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 42
... Lanc . ( 2 ) s . ( A.-N. ) Sourness . North . AIGHENDALE . A measure in Lan- cashire containing seven quarts . Ash . See Aghendole . AIGHS , S. An axe . Lanc . AIGHT , pret . Ought ; owed . Yorksh . AIGHTEDEN , adj . ( A.-S. ) The ...
... Lanc . ( 2 ) s . ( A.-N. ) Sourness . North . AIGHENDALE . A measure in Lan- cashire containing seven quarts . Ash . See Aghendole . AIGHS , S. An axe . Lanc . AIGHT , pret . Ought ; owed . Yorksh . AIGHTEDEN , adj . ( A.-S. ) The ...
Page 94
... Lanc . AREAUT , REAWT , ARECHE , v . ( 1 ) ( A.-S. arecan , to declare . ) To utter ; to declare . But as sone as Beryn had pleyne know- leche That his eyen were y - lost , unneth he mycht areche O word for pure anguyshe . Hist . of ...
... Lanc . AREAUT , REAWT , ARECHE , v . ( 1 ) ( A.-S. arecan , to declare . ) To utter ; to declare . But as sone as Beryn had pleyne know- leche That his eyen were y - lost , unneth he mycht areche O word for pure anguyshe . Hist . of ...
Page 106
... Lanc . See Ass . ASH - BIN , 8. A receptacle for ashe and other dirt . Line . ASH - CANDLES , s . The seed pod o the ash - tree . Dorset . ASHELT , adv . Probably ; perhaps Lanc . It is usually pronounce as two words . ASHEN , 8. Ashes ...
... Lanc . See Ass . ASH - BIN , 8. A receptacle for ashe and other dirt . Line . ASH - CANDLES , s . The seed pod o the ash - tree . Dorset . ASHELT , adv . Probably ; perhaps Lanc . It is usually pronounce as two words . ASHEN , 8. Ashes ...
Page 142
... Lanc . AwVE . I have . Northumb . AWVER , adv . Over . Somerset . AwVISH , adj . ( 1 ) Elvish . Lanc . E , law on did ' n the awrish shap , an the pleck jump pan , sed ' n the ? Tim Bobbin , p . 7 . ( 2 ) Queer ; neither sick nor well ...
... Lanc . AwVE . I have . Northumb . AWVER , adv . Over . Somerset . AwVISH , adj . ( 1 ) Elvish . Lanc . E , law on did ' n the awrish shap , an the pleck jump pan , sed ' n the ? Tim Bobbin , p . 7 . ( 2 ) Queer ; neither sick nor well ...
Page 175
... Lanc . ( 6 ) v . To fly at . Thus surveying round Her dove - befeather'd prison , till at length ( Calling her noble birth to mind , and strength Whereto her wing was born ) her ragged beak Nips off her jangling jesses , strives to ...
... Lanc . ( 6 ) v . To fly at . Thus surveying round Her dove - befeather'd prison , till at length ( Calling her noble birth to mind , and strength Whereto her wing was born ) her ragged beak Nips off her jangling jesses , strives to ...
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15th cent Alisaunder ampt Antiq apple applied beat Berks bird blow boil bread called cattle Chaucer Chesh cloth coarse conj cookery corn Cornw Cotgrave Craven Cumb Cursor Mundi Derb Devon dial dish Dorset doth dress drink East Essex Exmoor fellow fish Florio fool Forme of Cury Glouc gode ground hath hawk head Heref horse Huloet iron Jons Kent kind Knave Kyng lady Lanc land Leic Linc Morte Arthure Nomenclator Norf North Northampt Northumb old cant term old name Palsgr Parv person piece Piers Pl plant play plough prep pret pron Pudendum Shakesp sheep Shoreham Shropsh Somers Somerset sort South Spens Spenser stone Suff Suffolk Suss Sussex Terence in English ther thou tree Warner's Albions England Warw West Wight wild William de Shoreham Wilts wine woman wood wooden word Yorksh young