Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete spelling of
relief .
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Examples
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Therefore they could not bee of that parte of the worlde, for in that distance sayling they would haue been starued if no other shore had giuen them relefe.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Therefore they could not bee of that parte of the worlde, for in that distance sayling they would haue been starued if no other shore had giuen them relefe.
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Therefore they could not bee of that parte of the worlde, for in that distance sayling they would haue been starued if no other shore had giuen them relefe.
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Ketch de bums down de rode first and den sen a relefe core to get me out of soke youres truly,
Roads of Destiny O. Henry 1886
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Therefore they could not bee of that parte of the worlde, for in that distance sayling they would haue been starued if no other shore had giuen them relefe.
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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1.5.42: That fayne woulde haue some good relefe of Cupide wel assinde.
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