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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... given the word only under the form in which it occurs most usually , or which seems most correct ; but , to facilitate the reference , I add at the end of this preface a list of the more common inter- changes of this kind , so that if a ...
... given the word only under the form in which it occurs most usually , or which seems most correct ; but , to facilitate the reference , I add at the end of this preface a list of the more common inter- changes of this kind , so that if a ...
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... given by Skinner . See Abie . ABAYSCHID , ABAYSSHETTE , part.p.Abashed ; frightened . See Abaissed . ABAYST , part . p . ( A.-N. ) Disar pointed . And that when that they were travyst , And of herborow were abayst . Brit . Bibl . , iv ...
... given by Skinner . See Abie . ABAYSCHID , ABAYSSHETTE , part.p.Abashed ; frightened . See Abaissed . ABAYST , part . p . ( A.-N. ) Disar pointed . And that when that they were travyst , And of herborow were abayst . Brit . Bibl . , iv ...
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... given by Minsheu , in his Guide into Tongues , 1627 . ABERDAVINE , 8. A provincial name for the siskin ( fringilla spinus of Linnæus ) . Upon a bench . ABERE , v . ( A.-S. ) To bear . Rob . Glouc . See Abear . ABEREMORD , S. ( A.-S. ) A ...
... given by Minsheu , in his Guide into Tongues , 1627 . ABERDAVINE , 8. A provincial name for the siskin ( fringilla spinus of Linnæus ) . Upon a bench . ABERE , v . ( A.-S. ) To bear . Rob . Glouc . See Abear . ABEREMORD , S. ( A.-S. ) A ...
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... Dictionary , 1795 , to be " a local word ; " but ablette is given by Cotgrave as the French word for the same fish . It is still used in West- moreland , ABLEWE , past t . Blew upon . ABLICHE , adv . Ably . MSS . of 15th ABJ ABL 8.
... Dictionary , 1795 , to be " a local word ; " but ablette is given by Cotgrave as the French word for the same fish . It is still used in West- moreland , ABLEWE , past t . Blew upon . ABLICHE , adv . Ably . MSS . of 15th ABJ ABL 8.
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... given to a horse in shoeing , by driving the nail into the quick . ACCOAST , v . To sail by the coast ; to fly near the ground . Ne is there hawk that mantleth her on perche , Whether high towering or accoasting low . Spenser's Faerie ...
... given to a horse in shoeing , by driving the nail into the quick . ACCOAST , v . To sail by the coast ; to fly near the ground . Ne is there hawk that mantleth her on perche , Whether high towering or accoasting low . Spenser's Faerie ...
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