mesne
Example Sentences
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The mix-up happened after repair work was carried out in Cliffords Mesne, Gloucestershire, leaving dozens of residents without a connection and others with different numbers.
From BBC • Apr. 28, 2016
"What know you of this forward trail, Du Mesne?" said he.
From The Mississippi Bubble by Hough, Emerson
Never beyond this," replied Du Mesne, "and indeed not so far by many hundred miles.
From The Mississippi Bubble by Hough, Emerson
Mesne, mēn, adj. intermediate: applied to a writ issued between the beginning and end of a suit.—Mesne lord, one who held land of a superior, but had granted part of it to another person.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
Some weeks after the departure of Du Mesne, Law was returning from the hunt some miles below the station.
From The Mississippi Bubble by Hough, Emerson
