almain
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Is almain a Scrabble word?
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What is the meaning of almain?
Definition
name (English)
1. (now historical) Germany.Examples: "The x. of Awgust Maximilian emperowr of Almayne came to kynge Henry of England besyde Terwen, and there the emperowre had wages of the kynge."; "The merchants who owned the goods claimed that the King of Almain was the lord of the town, and the Bishop could not do justice in the matter."historical
noun (English)
1. (now archaic, literary, poetic) A German.Examples: "Caſ[ſio]. Is your Engliſh man ſo expert in his drinking? / Iag[o]. Why he drinkes you with facillity, your Dane dead drunke: he ſweats not to ouerthrow your Almaine; he giues your Hollander a vomit, ere the next pottle can be fild."archaicliterarypoetic
adj (English)
1. (now archaic, historical) German.Examples: "Fauſtus theſe bookes thy wit and our experience / Shall make all nations to canonize vs, / As Indian Mooꝛes obey their Spaniſh Loꝛds, / So ſhall the ſubiects of euery element / Be alwaies ſeruiceable to vs thꝛée, / Like Lyons ſhall they guard vs when we pleaſe, / Like Almaine Rutters with their hoꝛſemens ſtaues, / Oꝛ Lapland Gyants trotting by our ſides, / Sometimes like women, oꝛ vnwedded maides, / Shadowing moꝛe beautie in their ayrie bꝛowes, / Then in their white bꝛeaſts of the queene of Loue: […]"archaichistorical
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