Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
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tharf .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Not fermented; unleavened; -- said of bread, loaves, etc.
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- adjective obsolete, etc. Not
fermented ,unleavened .
Etymologies
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A related point was made by equally legendary George Carlin in his 70s routine The Seven Words You Can't Say on Television; (the words, in case you've forgotten or never heard it are: "f-ck, p-ss, sh-t, c-nt, c-cks-cker, m-therf-cker, t-ts") It's possibly one of the funniest comedy routines of all time.
Tony Hendra: Before We Lay Imus to Rest: A Few Other N-ppy-Headed H-'s 2008
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And thei usen alle berdes, as men of Grece don: and thei make the sacrament of therf bred: and in here langage, thei usen lettres of Sarrazines; but aftre the misterie of Holy chirche, thei usen lettres of Grece; and thei maken here confessioun, right as the Jacobytes don.
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And also thei make here sacrement of the awteer of therf31 bred: for oure Lord made it of suche bred, whan he made his mawndee. 32 And on the Scherethors33 day make thei here therf bred, in tokene of the mawndee, and dryen it at the sonne, and kepen it alle the zeer, and zeven it to seke men, in stede of Goddis body.
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And thei usen alle berdes, as men of Grece don: and thei make the sacrament of therf bred: and in here langage, thei usen lettres of Sarrazines; but aftre the misterie of Holy chirche, thei usen lettres of Grece; and thei maken here confessioun, right as the Jacobytes don.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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And also thei make here sacrement of the awteer of therf477 bred: for oure Lord made it of suche bred, whan he made his mawndee. 478 And on the Scherethors479 day make thei here therf bred, in tokene of the mawndee, and dryen it at the sonne, and kepen it alle the zeer, and zeven it to seke men, in stede of Goddis body.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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And thei usen alle berdes, as men of Grece don: and thei make the sacrament of therf bred: and in here langage, thei usen lettres of Sarrazines; but aftre the misterie of Holy chirche, thei usen lettres of Grece; and thei maken here confessioun, right as the
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 08 Asia, Part I Richard Hakluyt 1584
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Thursday.] day make thei here therf bred, in tokene of the mawndee, and dryen it at the sonne, and kepen it alle the zeer, and zeven it to seke men, in stede of Goddis body.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 08 Asia, Part I Richard Hakluyt 1584
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And also thei make here sacrement of the awteer of therf [Footnote: Unleavened.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 08 Asia, Part I Richard Hakluyt 1584
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