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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... Somerset . ( 3 ) And . Somerset . It occurs in this sense not unfrequently in old MSS . , perhaps an accidental abridgement . ( 4 ) An interrogative , equivalent to what ? Var . Dial . ( 5 ) If . Suffolk . ( 6 ) He . It is often put ...
... Somerset . ( 3 ) And . Somerset . It occurs in this sense not unfrequently in old MSS . , perhaps an accidental abridgement . ( 4 ) An interrogative , equivalent to what ? Var . Dial . ( 5 ) If . Suffolk . ( 6 ) He . It is often put ...
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... as an abrase table , and is therefore called Simplicity . Ben Jonson , ii , 366 . ABREAD , adj . Unconfined ; spread out ; exposed . North . ABRED , part . p . Brought up . Somerset . ABREDE , ( 1 ) v . And To wander ABR ABR 11.
... as an abrase table , and is therefore called Simplicity . Ben Jonson , ii , 366 . ABREAD , adj . Unconfined ; spread out ; exposed . North . ABRED , part . p . Brought up . Somerset . ABREDE , ( 1 ) v . And To wander ABR ABR 11.
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... Somerset . ( 4 ) 8 . The headland of a field ; same as adland . Northampt . ( 5 ) 8. Lees or dregs . ( 6 ) adj . Empty . ADDLED , adj . Having corruption . Used in this sense in Somerset- shire . Hence addled egg , said of an egg in a ...
... Somerset . ( 4 ) 8 . The headland of a field ; same as adland . Northampt . ( 5 ) 8. Lees or dregs . ( 6 ) adj . Empty . ADDLED , adj . Having corruption . Used in this sense in Somerset- shire . Hence addled egg , said of an egg in a ...
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... Somerset . When spreng , adrest in tutties , Calls all tha birds abroad . ADRIHE , ADREICH , Jennings , p . 128 . adv . Aside ; behind . ado . The kinges doughter , which this sigh , For pure abasshe drewe her adrigh . Gower's Confessio ...
... Somerset . When spreng , adrest in tutties , Calls all tha birds abroad . ADRIHE , ADREICH , Jennings , p . 128 . adv . Aside ; behind . ado . The kinges doughter , which this sigh , For pure abasshe drewe her adrigh . Gower's Confessio ...
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... Somerset . AFORE - TUZ . Before thou hast . Yorksh . AFORETIME , adv . In time past . AFOREYENE , prep . ( A.-S. ) Over against ; in front of . Somerset . The yondir house , that stante aforyene us . Troilus and Cres . , ii , 1188 ...
... Somerset . AFORE - TUZ . Before thou hast . Yorksh . AFORETIME , adv . In time past . AFOREYENE , prep . ( A.-S. ) Over against ; in front of . Somerset . The yondir house , that stante aforyene us . Troilus and Cres . , ii , 1188 ...
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