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.

COMPILED BY

THOMAS WRIGHT, Esq., M.A., F.S.A., H.M.R.S.L., &c.,

CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE INSTITUTE OF FLANCE.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. I. A-F.

LONDON:

BELL & DALDY, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN.

MDCCCLXIX.

LONDON:

PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS

STAMFORD STREET AND CHARING CROSS."

DICTIONARY

UF

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.

COMPILED BY

THOMAS WRIGHT, Esq., M.A., F.S.A., H.M.R.S.L., &c.,

CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE INSTITUTE OF FRANCE.

LONDON:
BELL & DALDY, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN.

MDCCCLXIX.