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 1 |
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... Cumb . See Arndern . AANE , 8. ( 4.-S. ) The beard of barley or other grain , the awn . And that we call the aane , which groweth out of the eare , like a long pricke or a dart , whereby the eare is defended from the danger of birds ...
... Cumb . See Arndern . AANE , 8. ( 4.-S. ) The beard of barley or other grain , the awn . And that we call the aane , which groweth out of the eare , like a long pricke or a dart , whereby the eare is defended from the danger of birds ...
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... Cumb . , i , 523. And a petit serjeantry was held in Cumberland , " by keeping the king's aeries of goshawks . " Blount's Joc . Ten . , p . 165 . ( 2 ) v . To build its nest . And where the phoenix airies . Drayton . ESTIVALL , adj ...
... Cumb . , i , 523. And a petit serjeantry was held in Cumberland , " by keeping the king's aeries of goshawks . " Blount's Joc . Ten . , p . 165 . ( 2 ) v . To build its nest . And where the phoenix airies . Drayton . ESTIVALL , adj ...
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... Cumb . To keep any one at anunder , to keep them in a subordinate or dependent position . Ten schypmen to londe yede , To se the yle yn lengthe and brede , And fette water as hem was nede The roche anondyr . Octovian Imperator , 550 ...
... Cumb . To keep any one at anunder , to keep them in a subordinate or dependent position . Ten schypmen to londe yede , To se the yle yn lengthe and brede , And fette water as hem was nede The roche anondyr . Octovian Imperator , 550 ...
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... Cumb . See Arders . ARDENE , 8. An ordinance ; a com- mand . ARDENTNESSE , 8. Earnestness . ARDER , 8. A kind of fish . Verstegan , in Ellis's Literary Letters , p . 108 . ARDERS , 18. ( A. - S . ) Fallowings or ARDOURS , ploughings of ...
... Cumb . See Arders . ARDENE , 8. An ordinance ; a com- mand . ARDENTNESSE , 8. Earnestness . ARDER , 8. A kind of fish . Verstegan , in Ellis's Literary Letters , p . 108 . ARDERS , 18. ( A. - S . ) Fallowings or ARDOURS , ploughings of ...
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... Cumb . ARRAND , } 8. An errand . ARRANT , ARRANT , ( 1 ) part . a . ( A.-N. ) Er- rant ; wandering . ( 2 ) adj . Notorious ; as an arrant rogue . ARRAS , S. A kind of powder , sup- posed to be made of the root of the orris . It is ...
... Cumb . ARRAND , } 8. An errand . ARRANT , ARRANT , ( 1 ) part . a . ( A.-N. ) Er- rant ; wandering . ( 2 ) adj . Notorious ; as an arrant rogue . ARRAS , S. A kind of powder , sup- posed to be made of the root of the orris . It is ...
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