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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... land , but any open ground . ( 2 ) A duel fought by single com- batants , English and Scotch , be- tween the frontiers of the two kingdoms , with sword and lance . Cowell . ACRE - DALE , 8. ( A.-S. ) Lands in a common field , in which ...
... land , but any open ground . ( 2 ) A duel fought by single com- batants , English and Scotch , be- tween the frontiers of the two kingdoms , with sword and lance . Cowell . ACRE - DALE , 8. ( A.-S. ) Lands in a common field , in which ...
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... land . Shropsh . ADEC , S. Vinegar milk . Howell . ADELANTADO , s . ( a Spanish word . ) A lord president or deputy of a country ; a commander . Invincible adelantado over the armado of pimpled faces . Massinger , Virg . Mart . , ii , 1 ...
... land . Shropsh . ADEC , S. Vinegar milk . Howell . ADELANTADO , s . ( a Spanish word . ) A lord president or deputy of a country ; a commander . Invincible adelantado over the armado of pimpled faces . Massinger , Virg . Mart . , ii , 1 ...
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... land . Hall , Hen . VI , f . 53 . ADJOYNT , adj . A person joined with another ; a companion or attendant . here with these grave adjoynts , ( These learned maisters ) they were taught to see Themselves , to read the world , and keep ...
... land . Hall , Hen . VI , f . 53 . ADJOYNT , adj . A person joined with another ; a companion or attendant . here with these grave adjoynts , ( These learned maisters ) they were taught to see Themselves , to read the world , and keep ...
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... land . ÅKERMAN , 8. A husbandman . AKETHER , adv . Indeed . Devon . ÅKEVERE , T. ( A.-N. ) To recover . AKEWARD ... land ; to land . Where , as ill fortune would , the Dane with Drayton's Polyolbion . And made mony knyght aknawe , On ...
... land . ÅKERMAN , 8. A husbandman . AKETHER , adv . Indeed . Devon . ÅKEVERE , T. ( A.-N. ) To recover . AKEWARD ... land ; to land . Where , as ill fortune would , the Dane with Drayton's Polyolbion . And made mony knyght aknawe , On ...
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... land , and left hand sea , with compas long alee , Fetch out aloofe from lands and seas on right hand , see thou flee . Phaer's Virgil , 1600 . It is said of Captain Cox , of ALEES , 8. Aloe trees . Coventry , that he was Of very great ...
... land , and left hand sea , with compas long alee , Fetch out aloofe from lands and seas on right hand , see thou flee . Phaer's Virgil , 1600 . It is said of Captain Cox , of ALEES , 8. Aloe trees . Coventry , that he was Of very great ...
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15th cent Alisaunder ampt Antiq apple applied beat Berks bird blow boil bread called cattle Chaucer Chesh cloth coarse conj cookery corn Cornw Cotgrave Craven Cumb Cursor Mundi Derb Devon dial dirty dish Dorset doth dress drink East Essex Exmoor fellow fish Florio fool Forme of Cury Glouc gode ground hath hawk head Heref horse Huloet iron Jons Kent kind Knave Kyng lady Lanc land Leic Linc Nomenclator Norf North Northampt Northumb old cant term old name Palsgr Parv person piece Piers Pl plant play plough prep pret pron Shakesp sheep Shoreham Shropsh Somers Somerset sort South Spens Spenser stone Suff Suffolk Suss Sussex Terence in English thee ther thou tree Warner's Albions England Warw West Wight wild William de Shoreham Wilts wine woman wood wooden word Yorksh young