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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... woman does not understand the words of action . B. Jon . , Ev . M. in H. , i , 5 . Will you present and accommodate it to the gentleman . Id . , Poetaster , iii , 4 . ACCOMPLISH , v . ( A.-N. ) To fur- nish ; to perform . Shakesp ...
... woman does not understand the words of action . B. Jon . , Ev . M. in H. , i , 5 . Will you present and accommodate it to the gentleman . Id . , Poetaster , iii , 4 . ACCOMPLISH , v . ( A.-N. ) To fur- nish ; to perform . Shakesp ...
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... Woman Pleased , iv , 1 . ADOPTIOUS , adj . Adoptive . Shakesp . ADORAT , 8. A weight of four pounds , a chemical term . ADORE , v . To adorn . Spenser . And those true tears , falling on your pure crystals , Should turn to armlets for ...
... Woman Pleased , iv , 1 . ADOPTIOUS , adj . Adoptive . Shakesp . ADORAT , 8. A weight of four pounds , a chemical term . ADORE , v . To adorn . Spenser . And those true tears , falling on your pure crystals , Should turn to armlets for ...
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... woman is ; Something made of thread and thrumme , A mere botch of all and some . Herrick , p . 8 . In armour eke the souldiers all and some , With all the force that might so soon be had . Mirrour for Magistrates , p . 91 . We are ...
... woman is ; Something made of thread and thrumme , A mere botch of all and some . Herrick , p . 8 . In armour eke the souldiers all and some , With all the force that might so soon be had . Mirrour for Magistrates , p . 91 . We are ...
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... woman is the provocative for old age , I say . Ravenscroft , London Cuc AMBER - DAYS , 8. The ember d AMBERGRISE , 8. ( Fr. u AMBERGREASE , gris , literally amber , from its colour and fume . ) This substance was merly much used in ...
... woman is the provocative for old age , I say . Ravenscroft , London Cuc AMBER - DAYS , 8. The ember d AMBERGRISE , 8. ( Fr. u AMBERGREASE , gris , literally amber , from its colour and fume . ) This substance was merly much used in ...
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... woman who lives and ( single . I must dance barefoot on her wedding And , for your love to her , lead apes in Shakesp . , Taming of Shrew , But ' tis an old proverb , and you kno well , That women , dying maids , lead apes in London ...
... woman who lives and ( single . I must dance barefoot on her wedding And , for your love to her , lead apes in Shakesp . , Taming of Shrew , But ' tis an old proverb , and you kno well , That women , dying maids , lead apes in London ...
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