† vorticlen.
Obsolete. rare.
A little vortex.
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vorticle1766
1766 G. Canning tr. M. de Polignac Anti-Lucretius iv. 309 In the vast Vortex, that surrounds the Whole, Examine how the Vorticles must roll.
1766 G. Canning tr. M. de Polignac Anti-Lucretius iv. 317.
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n.1766- to set little nought by
- to set little price of
- to set little price upon
- to set little, more, nought, not, of
- to set little, nought to
- to set lowe to
- to set lunt to
- to set measures to
- to set mind at rest
- to set more store or price by
- to set naught or nought by
- to set naught or nought not anything by
- to set naught or nought nothing by
- to set nether
- to set no price, littly at
- to set no store or price by
- to set not a cherry, curse, a fly, a haw, a mite, an onion, at, by, of
- to set not a cherry, curse, a fly, a haw, a mite, an onion, etc at, by, of
- to set not by
- to set off
- to set off one's rest
- to set on
- to set on a seat, a throne, on horseback
- to set on another's back
- to set on at cinque and sice