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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... carried to such a degree of pedantic affectation , that it effected its own cure . A popular writer of this period , Samuel Rowlands , in a satirical tract published in 1611 , under the title of " The Knave of Clubbs , " has the ...
... carried to such a degree of pedantic affectation , that it effected its own cure . A popular writer of this period , Samuel Rowlands , in a satirical tract published in 1611 , under the title of " The Knave of Clubbs , " has the ...
Page 60
... carry off the rain - water ; sometimes , an alley , or passage from one part of a building to another ; the parapet - wall itself . Up the alurs of the castles the laydes thanne stode , And by huld thys noble game , and whyche knytes ...
... carry off the rain - water ; sometimes , an alley , or passage from one part of a building to another ; the parapet - wall itself . Up the alurs of the castles the laydes thanne stode , And by huld thys noble game , and whyche knytes ...
Page 69
... carry their brandy on horse- back . See the notes of the com- mentators on Merry Wives of Windsor , i , 3. See Anker . ( 3 ) v . To hold like an anchor . ( 4 ) s . The chape of a buckle . North . It is also in use in Glou- cestersh ...
... carry their brandy on horse- back . See the notes of the com- mentators on Merry Wives of Windsor , i , 3. See Anker . ( 3 ) v . To hold like an anchor . ( 4 ) s . The chape of a buckle . North . It is also in use in Glou- cestersh ...
Page 83
... Carrying a child on one's back , with his legs under the arms , and his arms round the neck . l'ar . dial . APIS , 8. A kind of apple - tree , in- troduced about the year 1670 . Skinner . APISHNESS , 8. Playfulness ; game- someness ...
... Carrying a child on one's back , with his legs under the arms , and his arms round the neck . l'ar . dial . APIS , 8. A kind of apple - tree , in- troduced about the year 1670 . Skinner . APISHNESS , 8. Playfulness ; game- someness ...
Page 105
... carried . North . ASCAPART . The name of a giant , whom Bevis of Hampton con- quered , according to the old legend . His effigy may be seen on the city gates of Southampton . He was said to have been " full thirty feet long , " and to ...
... carried . North . ASCAPART . The name of a giant , whom Bevis of Hampton con- quered , according to the old legend . His effigy may be seen on the city gates of Southampton . He was said to have been " full thirty feet long , " and to ...
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