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Pagina 8
... perhaps from its adhering like the bark of a tree . BARME , yest . Kent and S. BARMSKIN , a leather apron . Lan . BARNACLES , spectacles . Borrowed from the in- strument by which a horse's nose is held when he will not stand still to be ...
... perhaps from its adhering like the bark of a tree . BARME , yest . Kent and S. BARMSKIN , a leather apron . Lan . BARNACLES , spectacles . Borrowed from the in- strument by which a horse's nose is held when he will not stand still to be ...
Pagina 11
... perhaps . N. BELIVE . When it rains a little , and the shower is likely to increase , they say in Yorkshire and Derbyshire , It spits now , it will spew belive . BELK , to belch . Derb . BELLAND , the gripes in cattle . N. BELLART , a ...
... perhaps . N. BELIVE . When it rains a little , and the shower is likely to increase , they say in Yorkshire and Derbyshire , It spits now , it will spew belive . BELK , to belch . Derb . BELLAND , the gripes in cattle . N. BELLART , a ...
Pagina 14
... - faced person , one whose cheeks seem puffed out . Ex . BLOW - MILK , skimmed milk , perhaps blue milk ; milk when closely skimmed being of a blueish colour . N. BLUFFE , to bluffe , to blindfold . Northumb . 14 BLO.
... - faced person , one whose cheeks seem puffed out . Ex . BLOW - MILK , skimmed milk , perhaps blue milk ; milk when closely skimmed being of a blueish colour . N. BLUFFE , to bluffe , to blindfold . Northumb . 14 BLO.
Pagina 16
... perhaps so called from a distant resemblance to the sub- stance of a bone spavin ; also the scratches . Exmoor . BONNY , pleasing and unaffected . Derb . York . and BOOKE , corrupt pronunciation of Bulk . About the booke of , i . e ...
... perhaps so called from a distant resemblance to the sub- stance of a bone spavin ; also the scratches . Exmoor . BONNY , pleasing and unaffected . Derb . York . and BOOKE , corrupt pronunciation of Bulk . About the booke of , i . e ...
Pagina 21
... the milk - bucket , or by a foul bucket . Exmoor . BUCKEY - CHEESE , a sweet , rank cheese . Hamp . Perhaps from a rank , goatish taste ; BoNc , in French , signifying a he - goat . BUCKSOME , blithe , jolly . S. BUCKLE - A BUC 21 .
... the milk - bucket , or by a foul bucket . Exmoor . BUCKEY - CHEESE , a sweet , rank cheese . Hamp . Perhaps from a rank , goatish taste ; BoNc , in French , signifying a he - goat . BUCKSOME , blithe , jolly . S. BUCKLE - A BUC 21 .
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