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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... clothing . Rob . Glouc . Out of ys abyt anon Vortiger hym drow , And clothes , as to kyng bicome , dude on him faire y - now3 . ( 3 ) 8. A habit or custom . ( 4 ) s . An obit , or service for the dead . Apology for the Lollards , p ...
... clothing . Rob . Glouc . Out of ys abyt anon Vortiger hym drow , And clothes , as to kyng bicome , dude on him faire y - now3 . ( 3 ) 8. A habit or custom . ( 4 ) s . An obit , or service for the dead . Apology for the Lollards , p ...
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... Cloth or em- broidery of some kind , brought from Alexandria . ALEYE , 8. ( A.-N. ) An alley . That in an aleye had a privee place . Chaucer , Cant . T. ALEYN , adv . Alone . ALEYNE , V. ( 4.-N. ) To alienate . In case they dyde eyther ...
... Cloth or em- broidery of some kind , brought from Alexandria . ALEYE , 8. ( A.-N. ) An alley . That in an aleye had a privee place . Chaucer , Cant . T. ALEYN , adv . Alone . ALEYNE , V. ( 4.-N. ) To alienate . In case they dyde eyther ...
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... clothes : And if you wish to know his name , It is high , low , Jack , and game . ALL - GOOD , 8. The herb good Henry . Gerard . ALLHALLOWN - SUMMER , S. A late summer . ALL - HEAL , S. The herb panax . Gerard . ALL - HID , 8. A name ...
... clothes : And if you wish to know his name , It is high , low , Jack , and game . ALL - GOOD , 8. The herb good Henry . Gerard . ALLHALLOWN - SUMMER , S. A late summer . ALL - HEAL , S. The herb panax . Gerard . ALL - HID , 8. A name ...
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... cloth , draining the whey from it , after let it hang in the same cloth some few hours , then strain it and season it with rose - water and sugar . True Gentlewoman's Delight , 1676 . ALMOND - CUStard , 8. Was made as follows : Take two ...
... cloth , draining the whey from it , after let it hang in the same cloth some few hours , then strain it and season it with rose - water and sugar . True Gentlewoman's Delight , 1676 . ALMOND - CUStard , 8. Was made as follows : Take two ...
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... cloth . Rider , in his Dictionarie , 1640 , explains it by the Latin word " ulniger . " ALNER , S. ( 4.-N. ) A purse , or bag to hold money . I wyll the yeve an alner , 1 - mad of sylk and of gold cler , Wyth fayre ymages thre . Launfal ...
... cloth . Rider , in his Dictionarie , 1640 , explains it by the Latin word " ulniger . " ALNER , S. ( 4.-N. ) A purse , or bag to hold money . I wyll the yeve an alner , 1 - mad of sylk and of gold cler , Wyth fayre ymages thre . Launfal ...
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