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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... fair for the maistrie , An out - rydere , that loved venerve ; A manly man , to ben an abbot able . Chaucer's Canterb . Tales , 165 . ( 5 ) Wealthy . Herefordsh . North . An able man , i . e . a rich man . ABLECTICK , adj . ( from Lat ...
... fair for the maistrie , An out - rydere , that loved venerve ; A manly man , to ben an abbot able . Chaucer's Canterb . Tales , 165 . ( 5 ) Wealthy . Herefordsh . North . An able man , i . e . a rich man . ABLECTICK , adj . ( from Lat ...
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... Fair i - wore and fair i - sprad , But the olde tre was abrad . Seryn Sages , 610 . ABRADE , v . ( Lat . abrado . ) To rub , or scrape off . ABRAHAM - COLOUR , ABRAHAM - CO- LOURED . Supposed to be auburn . " A goodly , long , thick ...
... Fair i - wore and fair i - sprad , But the olde tre was abrad . Seryn Sages , 610 . ABRADE , v . ( Lat . abrado . ) To rub , or scrape off . ABRAHAM - COLOUR , ABRAHAM - CO- LOURED . Supposed to be auburn . " A goodly , long , thick ...
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... Fair , 1689 . ( 1 ) adj . Broad . Min- sheu . ABROAD , ABRODE , ( 2 ) adv . In pieces ; asunder . Cornw . Away ; in pieces . Dorset . ( 3 ) adv . Abroad . North . ( 4 ) part . p . Spread abroad . North . ABRODIETICALL , adj . ( from Gr ...
... Fair , 1689 . ( 1 ) adj . Broad . Min- sheu . ABROAD , ABRODE , ( 2 ) adv . In pieces ; asunder . Cornw . Away ; in pieces . Dorset . ( 3 ) adv . Abroad . North . ( 4 ) part . p . Spread abroad . North . ABRODIETICALL , adj . ( from Gr ...
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... Fair sir , you are well overtaken : My lord Bassanio , upon more advice , Hath sent you here this ring ; and doth entreat Your company at dinner . Merchant of Venice , iv , 2 . ADVIGILATE , V. ( Lat . ) To watch . ADVISE , v . ( from 4 ...
... Fair sir , you are well overtaken : My lord Bassanio , upon more advice , Hath sent you here this ring ; and doth entreat Your company at dinner . Merchant of Venice , iv , 2 . ADVIGILATE , V. ( Lat . ) To watch . ADVISE , v . ( from 4 ...
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... fair water two or three hours , then strain them through a linnen cloth , boil them with rose - water , whole mace , and annise seeds , till the substance be thick , spread it upon a fair cloth , draining the whey from it , after let it ...
... fair water two or three hours , then strain them through a linnen cloth , boil them with rose - water , whole mace , and annise seeds , till the substance be thick , spread it upon a fair cloth , draining the whey from it , after let it ...
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