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10 words match “CAXTON”

CAXTON n.
Any book printed by William Caxton, the first English printer. Hansard.
ACCOUPLEMENT n.
The act of coupling, or the state of being coupled; union. [R.] Caxton.
AROMATOUS a.
Aromatic. [Obs.] Caxton.
DO v.
nitive. [Obs.] My lord Abbot of Westminster did do shewe to me late certain evidences. W. Caxton. I shall . . . your cloister do make. Piers Plowman. A fatal plague which many did to die. Spenser. We do you to wit [i. e., We make you to know] of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia. 2 Cor. viii. 1.…
ENGLISH v.
acious acts . . . may be Englished more properly, acts of fear and dissimulation. Milton. Caxton does not care to alter the French forms and words in the book which he was Englishing. T. L. K. Oliphant.
GOLDEN a.
by James de Voragine, Archbishop of Genoa, in the 13th century, translated and printed by Caxton in 1483, and partially paraphrased by Longfellow in a poem thus entitled. -- Golden marcasite tin. [Obs.] -- Golden mean, the way of wisdom and safety between extremes; sufficiency without excess; moderation. Angels guard…
INTROIT n.
A going in. Caxton.
MODERANCE n.
Moderation. [Obs.] Caxton.
SHEPSTER n.
A seamstress. [Obs.] Caxton.
UPHOLSTER n.
A broker. [Obs.] Caxton.