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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... young volunteers to go out in naval enterprises in hopes to make their fortunes , by disco- veries , conquests , or some other means . These adventurers , pro- bably making amorous conquests a part of their scheme , vied with each other ...
... young volunteers to go out in naval enterprises in hopes to make their fortunes , by disco- veries , conquests , or some other means . These adventurers , pro- bably making amorous conquests a part of their scheme , vied with each other ...
Page 32
... young batchelour , and was ridd with a night- mare . But come , so my conscience be cleere , I never care how fowle my dreames are . The Vow - Breaker , 1636 . AFFRODILE , S. A daffodil . Chesh . AFFRONT , ( 1 ) v . ( A.-N. affronter ...
... young batchelour , and was ridd with a night- mare . But come , so my conscience be cleere , I never care how fowle my dreames are . The Vow - Breaker , 1636 . AFFRODILE , S. A daffodil . Chesh . AFFRONT , ( 1 ) v . ( A.-N. affronter ...
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... young in the nest . See Aerie . AISE , 8. ( A.-N. ) ( 1 ) Ease . ( 2 ) The plant axweed . Skinner . AISH , 8 . Stubble ; as wheat , or oat aish , i . e . wheat or oat stub- ble . Grose gives this as a Hampshire word . AISIELICHE , adv ...
... young in the nest . See Aerie . AISE , 8. ( A.-N. ) ( 1 ) Ease . ( 2 ) The plant axweed . Skinner . AISH , 8 . Stubble ; as wheat , or oat aish , i . e . wheat or oat stub- ble . Grose gives this as a Hampshire word . AISIELICHE , adv ...
Page 49
... young fellow treats his girl with a riband or favour . The lord and lady honour the hall with their pre- sence , attended by the steward , sword - bearer , purse - bearer , and mace - bearer , with their several badges or ensigns of ...
... young fellow treats his girl with a riband or favour . The lord and lady honour the hall with their pre- sence , attended by the steward , sword - bearer , purse - bearer , and mace - bearer , with their several badges or ensigns of ...
Page 62
... young , Stood hush'd and still , amated and amaz'd . Fairfar's Tasso , p . 248 . Here the townsmen are amated , That their spire should be translated Unto Pauls ; and great's their labour , How to purchase so much paper To enwrap it ...
... young , Stood hush'd and still , amated and amaz'd . Fairfar's Tasso , p . 248 . Here the townsmen are amated , That their spire should be translated Unto Pauls ; and great's their labour , How to purchase so much paper To enwrap it ...
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15th cent Alisaunder ampt Antiq apple applied beat Berks bird blow boil bread called cattle Chaucer Chesh cloth coarse conj cookery corn Cornw Cotgrave Craven Cumb Cursor Mundi Derb Devon dial dish Dorset doth dress drink East Essex Exmoor fellow fish Florio fool Forme of Cury Glouc gode ground hath hawk head Heref horse Huloet iron Jons Kent kind Knave Kyng lady Lanc land Leic Linc Morte Arthure Nomenclator Norf North Northampt Northumb old cant term old name Palsgr Parv person piece Piers Pl plant play plough prep pret pron Pudendum Shakesp sheep Shoreham Shropsh Somers Somerset sort South Spens Spenser stone Suff Suffolk Suss Sussex Terence in English ther thou tree Warner's Albions England Warw West Wight wild William de Shoreham Wilts wine woman wood wooden word Yorksh young