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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... Italian , Spanish , or Dutch , or which belonged to sentiments , manners , customs , habits , and modes , that have existed at particular periods and disappeared . There is another class of words , forming at least an interesting ...
... Italian , Spanish , or Dutch , or which belonged to sentiments , manners , customs , habits , and modes , that have existed at particular periods and disappeared . There is another class of words , forming at least an interesting ...
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... Italy that brings forth agnus castus like pepper . " ABRAIDE , v . ( from A.-S. abradian . ) ( 1 ) To awaken ; to start up . Ipomydon with that stroke abrayde , And to the kynge thus he sayde . Ipomydon , 1149 . When he espied the ...
... Italy that brings forth agnus castus like pepper . " ABRAIDE , v . ( from A.-S. abradian . ) ( 1 ) To awaken ; to start up . Ipomydon with that stroke abrayde , And to the kynge thus he sayde . Ipomydon , 1149 . When he espied the ...
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... Italy , which was not small , And dwelt in Almany . Harrington's Ariosto , 1591 , p . 19 . Upon the londe of Alemayne . A kind of hawk . Gower . ÁLMAN , 8 . ALMANDINE , adj . Made of almond . ALMANDRE , 8. An almond - tree . And of ...
... Italy , which was not small , And dwelt in Almany . Harrington's Ariosto , 1591 , p . 19 . Upon the londe of Alemayne . A kind of hawk . Gower . ÁLMAN , 8 . ALMANDINE , adj . Made of almond . ALMANDRE , 8. An almond - tree . And of ...
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... And counsel'd you forthwith to pack To Græcia , bag and baggage , back . Homer A - la - Mode , p . 79 . Bag - of - moonshine , an illusory de- ception ; a foolish tale . BAGATINE , 8 . An Italian coin , worth about BAD BAG 150.
... And counsel'd you forthwith to pack To Græcia , bag and baggage , back . Homer A - la - Mode , p . 79 . Bag - of - moonshine , an illusory de- ception ; a foolish tale . BAGATINE , 8 . An Italian coin , worth about BAD BAG 150.
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... Italian coin , worth about the third of a far- thing . BAGAVEL , S. ( 4.-S. ? ) A tribute granted to the citizens of Exeter by a charter from Edward the First , empowering them to levy a duty upon all wares brought to that city for the ...
... Italian coin , worth about the third of a far- thing . BAGAVEL , S. ( 4.-S. ? ) A tribute granted to the citizens of Exeter by a charter from Edward the First , empowering them to levy a duty upon all wares brought to that city for the ...
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