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... origin , this seeming anomaly may be accounted for . Whatever may have been the original language of England - or rather , what it was before the com- plete conquest of the country by the Saxons - it be- came in the course of time ...
... origin , this seeming anomaly may be accounted for . Whatever may have been the original language of England - or rather , what it was before the com- plete conquest of the country by the Saxons - it be- came in the course of time ...
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... origin . * BABBING . Catching crabs by drawing them to the surface of the water by a string baited with the innards of a chicken , or a piece of kit , & c . and let down close to their holes in the muddy sides of a river , creek , & c ...
... origin . * BABBING . Catching crabs by drawing them to the surface of the water by a string baited with the innards of a chicken , or a piece of kit , & c . and let down close to their holes in the muddy sides of a river , creek , & c ...
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... have no clue to its origin without going to a pedantic distance ; but will venture just to notice that in " the ancient language of India , it means a " swine , as it does also in some modern 2 15 BARLEY-BIRD. The nightingale. ...
... have no clue to its origin without going to a pedantic distance ; but will venture just to notice that in " the ancient language of India , it means a " swine , as it does also in some modern 2 15 BARLEY-BIRD. The nightingale. ...
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... . I introduce this word merely for the purpose of introducing the following quotation from Nares ' Glossary . Three blue beans in a blue bladder . What is the origin of this whimsical combination of words , it may not be easy to discover ...
... . I introduce this word merely for the purpose of introducing the following quotation from Nares ' Glossary . Three blue beans in a blue bladder . What is the origin of this whimsical combination of words , it may not be easy to discover ...
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... origin of the name of this game- which , however , he calls Scratch - Cradle . " But it clearly , " he says " meant originally the Cratch - cradle ; the manger that held the Holy Infant as a cradle . " I cannot say that this is clear to ...
... origin of the name of this game- which , however , he calls Scratch - Cradle . " But it clearly , " he says " meant originally the Cratch - cradle ; the manger that held the Holy Infant as a cradle . " I cannot say that this is clear to ...
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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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