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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... woman does not understand the words of action . B. Jon . , Er . M. in H. , i , 5 . Will you present and accommodate it to the gentleman . Id , Poetaster , iii , 4 . ACCOMPLISH , v . ( A.-N. ) To fur- nish ; to perforin . Shakesp . Merch ...
... woman does not understand the words of action . B. Jon . , Er . M. in H. , i , 5 . Will you present and accommodate it to the gentleman . Id , Poetaster , iii , 4 . ACCOMPLISH , v . ( A.-N. ) To fur- nish ; to perforin . Shakesp . Merch ...
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... woman who keeps an ale - house . ALEXANDER , 8. ( A.-N. ) The name of a plant , great parsley . ALEXANDER'S - FOOT , 8. The plant pellitory . Skinner . ALEXANDRIN , adj . Cloth or em- broidery of some kind , brought from Alexandria ...
... woman who keeps an ale - house . ALEXANDER , 8. ( A.-N. ) The name of a plant , great parsley . ALEXANDER'S - FOOT , 8. The plant pellitory . Skinner . ALEXANDRIN , adj . Cloth or em- broidery of some kind , brought from Alexandria ...
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... woman is ; Something made of thread and thrumme , A mere botch of all and some . Herrick , p . 8 . In armour eke the souldiers all and some , With all the force that might so soon be had . Mirrour for Magistrates , p . 91 . We are ...
... woman is ; Something made of thread and thrumme , A mere botch of all and some . Herrick , p . 8 . In armour eke the souldiers all and some , With all the force that might so soon be had . Mirrour for Magistrates , p . 91 . We are ...
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... woman who lives and dies single . I must dance barefoot on her wedding day , And , for your love to her , lead apes in hell . Shakesp . , Taming of Shrew , ii , 1 . But ' tis an old proverb , and you know it well , That women , dying ...
... woman who lives and dies single . I must dance barefoot on her wedding day , And , for your love to her , lead apes in hell . Shakesp . , Taming of Shrew , ii , 1 . But ' tis an old proverb , and you know it well , That women , dying ...
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... woman . Catulire dicitur canis , ή κύων σκυζών , quando in Venerem prurit . Demander le masle . To goe assant or proud , as a bitch doth . Nomenclator , 1585 . And whanne the fixene be assant , and guith yu hure love , and sehe secheth ...
... woman . Catulire dicitur canis , ή κύων σκυζών , quando in Venerem prurit . Demander le masle . To goe assant or proud , as a bitch doth . Nomenclator , 1585 . And whanne the fixene be assant , and guith yu hure love , and sehe secheth ...
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