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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... strong thief . " Abram cove , naked or poor man . " Coles ' English Dic- tionary , 1677. See also Mid- dleton's Works , iii . 32 . ABRAM - COLOURED . This phrase is used by Shakespeare in Corio- lanus , ii . 3 : " Our heads are some ...
... strong thief . " Abram cove , naked or poor man . " Coles ' English Dic- tionary , 1677. See also Mid- dleton's Works , iii . 32 . ABRAM - COLOURED . This phrase is used by Shakespeare in Corio- lanus , ii . 3 : " Our heads are some ...
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... strong and towres for the nones , At ecue myles ende to agaynstande alle the foonys . AGAYNEWARDE , AYENWARDE , AGEYNWARDE , 1. , fol . 53 . adv . ( A.-S. ) On the contrary , on the other hand . But agaynewarde the wretcheth dis ...
... strong and towres for the nones , At ecue myles ende to agaynstande alle the foonys . AGAYNEWARDE , AYENWARDE , AGEYNWARDE , 1. , fol . 53 . adv . ( A.-S. ) On the contrary , on the other hand . But agaynewarde the wretcheth dis ...
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... strong and egre , And there to she was lene and megre . Chaucer , Rom of the Rus , 1. 217 . AISLICHE , adj . ( A.-S. egeslice . ) Fearfully . There I anntrede me in , And aisliche I scyde . Piers Pl . , p . 471 . AISNECIA , 8. ( from A ...
... strong and egre , And there to she was lene and megre . Chaucer , Rom of the Rus , 1. 217 . AISLICHE , adj . ( A.-S. egeslice . ) Fearfully . There I anntrede me in , And aisliche I scyde . Piers Pl . , p . 471 . AISNECIA , 8. ( from A ...
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... alle but Grece ; and that lond he holt alle - only . Maunderile , p . 8 . Vigenius , or Nigenius , was not king , but alonely Peredurus . Fabian's Chron . , f . 31 . Aonly lening to the strong pilor of holy scripture , ALM ALO 58.
... alle but Grece ; and that lond he holt alle - only . Maunderile , p . 8 . Vigenius , or Nigenius , was not king , but alonely Peredurus . Fabian's Chron . , f . 31 . Aonly lening to the strong pilor of holy scripture , ALM ALO 58.
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... strong pilor of holy scripture , agayne the hole college of the Romanistes . Leland's New Year's Gyfte . For the wyll alionely is deedly synne . Institution of a Christen Man , p . 111 . Whereof ( omitting many things ) , my muse ...
... strong pilor of holy scripture , agayne the hole college of the Romanistes . Leland's New Year's Gyfte . For the wyll alionely is deedly synne . Institution of a Christen Man , p . 111 . Whereof ( omitting many things ) , my muse ...
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