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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... time of gathering them . Corn , and par- ticularly barley , which has ger- minated before it is malted , is said , in the East of England , to be acrespired . ACKERSPYRE . A word in use ( 2 ) Requital . Othello , iv , 2. 17 ACK.
... time of gathering them . Corn , and par- ticularly barley , which has ger- minated before it is malted , is said , in the East of England , to be acrespired . ACKERSPYRE . A word in use ( 2 ) Requital . Othello , iv , 2. 17 ACK.
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... corn , or h I addle my ninepence every day . Richard of Dalton In the Eastern counties it is plied to the growth of corn " that crop addles , " i . e . thr Forby . In which sense it is by Tusser- Where ivy embraceth the tree very Kill ...
... corn , or h I addle my ninepence every day . Richard of Dalton In the Eastern counties it is plied to the growth of corn " that crop addles , " i . e . thr Forby . In which sense it is by Tusser- Where ivy embraceth the tree very Kill ...
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... corn . Essex . " The eiles or beard upon the eare of corne . " Hollyband . AIM , v . ( A.-N. ) ( 1 ) To intend ; to conjecture . Yorksh . Shake- speare has it as a substantive in the same sense in the Two Gent . of Verona , in , 1 ...
... corn . Essex . " The eiles or beard upon the eare of corne . " Hollyband . AIM , v . ( A.-N. ) ( 1 ) To intend ; to conjecture . Yorksh . Shake- speare has it as a substantive in the same sense in the Two Gent . of Verona , in , 1 ...
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... corn . Ayenbite of Inwit . AMANG - HANDS , adv . ( 1 ) Work done conjointly with other business . North . ( 2 ) Lands belonging to different proprietors intermixed . Yorksh . v . ( A. - S . amansumian , AMANSE , AMAUNSE , to ...
... corn . Ayenbite of Inwit . AMANG - HANDS , adv . ( 1 ) Work done conjointly with other business . North . ( 2 ) Lands belonging to different proprietors intermixed . Yorksh . v . ( A. - S . amansumian , AMANSE , AMAUNSE , to ...
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... CORN , 8. ( A.-S. ) A kind of corn , " of a middle size betwixt wheat and barlie , unlike alto- gether unto winter wheat whereof we last spake , but of a sort and facultie like unto spelt . " Mark- ham's Countrey Farme , 1616 . Gerard ...
... CORN , 8. ( A.-S. ) A kind of corn , " of a middle size betwixt wheat and barlie , unlike alto- gether unto winter wheat whereof we last spake , but of a sort and facultie like unto spelt . " Mark- ham's Countrey Farme , 1616 . Gerard ...
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