cut a caper or capers
- to cut a cheque
- to cut a corner or corners
- to cut a curvet
- to cut a dash
- to cut a feather
- to cut a flash
- to cut a flourish
- to cut a gordian knot
- to cut a large large thongs of another man's leather