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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... cattle to feed ; also 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 ...
... cattle to feed ; also 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 ...
Page 98
... cattle . ARMENTOSE , adj . ( Lat . ) Abound- ing in cattle . ARMESIN - TAFFETA , S. A sort of taffata . Howell . ARMET , S. A helmet . " Armet , a heed pese of harnesse . " Pals- grave , f . 18 . ARM - GAUNT , adj . Lean ; thin . As ...
... cattle . ARMENTOSE , adj . ( Lat . ) Abound- ing in cattle . ARMESIN - TAFFETA , S. A sort of taffata . Howell . ARMET , S. A helmet . " Armet , a heed pese of harnesse . " Pals- grave , f . 18 . ARM - GAUNT , adj . Lean ; thin . As ...
Page 135
... cattle , or avers , of the tenants . ( 2 ) A reserved rent in corn , paid by farmers and tenants to religious houses . AVERE , 8. Property . See Aver . AVERIL , 8. ( A.-N. ) April . A North Country word . See the Popular Rhymes , & c ...
... cattle , or avers , of the tenants . ( 2 ) A reserved rent in corn , paid by farmers and tenants to religious houses . AVERE , 8. Property . See Aver . AVERIL , 8. ( A.-N. ) April . A North Country word . See the Popular Rhymes , & c ...
Page 171
... cattle . North . BASEL - POT , 8. A sort of earthen vessel . BASELER , 8 . Which head she plasht within a basell pot , Well covered all with harden soyle aloft . Turberville's Tragical Tales , 1587 . BASEN , adj . Extended as with ...
... cattle . North . BASEL - POT , 8. A sort of earthen vessel . BASELER , 8 . Which head she plasht within a basell pot , Well covered all with harden soyle aloft . Turberville's Tragical Tales , 1587 . BASEN , adj . Extended as with ...
Page 180
... intensative power . ( 4 ) s . ( 4.-S. ) A jewel or ring . See Beigh . BEACE , 8. ( 1 ) Cattle . North . ( 2 ) A cow - stall . Yorksh . BEACHED , adj . Exposed to the waves . BEAD , BEDE , 8. ( 4.-S. ) A prayer BAY BEA 180.
... intensative power . ( 4 ) s . ( 4.-S. ) A jewel or ring . See Beigh . BEACE , 8. ( 1 ) Cattle . North . ( 2 ) A cow - stall . Yorksh . BEACHED , adj . Exposed to the waves . BEAD , BEDE , 8. ( 4.-S. ) A prayer BAY BEA 180.
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15th cent Alisaunder ampt Antiq apple applied beat Berks bird blow boil bread called cattle Chaucer Chesh cloth coarse conj cookery corn Cornw Cotgrave Craven Cumb Cursor Mundi Derb Devon dial dish Dorset doth dress drink East Essex Exmoor fellow fish Florio fool Forme of Cury Glouc gode ground hath hawk head Heref horse Huloet iron Jons Kent kind Knave Kyng lady Lanc land Leic Linc Morte Arthure Nomenclator Norf North Northampt Northumb old cant term old name Palsgr Parv person piece Piers Pl plant play plough prep pret pron Pudendum Shakesp sheep Shoreham Shropsh Somers Somerset sort South Spens Spenser stone Suff Suffolk Suss Sussex Terence in English ther thou tree Warner's Albions England Warw West Wight wild William de Shoreham Wilts wine woman wood wooden word Yorksh young