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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... Linc . ABAY , V. To suffer a heavy nalty ; to abie . This form given by Skinner . See Abie . ABAYSCHID , ABAYSSHETTE , part.p.Abash frightened . S Abaissed . ABAYST , part . p . ( A.-N. ) Dis pointed . And that when that they were travy ...
... Linc . ABAY , V. To suffer a heavy nalty ; to abie . This form given by Skinner . See Abie . ABAYSCHID , ABAYSSHETTE , part.p.Abash frightened . S Abaissed . ABAYST , part . p . ( A.-N. ) Dis pointed . And that when that they were travy ...
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... Linc . ANSINE , 8. ( A.-S. ansyn . ) ONSINE , pearance ; figure . Not no mon so muchel of pine , As povre wif that falleth in ansi Dame Vor nis of ow non so kene That durre abide mine onsene The Hule and the Nyztingale , ANSLACHT , 8 ...
... Linc . ANSINE , 8. ( A.-S. ansyn . ) ONSINE , pearance ; figure . Not no mon so muchel of pine , As povre wif that falleth in ansi Dame Vor nis of ow non so kene That durre abide mine onsene The Hule and the Nyztingale , ANSLACHT , 8 ...
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... Linc . BANKER , 8. A pile of stones raised BINKER , by masons for the pur- pose of placing upon it the stone they may be working . Linc . BANKET , S. A banquet . BANK - HOOK , s . A large fish - hook , baited , and attached by a line to ...
... Linc . BANKER , 8. A pile of stones raised BINKER , by masons for the pur- pose of placing upon it the stone they may be working . Linc . BANKET , S. A banquet . BANK - HOOK , s . A large fish - hook , baited , and attached by a line to ...
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... Linc . ( 3 ) A small farm . I. Wight and Northampt . ( 4 ) A tenement , so called in the county of Cornwall , which usually consisted of about sixty acres of ploughed land , if the land were good , or more if barren . See Carlisle's Acc ...
... Linc . ( 3 ) A small farm . I. Wight and Northampt . ( 4 ) A tenement , so called in the county of Cornwall , which usually consisted of about sixty acres of ploughed land , if the land were good , or more if barren . See Carlisle's Acc ...
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... Linc . BASILIARD , S. A baslard . BASILICOK , 8. A basilisk . BASILINDA , 8. The play called Questions and Commands ; the choosing of King and Queen , as on Twelfth Night . BASILISCO , BASILISK , 8. A sort of cannon . BASINET , 8. The ...
... Linc . BASILIARD , S. A baslard . BASILICOK , 8. A basilisk . BASILINDA , 8. The play called Questions and Commands ; the choosing of King and Queen , as on Twelfth Night . BASILISCO , BASILISK , 8. A sort of cannon . BASINET , 8. The ...
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