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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... give this class . variations fully , would be simply to make a dictionary of each par cular dialect , and of each medieval manuscript , and to combine the altogether , which could not be done within any moderate limits , an if done ...
... give this class . variations fully , would be simply to make a dictionary of each par cular dialect , and of each medieval manuscript , and to combine the altogether , which could not be done within any moderate limits , an if done ...
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... give a very definite explanation . It is said to be synonymous with the cross - bow ; but in a passage in Hall , a distinction seems to be made between them . The arb- last was doubtless , like the cross- bow , a weapon used for the pro ...
... give a very definite explanation . It is said to be synonymous with the cross - bow ; but in a passage in Hall , a distinction seems to be made between them . The arb- last was doubtless , like the cross- bow , a weapon used for the pro ...
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... gives these meanings of the word in his Guide into Tongues , 1627 . ACOLATE , adj . ( Gr . ) Froward ; peevish . So explained in Rider's Dictionarie , 1640 . ACOLDING , part . a . ( from the A.-S. See Acold . ) Getting cold . ACOLEN ...
... gives these meanings of the word in his Guide into Tongues , 1627 . ACOLATE , adj . ( Gr . ) Froward ; peevish . So explained in Rider's Dictionarie , 1640 . ACOLDING , part . a . ( from the A.-S. See Acold . ) Getting cold . ACOLEN ...
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... gives this word in his Guide into Tongues , 1627 . ACROKE , adv . Crooked . ACROOK'D , adj . Crooked ; awry . Yorksh . ACROSPYRE , v . ( from Gr . äkрos , AKERSPIRE , the extremity , or end , and oεíрa , a curling shoot . ) To sprout ...
... gives this word in his Guide into Tongues , 1627 . ACROKE , adv . Crooked . ACROOK'D , adj . Crooked ; awry . Yorksh . ACROSPYRE , v . ( from Gr . äkрos , AKERSPIRE , the extremity , or end , and oεíрa , a curling shoot . ) To sprout ...
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... give to each soldier gratis . ACTE , S. ( Gr . ȧKктη . ) The sea - shore . Phillips . ACTIFS , s . pl . An order of monks , who , according to Skinner , fed on nothing but roots and herbs . ACTILLY , adv . Actually . Lancash . ACTIOUS ...
... give to each soldier gratis . ACTE , S. ( Gr . ȧKктη . ) The sea - shore . Phillips . ACTIFS , s . pl . An order of monks , who , according to Skinner , fed on nothing but roots and herbs . ACTILLY , adv . Actually . Lancash . ACTIOUS ...
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