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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Page 45
... Devon . AKEVERE , V. ( A.-N. ) To recover . AKEWARD , adv . Wrongly . See Acward . AKINNANCE , adv . On one side ; askaunce . Dorset . AKKER , v . ( A.-S. ) To shake , or tremble . Northamptonsh . AKKERD , adj . Awkward . thampt ...
... Devon . AKEVERE , V. ( A.-N. ) To recover . AKEWARD , adv . Wrongly . See Acward . AKINNANCE , adv . On one side ; askaunce . Dorset . AKKER , v . ( A.-S. ) To shake , or tremble . Northamptonsh . AKKERD , adj . Awkward . thampt ...
Page 67
... Devon . ANACK , S. A provincial name for some kind of fine oaten bread . Also with this small meale , oatmeale , is made in divers countries sixe severall kindes of very good and wholesome bread , every one finer then other , as your ...
... Devon . ANACK , S. A provincial name for some kind of fine oaten bread . Also with this small meale , oatmeale , is made in divers countries sixe severall kindes of very good and wholesome bread , every one finer then other , as your ...
Page 73
... Devon . ANGLEDOG , 8. A large earthworm . Devon . ANGLE - LEGS , 8. Bent legs . This heard , sir , play stil in her eyes , And be a dying , lives , like flyes Caught by their angle - legs , and whom The torch laughs peece - meale to ...
... Devon . ANGLEDOG , 8. A large earthworm . Devon . ANGLE - LEGS , 8. Bent legs . This heard , sir , play stil in her eyes , And be a dying , lives , like flyes Caught by their angle - legs , and whom The torch laughs peece - meale to ...
Page 90
... AQUOT , adj . Cloyed ; weary with eating . Devon . AQUOY , adv . Coyly ; shyly . With that she knit her brows , And looking all aquoy . George Barnwell , 2d pt AR , ( 1 ) 8. ( A.-S. ) A APT AQU 90 The symbols used, are not, neither ...
... AQUOT , adj . Cloyed ; weary with eating . Devon . AQUOY , adv . Coyly ; shyly . With that she knit her brows , And looking all aquoy . George Barnwell , 2d pt AR , ( 1 ) 8. ( A.-S. ) A APT AQU 90 The symbols used, are not, neither ...
Page 108
... Devon . A - SLAWE , part . p . Slain . For y - slawe ; in this and similar cases of verbs , a- prefixed merely re- presents the usual y- or i- . ASLEN , adv . Aslope . Somerset . ASLEPED , part . p . Sleepy . And Vernagu , at that cas ...
... Devon . A - SLAWE , part . p . Slain . For y - slawe ; in this and similar cases of verbs , a- prefixed merely re- presents the usual y- or i- . ASLEN , adv . Aslope . Somerset . ASLEPED , part . p . Sleepy . And Vernagu , at that cas ...
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