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 2H. G. Bohn, 1857 - English language |
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Page 142
... Devon . AXES , 8. The ague . Applied more particularly to fits or paroxysms . In the xiii of king Edwarde , there ... Devon . ( 2 ) s . One , who by constantly sitting near the fire , becomes dirty with ashes ; an idle and lazy person ...
... Devon . AXES , 8. The ague . Applied more particularly to fits or paroxysms . In the xiii of king Edwarde , there ... Devon . ( 2 ) s . One , who by constantly sitting near the fire , becomes dirty with ashes ; an idle and lazy person ...
Page 190
... Devon . BEGAY , v . To make gay . BEGAYGED , part . p . Bewitched . Devon . BEGCHIS , 8. Bitches . Cov . Myst . BEGENELD , 8. A mendicant . P. Pl . BEGGAR - MY - NEIGHBOUR , 8. A chil- dren's game at cards . BEGGAR'S - BARM , 8. The ...
... Devon . BEGAY , v . To make gay . BEGAYGED , part . p . Bewitched . Devon . BEGCHIS , 8. Bitches . Cov . Myst . BEGENELD , 8. A mendicant . P. Pl . BEGGAR - MY - NEIGHBOUR , 8. A chil- dren's game at cards . BEGGAR'S - BARM , 8. The ...
Page 204
... Devon . BETOKE , pret.t. pl . of beteche . Gave . BETOSSED , adj . Troubled . BETOUSE , v . To drag about . BETRAITOR , v . To call one traitor . BETRAPPE , v . To entrap ; to en- snare . BETRASH , BETRAISE , BITRAISSHE , v . ( A.-N ...
... Devon . BETOKE , pret.t. pl . of beteche . Gave . BETOSSED , adj . Troubled . BETOUSE , v . To drag about . BETRAITOR , v . To call one traitor . BETRAPPE , v . To entrap ; to en- snare . BETRASH , BETRAISE , BITRAISSHE , v . ( A.-N ...
Page 224
... Devon . BLIND - NETTLE , 8. Wild hemp . Devon . BLIND - SIM , 8. Blind - man's buff . East . BLIND - THARM , s . The bowel - gut . Durham . BLIND - WORM , 8. The slow - worm . BLINDERS , S. Blinkers . North . BLINDING - BRIDLE , 8. A ...
... Devon . BLIND - NETTLE , 8. Wild hemp . Devon . BLIND - SIM , 8. Blind - man's buff . East . BLIND - THARM , s . The bowel - gut . Durham . BLIND - WORM , 8. The slow - worm . BLINDERS , S. Blinkers . North . BLINDING - BRIDLE , 8. A ...
Page 254
... Devon . ( 4 ) v . To frighten . North . ( 5 ) 8. Agitation . North . BREECH , v . To flog ; to whip . BREECHMEN , 8. Sailors . BREED , ( 1 ) v . To plait . South . ( 2 ) Breed and seed , birth and parentage and relationship . " I know ...
... Devon . ( 4 ) v . To frighten . North . ( 5 ) 8. Agitation . North . BREECH , v . To flog ; to whip . BREECHMEN , 8. Sailors . BREED , ( 1 ) v . To plait . South . ( 2 ) Breed and seed , birth and parentage and relationship . " I know ...
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