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Definition of Pheer
1. n. See 1st Fere.
Definition of Pheer
1. fere [n -S] - See also: fere
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pheer
Literary usage of Pheer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Select Collection of Old English Plays by Robert Dodsley, William Carew Hazlitt (1874)
"What though (besides Pendragon's poisoned end) The vile reproach he wrought thee
by thy pheer,2 1 Ben Jonson opens his " Catiline " with the ghost of Sylla ..."
2. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1901)
"Therewith I chose him for my lord and pheer, Tanned and Gism., U. PI., ii, 204.
A goodly swaine to be a princesse ..."
3. The Complete Angler, Or, The Contemplative Man's Recreation: Being a by Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton (1860)
"8 Or Fellow; so Bed-pheer, Bed-fellow. H. 9 Prest, from the French pret, Lat.
paratus, ready, prepared. So Psalm 104. old version : He maketh his spirites ..."
4. The Complete Works of Joshuah Sylvester: For the First Time Collected and by Josuah Sylvester, Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas, Odet de La Noue, Henry Smith (1880)
"... so full of vanities) So milde a Childe, so meek a Servant, rather : So loving
Nurse to one, less pheer then Father (So weak and wayward thorough Ache ..."
5. The Complete Angler of Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton: Extensively by Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton (1824)
"pheer—prest. Page 37. Moses, who I told you before, &cc. Vide ante, page 24.
For full information on this and all the other ..."
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