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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... hang - nail . ANGNATLES , This word is , pro- bably , the same as angnails ( pro- nounced in Yorkshire nangnails ) ... hanging over , the nais , which are often painful and troublesome . These in Stafford- shire are called back - friends ...
... hang - nail . ANGNATLES , This word is , pro- bably , the same as angnails ( pro- nounced in Yorkshire nangnails ) ... hanging over , the nais , which are often painful and troublesome . These in Stafford- shire are called back - friends ...
Page 41
... HANG , part . p . Hanged ; been hanged . Rob . Glouc . ÁR BUT . Equivalent to nay but , frequently used in the country . It appears to be generally a sneering dissent to an assertion of an uncomplimentary character . AREYE , ade . On ...
... HANG , part . p . Hanged ; been hanged . Rob . Glouc . ÁR BUT . Equivalent to nay but , frequently used in the country . It appears to be generally a sneering dissent to an assertion of an uncomplimentary character . AREYE , ade . On ...
Page 51
... hang dangling on the temples . Ladies ' Dictionary , 1694 . ALFEYNLY , adv . Slothfully ; slug- gishly . Prompt . Pare . ALFRIDARIA , 8. An astrological term , explained by Kersey to sig- nify " a temporary power which the planets have ...
... hang dangling on the temples . Ladies ' Dictionary , 1694 . ALFEYNLY , adv . Slothfully ; slug- gishly . Prompt . Pare . ALFRIDARIA , 8. An astrological term , explained by Kersey to sig- nify " a temporary power which the planets have ...
Page 57
... hang in the same cloth some few hours , then strain it and season it with rose - water and sugar . True Gentlewoman's Delight , 1676 . ALMOND - CUSTARD , 8. Was made as follows : Take two pound of almonds , blanch and beat them very ...
... hang in the same cloth some few hours , then strain it and season it with rose - water and sugar . True Gentlewoman's Delight , 1676 . ALMOND - CUSTARD , 8. Was made as follows : Take two pound of almonds , blanch and beat them very ...
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... hang . I - nome for theofthe and i - demd Anhonge hi were there .-- And anhonge on the rode As thu were Jhesu also . MS . Harl . , 2277 , f . 14 . O , swete levedy , wat the was wo , Tho thy chyld was anhonge , 1 - tached to the harde ...
... hang . I - nome for theofthe and i - demd Anhonge hi were there .-- And anhonge on the rode As thu were Jhesu also . MS . Harl . , 2277 , f . 14 . O , swete levedy , wat the was wo , Tho thy chyld was anhonge , 1 - tached to the harde ...
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