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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... keep pace together , than the hundredth psalm to the tune of Greene Sleeves . Merry Wives of Windsor , ii , 1 . ADHIB , 8. A name of the herb eye- bright .. ADHIBITE , v . ( Lat . ) To admit . ADHORT , v . ( Lat . ) To advise , or ...
... keep pace together , than the hundredth psalm to the tune of Greene Sleeves . Merry Wives of Windsor , ii , 1 . ADHIB , 8. A name of the herb eye- bright .. ADHIBITE , v . ( Lat . ) To admit . ADHORT , v . ( Lat . ) To advise , or ...
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... keep their points . Daniel's Civ . Wars , iv , 69 . ADJOURN , v . ( from the 4.-N. adjourner . ) To cite or sum- mon any one to appear before a judge . ADJUMENT , 8. ( Lat . adjumentum . ) Help ; succour . Miege . ADJUNCT , part . p ...
... keep their points . Daniel's Civ . Wars , iv , 69 . ADJOURN , v . ( from the 4.-N. adjourner . ) To cite or sum- mon any one to appear before a judge . ADJUMENT , 8. ( Lat . adjumentum . ) Help ; succour . Miege . ADJUNCT , part . p ...
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... keep- ing of Lent , viz , that beggars which are ready to affamish for want , may in Leut time eat what they can get . Hall's Triumphs of Rome , p . 123 . AFFABULATION , 8. The moral of a fable . AFFECT , v . ( Fr. ) To love . Who make ...
... keep- ing of Lent , viz , that beggars which are ready to affamish for want , may in Leut time eat what they can get . Hall's Triumphs of Rome , p . 123 . AFFABULATION , 8. The moral of a fable . AFFECT , v . ( Fr. ) To love . Who make ...
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... keep a person in view ; to follow him . Thou should'st have made him As lutle as a crow , or less , ere left To after - eye him . Cymbeline , i , 4 . AFTERFEED , 8. The grass after the first crop has been mown , which is fed off , not ...
... keep a person in view ; to follow him . Thou should'st have made him As lutle as a crow , or less , ere left To after - eye him . Cymbeline , i , 4 . AFTERFEED , 8. The grass after the first crop has been mown , which is fed off , not ...
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... keep the ship to the wind . AFTERING , S. The last milk taken from a cow . This word is used in the Midland Counties . " Dunna mix the afterings wi'tother milk . " -Do not mix the last drawn milk with the other milk . AFTERLEYS , 8 ...
... keep the ship to the wind . AFTERING , S. The last milk taken from a cow . This word is used in the Midland Counties . " Dunna mix the afterings wi'tother milk . " -Do not mix the last drawn milk with the other milk . AFTERLEYS , 8 ...
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