† braasnyadj.
Obsolete. rare.
Like brass.
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hardeOE
braasny1382
dure1412
flinty?1541
obdurate1598
putaminous1598
oakeda1618
marblya1620
obdure1625
marmorean1656
durous1666
calculous1682
scirrhous1694
horn-hard1768
marmoreal1798
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Deut. xxviii. 23 Be heuene that is aboue thee braasny [a1425 brasun]; and the lond that thou tredist yrony [a1425 yrun].
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adj.1382- lose one's week
- lose one's wool
- lose one'the voice
- lose or spill one's while
- lose out
- lose patience, one's temper
- lose plant
- lose run of
- lose serve
- lose sight of
- lose sleep about
- lose sleep for
- lose sleep over
- lose stock and block
- lose the day
- lose the duke
- lose the exchange
- lose the fang
- lose the number of one's mess
- lose the plot
- lose the run of
- lose the run of oneself
- lose the scent
- lose the sheep dialect ship for a ha'p'orth of tar
- lose the sheep for a ha'p'orth of tar