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- noun Archaic spelling of
word .
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This word of _Sorcerie_ is a _Latine_ worde, which is taken from casting of the lot, & therefore he that vseth it, is called _Sortiarius à sorte_.
Daemonologie. King of England James I 1595
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I am pretty sure the worde merde would feature! on July 13, 2007 at 10: 02 pm | Reply Another Taff
Another Girl, Another Planet « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2007
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All he is intersted in is himself....he has a carefully crafted image that fools people into believing he is on thier side and uses worde like "shareholder value".
So a corporate raider and a Wall Street Journal reporter walk into a bar ... 2007
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Osama probably prefers Bush due to his so called ‘decisiveness’, which is another worde here for reactionary, because a reactionary leadership plays right into the hands of the terrorists.
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Gimnosophistæ, whiche as the worde Sophista soundeth now, might merily be interpreted briechelesse bablers.
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Ch also when it is the radical letter in anye Walshe worde, remayneth immutable in every place.
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But as Sophista did signifie then, naked Sages: or to giue one Grieke worde for a nother, naked Philosophres.
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No farther trewe of worde or promesse, then semeth them expediente for their owne behoue.
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And speake any distincte worde they cannot, but sieme rather to busse or thurre betwene thetiethe, then to speake.
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Anthony: the Queen our louing sister her letters wee haue caused to be translated, and doe well vnderstand the same, and of, all things as well therein contained, as by worde of mouth by you to vs declared wee haue well considered, and doe perceiue that our secret message vnto you committed, was done truely according to our minde
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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