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- adjective Obsolete spelling of
void .
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Examples
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But purrr-sunulee, I finks pikshur depiks Seelin Kat bringings lite tu teh voyd.
First there was nothingness - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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On that other partie, zif thei were sepultures, thei scholden not ben voyd with inne.
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Valdez, and thought she had bene voyd of Mariners and Souldiers, taking with him as many shippes as he could, passed by it, that he might not loose sight of the Spanish Fleet that night.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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On that other partie, zif thei were sepultures, thei scholden not ben voyd with inne.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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The lothsome view of the shore, and irksome noyse of the yce was such, as that it bred strange conceites among vs, so that we supposed the place to be wast and voyd of any sensible or vegitable creatures, whereupon I called the same
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The lothsome view of the shore, and irksome noyse of the yce was such, as that it bred strange conceites among vs, so that we supposed the place to be wast and voyd of any sensible or vegitable creatures, whereupon I called the same
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So that since the ever-praise woorthie Poesie is full of vertue breeding delightfulnesse, and voyd of no gift that ought to be in the noble name of learning, since the blames layd against it, are either false or feeble, since the cause why it is not esteemed in England, is the fault of Poet-apes, not Poets.
Defence of Poesie 1992
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Nay truly it hath that praise that it wants not Grammar; for Grammer it might have, but it needs it not, being so easie in it selfe, and so voyd of those combersome differences of Cases, Genders, Moods, & Tenses, which I thinke was a peece of the Tower of Babilons curse {175}, that a man should be put to schoole to learn his mother tongue.
Defence of Poesie 1992
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And such Sermons I have sometimes heard, for matter voyd of exception, but so delivered, as if one were acting a part, or saying a lesson by heart.
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In the voyd and plaine euacuated quadret, there stood two Nimphes, little lesse then if they had been liuely creatures, apparelled, so as you might see somewhat aboue their knees, vppon one of theyr legges, as if the winde had blowne it vp, as they were doing theyr office, and their armes bare, from the elbow to the shoulder except.
Hypnerotomachia The Strife of Loue in a Dreame Francesco Colonna
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