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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... side in the game , which was previ- ously either none or few , has now got to be as many as the other . Dyche . ABOBBED , adj . ( from A.-N. aboby , astonished . ) Astonished . The messangers were abobbed tho , Thai nisten what thai ...
... side in the game , which was previ- ously either none or few , has now got to be as many as the other . Dyche . ABOBBED , adj . ( from A.-N. aboby , astonished . ) Astonished . The messangers were abobbed tho , Thai nisten what thai ...
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... side ; near . Forth thai passeth this lond acost . Arthour and Merlin . ACOUNTRE , ACUNTRE , v . ( A.-N. ) An en- MSS . of counter . 14th cent . ACOUPE , v . ( from 4.-N. acoulper . ) To blame ; accuse ; inculpate . Me acoupede hom ...
... side ; near . Forth thai passeth this lond acost . Arthour and Merlin . ACOUNTRE , ACUNTRE , v . ( A.-N. ) An en- MSS . of counter . 14th cent . ACOUPE , v . ( from 4.-N. acoulper . ) To blame ; accuse ; inculpate . Me acoupede hom ...
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... sides . Craven . ADARNECH , 8. Colour like gold . Howell . ADARNED , adj . Ashamed . Coles . ADARRIS , S. The flower of sea- water . Howell . ADASED , adj . ( A.-N. ) Dazzled ; ADASSID , put out of countenance . The glittring therof ...
... sides . Craven . ADARNECH , 8. Colour like gold . Howell . ADARNED , adj . Ashamed . Coles . ADARRIS , S. The flower of sea- water . Howell . ADASED , adj . ( A.-N. ) Dazzled ; ADASSID , put out of countenance . The glittring therof ...
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... side to the other . In Sussex , when a horse does so , he is said to " earn a gallon of oats . " ( 2 ) Labourers ' wages . Yorksh . ( 3 ) s . A swelling with matter in it . Somerset . ( 4 ) 8 . The headland of a field ; same as adland ...
... side to the other . In Sussex , when a horse does so , he is said to " earn a gallon of oats . " ( 2 ) Labourers ' wages . Yorksh . ( 3 ) s . A swelling with matter in it . Somerset . ( 4 ) 8 . The headland of a field ; same as adland ...
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... 8. ( Lat . ) Accord- ing to Huloet , the " light de scription of a house side or front , where the lyne do answer to the compasse and centrye of everve parte . " Abcedarium , 1552 . ADUN , adv . Down . ADUNATION , 8. ( ADR ADU 26.
... 8. ( Lat . ) Accord- ing to Huloet , the " light de scription of a house side or front , where the lyne do answer to the compasse and centrye of everve parte . " Abcedarium , 1552 . ADUN , adv . Down . ADUNATION , 8. ( ADR ADU 26.
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