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 1G. Bell & sons, 1886 - 1039 pages |
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... Dial . ( 5 ) If . Suffolk . ( 6 ) He . It is often put into the mouths of ignorant or vulgar people in this sense by the old dramatists , and it is not uncom- mon in MSS . of an earlier date . ( 7 ) They . In the dialect of Shropshire ...
... Dial . ( 5 ) If . Suffolk . ( 6 ) He . It is often put into the mouths of ignorant or vulgar people in this sense by the old dramatists , and it is not uncom- mon in MSS . of an earlier date . ( 7 ) They . In the dialect of Shropshire ...
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... dial . ABEDE , v . ( A.-S. ) To bid ; to offer . In MSS . of 14th Cent . It also occurs as the past tense of abide . ABEER , v . To bear with ; tolerate . Northampt . ABEGGE . See Abie . In the MS . of Gower , belonging to the Society ...
... dial . ABEDE , v . ( A.-S. ) To bid ; to offer . In MSS . of 14th Cent . It also occurs as the past tense of abide . ABEER , v . To bear with ; tolerate . Northampt . ABEGGE . See Abie . In the MS . of Gower , belonging to the Society ...
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... dial . ADAM'S - APPLE , s . ( 1 ) A kind of citron . Gerard . ( 2 ) The nob in a man's throat , so called , because , it is said , when Eve swallowed her apple with ease , and gave another to Adam , his conscience so rebelled against it ...
... dial . ADAM'S - APPLE , s . ( 1 ) A kind of citron . Gerard . ( 2 ) The nob in a man's throat , so called , because , it is said , when Eve swallowed her apple with ease , and gave another to Adam , his conscience so rebelled against it ...
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... dial . ADDER - SAY . I dare say . Yorksh . ADDER'S - GRASS , 8. The name in Gerard for the cynosorchis . ADDER'S - TONGUE , s . A plant ; the ophisglossum . ADDER - WORT , S. snake - weed . The bistort or ADDICE , 8. ( 4.-S. ) An adze ...
... dial . ADDER - SAY . I dare say . Yorksh . ADDER'S - GRASS , 8. The name in Gerard for the cynosorchis . ADDER'S - TONGUE , s . A plant ; the ophisglossum . ADDER - WORT , S. snake - weed . The bistort or ADDICE , 8. ( 4.-S. ) An adze ...
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... dial . AFAITEN , AFFAYTEN , AFAYTY , v . ( A.-N. afaiter . , To prepare ; to in- struct ; to tame , to subdue . It afaiteth the flessh Fram folies ful manye . Piers Pl . , p . 291 . He hadde a clergon yonge of age . Whom he hath in his ...
... dial . AFAITEN , AFFAYTEN , AFAYTY , v . ( A.-N. afaiter . , To prepare ; to in- struct ; to tame , to subdue . It afaiteth the flessh Fram folies ful manye . Piers Pl . , p . 291 . He hadde a clergon yonge of age . Whom he hath in his ...
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