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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... ( 2 ) To beat down , or overthrow . Blount . ( 3 ) To cast down , or depress the mind . Shakesp . ( 4 ) To cease . Ys continaunce abated eny bost to make . Political Songs , p . 216 ( 5 ) To contract , or cut short . AB ABA 3.
... ( 2 ) To beat down , or overthrow . Blount . ( 3 ) To cast down , or depress the mind . Shakesp . ( 4 ) To cease . Ys continaunce abated eny bost to make . Political Songs , p . 216 ( 5 ) To contract , or cut short . AB ABA 3.
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... short . Shakesp . ( 6 ) To lower , applied to banners . Common in this sense in the . metrical romances . Alle the baners that Crysten founde They were abatyde . Octovian Imp . , 1743 . ( 7 ) To flutter , or beat with the wings . A ...
... short . Shakesp . ( 6 ) To lower , applied to banners . Common in this sense in the . metrical romances . Alle the baners that Crysten founde They were abatyde . Octovian Imp . , 1743 . ( 7 ) To flutter , or beat with the wings . A ...
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... short space of time . It is sometimes used in Yorkshire in the sense of affecting with concern and amazement , because those passions , when violent and long indulged , are supposed to bring on gray hairs and premature old age . The ...
... short space of time . It is sometimes used in Yorkshire in the sense of affecting with concern and amazement , because those passions , when violent and long indulged , are supposed to bring on gray hairs and premature old age . The ...
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... short half pints by which they get their treasure ; Were all they pillory'd that do trade this way , It would take up a very busy day . Poor Robin , 1735 . A - LEE , adv . On the lee . But whan approaching Sicil coast the winde thee ...
... short half pints by which they get their treasure ; Were all they pillory'd that do trade this way , It would take up a very busy day . Poor Robin , 1735 . A - LEE , adv . On the lee . But whan approaching Sicil coast the winde thee ...
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... short stick at the peg . If the button fly out of the ring , the player is entitled to double the stipulated value of what he gives for the stick . The game is also practised at races , and other places of amusement , with three pegs ...
... short stick at the peg . If the button fly out of the ring , the player is entitled to double the stipulated value of what he gives for the stick . The game is also practised at races , and other places of amusement , with three pegs ...
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