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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... hawk that mantleth her on perche , Whether high towering or accoasting low . Speiser's Faerie Queene . AccoIL , v . ( A.-N. ) To be in a coil , or bustle of business . About the cauldron many cookes accoyld With hooks and ladies . Το ...
... hawk that mantleth her on perche , Whether high towering or accoasting low . Speiser's Faerie Queene . AccoIL , v . ( A.-N. ) To be in a coil , or bustle of business . About the cauldron many cookes accoyld With hooks and ladies . Το ...
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... hawk doth fear , Secking for safety bred his ayery there . Drayton , The Owl , iv , 1312 . For as an eyerie from ... hawks , " are reserved . Hutchin- son's Hist . of Cumb . , i , 523. And a petit serjeantry was held in Cumberland , " by ...
... hawk doth fear , Secking for safety bred his ayery there . Drayton , The Owl , iv , 1312 . For as an eyerie from ... hawks , " are reserved . Hutchin- son's Hist . of Cumb . , i , 523. And a petit serjeantry was held in Cumberland , " by ...
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... A pot - boy . Higins's Nomenclator . ALESTOND , 8. The ale - house , ALE - STOOL , S. The stool on which casks of ale or beer are placed in the cellar . East . ALET , S. ( 1 ) A kind of hawk . ( 3 ) part . p . Carved , applied ALE ALE 50.
... A pot - boy . Higins's Nomenclator . ALESTOND , 8. The ale - house , ALE - STOOL , S. The stool on which casks of ale or beer are placed in the cellar . East . ALET , S. ( 1 ) A kind of hawk . ( 3 ) part . p . Carved , applied ALE ALE 50.
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... hawk . ALMANDINE , adj . Made of almond . ALMANDRE , S. An almond - tree . And of almandris grete plenté , Figgis , and many a date tre . Rom . of the Rose , 1363 . ALMARIE , 8. ( A.-N. ) A cupboard ; a pantry . See Ambrie . Ther ...
... hawk . ALMANDINE , adj . Made of almond . ALMANDRE , S. An almond - tree . And of almandris grete plenté , Figgis , and many a date tre . Rom . of the Rose , 1363 . ALMARIE , 8. ( A.-N. ) A cupboard ; a pantry . See Ambrie . Ther ...
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... hawk's wing . Berners . ( 10 ) 8. A horseway up a hill . Derbysh . BARA - PICKLET , S. Bread made of fine flour , leavened , and made into small round cakes . BARATHRUM , 8. ( Lat . ) ( 1 ) An abyss . ( 2 ) An insatiate eater . BARATOUR ...
... hawk's wing . Berners . ( 10 ) 8. A horseway up a hill . Derbysh . BARA - PICKLET , S. Bread made of fine flour , leavened , and made into small round cakes . BARATHRUM , 8. ( Lat . ) ( 1 ) An abyss . ( 2 ) An insatiate eater . BARATOUR ...
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