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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... stone . Among stones abestor , which being hot wil never be colde for our constancies . Lyly's Mother Bombie , 1594 . ABEYTED , part . p . ( A.-S. ) En- snared . I MSS . of 15th Cent . Hys flesshe on here was so abeyted , That thylke ...
... stone . Among stones abestor , which being hot wil never be colde for our constancies . Lyly's Mother Bombie , 1594 . ABEYTED , part . p . ( A.-S. ) En- snared . I MSS . of 15th Cent . Hys flesshe on here was so abeyted , That thylke ...
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... stone . This form occurs in a Yorkshire document , temp . Hen . VIII . ACHES , pl . Was frequently used as a dissyllable . See Hudibras , III , ii , 407 . ACHESOUN , v . ( A.-N. achaison . ) Reason ; cause . ACHETYN , v . To escheat ...
... stone . This form occurs in a Yorkshire document , temp . Hen . VIII . ACHES , pl . Was frequently used as a dissyllable . See Hudibras , III , ii , 407 . ACHESOUN , v . ( A.-N. achaison . ) Reason ; cause . ACHETYN , v . To escheat ...
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... stone - get- ters ( or delvers ) in the neigh- bourhood of Huddersfield , & c . , in reference to stone which is not of a free workable quality , but , on the contrary , is of a very hard , flinty , or metallic quality , and difficult ...
... stone - get- ters ( or delvers ) in the neigh- bourhood of Huddersfield , & c . , in reference to stone which is not of a free workable quality , but , on the contrary , is of a very hard , flinty , or metallic quality , and difficult ...
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... stone . The an- cients believed that it was found in the eagle's nest , and that the eggs could not be hatched with- out its assistance . According to Lupton , it is a charm to be used by women in childbirth , and brings love between ...
... stone . The an- cients believed that it was found in the eagle's nest , and that the eggs could not be hatched with- out its assistance . According to Lupton , it is a charm to be used by women in childbirth , and brings love between ...
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... Stones fallen from the air ; meteoric stones . They talk of divers . prodigies , as well in these parts as in Holland , but specially airstones ; the bell in his house doth often ring out two or three hours to- gether when nobody is ...
... Stones fallen from the air ; meteoric stones . They talk of divers . prodigies , as well in these parts as in Holland , but specially airstones ; the bell in his house doth often ring out two or three hours to- gether when nobody is ...
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