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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... plant ; the ophisglossum . ADDER - WORT , S. snake - weed . The bistort or ADDICE , 8. ( 4.-S. ) An adze . I had thought I had rode upon addices between this and Canterbury . Lyly's Mother Bombie , 1594 . An addis , or little axe ...
... plant ; the ophisglossum . ADDER - WORT , S. snake - weed . The bistort or ADDICE , 8. ( 4.-S. ) An adze . I had thought I had rode upon addices between this and Canterbury . Lyly's Mother Bombie , 1594 . An addis , or little axe ...
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... plant axweed . Skinner . AISH , 8. Stubble ; as wheat , or oat aish , i . e . wheat or oat stub- ble . Grose gives this as a Hampshire word . AISIELICHE , adv . Easily . AISIL , 8. ( A - .S . aisil or eisil . ) Vinegar ; or at least a ...
... plant axweed . Skinner . AISH , 8. Stubble ; as wheat , or oat aish , i . e . wheat or oat stub- ble . Grose gives this as a Hampshire word . AISIELICHE , adv . Easily . AISIL , 8. ( A - .S . aisil or eisil . ) Vinegar ; or at least a ...
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... plant , great parsley . ALEXANDER'S - FOOT , 8. The plant pellitory . Skinner . ALEXANDRIN , adj . Cloth or em- broidery of some kind , brought from Alexandria . ALEYE , 8. ( A.-N. ) An alley . That in an aleye had a privee place ...
... plant , great parsley . ALEXANDER'S - FOOT , 8. The plant pellitory . Skinner . ALEXANDRIN , adj . Cloth or em- broidery of some kind , brought from Alexandria . ALEYE , 8. ( A.-N. ) An alley . That in an aleye had a privee place ...
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... plant persi- caria . Prompt . Parv . ALKANET , 8. The wild buglos . Gerard . ALKANI , S. Tin . Howell . ALKE . A broad form of ilk ; each . ALKEKENG , 8. The winter - cherry . ALKENAMYE , s . Alchemy . Experimentz of alkenamye The peple ...
... plant persi- caria . Prompt . Parv . ALKANET , 8. The wild buglos . Gerard . ALKANI , S. Tin . Howell . ALKE . A broad form of ilk ; each . ALKEKENG , 8. The winter - cherry . ALKENAMYE , s . Alchemy . Experimentz of alkenamye The peple ...
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... plant wood- sorrel . It is found in the index to Gerard's Herball , ed . 1633 . 66 Alleluya , an herbe called wood- sorrell or cuckowes meat , which cuckowes delight in . " Minshew's Guide into Tongues , 1627 . ALLEMASH - DAY , s ...
... plant wood- sorrel . It is found in the index to Gerard's Herball , ed . 1633 . 66 Alleluya , an herbe called wood- sorrell or cuckowes meat , which cuckowes delight in . " Minshew's Guide into Tongues , 1627 . ALLEMASH - DAY , s ...
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