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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... Play , 1 , 20 . ACCOMMODATE , v . ( from the Ital . accommodare . ) This word it was fashionable in Shakespeare's time to introduce , properly or improperly , on all occasions . Ben Jonson calls it one of " the perfumed terms of the ...
... Play , 1 , 20 . ACCOMMODATE , v . ( from the Ital . accommodare . ) This word it was fashionable in Shakespeare's time to introduce , properly or improperly , on all occasions . Ben Jonson calls it one of " the perfumed terms of the ...
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... play . ALLEYE , . To allege . ALL - FLOWER - WATER , S. The urine of cows . Lanc . ALL - FOURS , 8. A game at cards ... player is entitled to double the stipulated value of what he gives for the stick . The game is also practised at ...
... play . ALLEYE , . To allege . ALL - FLOWER - WATER , S. The urine of cows . Lanc . ALL - FOURS , 8. A game at cards ... player is entitled to double the stipulated value of what he gives for the stick . The game is also practised at ...
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... play , Which from a sacred fountame welled forth alway . Spenser's Faerie Queene , I , i , 34 . ALWAYS , adv . However ; neverthe- less . North . ALWELDAND , adj . ( A.-S. ALWELDING , walda . ) All - ruling ; omnipotent . æl- I prai to ...
... play , Which from a sacred fountame welled forth alway . Spenser's Faerie Queene , I , i , 34 . ALWAYS , adv . However ; neverthe- less . North . ALWELDAND , adj . ( A.-S. ALWELDING , walda . ) All - ruling ; omnipotent . æl- I prai to ...
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... play at angel - beast with ' um , though he scarce know the cards , and has no more visible estate then what he may lose at a sitting . Sedley , The Mulberry Garden , 1668 . ANGEL - BED , 8. A kind of open bed , without bed - posts ...
... play at angel - beast with ' um , though he scarce know the cards , and has no more visible estate then what he may lose at a sitting . Sedley , The Mulberry Garden , 1668 . ANGEL - BED , 8. A kind of open bed , without bed - posts ...
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... play'd a young man's part , Girts to his arming - sword with trem- biing hand . Peele's Farewell , 1569 . ARMIPOTENT , adj . ( Lat . ) Mighty in arms . ARMITE , S. ( 4.-N. ) ( 1 ) A sort of helmet . On the iiij . corners of the waggon ...
... play'd a young man's part , Girts to his arming - sword with trem- biing hand . Peele's Farewell , 1569 . ARMIPOTENT , adj . ( Lat . ) Mighty in arms . ARMITE , S. ( 4.-N. ) ( 1 ) A sort of helmet . On the iiij . corners of the waggon ...
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