denay

Noun

 * 1)  denial; refusal
 * ,, “Forget not yet the tryde entent” in the Devonshire Manuscript, folio 54 verso:
 * Forget not yet the gret aſſays the cruell wrong the ſkornfull ways the paynfull pacyence in denays

Verb

 * 1)  To deny, refuse.
 * 2) * 1600,, The  of , XII, xxvii:
 * Preserve this babe, whose mother must denay / To nourish it, preserve this harmless child.
 * Preserve this babe, whose mother must denay / To nourish it, preserve this harmless child.