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 1H. G. Bohn, 1857 |
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... beat down , or overthrow . Blount . ( 3 ) To cast down , or depress the mind . Shakesp . ( 4 ) To cease . Ys continaunce abated eny bost to make . Political Songs , p . 216 . ( 5 ) To contract , or cut short . AB ABA 3 THE MISCELLANEOUS ...
... beat down , or overthrow . Blount . ( 3 ) To cast down , or depress the mind . Shakesp . ( 4 ) To cease . Ys continaunce abated eny bost to make . Political Songs , p . 216 . ( 5 ) To contract , or cut short . AB ABA 3 THE MISCELLANEOUS ...
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... beat with the wings . A hawking term . An hawke that traveyleth upon the teyne , a man may knowe if he take hede , for suche is her maner that she wolde pante for abatyng then another doth , for in and if she shold fle a litell while ...
... beat with the wings . A hawking term . An hawke that traveyleth upon the teyne , a man may knowe if he take hede , for suche is her maner that she wolde pante for abatyng then another doth , for in and if she shold fle a litell while ...
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... beat with the wings . A hawking term . An hawke that traveyleth upon the tevne , a man may knowe if he take hede , for suche is her maner that she wolde pante for abatyng then another doth , for in and if she shold fle a litell while ...
... beat with the wings . A hawking term . An hawke that traveyleth upon the tevne , a man may knowe if he take hede , for suche is her maner that she wolde pante for abatyng then another doth , for in and if she shold fle a litell while ...
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... beat . Suffolk . AIR , ( 1 ) adv . ( A.-S. ) Early . I griev'd you never in all my life , Neither by late or air . Robin Hood . ( 2 ) s . ( A.-N. ) An heir . Thoz the Sarazyns smyte of myn hed , He ys myn ayr after my ded . MS . Ashmole ...
... beat . Suffolk . AIR , ( 1 ) adv . ( A.-S. ) Early . I griev'd you never in all my life , Neither by late or air . Robin Hood . ( 2 ) s . ( A.-N. ) An heir . Thoz the Sarazyns smyte of myn hed , He ys myn ayr after my ded . MS . Ashmole ...
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... beat . Alapite , in old French , is interpreted as meaning farceurs qui se donnoient des soufflets pour amuser le peuple . Not with a wand to alupat and strike them . Melton's Sixe - fold Politician , p . 125 . ALARAN , 8. Seems to mean ...
... beat . Alapite , in old French , is interpreted as meaning farceurs qui se donnoient des soufflets pour amuser le peuple . Not with a wand to alupat and strike them . Melton's Sixe - fold Politician , p . 125 . ALARAN , 8. Seems to mean ...
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