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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... turn away . Cockeram . ABVOLATE , V. ( Lat . abvolo . ) To fly away . Cockeram . ABWENE , prep . Above . Thane come of the oryente Ewyne hyme agaynez A blake bustous bere Abwene in the clowdes . Morte Arthure . ABY , " . To abide ; to ...
... turn away . Cockeram . ABVOLATE , V. ( Lat . abvolo . ) To fly away . Cockeram . ABWENE , prep . Above . Thane come of the oryente Ewyne hyme agaynez A blake bustous bere Abwene in the clowdes . Morte Arthure . ABY , " . To abide ; to ...
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... turning , when the malt is spread on the floor , it comes and sprouts at both ends , which is called to acro- spyre ; and then it is fit only for swine . Mortimer's Husbandry . In a Scottish act of parliament , anent malt - makers , it ...
... turning , when the malt is spread on the floor , it comes and sprouts at both ends , which is called to acro- spyre ; and then it is fit only for swine . Mortimer's Husbandry . In a Scottish act of parliament , anent malt - makers , it ...
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... turn to armlets for great Queens to adore . Beaumont and Fletcher . ADORNATION , 8. ( Lat . ) Adorning . Minsheu's Guide into Tongues , 1627 . ADORNE , ( 1 ) v . To adore . ( 2 ) 8 . Spenser . ADOTE , v . An ornament ; adorning . To ...
... turn to armlets for great Queens to adore . Beaumont and Fletcher . ADORNATION , 8. ( Lat . ) Adorning . Minsheu's Guide into Tongues , 1627 . ADORNE , ( 1 ) v . To adore . ( 2 ) 8 . Spenser . ADOTE , v . An ornament ; adorning . To ...
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... turn ground into forest . This term is used in the Carta de Foresta , 9 Hen . III . AFFORME , v . ( Lat . ) To conform . AFFORST , adv . Afurst . Thirsty . Not halffe ynowh therof he hadde . Oft he was afforst . See Frere and Boy ...
... turn ground into forest . This term is used in the Carta de Foresta , 9 Hen . III . AFFORME , v . ( Lat . ) To conform . AFFORST , adv . Afurst . Thirsty . Not halffe ynowh therof he hadde . Oft he was afforst . See Frere and Boy ...
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... turn with all heart like an after - game at Irish . Etherege , Comical Revenge , 1 AFTER - KINDRED , 8. Remote dred . Chaucer . AFTER - LOVE , 8. A second or la love . See the Two Gentlen of Verona , iii , 1 , and Richard v , 3 ...
... turn with all heart like an after - game at Irish . Etherege , Comical Revenge , 1 AFTER - KINDRED , 8. Remote dred . Chaucer . AFTER - LOVE , 8. A second or la love . See the Two Gentlen of Verona , iii , 1 , and Richard v , 3 ...
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