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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... Sense. And Words which are Now Used Only in the Provincial Dialects. 08961 28,569 Boston Library Society , MONCELLED 2.3 . day of ... To be returned in August 1888 . 5 wrks days . A fine of Three Cents will be incurred for each day this ...
... Sense. And Words which are Now Used Only in the Provincial Dialects. 08961 28,569 Boston Library Society , MONCELLED 2.3 . day of ... To be returned in August 1888 . 5 wrks days . A fine of Three Cents will be incurred for each day this ...
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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.
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.
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... Sense. And Words which are Now Used Only in the Provincial Dialects. PREFACE . SOME seven centuries ago , two distinct languages were spokes throughout England , the Anglo - Saxon , which was that of our Teu- tonic forefathers , and ...
... Sense. And Words which are Now Used Only in the Provincial Dialects. PREFACE . SOME seven centuries ago , two distinct languages were spokes throughout England , the Anglo - Saxon , which was that of our Teu- tonic forefathers , and ...
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... Sense. And Words which are Now Used Only in the Provincial Dialects. DICTIONARY OBSOLETE AND PROVINCIAL ENGLISH . able ' em . persons abjected . Shakespeare's Richard III. or A A , the definite article , is a mere abbreviation of an ...
... Sense. And Words which are Now Used Only in the Provincial Dialects. DICTIONARY OBSOLETE AND PROVINCIAL ENGLISH . able ' em . persons abjected . Shakespeare's Richard III. or A A , the definite article , is a mere abbreviation of an ...
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... Sense. And Words which are Now Used Only in the Provincial Dialects. ( 5 ) To contract , or cut short . Shakesp . ( 6 ) To lower , applied to banners . Common in this sense in the . metrical romances . Alle the baners that Crysten founde ...
... Sense. And Words which are Now Used Only in the Provincial Dialects. ( 5 ) To contract , or cut short . Shakesp . ( 6 ) To lower , applied to banners . Common in this sense in the . metrical romances . Alle the baners that Crysten founde ...
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