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 167
... South . For barton . BARKER , 8. ( 1 ) A tanner . What craftsman art thou , said the king , I praye thee , tell me trowe : I am a barker , sir , by my trade ; Nowe telle me , what art thou ? K. Ed . IV and Tanner , Percy . Barker ...
... South . For barton . BARKER , 8. ( 1 ) A tanner . What craftsman art thou , said the king , I praye thee , tell me trowe : I am a barker , sir , by my trade ; Nowe telle me , what art thou ? K. Ed . IV and Tanner , Percy . Barker ...
Page 176
... South . ( 2 ) s . The game of cricket . Dev . ( 3 ) s . A beating . Yorksh . ( 4 ) s . The slaty part of coal after it is burnt white . Coal deterio- rated by the presence of this slaty matter is said to be batty . Northampt . In ...
... South . ( 2 ) s . The game of cricket . Dev . ( 3 ) s . A beating . Yorksh . ( 4 ) s . The slaty part of coal after it is burnt white . Coal deterio- rated by the presence of this slaty matter is said to be batty . Northampt . In ...
Page 228
... South . BLUFF , ( 1 ) adj . Churlish ; surly . South . ( 2 ) adj . Big and puffed up , as it were with wind . ( 3 ) v . To blindfold . North . ( 4 ) 8. A tin tube through which boys blow peas . Suffolk . ( 5 ) s . The blinker of a horse ...
... South . BLUFF , ( 1 ) adj . Churlish ; surly . South . ( 2 ) adj . Big and puffed up , as it were with wind . ( 3 ) v . To blindfold . North . ( 4 ) 8. A tin tube through which boys blow peas . Suffolk . ( 5 ) s . The blinker of a horse ...
Page 237
... South . BOOKSMAN , 8. A clerk or secretary . BOOL , v . To bawl . BOOLK , v . To abuse . Suffolk . BOOм , 8. A term for a stake placed at the margin of deep channels to warn boats from the mud . South . BOOMER , 8. Smuggled gin . Brock ...
... South . BOOKSMAN , 8. A clerk or secretary . BOOL , v . To bawl . BOOLK , v . To abuse . Suffolk . BOOм , 8. A term for a stake placed at the margin of deep channels to warn boats from the mud . South . BOOMER , 8. Smuggled gin . Brock ...
Page 256
... South . ( 2 ) v . To draw the chin to the neck . BRICKETTES , 8. The pieces of ar- mour which covered the loins , and joined the tassets . BRICK - KEEL , S . A brick - kiln . South . BRICKLE , adj . Brittle . Still used in the North ...
... South . ( 2 ) v . To draw the chin to the neck . BRICKETTES , 8. The pieces of ar- mour which covered the loins , and joined the tassets . BRICK - KEEL , S . A brick - kiln . South . BRICKLE , adj . Brittle . Still used in the North ...
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