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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.

COMPILED BY

THOMAS WRIGHT, Esq., M.A., F.S.A., H.M.R.S.L., &c.,

CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE INSTITUTE OF FRANCE.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. II. G-Z.

LONDON:

HENRY G. BOHN, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN.

MDCCCLVII.

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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.

COMPILED BY

THOMAS WRIGHT, Esq., M.A., F.S.A., H.M.R.S.L., &c.,

CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE INSTITUTE OF FRANCE.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. II. G-Z.

LONDON:

HENRY G. BOHN, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN.

MDCCCLVII.

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