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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... Somerset . ( 3 ) And . Somerset . It occurs in this sense not unfrequently in old MSS . , perhaps an accidental abridgement . ( 4 ) An interrogative , equivalent to what ? l'ar . Dial . ( 5 ) If . Suffolk . ( 6 ) He . It is often put ...
... Somerset . ( 3 ) And . Somerset . It occurs in this sense not unfrequently in old MSS . , perhaps an accidental abridgement . ( 4 ) An interrogative , equivalent to what ? l'ar . Dial . ( 5 ) If . Suffolk . ( 6 ) He . It is often put ...
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... Somerset . ( 4 ) 8. The headland of a field ; same as adland . Northampt . ( 5 ) s . Lees or dregs . ( 6 ) adj . Empty . ADDLED , adj . Having corruption . Used in this sense in Somerset- shire . Hence addled egg , said of an egg in a ...
... Somerset . ( 4 ) 8. The headland of a field ; same as adland . Northampt . ( 5 ) s . Lees or dregs . ( 6 ) adj . Empty . ADDLED , adj . Having corruption . Used in this sense in Somerset- shire . Hence addled egg , said of an egg in a ...
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... Somerset . AFORE - TUZ . Before thou hast . Yorksh . AFORETIME , adv . In time past . AFOREYENE , prep . ( A.-S. ) Over against ; in front of . Somerset . The yondir house , that stante aforyene us . Troilus and Cres . , 11 , 1188 ...
... Somerset . AFORE - TUZ . Before thou hast . Yorksh . AFORETIME , adv . In time past . AFOREYENE , prep . ( A.-S. ) Over against ; in front of . Somerset . The yondir house , that stante aforyene us . Troilus and Cres . , 11 , 1188 ...
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... ( Somerset ) ; all - a- hoh , all on one side ( Wilts . ) ; all - along , constantly , " all - along of , " or " all - along on , " owing to ; all - amang , mingled , as when two flocks of sheep are driven to- gether ( Wills . ) ; all ...
... ( Somerset ) ; all - a- hoh , all on one side ( Wilts . ) ; all - along , constantly , " all - along of , " or " all - along on , " owing to ; all - amang , mingled , as when two flocks of sheep are driven to- gether ( Wills . ) ; all ...
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... Somerset . ALLONELY , adv . Exclusively . See Alonely . ALLOQUY , 8. ( Lat . ) The act of addressing a person . ALLOTTERY , s . An allotment . Allow me such exercises as may become a gentleman , or give me the poor allot- tery my father ...
... Somerset . ALLONELY , adv . Exclusively . See Alonely . ALLOQUY , 8. ( Lat . ) The act of addressing a person . ALLOTTERY , s . An allotment . Allow me such exercises as may become a gentleman , or give me the poor allot- tery my father ...
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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