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 133
... Suff . ( 2 ) v . ( Lat . avello . ) To tear away . AVELONG , adj . Elliptical ; oval ; oblong . " Avelong , oblongus . " Prompt . P. It is still used in Suffolk , according to Moor , who says that " workmen - reapers or mowers ...
... Suff . ( 2 ) v . ( Lat . avello . ) To tear away . AVELONG , adj . Elliptical ; oval ; oblong . " Avelong , oblongus . " Prompt . P. It is still used in Suffolk , according to Moor , who says that " workmen - reapers or mowers ...
Page 175
... which wash- ers heat their coarse clothes . BATLETON , 8. A batler . Shropsh . BATLING , 8. A kind of fish . BATLINS , 8. Loppings of trees , tied up into faggots . Suff . BATNER , 8. An ox . BATOON , S. ( BAT BAT 175.
... which wash- ers heat their coarse clothes . BATLETON , 8. A batler . Shropsh . BATLING , 8. A kind of fish . BATLINS , 8. Loppings of trees , tied up into faggots . Suff . BATNER , 8. An ox . BATOON , S. ( BAT BAT 175.
Page 236
... Suff BONE - CLEANER , 8. A servant . Wight . BONE - DRY , adj . Thoroughly dry . BONE - FLOWER , 8. A daisy . North . BONE - HOSTEL , s . A good lodging . BONE - LACE , 8. Lace worked on bobbins , or bones . Thy band which thow did use ...
... Suff BONE - CLEANER , 8. A servant . Wight . BONE - DRY , adj . Thoroughly dry . BONE - FLOWER , 8. A daisy . North . BONE - HOSTEL , s . A good lodging . BONE - LACE , 8. Lace worked on bobbins , or bones . Thy band which thow did use ...
Page 385
... Suff . DICK - A - DILVER , 8. The periwinkie . East . DICKASS , 8. A jack - ass . North . DICK - A - TUESDAY , 8. A sort of hob- goblin . " Ghosts , hobgoblins , Will with a wisp , or Dicke - a - Tuesday . " The Vow - breaker , 1636 ...
... Suff . DICK - A - DILVER , 8. The periwinkie . East . DICKASS , 8. A jack - ass . North . DICK - A - TUESDAY , 8. A sort of hob- goblin . " Ghosts , hobgoblins , Will with a wisp , or Dicke - a - Tuesday . " The Vow - breaker , 1636 ...
Page 444
... Suff . FEISTY , adj . Fusty . East . FEIT , S. A paddock , or field . Linc . FEIZE , v . ( 1 ) To drive away . West . ( 2 ) See Feage and Feague . FEL , ( 1 ) adj . ( A.-S. ) Cruel ; fierce . ( 2 ) pret . t . Felt . FELAWREDE , 8. ( A ...
... Suff . FEISTY , adj . Fusty . East . FEIT , S. A paddock , or field . Linc . FEIZE , v . ( 1 ) To drive away . West . ( 2 ) See Feage and Feague . FEL , ( 1 ) adj . ( A.-S. ) Cruel ; fierce . ( 2 ) pret . t . Felt . FELAWREDE , 8. ( A ...
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