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 2 |
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Page 491
... noise in the even- ings . North . GABBO , 8. The game of three GOBBO , card loo . GABEL , 8. ( A.-N. ) An excise . GABERDINE , S. ( Fr. ) A coarse cloak or mantle . GABERLILTIE , 8. A ballad - singer . North . GABIE , S. North . A large ...
... noise in the even- ings . North . GABBO , 8. The game of three GOBBO , card loo . GABEL , 8. ( A.-N. ) An excise . GABERDINE , S. ( Fr. ) A coarse cloak or mantle . GABERLILTIE , 8. A ballad - singer . North . GABIE , S. North . A large ...
Page 493
... noise . ( 3 ) s . A castrated bull . West . ( 4 ) v . ( A.-S. galan . ) To sing . ( 5 ) s . Wild myrtle . Cumb . ( 6 ) s . ( Fr. ) Any sort of excres- cence . Linc . ( 7 ) v . To ache with cold ; to fly open with heat . North . ( 8 ) v ...
... noise . ( 3 ) s . A castrated bull . West . ( 4 ) v . ( A.-S. galan . ) To sing . ( 5 ) s . Wild myrtle . Cumb . ( 6 ) s . ( Fr. ) Any sort of excres- cence . Linc . ( 7 ) v . To ache with cold ; to fly open with heat . North . ( 8 ) v ...
Page 496
... noise . GANGLING , adj . Tall and slender in proportion to the bulk , so as not to support itself well . Applied to vegetable productions . Warw . GANGREL , S. ( 1 ) A tall ill - made fellow . ( 2 ) A lazy lout . GANGRIL , 8. A toad ...
... noise . GANGLING , adj . Tall and slender in proportion to the bulk , so as not to support itself well . Applied to vegetable productions . Warw . GANGREL , S. ( 1 ) A tall ill - made fellow . ( 2 ) A lazy lout . GANGRIL , 8. A toad ...
Page 499
... noise , the wit of his laugh , his judgment or fancy in his garniture ? Wycherley , Plain - dealer , 1677 . A reel to wind GARN - WINDLE , 8 . yarn upon . North . GARNWYN , 8. A reel . Nominale . GARRACK , adj . Awkward . Cumb . GARRANT ...
... noise , the wit of his laugh , his judgment or fancy in his garniture ? Wycherley , Plain - dealer , 1677 . A reel to wind GARN - WINDLE , 8 . yarn upon . North . GARNWYN , 8. A reel . Nominale . GARRACK , adj . Awkward . Cumb . GARRANT ...
Page 508
... noise . ( 13 ) v . To hasten . Devon . GIGGA - JOGGIE , s . The noise made by the shaking of a bedstead , or other frame . GIGGET , S. ( Fr. gigot . ) ( 1 ) A leg of mutton . To roast a gigget of mutton . Take your gigget with cloves ...
... noise . ( 13 ) v . To hasten . Devon . GIGGA - JOGGIE , s . The noise made by the shaking of a bedstead , or other frame . GIGGET , S. ( Fr. gigot . ) ( 1 ) A leg of mutton . To roast a gigget of mutton . Take your gigget with cloves ...
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