Definitions
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- adjective obsolete Costly.
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- adjective obsolete
costly
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Examples
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Works, ed. Morris, iii. 298; _costlewe_ furring in here gownes, _ib. _ p. 296.
Early English Meals and Manners Frederick James Furnivall 1867
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For the _-lewe_ = _-ly_; cp. ‘delicat horses that ben holden for delyt, that they ben so faire, fat, and _costlewe_.’
Early English Meals and Manners Frederick James Furnivall 1867
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