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sithe(2)(dictionary)
sithe(3)(dictionary)
sithe(4)(dictionary)

refection (iou) and sithe(1) (iou)


refection (iou)



refection noun. ME.
[Old & mod. French refection from Latin refectio(n-), formed as REFECT: see -ION.]
a. The action of refreshing a person or of being refreshed; refreshment with Food or drink after hunger or fatigue; comfort or revivification through spiritual or intellectual influence. Also, an instance of this. Now formal or literary. ME.
R. Brathwait God is the true Food and refection of our minds.
b. Entertainment with Food and drink; the official demanding or supplying of such Entertainment. Now Hist. E17.
An occasion of partaking of Food; a (light) meal; a portion of Food or drink. Now formal or literary. LME.
J. Carlyle A miserable refection of weak tea and tough toast.
Repair, restoration. rare. LME.
The eating of semi-digested faecal pellets, esp. by rabbits. M20.
refectioner noun the person in charge of the refectory and Food supplies in a monastery or convent E19.

sithe(1) (iou)



sithe noun1.[Old English siT = Old Saxon siT, Old High German sind, sint, Old Norse sinn, Gothic sinTs journey, from Germanic base also of SEND verb1.]
A journey, a path, a course. OE-LME.
A time; an occasion. OE-M17.