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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... person I Obviated , Interrogating time's Transitation , And of the passage Demonstration . My apprehension did Ingenious scan , That he was meerely a Simplitian , So when I saw he was Extravagant , Unto the obscure vulgar Consonant , I ...
... person I Obviated , Interrogating time's Transitation , And of the passage Demonstration . My apprehension did Ingenious scan , That he was meerely a Simplitian , So when I saw he was Extravagant , Unto the obscure vulgar Consonant , I ...
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... person or thing ; to approach ; to attempt , or try . ACCOUNSAYL , v . Tó counsel with ; s . counsel . ACCOUNT , v . ( A.-N. ) To reckon . Long worke it were Here to account the endlesse progeny Of all the weeds that bud and blossome ...
... person or thing ; to approach ; to attempt , or try . ACCOUNSAYL , v . Tó counsel with ; s . counsel . ACCOUNT , v . ( A.-N. ) To reckon . Long worke it were Here to account the endlesse progeny Of all the weeds that bud and blossome ...
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... person ; to vex ; to in- jure . And now fully porposide withowte oc- casyon of greyff to be playntyffe agaynste me , whom I never agrevyde in no case . Monastic Letters , p . 188 . Synne offendyth God in his face , And agrevyth oure ...
... person ; to vex ; to in- jure . And now fully porposide withowte oc- casyon of greyff to be playntyffe agaynste me , whom I never agrevyde in no case . Monastic Letters , p . 188 . Synne offendyth God in his face , And agrevyth oure ...
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... person is born . ALD , adj . ( A.-S. ) Old . ( 2 ) v . Not unfrequently used in old MSS . for held , or hold . ALDAY , adv . Always . They can afforce them alday , men may see . Bochas , b . i , c . 20 . ALDER , ( 1 ) adj . Older . ( 2 ) ...
... person is born . ALD , adj . ( A.-S. ) Old . ( 2 ) v . Not unfrequently used in old MSS . for held , or hold . ALDAY , adv . Always . They can afforce them alday , men may see . Bochas , b . i , c . 20 . ALDER , ( 1 ) adj . Older . ( 2 ) ...
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... person . " I'll find the cusp and alfridaria , And know what planet is in cazimi . ALFYN , ALPHYN , AUFYN , Albumazar , ii , 5 . 8. ( 1 ) The bishop in the game of chess . The alphyns ought to be made and formed in manner of judges ...
... person . " I'll find the cusp and alfridaria , And know what planet is in cazimi . ALFYN , ALPHYN , AUFYN , Albumazar , ii , 5 . 8. ( 1 ) The bishop in the game of chess . The alphyns ought to be made and formed in manner of judges ...
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