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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... - lish Dictionarie , 1639 . ACERTAINED , part . p . Informed certainly ; confirmed in opinion . ACERVATE , V. ( Lat . ) To heap Brown bread . Min- up . ACESCENT , adj . ( Lat . ) Sour . ACESE , . ( A.-N. ) To cease ; to ACC ACE 16.
... - lish Dictionarie , 1639 . ACERTAINED , part . p . Informed certainly ; confirmed in opinion . ACERVATE , V. ( Lat . ) To heap Brown bread . Min- up . ACESCENT , adj . ( Lat . ) Sour . ACESE , . ( A.-N. ) To cease ; to ACC ACE 16.
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... bread . ALECCIOUN , S. An election . Besechyng you therfore to help to the resignacion therof , and the kvnges lettre to the byshop of Lincoln for the aleccion . Monastic Letters , p . 240 . ALECIE , 8. Drunkenness caused by ale . If he ...
... bread . ALECCIOUN , S. An election . Besechyng you therfore to help to the resignacion therof , and the kvnges lettre to the byshop of Lincoln for the aleccion . Monastic Letters , p . 240 . ALECIE , 8. Drunkenness caused by ale . If he ...
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... bread , ale , and beer . " Kersey . Than left hand land , and left hand sea , with compas long alee , Fetch out aloofe from lands and seas on right hand , see thou flee . Phaer's Virgil , 1600 . It is said of Captain Cox , of ALEES , 8 ...
... bread , ale , and beer . " Kersey . Than left hand land , and left hand sea , with compas long alee , Fetch out aloofe from lands and seas on right hand , see thou flee . Phaer's Virgil , 1600 . It is said of Captain Cox , of ALEES , 8 ...
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... bread and ale within the pre- cincts of the lordship . See Co- well's Interpreter , 1658 . ALEVEN . ALEW , ALOW , Eleven . interj . Halloo . Tet did she not lament with loude alew , As women wont , but with deepe sighes and singulfs few ...
... bread and ale within the pre- cincts of the lordship . See Co- well's Interpreter , 1658 . ALEVEN . ALEW , ALOW , Eleven . interj . Halloo . Tet did she not lament with loude alew , As women wont , but with deepe sighes and singulfs few ...
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... bread . ALLONCE . All of us . Somerset . ALLONELY , adv . Exclusively . See Alonely . ALLOQUY , 8. ( Lat . ) The act of addressing a person . ALLOTTERY , s . An allotment . Allow me such exercises as may become a gentleman , or give me ...
... bread . ALLONCE . All of us . Somerset . ALLONELY , adv . Exclusively . See Alonely . ALLOQUY , 8. ( Lat . ) The act of addressing a person . ALLOTTERY , s . An allotment . Allow me such exercises as may become a gentleman , or give me ...
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