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an old legal term, not limited to lands. Per Black's Law Dictionary:
"Demesne: Domain; dominical; held in one's own right, and not of a superior; not allotted to tenants."
"Demesne Lands: In English law. Those lands of a manor not granted out in tenancy, but reserved by the lord for his own use and occupation. Lands set apart and appropriated by the lord for his own private use, as for the supply of his table, and the maintenance of his family; the opposite of *tenemental lands."
and the historical import:
Ancient Demesne: Manors which in the time of Willliam the Conqueror were in the hands of the crown, and are so recorded in the Domesday Book.
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demesne has several senses, mainly following from the legal one mentioned, but note that it is just another form of the word domain. (and is pronounced /di MANE/ or /di MENE/)
By her Fine foote, Straight leg, and Quiuering thigh, And the Demeanes, that there Adiacent lie. -WS, Romeo & Juliet
One wide expanse... That deep-browed Homer ruled as his demesne [rime serene]. -Keats
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and tsuwm, Quiuering thigh?
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Adjacent lies the promised land.
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adjacent lies the promised land... quivering
(aren't you glad that spelling has been... standardized? :)
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Somewhere I read "Lady Quivering-Quiff". In UK "quiff" is a style of hair cut. but at www.quiff.com it is something else again.Warning: highly improper.
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busy day today-- i haven't had a break all day, no lunch, and no time to even read threads till now..(4 pm) and the NYTimes crossword.. is still unfinished! there in the middle i was stumped.. 36 across-- Lord's estate.. and i had more than half the letters, DE_ES_E-- and was still at a loss.. and here is this thread..
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