Dialect of Craven, in the Westriding of the County of York: With a Copious Glossary, Illus. by Authorities from Ancient English & Scottish Writers, & Exemplified by Two Familiar Dialogues, Volume 1 |
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... look at the auld Roman camp . " Antiquary , I. 37 . " Back o ' beyond , " whear't mear foaled't fiddler . " Dr. Jamieson has filed for defiled , which is a com- mon occurrence . Our reading is more correct ; for a country little known ...
... look at the auld Roman camp . " Antiquary , I. 37 . " Back o ' beyond , " whear't mear foaled't fiddler . " Dr. Jamieson has filed for defiled , which is a com- mon occurrence . Our reading is more correct ; for a country little known ...
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... looks were like a lilly . " Davidson's Seasons Dr. Jam . BANGS , Beats , excels . IsL . banga . er een . " Beat her between her eyes . < 6 Bang er amang BANGS , To depart hastily and with violence . bangs 22 GLOSSARY . BAND, Pręt of ...
... looks were like a lilly . " Davidson's Seasons Dr. Jam . BANGS , Beats , excels . IsL . banga . er een . " Beat her between her eyes . < 6 Bang er amang BANGS , To depart hastily and with violence . bangs 22 GLOSSARY . BAND, Pręt of ...
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... look blue is to be disconcerted . BLUE - MILK , Old skimmed milk . BLUME , Blossom . GERM . blum . BLUSH , Resemblance . Dr. Jamieson says , it is BO , Hobgoblin . WELSH , bo . BOADLE . Half a farthing . only one third part of a penny ...
... look blue is to be disconcerted . BLUE - MILK , Old skimmed milk . BLUME , Blossom . GERM . blum . BLUSH , Resemblance . Dr. Jamieson says , it is BO , Hobgoblin . WELSH , bo . BOADLE . Half a farthing . only one third part of a penny ...
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... look . " He looks as big as bull - beef . " BULLING , A term used by mowers , when the scythe is blunted . BULL - NECK , " To tumble a bull - neck , " is by placing the hands under the thighs , and the head on the ground between the ...
... look . " He looks as big as bull - beef . " BULLING , A term used by mowers , when the scythe is blunted . BULL - NECK , " To tumble a bull - neck , " is by placing the hands under the thighs , and the head on the ground between the ...
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... looks as if butter wadn't melt i ' his mouth ; " spoken of a dissembling villain , who , while he speaks plausibly ... look as if butter wad na ' melt in your mouth , but I shall warrant cheese no choak ye . " St. Ronan's Well . BUTTS ...
... looks as if butter wadn't melt i ' his mouth ; " spoken of a dissembling villain , who , while he speaks plausibly ... look as if butter wad na ' melt in your mouth , but I shall warrant cheese no choak ye . " St. Ronan's Well . BUTTS ...
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2d vol Allan Ramsay Antiq applied Bartas beat BELG Ben Jonson Brand's Pop Brockett Burns called carrion crow cattle Chauc Chaucer clam common corn corruption Cotgrave Craven crooked derives Dialect doth Doug Douglas Virg Du Bartas dung English etymon expression Fairfax Tasso feaful fellow fire frequently gang Gentle Shepherd Glossary GOTH hath hence horse House of Fame Idem iron Jamieson Johnson King kittle KNAA labour language LEET Linn Lord mell Miege milk Minshew Minst Moor Nares nivver obsolete person Piers Plou Plou Poems Pręt probably Quentin Durward Richmondshire Ronan's Saxon says Scotch Scotland Scottish sense Shaks Shakspeare sheep shoe Shoe's signifies Skinner Spenser stone substantive Supp supposed Tale TEUT thee thing thou Thou's Tim Bobbin Todd Trans Tusser verb Verstegan Vide wapentake weel WELSH Wiclif word
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