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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... horse . Hence , aceloyd , s . , a wound given to 2 horse in shoeing , by driving the nail into the quick . ACCOAST , . To sail by the coast ; to fly near the ground . Ne is there hawk that mantleth her on perche , Whether high towering ...
... horse . Hence , aceloyd , s . , a wound given to 2 horse in shoeing , by driving the nail into the quick . ACCOAST , . To sail by the coast ; to fly near the ground . Ne is there hawk that mantleth her on perche , Whether high towering ...
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... horse that falls upon his back , and rolls from one side to the other . In Sussex , when a horse does so , he is said to " earn a gallon of oats . " ( 2 ) Labourers ' wages . Yorksh . ( 3 ) s . A swelling with matter in it . Somerset ...
... horse that falls upon his back , and rolls from one side to the other . In Sussex , when a horse does so , he is said to " earn a gallon of oats . " ( 2 ) Labourers ' wages . Yorksh . ( 3 ) s . A swelling with matter in it . Somerset ...
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... horse . The word is now used generally for a common hack , or cart - horse . According to Spelman , it was current in his time in Northum- berland . AFERD , part . p . ( A.-N. ) In- structed . AFERE , adj . ( 4.-S. ) Afraid . AFERRE ...
... horse . The word is now used generally for a common hack , or cart - horse . According to Spelman , it was current in his time in Northum- berland . AFERD , part . p . ( A.-N. ) In- structed . AFERE , adj . ( 4.-S. ) Afraid . AFERRE ...
Page 48
... horse , it had beene a slight oversight ; but to arrest a man , that hath no 1.ke- nesse of a horse , is flat lunasie , or alecie . Lyly's Mother Bombie . Mr. Clive , in his MS . Stafford- shire Glossary ALD ALE 48.
... horse , it had beene a slight oversight ; but to arrest a man , that hath no 1.ke- nesse of a horse , is flat lunasie , or alecie . Lyly's Mother Bombie . Mr. Clive , in his MS . Stafford- shire Glossary ALD ALE 48.
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... horses , withouten steden , Of whiche no man ne conthe areden The nombre , bot the hevene kyng , That woot the sothe of ... horse And yeve us grace goodnesse to lere Of ham that before us were , Crystendom how they gonne arere . Octovian ...
... horses , withouten steden , Of whiche no man ne conthe areden The nombre , bot the hevene kyng , That woot the sothe of ... horse And yeve us grace goodnesse to lere Of ham that before us were , Crystendom how they gonne arere . Octovian ...
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