Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A Middle English form of
chair .
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Examples
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R doze widdul chikee burds onna his widdul chayer/seet?
Happy cat is happy - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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And on the morwe, thei chosen him to ben here emperour: and thei setten him upon a blak fertre; and aftre that, thei liften him op with gret solempnytee, and thei setten him in a chayer of gold, and diden hym alle maner of reverence; and thei cleped him, Chan, as the white knyght called him.
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And on the morwe, thei chosen him to ben here emperour: and thei setten him upon a blak fertre; and aftre that, thei liften him op with gret solempnytee, and thei setten him in a chayer of gold, and diden hym alle maner of reverence; and thei cleped him, Chan, as the white knyght called him.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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So þat it keu {er} þe fote coschyñ and chayer {e}, riȝt as y bad; 884
Early English Meals and Manners Frederick James Furnivall 1867
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And on the morwe, thei chosen him to ben here emperour: and thei setten him upon a blak fertre; and aftre that, thei liften him op with gret solempnytee, and thei setten him in a chayer of gold, and diden hym alle maner of reverence; and thei cleped him,
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 08 Asia, Part I Richard Hakluyt 1584
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Agayne he riseth vp, make redy your {e} fote shete in þ {i} s man {er} made greithe/& þat ye not forgete 880 furst a chayer {e} a-for {e} þe fyr {e}/or som oþ {er} honest sete
Early English Meals and Manners Frederick James Furnivall 1867
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& a noþ {ur} for the feete [Fol. 184b.] [Sidenote: and over all spreads the foot-sheet: has a comb and kerchief ready,] aboue þe coschyñ & chayer {e} þe said shete ou {er} sprad
Early English Meals and Manners Frederick James Furnivall 1867
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