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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... means uniform throughout the kingdom , and we find in the provincial dialects not only considerable numbers of old Anglo- Saxon and even Anglo - Norman words , which have not been pre- served in the language of refined society , and ...
... means uniform throughout the kingdom , and we find in the provincial dialects not only considerable numbers of old Anglo- Saxon and even Anglo - Norman words , which have not been pre- served in the language of refined society , and ...
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... means . These adventurers , pro- bably making amorous conquests a part of their scheme , vied with each other in the richness and elegance of their dresses . Francis Drake , in his expedition against Hispaniola , had two thou sand such ...
... means . These adventurers , pro- bably making amorous conquests a part of their scheme , vied with each other in the richness and elegance of their dresses . Francis Drake , in his expedition against Hispaniola , had two thou sand such ...
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... mean a kind of precious stone , in the follow- ing passage quoted from a MS . of the 15th century . Here cropyng was of ryche gold , Here parrelle alle of alaran : Here brydyli was of reler bolde , On every side hagyd bellys then ...
... mean a kind of precious stone , in the follow- ing passage quoted from a MS . of the 15th century . Here cropyng was of ryche gold , Here parrelle alle of alaran : Here brydyli was of reler bolde , On every side hagyd bellys then ...
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... means our princess may unite Her love unto mine aldertruest love . Greene's Works , ii , 156 . -worst . Worst of all . Ye don ous alderwerst to spede , When that we han mest nede . Gy of Warwike , p . 128 . Mon , thou havest wicked fon ...
... means our princess may unite Her love unto mine aldertruest love . Greene's Works , ii , 156 . -worst . Worst of all . Ye don ous alderwerst to spede , When that we han mest nede . Gy of Warwike , p . 128 . Mon , thou havest wicked fon ...
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... means . Still used in the North . So entirely me meveth , that I must algate recorde the same , and therein be no flatterer . Ashmole's Theatr . Chem . , p . 109 . All merciles he will that it be doe , That we algate shall dye both two ...
... means . Still used in the North . So entirely me meveth , that I must algate recorde the same , and therein be no flatterer . Ashmole's Theatr . Chem . , p . 109 . All merciles he will that it be doe , That we algate shall dye both two ...
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