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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... twenty pounds . " ABOUTEN , adv . About . Chaucer . Still used in Sussex . ABOUT - SLEDGE , S. forging hammer . ABOUT - WARD , adv . A smith's great Near . Daunted ; About . About . Bowed . ABRAD , part . p . ( from A.-S. abreo- ABO ABO 10.
... twenty pounds . " ABOUTEN , adv . About . Chaucer . Still used in Sussex . ABOUT - SLEDGE , S. forging hammer . ABOUT - WARD , adv . A smith's great Near . Daunted ; About . About . Bowed . ABRAD , part . p . ( from A.-S. abreo- ABO ABO 10.
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... Sussex , when a horse does so , he is said to " earn a gallon of oats . " ( 2 ) Labourers ' wages . Yorksh . ( 3 ) s . A swelling with matter in it . Somerset . ( 4 ) 8. The headland of a field ; same as adland . Northampt . ( 5 ) s ...
... Sussex , when a horse does so , he is said to " earn a gallon of oats . " ( 2 ) Labourers ' wages . Yorksh . ( 3 ) s . A swelling with matter in it . Somerset . ( 4 ) 8. The headland of a field ; same as adland . Northampt . ( 5 ) s ...
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... Sussex , to see large quantities of mould or earth , taken from the commons , thrown to be saturated with it . ADDLINGS , 8. The wages received for labourers ' work . Yorkshire . See Addle . To ADDOLORATE , v . ( taken apparently from ...
... Sussex , to see large quantities of mould or earth , taken from the commons , thrown to be saturated with it . ADDLINGS , 8. The wages received for labourers ' work . Yorkshire . See Addle . To ADDOLORATE , v . ( taken apparently from ...
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... Sussex , but not in general use . AFTER , prep . ( d.-S. ) Afterwards ; according to . " After that they were , " according to their degree . AFTERBURTHEN , 8. The afterbirth . AFTERCASTE , 8. A throw at dice after the game is ended ...
... Sussex , but not in general use . AFTER , prep . ( d.-S. ) Afterwards ; according to . " After that they were , " according to their degree . AFTERBURTHEN , 8. The afterbirth . AFTERCASTE , 8. A throw at dice after the game is ended ...
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... Sussex . ALESTAN - BEARER , 8 . A pot - boy . Higins's Nomenclator . ALESTOND , 8. The ale - house , ALE - STOOL , S. The stool on which casks of ale or beer are placed in the cellar . East . ALET , S. ( 1 ) A kind of hawk . ( 3 ) part ...
... Sussex . ALESTAN - BEARER , 8 . A pot - boy . Higins's Nomenclator . ALESTOND , 8. The ale - house , ALE - STOOL , S. The stool on which casks of ale or beer are placed in the cellar . East . ALET , S. ( 1 ) A kind of hawk . ( 3 ) part ...
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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 dirty 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 Nomenclator Norf North Northampt Northumb old cant term old name Palsgr Parv person piece Piers Pl plant play plough prep pret pron Shakesp sheep Shoreham Shropsh Somers Somerset sort South Spens Spenser stone Suff Suffolk Suss Sussex Terence in English thee ther thou tree Warner's Albions England Warw West Wight wild William de Shoreham Wilts wine woman wood wooden word Yorksh young