Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Another form of
acton .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete Same as
acton .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative form of
aketon .
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Examples
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` ` Holy Abraham! '' he exclaimed, ` ` he is a good youth, and my heart bleeds to see the gore trickle down his rich embroidered hacqueton, and his corslet of goodly price --- but to carry him to our house!
Ivanhoe 1892
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The brave Scot cheerfully acquiesced; and, Wallace retiring amongst the trees with his royal companion, Bruce soon covered his gay hacqueton with this rough mail; and placing the Scottish bonnet on his head, put a large stone into the golden helmet, and sunk it in the waters of the Carron.
The Scottish Chiefs 1875
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He no longer wore the gay embroidered hacqueton; his tunic was black velvet, and all the rest of his garments accorded with the same mourning hue.
The Scottish Chiefs 1875
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Wallace stood for some minutes musing on what had passed, when, hearing a footstep behind him, he turned round, and beheld approaching him a young and graceful form, habited in a white hacqueton wrought in gold, with golden spurs on his feet, and a helmet of the same costly metal on his head, crested with white feathers.
The Scottish Chiefs 1875
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The brave Scot cheerfully acquiesced; and, Wallace retiring amongst the trees with his royal companion, Bruce soon covered his gay hacqueton with this rough mail; and placing the Scottish bonnet on his head, put a large stone into the golden helmet, and sunk it in the waters of the Carron.
The Scottish Chiefs Jane Porter 1813
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He no longer wore gay embroidered hacqueton; his tunic was black velvet, and all the rest of his garments accorded with the same mourning hue.
The Scottish Chiefs Jane Porter 1813
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“Holy Abraham!” he exclaimed, “he is a good youth, and my heart bleeds to see the gore trickle down his rich embroidered hacqueton, and his corslet of goodly price — but to carry him to our house! — damsel, hast thou well considered? — he is a
Ivanhoe 2004
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a footstep behind him, he turned round, and beheld approaching him a young and graceful form, habited in a white hacqueton wrought in gold, with golden spurs on his feet, and a helmet of the same costly metal on his head, crested with white feathers.
The Scottish Chiefs Jane Porter 1813
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"Holy Abraham!" he exclaimed, "he is a good youth, and my heart bleeds to see the gore trickle down his rich embroidered hacqueton, and his corslet of goodly price -- - but to carry him to our house!
Ivanhoe. A Romance 1819
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"Holy Abraham!" he exclaimed, "he is a good youth, and my heart bleeds to see the gore trickle down his rich embroidered hacqueton, and his corslet of goodly price -- but to carry him to our house!
Ivanhoe Walter Scott 1801
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