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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... light I was adreamt on thee too . O. Pl . , vi , 351 . I was adreamt last night of Francis there . City N. Cap , O. Pl . , xi , 335 . I was even now adream'd that you could see with either of your eyes , in so much as I waked for joy ...
... light I was adreamt on thee too . O. Pl . , vi , 351 . I was adreamt last night of Francis there . City N. Cap , O. Pl . , xi , 335 . I was even now adream'd that you could see with either of your eyes , in so much as I waked for joy ...
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... light airy person ; a coxcomb . Some more there be , slight airlings , will be won With dogs and horses . 1 Jonson's Catiline , i , 3 . AIRMS , 8. pl . Arms . A Yorkshire word . Hur neeaked airms teea she lik'd te show , E'en when t ...
... light airy person ; a coxcomb . Some more there be , slight airlings , will be won With dogs and horses . 1 Jonson's Catiline , i , 3 . AIRMS , 8. pl . Arms . A Yorkshire word . Hur neeaked airms teea she lik'd te show , E'en when t ...
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... light ; to descend ; to pitch . ( 2 ) To light ; to kindle . Surrey . ALYNE , v . ( A.-N. ) To anoint ( ? ) . The children atte cherche dore So beth y - primisined ; And that hi beethe eke atte fount Mid oylle and creyme alyned . W. de ...
... light ; to descend ; to pitch . ( 2 ) To light ; to kindle . Surrey . ALYNE , v . ( A.-N. ) To anoint ( ? ) . The children atte cherche dore So beth y - primisined ; And that hi beethe eke atte fount Mid oylle and creyme alyned . W. de ...
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... light- headed ( Herefordsh . ) ; " That's all about it , " that is the whole of the matter ; all - abroad , squeez- ed quite flat ( Somerset ) ; all - a- hoh , all on one side ( Wilts . ) ; all - along , constantly , " all - along of ...
... light- headed ( Herefordsh . ) ; " That's all about it , " that is the whole of the matter ; all - abroad , squeez- ed quite flat ( Somerset ) ; all - a- hoh , all on one side ( Wilts . ) ; all - along , constantly , " all - along of ...
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... light . Kent . Grose . ALLEN , S. Grass land recently broken up ; unenclosed land that has been tilled and left to run to feed fo sheep . Suffolk . ALLER , ( 1 ) s . ( A.-S. ) An alder- tree . A common form of the word in the Western ...
... light . Kent . Grose . ALLEN , S. Grass land recently broken up ; unenclosed land that has been tilled and left to run to feed fo sheep . Suffolk . ALLER , ( 1 ) s . ( A.-S. ) An alder- tree . A common form of the word in the Western ...
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