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 43
... Iron . Maunderile's AIRN , ( 1 ) 8 . Travels . ( 2 ) . To earn . Wilts . ( 3 ) Either of them ( e'er a one ) . Northamptonsh . AIRSTONES , 8. pl . Stones fallen from the air ; meteoric stones . They talk of divers prodigies , as well in ...
... Iron . Maunderile's AIRN , ( 1 ) 8 . Travels . ( 2 ) . To earn . Wilts . ( 3 ) Either of them ( e'er a one ) . Northamptonsh . AIRSTONES , 8. pl . Stones fallen from the air ; meteoric stones . They talk of divers prodigies , as well in ...
Page 69
... iron works for a bloom , wrought into the figure of a flat iron bar , about three feet in length , with a square rough knob on each end . Kennett . In Staffordshire one of these knobs is called the an- cony - end ANB ANC 69.
... iron works for a bloom , wrought into the figure of a flat iron bar , about three feet in length , with a square rough knob on each end . Kennett . In Staffordshire one of these knobs is called the an- cony - end ANB ANC 69.
Page 144
... iron . AYMANT , 8. ( 4.-N. ) A diamond . AY - MEE . A lamentation ; from crying ah me , or ay me ! I can hold off , and by my chymick pow'r Draw sonnets from the melting lover's brain , Aymees , and elegies . Beaum . & F. , Woman Hater ...
... iron . AYMANT , 8. ( 4.-N. ) A diamond . AY - MEE . A lamentation ; from crying ah me , or ay me ! I can hold off , and by my chymick pow'r Draw sonnets from the melting lover's brain , Aymees , and elegies . Beaum . & F. , Woman Hater ...
Page 158
... iron- stone which lies near the sur- face ; a kind of limestone found near Wenlock . BALL - THISTLE , s . A species of thistle . Gerard . BALLU , S. ( 4.-S. ) Mischief ; sor- row . See Bale . BALLUM - RINCUM , 8. A licentious dancing ...
... iron- stone which lies near the sur- face ; a kind of limestone found near Wenlock . BALL - THISTLE , s . A species of thistle . Gerard . BALLU , S. ( 4.-S. ) Mischief ; sor- row . See Bale . BALLUM - RINCUM , 8. A licentious dancing ...
Page 165
... iron and sand , lying at the bottom of a furnace . Shropsh . ( 6 ) 8. A piece of wood which a labourer is sometimes allowed to carry home . Suffolk . ( 7 ) A boar . See Bar . ( 8 ) A bier . ( 9 ) A place without grass , made level for ...
... iron and sand , lying at the bottom of a furnace . Shropsh . ( 6 ) 8. A piece of wood which a labourer is sometimes allowed to carry home . Suffolk . ( 7 ) A boar . See Bar . ( 8 ) A bier . ( 9 ) A place without grass , made level for ...
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