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... authority but slight . I was at first somewhat surprised to read in Grose's Pre- face , that " the East country scarcely affords a suf- ficiency of ( local ) words to form a division " -to distinguish it from others . My opinion was di ...
... authority but slight . I was at first somewhat surprised to read in Grose's Pre- face , that " the East country scarcely affords a suf- ficiency of ( local ) words to form a division " -to distinguish it from others . My opinion was di ...
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... authority for their present usage . In some few instances , it may perhaps be noted , that I have given mere corruptions or vulgarisms , so obvious as scarcely to require explanation . Such as dew for do - dewin for doing . This may be ...
... authority for their present usage . In some few instances , it may perhaps be noted , that I have given mere corruptions or vulgarisms , so obvious as scarcely to require explanation . Such as dew for do - dewin for doing . This may be ...
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... authority , that in the north , Bents are called Wringle - streas and Windle - straws . E. W. p . 67 . It may not be altogether unnecessary to remark that the pigeon we call Dow , for Dove : we make it rhyme to how , though we give it a ...
... authority , that in the north , Bents are called Wringle - streas and Windle - straws . E. W. p . 67 . It may not be altogether unnecessary to remark that the pigeon we call Dow , for Dove : we make it rhyme to how , though we give it a ...
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... authority for the word in question . " Blist for Blest . This is one of the liberties . thought allowable in the sixteenth century for the sake of rhyme . And now the ground he kist Wherein it written was , and how himself he blist ...
... authority for the word in question . " Blist for Blest . This is one of the liberties . thought allowable in the sixteenth century for the sake of rhyme . And now the ground he kist Wherein it written was , and how himself he blist ...
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... authority . Mowed with us is mew ; brow , brew ; snowed , suew ; thawed , thew ; gnawed , gnew ; owed , ewe . Some of these may be defended on analogy . Sundry orthoepic compensations are observable among us . Thus , as we say ewe for ...
... authority . Mowed with us is mew ; brow , brew ; snowed , suew ; thawed , thew ; gnawed , gnew ; owed , ewe . Some of these may be defended on analogy . Sundry orthoepic compensations are observable among us . Thus , as we say ewe for ...
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AINT ANINND applied Bailey basket beat believe bird blow BUTES called Cheshire child Cocker common commonly corn COSTARD country words curious derived especially Essex explains farther flump French given Glossary GOOF grass Grose hare hassock Hawstead head Hence Hengrave Hall horse Icelandic Jameison land Macbeth meaning milk mode Nares adds Nares gives Nares says Nares shows nearly never heard Norf Norfolk north country north country word noticed Nunch old word Othello passage pease perhaps PERK phrase piece plough poonch pretty probably pronounced proverb quotation quotes recollect referred rhyme Saxon Scotch Scotland Scottish seems Shakespeare sheep Shuckled SKEWBALD snaggy sometimes sort sound spelled Spenser straw strike Suffolk sense Suffolk word suppose term thing thou timber tion tree Tusser verb verse wheat whelk wood word occurs YANGLE yeow young
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