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... Parv . It was the technical term for the operation in arithmetic . ( 2 ) To beat down , or overthrow . Blount . ( 3 ) To cast down , or depress the mind . Shakesp . ( 4 ) To cease . Ys continaunce abated eny bost to make . Political ...
... Parv . It was the technical term for the operation in arithmetic . ( 2 ) To beat down , or overthrow . Blount . ( 3 ) To cast down , or depress the mind . Shakesp . ( 4 ) To cease . Ys continaunce abated eny bost to make . Political ...
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... According to Grose , this is a vulgar name for the mistress of a disreputable esta- blishment . ABBEY , S. ( 4.-N. ) The great white poplar , a variety of the populus alba . Westm . Yorks . " Yorks . a barrel . Prompt . Parv . ABBUT ABA ...
... According to Grose , this is a vulgar name for the mistress of a disreputable esta- blishment . ABBEY , S. ( 4.-N. ) The great white poplar , a variety of the populus alba . Westm . Yorks . " Yorks . a barrel . Prompt . Parv . ABBUT ABA ...
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... Parv . ABBUT , conj . Aye but . ABBYT , S. A habit . And chanones gode he dede therinne , Unther the abbyt of seynte Austynne . Wright's St. Patrick's Purgatory , p . 66 . ABCE , s . The alphabet . A not un- common word in the 16th Cent ...
... Parv . ABBUT , conj . Aye but . ABBYT , S. A habit . And chanones gode he dede therinne , Unther the abbyt of seynte Austynne . Wright's St. Patrick's Purgatory , p . 66 . ABCE , s . The alphabet . A not un- common word in the 16th Cent ...
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... Parv . The correspond- ing Latin word balista in the Prompt . Parv . does not give a very definite explanation . It is said to be synonymous with the cross - bow ; but in a passage in Hall , a distinction seems to be made between them ...
... Parv . The correspond- ing Latin word balista in the Prompt . Parv . does not give a very definite explanation . It is said to be synonymous with the cross - bow ; but in a passage in Hall , a distinction seems to be made between them ...
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... Parv . ABODE , V. ( A.-S. ) To bode ; to fore- bode . The word occurs in Shake- speare . Abodement , 8. , is also used in the sense of an omen or prognostication . ( 2 ) s . Delay . ( 3 ) Past tense of abide . Waited for . ABOFE , S. A ...
... Parv . ABODE , V. ( A.-S. ) To bode ; to fore- bode . The word occurs in Shake- speare . Abodement , 8. , is also used in the sense of an omen or prognostication . ( 2 ) s . Delay . ( 3 ) Past tense of abide . Waited for . ABOFE , S. A ...
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