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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Page 56
... - RIVETS , 8 . ALMANY , ALEMAYNE , } s . Germany . I'll cry flounders else , And walk , with my petticoat tuck'd up , like A long maid of Almainy . O. P. , viii , 438 Now Fulko comes , that to his brother gave His ALL ALM 56.
... - RIVETS , 8 . ALMANY , ALEMAYNE , } s . Germany . I'll cry flounders else , And walk , with my petticoat tuck'd up , like A long maid of Almainy . O. P. , viii , 438 Now Fulko comes , that to his brother gave His ALL ALM 56.
Page 149
... walk over loose beach on the sea coast . South . BACK - STOCK , 8. A log of wood . BACKSTONE , 8. An iron for baking cakes , generally hung over the fire . A person is said to go " like a cat upon a hot back- stone , " when treading cau ...
... walk over loose beach on the sea coast . South . BACK - STOCK , 8. A log of wood . BACKSTONE , 8. An iron for baking cakes , generally hung over the fire . A person is said to go " like a cat upon a hot back- stone , " when treading cau ...
Page 159
... walk unsteadily . Last . BAMBOOZLE , v . To deceive ; to make fun of a person . Some- times it is used in the sense of to threaten . BAMBY , adj . By and by . Deron . BAMCHICHES , 8. " Arietini , the chiches called bamchiches . " Florio ...
... walk unsteadily . Last . BAMBOOZLE , v . To deceive ; to make fun of a person . Some- times it is used in the sense of to threaten . BAMBY , adj . By and by . Deron . BAMCHICHES , 8. " Arietini , the chiches called bamchiches . " Florio ...
Page 164
... BARBWIG , 8. A kind of periwig . BARCARY , 8. ( A.-N. ) cote ; a sheep - walk . A sheep- BARCE , s . A stickleback . Yorksh . BARCELET , 8. A species of bow . Gaw . A hound . See Barslet . BARD , 8. ( A.-N. ) ( 1 ) The BAR BAR 164.
... BARBWIG , 8. A kind of periwig . BARCARY , 8. ( A.-N. ) cote ; a sheep - walk . A sheep- BARCE , s . A stickleback . Yorksh . BARCELET , 8. A species of bow . Gaw . A hound . See Barslet . BARD , 8. ( A.-N. ) ( 1 ) The BAR BAR 164.
Page 203
... walk up and down . ( 7 ) part . p . Bit . ( 8 ) s . A black - beetle . Devon . BETECHE , v . ( 4.-S. betecan . ) To give ; to intrust to ; to deliver un . BETEEM , v . To bestow ; afford ; al- iow ; deign . Yet could he not beteeme The ...
... walk up and down . ( 7 ) part . p . Bit . ( 8 ) s . A black - beetle . Devon . BETECHE , v . ( 4.-S. betecan . ) To give ; to intrust to ; to deliver un . BETEEM , v . To bestow ; afford ; al- iow ; deign . Yet could he not beteeme The ...
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