† refossionn.
Obsolete. rare.
The action of digging something for a second time; digging up.
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1634 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. Hist. New Test. (STC 12640.7) i. 438 Hence are..refossion of graves, torturing of the surviving, worse than many deaths.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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n.1634- to leave well
- to leave well alone
- to leave well enough alone
- to leave wide open
- to leave wide open to something
- to lecture it
- to leese one's life-days
- to leese one's lifedays
- to leftward
- to leftward of
- to leg along
- to leg it
- to leg out
- to leg through
- to lend a a helping hand
- to lend a deaf ear
- to lend a hand
- to lend a shoulder
- to lend an ear or one's ears
- to lend an open ear
- to lend audience
- to lend colour
- to lend colour to
- to lend credence to
- to lend forth