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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... term . An hawke that traveyleth upon the teyne , a man may knowe if he take hede , for suche is her maner that she wolde pante for abatyng then another doth , for in and if she shold fle a litell while almoste she wolde lose her breth ...
... term . An hawke that traveyleth upon the teyne , a man may knowe if he take hede , for suche is her maner that she wolde pante for abatyng then another doth , for in and if she shold fle a litell while almoste she wolde lose her breth ...
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... term of re- proach for idle persons . Somer- set . Yorks . It is found in most of the early dictionaries . " Neither was I much unlike those abbey- lubbers in my life , though farre unlike them in belief , who laboured till they were ...
... term of re- proach for idle persons . Somer- set . Yorks . It is found in most of the early dictionaries . " Neither was I much unlike those abbey- lubbers in my life , though farre unlike them in belief , who laboured till they were ...
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... term , meaning murder fully proved , in distinction from man- slaughter and justifiable homi- cide . Junius . ABERING , S. A law phrase for the proper carriage of a loyal subject . See Abearing . ABERNE , adj . Auburn . Long aberne ...
... term , meaning murder fully proved , in distinction from man- slaughter and justifiable homi- cide . Junius . ABERING , S. A law phrase for the proper carriage of a loyal subject . See Abearing . ABERNE , adj . Auburn . Long aberne ...
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... term . The follow- ing extract from MS . Cott . Titus A. , xxiii , f . 49 , further explains the meaning of the word : Wel know they the reume yf it aryse , An aker is it clept , I understonde , Whos myght there may no shippe or wynd ...
... term . The follow- ing extract from MS . Cott . Titus A. , xxiii , f . 49 , further explains the meaning of the word : Wel know they the reume yf it aryse , An aker is it clept , I understonde , Whos myght there may no shippe or wynd ...
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... term in hunting . It was applied to the buck and doe , the male and the female fox , and all vermin , and is nearly synonymous with the more modern word imprime . Syr huntere , how many bestis acquill ? Syr , the buk and the doo , the ...
... term in hunting . It was applied to the buck and doe , the male and the female fox , and all vermin , and is nearly synonymous with the more modern word imprime . Syr huntere , how many bestis acquill ? Syr , the buk and the doo , the ...
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