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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... blow , And that Pelorus crooked straites begin themselves to show , E Of erberi and alees , Of alle maner of trees . Pistill of Susan . ALE - FEAST . A rural festival . The Whitsun ales are common in Oxfordshire , and are conducted in ...
... blow , And that Pelorus crooked straites begin themselves to show , E Of erberi and alees , Of alle maner of trees . Pistill of Susan . ALE - FEAST . A rural festival . The Whitsun ales are common in Oxfordshire , and are conducted in ...
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... blow without being unhorsed . No man ne myghte with strengthe asy ! te Hys swordes draught . Octorian , 1665 . Ask , ASKER , ASKARD , ASKEL , ARSKE . 8. ( A.-S. apexe . ) A water newt , or lizard . Snakes and nederes thar he fand , And ...
... blow without being unhorsed . No man ne myghte with strengthe asy ! te Hys swordes draught . Octorian , 1665 . Ask , ASKER , ASKARD , ASKEL , ARSKE . 8. ( A.-S. apexe . ) A water newt , or lizard . Snakes and nederes thar he fand , And ...
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... blow . Enough , captain : you have astonished him . Shakesp . , Henry V , v , 1 . ASTONNE , U. ( 4.-N. ) To confound . ASTONY , V. ( A.-N. ) To astonish . Florio's New World of Words , 1611 , 15 . p . ASTOODED , part . p . Sunk fast in ...
... blow . Enough , captain : you have astonished him . Shakesp . , Henry V , v , 1 . ASTONNE , U. ( 4.-N. ) To confound . ASTONY , V. ( A.-N. ) To astonish . Florio's New World of Words , 1611 , 15 . p . ASTOODED , part . p . Sunk fast in ...
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... blow on a helmet . Palsgrave . ATTAL - SARESIN , 8. A term formerly applied by the inhabitants of Cornwall to an old mine that is abandoned . ATTAME , v . ( 1 ) ( 4.-N. entamer . ) To commence ; to begin ; to make a cut into ; to broach ...
... blow on a helmet . Palsgrave . ATTAL - SARESIN , 8. A term formerly applied by the inhabitants of Cornwall to an old mine that is abandoned . ATTAME , v . ( 1 ) ( 4.-N. entamer . ) To commence ; to begin ; to make a cut into ; to broach ...
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... blow . ( 4 ) 8. A stick ; a club . North , ( 5 ) v . To surpass , to 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 ...
... blow . ( 4 ) 8. A stick ; a club . North , ( 5 ) v . To surpass , to 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 ...
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