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 144
... insignificant fellow . North . AZZARDLY , adj . Poor ; ill thriven . AZZLE - TOOTH , s . Agrinder . Craven . AZZLED , adj . Chapped . Leic . A person's hands are said to be azzled . AJENNIS , prep . Against . Mikil more if he AYE AZZ 144.
... insignificant fellow . North . AZZARDLY , adj . Poor ; ill thriven . AZZLE - TOOTH , s . Agrinder . Craven . AZZLED , adj . Chapped . Leic . A person's hands are said to be azzled . AJENNIS , prep . Against . Mikil more if he AYE AZZ 144.
Page 172
... Leic . Northampt . ( 2 ) v . To beat fruit down from the trees with a pole . Beds . ( 3 ) v . To be bashful . ( 4 ) s . The mass of roots of a tree before they separate ; the front of a bull's or pig's head . Heref . BASHMENT , s ...
... Leic . Northampt . ( 2 ) v . To beat fruit down from the trees with a pole . Beds . ( 3 ) v . To be bashful . ( 4 ) s . The mass of roots of a tree before they separate ; the front of a bull's or pig's head . Heref . BASHMENT , s ...
Page 223
... Leic . BLETINGE , adj . ( A.-S. ) Flaming . BLEVE ,. To stay ; to remain . BLEWE , See Bileve . BLEW - BLOW , s . The corn - flower . Gerard . BLEWING , 8. Blue paint . BLEWIT , 8. A kind of fungus . North . BLEXTER , 8. A person who ...
... Leic . BLETINGE , adj . ( A.-S. ) Flaming . BLEVE ,. To stay ; to remain . BLEWE , See Bileve . BLEW - BLOW , s . The corn - flower . Gerard . BLEWING , 8. Blue paint . BLEWIT , 8. A kind of fungus . North . BLEXTER , 8. A person who ...
Page 226
... Leic . BLOSCHEM , BLOSLE , 8. A blossom . BLOSHY , adj . Sloppy , windy , BLOSHING , and rainy . Leic . BLOSME . ( 1 ) v . ( A.-S. blosmian . ) To blossom . ( 2 ) s . A blossom . BLOSMY , adj . Full of blossoms . BLOSS , 8. A ruffled ...
... Leic . BLOSCHEM , BLOSLE , 8. A blossom . BLOSHY , adj . Sloppy , windy , BLOSHING , and rainy . Leic . BLOSME . ( 1 ) v . ( A.-S. blosmian . ) To blossom . ( 2 ) s . A blossom . BLOSMY , adj . Full of blossoms . BLOSS , 8. A ruffled ...
Page 228
... Leic . BLUFFER , S. A landlord of an inn . BLUFFIN , v . To bluster ; to swagger . Staff . BLUFTED , adj . Hoodwinked . Linc . BLUFTER , 8. A horse's blinker . Linc . , Leic . Blufted , having blinkers on . BLUNDER , ( 1 ) 8. Confusion ...
... Leic . BLUFFER , S. A landlord of an inn . BLUFFIN , v . To bluster ; to swagger . Staff . BLUFTED , adj . Hoodwinked . Linc . BLUFTER , 8. A horse's blinker . Linc . , Leic . Blufted , having blinkers on . BLUNDER , ( 1 ) 8. Confusion ...
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