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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... fall dead in lys visage , Unto John Bochas he gan approche Lure , Liche as he had befallen ha rage , And furiously abrayde in his language . Id . , b . i , tol . xxii . ( 3 ) To draw a sword from its scabbard . ( 4 ) To apply one's self ...
... fall dead in lys visage , Unto John Bochas he gan approche Lure , Liche as he had befallen ha rage , And furiously abrayde in his language . Id . , b . i , tol . xxii . ( 3 ) To draw a sword from its scabbard . ( 4 ) To apply one's self ...
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... fall over the wrists . " Lady's Dictionary , 1694 . AER , S. An ear . East . AEREMANCY , 8. ( Gr . ) Divination by the air . AERIE , AIRIE , AYERY , 8. ( from A.-S. æg , an egg . ) The nest of an eagle , hawk , or other EYERIE , bird of ...
... fall over the wrists . " Lady's Dictionary , 1694 . AER , S. An ear . East . AEREMANCY , 8. ( Gr . ) Divination by the air . AERIE , AIRIE , AYERY , 8. ( from A.-S. æg , an egg . ) The nest of an eagle , hawk , or other EYERIE , bird of ...
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... Fall of Princes , f . 74 . AIT , 8. ( A.-S. ) A little island in a river . AITCH , 8. ( 4.-S. ) An ach , or pain ; a paroxysm in an intermitting disorder . Var . dial . AITCH - BONE 8. The edge - bone ( os innominatum ) . Var . dial ...
... Fall of Princes , f . 74 . AIT , 8. ( A.-S. ) A little island in a river . AITCH , 8. ( 4.-S. ) An ach , or pain ; a paroxysm in an intermitting disorder . Var . dial . AITCH - BONE 8. The edge - bone ( os innominatum ) . Var . dial ...
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... ( Lat . ) A preface ; proem . Therefore I will rehearse to this antilloquie , But only the cognisaunce which appeareth verament . Holmes's Fall of Rebellion , p . 7 . ANTIMASQUE , s . A contrast to the principal masque ANS ANT 79.
... ( Lat . ) A preface ; proem . Therefore I will rehearse to this antilloquie , But only the cognisaunce which appeareth verament . Holmes's Fall of Rebellion , p . 7 . ANTIMASQUE , s . A contrast to the principal masque ANS ANT 79.
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... fall apieces now , We're foo's . Beaum , and F. , Island Princess , v , 1 . APIES , 8. Opiates . As he shall slepe as long as er the leste , The narcokes and apres ben so strong , Chaucer , Leg . of Hypermnestra 199 . A - PIGGA - BACK ...
... fall apieces now , We're foo's . Beaum , and F. , Island Princess , v , 1 . APIES , 8. Opiates . As he shall slepe as long as er the leste , The narcokes and apres ben so strong , Chaucer , Leg . of Hypermnestra 199 . A - PIGGA - BACK ...
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