Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	church_n	great_a	public_a	1,050	5	5.8664	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A69797	A dictionary of barbarous French, or, A collection, by way of alphabet, of obsolete, provincial, mis-spelt, and made words in French taken out of Cotgrave's dictionary with some additions : a work much desired, and now performed, for the satisfaction of such as read Old French / by Gvy Miege ...	Miege, Guy, 1644-1718?; Cotgrave, Randle, d. 1634? Dictionarie of the French and English tongues.	1679 (1679)	Wing C6373; ESTC R677	379,279	256

Honey-suckle Pericliter to jeopard hazard endanger Pericraine for pericrane the Pericranion the whole skin of the skull Perier the gisern of a hen c. Periller to be in some peril or hazard to perish Perilleusement dangerously Perimer to spoil abolish overthrow Perinée the seam or line that runs between the fundament and the cods Periodic for periodique periodical Perioste the skin wherewith the ribs be covered or the thin skin wherein any bone is covered Peripherée the circumference edge or border of a circle c. Peristile a Cloister a walking-place set about with pillars Perjure forsworn Perlette a small pearl Perlon a Rotchet or Gurnard-fish Permanable permanent Permeable quickly running or passing through Permistion a mingling together Permutateur a barterer exchanger Permutation a bartering or exchanging Permuter to barter or exchange Pernis as perpins Perons startups high-shooes fishers boots also bags or fatchels of leather Peroration the conclusion of an Oration Peroximes fits of an ague Perpaigne as parpaigne Perpetrer to perpetrate act commit Perpetuation a perpetuation Perpetuller to tickle Perpetuons perpetually begging Friars Perpins Perpenders or Perpent-stones stones made just as thick as a wall and shewing their smoothed ends on either side thereof Perplex perplexed intricate Perplexement perplexedly intricately Perprendre to seize or take into his hands ground that lies waste or common Perprlnse Perprison a seizing or taking into his own hands without leave of Lord or other ground that lies waste or common Perpuce for prepuce the foreskin Perquisiteur a diligent searcher Perresine rosin Perrie a Peerdom Perrier the ship-Artillery called a fowler Perriere as perrier also a quarry of stone Perrot an Oak which hath been or might have been for the age thereof twice lopped Perruqué wearing a Perruke long-hair'd Perruquet one that wears an effeminate lock or frizled tuft of hair Perserutation a through search or diligent inquiry Perse the piercing of a vessel Perseguier as persiguier Perse-pierre as perce-pierre in the N. D. Perser for percer to bore to pierce Persin for persil Parsley Persoir a piercer Personat a place or title of honour enjoyed by a beneficed person without any manner of Jurisdiction in the Church Personate the clot or great bur Personier as personnier Personnage for personne a person Personnerie a partnership a sharing or enjoying with another Personnier a partner a joynt Tenant or Tenant in common also a contributer with others in the payment of Taxes or other publick duties also one that joyns in an Action or Suit with another also a Complice Personnier Adj. joyning or enjoying with another Moulin personnier a common mill Perspicacité perspicacity ready apprehension Perspirable which may be breathed through Perspiration a perspiration or breathing through Perspiré sprinkled moistened Perstraindre or Perstreindre to wring or squeeze hard also to check or chide Pour le perstreindre en un mot to be short Persuadeur a perswader an inducer unto Persuasoire perswasory Il Pert it appeareth Pertroubler to trouble Pertuis for trou a hole Pertuisanon a little Partisan Pertuisé full of holes Pertuiser to make a hole to bore full of holes Perturber to trouble or to disturb Perversion perversion Perversion de bouche a convulsion whereby the mouth is drawn awry Pervertissement a perverting or depraving Pervis as parvis in the N. D. Pes as peis Pesade as posade Pesart the disease called the Night-mare Peschage a fishing or place to fish in Pescheable which may be fished in Pesche-amande the almond-peach Pesche-coing the quince-peach Peschement a fishing Pesche-noix the nut-peach Pescher for Vivier a fish-pond also a Peach-tree Pescheresse a Woman-fisher Grenouille pescheresse the Sea-frog or Sea-toad Pescheteau the Sea-frog Sea-toad or Sea-devil Pescheux full of fishing Peschier for pécher a Peach-tree Couleur de fleur de peschier a peach-colour Pesle the bolt of a lock Il fait le doux Dieu dessous une pesle he behaves himself gently he is a fair-conditioned man or he minces it too much Pesle-meslé confusedly mingled Pesles thrums or that which hangs at the end of a piece of cloth like fringe Pesne the bolt of a lock Pesqueur a Fisherman Pessaire a pessary a great suppository made of soft wool and fashioned like a finger Pesseau for Paisseau a stake Pesson as paisson Pesteil a Pestle Pesteux plag●y pestilent infections Pestifere pesti●●●ous Pestilentiel pestilential Pestiller to paddle to crackle to beat thick and short Pestrissure a kneading Petacé pieced be patched Petalisme a form or sentence of banishment among the old Syracusans writing his name whom they would be rid of in an Olive-leaf Petarasse a clap or stroke on the buttocks the farting of a lusty horse Petas a mole or wart also a kinde of Rouncival-pease Petasite lag-wort butter-bur Petaud Petault a farter also a footman Petauristique tumbling vaulting going upon ropes Petelement as petelis Peteler to stamp trample or tread hard upon Petelis a stamping or trampling upon Petereau a little fart or squib Peteuse the name of a fish Petillages the Orders and Customs observed by Merchants in their trading and custom-paying Petiot very little Petiteur for petitesse smalness meanness Petitose the garbage of fowl Peton a little foot also the slender stalk of a leaf or fruit Petonner to pat or tread down the earth by often trampling on it Petrar a wilde Sparrow less than the tame one Petrarquifer to write like a passionate lover Petreux Os petreux the bone of the temples one of the eight bones whereof the skull consists Petrification petrification Petrinal a Petronel or horsemans piece Petrol petrole or petrolle naphta Petteler as peteler Petulance petulancy sauciness Petum Tobacco Peucedane Horse-strong Sulpherwort Pevier as Canon pevier a Cannon pevier Peuille Peulle part of a new piece of coyn amongst Mint-men specifying the quantity weight allay and day of delivery out of the coyn Pevoesne or Pevoisne for pivoine peony Peuplaye a grove of Poplar-trees Peuple for peuplier the Poplar-tree Peupleraye as peuplaye Peuresie for pleuresie Pleurisie Pezar a whole Pease or Bean-stalk Pezart as pesart Pezze the Pitch-tree Phagediane a kinde of ulcerous Canker Phagoue as fagoue Phaisander as faisander in the N. D. Phalange the name of a most venomous spider also a four-square Troop or Battalion of eight or ten thousand men ranked so as they may incounter the Enemy every way Phalene a small Butter-fly or moth which in the night loves to be flattering about candles Phaleré trapped as a Souldiers great horse Phalerer to furnish with trappings Phaleres Horse-trappings Phaleuces verses of eleven syllables Phalot and Phanot for falot a cresset-light Phanal for fanal the lanthorn of a galley or ship Phantasié fancied or conceived in minde also fantastically made Phantosme as fantôme in the N. D. Pharasse a cresset Pharien high or light as a Watch-tower on the Sea-coast Pharique a kinde of dangerous poison Pharmacie a curing with drugs Pharmakeutie Physick which much cureth by drugs

advice but not to determine Consulteur an adviser Consumption for Consomption consumption Consuyvre to overtake to get or obtain Consyre for Consire the herb Comfrey Contadin a Country-man a Clown Conte for Comte an Earl Conté for Comté an Earldom Contemné contemned scorned despised Contemnement a contemning scorning despising Contemner to contemn scorn or despise Contemneur a contemner scorner despiser Contemperé tempered qualified Contemperer to temper to qualifie Contemplatiss certain Friars of St. Mary Maudlins Order who seed on all sorts of flesh and wear black upper-habits and white under-ones Contemplement a contemplating Contempleur for Contemplateur a Contemplator Contempt contempt scorn despight Contenancer to countenance Contendre to contend or to strive Contenue capacity Contereau as Comptereau Conterolle as Contre-rolle in the N. D. Contesse for Comtesse a Countess Contestablement by way of contestation Contexte a context the form or stile of a Process Book or Discourse Contigué contiguous unto Contin mon Contin my Countrey-man Continemment continently soberly chastly also sparingly abstemiously Continue continuance Continuité continuation intireness Contractation a contracting Contracte a Contract or bargain Contracture contraction or shrinking Contrahant contracting or making a contract Contraignable constrainable Contraigneur a constrainer Contrainctement forcibly Contrasté contended against Contraster to contend against Contradveu Contre-adveu an Answer or Opposition to a Bill of Complaint for possession of Moveables Contre-advoüé owned or claimed by several Parties Contr'amour a holy and honest love Contr'animé animated or incouraged against Contr'antidote a counter-antidote Contr'applegement an Answer to a Bill of complaint for the possession of an Immoveable Contre-bas downward Contrebase a counter-base the lower part of a basis Contrebondir to rebound Contre-boutant as Contrefort in the N. D. Contre-bouté supported born up Contre-bouter to support or bear up Contre-carre a resistance or opposition an arguing against also comparison or equality Contre-changer to counterchange Contre-chanter to answer in the same note or tune Contre-charger to interchange burdens or accusations Contrechifre a countercypher a note explanatory of particular cyphers or as le chifre d'un Prince Contrechifrer to answer cyphers with cyphers also to expound cyphers also to requite private affection in private fashion Contrecourber to bend one from another as Wrestlers do their backs Contre-cueur as Contrecoeur in the N. D. Contredigué fortified against banks and ditches Contrediguer to set up banks against banks Contredise and Contredite for Contradiction contradiction Contr'effort a counter-effort Contr'elider to counter-strike Contr'eschanger as Contrechanger Contr'escrire to confute or write against also to copy or write out Contr'escript confuted or written against also copied or writ out Contr'escript a Subst a confutation a copy Contr'essay a second essay Contr'estang a Pool-dam a back-pool or counter-pond a great ditch or hollow-ground whereinto the water of a Pond that 's to be fished is let Contr'estre to be against Contre-sente the bruize or craze of a bone in another or opposite part to the place where the blow that caused it was given which happens especially in the Scull Contreferme an affirmation of that whereof another affirms the contrary Contrefermé the contrary whereof is affirmed or avouched Contrefermer to oppose an affirmation unto an affirmation Contreseu an iron-back or plate for the back of a chimney Contreflaté whose flattery is answered with flattery Contreflater to flatter as fast as another Contrefortuner to arm against the injuries of fortune Contrefrontail the brow-piece or upmost post of a door Contre-gage a counter-gage or counter-pawn Contrehastier a Rack to turn spits on Contrehaulte as Hautecontre in the N. D. Contrejouëur a counter-player Contre-lettre a counter-letter or counter-ward a private release in discharge of a bond passed or a private discharge of a duty or service acknowledged before a publick Notary Contrelouër to return praise with praise Contrelutté wrestled or contended against Contrelutter to wrestle or contend against Contremanche a false-sleeve half-sleeve Contremand Contremandement a countermand or countermanding Contremarque a countermark Contremejane the second or after mizen of a ship Contrementir to set one lie against another Contremettre to oppose or set against Contremonté got up against Contremonter to go up against Contremunir to fortifie against Contre-offrir to change his offer Contre-ouvrier one that works against another Contrepan a pawn especially of an immovable Contrepané pawned engaged Contrepaner to pawn an immovable Contrepensé thought otherwise of than before disliked or distrusted Contrepenser to think otherwise than he hath done to dislike or distrust Contrepenseur one that is of another minde than before Contrepeter to answer one crack with another Contrepicqué counter-nipped Contrepicquer to give one prick for another to return gird for gird Contre-pleige a Counter-surety one that 's bound to save a Surety harmless Contre-pleigement a counter-bond Contre-pleiger to save a Surety harmless by counter-bond c. Contreplié bent bowed or folded back Contreplier to bend bow or fold back Contrepoinct back-stitch or as Contre pointe in the N. D. A contrepoinct crossly Contrepoinctier for Contrepointeur a Quilter or Counterpoint-maker Contrepois for Contrepoids counterpoise Contreporteur a paultry Pedlar that carries his shop before him Contrequarre as Contrecarre Contrequerant a Rival or Competitor Contre-quictance a Counter-acquittance Contre-repliqué reply'd against Contre-repliquer to reply against Contrerolleur for Controleur a Controuler Contre-sanglot a girth-leather Contrescedule as Contrecedule in the N. D. Contreschanger as Contrechanger Contreseel for Contreseau a Counter-seal Contresign for Contreseing a subscription joyned to another Contresommer to revoke a Summons Contresonner to sound contrary Contresouflé blown two contrary ways Contretaluer to oppose bank to bank or causey to causey Contre-temperament a contrary temper Faire un contre-temperament à la nature to alter nature Contre-teneur the countertenor-part in Musick Contretenir to hold against or to debate for a thing against another Contretenon a stop in a Watch or Clock Contretenu held against also claimed challenged Contreteste as faire contreteste to make head against Contre-trahison a treason against treason Contretrancher to fortifie against an Enemy intrenched Contre-traversant counter-crossing Contreval downward also down Contrevengé full revenged Contrevenger to revenge one blow or injury with another Contreventer to hold against the wind Contrevention for Contravention the breaking of his agreement Contre-vitre a counter-window Contreuve a tale invented Contribuable liable to contribution Contributeur a Contributer Contr'imiter to imitate or counterfeit Contr'invective an answer to an invective Contristé grieved afflicted Contrister to make sorrowful Controlle as Contre-rolle in the N. D. Contr'ongle the water-claw of dogs c. Contr'ouverture a counter-opening Contr'ouvrir to open against Contumacer to be rebellious also to proceed against one for contempt or rebellion Contumax refractory rebellious contemptuous Contumelie contumely slander or scandalous rebuke Contumelieusement contumeliously reproachfully in despightful terms Contumelieux contumelious outragious or injurious in words Contundre to braise or stamp in pieces