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  1. Apr 2018
    1. shoe-roses

      A ‘shoe-rose’ is a piece of shoelace or ribbon tied in a rosette pattern, and worn on one's shoe-front (Pemberly).

    2. amiable appearance

      The action or state of appearing or seeming to be (to eyes or mind) (OED).

    3. per force

      In weakened use: by constraint of circumstances; of necessity, inevitably, unavoidably; as a matter of course (OED).

    4. engaged

      To bind or secure by a pledge (OED).