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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... falls upon his back , and rolls from one side to the other . In Sussex , when a horse does so , he is said to " earn a gallon of oats . " ( 2 ) Labourers ' wages . Yorksh . ( 3 ) s . A swelling with matter in it . Somerset . ( 4 ) s ...
... falls upon his back , and rolls from one side to the other . In Sussex , when a horse does so , he is said to " earn a gallon of oats . " ( 2 ) Labourers ' wages . Yorksh . ( 3 ) s . A swelling with matter in it . Somerset . ( 4 ) s ...
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... falling on your pure crystals , Should turn to armlets for great Queens to adore . Beaumont and Fletcher . ADORNATION , 8. ( Lat . ) Adorning . Minshew's Guide into Tongues , 1627 . ADORNE , ( 1 ) v . To adore . ( 2 ) 8. An ornament ...
... falling on your pure crystals , Should turn to armlets for great Queens to adore . Beaumont and Fletcher . ADORNATION , 8. ( Lat . ) Adorning . Minshew's Guide into Tongues , 1627 . ADORNE , ( 1 ) v . To adore . ( 2 ) 8. An ornament ...
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... fall over the wrists . " Lady's Dictionary , 1694 . AER , 8. An ear . East . AEREMANCY , 8. ( Gr . ) Divination by the air . AERIE , AIRIE , AYERY , 8. ( from A.-S. ęg , an egg . ) The nest of an eagle , hawk , or other bird of prey ...
... fall over the wrists . " Lady's Dictionary , 1694 . AER , 8. An ear . East . AEREMANCY , 8. ( Gr . ) Divination by the air . AERIE , AIRIE , AYERY , 8. ( from A.-S. ęg , an egg . ) The nest of an eagle , hawk , or other bird of prey ...
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... Fall of Princes , f . 74 . AIT , 8. ( A.-S. ) A little island in a river . AITCH , 8. ( A.-S. ) An ach , or pain ; a paroxysm in an intermitting disorder . Var . dial . AITCH - BONE S. The edge - bone ( os innominatum ) . Var . dial ...
... Fall of Princes , f . 74 . AIT , 8. ( A.-S. ) A little island in a river . AITCH , 8. ( A.-S. ) An ach , or pain ; a paroxysm in an intermitting disorder . Var . dial . AITCH - BONE S. The edge - bone ( os innominatum ) . Var . dial ...
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... fall down from weakness ; to fell , or strike down . ALACRIOUS , adj . ( Lat . ) Gay ; joyful . A - LADY , 8. Lady - day . Suffolk . ALAMIRE , 8. The lowest note but one in the scale of music of Guido Aretine . ALAMODE , 8 ( Fr. ) A ...
... fall down from weakness ; to fell , or strike down . ALACRIOUS , adj . ( Lat . ) Gay ; joyful . A - LADY , 8. Lady - day . Suffolk . ALAMIRE , 8. The lowest note but one in the scale of music of Guido Aretine . ALAMODE , 8 ( Fr. ) A ...
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