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 1 |
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... Devon . An oaf , a simple alcatote , an innocent . Ford's Works , ii , 212 . ALCATRAS . A kind of sea - gull . ( Ital . ) Most like to that sharp - sighted alcatras , That beats the air above the liquid glass . Drayton . ALCHEMY , 8. A ...
... Devon . An oaf , a simple alcatote , an innocent . Ford's Works , ii , 212 . ALCATRAS . A kind of sea - gull . ( Ital . ) Most like to that sharp - sighted alcatras , That beats the air above the liquid glass . Drayton . ALCHEMY , 8. A ...
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... Devon . ALLER - FLOAT , s . A species of larg trout , frequenting the deep hol of retired and shady brook under the roots of the aller , alder - tree ; also called the alle trout . North . ALLERNBATCн , s . A kind of boto or old sore ...
... Devon . ALLER - FLOAT , s . A species of larg trout , frequenting the deep hol of retired and shady brook under the roots of the aller , alder - tree ; also called the alle trout . North . ALLERNBATCн , s . A kind of boto or old sore ...
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... Devon . ANGLEDOG , 8. A large earthworm . Devon . at of it ANGLE - LEGS , 8. Bent legs . This heard , sir , play stil in her eyes , y , And be a dying , lives , like flyes 6 . of Caught by their angle - legs , and whom The torch laughs ...
... Devon . ANGLEDOG , 8. A large earthworm . Devon . at of it ANGLE - LEGS , 8. Bent legs . This heard , sir , play stil in her eyes , y , And be a dying , lives , like flyes 6 . of Caught by their angle - legs , and whom The torch laughs ...
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... Devon and Somerset . A - THES - ALF , prep . of . Rob . Glouc . ATHILLEYDAY , 8 . astrolabe . On this side The rule of an Seeke the ground meete for your pur- pose , and then take an astrolobe , and hang that upon your thombe by the ...
... Devon and Somerset . A - THES - ALF , prep . of . Rob . Glouc . ATHILLEYDAY , 8 . astrolabe . On this side The rule of an Seeke the ground meete for your pur- pose , and then take an astrolobe , and hang that upon your thombe by the ...
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... Devon . or ATHYT , part . p . Conditioned ? No storing of pasture , with baggedgly tyt , With ragged , with aged , and evel athyt . Tusser , ed . 1573 . ATIL , 8. ( A.-N. ) Furniture ; neces- sary supplies . Rob . Glouc . ATILE , V. ( A ...
... Devon . or ATHYT , part . p . Conditioned ? No storing of pasture , with baggedgly tyt , With ragged , with aged , and evel athyt . Tusser , ed . 1573 . ATIL , 8. ( A.-N. ) Furniture ; neces- sary supplies . Rob . Glouc . ATILE , V. ( A ...
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