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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Page 69
... iron works for a bloom , wrought into the figure of a flat iron bar , about three feet in length , with a square rough knob on each end . Kennett . In Staffordshire one of these knobs is called the an- cony - end ANB ANC 69.
... iron works for a bloom , wrought into the figure of a flat iron bar , about three feet in length , with a square rough knob on each end . Kennett . In Staffordshire one of these knobs is called the an- cony - end ANB ANC 69.
Page 70
... irons on AUNDEIRYS , each side of the hearth in old houses , which were accompanied with small rests for the ends of the logs . ANDULEES , S. ( Fr. andouilles . ) Puddings made of hog's guts and spice . ANDUR , conj . ( Dan . ) Either ...
... irons on AUNDEIRYS , each side of the hearth in old houses , which were accompanied with small rests for the ends of the logs . ANDULEES , S. ( Fr. andouilles . ) Puddings made of hog's guts and spice . ANDUR , conj . ( Dan . ) Either ...
Page 132
... iron strap under lap of the saddle to which stirrup - leather is fastened . De AVANSE , v . To escape from . For any cas that may betyde , Schall non therof avanse . Cokwold's Daunce , AVANTAGE , 8. Advantage . AVANT - CURRIERS , 8. pl ...
... iron strap under lap of the saddle to which stirrup - leather is fastened . De AVANSE , v . To escape from . For any cas that may betyde , Schall non therof avanse . Cokwold's Daunce , AVANTAGE , 8. Advantage . AVANT - CURRIERS , 8. pl ...
Page 144
... iron . AYMANT , S. ( A.-N. ) A diamond . AY - MEE . A lamentation ; from crying ah me , or ay me ! I can hold off , and by my chymick pow'r Draw sonnets from the melting lover's brain , Aymees , and elegies . Beaum . & F. , Woman Hater ...
... iron . AYMANT , S. ( A.-N. ) A diamond . AY - MEE . A lamentation ; from crying ah me , or ay me ! I can hold off , and by my chymick pow'r Draw sonnets from the melting lover's brain , Aymees , and elegies . Beaum . & F. , Woman Hater ...
Page 146
... iron , others have glasse - beads , chains , blew stones , bullets , or oyster - shells . Herbert's Travels , 1638 . They suppose them most brave , most courtly , who can teare or dilacerate their eares widest , which they effect by ...
... iron , others have glasse - beads , chains , blew stones , bullets , or oyster - shells . Herbert's Travels , 1638 . They suppose them most brave , most courtly , who can teare or dilacerate their eares widest , which they effect by ...
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