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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... lord of all the plaine , And with his tumbling streames doth beare aboord The ploughmans hope and shepheards labour vaine . Spenser's Ruines of Rome , 1591 . ABOот , part . p . Beaten down . Skinner . ABOOVE , pret . Above . West ...
... lord of all the plaine , And with his tumbling streames doth beare aboord The ploughmans hope and shepheards labour vaine . Spenser's Ruines of Rome , 1591 . ABOот , part . p . Beaten down . Skinner . ABOOVE , pret . Above . West ...
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... Lord , Let felthe of senne out wende , And my mouthe wyth wel god acord Schel thyme worschypyng sende . William de Shoreham . Sire knight , quoth he , maister and my lord . Now draweth cut , for that is myn acord . Chaucer's Canterbury ...
... Lord , Let felthe of senne out wende , And my mouthe wyth wel god acord Schel thyme worschypyng sende . William de Shoreham . Sire knight , quoth he , maister and my lord . Now draweth cut , for that is myn acord . Chaucer's Canterbury ...
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... Lord In alle lawes acurseth . ACCUSE , v . ( 4.-N. ) or betray . Piers Pl . , p . 375 . To discover The entrees of the yerde accuseth To him that in the watir museth . Rom . of the Rose , 1591 . ( 2 ) s . Accusation . Shakespeare ...
... Lord In alle lawes acurseth . ACCUSE , v . ( 4.-N. ) or betray . Piers Pl . , p . 375 . To discover The entrees of the yerde accuseth To him that in the watir museth . Rom . of the Rose , 1591 . ( 2 ) s . Accusation . Shakespeare ...
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... lord president or deputy of a country ; a commander . Invincible adelantado over the armado of pimpled faces . Massinger , Virg . Mart . , ii , 1 . Open no door ; if the adalantado of Spain were here he should not enter . B. Jun . , Es ...
... lord president or deputy of a country ; a commander . Invincible adelantado over the armado of pimpled faces . Massinger , Virg . Mart . , ii , 1 . Open no door ; if the adalantado of Spain were here he should not enter . B. Jun . , Es ...
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... lord Bassanio , upon more advice , Hath sent you here this ring ; and doth entreat Your company at dinner . Merchant of Venice , iv , 2 . ADVIGILATE , V. ( Lat . ) To watch . ADVISE , v . ( from 4.-N. adviser . ) To consider . But , if ...
... lord Bassanio , upon more advice , Hath sent you here this ring ; and doth entreat Your company at dinner . Merchant of Venice , iv , 2 . ADVIGILATE , V. ( Lat . ) To watch . ADVISE , v . ( from 4.-N. adviser . ) To consider . But , if ...
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