Seint

Seint
Seint \Seint\, n. [See {Cincture}.] A girdle. [Obs.] ``Girt with a seint of silk.'' --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

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  • Seint — Seint, n. A saint. [Obs.] Chaucer. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • seint — seint(e see saint, seynt Obs. (girdle) …   Useful english dictionary

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  • (Seint) Eleyne Lane —    It appears from records temp. H. III. that there was a lane described as a common thoroughfare from Bishopsgate Street to St. Mary Axe, but in 33 H. III. the Priory of St. Helens obtained licence to shut up this lane lying across their ground …   Dictionary of London

  • Seint — medieval name for a girdle …   Medieval glossary

  • L'Espurgatoire Seint Patriz — L Espurgatoire Seint Patriz, ou La légende du purgatoire de saint Patrick est un poème de Marie de France, composé à la fin du XIIe siècle. Il s agit d une adaptation en anglo normand d un texte latin, le Tractatus de Purgatorio Sancti… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Dunstones (Seint) Wat'gate —    A common way going to the Thames called Seint Du stones Wat gate (Rot. Hund. I. 406).    Qy. = Watergate at Water Lane …   Dictionary of London

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