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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... Sussex . ABOUT - SLEDGE , 8 . A smith's gr forging hammer . ABOUT - WARD , adv . Near . ABOUYE , V. ( A.-S. ) To bow . R Glouc . ABOUZTE , part . past of abie . Or it schalle sone been abouzte . MS . Gou ABOVEN , prep . Above . ABOWE ...
... Sussex . ABOUT - SLEDGE , 8 . A smith's gr forging hammer . ABOUT - WARD , adv . Near . ABOUYE , V. ( A.-S. ) To bow . R Glouc . ABOUZTE , part . past of abie . Or it schalle sone been abouzte . MS . Gou ABOVEN , prep . Above . ABOWE ...
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... Sussex , whe horse does so , he is said to " e a gallon of oats . " ( 2 ) Labourers ' wages . Yorks ( 3 ) s . A swelling with matter it . Somerset . ( 4 ) s . The headland of a fie same as adland . Northampt . ( 5 ) s . Lees or dregs ...
... Sussex , whe horse does so , he is said to " e a gallon of oats . " ( 2 ) Labourers ' wages . Yorks ( 3 ) s . A swelling with matter it . Somerset . ( 4 ) s . The headland of a fie same as adland . Northampt . ( 5 ) s . Lees or dregs ...
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... adihtan . ) To order ; arrange ; adorn ; as he adihteth him , i . e . fits himself with . Adihteth him a gay wenche of the newe jet . Political Songs , p . 329 ADIN , prep . Within . Sussex . 1 S .. 0 I wol that thei togithir go 23 ADI.
... adihtan . ) To order ; arrange ; adorn ; as he adihteth him , i . e . fits himself with . Adihteth him a gay wenche of the newe jet . Political Songs , p . 329 ADIN , prep . Within . Sussex . 1 S .. 0 I wol that thei togithir go 23 ADI.
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... Sussex , but not in general use . AFTER , prep . ( M.-S. ) Afterwards ; according to . " After that they were , " according to their degree . AFTERBURTHEN , 8. The afterbirth . AFTERCASTE , 8. A throw at dice after the game is ended ...
... Sussex , but not in general use . AFTER , prep . ( M.-S. ) Afterwards ; according to . " After that they were , " according to their degree . AFTERBURTHEN , 8. The afterbirth . AFTERCASTE , 8. A throw at dice after the game is ended ...
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... Sussex . ALESTAN - BEARER , 8. A pot- Higans's Nomenclator . ALESTOND , 8. The ale - house . The stool on w ALE - STOOL , 8 . casks of ale or beer are place the cellar . East . ALET , 8. ( 1 ) A kind of hawk twain algates shall be worth ...
... Sussex . ALESTAN - BEARER , 8. A pot- Higans's Nomenclator . ALESTOND , 8. The ale - house . The stool on w ALE - STOOL , 8 . casks of ale or beer are place the cellar . East . ALET , 8. ( 1 ) A kind of hawk twain algates shall be worth ...
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