Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the English Writers Previous to the Nineteenth Century which are No Longer in Use, Or are Not Used in the Same Sense. And Words which are Now Used Only in the Provincial Dialects, Volume 2G. Bell & sons, 1904 |
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Page 547
... lives in a hall - place , two mile from a town . Shadwell , The Humorists , 1671 . HALM , 8. A handle . HALMOT - COURT , 8. A court baron . HALOWE THURSDAYE , 8. Holy Thursday . HALPACE , } 8. ( A.-N. ) A raised HAUTEPACE , floor , or ...
... lives in a hall - place , two mile from a town . Shadwell , The Humorists , 1671 . HALM , 8. A handle . HALMOT - COURT , 8. A court baron . HALOWE THURSDAYE , 8. Holy Thursday . HALPACE , } 8. ( A.-N. ) A raised HAUTEPACE , floor , or ...
Page 548
... live hammer and tongs , to be always quarrelling . HAMMER - DRESSED , adj . hewn with a pick , or pointed hammer . HAMMER - MAN , S. The man who , in Cornwall , by a hammer , stamps the impression of the Duchy seal on the face of a ...
... live hammer and tongs , to be always quarrelling . HAMMER - DRESSED , adj . hewn with a pick , or pointed hammer . HAMMER - MAN , S. The man who , in Cornwall , by a hammer , stamps the impression of the Duchy seal on the face of a ...
Page 560
... lives on the heath or roadside . English Rogue , 1719 . HEATHEN , S. A rude and bois- terous person of either sex . Linc . HEATHER - BLEET , 8. The bittern . North . The black - cock . HEATHPOWT , s . Cumb . HEAULDY , adj . Delicate ...
... lives on the heath or roadside . English Rogue , 1719 . HEATHEN , S. A rude and bois- terous person of either sex . Linc . HEATHER - BLEET , 8. The bittern . North . The black - cock . HEATHPOWT , s . Cumb . HEAULDY , adj . Delicate ...
Page 574
... live thriftily . To be in hold , to be grappling with one another . To cry hold , the signal for separating com- batants at tournaments . HOLDERS , 8. ( 1 ) The fangs of a dog . West . ( 2 ) Sheaves placed as ridges on corn stacks to ...
... live thriftily . To be in hold , to be grappling with one another . To cry hold , the signal for separating com- batants at tournaments . HOLDERS , 8. ( 1 ) The fangs of a dog . West . ( 2 ) Sheaves placed as ridges on corn stacks to ...
Page 586
... live freely is to feast our appetites freely , without which humans are stones . Widow's Tears . HUMBLE , v . ( 1 ) To stoop . ( 2 ) To break off the beards of barley with a flail . North . ( 3 ) To hum . ( 4 ) To eat humble pie , to be ...
... live freely is to feast our appetites freely , without which humans are stones . Widow's Tears . HUMBLE , v . ( 1 ) To stoop . ( 2 ) To break off the beards of barley with a flail . North . ( 3 ) To hum . ( 4 ) To eat humble pie , to be ...
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