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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... wood , Led o'er the plains and taught to get their food . Browne , Brit . Past . , ii , 4 . On his snowie crest The tow'ring falcon whilome built , and kings Strove for that eirie . Ib . , i , 1 . There is a grant , in which the " harts ...
... wood , Led o'er the plains and taught to get their food . Browne , Brit . Past . , ii , 4 . On his snowie crest The tow'ring falcon whilome built , and kings Strove for that eirie . Ib . , i , 1 . There is a grant , in which the " harts ...
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... woods , which is the mast of the woods , which by a more proper worde , for difference , is called the pawnage . Manwood's Forest Laws , 1598 . earth ( 2 ) An embankment ; heaped up . AGISTOR , 8. An intendant of the royal forests ...
... woods , which is the mast of the woods , which by a more proper worde , for difference , is called the pawnage . Manwood's Forest Laws , 1598 . earth ( 2 ) An embankment ; heaped up . AGISTOR , 8. An intendant of the royal forests ...
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... wood- sorrel . It is found in the index to Gerard's Herball , ed . 1633 . 66 Alleluya , an herbe called wood- sorrell or cuckowes meat , which cuckowes delight in . " Minshew's Guide into Tongues , 1627 . ALLEMASH - DAY , s . Allumage ...
... wood- sorrel . It is found in the index to Gerard's Herball , ed . 1633 . 66 Alleluya , an herbe called wood- sorrell or cuckowes meat , which cuckowes delight in . " Minshew's Guide into Tongues , 1627 . ALLEMASH - DAY , s . Allumage ...
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... wooden peg , four inches long , with a button balanced on the top . Buttons , marbles , or any- thing else , according ... wood - rose . Alysson . See ALL - MANNER - A - WOT , S. Indiscri- minate abuse . Suffolk . ALL - OF - A - ROW , s ...
... wooden peg , four inches long , with a button balanced on the top . Buttons , marbles , or any- thing else , according ... wood - rose . Alysson . See ALL - MANNER - A - WOT , S. Indiscri- minate abuse . Suffolk . ALL - OF - A - ROW , s ...
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... Wood . ARBESET , 8. ( 4.-N. ) A strawberry tree . Thou schalt fvnde trowes two : Seyntes and holy they buth bo . Hygher than in othir contray all ; Arbeset men heom callith . Kyng Alisaunder , 6765 . ARBITRATE , v . ( Lat . ) To deter ...
... Wood . ARBESET , 8. ( 4.-N. ) A strawberry tree . Thou schalt fvnde trowes two : Seyntes and holy they buth bo . Hygher than in othir contray all ; Arbeset men heom callith . Kyng Alisaunder , 6765 . ARBITRATE , v . ( Lat . ) To deter ...
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