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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... Yorkshire document , temp . Hen . VIII . ACHES , pl . Was frequently used as a dissyllable . See Hudibras , III , ii , 407 . ACHESOUN , v . ( A.-N. achaison . ) Reason ; cause . ACHETYN , v . To escheat . Prompt . Paro . ACHEVE , v ...
... Yorkshire document , temp . Hen . VIII . ACHES , pl . Was frequently used as a dissyllable . See Hudibras , III , ii , 407 . ACHESOUN , v . ( A.-N. achaison . ) Reason ; cause . ACHETYN , v . To escheat . Prompt . Paro . ACHEVE , v ...
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... Yorkshire ; in Staffordshire it is a - dle ; in Cumberland , ettle ; and in Cheshire , yeddle . To earn by working . With goodmen's hogs , or corn , or hay , I addle my ninepence every day . Richard of Dalton Dale . In the Eastern ...
... Yorkshire ; in Staffordshire it is a - dle ; in Cumberland , ettle ; and in Cheshire , yeddle . To earn by working . With goodmen's hogs , or corn , or hay , I addle my ninepence every day . Richard of Dalton Dale . In the Eastern ...
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... Yorkshire . See Addle . To ADDOLORATE , v . ( taken apparently from the Ital . dolorĂ¡re . ) grieve . ADDRESS , U. ( Fr. ) To prepare for anything ; to get ready . ADDS , S. An addice . ADE , S. To cut a deep gutter across ploughed land ...
... Yorkshire . See Addle . To ADDOLORATE , v . ( taken apparently from the Ital . dolorĂ¡re . ) grieve . ADDRESS , U. ( Fr. ) To prepare for anything ; to get ready . ADDS , S. An addice . ADE , S. To cut a deep gutter across ploughed land ...
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... Yorkshire word . AGAINTH , prep . Against . North . AGAME , adv . In game . Chaucer . AGAN , part . p . Gone . AGAPE , adv . On the gape . Milton . AGAR , 8. A sea monster ; perhaps a personification of the Higre , or bore of the tide ...
... Yorkshire word . AGAINTH , prep . Against . North . AGAME , adv . In game . Chaucer . AGAN , part . p . Gone . AGAPE , adv . On the gape . Milton . AGAR , 8. A sea monster ; perhaps a personification of the Higre , or bore of the tide ...
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... Yorkshire nangnails ) , which Grose gives as a provincial word used in Cumberland , to signify corns on the toes . Pals- grave bas " agnayle upon one's too . " " An agnaile , or corne grow . ing upon the toes . " Rider's Dic- tionarie ...
... Yorkshire nangnails ) , which Grose gives as a provincial word used in Cumberland , to signify corns on the toes . Pals- grave bas " agnayle upon one's too . " " An agnaile , or corne grow . ing upon the toes . " Rider's Dic- tionarie ...
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