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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... tree . Yet diverse have assaied to deale with- out okes to that end , but not with so good successe as they have hoped , bi- cause the ab or juice will not so soone be removed and cleane drawne out , which some attribute to want of time ...
... tree . Yet diverse have assaied to deale with- out okes to that end , but not with so good successe as they have hoped , bi- cause the ab or juice will not so soone be removed and cleane drawne out , which some attribute to want of time ...
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... tree . Plumpton Correspondence , p . 188 . ACHE - BONE , 8. The hip - bone . ACHELOR , 8. Ashlar , or hewn stone . This form occurs in a Yorkshire document , temp . Hen . VIII . ACHES , pl . Was frequently used as a dissyllable . See ...
... tree . Plumpton Correspondence , p . 188 . ACHE - BONE , 8. The hip - bone . ACHELOR , 8. Ashlar , or hewn stone . This form occurs in a Yorkshire document , temp . Hen . VIII . ACHES , pl . Was frequently used as a dissyllable . See ...
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... tree very sore , Kill ivy , else tree will addle no more . It occurs in the Townley Myste- ries , p . 195. See Adyld . " To addle his shoon " is said in the North of a horse that falls upon his back , and rolls from one side to the ...
... tree very sore , Kill ivy , else tree will addle no more . It occurs in the Townley Myste- ries , p . 195. See Adyld . " To addle his shoon " is said in the North of a horse that falls upon his back , and rolls from one side to the ...
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... TREE , 8. The sassafras . Gerard . AGUERRY , U. ( Fr. ) To discipline and make warlike . AGUILER , 8. ( A.-N. aguillier . ) A needle - case . A silvir nedil forth I drowe , Out of aguiler queint i - nowe , And gan this nedill threde ...
... TREE , 8. The sassafras . Gerard . AGUERRY , U. ( Fr. ) To discipline and make warlike . AGUILER , 8. ( A.-N. aguillier . ) A needle - case . A silvir nedil forth I drowe , Out of aguiler queint i - nowe , And gan this nedill threde ...
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... TREE , s . This word occurs in MS . Harl . , 221 ( the Prompto- rium Parvulorum ) , explained by " viburnum , " the wild vine . ALBYN , adj . ( Lat . ) White . ALBYSI , adv . ( A.-S. ) Scarcely ; i . e . with much business or labour ...
... TREE , s . This word occurs in MS . Harl . , 221 ( the Prompto- rium Parvulorum ) , explained by " viburnum , " the wild vine . ALBYN , adj . ( Lat . ) White . ALBYSI , adv . ( A.-S. ) Scarcely ; i . e . with much business or labour ...
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