hoiden

  • 31old tenures — A treatise, so called to distinguish it from Littleton s book on the same subject, which gives an account of the various tenures by which land was hoiden, the nature of estates, and some other incidents to landed property in the reign of Edward… …

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  • 32hoy|den — «HOY duhn», noun, adjective, verb. –n. 1. a boisterous, romping girl; tomboy: »a fine, fresh hoyden just from boarding school (Washington Irving). SYNONYM(S): romp. 2. a rude or ill bred girl or woman. –adj. of the character of or resembling a… …

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