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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Page 65
... piece of fine linen , of an AMMAS , oblong square form , which was formerly worn on the head until the priest arrived be- fore the altar , and then thrown back upon the shoulders . AMYD , AMYDDIS , ས adv . Amidst . AMYDON , 8. Fine ...
... piece of fine linen , of an AMMAS , oblong square form , which was formerly worn on the head until the priest arrived be- fore the altar , and then thrown back upon the shoulders . AMYD , AMYDDIS , ས adv . Amidst . AMYDON , 8. Fine ...
Page 75
... piece of metal attached to the end of laces or points . Yorksh . ANLETH , S. ( A.-S. anulit , andwlit . ) The face ; the countenance . To the mi hert saide the soght face mine , I sal seke laverd to face thine ; Ne turne thine anleth me ...
... piece of metal attached to the end of laces or points . Yorksh . ANLETH , S. ( A.-S. anulit , andwlit . ) The face ; the countenance . To the mi hert saide the soght face mine , I sal seke laverd to face thine ; Ne turne thine anleth me ...
Page 92
... piece of ground left un- worked . A term in mining . ARCHAL , 8. Liverwort . Phillips . ARCHANGEL , 8. ( 1 ) The dead net- tle . ( 2 ) A kind of bird . Rom . of the Rose , 915 , where the original French is mesange , a titmouse ...
... piece of ground left un- worked . A term in mining . ARCHAL , 8. Liverwort . Phillips . ARCHANGEL , 8. ( 1 ) The dead net- tle . ( 2 ) A kind of bird . Rom . of the Rose , 915 , where the original French is mesange , a titmouse ...
Page 109
... piece of ord- nance , which carried a twelve pound shot . ASPIE , ( 1 ) v . ( A.-N. ) To espie ; to discover . Sche hath at scole and elles wher him sought , Til fynally sche gan of hem aspye , That he was last seyn in the Jewerie ...
... piece of ord- nance , which carried a twelve pound shot . ASPIE , ( 1 ) v . ( A.-N. ) To espie ; to discover . Sche hath at scole and elles wher him sought , Til fynally sche gan of hem aspye , That he was last seyn in the Jewerie ...
Page 115
... piece set on . ASSUMP , part . p . ( Lat . assumptus . ) Raised . It occurs in Hall , Henry VI , f . 61 , and should perhaps be assumpt . ASSUMPSIT , 8. A promise . It is properly a law term , but in the following passage it is used in ...
... piece set on . ASSUMP , part . p . ( Lat . assumptus . ) Raised . It occurs in Hall , Henry VI , f . 61 , and should perhaps be assumpt . ASSUMPSIT , 8. A promise . It is properly a law term , but in the following passage it is used in ...
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