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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... cold had bound her bowels $ 0 , As in no wise she could abridge his wo . Turberville's Tragicall Tales , 1587 . ABRIDGEMENT , 8. The word was used in Shakespere's time ( see Mids . N. D. , v , 1 ) to signify a dramatic performance ...
... cold had bound her bowels $ 0 , As in no wise she could abridge his wo . Turberville's Tragicall Tales , 1587 . ABRIDGEMENT , 8. The word was used in Shakespere's time ( see Mids . N. D. , v , 1 ) to signify a dramatic performance ...
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... Cold . For blood may suffre blood , Bothe hungry and acale . Piers Ploughman , p . 393 . ACARNE , 8. ( Lat . acarne . ) The sea - roach . Kersey . ACAS , adv . By chance ACASIAN , 8. " Acasian , that is jus of wodstone , " Med . MS ...
... Cold . For blood may suffre blood , Bothe hungry and acale . Piers Ploughman , p . 393 . ACARNE , 8. ( Lat . acarne . ) The sea - roach . Kersey . ACAS , adv . By chance ACASIAN , 8. " Acasian , that is jus of wodstone , " Med . MS ...
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... cold ; suffering from cold . When this knyght that was accolded- and hit was grete froste , -and he saw the fyre , he descendide of his horse , and yode to the tyre , and warmide him . Gesta Romanorum . ACCOMBEROUS , adj . Cumbersome ...
... cold ; suffering from cold . When this knyght that was accolded- and hit was grete froste , -and he saw the fyre , he descendide of his horse , and yode to the tyre , and warmide him . Gesta Romanorum . ACCOMBEROUS , adj . Cumbersome ...
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... cold . ACOLEN . See Accole . ACOMBRE , v . ( 4.-S. ) To encumber ; to trouble . The feend with prede acombreth ous , With wrethe and with envie . W. de Shoreham . ACOMELYD , part . p . Enervated with cold . Prompt . Parv . ACOMPLIN ...
... cold . ACOLEN . See Accole . ACOMBRE , v . ( 4.-S. ) To encumber ; to trouble . The feend with prede acombreth ous , With wrethe and with envie . W. de Shoreham . ACOMELYD , part . p . Enervated with cold . Prompt . Parv . ACOMPLIN ...
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... cold . East . AGUED , part . p . Chilly ; cold ; shivering . All hurt behind , hacks red , and faces pale With fright and agued fear . Coriolanus , i , 5 . An unguent made of the leaves of elder , held in Norfolk to be of sovereign ef ...
... cold . East . AGUED , part . p . Chilly ; cold ; shivering . All hurt behind , hacks red , and faces pale With fright and agued fear . Coriolanus , i , 5 . An unguent made of the leaves of elder , held in Norfolk to be of sovereign ef ...
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