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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... field , in the field . representing on , it is frequently prefixed to words in composition , sometimes apparently giving in- tensity to the meaning , but in general not perceptibly altering it . Thus we have constantly such forms as ...
... field , in the field . representing on , it is frequently prefixed to words in composition , sometimes apparently giving in- tensity to the meaning , but in general not perceptibly altering it . Thus we have constantly such forms as ...
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... field ; green arable earth . North . ACCORD , 8. ( A.-N. ) An agree- ACORD , ment ; a decision . Shakespeare uses this word in the sense of agreement in As You Like It ; as a verb , to agree , in Romeo and Juliet ; and ac- cordant ...
... field ; green arable earth . North . ACCORD , 8. ( A.-N. ) An agree- ACORD , ment ; a decision . Shakespeare uses this word in the sense of agreement in As You Like It ; as a verb , to agree , in Romeo and Juliet ; and ac- cordant ...
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... field . Yorksh . . ( 3 ) Fine mould . North . ACKERN , 8. An acorn . A Northern word , used principally in West- moreland and Cumberland . ACKERSPRIT , V. ( A.-S. ) Wilbraham explains this word as being said of potatoes when the roots ...
... field . Yorksh . . ( 3 ) Fine mould . North . ACKERN , 8. An acorn . A Northern word , used principally in West- moreland and Cumberland . ACKERSPRIT , V. ( A.-S. ) Wilbraham explains this word as being said of potatoes when the roots ...
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... field . Originally not a deter- mined quantity of land , but any open ground . ( 2 ) A duel fought by single com- batants , English and Scotch , be- tween the frontiers of the two kingdoms , with sword and lance . Cowell . ACRE - DALE ...
... field . Originally not a deter- mined quantity of land , but any open ground . ( 2 ) A duel fought by single com- batants , English and Scotch , be- tween the frontiers of the two kingdoms , with sword and lance . Cowell . ACRE - DALE ...
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... field . Lodge's Defence of Plays , 1579 . ACUIS , 8. pl .. Agues . MS . of 14th cent . ACUMINATE , v . ( from Lat . acumina- tus . ) To whet . Rider's Diction- arie , 1640 . ACURE , adj . A chemical term , ap- plied to a drug , the ...
... field . Lodge's Defence of Plays , 1579 . ACUIS , 8. pl .. Agues . MS . of 14th cent . ACUMINATE , v . ( from Lat . acumina- tus . ) To whet . Rider's Diction- arie , 1640 . ACURE , adj . A chemical term , ap- plied to a drug , the ...
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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