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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Page 19
... called a receipt ; and it is still so in the northern counties . ACRASED . Crazed . ACRE , 8. ( from the A.-S. acer . ) A field . Originally not a deter- mined quantity of land , but any open ground . ( 2 ) A duel fought by single com ...
... called a receipt ; and it is still so in the northern counties . ACRASED . Crazed . ACRE , 8. ( from the A.-S. acer . ) A field . Originally not a deter- mined quantity of land , but any open ground . ( 2 ) A duel fought by single com ...
Page 20
... called to acro- spyre ; and then it is fit only for swine . Mortimer's Husbandry . In a Scottish act of parliament , anent malt - makers , it is said they " let their malt akerspire , and shute out all the thrift and substance at baith ...
... called to acro- spyre ; and then it is fit only for swine . Mortimer's Husbandry . In a Scottish act of parliament , anent malt - makers , it is said they " let their malt akerspire , and shute out all the thrift and substance at baith ...
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... called . See Shakesp . Comedy of Errors , iv , 3 . ADAM - AND - EVE . The bulbs of orchis maculata , which have a fancied resemblance to the human figure . Craven . ADAM - TILER , 8. A pickpocket's associate , who receives the stolen ...
... called . See Shakesp . Comedy of Errors , iv , 3 . ADAM - AND - EVE . The bulbs of orchis maculata , which have a fancied resemblance to the human figure . Craven . ADAM - TILER , 8. A pickpocket's associate , who receives the stolen ...
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... called in the old English trans- lation of Vigo's Book of Chirur- gerie . ADJUVANT , part . a . ( Lat . ) Assist- ing . Which meeting with convenient matter and adjuvant causes , doe proceed to the generation of severall species ...
... called in the old English trans- lation of Vigo's Book of Chirur- gerie . ADJUVANT , part . a . ( Lat . ) Assist- ing . Which meeting with convenient matter and adjuvant causes , doe proceed to the generation of severall species ...
Page 38
... called , in the North , jising , gisting , or joisting cattle . Cattle so taken in are called gisements . According to Cowell , it is a law term , signifying to take in and feed the cattle of strangers in the king's forest , and to ...
... called , in the North , jising , gisting , or joisting cattle . Cattle so taken in are called gisements . According to Cowell , it is a law term , signifying to take in and feed the cattle of strangers in the king's forest , and to ...
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