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 1G. Bell & sons, 1904 - 1039 pages |
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... common inter- changes of this kind , so that if a word be not found under one form , it may be sought for under another . Various and indeed numerous glossaries have been already pub- lished , both of provincial and of Archaic English ...
... common inter- changes of this kind , so that if a word be not found under one form , it may be sought for under another . Various and indeed numerous glossaries have been already pub- lished , both of provincial and of Archaic English ...
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... common expression " a done , " i . e . have done . ( 10 ) In . " A Latin , " in Latin . " A Goddes name , " in God's name . that how , in that way or manner , e . g . I shall do a ' that how . Line . ( 11 ) An interjection ; for ah ! 4 ...
... common expression " a done , " i . e . have done . ( 10 ) In . " A Latin , " in Latin . " A Goddes name , " in God's name . that how , in that way or manner , e . g . I shall do a ' that how . Line . ( 11 ) An interjection ; for ah ! 4 ...
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... Common in this sense in the metrical romances . Alle the baners that Crysten founde They were abatyde . Octovian Imp . , 1743 . ( 7 ) To flutter , or beat with the wings . A hawking term . An hawke that traveyleth upon the teyne , a man ...
... Common in this sense in the metrical romances . Alle the baners that Crysten founde They were abatyde . Octovian Imp . , 1743 . ( 7 ) To flutter , or beat with the wings . A hawking term . An hawke that traveyleth upon the teyne , a man ...
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... common word in the 16th Cent . ABDEVENHAM , 8. An astrological term for the head of the twelfth house , in a scheme of the heavens . ABDUCE , v . ( Lat . abduco . ) To lead away . From the whych opinion I colde not abduce them with al ...
... common word in the 16th Cent . ABDEVENHAM , 8. An astrological term for the head of the twelfth house , in a scheme of the heavens . ABDUCE , v . ( Lat . abduco . ) To lead away . From the whych opinion I colde not abduce them with al ...
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... common name in the lar . provinces . ABEL - WHACKETS , 8. A game of cards played by sailors ; the loser is beaten with a knotted handkerchief , of which he re- ceives a blow , or whack , for each lost game . ABELYCHE , adv . Ably ...
... common name in the lar . provinces . ABEL - WHACKETS , 8. A game of cards played by sailors ; the loser is beaten with a knotted handkerchief , of which he re- ceives a blow , or whack , for each lost game . ABELYCHE , adv . Ably ...
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