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 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 50
Page 11
... COLOUR , ABRAHAM - CO- LOURED . Supposed to be auburn . " A goodly , long , thick , Abraham- colour'd beard , " occurs in Blurt Master Constable , 1602 . Abram - coloured . Where is the eldest son of Priam , That Abraham - colour'd ...
... COLOUR , ABRAHAM - CO- LOURED . Supposed to be auburn . " A goodly , long , thick , Abraham- colour'd beard , " occurs in Blurt Master Constable , 1602 . Abram - coloured . Where is the eldest son of Priam , That Abraham - colour'd ...
Page 21
... Colour like gold . ADARNECH , S. Howell . ADARNED , adj . Ashamed . Coles . ADARRIS , 8 . The flower of sea- water . Howell . ADASED , adj . ( A.-N. ) Dazzleȧ ; ADASSID , put out of countenance . The glittring therof wold have made ...
... Colour like gold . ADARNECH , S. Howell . ADARNED , adj . Ashamed . Coles . ADARRIS , 8 . The flower of sea- water . Howell . ADASED , adj . ( A.-N. ) Dazzleȧ ; ADASSID , put out of countenance . The glittring therof wold have made ...
Page 40
... colour of the troubled deep , Those spots supposed , nor the fogs that rise From the dull earth , me any whit agrize . Drayt . , Man in the Moon . b To hide the terrour of her uncouth From mortal eyes that should agrized . Spenser ...
... colour of the troubled deep , Those spots supposed , nor the fogs that rise From the dull earth , me any whit agrize . Drayt . , Man in the Moon . b To hide the terrour of her uncouth From mortal eyes that should agrized . Spenser ...
Page 49
... coloured jacket , whose ribaldry and gesticulation contri- bute not a little to the entertain- ment of some part of the com- pany . The lord's music , consist- ing of a pipe and tabor , is em- ployed to conduct the dance . ALEFT , ( 1 ) ...
... coloured jacket , whose ribaldry and gesticulation contri- bute not a little to the entertain- ment of some part of the com- pany . The lord's music , consist- ing of a pipe and tabor , is em- ployed to conduct the dance . ALEFT , ( 1 ) ...
Page 62
... colour and fume . ) This substance was merly much used in wines , sa and perfumes . It was C dered also as an aphrodisiac . was sometimes called me amber . " Tis well , be sure The wines be lusty , high , and full of s And amber'd all ...
... colour and fume . ) This substance was merly much used in wines , sa and perfumes . It was C dered also as an aphrodisiac . was sometimes called me amber . " Tis well , be sure The wines be lusty , high , and full of s And amber'd all ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
15th cent Alisaunder ampt Antiq applied beat Ben Jonson bird blow broth called cant term Chaucer Chesh cloth colour conj cookery corn Cornw Cotgrave Craven Cumb Cursor Mundi Devon dial Dictionary dish Dorset doth dress drink East edition English Essex Exmoor fair fellow fool Forme of Cury Gawayne Glouc gode hath hawk head herb horse Huloet Kent kind Knave Kyng lady Lanc land Leic Linc lord Memoir Minsheu Nomenclator Norf North Northampt Northumb Notes Palsgrave part.p Parv person piece Piers Pl plant play plough Portrait prep pret Reliq round Shakesp Shoreham Shropsh Skinner Somerset sort South Spens Spenser stone Suffolk Sussex ther thing thou tion Trans tree vols Warner's Albions England Warw West Wight wild William de Shoreham Wilts wolde woman wood word Yorksh
Popular passages
Page 491 - HALL'S (Rev. Robert) Works and Remains. Memoir by Dr. Gregory and Essay bv J. Foster. Portrait. HAUFF'S Tales. The Caravan— The Sheikh of Alexandria — The Inn in the Spessart. Translated by Prof. S. Mendel. HAWTHORNE'S Tales. 3 vols. Vol.
Page 492 - The Girondists, or Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution. Trans, by HT Ryde. Portraits of Robespierre, Madame Roland, and Charlotte Corday. 3 vols. — — The Restoration of Monarchy in France (a Sequel to The Girondists).
Page 490 - Vol. I. — Essays, Lectures, and Poems. Vol. II.— English Traits, Nature, and Conduct of Life. Vol. III.— Society and Solitude — Letters and Social Aims — Miscellaneous Papers (hitherto uncollected)— May-Day, &c. FOSTER'S (John) Life and Correspondence. Edit. by JE Ryland. Portrait. 2 vols. -Lectures at Broadmead Chapel. Edit. by JE Ryland. » vols. Critical Essays contributed to the