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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... , or 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.
... , or 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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... called together hys army . Hall , Edward IV , fol . 26 . ACCESS , 8. Used by Shakespeare in Hamlet , ii , 1 , accented on the first syllable . ACCESSE , S. ( in Lat . accessus febris , the access of a fever . ) A fever ; or , more ...
... called together hys army . Hall , Edward IV , fol . 26 . ACCESS , 8. Used by Shakespeare in Hamlet , ii , 1 , accented on the first syllable . ACCESSE , S. ( in Lat . accessus febris , the access of a fever . ) A fever ; or , more ...
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... called a receipt ; and it is still so in the northern counties . ACRASED . Crazed . ACRE , 8. ( from the A.-S. acer . ) A field . Originally not a deter- mined quantity of land , but any open ground . ( 2 ) A duel fought by single com ...
... called a receipt ; and it is still so in the northern counties . ACRASED . Crazed . ACRE , 8. ( from the A.-S. acer . ) A field . Originally not a deter- mined quantity of land , but any open ground . ( 2 ) A duel fought by single com ...
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... called , because , it is said , when Eve swallowed her apple with ease , and gave another to Adam , his conscience so rebelled against it , that it never got farther than his throat . tus . ) Equal to . Why did the Lord from Adam , Eve ...
... called , because , it is said , when Eve swallowed her apple with ease , and gave another to Adam , his conscience so rebelled against it , that it never got farther than his throat . tus . ) Equal to . Why did the Lord from Adam , Eve ...
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... 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 severall species ...
... 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 severall species ...
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