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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... fool or jester , drest in a party - 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 ...
... fool or jester , drest in a party - 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 ...
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... fool . " Shakesp . , Twelfth Night , i , 5. " An allowed cart or cha- riot . " Hollyband's Dict . , 1593 . ALL - PLAISTER , S. Alablaster . Yorks . ALLS , S. Earnest money . North . See Arles . ALL - SALES , adv . ( A.-S. from sæl , a ...
... fool . " Shakesp . , Twelfth Night , i , 5. " An allowed cart or cha- riot . " Hollyband's Dict . , 1593 . ALL - PLAISTER , S. Alablaster . Yorks . ALLS , S. Earnest money . North . See Arles . ALL - SALES , adv . ( A.-S. from sæl , a ...
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... fools , satyrs , baboons , wild men , antiques , beasts , spirits , witches , Ethiops , pigmies , turquets , nymphs , rustics , cupids , statuas moving , and the like . As for angels , it is not comical enough to put them in anti- masks ...
... fools , satyrs , baboons , wild men , antiques , beasts , spirits , witches , Ethiops , pigmies , turquets , nymphs , rustics , cupids , statuas moving , and the like . As for angels , it is not comical enough to put them in anti- masks ...
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... fool . Prompt . Parv . ANYTHINK . Anything . " Like anythink agen , " exceedingly . Leic . ANYWHEN , adv . At any time . " I can come anywhen after this week . " ANYWHILE , adv . At any time . ANYWHITHER , adv . To any place . Dor . Do ...
... fool . Prompt . Parv . ANYTHINK . Anything . " Like anythink agen , " exceedingly . Leic . ANYWHEN , adv . At any time . " I can come anywhen after this week . " ANYWHILE , adv . At any time . ANYWHITHER , adv . To any place . Dor . Do ...
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... fool . To put an a into a person's hood or cap , to put on his head an ape , to ma a fool of him . Tyrwhitt co siders " win of ape , " in Chauc to be what the French call vin de singe . Haha ! felaws , be war for such a jape . The monk ...
... fool . To put an a into a person's hood or cap , to put on his head an ape , to ma a fool of him . Tyrwhitt co siders " win of ape , " in Chauc to be what the French call vin de singe . Haha ! felaws , be war for such a jape . The monk ...
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