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 23
... South . ADDLE - POOL , 8. A pool , or puddle , near to a dunghill , for receiving the liquid that oozes from the dunghill ; in which liquid it is not uncommon , in Sussex , to see large quantities of mould or earth , taken from the ...
... South . ADDLE - POOL , 8. A pool , or puddle , near to a dunghill , for receiving the liquid that oozes from the dunghill ; in which liquid it is not uncommon , in Sussex , to see large quantities of mould or earth , taken from the ...
Page 45
... South . AKER - LOND , 8. Cultivated land . AKERMAN , S. A husbandman . AKETHER , adv . Indeed . Devon . AKEVERE , V. ( A.-N. ) To recover . AKEWARD , adv . Wrongly . See Acward . AKINNANCE , adv . On one side ; askaunce . Dorset . AKKER ...
... South . AKER - LOND , 8. Cultivated land . AKERMAN , S. A husbandman . AKETHER , adv . Indeed . Devon . AKEVERE , V. ( A.-N. ) To recover . AKEWARD , adv . Wrongly . See Acward . AKINNANCE , adv . On one side ; askaunce . Dorset . AKKER ...
Page 56
... South . ALL - THE - BIRDS- IN - THE - AIR , ALL - THE - FISHES- IN - THE - SEA , Two names of games pecu- liar to Suf- folk . ALL - THE - WORLD - OVER , adv . every occasion . On This common familiar phrase is ancient , being found in ...
... South . ALL - THE - BIRDS- IN - THE - AIR , ALL - THE - FISHES- IN - THE - SEA , Two names of games pecu- liar to Suf- folk . ALL - THE - WORLD - OVER , adv . every occasion . On This common familiar phrase is ancient , being found in ...
Page 89
... South and West of England . APSEN , ( adj . ) Of , or belonging to the asp tree . APT , v . ( Lat . apto . ) To adapt ; to fit to ; to render fit for anything . The symbols used , are not , neither ought to APP ΑΡΤ 89.
... South and West of England . APSEN , ( adj . ) Of , or belonging to the asp tree . APT , v . ( Lat . apto . ) To adapt ; to fit to ; to render fit for anything . The symbols used , are not , neither ought to APP ΑΡΤ 89.
Page 106
... South . ASH . ( 1 ) Stubble . tressel , asche of corn . " Walter de Bibblesworth . " Le ( 2 ) To ask . Lanc . See Ass . ASH - BIN , 8. A receptacle for ashes and other dirt . Linc . ASH - CANDLES , s . The seed pod of the ash - tree ...
... South . ASH . ( 1 ) Stubble . tressel , asche of corn . " Walter de Bibblesworth . " Le ( 2 ) To ask . Lanc . See Ass . ASH - BIN , 8. A receptacle for ashes and other dirt . Linc . ASH - CANDLES , s . The seed pod of the ash - tree ...
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