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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... Linc . MS . ABAY , v . To suffer a heavy pe- nalty ; to abie . This form is given by Skinner . See Abie . ABAYSCHID , ABAYSSHETTE , part.p.Abashed ; frightened . See Abaissed . ABAYST , part . p . ( A.-N. ) Disar pointed . And that when ...
... Linc . MS . ABAY , v . To suffer a heavy pe- nalty ; to abie . This form is given by Skinner . See Abie . ABAYSCHID , ABAYSSHETTE , part.p.Abashed ; frightened . See Abaissed . ABAYST , part . p . ( A.-N. ) Disar pointed . And that when ...
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... Linc . ANSINE , 8. ( A.-S. ansyn . ) Ap- ONSINE , pearance ; figure . Not no mon so muchel of pine , As povre wif that falleth in ansine . Dame Sirith . Vor nis of ow non so kene That durre abide mine onsene . The Hule and the ...
... Linc . ANSINE , 8. ( A.-S. ansyn . ) Ap- ONSINE , pearance ; figure . Not no mon so muchel of pine , As povre wif that falleth in ansine . Dame Sirith . Vor nis of ow non so kene That durre abide mine onsene . The Hule and the ...
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... Linc . ASH - CANDLES , s . The seed pod of the ash - tree . Dorset . ASHELT , adv . Probably ; perhaps . Lanc . It is usually pronounced as two words . ASHEN , 8. Ashes . North . ASHERLAND , 8. " Assarts , or wood . land grub'd and ...
... Linc . ASH - CANDLES , s . The seed pod of the ash - tree . Dorset . ASHELT , adv . Probably ; perhaps . Lanc . It is usually pronounced as two words . ASHEN , 8. Ashes . North . ASHERLAND , 8. " Assarts , or wood . land grub'd and ...
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... Linc . ASLAT , adj . Cracked , as an earthen vessel . 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 ...
... Linc . ASLAT , adj . Cracked , as an earthen vessel . 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 ...
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... Linc . BANKER , 8. A pile of stones raised BINKER , by masons for the pur- pose of placing upon it the stone they may be working . Linc . BANKET , S. A banquet . BANK - HOOK , s . A large fish - hook , baited , and attached by a line to ...
... Linc . BANKER , 8. A pile of stones raised BINKER , by masons for the pur- pose of placing upon it the stone they may be working . Linc . BANKET , S. A banquet . BANK - HOOK , s . A large fish - hook , baited , and attached by a line to ...
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