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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... beat with the wings . A hawking term . An hawke that traveyleth upon the teyne , a man may knowe if he take hede , for suche is her maner that she wolde pante for abatyng then another doth , for in and if she shold fle a litell while ...
... beat with the wings . A hawking term . An hawke that traveyleth upon the teyne , a man may knowe if he take hede , for suche is her maner that she wolde pante for abatyng then another doth , for in and if she shold fle a litell while ...
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... beat . Alapite , in old French , is interpreted as meaning farceurs qui se donnoient des soufflets pour amuser le peuple . Not with a wand to alapat and strike them . Melton's Sire - fold Politician . p . 125 . ALARAN , 8. Seems to mean ...
... beat . Alapite , in old French , is interpreted as meaning farceurs qui se donnoient des soufflets pour amuser le peuple . Not with a wand to alapat and strike them . Melton's Sire - fold Politician . p . 125 . ALARAN , 8. Seems to mean ...
Page 47
... beats the air above the liquid glass . Drayton . ALCHEMY , 8. A mixed metal . See Alcamyne . ALCHION . Halcyon . This ... beat . Best of all . Hy ben the altherbest That ben from est into west . Kyng Alisauader , 1. 4875 For when ze ...
... beats the air above the liquid glass . Drayton . ALCHEMY , 8. A mixed metal . See Alcamyne . ALCHION . Halcyon . This ... beat . Best of all . Hy ben the altherbest That ben from est into west . Kyng Alisauader , 1. 4875 For when ze ...
Page 57
... beat them as fine as you can with fair water two or three hours , then strain them through a linnen cloth , boil them with rose - water , whole mace , and annise seeds , till the substance be thick , spread it upon a fair cloth ...
... beat them as fine as you can with fair water two or three hours , then strain them through a linnen cloth , boil them with rose - water , whole mace , and annise seeds , till the substance be thick , spread it upon a fair cloth ...
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... beat . ( 6 ) " In a bang , " in a hurry . North . ( 7 ) 8. A hard cheese made of milk several times skimmed . Suffolk . BANG - A - BONK , v . To lie lazily on a bank . Staffordsh . BANG - BEGGAR , 8. ( 1 ) A beadle . Derbysh . ( 2 ) A ...
... beat . ( 6 ) " In a bang , " in a hurry . North . ( 7 ) 8. A hard cheese made of milk several times skimmed . Suffolk . BANG - A - BONK , v . To lie lazily on a bank . Staffordsh . BANG - BEGGAR , 8. ( 1 ) A beadle . Derbysh . ( 2 ) A ...
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