A Glossary and Etymological Dictionary: Of Obsolete and Uncommon Words, Antiquated Phrases, and Proverbs Illustrative of Early English Literature, Comprising Chiefly Those Not to be Found in Our Ordinary Dictionaries; with Historical Notices of Ancient Customs and Manners |
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A Glossary and Etymological Dictionary, of Obsolete and Uncommon Words ... William Toone No preview available - 2018 |
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ALISAUNDRE ancient anon applied called cant word CHAUCER'S KNIGHT'S TALE CHAUCER'S MERCHANT'S TALE CHAUCER'S MILLER'S TALE CHAUCER'S REVE'S TALE CHAUCER'S ROM cloth CŒUR DE LION colour CORIOLANUS corruption court CRESS custom denote derived doth EASTWARD HOE etymology fair fool formerly French GAMMER GURTON'S NEEDLE gold GOWER'S grete HAMLET hath head hence HONEST WHORE horse HUDIBRAS IBID JONSON'S king kyng ladies LANGTOFT'S CHRON LEAR London lord MACBETH meaning MERCHANT'S TALE MERRY WIVES MILTON'S modern word NIGHT'S DREAM O. P. GAM O. P. LINGUA O. P. MOTHER BOMBIE O. P. THE FOUR O. P. THE HONEST OTHELLO PARDONER'S TALE person play PLOWMAN'S TALE QUEEN RICH ROMEO AND JULIET ROSE sense SEVEN SAGES Shakspeare shew SHIPMAN'S TALE SHREW signify song species spelt SPENSER'S F SPENSER'S SHEP sword thee thing thou TROI TWELFTH NIGHT wine WINTER'S TALE WIVES OF WINDSOR wold woman worn
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