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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... birds . Googe's Husbandry , 157 AAR , prep . ( A.-S. ar ) . Ere , b fore . This form occurs in th Romance of Kyng Alisaunder . AARM , S. ( A.-S. ) The arm . W cliffe , Bodl . MS . Aarmed , fo armed , occurs in Wyclyffe's ve sion of the ...
... birds . Googe's Husbandry , 157 AAR , prep . ( A.-S. ar ) . Ere , b fore . This form occurs in th Romance of Kyng Alisaunder . AARM , S. ( A.-S. ) The arm . W cliffe , Bodl . MS . Aarmed , fo armed , occurs in Wyclyffe's ve sion of the ...
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... birds abroad . ADRIHE , ADREICH , Jennings , p . 128 adv . Aside ; behind } adv . The kinges doughter , which this sigh , For pure abasshe drewe her adrigh . Gower's Confessio Amantis , ed . 1532 , f . 7 ADRINK , adj . Drunk . ADROGH ...
... birds abroad . ADRIHE , ADREICH , Jennings , p . 128 adv . Aside ; behind } adv . The kinges doughter , which this sigh , For pure abasshe drewe her adrigh . Gower's Confessio Amantis , ed . 1532 , f . 7 ADRINK , adj . Drunk . ADROGH ...
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... bird of prey , but some- times also the brood of the young in the nest . EYERIE , One aerie , with proportion , ne'er dis- closes The eagle and the wren . Massinger's Maid of Honour , i , 2 . I ound the pheasant that the hawk doth fear ...
... bird of prey , but some- times also the brood of the young in the nest . EYERIE , One aerie , with proportion , ne'er dis- closes The eagle and the wren . Massinger's Maid of Honour , i , 2 . I ound the pheasant that the hawk doth fear ...
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... BIRDS- IN - THE - AIR , ALL - THE - FISHES- IN - THE - SEA , Two names of games pecu- liar to Suf- folk . ALL - THE - WORLD - OVER , adv . On every occasion . This common familiar phrase is ancient , being found in Brome's Queen and ...
... BIRDS- IN - THE - AIR , ALL - THE - FISHES- IN - THE - SEA , Two names of games pecu- liar to Suf- folk . ALL - THE - WORLD - OVER , adv . On every occasion . This common familiar phrase is ancient , being found in Brome's Queen and ...
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... birds were better , that could dance The morice in the ayre , wrens and rob- bin - redbreasts , Linnets , and titmice . Randolph's Amintas , 1640 . ANTINOMIES , S. Rules or laws op- posite to some other rules or laws deemed false and ...
... birds were better , that could dance The morice in the ayre , wrens and rob- bin - redbreasts , Linnets , and titmice . Randolph's Amintas , 1640 . ANTINOMIES , S. Rules or laws op- posite to some other rules or laws deemed false and ...
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