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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... person has been taunted by another , and wishes to reply contemptuously to an inquiry whether he is about to do such and such a thing , he will say , " aiblins I may , aiblins I may'nt . " ABLOCATE , T. ( Lat . ) To set , or let out to ...
... person has been taunted by another , and wishes to reply contemptuously to an inquiry whether he is about to do such and such a thing , he will say , " aiblins I may , aiblins I may'nt . " ABLOCATE , T. ( Lat . ) To set , or let out to ...
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... person . ADDLE - PATE , 8 . Kent . ADDLE - PLOT , 8. A person who spoils any amusement . South . ADDLE - POOL , 8. A pool , or puddle , near to a dunghill , for receiving the liquid that oozes from the dunghill ; in which liquid it is ...
... person . ADDLE - PATE , 8 . Kent . ADDLE - PLOT , 8. A person who spoils any amusement . South . ADDLE - POOL , 8. A pool , or puddle , near to a dunghill , for receiving the liquid that oozes from the dunghill ; in which liquid it is ...
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... person ; to vex ; to in- jure . And now fully porposide withowte oc- casyon of greyil to be playntyffe aguynste me , whom I never agreryde in no case . Monastic Letters , p . 188 . Synne offendyth God in his face , And agreryth oure ...
... person ; to vex ; to in- jure . And now fully porposide withowte oc- casyon of greyil to be playntyffe aguynste me , whom I never agreryde in no case . Monastic Letters , p . 188 . Synne offendyth God in his face , And agreryth oure ...
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... person . A proverbial expression , which oc- curs in Skelton and the writers of the Elizabethan age . ALMOND - BUTTER , 8. The following is given as a receipt " to make almond - butter ; " Blanch your almonds , and beat them as fine as ...
... person . A proverbial expression , which oc- curs in Skelton and the writers of the Elizabethan age . ALMOND - BUTTER , 8. The following is given as a receipt " to make almond - butter ; " Blanch your almonds , and beat them as fine as ...
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... persons , who are to represent the king and queen of a foreign country , and are seated on the stools . The person intended to be ducked plays the ambassador , and after repeating a ridiculous speech dic- tated to him , is led in great ...
... persons , who are to represent the king and queen of a foreign country , and are seated on the stools . The person intended to be ducked plays the ambassador , and after repeating a ridiculous speech dic- tated to him , is led in great ...
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