A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words: Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs, and Ancient Customs, from the Fourteenth Century, Zväzok 1Gibbings & Company, 1901 |
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Strana 194 - Frenchmen first saw, they reported, at their return into their country, that the Englishmen used to drink out of their boots...
Strana 143 - It was played by six people, three of each sex, who were coupled by lot. A piece of ground was then chosen, and divided into three compartments, of which the middle one was called hell. It was the object of the couple condemned to this division to catch the others, who advanced from the two extremities ; in which case a change of situation took place, and hell was filled by the couple who were excluded by pro -occupation from the other places ; in this
Strana 32 - Father) sticking a pin in your sleeve, and you will dream of him, or her, you shall marry.
Strana 138 - BANDOLEERS. Little wooden cases covered with leather, each of them containing the charge of powder for a musket, and fastened to a broad band of leather, which the person who was to use them put round his neck. The band itself is also frequently termed a bandoleer.
Strana 452 - A lad between boyhood and manhood, " neither a man nor a boy," as the jingling rhyme has it. Tusser says the third age of seven years is to be kept
Strana 287 - Originally the dog of an unqualified person, which by the forest laws must have its tail cut short, partly as a mark, and partly from a notion that the tail of a dog is necessary to him in running.
Strana 176 - a kind of pike or halbert, formerly carried by the English infantry, and afterwards the usual weapon of watchmen; III.
Strana xv - The rustic dialect of Dorsetshire," observes Mr. Barnes, " is, with little variation, that of most of the Western parts of England, which were included in the kingdom of the West Saxons, the counties of Surrey, Hants, Berks, Wilts, and Dorset, and parts of Somerset and Devon.
Strana 235 - CAT-BRAIN. A kind of rough clay mixed with stone. West. CAT-CALL. A kind of whistle, chiefly used at theatres, to interrupt the actors, and damn a new piece. It was in common use some years ago, but is not often heard at the present day. CATCH. (1) A few hairs drawn out of a knot or bunch, which is woven in the silk. (2) To " catch copper," to take harm, to fall into evil.
Strana 200 - BOTTOM-WIND. A phenomenon that occurs in Derwent -water. The waters of this lake are sometimes agitated in an extraordinary manner, though without any apparent cause, and in a perfectly calm day, are seen to swell in high waves, which have a progressive motion from West to East. BOTTRY-TREE. An elder tree. North. BOTTY. Proud. Suffolk. BOTTYS. Butts ; marks for shooters. BOTUNE. Bottom. Prompt.