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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... cloth , draining the whey from it , after let it hang in the same cloth some few hours , then strain it and season it with rose - water and sugar . True Gentlewoman's Delight , 1676 . ALMOND - CUSTARD , 8. Was made as follows : Take two ...
... cloth , draining the whey from it , after let it hang in the same cloth some few hours , then strain it and season it with rose - water and sugar . True Gentlewoman's Delight , 1676 . ALMOND - CUSTARD , 8. Was made as follows : Take two ...
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... cloth . Rider , in his Dictionarie , 1640 , explains it by the Latin word " ulniger . " ALNER , 8. ( 4.-N. ) A purse , or bag to hold money . I wyll the yeve an alner , I - mad of sylk and of gold cler , Wyth fayre ymages thre . Launfal ...
... cloth . Rider , in his Dictionarie , 1640 , explains it by the Latin word " ulniger . " ALNER , 8. ( 4.-N. ) A purse , or bag to hold money . I wyll the yeve an alner , I - mad of sylk and of gold cler , Wyth fayre ymages thre . Launfal ...
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... cloth . A " gown of green alyz cloth of gold , with wide sleeves , " occurs in a will of the date of 1439. Test . Vetust . , p . 240 . AM , pron . Them . Than sal he speke to tham in his wreth , And to dreve am sal he in his breth . Ps ...
... cloth . A " gown of green alyz cloth of gold , with wide sleeves , " occurs in a will of the date of 1439. Test . Vetust . , p . 240 . AM , pron . Them . Than sal he speke to tham in his wreth , And to dreve am sal he in his breth . Ps ...
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... cloth . " Bar- rones in balmer and byse . " BALNEAL , adj . ( Lat . ) Refreshing . BALNY , s . ( Lat . balneum . ) A bath . BALO , S. A beam in buildings ; any piece of squared timber . East . BALON , S. ( Fr. ) Whalebone . BALOTADE , 8 ...
... cloth . " Bar- rones in balmer and byse . " BALNEAL , adj . ( Lat . ) Refreshing . BALNY , s . ( Lat . balneum . ) A bath . BALO , S. A beam in buildings ; any piece of squared timber . East . BALON , S. ( Fr. ) Whalebone . BALOTADE , 8 ...
Page 160
... stance ; applied to bad cloth . ( 5 ) 8 A hare . East . ( 6 ) s . The small fish called a stickieback . Northampt . BANDY - HEWIT , 8. A little bandy- legged dog ; a turnspit . BANDY - HOSHOE , s . A game at ball BAN BAN 160.
... stance ; applied to bad cloth . ( 5 ) 8 A hare . East . ( 6 ) s . The small fish called a stickieback . Northampt . BANDY - HEWIT , 8. A little bandy- legged dog ; a turnspit . BANDY - HOSHOE , s . A game at ball BAN BAN 160.
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