REFUGE
NOUNS
1000 ► a snug retreat or refuge; a resting place; home → NEST
1300 ► a place of shelter or sojourn; lodgings, quarters, resting-place; a place of entertainment, an inn; a place of refuge, asylum → HARBOUR → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1300 ► a hiding-place, a refuge → LEIND → LEND → obs.
1300 ► shelter, protection; a place of shelter; a sheltered place; a refuge → SUCCOUR → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1300 ► a shelter, a refuge → TO-FLIGHT → obs. rare
1616 ► a place of refuge → LOPEHOLT → obs.
1616 ► a place to which a person escapes; a retreat, refuge → SUBTERFUGE → obs.
1725 ► shelter, refuge; also, a house, any object with shelters → BIELD → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1761 ► a shelter, a refuge → ABRI
1851 ► a shelter, asylum or refuge for the destitute → STRAWYARD → tramps’ sl.
1890 ► a haven, a place of refuge → HAIN → Sc.
1894 ► sanctuary, refuge, asylum → BAST
1900 ► anywhere one can hide; a refuge → FUNK-HOLE → sl., orig. military usage
1911 ► a shelter, refuge; a home, house; anything that shelters or shades → BIEL → Sc. (Bk.)
1996 ► a hideaway or refuge → BAKE → UK sl.
VERBS
1853 ► to retreat, to back down, to take refuge; to retract a statement → TAKE WATER → Amer. dial.
1875 ► to conceal; to hide; to take refuge → HOLE UP → sl.
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