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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... arm . Wy- cliffe , Bodl . MS . Aarmed , for armed , occurs in Wyclyffe's ver- sion of the Testament . AARON , 8. ( 4.-S. ) The herb wake- robin . Cotgrave . AAS , 8. ( 4.-N. ) Aces . AAT , 8. ( A.-S. ) Fine oatmeal , used for thickening ...
... arm . Wy- cliffe , Bodl . MS . Aarmed , for armed , occurs in Wyclyffe's ver- sion of the Testament . AARON , 8. ( 4.-S. ) The herb wake- robin . Cotgrave . AAS , 8. ( 4.-N. ) Aces . AAT , 8. ( A.-S. ) Fine oatmeal , used for thickening ...
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... arms ] by reason of some dishonourable act , whereby the dignity of the coat is abased . " Holme's Academy of Armory . ( 2 ) A diversion or amusement . North . ABATY , v . ( A.-N. ) To abate . Glouc . And that he for ys nevew wolde ...
... arms ] by reason of some dishonourable act , whereby the dignity of the coat is abased . " Holme's Academy of Armory . ( 2 ) A diversion or amusement . North . ABATY , v . ( A.-N. ) To abate . Glouc . And that he for ys nevew wolde ...
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... arms . " Middle- ton . It may be regarded as a punning use of the word . ACROTCH , v . ( from Fr. acrocher . ) To take up ; to seize . ACSEDE , pret . p . Asked . A rather unusual form . The kyng Alesandre acsede Hwan sall that be . ACT ...
... arms . " Middle- ton . It may be regarded as a punning use of the word . ACROTCH , v . ( from Fr. acrocher . ) To take up ; to seize . ACSEDE , pret . p . Asked . A rather unusual form . The kyng Alesandre acsede Hwan sall that be . ACT ...
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... arm bones are so called in the old English trans- lation of Vigo's Book of Chirur- gerie . ÁDJUVANT , part . a . ( Lat . ) Assist- ing . Which meeting with convenient matter and adjuvant causes , doe proceed to the generation of ...
... arm bones are so called in the old English trans- lation of Vigo's Book of Chirur- gerie . ÁDJUVANT , part . a . ( Lat . ) Assist- ing . Which meeting with convenient matter and adjuvant causes , doe proceed to the generation of ...
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... arms ! " All the whole army stood agaz'd on him . 1 Henry VI , i , 1 . The were so sore agased . AGAST , part . p . Chester Plays , ii , 85 . Terrified . Still used in the North . For which so sore agast was Emelie , That she was wel ...
... arms ! " All the whole army stood agaz'd on him . 1 Henry VI , i , 1 . The were so sore agased . AGAST , part . p . Chester Plays , ii , 85 . Terrified . Still used in the North . For which so sore agast was Emelie , That she was wel ...
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