Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete form of
treasure .
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Examples
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Policritus sheweth that euery king of the Persians, buyldeth his howse vpon a greate hille: and ther hourdeth vp all the threasure, tribute, and taxe that he receyueth of the people: to be a recorde aftre his deathe how good a husbonde he hath bene for the commune wealthe.
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Wherein the Grecians, as Thusidides noteth, had a carefull proui - dence, for all soche as in the defence of their Countrie were maimed, yea, euen for their wiues, and children of all soche, as died in warre, to be mainteined of the commo [n] charge and threasure of Grece.
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'Thank ye kindly,' says Hadji, 'I'll threasure these here papers as a vallyable meminto fr'm that far distant home iv mine which I have niver see,' he says.
Mr. Dooley's Philosophy Finley Peter Dunne 1901
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And seek to please, that now is counted wisemens threasure.
A Biography of Edmund Spenser John W. Hales 1875
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Poor folk, sir, are never ashamed of their children; 'tis all the threasure they have, sir; but my parents were ashamed of me, and they thrust me out to the stranger and the hard bread of depindence.
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"'Faith, you may well say _threasure_, it costs handfuls o 'money; but sure, while there's room for improvement, every apartment must be attended to, and the vocal apartment is filled by Sir John -- fifteen shillin's a lesson, no less."
Handy Andy, Volume One A Tale of Irish Life, in Two Volumes Samuel Lover 1832
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My lifes sole blisse, my hearts eternall threasure.
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Policritus sheweth that euery king of the Persians, buyldeth his howse vpon a greate hille: and ther hourdeth vp all the threasure, tribute, and taxe that he receyueth of the people: to be a recorde aftre his deathe how good a husbonde he hath bene for the commune wealthe.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 06 Madiera, the Canaries, Ancient Asia, Africa, etc. Richard Hakluyt 1584
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All we want is your help to find the threasure and get it safely home; and if ye'll give us that ye may have your own way in ivery thing else; it'll make no real differ to us. "
The Castaways Harry Collingwood 1886
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"We wish ye to divide up the threasure aiqually into fourteen parts, and to give to aich man his own share, so that he may take care of it for himself.
The Castaways Harry Collingwood 1886
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