† adrillv.
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To delay, postpone, put off (something). Also intransitive.
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the mind > possession > loss > be lost [verb (intransitive)]
adrillc1350
slip1390
to carry away1604
to go (etc.) down the drain1930
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > loosening or unfastening > be loosened, unfastened, or undone [verb (intransitive)] > become loosely attached > fail to stick or hold
adrillc1350
slip1382
c1350 (a1333) William of Shoreham Poems (1902) 86 (MED) Meche hys þe mede þat hym worþe, By so þat he na-drylle.
c1350 (a1333) William of Shoreham Poems (1902) 111 (MED) Wanne man leteþ adrylle Þat he god ȝelde schel.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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