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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... Warw . ABSTER , . ( Lat . absterreo . ) To deter . ABSTINENT , adj . ( Lat . ) Abstemious . Minshew . ( Lat . ) ABSTINENCY , 8. Abstemiousness . ABSTORQUED , part . p . Wrested away by force . This is Minshew's , explanation in his ...
... Warw . ABSTER , . ( Lat . absterreo . ) To deter . ABSTINENT , adj . ( Lat . ) Abstemious . Minshew . ( Lat . ) ABSTINENCY , 8. Abstemiousness . ABSTORQUED , part . p . Wrested away by force . This is Minshew's , explanation in his ...
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... Warw . a substantive . AUSTERNE , AUSTRINE , } adj . Stern ; severe . But who is yond , thou ladye faire , That looketh with sic an austerne face ? Percy's Reliques , p . 75 . To ansuere the alyenes Wyth austerene wordes . Morte Arthure ...
... Warw . a substantive . AUSTERNE , AUSTRINE , } adj . Stern ; severe . But who is yond , thou ladye faire , That looketh with sic an austerne face ? Percy's Reliques , p . 75 . To ansuere the alyenes Wyth austerene wordes . Morte Arthure ...
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... Warw . BADELYNGE , 8. A flock or com- pany of ducks . BADGE , v . To cut and tie up beans in shocks or sheaves . Leicest . BADGER , ( 1 ) 8. A pedlar ; a corn- factor ; a person who buys eggs , butter , & c . , at the farm - houses , to ...
... Warw . BADELYNGE , 8. A flock or com- pany of ducks . BADGE , v . To cut and tie up beans in shocks or sheaves . Leicest . BADGER , ( 1 ) 8. A pedlar ; a corn- factor ; a person who buys eggs , butter , & c . , at the farm - houses , to ...
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... Warw . BAULK , v . To overlook or pass by a hare in her form without see- ing her . BAULKY , adj . A term applied to earth which digs up in clots . North . BAULME - MINT , 8. Water mint . BAULTER , v . To curl . BAUN - COCK , 8. A game ...
... Warw . BAULK , v . To overlook or pass by a hare in her form without see- ing her . BAULKY , adj . A term applied to earth which digs up in clots . North . BAULME - MINT , 8. Water mint . BAULTER , v . To curl . BAUN - COCK , 8. A game ...
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... Warw . BEWOND , part . p . ( 4.-S. ) Imposed upon ; embarrassed . BEWORD , v . ( 4.-S. ) To become . Wee mused all what would hereof beword . Thynne's Debate , p . 61 . BEWRAP , v . To wrap up . BEWRAY , BEWREY , BEWRIE , BEWRIGHE ...
... Warw . BEWOND , part . p . ( 4.-S. ) Imposed upon ; embarrassed . BEWORD , v . ( 4.-S. ) To become . Wee mused all what would hereof beword . Thynne's Debate , p . 61 . BEWRAP , v . To wrap up . BEWRAY , BEWREY , BEWRIE , BEWRIGHE ...
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