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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... dresses . Francis Drake , in his expedition against Hispaniola , had two thou sand such volunteers in his fleet To this Ben Jonson alludes under the name of the Island Voyage : " I had as fair a gold jerkin on that day , as any worn in ...
... dresses . Francis Drake , in his expedition against Hispaniola , had two thou sand such volunteers in his fleet To this Ben Jonson alludes under the name of the Island Voyage : " I had as fair a gold jerkin on that day , as any worn in ...
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... Dress . The glory of the court , their fashions And brave agguize , with all their princely More's Philos . Poems , p . 7 . state . ( 2 ) v . To dress ; to put on . Spenser . AGHE , pres . t . Ought . AGHEN , adj . ( A.-S. ) Own ...
... Dress . The glory of the court , their fashions And brave agguize , with all their princely More's Philos . Poems , p . 7 . state . ( 2 ) v . To dress ; to put on . Spenser . AGHE , pres . t . Ought . AGHEN , adj . ( A.-S. ) Own ...
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... dress ; a spangle ; a little plate of metal . Aglet , " a jewel in one's cap . " Baret's Alvearie . Which all above besprinkeled was through- out , With golden aygulets that glistered bright , Like twinkling stars . Spenser , F. Q. , II ...
... dress ; a spangle ; a little plate of metal . Aglet , " a jewel in one's cap . " Baret's Alvearie . Which all above besprinkeled was through- out , With golden aygulets that glistered bright , Like twinkling stars . Spenser , F. Q. , II ...
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... dress ; to prepare . AGREVE , v . ( A.-N. agrever . ) To grieve a person ; to vex ; to in- jure . And now fully porposide withowte oc- casyon of greyff to be playntyffe agaynste me , whom I never agrevyde in no case . Monastic Letters ...
... dress ; to prepare . AGREVE , v . ( A.-N. agrever . ) To grieve a person ; to vex ; to in- jure . And now fully porposide withowte oc- casyon of greyff to be playntyffe agaynste me , whom I never agrevyde in no case . Monastic Letters ...
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... dress of a showman or rope- dancer . Shropsh . See Aglet . ( 2 ) s . An icicle . Midl . Counties . AIGRE , adj . ( A.-N. ) Sour ; acid . Yorksh . See Egre . AIGREEN , 8. The house - leek . Ker- sey . 66 AIGULET , 8. The clasp of a ...
... dress of a showman or rope- dancer . Shropsh . See Aglet . ( 2 ) s . An icicle . Midl . Counties . AIGRE , adj . ( A.-N. ) Sour ; acid . Yorksh . See Egre . AIGREEN , 8. The house - leek . Ker- sey . 66 AIGULET , 8. The clasp of a ...
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