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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... Dorset . and Somerset . AGOOD , adv . heartily . Gone ; ago ; since . In good earnest ; AGRADE , v . ( A -N . ) To be pleased with . AGRAME , v . ( A.-S. ) To dis- AGREME , please ; to vex ; to AGROME , anger . And if a man be falsely ...
... Dorset . and Somerset . AGOOD , adv . heartily . Gone ; ago ; since . In good earnest ; AGRADE , v . ( A -N . ) To be pleased with . AGRAME , v . ( A.-S. ) To dis- AGREME , please ; to vex ; to AGROME , anger . And if a man be falsely ...
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... Dorset . ALAST , adv . At last ; lately . ALATE , adv . Lately . ALATRATE , v . ( Lat . allatrare . ) To growl ; to bark . Let Cerberus , the dog of hel , alatrate what he iste to the contrary . 179 . Stubbe's Anatomic of Abuses , p ...
... Dorset . ALAST , adv . At last ; lately . ALATE , adv . Lately . ALATRATE , v . ( Lat . allatrare . ) To growl ; to bark . Let Cerberus , the dog of hel , alatrate what he iste to the contrary . 179 . Stubbe's Anatomic of Abuses , p ...
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... Dorset . ALSATIA . A jocular name for the Whitefriars , in London , which was formerly an asylum for in- solvent debtors , and all such as had offended against the laws . ALSAUME , adv . Altogether . ALSAME , } adv . ALSE , ( 1 ) 8. The ...
... Dorset . ALSATIA . A jocular name for the Whitefriars , in London , which was formerly an asylum for in- solvent debtors , and all such as had offended against the laws . ALSAUME , adv . Altogether . ALSAME , } adv . ALSE , ( 1 ) 8. The ...
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... Dorset . A - PLACE , adv . In place . Gower . A - PLAT , adv . Flat down . APLIGHT , adv . ( 4.-S. ) Certainly ; truly ; entirely . Hidur thei come be mone - ligt , Eete therof wel apligt . K. Edward and the Shepherd . Nou is Edward of ...
... Dorset . A - PLACE , adv . In place . Gower . A - PLAT , adv . Flat down . APLIGHT , adv . ( 4.-S. ) Certainly ; truly ; entirely . Hidur thei come be mone - ligt , Eete therof wel apligt . K. Edward and the Shepherd . Nou is Edward of ...
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... Dorset . APOPUAK , 8. A kind of herb , men- tioned in the Archæol . , xxx , 404 . APORET , part . p . ( A.-N. ) Made poor ; reduced to poverty . APOSEN , v . To demand . This word occurs in Skinner's Etymolo- gion , 1671 . APOSTATA , 8 ...
... Dorset . APOPUAK , 8. A kind of herb , men- tioned in the Archæol . , xxx , 404 . APORET , part . p . ( A.-N. ) Made poor ; reduced to poverty . APOSEN , v . To demand . This word occurs in Skinner's Etymolo- gion , 1671 . APOSTATA , 8 ...
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