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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Page vii
... half of the seventeenth century , and of the earlier part of the eighteenth . I have also profited by lists of local words com- municated from various parts of the kingdom , and among those who have contributed in this manner , I have ...
... half of the seventeenth century , and of the earlier part of the eighteenth . I have also profited by lists of local words com- municated from various parts of the kingdom , and among those who have contributed in this manner , I have ...
Page 49
... half pints by which they get their treasure ; Were all they pillory'd that do trade this way , It would take up a very busy day , Poor Robin , 1735 . A - LEE , adv . On the lee . But whan approaching Sicil coast the winde thee forth ...
... half pints by which they get their treasure ; Were all they pillory'd that do trade this way , It would take up a very busy day , Poor Robin , 1735 . A - LEE , adv . On the lee . But whan approaching Sicil coast the winde thee forth ...
Page 73
... half an angel . ANGEL'S - FOOD , 8. Apparently a term for heavy ale . Harri- son's Description of England , p . 202 . ANGER , ( 1 ) 8. ( A.-S. ) Sorrow . " Angyr or angwysshe , angor , an- gustia , tribulacio . " Promp . Parv . And ...
... half an angel . ANGEL'S - FOOD , 8. Apparently a term for heavy ale . Harri- son's Description of England , p . 202 . ANGER , ( 1 ) 8. ( A.-S. ) Sorrow . " Angyr or angwysshe , angor , an- gustia , tribulacio . " Promp . Parv . And ...
Page 77
... gates adventure , To Ralpho call'd aloud to arm , Not dreaming of approaching storm . Hudibras , I , ii , 428 . ANOTHER - GUESS , adv . Another sort of . A word in common use in the latter half of the 17th cent . H'as ΑΝΟ ANO 77.
... gates adventure , To Ralpho call'd aloud to arm , Not dreaming of approaching storm . Hudibras , I , ii , 428 . ANOTHER - GUESS , adv . Another sort of . A word in common use in the latter half of the 17th cent . H'as ΑΝΟ ANO 77.
Page 158
... half in water . Tak up the pykys and elys , and hold hem hote , and draw the broth thorwe a clothe ; do powder of gyngever , peper , and galyngale , and canel , into the broth , and boyle yt ; and do yt on the pykys and on the elys ...
... half in water . Tak up the pykys and elys , and hold hem hote , and draw the broth thorwe a clothe ; do powder of gyngever , peper , and galyngale , and canel , into the broth , and boyle yt ; and do yt on the pykys and on the elys ...
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