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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... stone . Among stones abestor , which being hot wil never be colde for our constancies . Lyly's Mother Bombie , 1591 . ABEYTED , part . p . ( A.-S. ) En- snared . In MSS . of 15th Cent . Hys flesshe on here was so abeyted , That thylke ...
... stone . Among stones abestor , which being hot wil never be colde for our constancies . Lyly's Mother Bombie , 1591 . ABEYTED , part . p . ( A.-S. ) En- snared . In MSS . of 15th Cent . Hys flesshe on here was so abeyted , That thylke ...
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... stone . This form occurs in a Yorkshire document , temp . Hen . VIII . ACHES , pl . Was frequently used as a dissyllable . See Hudibras , III , ii , 407 . ACHESOUN , v . ( A.-N. achaison . ) Reason ; cause . ACHETYN , v . To escheat ...
... stone . This form occurs in a Yorkshire document , temp . Hen . VIII . ACHES , pl . Was frequently used as a dissyllable . See Hudibras , III , ii , 407 . ACHESOUN , v . ( A.-N. achaison . ) Reason ; cause . ACHETYN , v . To escheat ...
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... stone - get- ters ( or delvers ) in the neigh- bourhood of Huddersfield , & c . , in reference to stone which is not of a free workable quality , but , on the contrary , is of a very hard , flinty , or metallic quality , and difficult ...
... stone - get- ters ( or delvers ) in the neigh- bourhood of Huddersfield , & c . , in reference to stone which is not of a free workable quality , but , on the contrary , is of a very hard , flinty , or metallic quality , and difficult ...
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... 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 . ALARGE , V. ( 4.-N. ) To ...
... 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 . ALARGE , V. ( 4.-N. ) To ...
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... stone . Book of St. Albans , sig . F , i . ALPE , 8. ( 1 ) ( 4.-S. ) A bull - finch . Ficedula , an alpe . MS . Bodl . , 604 , f . 31 . There was many a birde singing , Thoroughout the yerde all thringing : In many placis nightingales ...
... stone . Book of St. Albans , sig . F , i . ALPE , 8. ( 1 ) ( 4.-S. ) A bull - finch . Ficedula , an alpe . MS . Bodl . , 604 , f . 31 . There was many a birde singing , Thoroughout the yerde all thringing : In many placis nightingales ...
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