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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... Gloucester . Arture , Uter sone , of wan we tolde byv Ye abbyth y - hurd hou he was bygete y - bore . ABBESS , S. According to Gro this is a vulgar name for mistress of a disreputable es blishment . ABBEY , S. ( 4.-N. ) The great wh ...
... Gloucester . Arture , Uter sone , of wan we tolde byv Ye abbyth y - hurd hou he was bygete y - bore . ABBESS , S. According to Gro this is a vulgar name for mistress of a disreputable es blishment . ABBEY , S. ( 4.-N. ) The great wh ...
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... Gloucester . Arture , Uter sone , of wan we tolde 1 Ye abbyth y - hurd hou he was byge y - bore . ABBESS , S. According to G this is a vulgar name for mistress of a disreputable blishment . ABBEY , 8. ( A.-N. ) The great poplar , a ...
... Gloucester . Arture , Uter sone , of wan we tolde 1 Ye abbyth y - hurd hou he was byge y - bore . ABBESS , S. According to G this is a vulgar name for mistress of a disreputable blishment . ABBEY , 8. ( A.-N. ) The great poplar , a ...
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... Gloucester , and others . And oure Lord defended hem that the scholde not telle that avisioun , til tha he were rysen from dethe to lyf . Maundevile , ed . 1839 , p . 11- AVIST , adv . A - fishing . West . AVITOUS , adj . ( Lat . avitus ...
... Gloucester , and others . And oure Lord defended hem that the scholde not telle that avisioun , til tha he were rysen from dethe to lyf . Maundevile , ed . 1839 , p . 11- AVIST , adv . A - fishing . West . AVITOUS , adj . ( Lat . avitus ...
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... Gloucester- shire to be brashie . BRASHY . Small ; rubbishy ; delicate in constitution . North . BRASIL , 8. A word used in dyeing to give a red colour . It is used by Chaucer , Cant . T. , 15465 ; and in other early writings . BRASS ...
... Gloucester- shire to be brashie . BRASHY . Small ; rubbishy ; delicate in constitution . North . BRASIL , 8. A word used in dyeing to give a red colour . It is used by Chaucer , Cant . T. , 15465 ; and in other early writings . BRASS ...
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... Gloucestershire . CHESLIP , S. A woodlouse . CHESOUN , 8. Reason . See Achesoun , which is the correct form of the word . CHESS , v . ( 1 ) To crack . Line . ( 2 ) To pile up . Yorksh . Three ches chamber , three chambers over each ...
... Gloucestershire . CHESLIP , S. A woodlouse . CHESOUN , 8. Reason . See Achesoun , which is the correct form of the word . CHESS , v . ( 1 ) To crack . Line . ( 2 ) To pile up . Yorksh . Three ches chamber , three chambers over each ...
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