Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To polish; sharpen.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To polish.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb obsolete To
polish .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Unfettered by thefe impolitic re - straints, and permitted to fet their own va - lue on their commodities expofed to falc; their induftry is free, whilft that of lefs - favoured provinces, haraifed inceflantly by the collectors of the revenue, and the inter - pofition of the magiftrate with his affile, is crippled in all its operations.
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And there are four writs of ajfife: an affile of novel dif - feifin, an affile of mart d'ancejlor, an affile of darrein prefentment, and an affife of juris utrum.
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In any of the tinges caurts '] That is, as is further exprelT - ed, where there may be eflbin, wager of law, and pro* tedion I and therefore not before the juftices of affile, or of oyer and terminer.
Ecclesiastical Law 1797
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Where Corponrioiis hold [ilea of affile hf colloiii.
The Second Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England: Containing the Exposition of Many ... 1797
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